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Marilyn Landau
www.marilynlandau.com
marilynlandau@sbcglobal.net

 

“I am a Mixed Media Collage Artist living and working in Los Angeles. My journey as an artist began when I first picked up a paintbrush at age 10 and has led me to places and through have been inspirations for most of my work, in form and feel they have been predominantly abstract in nature while still allowing the viewer’s imagination to find familiar images and connect to the emerging themes. In addition to the abstract work I also create collages incorporating family photos, letters and other personal imagery. This more recent style has led me down another artistic path creating commissioned pieces which I call “Family Heritage” Collages.
Each of my collages typically evolves from a thought, a vision, a memory, a photograph or a scrap of paper –essentially the source is something that stimulates and moves me emotionally. As I develop a work a vision begins to emerge. From that I develop the piece into a single finished work or it grows into a series. I collect and use materials that others might consider trash. Old and odd bits of paper, receipts, letters, tags, programs, ads, brochures and found objects are recycled and transformed into rich materials that become art. I enjoy being able to discover, visualize and present the beauty in discarded items.
In essence I create my collages using the same basic design principles and structure that collage artists have traditionally followed. I have been influenced by the Cubists such as Pablo Picasso and the work of other 20th Century greats like Robert Rauschenberg, Kurt Schwitters and Raymond Saunders. My art incorporates paint, pencils and pastels within the collages. The work is built and then revealed in layers: sometimes searching for a texture, a color, something unknown –the missing other layer. The energy and depth build as more layers are uncovered.
I studied art at Los Angeles Valley College, Interior design at UCLA and then completed my education at The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. I am always looking for new means to satisfy my creative hunger.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS / COMPETITIONS

2009 VIVA Art Gallery Tenth Anniversary All Group Exhibit, Sherman Oaks, CA
2008 Collage Artists of America Winter Exhibition 2008 (group)
2008 24th Annual Juried Exhibition, Ntnl. Collage Society, Longmount Museum, CO
2008 VIVA Gallery All Member Art Exhibition – “My Way” –Sherman Oaks, CA
2008 Collage Artists of America, Summer Exhibition, VIVA Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
2008 City Art Gallery “Dreams on Canvas” (Circle of Care Foundation) Van Nuys, CA
2008 10th Annual Collage & Mixed Media Online Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NE
2008 New Year Show - Collage Artists of America -Burbank Creative Arts Center, Burbank, CA
2007 Hangar Gallery, Santa Monica, CA   *****   Mar Vista Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Spring Show - Collage Artists of America  VIVA Art Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
2006  Ripped and Torn - Fall 2006 Exhibit, Collage Artists of America, VIVA Gallery, Sherman Oaks
2006  Art Pic, Los Angeles, CA    *****    Infusion Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Group)
2005  Fall Show - Collage Artists of America, VIVA Art Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
2005  Infusion Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (group)
2005 Wallworks - LA Artcore's 22nd Annual Juried Competition, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Spring Show - Collage Artists of America  VIVA Art Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
2004 Art in the Park - Park La Brea; Los Angeles, CA
2004 Contemporary Abstracts, Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA (group)
2004 The Grand Show - Dover Arts, Lankershim Art Gallery N. Hollywood, CA
2004 Spring Show - Collage Artists of America, Finegood Art Gallery, West Hills, CA
2004 14th Annual National Juried Exhibit, Las Vegas Arts Council, Las Vegas, NM
2003  Bergamot Café, Santa Monica, CA (SOLO)  ***  Robert Matt Salon, Los Angeles, CA (Solo)
2002 The Loft, BGH Gallery, Santa Monica, CA  *** Encino Terrace Center, Encino, CA (Solo)
2001 Brew & Beans, Brentwood, CA (Solo)

*** Marilyn Landau has received numerous awards for her artwork and prior to 2001 has exhibited in many other shows. ***
 


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* None of the artworks may be copied or reproduced without the written permission of the Artist