STACEY WEXLER
ARTIST
STACEY WEXLER
EDUCATION
1985 - Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA -
MFA - Ceramic Sculpture, Fellowship recipient 1984
1983 - University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
BFA with Distinction, Ceramics, Rob Forbes ceramic glaze technician for grant project.
2000 - 2008
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA (Computer graphics and
Web development specialization through continuing education)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions
2017 Apparently Random, Art Space Gallery, Fresno City College, Fresno, CA (two-person exhibition with
Lisa Diane Wedgeworth)
2012 A Mitzvah Project, Sheynevelt Gallery,Workman's Circle, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Suicide - a prevention, Femina Potens Gallery San Francisco, CA
2007 A Mental Note, Gallery Unknown, Los Angeles CA
2005 Daily Grind, SHAG Hair Salon, Silverlake, CA
2004 New Work, SHAG Hair Salon, Sliverlake, CA
2001 2d + 3d = art, Signature's, Glendale, CA
Group Exhibitions
2021 ACE: 80 years of Creative Community - Manhattan Beach Creative Art Center
High Beams #4: Ultra – Torrance Art Museum, outside (curated by Kristine Schomaker)
Architecture of Touch – Manhattan Beach Creative Art Center (curated by Eric Brickman)
2020 Distant Lives – Virtual VAMA, vamagallery.com, Los Angeles City College
2019 Discover Manhattan Beach - Manhattan Beach Creative Art Center (curated by Eilen Stewart)
2017 No Restraint, Ark Gallery, Altadena CA (curated by Kristine Schomaker)
2016 Faculty Show, Mt. San Jacinto Gallery, Mt. San Jacinto College, (curated by John Knuth)
Here and Now: M thru Z, Da Vinci Gallery, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Faculty Show, Mt. San Jacinto Gallery, Mt. San Jacinto College, San Jacinto, CA
(curated by Joe Posadas),upcoming
2014 Room & Board, Art & Home - an art show benefitting LA Family Housing,
Room and Board, Culver City, CA (curated by Trine Churchill),
Faculty Show, Da Vinci Gallery, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA
(curated by Alexandra Wiesenfeld)
2012 Faculty Show, Da Vinci Gallery, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show, Ferencvarosi Pince Gallery, Budapest, Hungary (curated by Bea Szechy)
Silent Voices, Zask Gallery, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (curated by Alisa Stein)
Billboard Art Project, Peachtree Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA
2011 RAW-natural born artists, The V Lounge, Santa Monica, CA
Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (curated by Doug Harvey)
Bicentennial Show, The House Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah (curated by Julie Dunker)
The Humdrummer, The LA Supper Club, Los Angeles, CA
Identity, DAC Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group show, Ferencvarosi Pince Gallery, Budapest, Hungary (curated by Bea Szechy)
2010 D'Inverno Faculto Mustro - Da Vinci Gallery, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Modern and Contemporienity, Art Trade Show, Moscow, Russia
Red Rover, Bedrock Studios, Echo Park, CA
2008 From the beginning, IAO Projects Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah (curated by Qi Peng)
Rocky Mountain Art Show, IAO Projects Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
Raging against the…Micro Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Go Skate deck show, DooGallery, Atlanta, GA
FEAR- Sketch book project, Art House, Atlanta GA
Visions of Women, Kerckhoff Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Emerging Artists Show, Liz Long Gallery, Chicago IL
Riots and Revolutions, Fresh Meat in the Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 Homo Bellicus, Kulturwirtschafliches Zentrum Christiania, Berlin, Germany
Healing: A Contemporary View Galerie Lakaye, Los Angeles, CA
An Evening of Art, Barnsdall Park, Theater Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Small Wonders 2, Pharmaka, Los Angeles, CA
Curated Exhibitions
2013 Picking Up the Pieces - a suicide prevention project, Angel's Gate Cultural Center, San Pendro, CA
Picking Up the Pieces - a suicide prevention project, Mt. San Jacinto College Gallery, San Jacinto, CA
Exhibitions Juried
2014 MLK: I have a Dream, Mt. San Jacinto College Gallery, San Jacinto, CA
2013 Recycled Art and Fashion Show, Mont de Oro Winery, Temecula, CA
2012 Mt. San Jacinto College Gala Fundraiser Event and Exhibition, Pechango Casino and Resort, Temecula, CA
Professional Presentations
2013 Activism: Art as a Social Cause, Los Angeles City College, Faculty Lecture Series
Picking Up the Pieces, suicide prevention project, Mt. San Jacinto College,
Visiting Artist
Lecture/Presentation, Materials matter, Mt. San Jacinto College, Guest Artist
Lecture/Demonstration, Thrown together, Mt. San Jacinto College, Guest Artist
2010 Iconic Imagery, Jokai Klub, Hungarian Multicultural Center Budapest, Hungary
2009 Lecture, Drawing and planer structure, Loyola Marymount University, Guest Artist
2003 Lecture/Presentation, Fine Art, Rotary Club, Monrovia, CA
2000 The Business of Art, Fine Arts Applications in the Entertainment Industry,
Pasadena Community College; Workshop Presenter
2010 - present
2010 - present
BIBIBLIOGRAPHY
Diaspora - Exhibition catalog - February 2013. New York, New York
Curator's Review: NY ART MARATHON, Issue # 14, by Dave Gibson, 3/16/2011
http://nyartmarathon.tumblr.com/tagged/Stacey-Wexler
A & E / Studio Space: IAO Projects expands the horizons of a “gallery” by Brian Staker 9/04/08
Homo Bellicus - Exhibition catalog, October 2007. Berlin, Germany
Monrotarian, Vol. 64, Monrovia, CA July 8, 2003
“2 artist, 1 exhibit at Art Center” Mary Ann Marger, Art Beat, Tampa, FL. March 1999
“Happenings”, The Weekly Planet, Tampa, FL March 1999
“Light and Liberty” Estelle Shay, Cinefx #60 1994
Newsline, Chico CA., Oct. 1993
California Arts Review, Chicago, IL.1989
“Heart Beat of Love” music video, Propaganda Studios, Hollywood, CA., June 1989
WORK EXPERIENCE
Teaching
2018 - Present
Manhattan Beach Art Center /Live Oak Studio - Ceramic Instructor, All levels
2020 – Present
Los Angeles City College; Adjunct Associate Professor - Beginning Drawing, Beginning Ceramics, Ceramics 1, and Ceramics 2
Jan. – May 2020
Cerritos College - Ceramic Instructor, Introduction to Ceramics
2018 - 2019
Mt. San Jacinto College; Instructor - Continuing Education: Beginning Ceramics,
2014 - 2017
Mt. San Jacinto College; Associate Faculty - Beginning Ceramics, Intro to 3D Design, Intro to Sculpture, Beginning Ceramics, Art Appreciation and Library Exhibition Coordinator (April 2015 - August 2015).
2012 - 2020
Los Angeles City College; Adjunct Assistant Professor - Beginning Ceramics, Ceramics 1, Ceramics 2, Intro to Sculpture, Sculpture 1, Sculpture 2, Perspective Drawing (2016 - 2017), Da Vinci Art Gallery Director (May 2015 - Sept 2016), Intro to 3D Design (Spring 2016, through the Dual Enrollment program), Beginning Drawing, and Intro to 2D Design (2012- 2014)
June 2014 - Present
Associate Faculty - Mt. San Jacinto College; Teaching Beginning Ceramics and Art Appreciation.
2012 - Present
Adjunct Assistant Professor/ Department Adjunct Representative - Los Angeles City College; Teaching Intro to 2D Design and current adjunct liaison in course curriculum development.
2009 - 2012
Adjunct Instructor - Los Angeles City College; Art Appreciation administered through both the CalGRIPS and ACT programs.
2009 - 2011
Adjunct Instructor - Los Angeles City College; Beginning Drawing (Fall 2009) and Intro to Sculpture (Fall 2011) administered through the Dual Enrollment program. Intro to 3D Design (Spring 2010)
2008 - 2011
Adjunct Instructor - Los Angeles City College; Beginning Computer graphics administered through the Irvine Foundation.
Art Related Experience
2007 - 2011
Adcogroup World, Incorporated, St. Hubért, Quebec, Canada; Prototype developer -Produced new mannequin head models.
2006 - 2007
Trevi Manufacturing, Inc., Las Vegas, NV; Sculptor - Produced architectural details for Phantom of the Opera Theater, Venice Casino Hotel and Resort, Las Vegas, NV.
2004
Grenecker Manufacturing, Los Angeles; Sculptor - Fabricated over life size figurative sculptures for Caesar’s Palace Casino and Resort, Las Vegas
2001 - 2004
American Mannequin Corporation, Los Angeles, CA; Sculptor - Produced new line of male mannequins and figurative sculptures for Harrah's Casino New Orleans, LA.