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                   

 

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

                       

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    

                                                                                

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.