Art Exhibitions

Kent Anderson Butler October 4-November 30, 2016	Kent Anderson Butler is a Los Angeles based artist working in a variety of mediums including video installation, performance and photography.
Joella Jean Mahoney September 1-October 31, 2016	The University of La Verne is pleased to present "Joella Jean Mahoney: Passionate Vision: Landscape Painting of the Colorado Plateau, 1965-2016".
Hilary Baker: From Where I’m Standing April 5-May 19, 2016	The Harris Gallery is proud to present ‘From Where I’m Standing,’ a solo painting exhibition featuring the work of Hilary Baker. This exhibition highlights selections from four distinct bodies of work that are united by a synthesis of representation and abstraction.
Jessica Wimbley February 23-March 31, 2016	The West Gallery is proud to present Jessica Wimbley’s ‘Recent Work,’ a solo exhibition featuring new works produced during her artist residency in the Department of Art and Art History.
Imaginary Selves February 2-March 10, 2016	The Harris Gallery is proud to present 'Imaginary Selves,' a group exhibition. 'Imaginary Selves' signals the possibly for alternate personas, secret identities or perhaps fictionalized memories.
Roots and Shooting Stars: La Verne Alumni Exhibition September 8-October 29, 2015	The Harris Gallery is proud to present 'Roots and Shooting Stars' an alumni exhibition featuring the work of Alycia Anthony, Dicran Kassouny, Mabel Martinez, Christy Roberts, Eduardo Rodriguez, Sunny Samuel, M. Louise Stanley and Susie Stockholm with an exhibition essay by Matthew Breatore.
Sarah Cromarty and Christopher Russell April 2-May 15, 2015	The Harris Gallery is proud to present "Scientific Magic," a two person exhibition of recent work by Sarah Cromarty and Christopher Russell.
Nowhaus: Domestic Objects in the Modernist Tradition February 3-March 5, 2015	The Harris Gallery presents NOWHAUS: Domestic Objects in the Modernist Tradition, an exhibition of art and design including modernist furniture, contemporary ceramics and custom bicycle design.
Augusto Sandroni September 2, 2014-May 30, 2015	Spanning a two story interior wall that measures 400 x 554 inches "Radius Abstractus" is comprised of over twenty individual paintings.
Keith Lord and Nancy Macko April 1-May 22, 2014	The Harris Gallery is proud to present a two person exhibition by Los Angeles based artists Keith Lord and Nancy Macko.
Hacer: Space Form Shape February 3-March 6, 2014	The Harris Gallery is proud to present a solo exhibition by Los Angeles based artist Hacer. With a skillful balance of formal design and personal showmanship, Hacer creates precise, large-scale sculptures rooted in narratives of childhood play.
Walpa D’Mark November 1, 2013-December 10, 2014	Walpa D’Mark was born in Managua, Nicaragua, 1977. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California. D’Mark received his Master of Fine Arts from Claremont Graduate University and his Bachelor of Fine Arts from California State University, Long Beach.
Mark Dean Veca September 2-May 30, 2013	Mark Dean Veca is a rare type of artist who possesses an incredible ability to work freely between intimately detailed ink on paper works and immersive large-scale museum installations.
Out of Rubble September 2-November 4, 2013	"Out of Rubble" reacts to the wake of war — its realities and its representations. The rubble that each war leaves behind shapes today and tomorrow — physically, psychologically and spiritually.
Campus: Selections from the La Verne Art Collection April 16-May 30, 2013	The University of La Verne Harris Gallery is proud to present CAMPUS selections from the La Verne art collection.
Melanie Nakaue February 4-March 14, 2013	The Harris Art Gallery presents "The Way of Things," a solo exhibition by Melanie Nakaue. This multimedia installation integrates stop-motion animation, still-life portraiture and model scale sculpture to present an artificial ecology reflective of human nature.
Magen Madzoeff February 1-April 19, 2013	The University of La Verne’s West Gallery is proud to present "Colorforms," a solo exhibition of recent paintings by Megan Madzoeff, curated by Chuck Feesago. Megan Madzoeff has a BFA from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA and an MFA from Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, CA.
Chad Attie & Bettina Hubby November 5-December 4, 2012	"Site" explores the rich source of imagery both artists find in their immediate environments: in the streets, markets, parks, buildings and construction sites of Los Angeles.
Visible September 10-October 18, 2012	"Visible" is a group exhibition featuring Los Angeles artists who have drawing-based studio practices.
ATA: An Exhibition of Contemporary Samoan Artists April 28-May 24, 2012	ATA brings together contemporary artists of Samoan descent who, through their practices, are influenced by the shadows of the past.
Auguste Rodin February 6-March 29, 2012	"Mirror of the Soul" is an exhibition of twenty-seven bronze sculptures generously lent by the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation.
Yoko Ono Imagine Peace November 7-December 15, 2011	"Yoko Ono Imagine Peace" focuses on the thematic ideals of peace and love, and follows the work of Yoko Ono and John Lennon chronologically as solo artists, as a couple in the 1960s, and also includes a selection of Ono's recent solo works.
Covering Ground September 13-October 20, 2011	"Covering Ground" is a collaboration between six mid-career abstract painters from Los Angeles, CA and Melbourne, Australia.
Inside-Out March 29-April 28, 2011	"Inside-Out" is a group exhibition featuring Southern California artists whose practices blur the line between interior and exterior orientation.
Michael Woodcock February 1-March 4, 2011	Michael Woodcock makes paintings that do curious things with time and space while never letting you forget the here-and-now.
Erin Dunn & Kyle Riedel October 26-December 2, 2010	"Someone Told Me You'd Be Here" juxtaposes photographs and an installation by Kyle Riedel with mixed media and video works by Erin Dunn.
Seth Kaufman September 14-October 14, 2010	Kaufman describes his process as redemption, although calling it the deliberate misuse of materials has a more rebellious, subversive ring to it.
Curtis Stage March 30-April 30, 2010	Using technology Stage creates spatial shifts where ordinary places, shapes and objects are suspended in a state of constant mix and remix. The quirkiness and lighthearted humor of his work are balanced by a masterful warping of scale and space.
It’s All Around You February 9-March 9, 2010	It's All Around You, a group exhibition of Los Angeles based artists whose work examines natural and synthetic elements of our environment.
Ruby Osorio & Macha Suzuki October 27-November 24, 2009	"Tomorrow Never Knows" juxtaposes works on paper by Ruby Osorio with sculptures by Macha Suzuki, encouraging viewers to look beyond practical ideas for efficient design and instead explore the pleasures of impossible scenarios.
Psychic Hearts September 8-October 8, 2009	"Psychic Hearts" is a group exhibition of painters from Los Angeles and New York whose work blurs the distinction between memory and fiction inviting the exploration of altered realities.
Structural Integrity April 14-May 7, 2009	"Structural Integrity" is a group exhibition featuring Los Angeles based artists who reveal and obscure meaning through constructed forms and layered surfaces.
Daina Higgins & Liat Yossifor February 10-March 13, 2009	"To Here Knows When" balances an atmosphere of internal and external currents, where rhythmic restlessness Liat Yossifor's entanglements resonates with the inward diffusion of Daina Higgins' urban spaces.
Phillip K Smith III October 21-November 21, 2008	The Harris Art Gallery of The University of La Verne Department of Art and Art History presents an exhibition of work by Phillip K. Smith III including drawings and models of his public art projects.
Kelly Sears September 9-October 3, 2008	Kelly Sears is an award-winning animator and filmmaker living in Los Angeles. Sears' collage animations parse together collected media artifacts to reveal secret histories, forgotten tales, and possible moments embedded in the images around us.
Naturally Synthetic April 1-May 2, 2008	Todd Brainard and Paul Paiement provide interesting counterbalance to one another in that Brainard's hyper-real chemical landscapes are relatively stark, distant, and foreboding while Paiement's vividly rendered amalgams jocularly fuse various species of insects with consumer products ranging from athletic shoes to compact disc players.
Binary Articulations February 12-March 7, 2008	Binary Articulations presents a cross section of artists whose disciplines cleverly synthesize traditional photographic methods with digital layering processes.