Professional Resume | Public Art Consultant Resume
Educational Background:
MA University of California Berkeley Sculpture 1964-1966 BFA University of Illinois, Urbana Sculpture 1961-1964 Academic Experience:
Professor of Fine Arts, University of Southern California 1969-present Founding Director of Public Art Studies @ USC 1990-present Chair of Studio Arts @ USC 1988 – 1989 Instructor of Sculpture, University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ 1966 – 1969 One-Person Exhibitions:
2005
2004- University of Southern California Orange County Center, Irvine, CA
Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, California State University, San Bernadino, CA2003 - Double Vision Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2003 - Grand Central Art Center, Project Room, California State University, Fullerton, Santa Ana, CA 2000 - Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA 1999 - Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1999 - Wylie and Mary Louis Jones Art Gallery, Bakersfield College, Bakersfield, CA 1991 - Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1988 - Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1986 - Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1985 - Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1984 - Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ 1983 - Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1981 - Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1978 - Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1978 - Fisher Art Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (catalogue) 1976 - Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA 1975 - Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1974 - Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1973 - Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA 1973 - California State University, Fresno, CA 1973 - Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1972 - Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA National Group Exhibitions:
2006 Torrance Museum of Art, “Flourish”, group exhibition, Torrance, CA 2003 Armory Center for the Arts, "2003 Armory Outdoor Sculpture Installation," Armory Center for the Arts - Northwest Pasadena, CA 2000 - Cal State Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, Newquist collection exhibition, Fullerton, CA 1996 - Skirball Cultural Center, Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles, CA –
"Blessing and Beginnings" 1995 - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA – Made in L.A. The Prints of Cirrus Editions" (catalogue) 1993 - Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA -- Three person exhibition - Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA -- "Miniatures" 1991 - Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA – "Seductive Geometry-8 LA Artists" 1990 - 400 South Hope Street Lobby Gallery, Los Angeles, CA – "The Column from Architecture to Art," Olympia & York O’ M&M Associates 1989 - National Peace Garden Design Competition, National Building Museum, Washington, DC, Oct.-Nov. 1984 - Chapman College, Orange, CA – "Chapman College Sculpture Acquisition Program" (catalogue) - Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA – "Summer 1984" - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA – "Olympic Project" - Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA – "Olympiad: Summer’84" - Design Center of Los Angeles, CA – "A Broad Spectrum: Contemporary LA - Painters and Sculptors ‘84" (catalogue) 1983 - Gensler and Associates, San Francisco, CA – "Series Two" - Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA – "Lava Group Exhibition" - Security Pacific National Bank Plaza, Los Angeles, CA – "Urban
Sculpture/Architectural Concerns" (catalogue) - Baxter Art Gallery, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA – "Nancy Yewell Collection" (catalogue) - San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco
Airports Commission Exhibition, San Francisco, CA – "Constructions" 1982 - Gensler & Associates/Architects, Century City, CA – "Architectural References" - Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA --"Painted Sculpture" - Fresno Art Center, Fresno, CA – "Forgotten Dimension – A Survey of Small Sculpture in California Now" (catalogue) 1981 - Baxter Art Gallery, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA – "Anti- Static" 1979 - Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA – "Aspects of Abstract: Recent Painting and Sculpture" - Fisher Art Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA – "Persistence of Illusion" (catalogue) 1978 - Libra Gallery, Claremont College, Pomona, CA – "Contemporary Masters" - Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA – "100 + Current Directions in Southern California Art" 1976 - Capricorn Asunder Gallery, San Francisco, CA – "Los Angeles Video" - Comsky Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA – Group Exhibit - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA – "Spectrum 2" 1975 - Henri Gallery, Washington, DC – Group Exhibit - Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA – "Four by Eight" - Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, ABC Entertainment Center, Los Angeles, CA – "Current Concerns Part II" 1973 - Texas Gallery, Houston, TX – "Southern California Artist" - La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA – "Wall Objects" 1972 - University of California, Santa Barbara, CA – "LA Artist Drawings" - Brand Library Art Center, Glendale, CA – "Three-Man Exhibition" - Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA – "Tenth Annual Southern California Exhibition" International Art Fairs & International Group Exhibitions:
1992 - Gallery X, Exeter, ENGLAND – "LA Abstract Artist" 1988 - Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, KOREA – "Survey of Contemporary Western Art" (catalogue) 1986 - 1990 - Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA -- International Air Fair (catalogue) 1980 -1986 - Chicago Navy Pier, Chicago, IL – Chicago International Art Fair 1973 - 1976 - Basel, SWITZERLAND – Basel International Art Fair (catalogue) Grants, Awards, & Publications:
Oct. 2006 - Gayle Garner Roski School of Fine Arts, Lyon Fine Arts Faculty Research Fund Oct. 2004 USC School of Fine Arts Faculty Development Funds Oct. 2003 USC School of Fine Arts Faculty Development Funds-catalog Oct. 2002 USC School of Fine Arts Faculty Development Funds - travel award for Americans for the Art Pre-Conference, Portland, OR Nov. 2002 - USC School of Fine Arts Faculty Development Funds Dec. 2000 - USC Arts Initiative Fund, Subject: Public Arts & Landscape Architecture Topic Studies Nov. 1999 - USC School of Fine Arts Faculty Development Funds Nov. 1998 - USC School of Fine Arts Faculty Development Funds Jan. 1990 - CA Arts Council Art in Public Places Award, Caltrans/LA Light Rail Design Team July 1989 - USC Faculty Innovative Teaching Fund, Subject: Public Art July 1985-86 - USC Faculty Innovation & Research Grant, Subject: Color & Structure May 1975 - Research Grant, University of Southern California, Subject: Video Feb. 1973 - Multiple Sculpture Edition, Published by Cirrus Editions,
Los Angeles, CA June 1969 - University of Arizona, Subject: Plastics Honors:
Sept. 1999 - Los Angeles Capital Improvement Art Program - Cultural Affairs Dept. & Recreation and Parks Dept. May 1992 - City of Irvine, Public Art Competition - Finalist Aug. 1989 - City of Thousand Oaks, Public Art Competition - Finalist May 1976 - Los Angeles International Airport Sculpture Competition - Runner-up June 1975 - Los Angeles Art Annual, Barnsdall Park - Purchase June 1973 - Los Angeles Art Annual, Barnsdall Park - Honorable Mention Reviews:
May 16, 1991 - Beth Goldberg, Artweek, Oakland, CA May 13, 1988 - Marlena Donahue, Los Angeles Times (part VI, pg. 25), Los Angeles, CA Jan. 3, 1988 - Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA Aug. 22, 1987 - Robert H. Beyer, Artweek (vol. 18, no. 28, pg. 6) Oakland, CA Oct. 10 1987 - Colin Gardner, Los Angeles Times (part IV, pg. 22), Los Angeles, CA May 23, 1985 - Stephen Grossman, Artweek (vol. 23, no. 8, pg. 5), Oakland, CA Mar. 1, 1985 - Suzanne Muchnic, Los Angeles Times (part VI, pg. 10), Los Angeles, CA Jul./Aug. 1984 - Sandy Nelson, Images & Issues (vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 30-35), Santa Monica, CA Nov. 12, 1983 - Betty Brown, Artweek (vol. 14, no. 3, pg. 4), Oakland, CA May 27, 1983 - Robert L. Pincus, Los Angeles Times (part VI, pp. 13-14), Los Angeles, CA May 30, 1982 - William Wilson, Los Angeles Times (Calendar, pg. 82), Los Angeles, CA Spring 1982 - Kathy Zimmerer-McKelvie, Images & Issues (pg. 82),
Santa Monica, CASept. 27, 1981 - William Wilson, Los Angeles Times (Calendar, pg. 79) Los Angeles, CA May 22, 1981 - Harold N Hubbard, Star News (C-1Z), Pasadena, CA May 5, 1981 - Suzanne Muchnic, Los Angeles Times (part VI, pp. 1,5), Los Angeles, CA Sept. 2, 1980 - Los Angeles Times (Plaza Pasadena News Supplements, pg. 23), Los Angeles, CA Mar. 31, 1980 - Star-News, Pasadena, CA Jul. 29, 1979 - Suzanne Muchnic, Los Angeles Times (Calendar, pg. 85), Los Angeles, CA Sept.-Oct. 1978 - Peter Plagens, Art in America (vol. 77, no. 4, pp. 71-74), New York, NY April 1978 - Melinda Wortz, Artnews (vol. 77, no. 4, pp. 124, 126), New York, NY Mar. 1978 - Bjorn Rye, Artform (vol., XVI, no. 7, pp. 73-74), New York, NY Jan. 27, 1978 - Suzanne Muchnic, Los Angeles Times (vol. 9, no. 3, part IV, pg. 7), Los Angeles, CA Jan. 21, 1978 - Susan C. Larsen, Artweek (vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 1, 16), Oakland, CA Sept. 24, 1977 - Adrienne Rosenthal, Artweek (vol. 8, no. 31, pg. 7), Oakland, CA Feb. 7, 1976 - Susan C. Larsen, Artweek (vol. 7, no. 6, pg. 5), Oakland, CA Feb. 1, 1976 - Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, AZ Sept. 12, 1975 - William Wilson, Los Angeles Times (part IV, pg. 12), Los Angeles, CA Jul. 13, 1975 - Henry Seldis, Los Angeles Times (Calendar, pg. 72), Los Angeles, CA Apr.-May 1975 - Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Journal (no. 5),Los Angeles, CA Mar. 14, 1975 - Sandy Ballatore, Artweek (vol. 6, no. 11, pg. 1, 16), Oakland, CA Mar. 9, 1975 - William Wilson, Los Angeles Times (Calendar, pg. 70) Los Angeles, CA Nov. 26, 1974 - William Wilson, Los Angeles Times (part IV, pp. 1-2), Los Angeles, CA Apr. 27, 1974 - Sally Ballatore, Artweek (vol. 5, no. 7, pg. 5) Oakland, CA Apr. 19, 1974 - William Wilson, Los Angeles Times (part IV, pp. 1-2), Los Angeles, CA Apr. 7, 1974 - Josine Ianco-Starrels, Los Angeles Times (Calendar, pg. 73), Los Angeles, CA April 1973 - Cara Montgomery, Arts Magazine (vol. 47, no. 6, pg. 71), New York, NY April 8, 1973 - Daily Times-Advocate, San Marco, CA Feb. 25, 1973 - Fresno Bee, Fresno, CA Feb. 24, 1973 - Elena Canovier, Artweek (vol. 4, no. 8, pg. 3), Oakland, CA Feb. 18, 1973 - William Wilson, Los Angeles Times (Calendar, pg. 2), Los Angeles, CA Feb. 2, 1973 - William Wilson, Los Angeles Times (part IV, pg. 5), Los Angeles, CA Nov. 1972 - Peter Plagen, Artform (vol. XI, no. 3, pp. 87-88), New York, NY Mar. 11, 1972 - Artweek (vol. 3, no. 11, pg. 12), Oakland, CA Lectures:
April 2005 California State University-San Bernardino, California April 2001 Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA October 1999 - National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASA) Annual Meeting, Public Art and Curricula: A Case Study, Los Angeles, CA March 1999 - Bakersfield Community College, Bakersfield, CA May 1999 - California State University – Bakersfield, CA February 1999 - College Art Association, Public Art: The Marginalized Issues, session chair, Los Angeles, CA February 1998 - Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA July 1997 - California State University-Long Beach, CA "Summer Art ‘97" Consultant/panelist for Public Art in the Urban Landscape April 1984 - Visiting Artist and Exhibition, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ May 1983 - "Giesen Master Artist", Pasadena Art Workshop, Pasadena, CA May 1982 - Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA December 1981 - Chapman College, Fullerton, CA May 1981 - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA March 1981 - Red Deer College, Alberta, CANADA March 1980 - California State University, Fullerton, CA November 1979 - Dade County Junior College, Miami, FL July 1978 - Contemporary Masters Lecture Series (Graduate School), Claremont, CA January 1976 - Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ January 1976 - Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA November 1975 - California State University, Fullerton, CA April 1975 - California State University, Northridge, CA April 1973 - Palomar College, San Marcos, CA Museum and Corporate Collections:
- University of Judaism, Los Angeles, CA - Renaissance Hollywood Highland Hotel, TrizecHahn Co., Hollywood, CA - Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA - USC Health Science Campus, Institute for Genetic Medicine - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - California State University, Fullerton, CA - *Alcoa Foundation, University of Southern California (Sculpture Garden Collection), Los Angeles, CA - *Pasadena Plaza, Ernest W. Hahn Inc., Pasadena, CA - Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC - Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA - Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX - American Telephone and Telegraph, New York, NY - Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA - ABC Entertainment Center, Century City, CA - Seido Corporation, El Segundo, CA - Home Savings, Los Angeles, CA - Walker Hill Art Museum, Seoul, KOREA - Marshall Fields, Chicago, IL and Dallas, TX (4) - *Meyer Investment Properties, Arovista Industrial Park, Brea, CA - Drexel Burnham &Lambert, Los Angeles, CA - *Banker’s Trust, Los Angeles, CA - *Lake Properties, Long Beach - *Pacific Enterprises, Los Angeles, CA - General Telephone and Electric, New York, NY - Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL - McMaster-Carr Supply Co., Aurora, OH Selected Private Collections:
Philip and Laura Babin, Henderson, NV
*David Banks, Port Smith, AR
Andy & Freddi Sue Crystal, New York, NY
Bruce Edlecup, Chicago, IL
Mr. Robert Eggelston, Los Angeles, CA
Damon and Debbie Fisher, Malibu, CA
David and Nancy Gardner, Fullerton, CA
Dr. Jerry Gardner, La Jolla, CA
Ms. Tara Guizot, Los Angeles, CA
*Mr. Thomas Inch, San Francisco, CA (2)
*Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lautman, Los Angeles, CA
*Mr. and Mrs. William Loucheim, Beverly Hills, CA (3)
Mr. Jerry Magnin, Beverly Hills, CA
*Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Malloy, Los Angeles, CA
*Neil and Susan Miller, Beverly Hills, CA
Ms. Tressa Miller, Los Angeles, CA
Richard Mumpert, Laguna Beach, CA
Mrs. Richard Newquist, Napa, CA
Allan and Myra Novadoor, Beverly Hills, CA
Morris and Jackie Paulson, Los Angeles, CA
*Mr. and Mrs. Mason Phelps, La Jolla, CA (7)
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rosenberg, Tucson, AZ
*Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Sackner, Miami Beach, FL
*Dr. Lionel Sanders, Beverly Hills, CA (3)
Marvin and Sandy Smalley, Beverly Hills, CA
Mr. Michael Smith, Santa Barbara, CA
Ms. Laura Stearn, Brentwood, CA
Mr. and Mrs. William Stech, Amarillo, TX
Mrs. Tamara Thomas, Los Angeles, CA
Lawrence P. Trepeck, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Dr. Leopold Tuchman, Beverly Hills, CA
Robert and Carolyn Volk, San Marino, CA
Mr. John F. Watkins, San Marino, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Welch, Arcadia, CA
George and Nancy Yewell, Pasadena, CA(*=commissions)
Home Studio Address:
Jay S. Willis
206 South San Marino Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91107-4015
Phone/Fax: (626) 590-0761
Email: jwillis@usc.edu
Web site: jaywillis.com