Karla Klarin
Education
- 1978
- MFA, Painting, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
- 1974
- BFA, Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Selected Exhibitions
- 2023
- "Big Pink," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- 2016
- "Subdividing the LAndscape" (a retrospective 1980-2016), California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA (catalog)
- 2012
- "Oceanscapes," Schomburg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 2008
- "Paintings and drawings," Schomburg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 2006
- "Orange Crash," Schomburg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 1997
- Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 1995
- Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 1992
- Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 1989
- Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 1986
- Karl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 1984
- Karl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 1983
- Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA
- University of Redlands, Redlands, CA
- 1982
- Kirk de Gooyer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions, Performances and Video Screenings
- 2020
- “small is beautiful”, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
- 2019
- "Valley Girl Redefined", Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA
- "Staged Meaning/Meaning Staged", Fisher Art Gallery, USC, Los Angeles, CA
- 2014
- "Valley Vista, Art in the San Fernando Valley 1970-1990", Cal State Northridge, Northridge, CA (Catalog)
- 2010
- "Revisiting Beauty", Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
- 2003
- "David K Thompson, Karla Klarin, Yu Ji," Schomburg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- "Made in Califonria", Todd Madigan Gallery, CSU Bakersfield, Bakersfield, CA
- "Bicoastal: NYC/LA", Schomburg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- "The Chai Show", University of Judaism, Bel Air, CA
- 2001
- "Art and Illusion, Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Fd., University of Judaism, Bel Air, CA
- 1996
- "California Artists from the Frederick Weisman Collection, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
- 1988
- "Natural Selection: The Terrain of Southern California", Riverside, CA
- "California Landscape Art Motif: Plein Air to Present", Downey, CA
- "Landscape/Common Ground", Jan Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 1987
- "Young Talent Awards", Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (Catalog)
- "Los Angeles Today: Contemporary Visions", Amerika Haus, Berlin, Germany
- "Vistas", G.W. Einstein Gallery, New York, NY
- 1986
- "A Southern California Collection", Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 1985
- "Spectrum Los Angeles", Hartje Gallery, Berlin, Germany (Catalog)
- 1984
- "Olympiad", Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- "Los Angeles and the Palm Tree: Image of a City", ARCO Center for Visual Art, Los Angeles, CA
- "Downtown Art Collection", CRA, Los Angeles, CA
- "California Artists: Selections from the Collection of Security Pacific," Security Pacific Plaza, Los Angeles, CA
- 1983
- "Downtown L.A. Between the Freeways", Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
- "L.A. Seen", University of Southern California, USC Fisher Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- "10 X 10 X 10", Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
- "Young Talent Awards: 1963-1983", Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
- "Miles Above", Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
- 1981
- "Recent Acquisitions", Community Redevelopment Agency, Los Angeles, CA
- "Third Biennial", ARCO Center for Visual Art, Los Angeles, CA (Catalog)
- "Painted Wall Constructions", Security Pacific Plaza, Los Angeles, CA
- "Locations", Cal State University San Bernardino, San Bernadino, CA (Catalog)
- 1980
- "Karla Klarin/Emerson Woelffer," Kirk de Gooyer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Bibliography
- 2023
- Walsh, John and Karla Klarin. "LA Painter: The City I Know, The City I See, Paintings And Essays, Karla Klarin," Angel City Press, Los Angeles, CA
- Zellen, Jody. "Gallery Rounds: Karla Klarin," Artillery Magazine, June 21 (Link)
- 2020
- Mallinson, Constance. "small is beautiful," (Catalog)
- 2016
- Mallinson, Constance. "Karla Klarin," Artillery, November (Link)
- Daichendt, James. "Karla Klarin," Artscene, September
- Whitney, Kay. "Karla Klarin," Fabrik, Issue 33
- Willick, Damon. "Subdividing the LAndscape," (Catalog)
- 2014
- Lower, Jenny. "An Art Exhibit All About the San Fernando Valley. Like, Really," LA Weekly, Sept. 22
- Gelt, Jessica. "Artistic views of the Valley," Los Angeles Times, September 7
- Lower, Jenny. "Suburbiart," LA Weekly, September 5
- Willick, Damon. "Valley Vista: Art in the San Fernando Valley ca. 1970-1990," (Catalog Essay)
- 1997
- Kandell, Suzanne. "Karla Klarin," Los Angeles Times
- 1992
- Muchnic, Suzanne. "Karla Klarin," ARTnews
- 1989
- Cover Illustration: Westword 1, UCLA, "Study for Bay Street, 1988"
- Geer, Suvan. "Karla Klarin," Los Angeles Times, October 20
- 1988
- Reed, Jim. "Natural Selection," (Catalog)
- 1986
- Muchnic, Suzanne. "Karla Klarin," Los Angeles Times
- Berland, Dinah. "Karla Klarin," Artscene, May
- 1984
- Donohue, Marlena. "Karla Klarin," Los Angeles Times, October 26
- 1983
- Woodford, Don. "Manneristic Forebodings," Artweek, April 30
- Hough, Katherine Plake. "Downtown L.A.,"
- Edgerton, Anne and Tuchman, Maurice. "Young Talent Awards,"
- Hugo, Joan. "Art Cousins Twice Removed," Artweek, July 16
- 1982
- Kohn, Michael. "Karla Klarin," Arts Magazine, November
- Muchnic, Suzanne. "Art Award Winners…," Los Angeles Times, July 1
- Muchnic, Suzanne. "Museum Honors 2 Artists," Los Angeles Times, June 28
- Drohojowska, Hunter. "Making Art in the M-Zone," Los Angeles Herald Examiner, June 20
- MacCloud, Mac. "L.A. Alienation," Artweek, April 3
- Muchnic, Suzanne. "Karla Klarin," Los Angeles Times, March 26
- 1981
- Robinson, Pat. "CRA Purchases…", Downtown News, December 29
- Fox, Louis. "Biennial Strengths and Weaknesses," Artweek, October 24
- Woodford, Don. "Locations," (Catalog)
- Frauchiger, Fritz. "Third Biennial," ARCO Center for Visual Art, Los Angeles
- 1980
- Muchnic, Suzanne. "Karla Klari,", Los Angeles Times, October
- Wilson, William. "Architectural Sculpture," Los Angeles Times, October
- Menzies, Neal. "Debut for Two," Artweek, August
- Drohojowska, Hunter. "Pick of the Week, Los Angeles Weekly, August 22
Awards & Grants
- 1982
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Young Talent Award
Public Collections
- Cedars Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, CA
- Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
- Fisher Art Museum, USC, Los Angeles, CA
- Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA
- Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA
- University Studios, Universal City, CA
- US Consulate, Berlin, Germany
- Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY