Lynn Coleman is a California artist that has been shown in over 100 national and international exhibitions. She is in the permanent collection of the National Gallery, as well as the Laguna Art Museum and Orange County Museum of art. She currently maintains a studio in the San Fernando Valley and teaches high school art.
Coleman’s art has been featured in mainstream publications, such as Esquire, Beach Culture, the New York Times, and Surfer’s Journal.
Coleman’s art has been featured in mainstream publications, such as Esquire, Beach Culture, the New York Times, and Surfer’s Journal.
Lynn E. Coleman
Born 1951, Salinas, California
BA California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA, 1982
MA California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA, 1985
MFA California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 1986
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2013--"Wellness Works", Pico House Historical Monument, L.A., CA.
2013--"Comida y Arte", The Wine Vault, Glendale, CA.
2013--"Juried Open", Topanga Canyon Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA.
2012--"Topanga Canyon Gallery Studio Tour", Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga
, CA.
2012--"The View From Here", San Luis Obispo Museum of Art/Phantom Project, Paso
Robles, CA.
2012--"The Green Show", Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA.
2012--"Wellness Works", Barnsdall Gallery Theater, Los Angles, CA.
2011--"Soft Machine", USC IGM Gallery, Keck Institute for Genetic Medicine, USC, LA, CA.
2011--"Dia de los Muertos, El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM.
2011--"Soft Machine", Bleicher/Golightly Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
2011--"Elements", Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Thousand Oaks, CA.
2010--"Inspire" Art From the Ashes Gallery, Glendale, CA.
2010--"Dreams on Canvas" Four Seasons Hotel, Westlake Village, CA.
2010--"Exhibition", Art From the Ashes Gallery, Glendale, CA.
2009—“The Usual Suspects”, Julie Rico Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2009—“Art from the ashes” Benefit for Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens, Santa
Barbara, CA.
2009-- "Open Call", Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2008-- "Passages", Red Dot Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2008-- "Retinal Delights The Juxtapoz Factor", Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.
2008 -- “Passages”, Julie Rico Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2007-- “The Art of Recycling”, San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA.
2004-- "Funny Business: Humor In Art From The Permanent Collection", Laguna Art
Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.
2003-- "Centered 2003", Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA.
2002-- "Surf Culture: The Art History Of Surfing" Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach,
CA.
2002-- "Centered On The Center", Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach,
CA.
2000—“Definitive Retrospective", Copro/Nason Fine Art , Culver City, CA.
1998-- "Summer Never Ending,” Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1998-- "Skate Lore Expo," Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara,
CA.
1998-- "Life Lessons: How Art Can Change Your Life," The Judy and Stuart Spence
Collection, Laguna Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA.
1998-- "Calavera Kustom", Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1996-- "The Final Final Party", Copro Nason Gallery, South Pasedena, CA.
1996-- "About Face Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Hollywood, CA.
1994-- "Best of the West", Zero One Gallery, Hollywood, CA.
1993-- “Kustom Grafix", "Fine Art from the Underground", The Works Gallery, Costa
Mesa, CA.
1993-- "Kustom Kulture", Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.
1993-- "Malibu Myth and Reality", Malibu Colony Plaza, Malibu, CA.
1992-- "I Thought California Would Be Different: New Work in the Permanent
Collection",Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.
1991-- "Post Pop and Beyond", Bess Cutler Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
1990-- "Awe to Angst: Landscapes from the Collection, 1870-1989", Laguna Art
Museum, Laguna Beach.
1988-- "Continuum", The Artstore, Los Angeles, CA.
1988-- "Kathi Martin and Lynn Coleman", Sight and Sound Gallery, California State
University, Northridge, CA.
1988-- "Peace For A Flower", The Civic Museum, Biblioteca Communal, Pescia, Italy.
1987-- "inaugural Show", H2O Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
1987-- "Belyegkepek",Szepmuveszeti Muzeum, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary.
1987-- "Lynn Coleman", One Person Show, Tiffany Theatre, Hollywood, CA.
1986-- One-Person Show, "Suburban Byzantium," Art Gallery, California State
University Los Angeles, Los Angeles,CA.
1986-- "Subculture Operation Subversion," Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA.
1985-- One-Person Show, "Psychedelic Suburbia," Gallery 2; California State University
Northridge, Northridge, CA.
1985-- One-Person Show, "Not the Only Fish in the Sea,' Pazzo Gallery, Beverly Hills,
CA.
1985-- "Perspectives 1985," Art Gallery ,California State University Northridge,
Northridge, CA.
1984-- "A Broad Spectrum,Contemporary Los Angeles Painters and Sculptors 84,"
Design Center of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
1983-- "ARCO Biennial," ARCO Center for Visual Art, Los Angeles, CA.
1983-- “The Mystical, The Humorous, and In Between,” University of the Pacific,
Stockton, CA.
1982-- “Anti WW3 and for the Future,” Internationalist Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA.
1982-- “New Now Narrative,” Art Gallery, California State University Northridge,
Northridge, CA.
1981-- “Eros 111,” Collectors Choice, Laguna Beach, CA.
1981-- "Current Myths," Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA.
1980-- "Outer Space," AKA 2, Berkeley, CA.
1980-- "Help Teach," Otis Parsons Art Institute, Los Angeles, California.
1980-- "Illusion and Reality," Gallery 101, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, WI.
1980-- "Never Fail Images," School of the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA.
1980-- "1st Los Angeles Erotic Art Show," Zero Gallery, Hollywood, CA.
1980-- "LA-200," Traction Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1978-- " Art Words and Bookworks," The Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art,
Los Angeles, CA.
PUBLISHED WRITINGS
H20, 1999, Volume 5, No.1, "Malibu Surfing Association", pp. 30-32
JUXTAPOZ, Spring 1998, “Caliveras”, pp. 46-47.
VISIONS, Summer 1987, Volume 1, Number 3, “Michael C. McMillen—The Pavilion of Rain”, pp. 24-26.
THRASHER, August 1988, “Robert Williams”, pp. 46-51.
H20, Winter 1985, “Craig Stecyk”, pp. 34-37.
AWARDS
1994 “The Buzz Hot 100, The Hundred Coolest People in Los Angeles”, BUZZ MAGAZINE, Los Angeles, California.
Museum Collections
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA.
Born 1951, Salinas, California
BA California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA, 1982
MA California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA, 1985
MFA California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 1986
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2013--"Wellness Works", Pico House Historical Monument, L.A., CA.
2013--"Comida y Arte", The Wine Vault, Glendale, CA.
2013--"Juried Open", Topanga Canyon Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA.
2012--"Topanga Canyon Gallery Studio Tour", Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga
, CA.
2012--"The View From Here", San Luis Obispo Museum of Art/Phantom Project, Paso
Robles, CA.
2012--"The Green Show", Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA.
2012--"Wellness Works", Barnsdall Gallery Theater, Los Angles, CA.
2011--"Soft Machine", USC IGM Gallery, Keck Institute for Genetic Medicine, USC, LA, CA.
2011--"Dia de los Muertos, El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM.
2011--"Soft Machine", Bleicher/Golightly Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
2011--"Elements", Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Thousand Oaks, CA.
2010--"Inspire" Art From the Ashes Gallery, Glendale, CA.
2010--"Dreams on Canvas" Four Seasons Hotel, Westlake Village, CA.
2010--"Exhibition", Art From the Ashes Gallery, Glendale, CA.
2009—“The Usual Suspects”, Julie Rico Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2009—“Art from the ashes” Benefit for Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens, Santa
Barbara, CA.
2009-- "Open Call", Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2008-- "Passages", Red Dot Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2008-- "Retinal Delights The Juxtapoz Factor", Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.
2008 -- “Passages”, Julie Rico Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2007-- “The Art of Recycling”, San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA.
2004-- "Funny Business: Humor In Art From The Permanent Collection", Laguna Art
Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.
2003-- "Centered 2003", Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA.
2002-- "Surf Culture: The Art History Of Surfing" Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach,
CA.
2002-- "Centered On The Center", Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach,
CA.
2000—“Definitive Retrospective", Copro/Nason Fine Art , Culver City, CA.
1998-- "Summer Never Ending,” Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1998-- "Skate Lore Expo," Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara,
CA.
1998-- "Life Lessons: How Art Can Change Your Life," The Judy and Stuart Spence
Collection, Laguna Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA.
1998-- "Calavera Kustom", Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1996-- "The Final Final Party", Copro Nason Gallery, South Pasedena, CA.
1996-- "About Face Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Hollywood, CA.
1994-- "Best of the West", Zero One Gallery, Hollywood, CA.
1993-- “Kustom Grafix", "Fine Art from the Underground", The Works Gallery, Costa
Mesa, CA.
1993-- "Kustom Kulture", Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.
1993-- "Malibu Myth and Reality", Malibu Colony Plaza, Malibu, CA.
1992-- "I Thought California Would Be Different: New Work in the Permanent
Collection",Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.
1991-- "Post Pop and Beyond", Bess Cutler Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
1990-- "Awe to Angst: Landscapes from the Collection, 1870-1989", Laguna Art
Museum, Laguna Beach.
1988-- "Continuum", The Artstore, Los Angeles, CA.
1988-- "Kathi Martin and Lynn Coleman", Sight and Sound Gallery, California State
University, Northridge, CA.
1988-- "Peace For A Flower", The Civic Museum, Biblioteca Communal, Pescia, Italy.
1987-- "inaugural Show", H2O Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
1987-- "Belyegkepek",Szepmuveszeti Muzeum, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary.
1987-- "Lynn Coleman", One Person Show, Tiffany Theatre, Hollywood, CA.
1986-- One-Person Show, "Suburban Byzantium," Art Gallery, California State
University Los Angeles, Los Angeles,CA.
1986-- "Subculture Operation Subversion," Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA.
1985-- One-Person Show, "Psychedelic Suburbia," Gallery 2; California State University
Northridge, Northridge, CA.
1985-- One-Person Show, "Not the Only Fish in the Sea,' Pazzo Gallery, Beverly Hills,
CA.
1985-- "Perspectives 1985," Art Gallery ,California State University Northridge,
Northridge, CA.
1984-- "A Broad Spectrum,Contemporary Los Angeles Painters and Sculptors 84,"
Design Center of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
1983-- "ARCO Biennial," ARCO Center for Visual Art, Los Angeles, CA.
1983-- “The Mystical, The Humorous, and In Between,” University of the Pacific,
Stockton, CA.
1982-- “Anti WW3 and for the Future,” Internationalist Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA.
1982-- “New Now Narrative,” Art Gallery, California State University Northridge,
Northridge, CA.
1981-- “Eros 111,” Collectors Choice, Laguna Beach, CA.
1981-- "Current Myths," Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA.
1980-- "Outer Space," AKA 2, Berkeley, CA.
1980-- "Help Teach," Otis Parsons Art Institute, Los Angeles, California.
1980-- "Illusion and Reality," Gallery 101, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, WI.
1980-- "Never Fail Images," School of the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA.
1980-- "1st Los Angeles Erotic Art Show," Zero Gallery, Hollywood, CA.
1980-- "LA-200," Traction Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1978-- " Art Words and Bookworks," The Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art,
Los Angeles, CA.
PUBLISHED WRITINGS
H20, 1999, Volume 5, No.1, "Malibu Surfing Association", pp. 30-32
JUXTAPOZ, Spring 1998, “Caliveras”, pp. 46-47.
VISIONS, Summer 1987, Volume 1, Number 3, “Michael C. McMillen—The Pavilion of Rain”, pp. 24-26.
THRASHER, August 1988, “Robert Williams”, pp. 46-51.
H20, Winter 1985, “Craig Stecyk”, pp. 34-37.
AWARDS
1994 “The Buzz Hot 100, The Hundred Coolest People in Los Angeles”, BUZZ MAGAZINE, Los Angeles, California.
Museum Collections
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA.