Livia Stein
New Work
February 5 - March 19, 2016
Artist's Talk and Closing Reception: Saturday, March 19th 3-5pm
(Livia Stein's Talk begins at 4 pm)
Livia Stein, Man/Bear, 2015, oil on panel, 33" x 33"
"I can't get enough. That's why I lingered, and lingered, and lingered over the works in Stein's current show.
They are just that good."
- Cherie Turner for Visual Art Source
They are just that good."
- Cherie Turner for Visual Art Source
Stein's New Work has been well received, earning a terrific review and a critic's pick of exhibitions to see in the Western and Midwestern United States from Visual Art Source, the online partner of well respected art ltd. and ArtScene. Read full review...
Stop by Transmission Gallery to see this exhibit Thursdays and Fridays, noon to 6 pm, and Saturdays, 11am to 5pm, or by appointment, through March 19th, 2016.
The exhibit includes new paintings, monotypes and works on paper within Stein's prolific art practice. These works are a continuation of her journey into the visual language of art. The artist’s work encompasses the idea that the narrative of art is beyond the power of words.
Stein says that the subjects and objects in her works are mirrors of her life representing a window for her memory and inclination. As with any life, it’s layered and complex. And like life, her art is to be discovered; to be re-read and re-visited over time. “A mark can be a day, an image a year, a whole drawing is all the pieces of the brain matter and memory that connects and falls apart with every attempt to hold onto it.”
The subjects of the works in the show are an exploration into the relationships between humans and animals and a reflection on how humans live. It’s the start of a visual conversation to be explored. Stein does not require a quick answer to a complex narrative but simply “posing a question and floating it in the air is quite enough.”
I paint and give a nod to the words akin to someone waving at a tornado full of bombastic fragments. These particles all swirl around
and finally settle down quietly to contemplate a visual poem, the poem itself lacking all words. - Livia Stein
Born in Texas and a descendent of Russian refugees, her family came to California in 1950. She was raised in and around Los Angeles and Orange County eventually fleeing its conservative politics to attend University of California at Berkeley to study History. She later did post-graduate work in South Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania followed by a degree at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles and received a Masters of Art degree at San Francisco State University, Center for Interdisciplinary and Experimental Art. She went on to become a professor of art at Dominican University in San Rafael, CA. She currently lives in Oakland where she maintains a studio.
Stein’s work has been exhibited in Europe, South America, India and throughout the United States. She’s been awarded several residencies in India, in 2007 she was the artist in residence at the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums in San Francisco, which included a solo exhibition of her paintings, and most recently in November of 2015 she was a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome. Her work is in the collections of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Oakland Museum of California, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Dominican University, University of Iowa Art Museum among others.
Stop by Transmission Gallery to see this exhibit Thursdays and Fridays, noon to 6 pm, and Saturdays, 11am to 5pm, or by appointment, through March 19th, 2016.
The exhibit includes new paintings, monotypes and works on paper within Stein's prolific art practice. These works are a continuation of her journey into the visual language of art. The artist’s work encompasses the idea that the narrative of art is beyond the power of words.
Stein says that the subjects and objects in her works are mirrors of her life representing a window for her memory and inclination. As with any life, it’s layered and complex. And like life, her art is to be discovered; to be re-read and re-visited over time. “A mark can be a day, an image a year, a whole drawing is all the pieces of the brain matter and memory that connects and falls apart with every attempt to hold onto it.”
The subjects of the works in the show are an exploration into the relationships between humans and animals and a reflection on how humans live. It’s the start of a visual conversation to be explored. Stein does not require a quick answer to a complex narrative but simply “posing a question and floating it in the air is quite enough.”
I paint and give a nod to the words akin to someone waving at a tornado full of bombastic fragments. These particles all swirl around
and finally settle down quietly to contemplate a visual poem, the poem itself lacking all words. - Livia Stein
Born in Texas and a descendent of Russian refugees, her family came to California in 1950. She was raised in and around Los Angeles and Orange County eventually fleeing its conservative politics to attend University of California at Berkeley to study History. She later did post-graduate work in South Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania followed by a degree at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles and received a Masters of Art degree at San Francisco State University, Center for Interdisciplinary and Experimental Art. She went on to become a professor of art at Dominican University in San Rafael, CA. She currently lives in Oakland where she maintains a studio.
Stein’s work has been exhibited in Europe, South America, India and throughout the United States. She’s been awarded several residencies in India, in 2007 she was the artist in residence at the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums in San Francisco, which included a solo exhibition of her paintings, and most recently in November of 2015 she was a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome. Her work is in the collections of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Oakland Museum of California, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Dominican University, University of Iowa Art Museum among others.
