Artists' Directory
Simone Gad
I was born in Brussels, Belgium to holocaust survivor parents, from Poland. We emigrated to the United States from Belgium, when I was 4 years old and settled in East Los Angeles/Boyle Heights. My mother became quite the stage-mom and got me into a show-biz career upon our arrival to California. I realized that I wanted to be a painter, when I saw the Vincent Van Gogh exhibition at LACMA , when it was located at Exposition Park. I attended John Burroughs Jr High during that time. When I saw the Ed Kienholz Exhibition at LACMA at the age of 17, that clinched the deal. I met George Herms and Wallace Berman in 1969/70 and they became my first mentors. Al Hansen-Fluxus artist was my last mentor. They encouraged me to make collage and assemblage my main focus and to pursue my career professionally. I am selftaught, having followed Pop and expressionism, and have developed my own style of Funky Pop/Expressionist/Kitsch painting/collage/assemblages and installations. I am still a working actress and therefore have a dual career-visual/performance art and union vested actor in Los Angeles, I show with L2kontemporary-Chinatown, Jack Fischer Gallery-San Francisco, as well as showing in Europe. You can also view my work and resume/cv on http://www.bluecanvas,com/simonegad/ and http://www.l2kontemporary.com _________
2011 Cats and Pinups-Drawing Collages-Simone Gad Installation at Track 16/Small Press Gallery, Curated by Laurie Steelink, Bergamot/Santa Monica, CA 2011 Mysterious Objects/Hommage to Joan Quinn-Santa Ana College, CA/Pacific Standard Time, Catalog Included, Curated by Amanda Quinn Olivar and J Cheryl Bookout 2011 ATHCO/LACE at Barnsdall-Curated by Dorian Wood for Pacific Standard Time-Simone Gad: Role;Edith Massey 2011 Preview/Pacific Standard Time Group Exhibiton, Caporale/Bleicher Gallery on La Brea, Los Angeles, CA 2011 Chain Letter Show-Curator: Doug Harvey-Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA with Catalog Courtesy Jeffrey Crussell 2010 Lyn Kienholz International Encyclopedia: L.A. Rising: So Cal Artists Before 1980 May 1, 2010: I performed in an overnight Dream-In at the Hammer Museum - a collaborative project of Gawdafful Theatre Performance Art Group, artSpa and Machine Project.
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