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Nancy
Mooslin /Artist
(213)
687-0828 Phone
(213) 687-0807 Fax
E-MAIL:
nmooslin@vmslink.com
STATEMENT
My
work is interdisciplinary and investigates musical
concepts and theories, the relationship between
color, form, texture, proportion and pitch,
harmony, timbre, and rhythm. The content of the
work also includes references to infinite cycles of
time and planetary motion and the ultimate
interconnection of all our perceptions.
As an artist, I feel the links between visual and
audio media very deeply. I believe that abstract
painting and music are closely related
aesthetically, conceptually, scientifically and
intuitively. I have also investigated the
mathematical relationship between the ratios found
in planetary motion and the ratios of the diatonic
and chromatic musical scales discovered in the
seventeenth century by astronomer Johannes Kepler
and inspired by theories that have their origins in
the ancient Greeks, Babylonians, Egyptians, and
Chinese. I am attempting in my work to make the
relationships between these physical and aesthetic
phenomenon, the scientific and artistic, visible
and tangible. I would like the work to present new
ways of looking at nonobjective painting and
sculpture and new insights into the structure and
elements of music. The work also speaks of the
universal and infinite nature and language of
color, music, measurement and pattern and of the
possibility of using this language to find and
communicate qualities which bring people and ideas
together and give us a glimpse of a larger, all
inclusive order.
In addition to my studio work, for the last five
years I have been active in the public art arena
completing projects for the cities of Anaheim,
Escondido, Laguna Beach, Sunnyvale and West
Hollywood in California and in Reno, NV. I am
currently working on a project for the City of
Ventura, CA. Prior to that I spent fifteen years
producing large interactive, three dimensional,
interdisciplinary installations that were used for
performance works in collaboration with
choreographers and composers. The majority of the
time they are on view, however, they form
participatory visual/sound environments for the
viewing public to "perform in", play in,
investigate, and contribute. Several of my large
public art works are participatory as well and many
of my studio pieces have audio elements.
The participatory, playful, musical qualities of
the wall works and sculptures have a special appeal
to children and individuals attracted to music or
the performing arts. The work also has a conceptual
and scientific basis found in physics and
mathematics, which interests those who appreciate
systems and the interrelationship of ideas. The
pieces can engage those who are not often drawn
into a dialogue with visual art. The geometric,
archetypal patterns often used in my work are
universally meaningful symbols that transcend time
and culture and can actually be found in every
culture from every continent on the globe.
Another primary concern of my painting is the
relationship that exists between musical pitch and
color. I believe this relationship is more than a
subjective and emotional one, it is a logical and
natural linking of two measurable phenomena. The
system of color I use is based on simple physics.
The colors of the twelve-hue color wheel are
assigned to the twelve equal-tempered pitches in an
octave of music. Both color and pitch move from
lowest to highest frequency. Using the range of the
piano keyboard, the hues of the low pitches are low
in intensity and value, which relates to the rich,
full overtones of the low frequency vibrations.
Each pitch than becomes 1/12 lighter and brighter
than the preceding one. The hues of the high
pitches are very light just as the high frequency
vibrations are thin and clear. If the system is
logical the colors should relate harmonically in
the same way as musical tones and translate into an
accurate visual representation of the linear
construction of the music, seen as a whole - all at
once. Linear measurement represents meter and
duration. Form and texture represent timbre and the
intensity and layering of
sound.
RESUME
Nancy
Mooslin
/Artist
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Painting, California State University, Long
Beach
B.A. Painting, University of California, Los
Angeles
PUBLIC
ART COMMISSIONS
2005 CITY OF LOS ANGELES FOOTHILL BRIDGE PUBLIC ART PROJECT
2004 CITY OF VENTURA THILLE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK PUBLIC ART PROJECT
2003 DOWNTOWN OFFICE PLAZA PROJECT, SUNNYVALE, CA
2002 M STREET PROJECT, CITY OF AUBURN,
WASHINGTON
2001 AT&T CENTRAL OFFICE BUILDING, RENO,
NEVADA
2000 CITY OF LOS ANGELES-COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES CHILD CARE
CENTER
1997-1998 CITY OF ESCONDIDO DOWNTOWN PUBLIC ART
CORRIDOR PROJECT
1996 ARROWHEAD POND OF ANAHEIM, EAST ENTRANCE
PUBLIC ART PROJECT
1996 CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD/KOO KOO ROO
RESTAURANTS: PERCENT FOR THE ARTS PUBLIC ART
PROJECT
1994 CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH, FRED LANG PARK PUBLIC
ART PROJECT
SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
2005 NANCY MOOSLIN, THE COLOR OF MUSIC
The Platt Gallery, University of Judaism, Bel Air, CA
2004 COMMUNITY FOCUS GALLERY
John Wayne International Airport, Santa Ana, CA
2003 NANCY MOOSLIN, MUSICAL PATTERNS
Ernst and Young Plaza Tower Lobby, Downtown Los
Angeles, CA
2001 NANCY MOOSLIN, MUSIC OF THE SPHERES
Chemeketa College, Salem, OR
2000 NANCY MOOSLIN, THE SOUND OF ART
Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA
1999 NANCY MOOSLIN, PAINTINGS 1979-1999
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
1995 UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC
Stockton, CA
1993 VENTURA COLLEGE GALLERY
Ventura, CA
STOREFRONT STUDIO/ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Irvine Marketplace, Irvine, CA
Sponsored by The City of Irvine and The Irvine
Company
1990 FINE ARTS GALLERY, LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE
Long Beach, CA
1987 LAGUNA ART MUSEUM
Laguna Beach, CA
Sound and Sculpture Installation
GALLERY 318,
Los Angeles, CA
1983 ORANGE COUNTY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART
Santa Ana, CA
1971 OJAI COMMUNITY ART CENTER
Ojai, CA
GROUP
EXHIBITIONS
2006 ABSOLUTE AMADEUS, THE EXHIBITION
The Art Center at Fallbrook, Fallbrook, CA
2005 25TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
2003 GEORGE CHEN, NANCY MOOSLIN, ELLEN OPPENHEIMER, MARGI WEIR
Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
2001 NANCY MOOSLIN, PAINTINGS; NED MOOSLIN,
SCULPTURES
Whittier City Hall, Whittier, CA
2000 20/20
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Orange
County, CA
1999 TRANSCENDING BOUNDRIES
Monarch Contemporary Art Center, Tenio, WA
1998 SYSTEMS, Chana Horowitz, Stephen Robert Johns,
Nancy Mooslin, Grace Short
Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, CA
SOUND
Santa Ana College Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
1997 L. A. SLIDE
The Living Room, Special Projects in Contemporary
Art, Santa Monica, CA
Gallery 25, Fresno, CA
1996 INVESTIGATIONS
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles,
CA
ACCUMULATION/CREATION
John Wayne Airport, Orange County, CA
1995 SPIRIT
The Caged Chameleon Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
1994 FALL SHOW
Rachelle Lozzi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
ALUMNI EXHIBITION STOREFRONT STUDIO
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM
Irvine, CA
1993 DOWNTOWN LIVES - DOWNTOWN ARTS DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION
Los Angeles, CA
VARIATIONS: COMPOSING THE IMAGE
The Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
1992 STARRING COLOR
Koll Center, Newport Beach, CA
1991 PROFESSORS CHOICE
Lang Gallery, Scripts College, Claremont, CA
JOSEPH FARAIS, NANCY MOOSLIN, RON NELSON
Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ
MUSIC
South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art, Torrance,
CA
RECYCLED ART
Koll Center, Newport Beach, CA
1990 OVERTURES
IMC Gallery, Irvine, CA
1989 ARTISTS THAT TEACH
Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA
1988 CALIFORNIA CROSSROADS
Koll Center, Newport Beach, CA
1987 RECENT WORKS: CALIFORNIA ARTISTS
The Laguna Art Museum at South Coast Plaza, Costa
Mesa, CA
SOUTH FOR THE SUMMER
Spectrum Gallery, San Diego, CA
1986 MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR 86
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles,
CA
NEW YORK FROM LOS ANGELES
LAART Gallery, New York, NY
TECHNO BLISS
University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA
EARSIGHT: VISUAL SCORES AND MUSICAL IMAGES
Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Southern Alleghenies Museum, Johnston, PA
1985 DRAWINGS AND SCORES
Channa Horwitz, Joyce Lightbody, Nancy Mooslin
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa
Ana, CA
THE FIGURE: TRANSFORMED BY TECHNOLOGY
Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
TWENTY-FIVE IN EIGHTY-FIVE
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa
Ana, CA
1984 MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR 84
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles,
CA
ART TRANSMISSIONS/CONNECTIONS 94
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
CONTEMPORARY CALIFORNIANS 19/YOU GOTTA HAVE ART
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
1983 DOCUMENTATION 83
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa
Ana, CA
1980 GRADUATE JURIED EXHIBITION
California State University, Long Beach
Juror: Betty Turnbull
NEWPORT BEACH CITY ARTS FESTIVAL
Jurors: Tony DeLap, Josine Ianco-Starrels, Betty
Turnbull
1979 GRADUATE JURIED EXHIBITION
California State University, Long Beach Juror:
Roland Reiss
1978 NEWPORT BEACH CITY ARTS FESTIVAL
Jurors: Josine Ianco-Starrels, Melinda Wortz
PRINTMAKERS INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION
Riverside Community Art Center, Riverside, CA
1975 JURIED ALL MEDIA EXHIBITION
Laguna Museum of Art, Laguna Beach,
CA
INTERDISCIPLINARY
PERFORMANCES
1994
"Fractured Peace"
Orange County Head Start, Buena Park, CA
1992 "Fractured Peace"
Irvine
Marketplace, Irvine, CA
Sponsored by The City of Irvine and The Irvine
Company
1990 "Fractured Peace"
Fine Arts Gallery, Long Beach City College, Long
Beach, CA
Rancho Santiago College, Santa Ana, CA
1987 "Merlin's Music", revised
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
1986 "Merlin's Music"
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles,
CA
1985 "Interweave"
Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
1984 "Arctet"
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
Stella Polaris Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
University of California
Irvine, CA
1983 "Floorplay"
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Cable-Vision Cable T.V., Orange County, CA
Rancho Santiago College, Santa Ana, CA
1982 "Floorplay"
Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1981 "Another Endangered Species/Sound Images"
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
1981 Alternate Theater Festival
California State University, Long Beach
1980 "Superpose"
New Music Concert, California State University,
Long Beach
Alternate Theater Festival, CSULB
EMPLOYMENT
1991-1992
Instructor, Chapman College
Orange, CA
1988-1990
Gallery Director, Art Institute of Southern
California
Laguna Beach, CA
1985-1990
Instructor, Art Institute of Southern
California
Laguna Beach, CA
ARTICLES
AND REVIEWS
Geer, Suvan. Artweek, (January 2, 2006) “Nancy Mooslin at the University of Judaism”
Demarest, Marty. The Inlander, (November 13, 2003) “Inlander Picks, Four Square”
The Spokesman Review, (November 13, 2003) “Contemporary Artists Open at EWU Gallery”
Somusetty, Pallavi, The Sun, (March 12, 2003) “Town Gets a Little Plaza and Art”
Cowan, Ron, The Statesman Joural, (January 9, 2001), “Seeing the Music”
Carasso, Roberta, ARTSCENE, (March, 2000), “20/20: OCCCA”
Walsh, Daniella, Orange County Register, (March 5, 2000), “New Art Center Enlightens”
Frank, Peter. LA Weekly. (October 2, 1998) “Systems, Art Pick of the Week”
Kragen, Pam. The North County Times. (August 14, 1998) “Escondido’s Public Art Project A Fine Collection”
Frank, Jeff. The North County Times. (August 11, 1998) “Drawing People Downtown Is An Art”
Mayer, Tim. The North County Times. (August 7, 1998) “Grand Art Project”
Mayer, Tim. The North County Times. (July 9, 1998) “Installation of Public Art Begins”
Bratt, L. Erik. San Diego Union. (June 9, 1998) “An Artful Downtown”
Alleman, Thomas Michael. The Daily Breeze. (June 5, 1998) “Cultivating Culture”
O’Brien, Pat. The Press Enterprise. (December 1, 1996) “Art That You Don’t Think Of As Art”
Curtis, Cathy. Los Angeles Times. (November 16, 1996) “Push-Button Entry to ‘Musical Gateway’”
Mulrooney, C. Coagula Art Journal. (September, 1996) “Investigations at BaArt Park”
Frank, Peter. LA Weekly (June 7, 1996) “Art Pick of the Week-Investigations”
Anderson, Isabel. ArtScene (June, 1996) “Investigations”
Wilson, William. Los Angeles Times (June 4, 1996) “A Few Good Works Shine Through in ‘Investigations’”
Curtis, Cathy. Los Angeles Times (May 23, 1996) “Anaheim Okays Interactive Art for Pond Lobby”
Curtis, Cathy. Los Angeles Times (October 18, 1994) “'Music' Achieves Harmony With Setting”
McKinnon, Lisa. Ventura Star Press (March 19, 1993) "Vision, not gender, is key"
Las Vegas Sun (October 9, 1992) "Fractured Peace"
Blizzard, Peggy. Irvine World News (April 16, 1992) "Nancy Mooslin Tunes In On Art"
Roggeman, Buck. Orange County Register (March 19, 1992) "Irvine Storefront Offers Glimpse of Artist's World"
Curtis, Cathy. Los Angeles Times (February 16, 1992) "Bringing Art to the Marketplace"
Brown, Betty Ann. Artweek (February 22, 1990)
Berland, Dinah. Long Beach Press Telegram (February 11, 1990) "Narrowing The Gap Between Music and Color"
Curtis, Cathy. Los Angeles Times (February 2, 1990)
Geer, Suvan. Artspace (January/February 1990) "Sound as Sculpture: Art Finds The Fourth Dimension"
Curtis, Cathy. Los Angeles Times (November 17, 1987) "Point of View"
Wilson, William. Los Angeles Times (December 17, 1986) "An Art Outing for the Bah-Humbug Set"
Hyndman, Robert. Orange Coast Daily Pilot (February 28, 1986) "Performance: Art Takes New Forms"
Logan, Dan. Orange Coast Magazine (August, 1985) "Artists in Unusual Media"
Pate, Pattie. Artweek (March 16, 1985) "Perceptions of the Figure"
Muchnic, Suzanne. Los Angeles Times (December 10, 1984) "Taking Magical Tour at Municipal Gallery"
Smith, Lynn. Los Angeles Times (March 22, 1984) "At Laguna Show..."
NBC Television News, Los Angeles (March 8, 1984)
Orange County Register, (July/August, 1983) "Dance"
Art Scene, Los Angeles (March, 1983)
Ewing, Robert. Artweek (March 19, 1983) "Ambiguous Relationships"
Upham, Christopher. Laguna News Post (February 10, 1983) "Connect 3"
Gardner, Colin. Artweek (January 8, 1983) "A Synthesis of Media"
Henkin, John. Los Angeles Times (May 18, 1981) "New Music"
Saunders, Dick. Long Beach Press-Telegram (May 17, 1981) "Enthusiastic Evening of New Music"
SELECTED
COLLECTIONS
City of Sunnyvale, CA/Mozart Development
City of Reno, NV
City of Escondido, CA
City of Anaheim, CA
City of Los Angeles, CA
City of West Hollywood, CA
The City of Newport Beach, CA
The City of Laguna Beach, CA
Las Vegas - Clark County Library District, Las Vegas, NV
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Reebok Corporation, Irvine, CA
Earl Rippe, Anvil Corporation, Irvine, CA
Mikasa Sports, Irvine, CA
Payden and Rygel, Los Angeles, CA
Olen Properties, Santa Ana, CA
Color Me Mine Corporate Headquarters, North Hollywood, CA
Point Four Computers, Inc., Costa Mesa, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Lyon, Newport Beach, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Tierney, Santa Ana Heights, CA
Mr. and Mrs Richard Sims, Irvine, CA
Ms. Connie Aprahamiam, Irvine, CA
Mr. and Mrs. James Baldwin, Laguna Beach, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hall, Santa Ana, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schrimmer, Newport Beach, CA
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Schlutz, Newport Beach, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Scot Walker, Newport Beach, CA
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Baird, Santa Ana, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Caretto, Van Nuys, CA
Mr. Nixson Borah, Los Angeles, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Post, Malibu, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Keasey, Bellevue, WA
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Smith, Los Angeles, CA
Suvan Geer, Santa Ana, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Rygel, Newport Beach, CA
Nancy Duesenberg, Newport Beach, CA
Com. and Mrs. Dave Stiling, Camarillo, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Don Burden, Costa Mesa, CA
Mr. Phillip Houser, Laguna Hills, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schwartz, Menlo Park, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Agnew, Novato, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Seth Leadbeater, Kansas City, MO
Carol Saindon, Newport Beach, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Pitcher, Newport Beach, CA
Hilary Harris, Newport Beach, CA
Mrs. Alan Myers, Laguna Niguel, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Richard McCoy, Newport Beach, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Boman, Montrose, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Weber, Brea, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Sutherland, Alta Loma, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Beach, Newport Beach, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Burris, Oxnard, CA
Vicki Gaylord, Long Beach, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Fromin, Northridge, CA
Karen Arnold, Denver, CO
Mrs. Loren Greeley, Newport Beach, CA
Dr. Robert W. Krasnow, Los Angeles, CA
Mr. Doug Cavanaugh, Laguna Beach, CA
Mr. Jack Croul, Newport Beach, CA
Mr. Randy Au, Santa Ana, CA
Dr. and Mrs. Steven Stucky, Ithaca, NY
Mr. And Mrs. Donald Gardner, Los Angeles, CA
Dr. and Mrs. Harvey Eisenberg, Newport Beach, CA
Drs. Glen and Kim Jansma, Newport Beach, CA
Mr. Paul Egly, Laguna Beach, CA
Ms. Wendy Brooks, Newport Beach, CA
Nancy
Mooslin /Artist
(213)
687-0828 Phone
(213) 687-0807 Fax
E-MAIL:
nmooslin@vmslink.com
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