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
2010-12 EL PASEO INVITATIONAL, CITY OF PALM DESERT, CA
2008 CITY OF WHITTIER DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY CENTER
2006 CITY OF VENTURA THILLE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK PUBLIC ART PROJECT
2003DOWNTOWN OFFICE PLAZA PROJECT, SUNNYVALE, CA
2001 AT&T CENTRAL OFFICE BUILDING, RENO, NEVADA
1997-8 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
1993VENTURA COLLEGE GALLERY
Ventura, CA
1992THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS MUNICIPAL ART GALLERY, Las Vegas, CA
Sound and Sculpture Installation
1992 STOREFRONT STUDIO/ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Irvine Marketplace, Irvine, CA
Sponsored by The City of Irvine and The Irvine Company
1990FINE ARTS GALLERY, LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE
Long Beach, CA
1987LAGUNA ART MUSEUM, Laguna Beach, CA
Sound and Sculpture Installation
GALLERY 318
Los Angeles, CA
1983ORANGE COUNTY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART
Santa Ana, CA
1971OJAI COMMUNITY ART CENTER
Ojai, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 ART AT THE WATER GARDEN
Santa Monica, CA
2009 INSIGHT/INSIDE LA
Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, CA
2008 IN THE ABSTRACT
City of Los Angeles Exhibit at LAX
2006 ABSOLUTE AMADEUS, THE EXHIBITION
The Art Center at Fallbrook, Fallbrook, CA
2005 25th ANNIVERSAY 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
1994FALL SHOW
Rachelle Lozzi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
ALUMNI EXHIBITION STOREFRONT STUDIO ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM
Irvine, CA
1993DOWNTOWN LIVES - DOWNTOWN ARTS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
Los Angeles, CA
VARIATIONS: COMPOSING THE IMAGE
The Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
1992STARRING COLOR
Koll Center, Newport Beach, CA
1991PROFESSORS 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
1989ARTISTS THAT TEACH
Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA
1988CALIFORNIA CROSSROADS
Koll Center, Newport Beach, CA
1987RECENT WORKS: CALIFORNIA ARTISTS
The Laguna Art Museum at South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, CA
SOUTH FOR THE SUMMER
Spectrum Gallery, San Diego, CA
1986MAGICAL 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
1985DRAWINGS 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
1985 TWENTY-FIVE IN EIGHTY-FIVE
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
1984MAGICAL 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
1983DOCUMENTATION 83
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
1980GRADUATE JURIED EXHIBITION
California State University, Long Beach
Juror: Betty Turnbull
NEWPORT BEACH CITY ARTS FESTIVAL
Jurors: Tony DeLap, Josine Ianco-Starrels, Betty Turnbull
1979GRADUATE JURIED EXHIBITION
California State University, Long Beach Juror: Roland Reiss
1978NEWPORT BEACH CITY ARTS FESTIVAL
Jurors: Josine Ianco-Starrels, Melinda Wortz
PRINTMAKERS INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION
Riverside Community Art Center, Riverside, CA
1975JURIED 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 Co.
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
Molina, Sandra. Whittier Daily News, (January 17, 2008) "Catching the Spirit"
Mallams, Matt. Ventura County Star, (August 28, 2006) "The Art That Surrounds Us"
Manna, Marcia. San Diego Union-Tribune, (January 12, 2006) "Get Your Mozart On"
Buckley, Patricia. North County Times, (January 5, 2006) "Fallbrook Hosts 250th Birthday Celebration"
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 Barnsdall Art 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
Standford Medical Center, Menlo Park, CA
City of Whittier, CA
City of Ventura, CA
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
UCLA, Christian Science Organization, Westwood, 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., Los Osos, CA
Mr. Gordon Wangers, Fallbrook, 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, Tustin, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schwartz, Menlo Park, 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
Mr. Mark Ledbetter, New York, NY
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Pitcher, Newport Beach, CA
Mr. Luigi Terruso, New York, NY
Mr. and Mrs. Don Gardner, Westminster, CA
Carol Saindon, Newport Beach, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Agnew, Novato, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Seth Leadbeater, Kansas City, MO
Patricia Hay, Laguna Hills, CA
Nancy
Mooslin /Artist
(213)
687-0828 Phone
(213) 687-0807 Fax
E-MAIL:
nmooslin@vmslink.com
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