Joseph Mendez

 

CONTACT
10535 Lindenvale Rd.
Whittier, CA 90606
562.463.0802
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GALLERIES
Conservancy Art Shows Online,
Ann Hughes Gallery, Dallas, TX
Jones & Terwilliger Galleries, Carmel, CA
Long Gallery, Scottdale, AZ
Robson Gallery, San Diego, CA
Plein-Air Gallery.com

 

RESUME

Born 1934, Galicia, Spain

Raised Havana, Cuba

Education
1972 Sergei Bongart School of Art, Santa Monica, CA
1959 Famous Artists Schools, Westport, CT
1957 BA, Havana University, Advertising Art, Cuba

Selected Group Shows
2013-2009
American Legacy: Our National Parks, On Location with the Plein Air Painters of America, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA, & traveling to museums throughout the country.
2012-2011
The Allure of Water: On Location with the Plein Air Painters of America, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
2008

European Tradition, American Vision, Paintings by the Plein Air Painters of America, Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of Art, CA
2007
From the Heart, Plein Air Painters of America 21st Annual Exhibition, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
2006 On Location in Malibu, Frederick Weisman Museum, Malibu, CA
95th Annual California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art
2005-1996 Plein-air Painters of America, Avalon and Lake Tahoe, CA
2003 Glories of the Sonoran Desert, Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg, AZ
2000 Guest Artist, Northwest Rendezvous, Helena, MT
1999 Malibu Show, Weismann Museum, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
Laguna Art Museum Invitational, Laguna, CA


Teaching

2003-2000 The Plein Air Painters of America Workshops, Wickenburg, AZ; Granby, CO; Avalon, CA; Bennington, VT
2000-1997 Fredericksburg Art School, Fredericksburg, TX
2000-1992 Individual Private Classes, Culver City, CA
1995-91 Fechin Institute, Taos, NM
1991-89 Scottsdale Artists School, Scottsdale, AZ

Selected Awards & Honors
More than 100, including -
2008
Beverly Hills Design & Life Award of Excellence, CAC Gold Medal Exhibition, Los Angeles
1997 Gold Medal for Best Landscape, California Art Club 88th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
1996 Best of Show, California Art Club, 87th Annual
1995 Gallery Award of Excellence, Oil Painters of America National Show, San Antonio, TX Joseph Hartley Award, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
1995 Grumbacher Gold Medal American Artist Professional League Grand National Show, New York, NY

Bibliography
2000 "Getting Rich Quick," The Artist Magazine, April
1996 Poster Image, Plein-Air Painters of America National Show,
Nancy Gillespie, "I Gotta Do It," Art of the West, November/December
Southwest Art
1995 The Artist Magazine

National Affiliations
Signature Members, Plein-Air Painters, of America. Signature Member, California Art Club. Signature Member, Oil Painters of America

 

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