DIANNE V. LAWRENCE
BORN 1951, Brantford, Ontario, Canada.
Raised in Toronto
Has lived and worked in Los Angeles since 1979
323-578-3901
EM: dvlknc@yahoo.com
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
1992 House of Blues
1985 Attack Gallery, L.A.
1980 Banyan Gallery, L.A.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1989 “Remaking L.A.” UCLA, L.A.
1986 The Attack Gallery L.A.
1985 Piezo Electric Gallery NYC
1985 L.A.C.E. L.A.
1985 Attack Gallery, L.A.
1984 Molly Barnes Gallery L.A.
1984 Attack Gallery L.A.
1984 Zero One Gallery L.A.
1983 La Opinion L.A.
1983 Swope Gallery L.A.
1982 The American Gallery L.A.
1981 Molly Barnes Gallery L.A.
1979 The Vanguard Gallery L.A.
EXHIBITIONS CURATED
1989 “Los Angeles Show”
A show of 16 artists presented at UCLA during “Remaking of L.A.” forum sponsored by the L.A. Weekly
1987 “From The Inside Out”
Piezo Electric Gallery L.A. A show of prison paintings from my classes for adult and juvenile offenders.
1986 “Imagine Future Piece”
with John Baldessari, David Amico, Allan Ruppersberg and 20 other artists at the Attack Gallery in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Commemoration of the Hiroshima Festival.
1984 “This Is It!”
A group show of three women, Nancy Evans, Fran Siegal and Dianne V. Lawrence at the Zero One Gallery in L.A.
REVIEWS
1986 High Performance Magazine #35
Linda Burnham featured review of solo performance “Fertile Eyes”
1985 LA Weekly. Peter Clothier.
Featured review of solo show at the Attack Gallery.
1985 Arts Magazine, Colin Gardner,
Group show, Piezo Electric, NYC
1985 Artweek, Colin Gardner,
Group show, Piezo Electric Gallery NYC
1983 LA Weekly, Kathi Norklun,
Group show, Swope Gallery, LA
1982 LA Weekly, Kathi Norklyn,
Group show, American Gallery, LA
PUBLISHED
2021 – Dianne V. Lawrence INTERVIEWS.
A book compiled of all the artist interviews I did with Coagula. https://www.amazon.com/Dianne-V-Lawrence-Interviews-Coagula/dp/B08JDX7BBM Also available at ARCANA Art Book Store.
COAGULA 1999, 2000, Editor at Large.
Interviews with John Baldessari, Mike Bidlo, Sue Coe, James Hayward, Mary Corse, Tim Ebner, John Miller, Osseus Labryinth.
REVIEWS WRITTEN
HIGH PERFORMANCE #37
Reviewed “Tiny Alice” a show by Nancy Evans
COAGULA 2006
Reviewed: Tim Hawkinson, LACMA
WHITE HOT MAGAZINE
October 2008, White Hot Magazine of Contemporary Art
COLLECTIONS (selected)
Dan Akroyd, Oliver Stone, Michael Elias, Dan Melnick,
Leonard Cohen, Buck Henry, Leonard Goldberg, Harold Ramis,
Citibank, Ivan Reitman, House of Blues, Daniel Travanti,
LA Opinion, Jackson Brown, Kim Cattrall, Peeta Torokvei,
Tiu Leek, David Essex, Len Freedman,
ART TEACHING POSITIONS
1990 - 1996 ESALEN INSTITUTE, BIG SUR.
Workshop leader for weekend, weeklong and month long workshops focusing on the development of creativity.
1990 - 1993 MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART. L.A.
Educator for school tours.
1991 BEYOND BAROQUE.
Summer performance workshop
1988 - 1990 ART CENTER SCHOOL OF DESIGN, Pasadena.
Elective classes focusing on the development of creativity.
1990 L.A.C.E.
Summer performance workshop
1986 - 1987 CROSSROADS, Santa Monica. Private Jr. High School,
2 Semesters of painting.
1985 - 1986 “Artists In Institutions”
Arts program sponsored by LA Theatreworks & UCLA
I taught painting and development of creativity to incarcerated men, women
and children at:
California Rehabilitation Center (for men & women)
California Institute for Men, Chino
California Institute for Women, Chino
Camp David, Malibu For incarcerated youth.
1984 McClaren Hall
School for abused and neglected children
sponsored by LA Theatreworks
PERFORMANCE ART
Toronto
1970 Hair Workshop.
Wrote for, directed and performed in.
1976 “A Space” a gallery.
“Nitespots” Singer with the Dr. Brute Orchestra from the Western Front.
1976 Glamazon,
A model in “American Fashion from 1920 to 1970”
1976 “A Space” Torch Showcase.
An evening of torch songs with Carole Pope, Brenda Donahue, Suzette Couture.
1976 The Ontario Museum of Art “The Rehearsal of the Audience for the 1984 Ms. General Idea Pageant” by General Idea.
I played a walking, talking, living, breathing idea on legs.
Los Angeles
1986 “Fertile Eyes”
wrote, performed in and directed. Performed outdoors in the Malibu Hills.
1999 “Woof Woof”,
A benefit to raise money for the dog rescue work of Rachel Rosenthal, myself and others. It was presented at Highways.
2000 “All Stars of Performance Art”.
An evening of performance art hosted by
The Dark Bob and presented at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood.