I draw and paint moments that embody solitude--not loneliness or unwanted isolation--but the possibility of a unique and personal event that sticks in the memory and is worthy of visual preservation. The images are intimate, like quiet flashbacks. They are soft and often monochromatic vignettes that depict familiar, fleeting, ordinary moments filled with extraordinary possibility.
I draw and paint moments that embody solitude--not loneliness or unwanted isolation--but the possibility of a unique and personal event that sticks in the memory and is worthy of visual preservation. The images are intimate, like quiet flashbacks. They are soft and often monochromatic vignettes that depict familiar, fleeting, ordinary moments filled with extraordinary possibility.
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JUSTIN DAHLBERG
dahlbergjc@yahoo.com ● 909.525.5866
EDUCATION
2005 MFA, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2002 BFA, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 A Free Hand, Bunny Gunner, Pomona, CA
2011 Quiet, L Gallery, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA
2008 New Drawings, Western Project, Culver City, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Faculty Art Exhibition, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Norwalk, CA
2011 Kamikaze #1, Case Study: Los Angeles, Post/Concrete Walls, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Draw the Line, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2009 Western Project - The First Six Years, Western Project, Culver City, CA
2006 In This House That I Call Home, Western Project, Culver City, CA
The Greenhouse Effect, Greenleaf Gallery, Whittier College, Whittier, CA
2005 Fine Line, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Within Limits, Sabina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Supersonic, L.A. Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2004 Pretending We Still Like Each Other, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate
University, Claremont, CA
2003 Funeral for a Friend, Kingsley Manor, Pomona, CA
Green, the New Pink, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2002 BFA Thesis Exhibition, Marilyn Rae Gallery, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Insights, University Art Museum, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2014- Present Cerritos College, Adjunct Instructor, Life Drawing, Freehand Drawing
2013 - Present Amy's Farm Educational Workshops, Art Instructor, Drawing From Life
2006 - 2013 Azusa Pacific University, Adjunct Instructor, Painting 1, Drawing 1, Intro to Art
2005 - Present Los Angeles Area Universities, Guest Lecturer, California State University Long Beach, Biola University, University of LaVerne, Marlborough School, California State Summer School for the Arts (at Cal Arts), Cerritos College
2004 - 2005 El Roble Intermediate School, Summer Instructor, Art, History
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
2005 - 2007 Andrea Bowers Studio, Artist Assistant, Los Angeles, CA
AWARDS
2011 Recognized by the Alliance for Artists and Young Writers in the Scholastic Art and Writing
Awards
2003-2005 Fellowship Award, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
PUBLICATIONS
2011 APU Life, Summer Edition
2005 New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Edition