Elizabeth King

I have shown and was represented by LACMA - and have painted major murals around the world.
I believe the same skills one uses to understand science are those used for art. Impartial observation of what is there. Then I concentrate to see the underlying colors and shades in each white wall or dark shadow.

Education and Training
San Francisco State University: BA Theater, S.F. State University: Teaching Credential, English, Drama, Supplemental Plant Science and Art, 1985.
Representation by Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Sales and Rental Gallery 1995- 2001

Commissions, Public Art, and Fellowships:

Artist in Residence at the Museum of Master Artists in Bermuda- 2015
Mural. Meeting of Minds, at 3655 South Grand, 104’ x 34’, 2002
“Cut Out Kids” 2010 The Capitol Building (Sacramento) Main Office of the Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles) Bower Museum (Santa Ana), William Grant Stills (Los Angeles), City Hall (Los Angeles), Barnsdall Jr. Art Center (Los Angeles), Los Angeles Central Library (Los Angeles), KidSpace Museum (Pasadena), California Plaza (Los Angeles), Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles)
Earthwatch Teacher’s Fellowship, to study dye plants in Manitoba, 2003
Global Children’s Organization & Tides Foundation, An individual grant to work in Croatia doing art and science programs for war orphans & refugees from all parts of Bosnia & Croatia, 2001
Service Employees International Union Poster Commission, 1999 “Justice for Workers”.
Tides Foundation Grant, A individual artist's grant to spend a month in Tuscany, producin...

Arts Presentation
Solo Exhibitions
Metro Contemporary, Oakland, CA, 1989.
Joseph Chowining “Introductions ‘88”, San Francisco, CA, 1988.
Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA, 1985.
Great Western Savings, Pacific Grove, CA, 1985.
Crocker Bank, Pacific Grove, CA, 1985.
Complete list of exhibitions available on request.

Group Exhibitions
Seattle Fine Arts, Seattle, WA, 1996.
Roy Biv Gallery, Palm Springs, CA, 1994.
Gallery Concord, Art in Public Places, Concord, CA, 1991
Grant’s Pass Museum of Art, Grant’s Pass, OR, 1991
Fellus Gallery (Washington, DC), William Gallery (St. Helena), Joseph Chowing Gallery (San Francisco), Creative Gallery (Los Angeles). 1990.
San Francisco Arts Commission Festival (San Francisco), Arts Council of San Mateo (San Mateo), William Gallery (St. Helen). 1989.
The Freeman Gallery, Palo Alto, CA, 1985
38th & 39th San Francisco Arts Commission Festival, San Francisco, CA, 1984.
Main Gallery, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, 1983.
Complete list of exhibitions available on request.