SAM AMATO3211 Greenfield Ave, Los Angeles CA 90034 Born: February 23, 1924; New York City, New York SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND: Pratt Institute of Art; New York City, New York; 1941-1942 New School of Social Research; New York City, New York; 1946-1947 University of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; 1947-1948 Pratt Institute of Art; New York City, New York; BFA (Cum Laude); 1950-1952 TEACHING BACKGROUND: Pratt Institute of Art: 1948-1952 Newark Academy of Arts: 1948-1950 Newark Academy of Arts: 1950-1952 Albright Art School: 1952-1954 University of California, Los Angeles: 1954-1991 EXHIBITIONS: Solo Shows: 1957: Frank Perls Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA; “Amato”; (Published Catalogue) (Art News, November, 1957, p. 51) 1958: Frank Perls Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA; “Sam Amato, Recent Paintings”; (Art News, November, 1958, p. 65) 1960: Frank Perls Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA; “Sam Amato, Recent Paintings” 1967: Ceeje Galleries, Los Angeles, CA; “Sam Amato, Recent Paintings” 1968: UCLA Art Galleries, Los Angeles, CA; “Sam Amato” (Published Catalogue) 1973: Lang Art Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA; “Sam Amato” 1976: Zara Gallery, San Francisco, CA; “Sam Amato, Paintings” 1984: Lelia Ivy Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; “Sam Amato” 1994: FIG, Santa Monica, CA; “Sam Amato, Paintings 1992-94” 1995: FIG, Santa Monica, CA; “Sam Amato, Recent Paintings” 1996: FIG, Santa Monica, CA; “Sam Amato, Recent Work, Images of Buddha” 2001: Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA; “Sam Amato, Bodhisattvas, Poets, Lohans” 2003: FIG, Santa Monica, CA; “Sam Amato, New Work”
GROUP SHOWS: Thorne Hall, Occidental College, CA; “Paintings and Sculpture, Conception to Completion” Art Gallery, Valley Cities Jewish Community Center, Van Nuys, CA; “Five Southland Artists” 1950: The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; “Brooklyn Artists 1950 Biennial Exhibition” 1952-53: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; “American Water Colors Drawings and Prints 1952 – 1953: Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; “Western New York 19th Exhibition” (Published Catalogue) 1954: Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; “Western New York Exhibition – 20th Annual”; (Published Catalogue) 1954: The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH; “19th Annual Midyear Show” (Published Catalogue) 1955: The Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA; “34th National Exhibition of the California Watercolor Society” (Published Catalogue) 1955: Santa Monica Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; “Art-From Start to Finnish” (Art News, April 1955, page 64) 1955: Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA; “Artists of Los Angeles and Vicinity 1955 Annual Exhibition” (Published Catalogue) 1955: The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH; “20th Annual Midyear Show” (Published Catalogue) 1955: The Downtown Gallery, New York City, NY; “Painters of Los Angeles” 1956: 41st National Orange Show, San Bernardino, CA; “Art – Painting, Photography, Sculpture” (Published Catalogue) 1956: Bay Cities Jewish Community Center, Santa Monica, CA; “Artists of the Bay Area” 1955-56: The Long Beach Municipal Art Center, Los Angeles, CA; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; “35th Annual Exhibition of the California Water Color Society” (Published Catalogue) 1955: Santa Monica Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; “Drawings 1955” 1956: Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA; “1956 Annual Exhibition Artists of Los Angeles and Vicinity” (Published Catalogue) 1956: The Los Angeles County Fair Association, Pomona, CA; “Contemporary Arts United States” 1956: San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA; “Twentieth Annual Drawings and Print Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association” (Published Catalogue) 1957: Santa Monica Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; “Delano/Amato” 1957: Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA; “1957 Annual Exhibition Artists of Los Angeles and Vicinity” (Published Catalogue) 1958: Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA; “1958 Annual Exhibition” (Published Catalogue) 1958: Frank Perls Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA; “Recent Paintings by Amato” 1959: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA; “Sam Amato Recent Paintings” 1960: Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA; “1960 Annual Exhibition Artists of Los Angeles and Vicinity” (Published Catalogue) (Art News, September 1960, p. 51) 1971: Print Gallery, Dickson Art Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; “8 Painter – Printmakers” 1975: Frederick S. Wright Art Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; “18 UCLA Faculty Artists” (Published Catalogue) 1990: Rio Hondo College Art Gallery, Whittier, CA; “Still Life” 1993: FIG, Santa Monica, CA; “Sam Amato, Arleen G. Hendler” 1995: FIG, Santa Monica, CA; “Drawings and Small Works” 2000: FIG, Santa Monica, CA; “Mystical Figures” 2005: FIG, Santa Monica, CA; “Sam Amato – Recent Paintings”
IINVITATIONAL SHOWS: 1957-58: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA; California Palace of the Legion of Honor; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA; Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; “Second Pacific Coast Biennial Exhibition of Paintings and Watercolors” (Published Catalogue) 1958: Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA; “Arts of Southern California – II: Painting” 1958: The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI; “One Hundred and Fifty-Third Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts – American Painting and Sculpture” (Published Catalogue) 1958: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA; “American Painting 1958” (Published Catalogue) 1959: University of Illinois, Urbana, Urbana, IL; “Contemporary Painting and Sculpture” 1959: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York, NY; “1959 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting” (Published Catalog) 1960: UCLA Art Galleries Dickson Art Center, Los Angeles, CA; “50 Paintings of the Los Angeles Area”
COLLECTIONS: Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Aronson
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