DAVE LEFNER - CV
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Solo Exhibitions​
2018
What’s in a Word?, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
The Medium is the Message, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
2017
LA Redux: Reduction Linocuts by Dave Lefner, Pasadena Museum
of California Art, Pasadena, CA
2016
Stargazer, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
2015
Sugar Rush, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
Bright, Shiny & Sweet, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Mid-Century Americana by Dave Lefner and Robert Townsend, Hespe Gallery,
San Francisco, CA (2-person exhibition)
2014
Destination LA: A Road Trip, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
Marquee / Art in the Arthouse, Laemmle’s Royal Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Reduction Linocuts, Michael Hollis Fine Art, South Pasadena, CA
2010
City Blocks: Reduction Linocuts, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
2009
Urbanist: Reduction Linocuts by Dave Lefner, San Luis Obispo Art Center, CA
2008
Dave Lefner, Contemporary Artists Series, Craig Olsen Inc., Los Angeles, CA
2007
Sharna & Dave Lefner, Art International: A Fine Art Fair, Pasadena, CA (2-person exhibition)
2006
Money is War: Artemio Rodriguez / Paradise Lost: Dave Lefner, Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, CA (2-person exhibition)
2003
day of youth... to sullied night, RiskPress Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000
Linoleum Block Prints / Collages, Pulp and Illiterature, Los Angeles, CA
City in Relief: Linoleum Block Prints and Collages by Dave Lefner, Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, CA
1999
Recent Linocuts, Zipper Art, Form, and Function, Los Angeles, CA
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Group Exhibitions​
2018
Group Exhibition, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
2017
Group Exhibition, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
2016
Group Exhibition, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Palm Springs, CA
Brewery Art Walk, The Brewery Art Colony, Los Angeles, CA
Palette to Palate (Featured Artist), Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
2015
Road Trip, Sue Greenwood Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Los Angeles Juried Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA
American Details, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
Feigned: Real and Not Real Everyday Things, Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School, Santa Monica, CA
Art Market San Francisco (Fair), Skidmore Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
Brewery Art Walk, The Brewery Art Colony, Los Angeles, CA
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Museum Collections
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
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Commissions​
2011
Disney D23 - Three Commissioned Limited-Edition Prints for Expo at the Anaheim Convention Center
2009
Commission print for the Carmel Art and Film Festival
2003
Graphic Arts Council/LACMA - NexGen membership drive; Edition of 50 fine art prints
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Featured Artist Lectures and Workshops
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2018
The Medium is the Message, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA (Bergamot Spring Fling event)
2016
Block Printing Workshops, Pasadena Museum of California Art
2010
Relief Print Demonstrations, LA Art Show, Los Angeles Convention Center
Block Printing Workshops, Los Angeles IFPDA Fine Print Fair, Los Angeles
2009
Reduction Linocut Lectures (Guest Speaker), Occidental College, Los Angeles
Relief Print Demonstrations, LA Art Show, Los Angeles Convention Center
2008
Reduction Linocut Lecture (Guest Speaker), California State University, Northridge
2006
Reduction Linocut Lecture (Hosted at Studio for Whittier College)
2002
Reduction Linocut Lecture/Workshop (Hosted/Taught at Studio for the Graphic Arts Council/Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
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Education
1993
BA, California State University, Northridge
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Bibliography​
2018
Kennedy, Jake. Look Again, Pressing Matters, Issue 3, March 2018.
Paris, Wendy. The Joy of Neon, Jewish Journal, February 14, 2018.
2017
Mills, Michelle. ‘LA Redux’ Looks at the City…, Pasadena Star-News, August 19, 2017.
Durflinger, Keith. Artist Dave Lefner to Exhibit… (Video), Daily News, July 25, 2017.
