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Jill D'Agnenica Los Angeles, California
EDUCATION
MFA, Painting and Sculpture, The Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California, 1991 BA, Magna Cum Laude, History, University of California, Los Angeles, 1987 Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy, 1985-1986
SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS
1995 A City of Angels: Documentation from "Angels" The Lucky Nun Gallery, Silverlake, California
1994 A Thousand Angels, Robert Berman Gallery , Santa Monica, California
1993-1994 Angels, site-specific installation throughout the city of Los Angeles
1992 In the Nature of Walls, Redwing Meat Packing House, Los Angeles
1991 Our Feet are Heavy, Our Burden is Light, The Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA
1990 Communion, Chapel, Scripps College, Claremont, California
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1996 Object. . . Barnsdal Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Detours 96, Side Street Projects, Santa Monica, California
Alumni Exhibition, Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, California
Connections, Self-Help Graphics, Los Angeles, California
1995 In the Presence of Angels, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia
XVI Bienniale Internazionale del Bronzetto Piccola Scultura , Padova, Italia
Broadcast, Rio Hondo College Art Gallery, Los Angeles
1994 FAR Bazaar, Foundation for Art Resources, Los Angeles, California
1993 Reshaping Los Angeles, Angels Gate Cultural Center and Harbor College Art Gallery
DownArt: A Celebration of City Life, Los Angeles, California 1992
Communitas: The Feminist Art of Building Community, Cal State Northridge
Creating Ourselves, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, New Mexico
1991 Make-Up, Bag of Tricks for the Millennium: New Colors for the Fall, or the Avon Lady, Friend or Foe?, collaborative performance, USC Cycles, Brand Library Art Gallery, Glendale, California
GRANTS AND AWARDS
1996 Rose Award, Downtown Breakfast Club, Los Angeles 1995
Artist in Community Grant, City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department
1994 Artist's Project Grant, LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)
1992 Best of Show, Creating Ourselves, awards juror: Lucy Lippard
1990-1991 Graduate Fellowship, The Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California
1990 and 91 Travel and Research Grant, The Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California
SELECTED ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
Espanding Circles: Women, Art, and Community, Dr. Betty Ann Brown, Midmarch Press, New York, 1996 Visions Arts Quarterly, "A Lesson in Karmic Indebtedness," Holly Eichinger, Summer 1995 Sculpture, review of "1000 Angels," Marlena Donahue, May-June 1995 Artweek, "Survival Stories," Suvan Geer and Mary-Linn Hughes, April, 1995 Art News, "Jill D'Agnenica: Army of Angels," Suzanne Muchnic, March, 1995 Art Scene, "A City of Angels," Betty Ann Brown, February, 1995 Los Angeles Times, "A Heavenly Show," Linda Feldman, December 4, 1994 The Christian Science Monitor, "In the City of Angels. . . " front page feature article, Dan Woods, 3/2/94 TIME, cover story, "Angels Among Us," Nancy Gibbs, Dec. 27, 1993 Los Angeles Downtown News, cover story, "Operation Angel," Toni Page Birdsong, Vol 22, #46 Long Beach Press-Telegram, "Reshaping L.A.," Peter Frank, Oct. 3, 1993
SELECTED TELEVISION AND RADIO INTERVIEWS AND FEATURES
"Entertaining Angels Unawares" producer: Sue Mallinson, Pascavision LTD.,Carlton UK, 1995 "Angels and America" Interview for National Public Radio, with Judy Heskith, 1995 "In Search of Angels" PBS Feature, Perennial Productions, August 1994 "Controversial Art in Downtown Los Angeles" KCET Visiting with Huell Howser, 1994 "A City of Angels" Feature Segment, CBS "Sunday Morning", May 15, 1994