Elena Mary Siff

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Solo Exhibitions...

• 2002 Birdsong, installation in Clover Park, FRESH ART project, Santa Monica Arts Commission
• 1993 Speaking Thunder, Installation, Santa Monica Place, Santa monica, CA
• 1992 Speaking Thunder, Installation, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
• 1989 Sanctuary, Installation, Gallery 25, Fresno, CA
• 1988 Life is a Lottery, Installation, Window Space, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
• 1982 Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• 1981 Alice Benjamin Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
• 1978 New Media Galery, Ventura College, Ventura, CA
• College of Creative Studies Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara

  Selected Group Exhibitions (last ten years)...  

• 2002 Forumulations, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA - Reactions, Exit Art, New York, NY
• 2001 Chouinard: A Living Legacy, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA, catalog - Cut and Paste: Collage, Etherington Fine Art, Martha's Vineyard, MA - From the Hands of the Maker, Temple Judea Museum, Elkins Park, PA - Not for Publication: In the Spirit of the Book, Hillwood Art Museum, C.W. Post College, Long Island University, New York
• 2000 Third Biennial Artists' Books Exhibition, Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, CA - On Paper, Skidmore contemporary Art, Malibu, CA
• 1999 Fifth Wexford Artists' Book Festival, Wexford Art Centre, Wexford, Ireland, catalog - Reassembled Perceptions, Sales Gallery, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
• 1999 - 2002 So Called Books: Diversity in Artists' Books from Southern California, The Center for Book Arts, San Francisco, CA (traveled to Center for Book Arts, New York, Marriott Library, Rare Books Division, Univerisity of Utah, Special Collections, Library, UCLA), catalog - Open and Closed: Artists' Contemporary Books as Sculptural Form, Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA
• 1998 Fourth Wexford Artists' Books Festival, Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland, catalog - PT Gallery, Hamamatsu, Japan
• 1997 The Pink Wink, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA - Splice, Side Stree Projects, Santa Monica, CA, catalog - Gallery Art Salon II, Chiba Japan - Third Wexford Artists' Books Festival, Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland - 118W/24N, Galerien Minoriten, Graz, Austria - Women of the Book: Jewish Artists, Jewish Themes, selected venues through 2003, catalog - Book Objects, Artworks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
• 1996 Blessings and Beginnings, The Skirball Cultural Center Museum, Los Angeles, CA, catalog - Pandora's Box, Antikenmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, catalog - Books in the Living Room, The Living Room, Santa Monica, CA
• 1995 Global/Focus: Women in Art and Culture, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. - U.S.A. Within Limits, Galeria Millan, San Paolo, Brazil - Eco Nation: Patriots of the Earth, Bedford Art Gallery, Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
• 1994 Only the Shadow Knows: Revelations from the Unconscious, Tree Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah - Artists' Response to AIDS, 1994, Ventura College, Ventura, CA - Alchemy of Fire, Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA - What's Next, Merging One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA - The Book Unbound, The Ormond Memorial Museum Ormond Beach, FL and other U.S. venues, catalog
• 1993 World of Difference: Art, Tourism and Cultural Dialogues, Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA - Shaped Structures: Bookworks in Form, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Versdes, CA - Teenagers, Teenagers, Fullerton Museum Center, Fullerton, CA - All that Glitters, Frameworks and De la Guerra Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

Other Related Activity...

• 1998 Co-curated Japanes Mind, Artworks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
• 1997 Curated L.A. Slide, The Living Room, Santa Monica, CA
• 1995 Curated The Transformative Object, Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
• 1995 - 2003 Co-curated Women Beyond Borders, Santa Barbara Contemportary Arts Forum and international venues (catalogues)
• 1994 Curated mail art exhibition for In the Spirit of fluxus, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
• 1993 Work chosen for 1993 Women's Artist Calendar
• 1987 Greeting Card, European National Committees of UNICEF
• 1986 Curated Southern California Assemblage: Past and Present, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA, The College of Creative Studies Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara, traveled to The Museum of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, CA (catalogue)
• 1985 Curated Found and Fabricated, The Art Corner Gallery, Standard Brands Paint Co., Santa Barbara, CA
• 1983 Curated The Magic Show, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA (catalog)
• 1977 Be Somebody, an animated film, distributed by Creative Film Societ, traveled in 'Dreamachine,' a festival of Expanded Animation

Grants...

• 1993 NEA, Art in the Marketplace, Santa Monica Arts Commission, for residency at Santa Monica Place, CA
• 1992 W.M. Keck foundation, Special Education Project, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA

Work and Professional Experience...

• 2003 Semifinalist for 'The Wall-Las Memorias' AIDS Memorial, Lincoln Park, Los Angeles
• 1995 Board Member, Tri-Counties Regional Center
• 1995 Professional advocate and consultant for people with disabilities
• 1990-1992 Board Member, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum - Taught filmmaking, mixed media and bookmaking, Education Department, Santa Barbara Museum of Art
• 1989 Taught film animation, Children's Creative Project, Santa Barbara County Schools
• 1978 CETA postition, teaching art and video to high school students, Santa Barbara Public Schools

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