Resume - vitae
MARILYN GROCH
ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA
EDUCATION:
MFA - Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles, CA, 1979
BA - San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, 1974
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
Fine Arts Gallery, Daytona State College, Daytona Beach, FL “Marilyn Groch”, November-December 2017
University Center Concourse Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, "In Focus", April-May 1998
New Media Gallery, Ventura College, Ventura, CA, "Expressive Figurations", March, 1996
Santa Monica Library Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, "Outtakes From Life", April 1993
El Camino College Library Gallery, Torrance, CA, October 1990
Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA, October 1984, February 1982, and May 1980
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITION:
Dyer Arts Center, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
“Perspective Fusions”, June 4 – June 30, 2014
Gallery 15, Rochester, NY
“Inner Abstraction, Outer Realities”, March 23-May 4, 2002
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
Hyatt-Regency Orlando, Orlando, FL (Organized by OMA)
“1st Thursdays Spring Exhibition”, March 1 – June 20, 2017
Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
“Common Objects”, February 22 – March 25, 2017
Thomas C. Kelly Administration Center, Deland, FL
“Articulating Gatsby”, January 2 – January 3, 2017
Orlando Museum of Art – First Thursday, Orlando, FL
“Eat or be Eaten”, June 2, 2016
The Sibley Building, Rochester, NY
“Fine Art Blooms at Sibley”, May 30 – June 5, 2015
Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
“The Machine”, September 25 – October 26, 2013
Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, NY
“6x6x2009”, June 6 – July 12, 2009
Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, NY
“6x6x2008”, June 6 – July 6, 2008
Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, NY
“The Big 3-0”, June 8 – June 22, 2007
Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, NY
“[Object]ivity” December 1, 2006-January 14, 2007
Cazenovia College Art Gallery, Cazenovia, NY
“Pattern + Pulse”
November 21 – December 18, 2005
Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
“82nd Annual Spring Show”, April-June, 2005
Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, NY
“Summer Members Show” July-August, 2004
Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
“Pop, Rock & Roll: Popular Culture in Contemporary Art” January-February, 2003
Little Theatre Gallery, Rochester, NY
“Group Exhibition”, January-February, 2003
Link Gallery at City Hall, Rochester, NY
Tempo Members exhibit, December, 2002-January, 2003
The Center at High Falls Fine Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
"The Car, the Highway and the American Scene", September-October 2001
Cultural Center for Fine Arts, Parkersburg, WV
"Realism 2001" March - May 2001
Esmay Fine Arts Gallery, Rochester, NY
"Get Out of Town!" July-August 2000
S.O.T.A. Gallery, School of the Arts, Rochester, NY
Group Show, September-October 1999
Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
"Made in New York '99", June-August 1999
The LRC Gallery, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI, "Tenth Northern
National Art Competition", July-September 1997
Nazareth College Arts Center, Rochester, NY
"28th Annual Tempo Exhibition", March 1997
Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester, NY
"27th Annual Tempo Exhibition", November, 1996
Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
"55th Rochester-Finger Lakes-1996", August-November, 1996
Modesto Junior College Gallery, Modesto, CA.
"Five New Realities", March, 1995
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Los
Angeles, CA, "Rental Division I", September 1994
Southern California Women's Caucus for Art, Roberts Art Gallery,
Santa Monica, CA, "Taboo", November 1987
Laguna Beach Museum of Art, South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, CA,
"Yardart", Summer 1986
Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA, "Silver Jubilee Retrospective",
November - December 1983
Newport Harbor Art Museum Rental Gallery, Newport Beach, CA,
Three-person exhibition, April 1983
Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA, "Bagged Art",
November, 1982 - January 1983
California State University, Los Angeles Exploratorium Gallery, Los
Angeles, CA, "Interiors", August 1982
Roberts Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA "Recent Works", Two-person
Exhibition, October 1982
Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA, "The Real Thing:
Southern California Realist Painting", April - June 1982
Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA,
"Configurations III", March 1982
Long Beach City College Fine Arts Gallery, Long Beach, CA, "Varied
Images: Selected Artists from the Orlando Gallery", January 1982
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA), Santa Ana, CA,
First Annual Juried Exhibition, Betty Turnbull, Juror, July 1981
Loyola Marymount University, Malone Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA,
"A Fine Line: A Drawing Show", September 1980
Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA, 1979 – 1984
SELECTED REFERENCES:
"Ormond Beach Still Life Artist's Work", Ormond Beach Observer, by Jarleene Almenas, November 23, 2017, p. 9
"Realism 2001, XIII Annual National Competition",Cultural Center of Fine Arts,
Parkersburg, WV, Catalogue for "Realism 2001", p.9
"Feminist Issues - in Fine Form", The Los Angeles Times, by Josef
Woodard, March 14, 1996, Ventura County Weekend, Sights"
"Diverse Realities in College Art Show", The Modesto Bee, by Leo
Stuzin, April 2, 1995, p. F-1
"1987 Juried Exhibitions", Southern California Women's Caucus For
Art, Catalogue for "Taboo", 1987, p. 13
"The Galleries", The Los Angeles Times, by Marlena Donahue, October
12, 1984. Part VI, p. 15
"Distinction in Realist Painting", The Los Angeles Times, by William
Wilson, May 19, 1982. Part VI, p. 1
"The Real Thing", by Dr. Lynn Gamwell. Catalogue for "The Real
Thing: Southern California Realist Painting", at the Laguna Beach
Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA, April 1982. Pps. 12, 14, 34;
Illustration, p. 30
"Southern California Realist Painting", Orange County House and
Garden, May, 1982, Visual Arts, p. 66.
"Realism Exhibit Gets Emotional Responses. , Laguna News Post, by
Diana McSweeney, May 6, 1982, Art Scene, p.14.
"The Real Thing in Southern California", West Art, April 23, 1982,
Vol. 2l, No. 15, p.l.
"The Galleries", The Los Angeles Times, by Suzanne Muchnic, May 16,
1980, Part VI, p. 10.
Otis Art Institute of Parsons' School of Design, Portfolio and
Exhibition Catalog, News School Bulletin, Vol. 37, No. 2, September 1979.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Artist-in-Residence, Fairport High School, Fairport, NY: 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009
Artist-in-Residence, West Irondequoit School District , Irondequoit, NY: 2007