MARTA CHAFFEE
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Marta Chaffee is an artist who lives and works in her native Los Angeles. Raised in Pasadena, California, she received a B.A. from Occidental College. After studies at UCLA and the Arts Students League in New York, she earned an M.F.A. from Otis Art Institute. Chaffee’s paintings and drawings focus on images of the California landscape. Her work has been exhibited throughout the western states, New York and Florida, as well as Seoul, Korea. Her work is held in numerous private and public collections. Marta lives with her husband in Pacific Palisades. They have two daughters. 
EDUCATION
1976-78    M.F.A., Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles, California
1965-66    Lubner-Dimondstein Studio, Los Angeles, California
1964-65    Graduate Program in Art, University of California, Los Angeles, California
1958-59    Art Students League of New York City, New York, New York
1954-58    B.A., Occidental College, Los Angeles, California

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018    “The Places We’ve Lived”, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, Callifornia
2013    “Southern Calilfornia Light “, Santa Monica, California
2012    “California Landscapes “San Pedro, California
2004   “Evidence of Life “, San Pedro, Calfiornia
1995     Sylvia White, Contemporary Artists' Services, Santa Monica, CA
1994     Sylvia White, Contemporary Artists' Services, New York, New York
1993     Sylvia White, Contemporary Artists' Services, Santa Monica, CA
1990    Art Space Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1983    Art Space Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1983    Walla Walla College, Walla Walla, Washington
            Riggs Galleries, San Diego, California
1981     Stanford Faculty Club, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
            Art Space Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1979    "M.F.A. Show," Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009    “Insight/Inside LA, Mt. St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles, CA
2008    “Oceano Romantico” Lax Terminal 1
2007    “Blooms” Bridge Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007    “Roads” , LAX Terminal 1
2006    “Highways and Byways”,Pierce College, Woodland Hills, CA
2004    “Opening Exhibition,” Embler Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
2003    “Landscapes 2003,”  California State University, Los Angeles California
2002    “Seeing the Sea,”  Angels Gate, San Pedro, California
2000   “on & of paper,”  Angels Gate, San Pedro, California
1999     Thomas Reynolds Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998     "Venice Art Walk: Silent Auction," Venice California
1997      "Venice Art Walk: Silent Auction," Venice California
1996      "Venice Art Walk: Silent Auction," Venice California
              "Landscape: The Continuum," Barnsdall Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, CA     
              "Man Made Landscapes," Joslyn Art Center, Torrance, California
1995      "Los Angeles Juried Exhibition," Barnsdall Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles,CA  
              Koll Corporation, Laguna Beach, California
              Gensler and Associates, Los Angeles, California
              St. John's University, Jamaica, New York
1994     Sylvia White, Contemporary Artists' Services, New York, New York
             Sylvia White, Contemporary Artists' Services, Santa Monica, California
             "Earth & Sky," Dan Beckerman Gallery, Redlands, California
             "No Common Denominator," Mount Saint Mary's College, Los Angeles, CA
1993     "Alumni as Visiting Artists," Occidental College Gallery, Los Angeles, California
             "Contemporary Artists' Artists, "Sylvia White, Contemporary Artists' Services, Santa Monica, California
             "Art/LA 93," Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California
             "Ten Artists from the West Coast," Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
             XXIII, Brand Library, Glendale, California
             Mad River Post Corporation, Frank O'Geary-Edgemar Building, Santa Monica, California
             Art Fair/Seattle 93, Seattle Westin Hotel, Seattle, Washington
             Brandstater Gallery, La Sierra University, Riverside, California
             Brand Library, Glendale, CA
1992     "Art/LA 92," Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California
            "Three California Artists," Sun Cities Art Museum, Sun City, Arizona
             Contemporary Artists' Services, Santa Monica, California
1991     "Balance Brought Forward," Art Space Gallery, Los Angeles, California
            "An Opening and a Closing," Art Space Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1988    "Surveyors, Southern California Vistas," Gensler and Associates, Los Angeles,     California
1987    "Twitchell and Chaffee," Long Beach Art Association, Long Beach, California
            "The Art Of Celebrating 100 Years," Occidental College, Los Angeles, California
1985    "L.A. Artists," Marlborough School, Los Angeles, California
            "Encore '85," Joslyn Center for the Arts, Torrance, California
1983    "Fifth Annual Drawing Exhibition," Roberts Gallery, Santa Monica, California
            "All Media '83," Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California
1982    "Painting Exhibition," Roberts Gallery, Santa Monica, California
            "Additional Space Expose V," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles,     
            "All Media '82," Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California
1981     "Additional Space Expose IV," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles,     California
            "California: The State Of the Landscape 1872-1981," Newport Harbor Art Museum,     Newport Beach, California; Santa Barbara                     Art Museum, Santa Barbara, California
1980    "Six Off The Wall," Torrance Historical Society and the City of Torrance, Torrance, California
            "Landscape," Long Beach Art Association Open Juried Art Exhibition, Long Beach, California
1979     "Alumni Painters and Printmakers," Occidental College, Los Angeles, California
1977     "Twelve Artists' Drawings," College of the Canyons, Valencia, California
1973     "Inland Exhibition IX," San Bernardino, California
1965     "International Art Festival," Century City, California
1958     "Alumni Art Show," Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California

AWARDS
1984     Finalist, "Olympic International Art Competition 1984," Los Angeles, California

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
"As We See It: An Art Collection of, by and for Women," Westside Women's Clinic, Los Angeles, CA
Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
City of Torrance: Department of Parks and Recreation, Torrance, California
Security Pacific National Bank, Los Angeles, California
Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, Los Angeles, California
Bank of America, San Diego, California
Kaiser Aluminum, K-Corp Division, San Diego, California
Texas Commerce Bank, Houston, Texas
Baker, Hostetler, McCutchen, Black, Los Angeles, California
Heibert, Inc. (Division of Hon Industries), Carson, California
Hilton Hotels, The Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles, California
Rutan and Tucker, Orange County, California
Tyre, Kamins, Katz and Granof, Los Angeles, California
Bryan, Cave, Los Angeles/Orange County, California
Carter, Hawley, Hale, Phoenix, Arizona
Fluor Corporation, Aliso Viejo, California

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Book of Days, Seeing Los Angeles from its Angels Gate, 2002
Total Museum of Contemporary Art, 10 Artists from West Coast, 1993.
Donohue, Marlena, "The Galleries- West Los Angeles," Los Angeles Times: Calendar Section (March 30,1984), p. 14.
Zimmer-McKelvie, Kathy, "California Landscapes," Images and Issues, Vol. 5, No. 1 (July/August 1984), pp. 48-49.
Gibson, Dunn, and Crutcher, A Century of California Landscapes. 1983, p. 18.
Newport Harbor Art Museum, California- The State of Landscape, 1981 p. 88, illus.
Pincus, Robert L., "The Galleries- La Cienega Area," Los Angeles Times Calendar Section (May 29, 1981), pp. 2, 4.
Otis Art Institute of Parsons' School of Design, Portfolio and Exhibition Catalog, New School Bulletin, Vol. 37, No. 2, 1979.
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