Lauri Mendenhall — Resumé

Publications

Cover Image, Location3 Magazine

Fall 2007 issue

Cover Image, Coast Magazine

July 2006 issue

Cover Image & Photo Essay “Window Shopping”, Coast Magazine

April 2004 issue

Solo Exhibitions

• La Jolla Room, The Pacific Club, Newport Beach, CA

  Selections from the Series “Oddly Ordinary” and “Abstracts”

  April 2009 – Indefinitely

• The Living Room Salon & Art Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA

  “Flirty Quirks”, a selection of work featuring the Window Mannequins series

  June 8 – October 10, 2009

  Curated by Jeannie Denholm of SCAPE Gallery, Corona del Mar, CA

• Five Feet Restaurant, Laguna Beach, CA

  “Oddly Ordinary” (revisited)

  June 29 – September 14, 2008

• Newport Beach Central Library, Newport Beach, CA

  “Oddly Ordinary”

  March 1 – April 30, 2007

• Five Feet Restaurant, Laguna Beach, CA

  June 20 – September 20, 2006

• Fetneh Blake, Couture Fashion Boutique, Laguna Beach, CA

  “Mannequin Mystique”

  April 9 – May 14, 2006

• Art in Motif, St. Regis Hotel, Monarch Beach, CA

  March 1 – 31, 2006

  In association with the Laguna Art Museum

• Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

  April 1 – 25, 2004

Group Exhibitions

• In Celebration of Color – Long Beach Arts

  January 12 – February 15, 2008, Long Beach Arts Gallery, CA

  Juried by British art historian and curator James Scarborough — 2 images selected

• 2007 Women’s Art Festival

  March 3 – April 12, 2007, 2nd City Council Art Gallery and Performance Space, Long Beach, CA

  Juried by Sara Cochran, Ph.D, Assistant Curator of Modern Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art — 1 image selected

• Fall 2006 Studio Gallery Invitational Exhibition

  October 7, 2006 – January 21, 2007, Bistango Restaurant, Irvine, CA

  7 images selected

• Spring 2006 Orange County Artist Juried Exhibition

  April 7 – June 30, 2006, Newport Beach City Hall, Newport Beach, CA

  Juried by Cal State Long Beach photography professor, Dr. Elizabeth Kenneday and Marka Burns M.F.A., Art and Art Education professor at Cal State Long Beach

• 2006 Photography Exhibition – Long Beach Arts

  February 25 – March 31, 2006, Long Beach Arts Gallery, Long Beach, CA

  Juried by photographer and educator George Dinhaupt — 1 image selected

• 3rd Biennial Orange County Juried Exhibition

  January 22 – March 26, 2006, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA

  Juried by artist, curator and writer Mat Gleason (founder and publisher of L.A.-based art journal Coagula) — 3 images selected

• 21st Annual “Made in California” Juried Exhibition

  January 21 – March 3, 2006, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA

  Juried by Michelle Deziel, Senior Curator at the Norton Simon Museum — 1 image selected

• ! All California ! Juried Exhibition and Auction

  October 15 – 22, 2005, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA

• 22nd Annual Laguna Art Museum Auction

  October 16 – 23, 2004, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA

• Photo 2004: A Regional Photo Exhibition

  August 8 – September 3, 2004, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA

  Juried by photographer Todd Gray — 1 image selected

• Spring 2004 Orange County Artist Juried Exhibition

  April 2 – July 9, 2004, Newport Beach City Hall, Newport Beach, CA

  1 image selected

• “enGENDERING the Future”

  February 14 – March 27, 2004, SCA Gallery, Pomona, CA

  1 image selected. All-media exhibition of Southern California artists juried by Marie Cartier (curator and Artistic Director of the Museum of Radical Gender and Sex Matrix) and Ed Giardina (artist and faculty curator at the Art Institute of California, Orange County), as a parallel component to “Envisioning the Future,” a project facilitated by Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman in the Pomona Arts Colony

• 2nd Biennial Orange County Juried Exhibition

  January 11 – April 11, 2004, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA

  Guest juror – acclaimed contemporary artist Kim Abeles — 1 image selected

• Open Show 2003, Gallery 825 / LA Art Association Annual Exhibition

  December 19, 2003 – January 23, 2004, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA

  Curated by Karin Higa (Senior Curator, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles) — 1 image selected

• A Salute to the Arts: Newport Beach Fine Art & Photography Juried Exhibition

  November 14, 2003 – February 12, 2004, Newport Beach City Hall, Newport Beach, CA

  2 images selected

• 18th Annual “Made in California” Juried Exhibition

  January 11 – February 21, 2003, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA

  Juried by Darlene DeAngelo, Curator and Program Director for Huntington Beach Art Center — 2 images selected

• Fall 2002 Newport Beach All-Media Juried Exhibition

  November 18, 2002 – January 17, 2003, Newport Beach City Hall, Newport Beach, CA

  2 images selected

• Photo 2002

  August 3 – 30, 2002, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA

  Juried by Paul Kopeikin (of Paul Kopeikin Gallery in Los Angeles) — 1 image selected

• 2002 Orange County Juried Photography Exhibition

  July 12 – September 30, 2002, Newport Beach City Hall, Newport Beach, CA

  2 images selected

• Art Splash 2002

  June 2, 2002, Renaissance Restaurant and Courtyard, Dana Point, CA

  Dana Point Coastal Arts Juried Annual All-Media Exhibition — 2 images selected

• Fall 2001 Newport Beach All-Media Juried Exhibition

  November 7, 2001 – January 7, 2002, Newport Beach City Hall, Newport Beach, CA

  1 image selected

• 2001 Orange County Juried Photography Exhibition

  May 2 – June 26, 2001, Newport Beach City Hall, Newport Beach, CA

  2 images selected

• Fall 2000 Newport Beach All-Media Juried Exhibition

  November 7, 2000 – January 7, 2001, Newport Beach City Hall, Newport Beach, CA

Awards

• Spring 2006 Orange County Artist Juried Exhibition

  Judges’ Choice Award for Stacked Deck

• 18th Annual “Made in California” Juried Exhibition

  Honorable Mention Award for Tap Story

• Art Splash 2002

  Honorable Mention Award for Tap Story

• Fall 2000 Newport Beach All-Media Juried Exhibition

  Special Recognition Merit Award for Tap Story

Collections

• Fletcher Jones Mercedes-Benz, Henderson, NV
• Crevier BMW, Santa Ana, CA
• Mestre Design Group, Laguna Beach, CA
• Angela and Jim Hsu, Laguna Beach, CA
• Jan Nordstrom Arnold, Del Mar, CA
• Mrs. Barbara Lyon, Newport Beach, CA
• Mrs. Peggy Sprague, Newport Beach, CA
• Linda Maggard, Corona del Mar, CA
• Annette Wiley, AIA, Corona del Mar, CA
• Michael Ray, Laguna Beach, CA
• Michael and Karen Kang, Laguna Beach, CA
• Dr. Burton Press, La Quinta, CA
• Beverly and Bob White, Corona del Mar, CA
• Mr. Stephen Gordon, Laguna Beach, CA
• Mrs. Sandy Sewell, Newport Beach, CA
• Ms. Kathy Voreyer, Corona del Mar, CA
• Tom Rogers and Sally Anderson, Newport Beach, CA
• John Burnham, Laguna Beach, CA
• Donna and Dave Janes, Newport Beach, CA
• Brooke and Rob Coldren, Newport Beach, CA
• Karin Schnell, Dana Point, CA
• Michael Mudd, Palm Springs, CA
• Catherine Michaels, Newport Beach, CA
• Daphne Munzer, Long Beach, CA

Selected Bibliography