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"There’s an amiable lack of the ordinary infusing the work, its overall serenity making for great associative conversations."
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"Bemiller’s work – characterized by the dynamic interplay of vivid color in innovative combinations – exemplifies a deep curiosity, even passion, for the limitless possibilities and nuances of color, line and shape." --Megan Abrahams, Whitehot Magazine (2016)
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Quinton Bemiller is a fifth-generation Southern Californian, influenced by the artistic legacies of this region and its natural environments. Particular places and memories often inform his expressive works. His paintings translate lived experiences into visual language, with color as the essential vocabulary. Both formal and introspective, his work is a process of seeking more than telling.
Curriculum Vitae
Born October 17, 1976 in Arcadia, California.
Lives and works in Riverside, California.
Education
Ed.D. 2019, California State University, San Bernardino, California
M.F.A. 2007, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
B.F.A. 2000, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
A.A. 1998, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
Solo Exhibitions
2016
Clarity, LAUNCH LA, Los Angeles, CA
2014
New Work, Offramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2013
Sundance Sunset Cinema, West Hollywood, CA
2012
Three Artists, Three Perspectives: Quinton Bemiller, Alexandra Wiesenfeld and David B. Jang, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rolling Hills Estates, CA; Curator: Scott Canty
2011
Offramp Mural, Offramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2010
Kusama Trees, Offramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA (catalog)
Subsequent Events, Los Angeles International Airport, Public Art and Exhibitions Program, City of Los Angeles, CA, Department of Cultural Affairs and Los Angeles World Airports
Hahamongna, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2009
Chance and Choice, Offramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA
12 Gauge: A Rapid Fire Study of Los Angeles Art, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA; Curator: Max Presneill
2008
Hopes and Expectations, LouWe Gallery, South Pasadena, CA
Jill Thayer Galleries at the Fox, Bakersfield, CA
2007
Some Open Ended Stories, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
A Brand New Colony, Thesis Exhibition, East Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2006
Overlay, Installation Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Transient, (with Sayon Syprasoueth), Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2000
Newbury Street Gallery, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
1998
Catalyst Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Office of California State Assemblyman, Dr. Jack Scott, Pasadena, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021
NOMAD, Torrance Art Museum at the Civic Center, Torrance, CA; Curator: Max Presneill
2020
+/- Exploring Quarantine -/+, Washington Reid Gallery, online; Curator: Aragna Ker, Culver City, CA
International Art Made in Quarantine, online; Curator: Seann Brackin, Madrid, Spain
Pasadena Art Alliance 20th Biennial Art Auction, online, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Paintings from the Interior, University of California, Riverside, Culver Center of the Arts (Arts Block), Riverside, CA; Curator: Andi Campognone
Neoteric: The New Avant-Garde, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA; Curator: Evan Senn
A Dialog with Nature, Inland Empire Museum of Art, Upland, CA; Curator: Gene Sasse
2018
Faculty Exhibition, Norco College, Riverside Community College District, Norco, CA
Pasadena Art Alliance 19th Biennial Art Auction, Vibiana, Los Angeles, CA
2017
All That Glitters, LAUNCH LA/Merry Karnowsky Projects, Pop-Up Gallery, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
Conversations in the Woods, Inland Empire Museum of Art, Upland, CA
Off the Wall, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2016
Summer Exhibition, Merry Karnowsky Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Pasadena Art Alliance 18th Biennial Art Auction, Vibiana, Los Angeles, CA
See Gee You!, with Brian Thomas Jones, Chris Truman, Joe Lloyd and Ruth Trotter, EWP Gallery, Monterey Park, CA; Curator: Jane Liu
2015
Off the Wall, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Incognito XI, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
2014
Quinton Bemiller, Anita Bunn and Mark Steven Greenfield: New Work, Offramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Pasadena Art Alliance 17th Biennial Art Auction, California Club, Los Angeles, CA
Incognito X, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
2013
Size Really Does Matter, Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA; Curator: Scott Canty
A Visible Mark: Contemporary Drawing, Norco College Art Gallery, Norco, CA; Curator: Karin Skiba
Fifth Anniversary Group Exhibition, Offramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA (catalog)
The Armory Show and Tell, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
MAS Attack, LA Mart, Los Angeles, CA; Curator: Max Presneill
All You Can Eat, Bunny Gunner Gallery, Pomona, CA
Off the Wall, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Incognito IX, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
2012
100 Prints Celebrating 100 Years, Massachusetts State Transportation Building, Boston, MA; Curators: Liza Folman, Michael David, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University.
Venice Art Walk & Auctions, Venice, CA
Incognito VIII, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
All You Can Eat, Bunny Gunner Gallery, Pomona, CA
2011
Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Art Zone, Offramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Flag Stop, Offramp Gallery Booth, Torrance, CA
Venice Art Walk and Auctions, Venice, CA
Incognito VII, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Off the Wall, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
All You Can Eat, Bunny Gunner Gallery, Pomona, CA
The Open Daybook Project, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, CA; Curator: David P. Earle (publication)
Spectrum, Kellogg Gallery, California Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA; Curator: Shari Wasson
2010
Art Zone, Offramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA
For Roland, Bunny Gunner Gallery, Pomona, CA (catalog)
Summer Show, Offramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA
International Mail Art Exhibition in Honor and Memory of Judith A. Hoffberg, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA; Curator: Jay Belloli
Complex Yet Approachable, Project_210, Pasadena, CA
Pasadena Art Alliance 15th Biennial Auction, Edison Electric Building, Brewery Arts Colony, Los Angeles, CA
Incognito VI, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Fresh Start, Arena 1, Santa Monica, CA
2009
Rant, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, California; Curator: Dan Callis
Incognito V, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Off the Wall, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA; Curator: Jay Belloli
2008
Chaffey College Mixer, Fullerton Museum of Art, California State University San Bernardino, CA
Incognito IV, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Pasadena Art Alliance 14th Biennial Auction, Wind Tunnel, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2007
Synchronic, Arena 1, Santa Monica, CA
Interactions, Armory Northwest, Pasadena, CA; Curator: Lorraine Cleary-Dale
Incognito III, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
12th Annual Los Angeles Art Show, Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA (catalog)
2006
Natural Flavors, East & Peggy Phelps Galleries, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Biannual, Mike Napoliello Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA; Juror: Jeremy Strick, Director/Curator, MOCA, Los Angeles
gem, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA; Juror: Joni Gordon, Director, Newspace, Los Angeles, CA
W/E Trade, Plant Zero Art Center, Richmond, VA
I Like You, East & Peggy Phelps Galleries, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2005
Incognito II, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
All California Juried Exhibition, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
2004
Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA; Juror: James Elaine, Projects Curator, Hammer Museum
2003
Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA; Juror: Karin Higa, Senior Curator, Japanese American National Museum
2002
Pacifically Designed, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2000
B.F.A. Exhibition, Main Gallery, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
1999
Paintings, Newbury Street Gallery, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts; Curator: Michael V. David
The Boston Printmaker’s Biennial, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
Prints from the Art Institute of Boston, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, MA
1998
Annual, Pasadena City College Gallery, Pasadena, CA; Juror: Jay Belloli, Curator, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena
1997
New Generation in Creation, Art Space, Pasadena, CA; Curator: Suzanne A. Bravender
Awards
2019
59th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecturer, Riverside Community College District, Riverside, CA
2010
City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Individual Artist Grant, Los Angeles, CA
2009
City of Pasadena Individual Artist Grant, Pasadena, CA
2006
Teaching Fellowship, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Graduate Fellowship, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2004
Juror’s Award, Open Show 2004, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (Karin Higa, Juror)
2003
Juror’s Award, Open Show 2003, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (James Elaine, Juror)
2000
The Purchase Prize in Fine Art, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
1999
Portfolio Scholarship, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
1998
Portfolio Scholarship, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
1998
Pasadena Art Alliance Scholarship, Pasadena, CA
1998
Superior Achievement in Advanced Painting, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
1997
The William C. Miller Scholarship in Painting, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
1994
The President’s Award in Music, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
Professional Experience
2021 – Present
Dean of Instruction, Schools of Arts & Humanities and Social & Behavioral Sciences, Norco College, Norco, CA
2013 – 2021
Associate Professor of Art, Norco College, Riverside Community College District, Norco, CA
2006 – 2016
Private Instructor, Los Angeles/Riverside, CA
2007 – 2014
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Art/Art History, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2012 – 2013
Associate Faculty, Norco College, Riverside Community College District, Norco, CA
2011 – 2013
Curator/Director, W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California
2008 – 2010
Co-Owner/Co-Director, Project_210 Gallery, Pasadena, California
2006 – 2011
Instructor, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
2006
Teaching Assistant, Advanced Painting, Pomona College, Claremont, California
2003 – 2006
Visual Art Instructor, Pasadena Unified School District, Pasadena, California
2002 – 2003
Gallery Assistant, Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, California
2000 – 2002
Assistant Director, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2000
Intern, Center Street Printmaking Studio, Boston, Massachusetts
Bibliography
Barton, Dave. "Golden West College's Neoteric: The New Avant-Garde". Orange County Weekly February 14, 2019
Abrahams, Megan. "Unexpected Twists, Hurdles and Epiphanies of Quinton Bemiller". Whitehot Magazine April, 2016
Brown, Betty Ann. "Jane Chafin: Grand Dame for Pasadena". Artillery Magazine March 3, 2015
“Norco: Art Professor to Speak at Los Angeles Gallery”. The Press Enterprise November 15, 2013
Morales, Franz A.D. “Offramp Gallery’s Fifth Anniversary and ArtNight Exhibit”. Pasadena Now September 27, 2013
Sillsbee, Kirk. “Taking the Offramp to Art”. Glendale News Press September 15, 2013
Dambrot, Shana Nys. “The Fifth Anniversary Group Exhibition”. L.A. Weekly September 4, 2013
Chafin, Jane. “Offramp Gallery: Celebrating Five Years of Contemporary Art in an Historic Home”. August 30, 2013
Owens, Carly. “Freeway Flier”. The Breeze May 2, 2012
Wyszpolski, Bondo. “Recycled and Reshaped”. Easy Reader March 1, 2012
Piasecki, Joe. “Program Makes Art Add Up”. Pasadena Sun January 8, 2012
Haerens, Timothy. “The Many Faces of Quinton Bemiller”. Articles December 2011
Finnerty-Pyne, Sinéad. “The Beautiful Flaw”. Quinton Bemiller: Kusama Trees 2010
Frank, Peter. “Blague d’Art: Out There”. The Huffington Post June 21, 2010
Babish, Brendan. “Project_210: An Interstate for Local Artists”. The Flame Spring 2010
Earle, David P. “The Open Daybook”. Mark Batty Publishers/Random House 2010
Williams, Janette. “Artist Climbs to New Aesthetic Heights with Mural Project” Pasadena Star News January 23, 2010.
Tuck, Geoff. “Notes on Looking From the Fellows of Contemporary Art”. For Your Art December 17, 2009.
Pomonis, Mary Anna. “Quinton Bemiller: Chance & Choice.” THE Magazine September 2009, Volume 1, Number 11.
Los Angeles Art Association, Volume I, 2009
“City Commission Awards $142,600 in Grants to Artists, Institutions”. Pasadena Star News August 18, 2009
Publications
Hayv Kahraman: Project Series 52 & Silence is Gold, Fabrik, February 6, 2019
Mt. San Antonio College Art Gallery – John David O’Brien, Rebecca Ripple, Coleen Sterritt: Khôra, Fabrik, January 22, 2019
What I Learned in Grad School, Jane Chafin’s Blog, November 9, 2011
Question and Answer with the CGU Faculty, Claremont Graduate University Art Journal, May 2007
Karl Benjamin: From Start to Finish, Claremont Graduate University Art Journal, May 2006
Lorser Feitelson, Catalog: The Fine Art Dealers Association Los Angeles Art Show, October 2002
Letter to the Editor: Art of Yuroz, Los Angeles Times Magazine, March 3, 2002
Selected Collections
The Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts;
College of Art & Design, Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Formerly The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, Massachusetts);
Catherine Arias and Bert Voorhees, Los Angeles, California;
Geoffrey Baum & Lisa Gallaway, Pasadena, CA
Anally Bennett, Pasadena, California;
John Bennett, Pasadena, California;
Suzanne A. Bravender, La Cañada, California;
William and Inez Bush, Los Angeles, California;
Arlene Bogna, Los Angeles, California;
Charles Alexander and Jane Chafin, Pasadena, CA
Santos Cortez, Alhambra, California;
Pauline Crabb, California;
R-lene Mijares De Lang and Gordon De Lang, Laguna Beach, California;
Christian Eimer, Germany;
Mary K. Golden, Newport Beach, CA;
William E. Goldmann, California;
Honorable Robert L. and Paula Hess, California;
Ann Isolde, Santa Monica, California;
Marie Jordan, Glendale, California;
Saralyn Lowenstein, California;
John Millei, Santa Barbara, California;
Christel MacKinnon, California;
Linda Malm, Taos, New Mexico;
Robert May, Pasadena, California;
John Kinkead, Los Angeles, California;
Christopher and Lesley Obaditch, Corona del Mar, California;
David Pagel and Alisa Tager, Los Angeles, California;
Peggy Phelps, Claremont, California;
Melissa Pugash, Los Angeles, California;
Eve Rappaport, Los Angeles, California;
John and Deborah Smyth, Los Angeles, California;
Melita and Stuart Riddle, Manhattan Beach, California;
Janet Santiestevan, La Cañada, California;
Kristine Schomaker, Los Angeles, California;
Veronica Stensby and Matthew Cooker, Tarzana, California;
Sayon Syprasoueth, California;
Chris and Clare Tayback, Pasadena, California;
Cheryl Tebo, Santa Monica, California;
Jill Thayer, Bakersfield, California;
Ryo Tsukioka, Los Angeles, California;
Susan Feldman Tucker, Los Angeles, California;
William Turner, Santa Monica, California;
Brenda Welsh, Los Angeles, California;
Frances Werthwein, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts;
Valerie Wilcox, Redondo Beach, California;
Chris Zaima, Washington, Connecticut.
Curriculum Vitae
Born October 17, 1976 in Arcadia, California.
Lives and works in Riverside, California.
Education
Ed.D. 2019, California State University, San Bernardino, California
M.F.A. 2007, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
B.F.A. 2000, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
A.A. 1998, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
Solo Exhibitions
2016
Clarity, LAUNCH LA, Los Angeles, CA
2014
New Work, Offramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2013
Sundance Sunset Cinema, West Hollywood, CA
2012
Three Artists, Three Perspectives: Quinton Bemiller, Alexandra Wiesenfeld and David B. Jang, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rolling Hills Estates, CA; Curator: Scott Canty
2011
Offramp Mural, Offramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2010
Kusama Trees, Offramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA (catalog)
Subsequent Events, Los Angeles International Airport, Public Art and Exhibitions Program, City of Los Angeles, CA, Department of Cultural Affairs and Los Angeles World Airports
Hahamongna, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2009
Chance and Choice, Offramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA
12 Gauge: A Rapid Fire Study of Los Angeles Art, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA; Curator: Max Presneill
2008
Hopes and Expectations, LouWe Gallery, South Pasadena, CA
Jill Thayer Galleries at the Fox, Bakersfield, CA
2007
Some Open Ended Stories, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
A Brand New Colony, Thesis Exhibition, East Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2006
Overlay, Installation Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Transient, (with Sayon Syprasoueth), Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2000
Newbury Street Gallery, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
1998
Catalyst Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Office of California State Assemblyman, Dr. Jack Scott, Pasadena, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021
NOMAD, Torrance Art Museum at the Civic Center, Torrance, CA; Curator: Max Presneill
2020
+/- Exploring Quarantine -/+, Washington Reid Gallery, online; Curator: Aragna Ker, Culver City, CA
International Art Made in Quarantine, online; Curator: Seann Brackin, Madrid, Spain
Pasadena Art Alliance 20th Biennial Art Auction, online, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Paintings from the Interior, University of California, Riverside, Culver Center of the Arts (Arts Block), Riverside, CA; Curator: Andi Campognone
Neoteric: The New Avant-Garde, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA; Curator: Evan Senn
A Dialog with Nature, Inland Empire Museum of Art, Upland, CA; Curator: Gene Sasse
2018
Faculty Exhibition, Norco College, Riverside Community College District, Norco, CA
Pasadena Art Alliance 19th Biennial Art Auction, Vibiana, Los Angeles, CA
2017
All That Glitters, LAUNCH LA/Merry Karnowsky Projects, Pop-Up Gallery, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
Conversations in the Woods, Inland Empire Museum of Art, Upland, CA
Off the Wall, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2016
Summer Exhibition, Merry Karnowsky Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Pasadena Art Alliance 18th Biennial Art Auction, Vibiana, Los Angeles, CA
See Gee You!, with Brian Thomas Jones, Chris Truman, Joe Lloyd and Ruth Trotter, EWP Gallery, Monterey Park, CA; Curator: Jane Liu
2015
Off the Wall, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Incognito XI, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
2014
Quinton Bemiller, Anita Bunn and Mark Steven Greenfield: New Work, Offramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Pasadena Art Alliance 17th Biennial Art Auction, California Club, Los Angeles, CA
Incognito X, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
2013
Size Really Does Matter, Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA; Curator: Scott Canty
A Visible Mark: Contemporary Drawing, Norco College Art Gallery, Norco, CA; Curator: Karin Skiba
Fifth Anniversary Group Exhibition, Offramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA (catalog)
The Armory Show and Tell, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
MAS Attack, LA Mart, Los Angeles, CA; Curator: Max Presneill
All You Can Eat, Bunny Gunner Gallery, Pomona, CA
Off the Wall, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Incognito IX, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
2012
100 Prints Celebrating 100 Years, Massachusetts State Transportation Building, Boston, MA; Curators: Liza Folman, Michael David, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University.
Venice Art Walk & Auctions, Venice, CA
Incognito VIII, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
All You Can Eat, Bunny Gunner Gallery, Pomona, CA
2011
Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Art Zone, Offramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Flag Stop, Offramp Gallery Booth, Torrance, CA
Venice Art Walk and Auctions, Venice, CA
Incognito VII, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Off the Wall, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
All You Can Eat, Bunny Gunner Gallery, Pomona, CA
The Open Daybook Project, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, CA; Curator: David P. Earle (publication)
Spectrum, Kellogg Gallery, California Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA; Curator: Shari Wasson
2010
Art Zone, Offramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA
For Roland, Bunny Gunner Gallery, Pomona, CA (catalog)
Summer Show, Offramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA
International Mail Art Exhibition in Honor and Memory of Judith A. Hoffberg, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA; Curator: Jay Belloli
Complex Yet Approachable, Project_210, Pasadena, CA
Pasadena Art Alliance 15th Biennial Auction, Edison Electric Building, Brewery Arts Colony, Los Angeles, CA
Incognito VI, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Fresh Start, Arena 1, Santa Monica, CA
2009
Rant, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, California; Curator: Dan Callis
Incognito V, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Off the Wall, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA; Curator: Jay Belloli
2008
Chaffey College Mixer, Fullerton Museum of Art, California State University San Bernardino, CA
Incognito IV, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Pasadena Art Alliance 14th Biennial Auction, Wind Tunnel, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2007
Synchronic, Arena 1, Santa Monica, CA
Interactions, Armory Northwest, Pasadena, CA; Curator: Lorraine Cleary-Dale
Incognito III, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
12th Annual Los Angeles Art Show, Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA (catalog)
2006
Natural Flavors, East & Peggy Phelps Galleries, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Biannual, Mike Napoliello Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA; Juror: Jeremy Strick, Director/Curator, MOCA, Los Angeles
gem, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA; Juror: Joni Gordon, Director, Newspace, Los Angeles, CA
W/E Trade, Plant Zero Art Center, Richmond, VA
I Like You, East & Peggy Phelps Galleries, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2005
Incognito II, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
All California Juried Exhibition, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
2004
Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA; Juror: James Elaine, Projects Curator, Hammer Museum
2003
Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA; Juror: Karin Higa, Senior Curator, Japanese American National Museum
2002
Pacifically Designed, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2000
B.F.A. Exhibition, Main Gallery, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
1999
Paintings, Newbury Street Gallery, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts; Curator: Michael V. David
The Boston Printmaker’s Biennial, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
Prints from the Art Institute of Boston, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, MA
1998
Annual, Pasadena City College Gallery, Pasadena, CA; Juror: Jay Belloli, Curator, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena
1997
New Generation in Creation, Art Space, Pasadena, CA; Curator: Suzanne A. Bravender
Awards
2019
59th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecturer, Riverside Community College District, Riverside, CA
2010
City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Individual Artist Grant, Los Angeles, CA
2009
City of Pasadena Individual Artist Grant, Pasadena, CA
2006
Teaching Fellowship, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Graduate Fellowship, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2004
Juror’s Award, Open Show 2004, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (Karin Higa, Juror)
2003
Juror’s Award, Open Show 2003, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (James Elaine, Juror)
2000
The Purchase Prize in Fine Art, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
1999
Portfolio Scholarship, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
1998
Portfolio Scholarship, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
1998
Pasadena Art Alliance Scholarship, Pasadena, CA
1998
Superior Achievement in Advanced Painting, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
1997
The William C. Miller Scholarship in Painting, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
1994
The President’s Award in Music, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
Professional Experience
2021 – Present
Dean of Instruction, Schools of Arts & Humanities and Social & Behavioral Sciences, Norco College, Norco, CA
2013 – 2021
Associate Professor of Art, Norco College, Riverside Community College District, Norco, CA
2006 – 2016
Private Instructor, Los Angeles/Riverside, CA
2007 – 2014
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Art/Art History, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2012 – 2013
Associate Faculty, Norco College, Riverside Community College District, Norco, CA
2011 – 2013
Curator/Director, W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California
2008 – 2010
Co-Owner/Co-Director, Project_210 Gallery, Pasadena, California
2006 – 2011
Instructor, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
2006
Teaching Assistant, Advanced Painting, Pomona College, Claremont, California
2003 – 2006
Visual Art Instructor, Pasadena Unified School District, Pasadena, California
2002 – 2003
Gallery Assistant, Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, California
2000 – 2002
Assistant Director, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2000
Intern, Center Street Printmaking Studio, Boston, Massachusetts
Bibliography
Barton, Dave. "Golden West College's Neoteric: The New Avant-Garde". Orange County Weekly February 14, 2019
Abrahams, Megan. "Unexpected Twists, Hurdles and Epiphanies of Quinton Bemiller". Whitehot Magazine April, 2016
Brown, Betty Ann. "Jane Chafin: Grand Dame for Pasadena". Artillery Magazine March 3, 2015
“Norco: Art Professor to Speak at Los Angeles Gallery”. The Press Enterprise November 15, 2013
Morales, Franz A.D. “Offramp Gallery’s Fifth Anniversary and ArtNight Exhibit”. Pasadena Now September 27, 2013
Sillsbee, Kirk. “Taking the Offramp to Art”. Glendale News Press September 15, 2013
Dambrot, Shana Nys. “The Fifth Anniversary Group Exhibition”. L.A. Weekly September 4, 2013
Chafin, Jane. “Offramp Gallery: Celebrating Five Years of Contemporary Art in an Historic Home”. August 30, 2013
Owens, Carly. “Freeway Flier”. The Breeze May 2, 2012
Wyszpolski, Bondo. “Recycled and Reshaped”. Easy Reader March 1, 2012
Piasecki, Joe. “Program Makes Art Add Up”. Pasadena Sun January 8, 2012
Haerens, Timothy. “The Many Faces of Quinton Bemiller”. Articles December 2011
Finnerty-Pyne, Sinéad. “The Beautiful Flaw”. Quinton Bemiller: Kusama Trees 2010
Frank, Peter. “Blague d’Art: Out There”. The Huffington Post June 21, 2010
Babish, Brendan. “Project_210: An Interstate for Local Artists”. The Flame Spring 2010
Earle, David P. “The Open Daybook”. Mark Batty Publishers/Random House 2010
Williams, Janette. “Artist Climbs to New Aesthetic Heights with Mural Project” Pasadena Star News January 23, 2010.
Tuck, Geoff. “Notes on Looking From the Fellows of Contemporary Art”. For Your Art December 17, 2009.
Pomonis, Mary Anna. “Quinton Bemiller: Chance & Choice.” THE Magazine September 2009, Volume 1, Number 11.
Los Angeles Art Association, Volume I, 2009
“City Commission Awards $142,600 in Grants to Artists, Institutions”. Pasadena Star News August 18, 2009
Publications
Hayv Kahraman: Project Series 52 & Silence is Gold, Fabrik, February 6, 2019
Mt. San Antonio College Art Gallery – John David O’Brien, Rebecca Ripple, Coleen Sterritt: Khôra, Fabrik, January 22, 2019
What I Learned in Grad School, Jane Chafin’s Blog, November 9, 2011
Question and Answer with the CGU Faculty, Claremont Graduate University Art Journal, May 2007
Karl Benjamin: From Start to Finish, Claremont Graduate University Art Journal, May 2006
Lorser Feitelson, Catalog: The Fine Art Dealers Association Los Angeles Art Show, October 2002
Letter to the Editor: Art of Yuroz, Los Angeles Times Magazine, March 3, 2002
Selected Collections
The Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts;
College of Art & Design, Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Formerly The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, Massachusetts);
Catherine Arias and Bert Voorhees, Los Angeles, California;
Geoffrey Baum & Lisa Gallaway, Pasadena, CA
Anally Bennett, Pasadena, California;
John Bennett, Pasadena, California;
Suzanne A. Bravender, La Cañada, California;
William and Inez Bush, Los Angeles, California;
Arlene Bogna, Los Angeles, California;
Charles Alexander and Jane Chafin, Pasadena, CA
Santos Cortez, Alhambra, California;
Pauline Crabb, California;
R-lene Mijares De Lang and Gordon De Lang, Laguna Beach, California;
Christian Eimer, Germany;
Mary K. Golden, Newport Beach, CA;
William E. Goldmann, California;
Honorable Robert L. and Paula Hess, California;
Ann Isolde, Santa Monica, California;
Marie Jordan, Glendale, California;
Saralyn Lowenstein, California;
John Millei, Santa Barbara, California;
Christel MacKinnon, California;
Linda Malm, Taos, New Mexico;
Robert May, Pasadena, California;
John Kinkead, Los Angeles, California;
Christopher and Lesley Obaditch, Corona del Mar, California;
David Pagel and Alisa Tager, Los Angeles, California;
Peggy Phelps, Claremont, California;
Melissa Pugash, Los Angeles, California;
Eve Rappaport, Los Angeles, California;
John and Deborah Smyth, Los Angeles, California;
Melita and Stuart Riddle, Manhattan Beach, California;
Janet Santiestevan, La Cañada, California;
Kristine Schomaker, Los Angeles, California;
Veronica Stensby and Matthew Cooker, Tarzana, California;
Sayon Syprasoueth, California;
Chris and Clare Tayback, Pasadena, California;
Cheryl Tebo, Santa Monica, California;
Jill Thayer, Bakersfield, California;
Ryo Tsukioka, Los Angeles, California;
Susan Feldman Tucker, Los Angeles, California;
William Turner, Santa Monica, California;
Brenda Welsh, Los Angeles, California;
Frances Werthwein, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts;
Valerie Wilcox, Redondo Beach, California;
Chris Zaima, Washington, Connecticut.
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"There’s an amiable lack of the ordinary infusing the work, its overall serenity making for great associative conversations." --Dave Barton, Orange County Weekly (2019) |
"Bemiller’s work – characterized by the dynamic interplay of vivid color in innovative combinations – exemplifies a deep curiosity, even passion, for the limitless possibilities and nuances of color, line and shape." --Megan Abrahams, Whitehot Magazine (2016) |
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