Charles Garabedian artist profile, 1990

Photography by Wayne Shimabukuro

Charles Garabedian

Born 1923, Detroit, MI
The artist currently lives in Santa Monica

Education

1942 - 45 S/Sgt. U.S.A.F.
1961 Master of Arts, University of California, Los Angeles

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Interview

Interview with Charles Garabedian, Conducted by Anne Ayers for
the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
At Garabedian's studio in Los Angeles, California 21 August 2003
www.aaa.si.edu

Upcoming exhibition

Charles Garabedian: Works from 1965 - 1975
22 March - 12 May 2012

Recent museum exhibition

Charles Garabedian
A Retrospective
22 January – 1 May 2011
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Santa Barbara, CA
www.sbma.net

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Recent exhibitions

Loose Canon
Second floor and Skyroom
13 October 2011 - 12 November 2011

Group show
Main gallery
2 June – 9 July 2011

Figuration
Paintings and Drawings
17 November - 30 December 2010

Charles Garabedian
Recent paintings
8 April - 8 May 2010

Group Show
Second floor gallery
8 March - 5 April 2008

Group Show
31 March - 6 May 2006

Charles Garabedian
New Works on Paper
6 January - 3 February 2007

Charles Garabedian
9 September - 9 October 2004

Selected articles

McKenna, Kristine. "Late Bloomer."
Los Angeles Times, 27 November 1994.
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Frank, Peter, "Charles Garabedian." Artnews, December 2004.
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Pagel, David. "A Seriously Whimsical take on Modern Life."
Los Angeles Times, 8 November 2003.
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Naves, Mario. "A Key Figure in the Hairy Who: Roger Brown's Stoic Mysteries (Eccentricity as Principle)."
The New York Observer, 27 December 2004, p. 20.
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Wilson, William. "Archipelago of Time."
Los Angeles Times, 16 September 1996.
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Glueck, Grace. "Art in Review: Charles Garabedian."
New York Times, 14 January 2005.
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Publications

Charles Garabedian: A Retrospective
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA
22 January – 17 April 2012
Foreword by Larry J. Feinberg, text by Julie Joyce,
Michael Duncan, Christopher Miles and Nevin Schreiner
198 pages, 84 color illustrations
Hardcover

The Archipelago of Time
L.A. Louver, Venice, CA
12 September - 19 October 1996

Text by Pierre Picot
and Charles Garabedian
44 pages, 14 color illustrations
Softback

Painting 1978 - 1982
8 February - 5 March 1983
L.A. Louver, Venice, CA

32 pages, 19 color illustrations
Softback

You Are Going On A Trip 1961 - 1980
A portfolio of 11 etchings and lithographs