Mary-Austin Klein CV
EDUCATION
1991 Otis/Parsons
1987 El Camino College
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Airspace, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
2022 Airlight, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
2016 Into the Blue, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
2014 Golden State, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
2013 The Native Edge, Theodore Payne Foundation, Sunland, CA
2011 Landscapes, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
2010 Urbane Terrain, True World Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA
2009 Desert Paintings, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Desert of My Heart, True World Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA
2008 Collective Amnesia, Metro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 The Arroyo in Miniature, Bliss Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2004 Skylight, Ojala Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Echo-29, Ojala Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001 Elysian Views, Ojala Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Memoria, Ojala Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1992 Burning Buildings, Frogtown Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Summer Salon II, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
Cityscape Show XV, Billis Williams Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Jardin De Reves, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
Spring Salon, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
2024 Cloud Nine, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Cityscape Show XIV, Billis Williams Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023 100 Grand, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
Winter Salon II, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
S P A C E, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
Cityscape Show XIII, Billis Williams, Los Angeles, CA
Search for the Modern West, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
2022 100 Grand, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
Summer Salon II, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
Cityscape Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 100 Grand, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
California on My Mind, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
Real Women, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
Cityscape Show XI, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020 100 Grand, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
2019 Group Show, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Spring Salon, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
2018 Bradley Hankey, Mary-Austin Klein & Jason Kowalski, Sue Greenwood
Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Spring Break, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
2017 100 Grand, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
Dog Days of Summer, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Cityscape Show VII, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 100 Grand, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
Winter Small Works Show, Altmira Fine Art, Jackson, WY
Massively Small, J Go Gallery, Park City, UT
The Salton Sea: Lost in Paradise, Marks Art Center, Palm Desert, CA
2015 100 Grand, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
American Details, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
Desertscapes: Peripheral Vision, Marks Art Center, Palm Desert, CA
Road Trip, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
2014 100 Grand, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
California Dreaming, Oceanside Museum of Art, CA
2013 100 Grand, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
2012 Nothing But Blue Skies, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Palette to Palate, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
New Works, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Semblance, Metro Galleries, Bakersfield, CA
California Dreamin’, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
2010 Landscapes, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Valley of the Ancient Lake, Salton Sea History Museum, CA
California Contemporary, Metro Galleries, Bakersfield, CA
2009 Urban Color, Metro Galleries, Bakersfield, CA
2008 Los Angeles River, City Hall Bridge Gallery, Los Angeles
2006 Off in the Distance, Metro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Visions of the Golden State, Metro Galleries, Bakersfield, CA
2005 Vistas de Soledad, Metro Gallery, Los Angeles
Diane Best & Mary-Austin Klein, 29 Palms Gallery, Twentynine Palms, CA
Desert Diversity, 29 Palms Gallery, Twentynine Palms, CA
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2017 Art About Agriculture, Santa Paula Art Museum, Santa Paula, CA
2015 California Dreaming, Riverside Museum of Art, CA
2014 California Dreaming, Oceanside Museum of Art, CA
California Dreaming, Palazzo della Provincia di Frosinone, Italy
Kern County at a Distance, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
2011 Face of California, Santa Paula Art Museum, Santa Paula, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018 Sid Reddy, “Meet Mary-Austin Klein of Echo Park”
Voyage LA, August 2018
2016 Liz Goldner, “Exhibition Review - Into the Blue”
Art Scene Magazine, June 2016
John Seed, “Into the Blue” Huffingto Post, June 2016
2015 Richard Chang, “The Real Deal”
Laguna Beach Magazine, May 2015
2013 Pamela Burgess, “Mary-Austin Klein, TPF Artist-in-Residence”
The Poppy Print, April 2013
Danae Jarrett, “Painter of Kern County”
Bakersfield Life Magazine, August 2013
Steven Biller, “Palm Springs and the High Desert: It's a Dry Heat”
Art LTD Magazine, February 2013
2012 William Lagattuta, “I See Mary-Austin Skies in LA” Made in Frogtown Blog,
August 2012
Andy Brumer, “Exhibition Preview” Art Scene Magazine, November 2012
2007 Vickie Waite,“Two Artists and a Homestead Cabin”
Sun Runner Magazine, October/November 2007
2006 Bryn Jones & Mark Trautwein “Desert Legacy, Guide to the Wild Mojave” California Wilderness Coalition
2001 Danette Riddle, “Elegant Resting Place”
LA Architect Magazine, July/August 2001
AWARDS
2024 “Bold Brush Finalist Award” - “Turtle Mountains Wilderness” painting
BoldBrush Art Contest and Exhibit
2022 "Irrigation Award” - “Billiwhack Ranch” painting
Art About Agriculture, Santa Paula Art Museum, Santa Paula, CA
2018 "Water Is Life Award” - “Los Angeles Aqueduct” painting
Art About Agriculture, Santa Paula Art Museum, Santa Paula, CA
2013 “Bold Brush Award” - “Encelia and Train, San Gorgonio Pass” painting
BoldBrush Art Contest and Exhibit
2002 Blue Ribbon, Weed Show, Huell Howser, Judge
29 Palms Historical Society