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Ted VanCleave's art has received numerous honors and distinctions.  His work was selected by Laura Rosenstock, Curator, The Museum of Modern Art, New York to appear in the Faber Birren Color Award Show and he was awarded Top National Honors from the prestigious National Watercolor Society.  Featured interviews of VanCleave have received a worldwide audience on CNN among others.  His highly stylized photographs offer an exciting new approach to fine art photography.  Ted is based in Los Angeles, CA.  

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"Ted VanCleave has captured the urban landscape of Los Angeles by focusing on the city’s unique style of modern and postmodern industrial architecture. His photographs of the city’s architecture extend beyond representation and become brilliant, almost surreal, abstracts that juxtapose vibrant color and the geometry of the city’s landscape.

VanCleave’s color palette expertly plays with photography’s unique ability to capture subtleties in light and shadow, adding a richness and narrative depth to his primarily abstract form".  Metro Gallery, June, 2006


Selected Awards and Competitions  

The Eleventh Annual Faber Birren Color Award Show, an open juried national art competition selected VanCleave’s mixed media painting "Ripped Rhapsody VII" to be included in its annual exhibition.  The theme of the competition was "distinguished and creative expression with color".  The competition’s juror: Laura Rosenstock, Curator, department of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

VanCleave received Top National Honors (Award 1) at the National Watercolor Society’s 70th Annual Competition in the Experimental Category.  This prestigious national competition drew over 1400 entries.  The Juror of Awards: William Brice, Painter, Printmaker and Professor of Art at UCLA.  

‘Abstract Reasonings’, an open juried competition for California artists selected VanCleave’s ‘OPOB 11’ to be included in its gallery exhibition.  The work selected is an abstract oil pastel on black paper.  The exhibit was held at the Mark Reuben Gallery of Sausalito, CA.

Art of California Magazine’s Discovery Awards Competition bestowed VanCleave with a Bronze Award in the mixed media category.  The purpose of the competition was to uncover emerging California artists.  The competition’s jurors included Henry Hopkins, director, UCLA Wight Art Gallery and Chairman of the Art Department and Philip Linhares, Chief Curator of Art, The Oakland Museum.

The Dougherty Arts Center in Austin, Texas has chosen one of VanCleave’s recycled Eco Art paintings to be included in its "Our Fragile Environment" exhibition.  The purpose of the competition and the exhibition is to examine the relationship between art and the environment.
 

Upcoming Exhibit

The Los Angeles Series of architectural images by Ted VanCleave will be on display during WestWeek at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles, March 24 through March 28, 2008. 
An internationally-recognized trade event, WestWeek welcomes thousands of design professionals and trade journalists each spring.  Showroom #261, next to the conference center.   www.pacificdesigncenter.com


Current Exhibit

Skylark Fine Art Gallery of West Hollywood now represents Ted VanCleave in Los Angeles.  Skylark Fine Art Gallery opened it's doors in Feb., 2008 and also represents artists Luc Leestemaker, Richard Erdman, and Patrick Marold.  The gallery is located in the popular design district of West Hollywood, two blocks from the Pacific Design Center and across the street from Urth Cafe at 8576 Melrose Ave.   www.skylarkfineartgallery.com    Click here to read the press release


Recent Exhibits

Art International fine art expo in Pasadena, CA.  Oct 18-21, 2007. 

ArtExpo Las Vegas, Sept 27-30, 2007

Venice Art Walk
, artists by invitation only, Venice CA, May 19 & 20, 2007.  The Venice Art Walk & Auctions is an annual celebration of art, architecture, music and fine cuisine benefiting Venice Family Clinic. The Venice Family Clinic is the largest free clinic in the country, providing free, quality health care to nearly 22,000 people in need per year.  100% of the proceeds from the sale of VanCleave's LA  216a was donated to The Clinic.  The image, LA 216a captures the unique Chiat Day "Binoculars" building by Frank O. Gehry, which is located on Main Street in Venice, CA. 

"Structure: The Los Angeles Series" solo show at Chop Chop, Salon/Gallery, LA, CA.  Exhibit dates: November 5, 2006 through Jan 5, 2007.  Artist reception Thursday, November 30 from 7-10pm. 

Create:Fixate's Five Year Anniversary Show, "Alive In Los Angeles".  December 9, 2006, Hollywood, California.  Twelve of VanCleave's "Eco Art" pieces have been donated for a Silent Auction with 100% of the proceeds supporting Create:Fixate's Emerging Artist High School Program.  .

"Los Angeles: Rise of the Urban Jungle" at Metro Gallery, LA, CA.  June 3rd, 2006 to July 1st, 2006. 

Venice Art Walk, by invitation only, Venice CA, May 2006

Create Fixate annual "All Photography Show", July 16th, 2005. Juror: Jason Elias. 

The group exhibition titled "L.A. 2004", celebrates the 50-year tradition of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery's summertime All City Art Festival. The exhibition dates: July 14 - August 15, 2004

Television  

2008 - "Dirt" / FX / ABC Television - Courteney Cox stars and is Executive Producer.  Four 45"x60" images from the new Hollywood Sign Series are featured in the show for season 2.   Dirt web site
2006 - "The X Effect" / MTV - Several VanCleave photographs are used as decor throughout the show.
2003 - "One On One" / The WB - Several VanCleave paintings were featured in the gallery scene.

Publications

Eyemazing Magazine - Issue 4, 2006.  Distributed in the USA Dec 20, 2006. 
Click here to view the images featured in Eyemazing
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California Home + Design Magazine - Oct 2006

California Homes Magazine - Oct 2006

 

 

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