CURRICULUM VITAE
B. 1953 Los Angeles, CA
Studio: Southern California
Subject matter: various: meditative mantras, human life journeys, passions
Medium: abstract, mixed media
Museums and Universities:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manila, the Philippines
Daytona, Florida’s Museum of Arts and Science, FL
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Michigan
De Saisset Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA
Chapman University, Orange, CA
Acquisitions slated for:
Riverside Museum of Art, Riverside
University of Colorado, Boulder
Education:
Graduated California State University, Fullerton: Bachelor of Arts Degree, 1976
Graduated California State University, Fullerton: Teaching Credential, 1977
Class works at USD, La Jolla
Taught Art in Orange County, CA Public Schools, 1977-1984
Commenced Full Time Painting Career, 1985
Class work at Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, 1990 & 1995
Class work at UCLA, Paintings and Drawings Department, 2001
Periodicals:
5 Page Feature Story, International Fine Art Collector Magazine, September Issue1991
Front Page Story, “Hot Artist”, Los Angeles Times, September 15 Issue 1991
4 Page Feature Article, California Homes and Lifestyles, March Issue 1992
4 Page Feature Article, International Fine Art Collector Magazine, May Issue 1993
First Museum Acquisition, Daytona, Florida Museum of Arts and Science 1993
Commission for Cover, Orange County Magazine Annual Edition 1994
2 Page Feature Article, “Revealed”, Orange Coast Magazine, December Issue 1996
Feature Article, San Diego Downtown News, June Issue 2002
NBC News Interview, “Spotlight On Artists” July Segment 2002
Art News Magazine, Featured Ad, June Issue 2003
Cover, Gallery Guide, West Coast, April Issue 2005
Cover, Gallery Guide, National International Collectors Edition, May Issue 2005
5 Page Feature Story, “Paul Ecke in Laguna”, Space Magazine, April Issue 2006
Editorial, LUXE Magazine, Fall Issue 2007
Desert Living Magazine 2007
California Homes and Gardens, Fall 2007
Space Magazine, October 2007
Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot, October 31-November 6, 2008
California Homes, December 2008
The Magazine, Los Angeles, April 2009
Artweek.LA, “Paul Ecke: The Human Canvas”, November 2010
California Homes “LA Style Practical Beauty San Francisco” January/February 2018
Solo Exhibitions:
Sterling Gallery, La Jolla, CA 1990-1993
Quest Gallery, Taos, NM 1996
Gallery IBah, Ubud Bali, Indonesia 1996
ASF (AIDS Service Foundation), Orange County, CA 1997
APLA (AIDS Project Los Angeles), Los Angeles, CA 1997
Gallery Adrienne, La Jolla, CA 1997-1999
Adrienne Adler Contemporary Fine Art, La Jolla, CA 2001
Ramsden Morrison Gallery, San Diego, CA 2002
William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA 1990-2012
Gebert Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ 2009
Gebert Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2009-2010
Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver BC 2012
Holly Hunt Showroom 2011
Art Institute, Orange County, CA 2011
Axiom Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA 2013
Schoos Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2015
SeaArtists, Salton Sea, CA 2016
Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, La Jolla, CA 2014-2019
Hohmann Gallery, Palm Desert, CA 2019
Space Gallery, Denver, CO 2012, 2015, 2019
Selected Group Exhibitions:
Sterling Gallery, La Jolla, CA 1990-1993
Gallerie Arlette G’maray, Paris, France 1992
Royal Palm Gallery, Palm Desert, CA 1992-1993
Galeries Thierry Salvador, Paris, France 1993-1997
Elaine Sternberg Gallery, Chicago, IL 1994
Sterling Marchetti Gallery, New York, NY 1994-1995
‘Art Alive’, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA 1993-1995
Gallery Adrienne, La Jolla, CA 1997-1999
Feast on Art, Orange County Museum of Art, CA 1997
Gallery Adrienne, San Francisco, CA 1998
Emerald City Gallery, Seattle, WA 1998-2000
Glass Garage Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2001
Adrienne Adler Contemporary Fine Art, La Jolla, CA 2001
Glass Garage Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2003
Ramsden Morrison Gallery, San Diego, CA 2002-2003
Dolby-Chadwick, San Francisco, CA 2004
Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2004 and 2006
Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA 2004 and 2006
Chiaroscuro Gallery. Scottsdale, AZ 2007-2008
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA 2007
Ogilvie Pertl Gallery, Chicago, IL 2008
Camino Real Gallery, Boca Raton, FL 2008
Gebert Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ 2009-2013
Gebert Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2008-2012
Space Gallery, Denver, CO 2007-2013
William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA 1990-2012
McNabb Martin Contemporary, San Diego 2011-2013
Lurie Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2010-2011
Holly Hunt Showrooms, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York 2011-2013
Chapman University, Orange, CA 2012
Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver BC 2012-2015
Gina B, Laguna Niguel, CA 2010-2014
LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA 2010-2014
Jennifer West Showroom, Seattle 2012-2014
Christine Klassen Gallery, Calgary, Canada 2012-2014
Axiom Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA 2012-2014
Fresh Paint Art Gallery, Culver City, CA 2012-2014
Richard Demato Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY 2013-2014
Space Gallery, Denver, CO 2007-2015
Art Hamptons, The Hamptons, NY 2014
Art Aspen, Aspen, CO 2014
Holly Hunt Showroom, Dallas, TX 2014
Coup d’Etat Showroom, San Francisco, CA 2018-2019
Baisden Gallery, Tampa, FL 2014-2019
Space Gallery, Denver, CO 2015-2019
Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, La Jolla, CA 2015-2019
Salton Sea Art Show, Salton Sea, CA 2016
Hohmann Gallery, Palm Desert, CA 2019
Etra Fine Art, Miami, FL 2018-2019