Astrid Preston
Astrid Preston was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She received a B.A. in English Literature from UCLA in 1967. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States and Asia, including solo shows at the Laguna Art Museum, Saginaw Art Museum, Wichita Falls Museum, Ella Sharp Museum and Arts College International. She has had articles and reviews of her work published in the Los Angeles Times, Art in America and ArtForum. Preston received an NEA Fellowship Grant in Painting in 1987 and an artist residency from Lux Art Institute in 2008. Her work is in many public and private collections, including, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Orange County Museum of Art, Long Beach Museum of Art, UCLA Hammer Museum, McNay Art Museum, Oakland Museum and Nevada Museum of Art. She lives and works in Santa Monica, California, where she is represented by the Craig Krull Gallery.
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
| 2023 | Astrid Preston: For The Trees, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2021 | Between Worlds, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2019 | New Paintings, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2018 | Echoing Light, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
| 2017 | Upside Down World, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| Poetics of Nature, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA | |
| 2016 | Into Nature - Astrid Preston / Sasha Koozel Reibstein (Two Person Show), R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
| 2015 | On Reflections, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| Coming to the Edge, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA | |
| 2013 | Astrid Preston solo exhibition, S.C.A.P.E., Corona del Mar, CA |
| New Territory, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |
| 2012 | Astrid Preston: Small Forest, GRACIE & Project Room 1, Pop up show & sale, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2010 | east west spring fall, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2009 | Birdwatching, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| Paintings & Drawings, The Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2008 | New Paintings, AndrewShire Gallery, Singapore |
| Paintings, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |
| Artist in Residence, Lux Art Institute, Encinitas, CA | |
| 2006 | Paintings, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2004 | Dreamscapes, Baxter Chang Patri, San Francisco, CA |
| Leaves, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |
| 2003 | Paintings, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| Being in Place, Wichita Falls Museum & Art Center, Wichita Falls, TX | |
| 2002 | Paintings, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| Landscapes of the Mind, Cando Art Center, Cando, ND; Custer County Art Center, Miles City, MT; James Memorial Center for Visual Art, Williston, ND | |
| Astrid Preston, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA | |
| Astrid Preston: small paintings, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA | |
| 2001 | Landscapes of the Mind, The Arts Center, Jamestown, ND; Dickinson State University Gallery, Dickinson, ND; Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, ND; Bismarck State College Gallery, Bismarck, ND |
| Astrid Preston, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA | |
| 2000 | Landscapes: A State of Mind, MSC Forsyth Center Galleries, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX |
| Paintings, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |
| Paintings, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA | |
| 1999 | Red River Valley Museum, Vernon, TX |
| Paintings, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |
| Recent Landscapes, St. Matthews Parish School, Pacific Palisades, CA | |
| In Perspective, Arts College International, San Diego, CA | |
| 1998 | Paintings, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA |
| Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI (2 person) | |
| Landscapes, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI | |
| 1997 | Gallery Foret Noire, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan |
| Paintings, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA | |
| 1994 | Astrid Preston, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA |
| 1991 | New Paintings, Jan Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1989 | New Paintings, Jan Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1987 | Near Paradise, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA |
| New Paintings and Drawings, Patty Aande Gallery, San Diego, CA | |
| Recent Paintings and Drawings, Krygier/Landau Contemp. Art, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1986 | Night Paintings, Patty Aande Gallery, San Diego, CA |
| 1985 | New Paintings and Drawings, Newspace, Los Angeles, CA |
| New Paintings and Drawings, Patty Aande Gallery, San Diego, CA | |
| 1984 | New Paintings and Drawings, Newspace, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1983 | New Paintings and Drawings, Newspace, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1982 | City of Angels, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1981 | Landscapes, Newspace, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1979 | Drawings, Newspace, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1977 | Drawings, Newspace, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1976 | Drawings, Newspace, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1974 | Recent Paintings and Drawings, Gallery 707, Los Angeles, CA |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2024 | Spring 2024, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
| 2023 | The Flower Show, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA |
| Uncharted Terrain: Imagined Landscapes: Hilary Brace, David Eddington, Astrid Preston, Vita Art Center, Ventura, CA | |
| Surreal Women, Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA | |
| Color and Form, Tufenkian Fine Arts, Glendale, CA | |
| 2022 | Emsemble, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
| On The Edge LA Art 1970-90s from the Joan and Jack Quinn Family Collection, Armenian Museum of America, Watertown, MA | |
| Nocturnal Sun, S.C.A.P.E., Corona del Mar, CA | |
| Multiple Insights, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA | |
| 2021 | Seeing Things, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
| The Edge LA Art 1970-90s from the Joan and Jack Quinn Family Collection, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA |
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| Sky Space Time Change, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA | |
| Decade by Decade: Women Artists of California, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA | |
| 2020 | that's what artists do, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
| Antidote to Noise: Four Voices, curated by Peter Frank, Castelli Art Space, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2019 | re•col•lec•tion, Vita Art Center, Ventura, CA |
| Mindshift, LAVA Projects, Alhambra, CA | |
| Made in California, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, CSUSB, San Bernardino, CA | |
| 40 Years of Art at Michael’s, The Gallery @ Michael’s, Santa Monica, CA | |
| Untitled (house) The Diane and Browne Goodwin Collection, Illinois State Museum, Lockport, IL | |
| Women on the Rise 2019, Vita Art Center, Ventura, CA | |
| 2018 | Lazy Susan V: Human/Nature, LAVA Projects, Alhambra, CA |
| 2017 | The Nature of Jungles, William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA |
| 2016 | Et in Arcadia Ego, New Museum Los Gatos; Traveled to William Rolland Gallery, Cal Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA |
| Measure, Gesture, Form: Modern and Contemporary Drawings from a Recent Gift, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR | |
| 2015 | Above Ground, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
| 2014 | Portraits of the Garden, Sturt Haaga Gallery at Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge, CA |
| 2013 | A little snow..., Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| Outside: Selections from the Doug Simay Collection, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA | |
| Joan Joan Joan! One Subject, Many Artists, John Wayne Airport, CA | |
| 2012 | Contemporary Realism from the Permanent Collection, Weisman Museum, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA |
| Breaking in Two: A Provocative Vision of Motherhood, Arena 1, Santa Monica, CA | |
| 2011 | 5X5 an Invitational, Westmont Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA |
| Speak for the Trees, House of Balsamic, Irvine, CA | |
| Speak for the Trees, S.C.A.P.E., Corona del Mar, CA | |
| Gallery Selections 2011, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA | |
| 2010 | Neither Model nor Muse: Women as Artists, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX |
| Meeting New Works: Recent Acquisitions at LBMA, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA | |
| Side by Side, The Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2008 | Emphasis Santa Monica, curated by Bruria Finkel, Pete and Susan Barrett Art Gallery, S.M., CA |
| Plein Air Past and Present, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA | |
| 2007 | then + now: Women Artists of Southern California, curated by Bruria Finkel, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| Echoes: Women Inspired by Nature, curated by Betty Ann Brown & Linda Vallejo, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA | |
| 2006 | Distinctive Artists of Southern California, LAX & Ontario Airports, CA |
| Art Healing, A. Preston & M. Merz, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore | |
| Good to Go, Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2005 | Trains & Trees, Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA |
| Blue, Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art, San Francisco, CA | |
| California Landscapes, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA | |
| Santa Monica Originals, curated by Bruria Finkel, Arena 1, Santa Monica, CA | |
| 2004 | New California Realism, Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, CA |
| Shakespeare as Muse, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR | |
| 2003 | Omnivores, Michaels, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2000 | Landscape Not Forgotten, Wm D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA |
| 1998 | Arte actual en Los Angeles, Fine Arts Gallery, Univ. of Madrid, Spain |
| Enduring Landscape, Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN | |
| 1997 | Arte actual en Los Angeles, Sala de Exposiciones de la Excma, Cuenca, Spain |
| Real, Is it?, Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1996 | City of Vapor, Tatistcheff/Rogers, Santa Monica, CA |
| Frequencies of Nature: Part II, K. T. Carter & Assoc., St. Leo, FL; Pasco-Hernando Comm. College, Dade City and New Port Richey, FL; Melvin Art Gallery, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL; South Florida Community College, Avon Park, FL | |
| LA Current: The Full Spectrum, UCLA Hammer Museum of Art, Rental and Sales Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Time Splits Open: 15 Narratives, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA | |
| LA Current: The Female Perspective, UCLA Hammer Museum of Art, Rental and Sales Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Paintings of the New Landscape, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA | |
| 1995 | Landscape: The Continuum, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1994 | Holiday Group Show, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA |
| Southern California: The Conceptual Landscape, Madison Arts Center, Madison, WI | |
| A Sense of Place, The Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School for the Arts and Sciences, Santa Monica, CA | |
| Greiger. Preston. Wudl, Jerrold Burchman Contemp. Art, Santa Barbara, CA | |
| 1992 | The Landscape Revisited: Romantic Visions by Contemporary California Artists, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA |
| 1991 | Personal Mythologies, Marc Richards Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| The Edge of Night, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA | |
| The Spiritual Landscape, Biota Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1990 | Nightscapes, FHP Hippodrome Gallery, Long Beach, CA |
| 1988 | Landscape/Common Ground: A Continuity of Spirit, Jan Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| Seoul Olympic Memorial, 1988 Int’l Continental Artists Exhibition, Printemps, Korea and Tong Art Museum, Taegu, Korea | |
| The Cultivated Landscape, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA | |
| California Landscape Art: Plein Art to Present, Downey Museum of Art, CA | |
| 1987 | Present Perspectives: 1975-1985, Fresno Art Center, Fresno, CA |
| 1986 | Southern California Monotypes: The Singular Image, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA |
| Landscapes/Elements, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Landscape/Seascape/Cityscape, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans and New York Academy of Fine Arts, NY | |
| 1985 | The Electric Cat, San Diego Natural History Museum, CA |
| Artists Look at Architecture, Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, CA | |
| A Change of Art, Bank of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1984 | American Landscape Painting, Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA |
| Significant Others, Patty Aande Gallery, San Diego, CA | |
| Los Angeles and the Palm Tree: Image of a City, ARCO Center for Visual Art, Los Angeles, CA | |
| A Broad Spectrum: Contemporary LA Painters & Sculptors ‘84, Design Center of Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1983 | Houses, University Art Gallery, California State University, Hayward, CA |
| The Los Angeles Postcard Project, Part I, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Attention California Artists, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA | |
| 1982 | Permanent Collection, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA |
| The Magic Show, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum and Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA | |
| Drawings by Painters, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA; Mandeville Art Gallery, UCSD; and the Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA | |
| 1981 | Locations, California State College, San Bernardino, CA |
| Elegant Night, Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Drawing: Personal Definitions, San Diego State University Art Gallery, San Diego, CA | |
| 1980 | Seven from Los Angeles, Aaron Berman Gallery, New York, NY |
| Contemporary Masters, Claremont Graduate School, Libra Library, Claremont, CA | |
| Invitational Drawings and Watercolor Exhibition, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Unstretched Surfaces-Charles Hill, Tom Holland, Astrid Preston, College of the Siskiyous Art Gallery, Shasta, CA | |
| Contemporaries: 17 Artists, Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Southern California Drawings, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT | |
| 1979 | Drawings, University Art Gallery, Cal State U. Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA |
| Newspace in San Diego, San Diego State University Art Gallery, San Diego, CA | |
| Los Angeles-Toronto Exchange Show, A.C.T., Toronto, Canada | |
| 1977 | Shades of Gray: A Drawing Survey, Malone Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, L.A., CA |
| Drawing: Various Approaches, Fine Arts Gallery, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA | |
| A Point of View-Recent Work by Four Los Angeles Artists, The Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, CA | |
| 24 Southern California Women Artists, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Norwalk, CA | |
| 1976 | American Artists ’76: A Celebration, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX |
| 1975 | Drawings, Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| Group Show, Broxton Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1974 | Annual Juried Show, Palos Verdes Art Museum, Palos Verdes, CA |
Residency/Awards
Residency
| 2008 | Lux Art Institute, Encinitas, CA |
Awards
| NEA Fellowship Grant in Painting, 1987. |
| “Public Announcements/Private Conversations,” Publication project of Women’s Graphic Center, NEA Grant for production of limited edition print, LA, 1982-3. |
| Mural Competition Award, CHEER, Children’s Hospital Walls Competition, Los Angeles, Mural located in McAlister Building, Children’s Hospital, 5th floor. |
| Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Purchase Award, 1975, 23rd All City Art Festival. |
Articles/Reviews
Articles & Reviews
| 2018 | Robert L. Pincus, "Freezing Flux: Art and Artifice in Astrid Preston's Paintings ("Astrid Preston Echoing Light"), at R.B. Stevenson Gallery, June 2018 |
| 2017 | Gary Brewer, "Astrid Preston; Between Earth and Silence", ART AND CAKE (artandcakela.com), Dec. 28. |
| Jody Zellen, "Astrid Preston, Upside Down World at Craig Krull Gallery", ART AND CAKE (artandcakela.com), Nov. 10. | |
| Lita Barrie, "Pixelation Breathes Life into Landscape Painting" ("Astrid Preston Upside Down World")", ART Là-bas (artla-bas.blogspot.com), October 13. | |
| John O'Hern, "Et in Arcadia Ego", American Art Collector, April, p. 46-51. | |
| 2013 | John Seed, “Astrid Preston: New Territory at Craig Krull Gallery,” Huffpost Arts & Culture, Feb. 13. |
| Michael Charles Tobias, “New Territories: Artist Astrid Preston Celebrates the Earth in a Landmark Nature Exhibition,” Forbes.com, January, 31 | |
| Previews, “Astrid Preston: New Territory,” Artweek.LA, January 21. | |
| 2011 | Constance Mallison, “Astrid Preston: “east west spring fall,” art ltd., Jan/Feb, p.25-26. |
| 2010 | Michael Shaw, “Exhibitions, Continuing and Recommended,” ArtScene, November, p.18-19. |
| Michael Shaw, “November's Top Exhibitions in the Western United States,” The Huffington Post, Nov. 19. | |
| 2008 | Leah Ollman, “Scientific Lens on Shrubbery,” Los Angeles Times, May. |
| Robert L. Pincus, “’Plein Air Past and Present’ showcases continuity in painting,” The San Diego Union-Tribune, February 24, p. E2-3. | |
| Adam Kaye, “Plein air artist sets up easel in Encinitas,” North County Times, Feb. 19, p. B-1 & B-7. | |
| Marcia Manna, “The Nature Lover,” The San Diego Union-Tribune North County, Feb. 7-13, p.1. | |
| 2006 | Susan Heeger, “The Inner and Outer Landscapes,” Los Angeles Times West, April 16, p. 32-35. |
| Mike Vensel, “Astrid Preston. Art,” interview, kittenmag.com. | |
| 2003 | Anne Valdespino, “This new art installation is bearing fruit,” Los Angeles Times, May 22, p.E21. |
| Alex Worman, “L.A. Confidential,” Artnet, September 12. | |
| 1999 | David Pagel, Art Reviews, Los Angeles Times, September 10. |
| David Lewinson, “Astrid Preston at Arts College Int’l,” ArtWeek, August. | |
| 1998 | Kate Milano, “Preston’s Gardens,” Coast Orange County, v.8, December, p.69. |
| Terrence Rogers, “City of Vapor,” American Artist, July, p.28-37,72-73. | |
| Orville O. Clarke, Jr., “Astrid Preston,” ArtScene, December, p.11-12. | |
| 1997 | Suzanne Muchnic, “City of Vapor,” ARTnews, February, p.122. |
| Susan Heeger, “No Watering Required,” Los Angeles Times Magazine, January 19, p.24-25. | |
| 1996 | Barbara L. Fredricksen, “Exhibit’s theme gets back to nature,” Pasco Times, September 6, p.5. |
| Kim Irwin, “Canvassing the Westside,” Daily Breeze, May 12, p.B1 & B2. | |
| Doree Dunlap, “The Golden Land,” OCWeekly, March, 8-14. | |
| 1992 | Elenore Wells, “Landscape of the Soul,” Visions, v.6, no.2, Fall, 1992. |
| 1991 | Heather Lineberry, “California Landscapes,” Art of California, vol.4, no.2, March, p.10-11. |
| 1990 | Marlena Donohue, Review, Art in America, v.78, no.4, April 1990, p.272-273. |
| 1989 | Orville O. Clark, Jr., “The Jan Turner Gallery,” So. California Home & Garden, July 1989, p.32-38. |
| Merle Schipper, “Astrid Preston: Living Landscapes,” Angeles, June, p.40-42. | |
| Orville O. Clark, Jr., Review, Home & Garden, March 1989, p.57. | |
| 1987 | Robert L. Pincus, Review, Art In America, V.75, no.10, October 1987, P.191. |
| Susan Freudenheim, Review, Artforum, September 1987, p.136. | |
| Leah Goldman, Review, Los Angeles Times (S.D. Edition), Calendar, July 3. | |
| Robert L. Pincus, Review, San Diego Union, Currents, June 11, 1987, P.E8. | |
| Merle Schipper, Review, ARTnews, May 1987. p.50. | |
| 1985 | Suzanne Muchnic, Review, Los Angeles Times, June 21. |
| Peter Clothier, “Matters of Life and Death,” L.A. Weekly, June 24-July4, p.57. | |
| Robert L. Pincus, Review, San Diego Union, March 11, p.D4. | |
| Robert McDonald, Review, Artweek, March 6, p.3. | |
| 1984 | Suzanne Muchnic, “ARCO Finale is Awash in Whimsy,” Los Angeles Times, August, p.1. |
| Orville O. Clark, Jr., Review, Images & Issues, May/June, p.55. | |
| Laura Boucher, “Free Spirits, Painters Brush Up for Community Project,” Evening Outlook, June 1, p.A1 and Focus Magazine. | |
| Marlena Donohue, Review, Los Angeles Times, February 10. | |
| 1983 | Merle Schipper, Review, Images & Issues, September/October. |
| Ron Sequeria, “Houses Open for Inspection,” The Pioneer, November 15, p.5. | |
| Joanne Burnstein, “California Color,” Artweek, April 23, p.24. | |
| Suzanne Muchnic, Review, Los Angeles Times, March 18. | |
| 1982 | Barry Brennan, “Santa Monica Gets Pinned,” Evening Outlook, July 27, p.B2. |
| Betty Brown, “Astrid Preston’s Fractured Urbanscapes,” Reader, April 9, p.15. | |
| William Wilson, Review, Los Angeles Times, Calendar, April 12, 1982. | |
| Cornelia Emerson, “Studio Stop for Fine Arts Seminar,” At Art Center, February. | |
| 1981 | Melinda Wortz, “New Editions: Astrid Preston,” ARTnews, September, p.159. |
| Suzanne Muchnic, Review, Los Angeles Times, Calendar. June 5. | |
| 1980 | Suzanne Muchnic, “A connective Muni Survey,” Los Angeles Times, Calendar, March 23. |
| 1977 | William Wilson, Review, Los Angeles Times, December 16. |
| William Wilson, Review, Los Angeles Times, July 19. | |
| Louise Lewis, “A Point of View-Four L.A. Artists,” Artweek, July, p.16. | |
| Phillip Gordon, “The Two Cultures,” Los Angeles Free Press, January 17-21. | |
| 1976 | Faith Wilding, “Twenty-Four Women Making Art,” Artweek, January 15. |
| Gordon J. Hazlitt, Review, ARTnews, March 1976, p.88. | |
| 1975 | Melinda Wortz, “Women’s Art Experiences,” Artweek, September 6, 1975. |
Catalogues/Books
Calalogues & Books
| 2023 | Astrid Preston: For The Trees, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2021 | Between Worlds, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2018 | Echoing Light, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
| 2017 | Upside Down World, Essay by Lita Barrie, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. |
| 2016 | Et in Arcadia Ego, New Museum Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA |
| 2015 | Astrid Preston - On Reflections, Essay by Robert L. Pincus, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. |
| 2014 | Why Life Matters. Michael Charles Tobias and Jane Gray Morrison, Springer, Cham, Switzerland. |
| 2013 | Painted Landscapes, Contemporary Views. Lauren P. Della Monica, Schiffer Pub. Ltd, Arglen, PA. Outside: Selections from the Doug Simay Collection, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA. |
| 2012 | Breaking in Two: A Provocative Vision of Motherhood, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. |
| 2010 | L.A. Rising, SoCal Artists Before 1980. Lyn Kienholz, California/International Arts Foundation, Los Angeles, CA. |
| 2008 | Astrid Preston – New Paintings, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. Plein Air Past and Present, San Diego Museum of Art and Lux Art Institute, San Diego and Encinitas, CA. |
| 2007 | Then + Now: Women Artists of Southern California, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. Echoes: Women Inspired by Nature, OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA. |
| 2006 | Astrid Preston – Paintings, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. |
| 2004 | BordoErdo/Re(a)d Forest/Roter Wald. Johanna Domokos, Apokrif, Hungary. |
| 2002 | Astrid Preston: Paintings, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. |
| 2001 | Dreamscapes: Contemporary Surrealist Landscapes, Wignall Museum/Gallery, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA. |
| 2000 | Landscape Not Forgotten, William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA. |
| 1997 | Arte actual en Los Angeles, Sala de Exposiciones de la Excma, Cuenca, Spain. |
| 1996 | Landscape: The Continuum, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA. |
| 1994 | Southern California: The Conceptual Landscape, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI. |
| 1993 | Paintings of California. Arnold Skolnick, Clarkson Potter/Publishers, New York, NY. |
| 1987 | Near Paradise, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA. |
| 1986 | Landscape/Seascape/Cityscape, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA. |
| 1985 | Chemical Bank: An Art Collection in Perspective, Chemical Bank, New York, NY. |
| 1984 | Los Angeles and the Palm Tree - Image of a City, ARCO Center for Visual Art, Los Angeles, CA. American Landscape Painting, California State University, Los Angeles, CA. A Broad Spectrum - Contemporary Los Angeles Painters & Sculptors ‘84, Design Center of Los Angeles, CA. |
| 1983 | United Bank of Denver 1983 Art Collection, Denver, CO. Attention: California Artists, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA. |
| 1982 | Drawings by Painters, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA. |
| 1981 | Locations, California State College, San Bernardino, CA. Elegant Night, Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, CA. |
| 1980 | Drawing: Personal Definitions, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA. Contemporaries: 17 Artists, Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, CA. |
| 1979 | Newspace in San Diego, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA. |
| 1978 | Exhibitions ‘76 ‘77, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. |
| 1977 | Drawing: Various Approaches, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA. Twenty-Four Southern California Women Artists, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Norwalk, CA. |
| 1975 | American Artists ‘76: A Celebration, Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, TX |
Others
Performance
| 2005 | Re(a)d Forest, with Johanna Domokos, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA. |
Interviews
| 2019 | Artist Spot Light Series: A Conversation with Astrid Preston, Focus on the Masters Archive & Library (YouTube), Museum of Ventura County, Ventura, CA. [ Watch ] |
Archives
| 2019 | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. |
| Focus on the Masters Archive & Library, Ventura, CA. |
Commissions
| Banner Project for the Third Street Promenade: The FLORA and FAUNA of Santa Monica. 16 images, enlarged from 24 x 24 inch paintings to 9 foot square banners for DTSM, 2016. |
| Roll Global, Los Angeles, CA, three oil on canvas paintings for conference room, 42 x 24 inches each: Pistachios, Oranges and Pomegranates, 2002. |
| Lux Art Institute, Encinitas, CA, “Apple Valise” (portable suitcase art) and “Garden of Apple Delights” (site installation of 15 Anna apple trees,) 2002 & 2003. |
| Princess Cruises, Sun Princess, 5 oil on canvas paintings, 1995. |
| The Principal Financial Group, 80 Grand, Des Moines, Iowa, lobby mural, 6 oil on canvas paintings on a 70 ft. wall, 1992. |
| JMB Development, 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, lobby, design for 3 tapestries, 117 x 47 ½ inches each, 1990-91. |
| Home Savings of America, Woodland Hills, CA, 6 ft. x 26 ft., ceramic tile mural, 1989. |
| Home Savings of America, Monterey Park, CA, ceramic tile & glass mosaic mural, 16 ft. x 16 ft., ’89. |
| Home Savings of America, Irwindale, CA, 2 enamel on wood paintings for cafeteria, 26 panels on a 60 ft. wall and 20 panels on a 40 ft. wall, 1988. |
| Golf Corp. of America, Santa Monica, CA, 6 oil on canvas painting Irvine Hilton, Costa Mesa, CA, three enamel on aluminum paintings for coffee shop, 24” x 109”, 25 ½” x 185” and 18”x 41”, 1985. |
Collections
Selected Public Collections
| The Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
| The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA |
| McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX |
| Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA |
| Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV |
| Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN |
| Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA |
| Long Beach Museum, Long Beach, CA |
| Grunwald Graphic Arts Center, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
| Lux Art Institute, Encinitas, CA |
| Frederick R.Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA |
| Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR |
| Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA |
| Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, IA |
| Kaufman and Broad, Paris, France |
| Hotel Hankyu International, Osaka, Japan |
| HBO, Los Angeles, CA |
| Grand Hyatt, Maui, HI |
| Golf Corporation of America, Santa Monica, CA |
| City of Santa Monica, CA |
| IBM, Los Angeles, CA |
| Gonda Neuroscience & Genetics Research Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA |
| Forest Inn Showakan, Tokyo, Japan |
| O’Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, CA |
| Warner Brothers Records, Burbank, CA |
| Prudential Insurance, Westlake, CA |
| United Bank of Denver, Denver, CO |
| The Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY |
| Kaufman & Broad, Los Angeles, CA |
| The Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA |
| NRDC, Santa Monica, CA |