VITAE: Len Klikunas
BORN: 1944 Chicago, Illinois
LIVES: Boise, Idaho and Los Angeles, California
WORKS: Boise, Idaho and Los Angeles California
ART AWARDS and GRANTS
The Peter S. Reed Foundation, grantee, 2017-2018, NY, NY.
Winston C. Mitchell and Surel L. Mitchell Family Foundation, honorarium award, 2016, Boise, ID.
SELECTED VENUES
Kelly Wearstler
EDUCATION
1966 BA Stanford University
1970 MA California State University Fullerton
1973 Photography Mt. Hood Community College
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Midnight Blue, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, California
Reflections and Shadows, Meridian Library, Meridian, Idaho
Behind the Red Door, Initial Point Gallery, Meridian, Idaho
2019
Roots, Nampa Civic Center, Nampa, Idaho
Affordable Art Fair (AAF), New York, New York
Binary Response, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, California
After Dark: A Duality, Nampa Civic Center, Nampa, Idaho
2018
Affordable Art Fair (AAF), New York, New York
Art Palm Springs, Palm Springs, California
Curvature of the Shape, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, California
2017
Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, California
2016
Inner Workings, Surel's Place, Garden City, Idaho (juried)
Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, California
Celebrating Private Idaho, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance, Boise, Idaho (juried)
6 by Six, Art Source Gallery, Boise, Idaho (juried)
This American Life, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance, Boise, Idaho (juried)
2015
Hunting and Gathering Exhibition, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance, Boise, Idaho (juried)
The Presence and Absence of Color, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, California
2nd 2015 Showcase Competition, winner, Artslant, (jurors: Artslant curatorial team)
Bellingham National Salon des Refusés, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, Washington
2011
Small Works, Elon University Gallery, Elon, North Carolina
2010
Idaho Triennial, Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho (juror: Beth Sellars)
1987
La Quinta Juried Art Festival, La Quinta, California
1984
Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1983
Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1982
Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1981
Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1980
Salon de Refuses, Portland Center for the Visual Arts (PCVA), Portland, Oregon
Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1979
Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1978
Artists of Oregon, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon (juror: Wayne Thiebaud)
Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Gazebo Gallery, Lake Oswego, Oregon
1977
Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Gazebo Gallery, Lake Oswego, Oregon
1976
Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Gazebo Gallery, Lake Oswego, Oregon
1975
Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Gazebo Gallery, Lake Oswego, Oregon
1974
Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Gazebo Gallery, Lake Oswego, Oregon
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Lacy Lines, The District, Boise, Idaho (July)
Horizons, Idaho-inspired Landscapes, The District, Boise, Idaho (June)
2013
Block in the Void, The District, Boise, Idaho
2012
Back of the Light, The District, Boise, Idaho
1979
Nudes by Klikunas, Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1976
Solar Votives, Clackamas College Gallery, Oregon City, Oregon
PUBLICATIONS / REVIEWS
2010
ArtDaily.org, Feb 5–May 25, 2010
2010
Boise Weekly Vol. 19 Issue 15, Oct 6–12, 2010
2010
Sustain + Expand, Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho (catalogue)
2010
Idaho Statesman, Boise, Idaho, Taking the Pulse of Idaho’s Art World, Christopher Schnoor, Oct 6, 2010, p. 13
2010
Rimas K. Simaitis, Sep18, 2010, http://blog.rksim.com
ART-RELATED TEACHING
2009-2017 College of Western Idaho, Anthropology Adjunct
1989-2009 Boise State University, Anthropology Adjunct
1993 The College of Idaho, Visiting Anthropology Instructor
1971 Orange Coast Community College, Anthropology Adjunct
1969-1970 University of Victoria, Anthropology Lecturer
ART-RELATED CURATION
1976-1979 Oregon Historical Society, Exhibits Curator
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
2016-2019 Treasure Valley Artists' Alliance, Artist Member, Boise, Idaho
2015-2016 Los Angeles Art Association, Artist Member, Los Angeles, California
EXHIBITED WITH THESE ARTISTS
Judith Angerman
Lesley Grainer
Pete Kasprzak
Barbara Kolo
Virginie Schroeder
Joe Suzuki
Jose Carlos Zubiaur