BIOGRAPHY

BIOGRAPHY

Mr. Marlo Bartels
Studio: 2307 #7 Laguna Canyon Road
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
U.S.A.
T: 001 949 494 4408

F: 001 949 497 3293

E-mail: see links

www.marlobartels.com

www.marlobartels.5u.com

Marlo has been producing and installing permanent indoor and outdoor ceramic sculptures, murals and furniture since 1977. He works in ceramic tile; shaping, forming and glazing the clay elements by hand. With the support of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C., he has developed new techniques for fabricating furniture and sculptures, using tile facings on ferro-cement with polystyrene substrates. His work is appropriate for indoor and outdoor walls, fountains, floors and furniture, as well as free-standing sculptures. Durability and low-maintenance are inherent to ceramic surfaces. Colors are myriad, non-fading and resistant to graffiti

EDUCATION / AWARDS AND HONORS

M.A. Art, California State University,Fullerton.
B.A. Art, California State University, Long Beach
National Endowment for the Arts - Grant - Building Arts 1981-1982. Survey of California Historical Tile and Innovative Research into Ferro-cement with Polystyrene and Ceramics.
National Endowment for the Arts - Grant - Ceramic Workshop - 1977. With Ron Nagle and Richard Shaw. Low Fire Ceramics and Porcelain workshops at Laguna Beach School of Arts.
National Endowment for the Arts - Grant - Master Craftsman Apprentice -1978. Funds to hire an apprentice for nine months.

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
Rick's Cafe, Negril, Jamaica, ceramic mosaic murals and floor design, 2006.
"Night And Day Palm Desert", A.I.P.P. Palm Desert, CA., eight triangular columns 8 ft x 32 ft. 2006
Pottery Shack, Laguna Beach, CA, Mural restoration, 2006
Palm Canyon Food Court design and installation, Palm Springs, CA, 2005-06.
City of Brea, CA., Nov 2005, A.I.P.P. terra cotta and art tile mosaic mural, 8 ft x 20 ft.
*Cherry Orchard Project -Sunnyvale, CA - two 28' obelisks, "Sakura East" & "Sakura West", October, 2001, four mosaic seating areas, being developed,2002
*"Uno Mundo, One World, Sypro" - Cancer Survivors Park, San Diego, CA - 20 ft diameter mosaic cupola, undulating bench, 12 ft long, mandala, 6 ft diameter and six other benches, 2002.
**University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL - Sculpture ,"The Nerve", entrance to Psychology Building, 2000
*National City Historic Railcar Plaza - Port of San Diego, CA - tile replica of California China Products (from 1925), accents around plaza and parallel to railcar tracks, 1999
Twin Dragon, Irvine & Orange, CA - two ceramic mosaic restaurant facades, 1999-2000
Phoenix, AZ * "Blue Moon" - 24 ft. obelisk, Cancer Survivors Park, 1999.
Catalina Island - "Avalon Streetscape Restoration " Replica Tile, 1998-99.
Phoenix, AZ - "For E.H." Mosaic Seating, Phoenix International Airport, 1998
Los Angeles, CA -"Westwood Village Streetscape"-Street Furniture & 3 Planters, 1997.
*Pasadena, Ca.-"88 West Colorado"- 4 Murals, 1997, collaboration with G. Myers
Commemorative plaque -for the class of 2001, University High School, Irvine, CA, 1997.
Rancho Mirage, CA.- Cancer Survivors Park - 3 Seating Areas. 1996.
*City of Palm Desert - Palm Desert Country Club - 21' Mosaic Obelisk Entry Monument 1995.
Commemorative bench, Distinguished School tile plaque, Blue Ribbon school tile plaque, Laguna Beach High School, Laguna Beach, CA, 1996.
Thurston Benches - Thurston Middle School, Laguna Beach, CA, 1996.
* L A County - Zuma Beach - Gateway Mosaic 1995.
*City of Los Angeles - The Renaissance Towers - Mosaic: Two 30' pyramids,one 30' column, 1994.
Nutrilite Products, Inc, ceramic mosaic benches, terrazzo entry floor and ceramic murals including photo silkscreen technique, Buena Park, CA, 1997
Ahmanson Financial Plaza, Pasadena, CA - fountain granite benches with pictorial historic ceramic murals on bench backs, 1994.
*City of Burbank - Cusumano Development - Mural, benches, tile crests, 1992
Quiksilver - Corporate Office, Costa Mes, CA & Huntington Beach, CA - Terrazzo entry floor logo,terrazzo lobby floor with surfboard & flower images, ceramic mosaic columns & platforms"Seahorse", "Compass" & "Dolphin" - Waterfront Hilton, Huntington Beach, CA - three fountains, 1990.
*Sawdust Festival,Laguna Beach, A I.P.P Drinking Fountain Wall, Fireplace, Entry Archways. 1990.
"Canyon Chess & Checkers" - City of Laguna Beach, CA -Main Beach - Sculpture of chairs and chess table, N.E.A. Grant, 1981.
Laguna Art Museum - "Elements",bench in front of museum, "Drinking Fountain Wall", 1989.
Elaine Horwitch Galler, Palm Springs, CA - ceramic mosaic seating & mosaic mural with snake, 1985
*City of Irvine, CA, Irvine Medical Center, Wall fountain, 12'x12', 1990
Academy of Television, Arts and Sciences,"Emmy Plaza",two 50 ft. undulating sculptures & 7 cubes, West Hollywood, CA, 1990

*.ART-IN-PUBLIC-PLACES PROJECTS (A.l.P.P)
**ART-IN-STATE-BUILDINGS PROGRAM

DESIGN COLLABORATIONS

Landscape Architects:
SWA Group
Borthwick.Guy.Bettenhausen

Architects:
Frank Gehry, Michael Kiner Assoc., Morris Skenderian

Designers: Steve Chase Assoc., Braselle Design.

Artists:Eric Johnson, Astrid Preston, Peter Shire
Gifford Myers

PUBLIC MURAL PROJECTS

City of Brea, CA

Private Residence, Antilla, placques

Home Savings of America, 7 U.S. Iocations -ceramic pictorial murals with mosaic elements

Palm Desert, CA

Thousand Oaks, CA

Columbus, OH

Pembroke Pines, FL

Dunedune, FL

Monterey Park, CA

Woodland Hills, CA

Romeo Cucina Restaurants, 3 U.S. Iocations - murals, custom light fixtures.

Charthouse Restaurants, 11 U.S. Iocations - murals.

San Juan Puerto Rico

Miami, FL

Ventura, CA

Kona, HI

Malibu, CA

Haleiva, HI

Cohassett, MA

Warwick,

Rochester, CN

Kaneoe, HI

Newport Beach, CA

Dana Point, CA

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Laguna Art Museum, CA,
Long Beach Museum, CA,
City of Laguna Beach, CA
City of Los Angeles, CA
City of Palm Desert, CA
City of Sunnyvale, CA
City of Burbank, CA
County of Los Angeles, CA
University of West Florida, Pensicala, FL
Joan Simon Menkes, Bel Air, CA
Patricia & Gene Cooper, Laguna Beach, CA
Fala & Danny Powers, Pacific Palisades, CA.
Debi & Tom Pavlic, Laguna Beach, CA .
Marsha & Robin Williams.San Francisco, CA
Elaine Horwitch, Scottsdale, AZ .
Mariam Wosk, Beverly Hills, CA
Judy Kenyon, San Marino, CA
Mandy & Cliff Einstein, Brentwood, CA
Kathleen Sullivan, New York, NY
Suzanne & Ted Paulson, Laguna Beach,CA
LeeAnn & Steve Schwartz, Westwood, CA
Annette & Richard Bloch, Rancho Mirage, CA
Annette & Ted Lerner, Rancho Mirage, CA
Steve Chase, Rancho Mirage, CA
Narij & Stuart Katz, Paris & Cot d' Azur, FRANCE

Goldstein's, Brussels, BELGIUM

Rick's Cafe, Negril, JAMAICA

City of Brea, CA.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
"A Decade of Clay", Citrus College, Glendora, CA, Jan-Mar, 2007.
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Ponona, CA, "Laying the Foundation: American Art Tile" July -Nov. 2005, Loveseat #7.
Marlo Bartels - Visiting Artist, Citrus College, Glendora, CA. 2004
Marlo Bartels ~ New Work, December, 2004, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA.
" International Ceramic Tile Triennial 2002" - Museo de Arte Moderno (Museum of Modern Art), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, November, 2002
"Sakura with Sphere", Community Art Prtoject (CAP), Bank of America, Laguna Beach, CA, Sept 2001 - Sept, 2002.
"Primera Trienal lnternacional del Mosaico Ceramico - Elite Tile", Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana, 1999
"Outside In - Artist's Furniture", Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA. June 1999
."Living With Tile, the Art of Installation", Wayne Art Center, Pennsylvania, Oct. 1998.
"Contemporary Mosaics", Mill Valley Sculpture Gardens, Dec. 1998
"New Works" - Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, Nov 1989
"Chairs" - Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco, CA, April, 1989
"Functional Art by Nine" - Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, Feb. 1989
"New Art Furniture" - Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Palm Springs, Ca, April, 1988
'A Personal Invitation" - Diane Nelson Gallery, Nov, 1988
"Ceramic Garden Furniture" - Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco, Ca, May, 1988
"Frankly Functional" - Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park.CA, March, 1988"The Furniture Show" - Herron Gallery, Indianapolis Centger for Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN, January, 1987
"Chairs" by Artists and Architects & "Furniture by Artists" - San Francisco International Airport.

."Seasoned Opener" - Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA, September, 1986
"Selected Works" - Functional Art, Los Angeles, CA, May, 1986
"Functional Ceramics" - Functional Art, Los Angeles, CA, March, 1984
"In the Form of Furniture" - Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, Sept 1984
"Orange County Clay" - Laguna Art Museum, CA april, 1983
"California - The State of Landscape" - Newport Harbor Art Museum, CA, 1981
"California - The State of Landscape" - Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA, 1981
"Our Own Artists: Art from Orange County" - Newport Harbor Art Museum.
"Animals in Art" - Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA, 1972

SELECTED PUBLICATION, PHOTOS, REVIEWS

"American Craft", Dec '05/Jan '06, pp62
"Coast" - "Modern Dream", June, 2003, pp84
"Landscape Architecture" - "Prescription for Healing", February, 2003
"Artweek" - "Public Art Brightens Cherry Orchard', Dec, 2001 - Jan, 2002
"Coast" - "The Art Collection of Laguna Beach Residents Suzanne & Ted Paulson", June, 2001
"House & Garden", "Total Immersion", May 2000, pp142-143
"Rancho Mirage", cover & pp 26, 2001
"Primera Trienal Internatacional del Mosaico Ceramico - elite-Tile", Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana, 1998-99
"Global Architecture" - "Houses 17",Y. Futagaza, A.D.A. Edita Tokyo,1985, cover & pp 8-14, Frank Gehry, Architect.
"The Art of Mosaic Design", J. Locktov, Rockport Pub., 1998.
"Gioio", Italian magazine, mosaic table and benches, Robin & Marsha Williams residence, 11/8 /97.
"Palm Springs Life", "Rancho Mirage", October, 1996
"Los Angeles Times", "Public Art - The Next Wave", August 3,1995,
"Progressive Architecture", "Keeper Gate",November 1995, Zuma Beach Entry Gate.
"Palm Springs Life" - Oct, 1996- Cancer Survivors Park, Rancho Mirage, CA.
"Great Tile", Sunset Books, Inc., Jan., 1998. Pages 11,28,35,51,64,88 & 89. Augus
"Los Angeles Times","For All the World to See", August 4, 1995
"West", "Pioneers, Breaking with Tradition", August, 1994
"West", "Paradise Found", August, 1994
"Los Angeles Times Calendar", "Graceful Sculptures Convey Artists' Enjoyment of Their Creation", May 23, 1993
"Wings Over the City", Westside Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA 1993

"Street Gallery, Guide to 1000 Los Angeles Murals", book by Robin J. Dunitz,1993, pp 148, 322, 363.

"Los Angeles", "Tillemania", October, 1992
"The Burbank Leader", "Art Ties City's History to Senior Complex", December 5-6, 1992
"House Beautiful", March, 1992
"Architectural Digest", "Desert Textures", August, 1991
"Northern California Home & Garden", "Brave New Palette", July, 1991
"Architectural Digest", "A Shoreline Composition", March, 1990
Los Angeles Times, "Piece Work - Broken Tiles As Functional Art",Jan, 20, 1990
"Southern California Home & Garden", "Moody Blues", March, 1990
"Palm Springs Life", "Marlo Bartels: Artistry in Tile", September, 1989
"Art News", "Living With Art - The Einsteins - The Big Hit", December, 1989,
"Los Angeles Times Magazine", "Rethinking the Kitchen", July 10, 1988
"Designers West", "Public Spaces - A Gallery's Public and Private Life", November, 1987
"Palm Springs Life", "Humor Reflects Art Innovator", November, 1987
"Los Angeles Times", "He Broke In as Artist With Tile Sculpture", May 16, 1986
"Designers West", "Chinois", January, 1986, tiles by Marlo
"California", May 1986, "Style - Art You Can Sit On".
"Progressive Architecture", December 1985, "Rooms at the Top", Wosk Residence.
"Architectural Digest", "Splendor in the Desert", August 1984, Steve Chase Associates.
"Bon Appetit", June, 1983.
"Our Own Artists: Art from Orange County", Newport Harbor Art Museum, 1979, pp 22-23

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

"Friends of Terra Cotta" -Preservation, Arch. Terra Cotta
''Tile Heritage Foundation"-Preservation/Identification.
Trustee - Laguna Art Museum, 1996-98.
Collections committee - Laguna Art Museum. 1998-present.

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