ARTIST STATEMENT
I paint figurative narratives using oil paints. Subjects are rendered with distinct brushstrokes capturing the action of the the painting process. Colors are chosen with purpose to punctuate mood. Compositions move. Even though the paintings chronicle our current history, they may adapt with future events.
BIOGRAPHY
Lidia Hasenauer grew up in Southern California and began drawing at an early age. She had a brief career as a graphic designer where she created magazine layouts and logo designs. Lidia discovered she loved oil painting in her late twenties. Her paintings became focused on the figure and landscapes. As she raised her family in Northern California, she continued to paint in her home studio. She exhibits her art nationally. Lidia has published two books featuring her artworks. She currently resides in Santa Cruz, CA.
Lidia C. Hasenauer: Curriculum Vitae
B. USA | Lives and works in Santa Cruz, CA
EDUCATION
UC Santa Cruz, CA 2003 Extension Courses Fine Arts
UC San Diego, CA 1992 Extension Courses Fine Arts
El Camino College, Torrance, CA 1986-88 AA Graphic Design | 1994-96 | Fine Arts
GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2023-2016
2023 | FL3TCH3R Exhibit | Reece Museum, TN | Juror: Adam Del Marcelle, Artist
2023 | The Next Big Thing 23 | Studio Channel Islands, CA | Juror: Shana Nys Drambrot, Arts Editor LA Weekly | Awarded: First Place
2022 | FL3TCH3R Exhibit | Reece Museum, TN | Awarded: Fletcher Dyer Award | Juror: Wesam Mazhar Haddad , Designer
2022 | Left Coast Annual | Sanchez Art Center, CA | Juror: Jeff Nathanson executive director and art curator Museum of Sonoma County
2022 | Natural Habitats | Cabrillo College Gallery, CA | Juror: Dona Seager and Suzanne Gray owners of Seager Gray Gallery, San Francisco.
2019 | Vote! Your Voice is Your Vote! | Pajaro Valley Arts | CA, Group Exhibit
2018 | Spoken/Unspoken | Santa Cruz Public Library, CA | Group Exhibit
2018 | Art As Response/Artist at Catalyst/Spoken-Unspoken | Porter Faculty Art Gallery at UC Santa Cruz, CA | Group Exhibit
2017 | We Are Artists | East Tennessee State University Slocumb Galleries, TN | Juror: Dr. Anja Foerschner, Getty Research Institute
2017 | The Figure Contemporary, A National Art Exhibit | Santa Cruz Art League, CA | Juror: Noah Buchanan, Artist/Professor, UC Santa Cruz
NOTABLE JURORS IN PAST EXHIBITIONS
2015 | Reaction, Gallery Route One, CA | Juror: John Seed, art critic.
2008 | Visual Politics : Art & The American Experience | Santa Cruz Art League, CA | Juror: Peter Selz, founding Executive Director of the Berkeley Art Museum, curator of painting and sculpture MOMA, New York, 1958.
2006 | 78th Annual International Juried Exhibition | Harrisburg Art Association, PA | Juror: Kathryn Calley-Galitz, Assistant Curator, 19th Century, Modern and Contemporary Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
AWARDS
2023 | First Place, The Next Big Thing 23
2022 | Fletcher H. Dyer Award, Fletcher Exhibit
COLLECTIONS
FL3TCH3R Collection, TN
Library of Congress
PUBLICATIONS
2021 | Circus Real Surreal: A Collection of Narrative Paintings - Hardcover, Paperback, Ebook.
2012 | An Artist’s View of Santa Cruz - Paperback
2011 | Man As Object - Reversing the Gaze - Show catalog | Women’s Caucus for Art
2010 | Studio Visit Magazine - Volume Nine