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Margaret Lazzari (born 1953) is an American artist and Emerita Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Southern California, Roski School of Art and Design. [1]She lead the establishment of the design program at that school. She taught in the Master of Fine Arts program and in undergraduate painting, drawing, design and general education areas. Lazzari received her MFA from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Lazzari's work has engaged a wide range of subjects in both realistic and abstract styles, including bodies[2], gender, power,[3] illness[4], flowers, and landscapes, as well as pure abstractions. Lazzari primarily paints, but has also produced audio-visual installations[5], and public sculptures, sometimes partnering with Lauren Evans.[6]

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Career[edit]

Exhibitions[edit]

Lazzari has had over 40 solo exhibitions of her work including those at the George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, at the Fresno Museum of Art, Riverside Art Museum, and Fisher Art Museum. Her work has been selected for more than 70 group shows. As half of the Lazzari and Evans Public Art Design Team, she has produced eight public commissions, with themes that make evident the persistence of nature in urban environments.

Collections[edit]

Lazzari's work is partly collected in more than 20 public collections, including those of Angel Foundation, Los Angeles, USC Fisher Art Museum, Cathedral Collection of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Kaiser Hospitals, Azusa Pacific University, Harrah's Casino, New Jersey, the St. Louis University Museum of Art, and Huntsville Museum of Art, Alabama.

Publications[edit]

In addition to numerous magazine art reviews, Lazzari has authored or co-authored several popular art textbooks, including: Exploring Art[7]; The Practical Handbook for the Emerging Artist; Drawing; Life Drawing; and Art and Design Fundamentals.[6]

Awards and honors[edit]

Lazzari's honors and awards for her work include a Visual Artist Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1995, and Distinguished Woman Artist, 2015, Fresno Art Museum Council of 100.[8]

References[edit]

  1. https://roski.usc.edu/community/faculty/margaret-lazzari^
  2. Vaughn, Susan. "Artist Must Sharpen Marketing Skills to Gain the Necessary Exposure for Craft". Los Angeles Times, Jan. 28, 2001.
  3. Doherty, Jake. "Taking a look back at Guerrilla Girls' shots at the mainstream art world." Los Angeles Times, Jan. 17, 1992.
  4. Letran, Vivian. "Go Figurative: Realism Returns to Art". Los Angeles Times, Nov. 2, 2001.
  5. Kapitanoff, Nancy. "Works About Work: Artists confront the toll capitalism takes on the family and the psyche." Los Angeles Times, Jan. 19, 1992.
  6. Kandel, Susan. "'LAX': L.A. Is Written All Over It". Los Angeles Times, Dec. 10, 1992.
  7. Snow, Shauna. "Banned and Booed Art". Los Angeles Times, July 8, 1990.
  8. Muchnic, Suzanne. "Whither the Biennial Bandwagon?: Critical, Popular Response Will Help Determine Art Exhibition's Future". Los Angeles Times, Dec. 3, 1992.
  9. Geer, Suvan. "'Censorship' Explores History of Repression". Los Angeles Times, July 31, 1990.
  10. Camper, Fred. "Still Life with Death". Chicago Reader, January 30, 1998.
  11. Universitas Alumni Spotlight: Margaret Lazzari^
  12. http://www.gbgla.com/margaret-lazzari.html^
  13. https://faculty.cengage.com/titles/9781337709910^
  14. https://www.thamesandhudsonusa.com/books/the-practical-handbook-for-the-emerging-artist-softcover^
  15. ^Life Drawing
  16. Drawing^
  17. Exploring Art: A Global, Thematic Approach^
  18. Art and Design Fundamentals^
  19. Drawing: A Sketch and Textbook^
  20. Life Drawing: A Sketch and Textbook^
  21. The Practical Handbook for the Emerging Artist^
  22. Mary Chapel Commission, Catholic Trojan Newsletter, Summer 2019, pp 9-10

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  1. ^ "Margaret Lazzari | Roski School of Art and Design". roski.usc.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  2. ^ Letran, Vivian (2001-11-02). "Go Figurative: Realism Returns to Art". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  3. ^ Kapitanoff, Nancy (1992-01-19). "Works About Work : Artists confront the toll capitalism takes on the family and the psyche". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  4. ^ "Visual Art Source". www.visualartsource.com. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  5. ^ Kandel, Susan (1992-12-10). "ART REVIEWS : 'LAX': L.A. Is Written All Over It". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  6. ^ a b "Alumni Spotlight: Margaret Lazzari". www.slu.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  7. ^ Lazzari, Margaret (2019). Exploring Art: A Global, Thematic Approach (Revised 5th ed.). Boston: Cengage. pp. xi–xvii. ISBN 9781337709910.
  8. ^ "Fresno Art Museum :: Distinguished Women Artists". www.fresnoartmuseum.org. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
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