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Gail Rodgers
137 N Larchmont Blvd #414
Los Angeles, CA 90004
(323) 793-1636 cell
artladyla@yahoo.com
www.flickr.com/photos/gailrodgers
www.myspace.com/galleryofcontemporaryart
Education:
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, Ca

Rodgers combines the graphic art of silkscreening with hand painting to create original designs and portraits that have caught the eye of numerous art collectors and A-list celebrities.

Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Gail Rodgers never questioned what she wanted to be when she grew up. As a child, art was her companion and a safe haven for self expression. Whether in the backseat of a car or on the beach of Cape Cod, a piece of paper and a crayon box were never far from reach. Following high school, Rodgers received a summer scholarship to Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and then went on to attend California Institute of the Arts in Valencia. Rodgers excelled in this environment and the experience made a lasting impression on her views about art. "I learned to value the concept, the idea, more than the execution. A pretty painting is fine, but what about it? Art, like all living things, needs a soul."

At age 21, the artist started her own silkscreen company printing t-shirts out of her garage. The ensuing fifteen years found Rodgers working as a silkscreen artist creating designs for Vuarnet, Warner Brothers and other large companies. In 1993, she took a position at an art gallery in Laguna Beach and went on to become the owner of Galerie 224.


After 17 years as a resident of Laguna Beach, it is Los Angeles that the artist now calls home. Living in the Hollywood Hills with breathtaking views of downtown LA has inspired her. "There is something about the city... the different nationalities... the different economic levels... the energy... the rawness... the graffiti... the dirtiness... the sadness... there is something beautiful in the human aspect of it all. I find beauty in the reality of our lives and as a graphic urban artist, that is what I hope to portray."

And portray. she does... from crowd scenes to images of rush hour traffic, Gail Rodgers silkscreen paintings are always on the move, forever changing. But not without an occasional time out by the seashore or a moment to stop and view the daisies. Where will her work take us from here? That's hard to say. But what is certain is the journey will be a human story told through the eyes of an artist who's time has come.

Gail Rodgers is represented bt the Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825 and Opportunity Workshop in Los Angeles. She is currently working on a series of commissioned portraits for the 2008 Emmy Awards.


List of Exhibitions:
2008 Wish Night Gala, Nov 21st, Beverly Hills Hotel, Make a Wish Foundation Silent Auction
2008 Opportunity Workshop, Larchmont Village, Hancock Park, Sept - current
2008 Memory: an Exploration of Our Space in Time, The Loft at Liz's, Feb - April

2007 The Murietta House, Sherman Oaks, CA Feb - March
2007 Gallery of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, Jan - March

2006 Solo Exhibition, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, Nov - Dec
2006 Affaire in the Garden, Juried exhibition, awarded 3rd place, Beverly Hills, CA, Oct 14-15
2006 Solo Exhibition, Don O’Melveny Gallery on Melrose, West Hollywood, CA, July, August
and September
2006 LA Journal, ADM Project Gallery, Hollywood, CA, June
2006 Affaire in the Garden, Juried exhibition, Beverly Hills, CA, May 20-21
2006 On Site at the Gate 2006, Juried exhibition, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA,
April 30 - July 9
2006 Ellinoff Gallery, Telluride, CO, Jan - April
2006 Rodgers Erdmann Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Jan - June

2005 Affaire in the Garden, Juried exhibition, Beverly Hills, CA, October
2005 Rodgers Erdmann Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, July - Dec
2005 Affaire in the Garden, Juried exhibition, Beverly Hills, CA, May
2005 Gail Rodgers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Jan - June

2004 Gail Rodgers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Nov - Dec
2004 World Music Awards, Las Vegas, October

Television:
2008 MTV Real World, Hollywood, summer
2007 Untitled Liz Meriwether Project, 20th Century Fox Television, GoCA Los Angeles, Mar
2007 Heroes, NBC Studios, Inc., Gallery of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Jan
2006 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Redondo Beach, Dec

Private Collectors include:
Alicia Keys, Patti LaBelle, Michael Clarke Duncan, R.A. Clark, Markku Lappalainen from Hoobastank, Susan Holmes-McKagen, Scott Weiland and Matt Sorum from Velvet Revolver, Neda Mashouf of Bebe, Marlene and Robert Veloz