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

Artspace Warehouse

Boise Art Museum

Kelly Wearstler

Portland Art Museum

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

Dyann Alkire                          

Rex Amos   

Judith Angerman                             

Jack Bangerter                        

bocolab                                  

Christine Bourdette    

Garth Claassen

Carolyn Cole

Tom Cramer

John Cruson

Raul de la Torre

Fredi Gertsch

Charles Gill

Clifford Gleason

Amber Goldhammer

Lesley Grainer

Gregory Grenon

David Hall

Pete Kasprzak

Mark Kielkucki

John Kilmaster

Barbara Kolo

Wendy Lilienthal

Grayson Malone

Stephen Mauldin

Scott Mc Intire

Robert Miller

Larry Olson

Lucinda Parker

Christine Raymond

Carl Rowe

Virginie Schroeder

Sheryl Shurtleff

Rimas Simaitis

Joe Suzuki

Melinda Thorsnes

Hugh Webb

Karen Woods

ZanRe

Phillip Zimmerman

Jose Carlos Zubiaur