CLAUDIA MCCAIN
Claudia McCain Biography
The artist Claudia MacCain received a Master of Fine Arts from California State University in Long Beach and has shown her abstract paintings and works on paper at numerous galleries across the US like Doyle Gallery in Costa Mesa and Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Texas.
EDUCATION
2011 Master of Fine Arts, Drawing and Painting, California State University, Long Beach
2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting, Cum Laude, Cal State University Fullerton
2007 Art for Healing Certificate, Chapman University, Orange, California
2005 Associate of Arts Degree, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
2010 Anderson Ranch Art Center, Advanced Painting, Snowmass, Colorado
2008 Anderson Ranch Art Center, Contemporary Figurative Painting, Snowmass, Colorado
2006 Anderson Ranch Art Center, Narrative Painting, Snowmass, Colorado
1995 Intensive Study Abroad, Drawing and Painting, Centro Nacional De Arte, San Salvador, El Salvador
AWARDS
2010 President Scholarship, Andersen Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, Colorado
2010 Special Recognition Award, President’s Commission on the Status of Women
California State University, Long Beach
2009 Beverly Alpay Award, Palos Verdes Art Center, California
2006 Associated Students Scholarship, California State University Fullerton
2006 Florence Arnold Scholarship for BFA Art Students, California State University Fullerton
2005 Art Alliance Scholarship, California State University Fullerton
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
2012 Hoff Foundation Grant, Huntington Beach, California
2010 Soroptimist International Fellowship, Los Angeles, California
2008 William Randolph Hearst Fellowship, New York, New York
2007 Orange County Arts Grant, Santa Ana, California
2006 William Randolph Hearst Fellowship, New York, New York
PUBLICATIONS
2015 Orange Coast Review, Journal of Literature and Art, Orange Coast College, CA
2014 Azizian, Tamara, ed. Mapping Me, A Landscape of Women’s Stories. New Zealand, 2014. Electronic
2012 Leack, Ryan. Pomona Valley Review Volume 6. Pomona Valley Review 6 (2012),
http://www.pomonavalleyreview.com/pdf/PVR 6/PVR 6.pdf (accessed April 29, 2012).
2010 Harvey, Doug, Green Room Wormhole Sideshow, Exhibition Essay, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Orange Coast Review, Journal of Literature and Art, Orange Coast College, CA
2008 Orange County Arts Catalog, CSUF Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
2007 Orange County Arts Grant Catalog, CSUF Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
2007 Lee, David M., In, Above, and Around Santiago Park, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
2006 Cyr, Gabe. New Directions in Altered Books. Asheville, NC
2006 Orange Coast Review, Journal of Literature and Art, Orange Coast College, CA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2015 Faculty Exhibition, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
2015 OC Review, Doyle Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
2015 ABSTRACT/Elevations, Coastline Community College, Newport Beach, CA
2015 Works on Paper, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
2015 Faculty Exhibition, Cerritos Community College, Cerritos, CA
2014 Group Show, Logan Creative, Curated by David Michale Lee, Santa Ana, CA
2014 Ribba, Coastline Community College, CA
2014 Faculty Biennial, Fullerton College, CA
2014 Public Offering, Autonomie Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2014 MAS Attack [Ltd. Ed.],San Francisco, Artra Curatorial, Studio 17, San Francisco, CA
2014 Put A Ring On It, Manhattan Art Center, Manhattan Beach, CA
2013 Pick your Adventure, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2013 Here/There, Alexander Calder Fine Arts Center, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
2013 M.A.S. Attack, presented by ARTRA, LA Mart, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Paradox Maintenance Technicians, curated by Max Presneill, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2013 Horvitz’s Drugstore Beetle (Sitodrepa Paniceum) II, CSULB Special Collections Library, Long Beach, CA
2012 Migration & Movement, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2012 OMA Flag Project, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
2012 4 Artists/ 4 Site Specific Works, D2 Art, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Encountering Place, Art in Embassies, Wellington, New Zealand
2011 Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2011 INSIGHTS, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2011 Solo: Symbolon, Gatov Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2011 Negotiations, Maxine Merlino Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2011 Ominum-Gatherum, Maxine Merlino Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2010 Get Together, Hancock University, Long Beach, CA
2010 INSIGHTS, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2010 TUBULAR, Curated by Doug Harvey, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA
2009 Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA
2009 Art and Social Action, Second City Council, Long Beach CA
2008 GLAMFA, Open Studios, Calfornia State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2007 In, Above, and Around Park Santiago, CSUF Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
2006 Solo: Claudia Morales McCain, The Back Room Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
2005 Aquanet, Orange Coast College Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
2005 Between the Sheets, El Camino College, Gardena, CA
2005 Limited Edition: The Art of the Print, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
2005 Journey through the Salvadoran Experience, The Bridge Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Altered Art, The Art Bar, Santa Ana, CA