Curriculum Vitae

Education
MFA
2004 Illustration California State University, Long Beach
BA
2001 Art Studio, Minor Art History University of California, Santa Barbara (Highest Honors), Areas of Specialization: Painting, Drawing, 2-D Design, Illustration
Professional Experience
2005-present
2-D Design/ Beginning Drawing/ Art Appreciation Instructor, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
2006-2007
Color and Design Instructor for College for Kids Program, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
2006
Beginning Painting Instructor, Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA
2003-2004
Teaching Assistant, California State University, Long Beach, Color Theory
2002-2004
SAT Prep/English Instructor, Elite Educational Institute, Cerritos, CA
2001
Internship, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
2001
Elementary school art instructor under Artsbridge Scholarship, Santa Barbara, CA

Awards/Honors

William Dole Memorial Award, Art Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2001
Artsbridge Scholarship, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2000-2001

Exhibition Record
2007 *Candy-Coated Cataclysm, Linnaea’s Café, San Luis Obispo, CA
2007 Elemental Tangents, Cal Poly University Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
2007 Evidence and Desire: Cuesta College Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, Cuesta College Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
2006 Open Studios Exhibition, Steynberg Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
2006 “LBC”, Greenleaf Gallery, Whittier College, Whittier, CA
2006 The Drawing Room, San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA
2005 Creepster, The Jeff Claassen Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
2005 *Limbo, Miyamo, Long Beach, CA
2004 Talking in Circles, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 *Terminals (MFA Thesis Exhibition), Gallery 5, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2004 Illustration 2004, Max Gatov Gallery. Long Beach, CA
2003 Imaginary Spaces, Real Places, Max Gatov Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2003 Insights 2003, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA

 

Reviews/Articles

Ashley Schwellenbach, “Scope for the Imagination: Adrienne Allebe Brings a Blast of Color to Linnaea’s”, New Times, August 2nd, 2007, 22.

Lee Sutter, “A Dance of Time and Space: Artist Adrienne Allebe Prompts Curiosity About the Nature of Reality in Her Phantasmogoric Paintings”, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, July 29th, 2007, 1.

Guest Lectures
2006 San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA
2004 Whittier College, Whittier, CA, creative writing class of Ali Smith

Gallery Affiliation/Representation

Just Looking Gallery, 746 Higuera St., Suite 1, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Professional Organizations

College Art Association
San Luis Obispo Arts Council
San Luis Obispo Art Center

Foreign Languages Spoken

French