KAREN ELIZABETH Le COCQ
BORN: 1949 Santa Rosa, California
Current Address:
8697 Cotton Creek Rd.
Mariposa, CA 95338
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 Club Jinnaka Gallery, "Present Time Offerings", Fresno, CA
2004 Sorensen Gallery, “Peace Works”, Fresno, California
2003 Multicultural Arts Center, “New Works”, Merced, California
2001 Multicultural Arts Center, “Naked Parasols”, Merced, California
Multicultural Arts Center, “Fiber and Bone”, Merced, California
1999 Wild Gallery, “Fiber and Bone”. Sacramento, California
1997 Amos Eno Gallery, “Empty Stones”, New York, New York
Multicultural Arts Center, “Empty Stones”, Merced, California
1996 Meridian Gallery, “Empty Stones and Other Sculptures”, San Francisco, CA
1995 750 Gallery, “Sculpture”, Sacramento, California
1994 Amos Eno Gallery, “Fiberworks”, New York, New York
1991 Art Gallery, Merced College, “Sculpture”, Merced, California
1989 J Street Studio, “Heart Art”, Merced, California
Arts Council Gallery, “Sculpture”, Merced, California
1987 J Street Studio, “Recent Sculptures”, Merced, California
1980 WomanArt Gallery, “New Work”, New York, New York
1979 Studio On Broadway, “One Night Stand”, Fresno, California
Van Ness Gallery, “Recent Sculpture”, Fresno, California
1976 Phoebe Conley Art Gallery, California State University, Fresno, “Four Floor
Works and Other Sculptures”, Fresno, California
1973 Van Ness Gallery, “Twenty Small Sculptures”, Fresno, California
1972 California Institute of the Arts, “900 Blocks”, Valencia , California
1971 Feminist Art Building, “White Environment”, Fresno, California
Fine Art Gallery, California State University, Fresno, “Paper People”, Fresno, CA
1969 College Green, “Paintings”, Merced, California
Merced College, “The People of Karen LeCocq”, Merced, California
SELECTED INVITATIONAL, CURATED AND JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 Multicultural Arts Center, “Assemblage”, Merced, California
University of California, Merced, “Spring-Summer Exhibition”, Merced, California
2004 Viridian Artists @ Chelsea, “The More The Merrier”, New York, New York
California State University, Fresno, “Glass”, Fresno, California
2002 Multicultural Arts Center, “Remembering: Artist Look At 9/11/01” Merced, California
2001 Gallery 10 LTD, ‘Tradition’, Washington DC
Fresno Art Museum, “Then and Now, The Women of The 1971 Feminist Art Program”, Fresno, California
California State University, Fresno, Faculty Exhibition, Fresno, California
1999 Whitney Museum of American Art, “The American Century, 1950-2000”, New York, New York
1996 Armand Hammer Museum, “Sexual Politics”, Los Angeles, California
Amos Eno Gallery, “Nothing Serious”, New York, New York
1996 Multicultural Arts Center, “Show One”, Merced, California
Dark Edge Gallery, “Lucid Dreams”, Sacramento, California
Multicultural Arts Center, “Ten Years of Valentines”, two person show, Merced, CA
The Gallery At Villa Montalvo, “Women Represent Women”,three person show, Saratoga
A.R.C. Gallery, “California Works”, Chicago, Illinois
Amos Eno Gallery, “New, California”, New York, New York
750 Gallery, “New, New York”, Sacramento, California
1995 Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, “Division of Labor”, Los Angeles, California
Amos Eno Gallery, “Nothing Serious”, New York, New York
Art In Corporate Spaces, Sadler Fine Arts, Hollywood, California
Lengyel Gallery, “The Breast Project”, San Francisco, California
Amos Eno Gallery, “Works On Paper”, New York, New York
1994 750 Gallery, “Winter Solstice”, Sacramento, California
Mad River Post, Sadler Fine Arts, “Summer 1994”, Santa Monica, California
Icon Factory, “Broads on the Boulevard”, Sacramento, California
750 Gallery, “Member’s Show”, Sacramento, California
Phoebe Conley Art Gallery, “The Celebration of Women’s Art”, California State
University, Fresno, California
WCJW/LA Women’s Center, “Off Beats”, Los Angeles, California
750 Gallery, “Collaborations”, Sacramento, California
1993 Amos Eno Gallery, “Assemblage”, New York, New York
A.R.C. Gallery, “Invitational”, Chicago, Illinois
Amos Eno Gallery, “New York, New Work”, New York, New York
Mad River Post, Sadler Fine Arts, “Winter Exhibition”, Santa Monica, California
Amos Eno Gallery, “Female Trouble”, New York, New York
Sadler Fine Art Gallery, “Mixed Messages”, Santa Monica, California
The New England Fine Art Institute’s National Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art, “State of the Art ‘93”, Boston, Massachusetts
Art In Corporate Spaces, Mad River Post, “Spring Exhibition:, Santa Monica, California
1993 Bromfield Gallery, “New York, New Work”, Boston, Massachusetts
1992 Amos Eno Gallery, “Recent Work”, New York, New York
Eastern New Mexico University Art Gallery, “Creating Ourselves”, curated by Lucy Lippard, Portales, New Mexico
Mad River Post, Sadler Fine Arts, “Winter Exhibition”, Santa Monica California
1992 Russell Sage Gallery, Schacht Fine Art, Troy, New York
Harbs Gallery, Lexington, Virginia
1992 Umbrella Associates, Pasadena, California
Fresno Civic Center, “Opening Exhibition”, Fresno, California
1991 California Museum of Art, “Small Works Exhibition”, Santa Rosa, California
Pro Arts Gallery, “Save the Penis”, Oakland, California
Mad River Post, Art in Corporate Spaces, “Spring Exhibition”, Santa Monica, California
Merced Civic Center, “Humor in Art”, two person show with David Medley, Merced, California
Arts Council Gallery, “University Women”, Merced, California
Ann Saunders Gallery, “Buff”, Jamestown, California
1990 470 Broom Street, “Configurations”,four person show, New York, New York
Two Penny Gallery, “Abstract Visions”, Sacramento, California
1989 Merced Civic Center, “Opening Exhibition”, Merced, California
Gallery Six Oh One, “Container Contained”, four person show, San Francisco, California
Ann Sounders Gallery, “Humor Art”, Jamestown, California
Fresno Art Museum, “California Assemblage”, Fresno, California
01 Gallery, “Group Show”, Los Angeles, California
Carnegie Center for the Arts, “Invitational ‘89”, Turlock, California
Gallery Six Oh One, ‘ Introductions”, five person show, San Francisco,California
1988 Carnegie Center for the Arts, “Invitational ‘88”, Turlock, California
1986 Off Centre Gallery, “Last Dance”,Calgary, Alberta,Canada
Ryosuke Gallery, “Personal Marks”, Osaka, Japan
1985 Off Centre Gallery, “Expressions”, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
BAG Gallery, “New York Bag”, New York, New York
1976 Fine Art Gallery, “Group Show”, California State University, Fresno, California
1995 Phoebe Conley Art Gallery, “Some Fresno Women Who Made Good”, California State University, Fresno, California
1994 Fresno Art Museum, “Invitational”, Fresno, California
1972 Art Gallery, Group Show, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
“Dining Room”, environment at WOMANHOUSE, collaborative piece with Faith Wilding and Miriam Schapiro, Los Angeles, California
1972 “Lea’s Room”, environment at WOMANHOUSE, collaborative piece with Nancy
Youdelman, Los Angeles, California
Fine Arts Gallery, “Fifth Small Images Show”, California State University, Los Angeles
1970 Art Gallery, “Group Show”, California State University, Fresno, California
EDUCATION
1976 California State University, Fresno, M.A.
1972 California Institute of the Arts, graduate work
1971 California State University, Fresno, B.A.
CURATORIAL/ADMINISTRATIVE/ARTS MANAGEMENT
2005 Curator, “Assemblage”, Multicultural Arts Center, Merced, California
2002 Curator, Remembering, Artists Look At 9/11/01, Multicultural Arts Center, Merced, CA
2001 Co-Curator, Then and Now, Feminist Art in the 1970’s, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
1998 Juror, Distinguished Artist AWARD, Chico Arts Center, Chico, CA
1997-02 Curator, Black and White Show, Merced Multicultural Arts Center, Merced, CA
1996 Exhibition coordinator, exchange show with A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, Illinois and
750 Gallery in Sacramento, CA
1995 Exhibition coordinator, exchange show with Amos Eno Gallery, New York, New York and 750 Gallery, Sacramento, California
1994-96 Publicity Director, 750 Gallery, Sacramento, California
1994-96 Exchange Committee Chair, 750 Gallery, Sacramento , California
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2001 Presenter, Feminist Art Symposium, California State University, Fresno
1997 Presenter, Career Day ‘97, Merced College, Merced, California
1997-99 Speaker, Career Day, Merced High School, Merced, California
1989-97 Chairperson, Black and White Ball Decorating Committee, Regional Arts Council Merced, California
1983 Docent, Art Train, Merced California
1983 Artist in Residence, CETA Grant, Merced, California
1977 Artist in the Schools, CETA Grant, Fresno, California
1974 Gallery Technician, California State University , Fresno, California
1972 West Coast Women’s Artist Conference, Los Angeles, California
1970 FEMINIST ART PROGRAM, founding member at Fresno, California in 1970,
1973 continued program at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, with faculty members Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro in 1971-1973
1972 WOMANHOUSE, one of the twenty women artists on the significant project in
downtown Los Angeles that transformed an abandoned mansion into
an environment reflecting the dreams, ideas and emotions of women.
TELEVISION & FILM
Featured in the San Francisco Center for Visual Studies’s documentary, Karen LeCocq, for “Art Seen” televised in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco during prime time in October through November in 1991
Featured in Churchill Film Production, Other Women, Other Work, Los Angeles, California, 1973, a film about women in occupations formerly considered to be “male” occupations
Featured in Johanna Demetrakas Documentary, WOMANHOUSE, KCET Television, Los
Angeles, California, later shown at The Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art in 1995 and
The Armand Hammer Museum in 1996
Participated in a one hour special, WOMANHOUSE, KCET Television, Los Angeles, California, 1972
LECTURES
2003 California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, California
2002 Soroptomist International of California, Merced, California
2001 Visiting Lecturer, California State University, Fresno, California
1998 Chico State University, Chico, California
1996 Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, California
1996 Borders Bookstore, Emeryville, California
1985 Merced College, Merced, California, also in 1976, 1977 and 1991
1994 The Manhattan, Fresno, California
1975 California State University, Fresno, California
1974 University of Redlands, Pasadena, California
1973 Pasadena Museum of Art, Pasadena, California
BOOKS
Ms. LeCocq’s work is pictured in the following books:
Sexual Politics, Jones, 1996, University of California Press, Pg's. 25, 60, 91, 256
Absolut Book, Lewis, Journey Editions, 1996, Pg's. 79, 205, 272
Cindy Sherman, Retrospective, Cruz, Smith and Jones, Thames and Hudson, Pg's., 37,38
Eleven Commandments of Wildly Successful Business Women, Gilberd, Simon and Schuster, 1996, Pg's. 151,153-154, 156, 157, 158
The Power of Feminist Art, Broude and Garrard, Harry Abrams, Inc., 1994, Pg's. 36, 41, 52, 55, 56, 58, 60, 78
American Artists, Krantz, 1990, Pg's. 202, 203
California Art Review, Krantz, 1990, pg., 728
By Our Own Hands, The Women’s Movement in Southern California, Wilding, Double X Publishing, 1977, Pg's. 26, 27, 28, 29
Through the Flower, Chicago, Anchor Books, 1997, Pg's., 107, 115
AWARDS
Medal of Honor, Veteran Feminists of America, for a major contribution to the Second Wave feminist revolution, 1966-1980, presented November 6, 2003 at the National Arts Club, New York City
Absolut Vodka Sculptor of the Year, 1993
Absolut Vodka Signature Artist, 1991-present
California Institute of the Arts Scholarship in Recognition of Artistic Achievement, 1972
Cora T. McCord Scholarship in Recognition of Artistic Achievement, 1971
SELECTED PERIODICALS
Art in America, Jan. 1997, “Exhibiting Gender”, pg's, 36-39
Jan. 1995, “Feminists in the Art World”, pg. 35
May 1993, pg., 48 E
Chicago Reader, Feb. 9, 1996, sec. 2, pg. 15
The Villager, New York City, July 19, 1995, pg. 13, “The Moisture Seekers”
October 26, 1995, pg. 11 “Rock Gardens Inspired Her Sculpture”
October 29, 1997, pg. 22, “Karen LeCocq, Empty Stones”
Art News, April 1995, cover 3, Oct. 1994, 123, cover 3
FiberArts, Jan.-Feb. 1995, “Fiberworks”, pg. 62
New Art Examiner, Summer 1994, pg., 28
Scientific America, April 1994, “Absolut Museum”, pg's. 30, 31
American Photo, May-June 1994, pgs. 28,29
Sun Storm Fine Art, Fall 1993, “Voyeuristic Energy in Visual Rhythm”, Pg's. 12-13,
Sun Storm Fine Art , Summer 1993, cover 3
Art Forum, April 1993, cover 3, Sept. 1993, pg. 13, Oct. 1994, cover 3
Art and Antiques, April 1993, cover 4, Sept. 1993, cover 3
Hamptons Newspaper Magazine, July 25, 1993
France-Amerique, Aug. 1993, Sept. 1993, Oct. 1993
Lifestyles Magazine, Aug. 1993
Advocate, June 29, 1993
Southeby’s Preview, May 1993
Garden Design Magazine, July 1993
Elle Decor, April/May 1993, pg. 38
SouthBeach, April/May 1993, cover 4
Bay Windows, Boston, Jan.-Feb. 1993
New York Gallery Guide, Dec. 1992, May 1990, October, 1997
Manhattan Arts, May- June, pg. 14
Time Magazine, March 20, 1972, pg. 77, “Bad Dream House”
Everywoman Magazine, May 1971, Mar. 1972, Los Angeles, California
BORN: 1949 Santa Rosa, California
Current Address:
8697 Cotton Creek Rd.
Mariposa, CA 95338
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 Club Jinnaka Gallery, "Present Time Offerings", Fresno, CA
2004 Sorensen Gallery, “Peace Works”, Fresno, California
2003 Multicultural Arts Center, “New Works”, Merced, California
2001 Multicultural Arts Center, “Naked Parasols”, Merced, California
Multicultural Arts Center, “Fiber and Bone”, Merced, California
1999 Wild Gallery, “Fiber and Bone”. Sacramento, California
1997 Amos Eno Gallery, “Empty Stones”, New York, New York
Multicultural Arts Center, “Empty Stones”, Merced, California
1996 Meridian Gallery, “Empty Stones and Other Sculptures”, San Francisco, CA
1995 750 Gallery, “Sculpture”, Sacramento, California
1994 Amos Eno Gallery, “Fiberworks”, New York, New York
1991 Art Gallery, Merced College, “Sculpture”, Merced, California
1989 J Street Studio, “Heart Art”, Merced, California
Arts Council Gallery, “Sculpture”, Merced, California
1987 J Street Studio, “Recent Sculptures”, Merced, California
1980 WomanArt Gallery, “New Work”, New York, New York
1979 Studio On Broadway, “One Night Stand”, Fresno, California
Van Ness Gallery, “Recent Sculpture”, Fresno, California
1976 Phoebe Conley Art Gallery, California State University, Fresno, “Four Floor
Works and Other Sculptures”, Fresno, California
1973 Van Ness Gallery, “Twenty Small Sculptures”, Fresno, California
1972 California Institute of the Arts, “900 Blocks”, Valencia , California
1971 Feminist Art Building, “White Environment”, Fresno, California
Fine Art Gallery, California State University, Fresno, “Paper People”, Fresno, CA
1969 College Green, “Paintings”, Merced, California
Merced College, “The People of Karen LeCocq”, Merced, California
SELECTED INVITATIONAL, CURATED AND JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 Multicultural Arts Center, “Assemblage”, Merced, California
University of California, Merced, “Spring-Summer Exhibition”, Merced, California
2004 Viridian Artists @ Chelsea, “The More The Merrier”, New York, New York
California State University, Fresno, “Glass”, Fresno, California
2002 Multicultural Arts Center, “Remembering: Artist Look At 9/11/01” Merced, California
2001 Gallery 10 LTD, ‘Tradition’, Washington DC
Fresno Art Museum, “Then and Now, The Women of The 1971 Feminist Art Program”, Fresno, California
California State University, Fresno, Faculty Exhibition, Fresno, California
1999 Whitney Museum of American Art, “The American Century, 1950-2000”, New York, New York
1996 Armand Hammer Museum, “Sexual Politics”, Los Angeles, California
Amos Eno Gallery, “Nothing Serious”, New York, New York
1996 Multicultural Arts Center, “Show One”, Merced, California
Dark Edge Gallery, “Lucid Dreams”, Sacramento, California
Multicultural Arts Center, “Ten Years of Valentines”, two person show, Merced, CA
The Gallery At Villa Montalvo, “Women Represent Women”,three person show, Saratoga
A.R.C. Gallery, “California Works”, Chicago, Illinois
Amos Eno Gallery, “New, California”, New York, New York
750 Gallery, “New, New York”, Sacramento, California
1995 Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, “Division of Labor”, Los Angeles, California
Amos Eno Gallery, “Nothing Serious”, New York, New York
Art In Corporate Spaces, Sadler Fine Arts, Hollywood, California
Lengyel Gallery, “The Breast Project”, San Francisco, California
Amos Eno Gallery, “Works On Paper”, New York, New York
1994 750 Gallery, “Winter Solstice”, Sacramento, California
Mad River Post, Sadler Fine Arts, “Summer 1994”, Santa Monica, California
Icon Factory, “Broads on the Boulevard”, Sacramento, California
750 Gallery, “Member’s Show”, Sacramento, California
Phoebe Conley Art Gallery, “The Celebration of Women’s Art”, California State
University, Fresno, California
WCJW/LA Women’s Center, “Off Beats”, Los Angeles, California
750 Gallery, “Collaborations”, Sacramento, California
1993 Amos Eno Gallery, “Assemblage”, New York, New York
A.R.C. Gallery, “Invitational”, Chicago, Illinois
Amos Eno Gallery, “New York, New Work”, New York, New York
Mad River Post, Sadler Fine Arts, “Winter Exhibition”, Santa Monica, California
Amos Eno Gallery, “Female Trouble”, New York, New York
Sadler Fine Art Gallery, “Mixed Messages”, Santa Monica, California
The New England Fine Art Institute’s National Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art, “State of the Art ‘93”, Boston, Massachusetts
Art In Corporate Spaces, Mad River Post, “Spring Exhibition:, Santa Monica, California
1993 Bromfield Gallery, “New York, New Work”, Boston, Massachusetts
1992 Amos Eno Gallery, “Recent Work”, New York, New York
Eastern New Mexico University Art Gallery, “Creating Ourselves”, curated by Lucy Lippard, Portales, New Mexico
Mad River Post, Sadler Fine Arts, “Winter Exhibition”, Santa Monica California
1992 Russell Sage Gallery, Schacht Fine Art, Troy, New York
Harbs Gallery, Lexington, Virginia
1992 Umbrella Associates, Pasadena, California
Fresno Civic Center, “Opening Exhibition”, Fresno, California
1991 California Museum of Art, “Small Works Exhibition”, Santa Rosa, California
Pro Arts Gallery, “Save the Penis”, Oakland, California
Mad River Post, Art in Corporate Spaces, “Spring Exhibition”, Santa Monica, California
Merced Civic Center, “Humor in Art”, two person show with David Medley, Merced, California
Arts Council Gallery, “University Women”, Merced, California
Ann Saunders Gallery, “Buff”, Jamestown, California
1990 470 Broom Street, “Configurations”,four person show, New York, New York
Two Penny Gallery, “Abstract Visions”, Sacramento, California
1989 Merced Civic Center, “Opening Exhibition”, Merced, California
Gallery Six Oh One, “Container Contained”, four person show, San Francisco, California
Ann Sounders Gallery, “Humor Art”, Jamestown, California
Fresno Art Museum, “California Assemblage”, Fresno, California
01 Gallery, “Group Show”, Los Angeles, California
Carnegie Center for the Arts, “Invitational ‘89”, Turlock, California
Gallery Six Oh One, ‘ Introductions”, five person show, San Francisco,California
1988 Carnegie Center for the Arts, “Invitational ‘88”, Turlock, California
1986 Off Centre Gallery, “Last Dance”,Calgary, Alberta,Canada
Ryosuke Gallery, “Personal Marks”, Osaka, Japan
1985 Off Centre Gallery, “Expressions”, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
BAG Gallery, “New York Bag”, New York, New York
1976 Fine Art Gallery, “Group Show”, California State University, Fresno, California
1995 Phoebe Conley Art Gallery, “Some Fresno Women Who Made Good”, California State University, Fresno, California
1994 Fresno Art Museum, “Invitational”, Fresno, California
1972 Art Gallery, Group Show, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
“Dining Room”, environment at WOMANHOUSE, collaborative piece with Faith Wilding and Miriam Schapiro, Los Angeles, California
1972 “Lea’s Room”, environment at WOMANHOUSE, collaborative piece with Nancy
Youdelman, Los Angeles, California
Fine Arts Gallery, “Fifth Small Images Show”, California State University, Los Angeles
1970 Art Gallery, “Group Show”, California State University, Fresno, California
EDUCATION
1976 California State University, Fresno, M.A.
1972 California Institute of the Arts, graduate work
1971 California State University, Fresno, B.A.
CURATORIAL/ADMINISTRATIVE/ARTS MANAGEMENT
2005 Curator, “Assemblage”, Multicultural Arts Center, Merced, California
2002 Curator, Remembering, Artists Look At 9/11/01, Multicultural Arts Center, Merced, CA
2001 Co-Curator, Then and Now, Feminist Art in the 1970’s, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
1998 Juror, Distinguished Artist AWARD, Chico Arts Center, Chico, CA
1997-02 Curator, Black and White Show, Merced Multicultural Arts Center, Merced, CA
1996 Exhibition coordinator, exchange show with A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, Illinois and
750 Gallery in Sacramento, CA
1995 Exhibition coordinator, exchange show with Amos Eno Gallery, New York, New York and 750 Gallery, Sacramento, California
1994-96 Publicity Director, 750 Gallery, Sacramento, California
1994-96 Exchange Committee Chair, 750 Gallery, Sacramento , California
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2001 Presenter, Feminist Art Symposium, California State University, Fresno
1997 Presenter, Career Day ‘97, Merced College, Merced, California
1997-99 Speaker, Career Day, Merced High School, Merced, California
1989-97 Chairperson, Black and White Ball Decorating Committee, Regional Arts Council Merced, California
1983 Docent, Art Train, Merced California
1983 Artist in Residence, CETA Grant, Merced, California
1977 Artist in the Schools, CETA Grant, Fresno, California
1974 Gallery Technician, California State University , Fresno, California
1972 West Coast Women’s Artist Conference, Los Angeles, California
1970 FEMINIST ART PROGRAM, founding member at Fresno, California in 1970,
1973 continued program at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, with faculty members Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro in 1971-1973
1972 WOMANHOUSE, one of the twenty women artists on the significant project in
downtown Los Angeles that transformed an abandoned mansion into
an environment reflecting the dreams, ideas and emotions of women.
TELEVISION & FILM
Featured in the San Francisco Center for Visual Studies’s documentary, Karen LeCocq, for “Art Seen” televised in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco during prime time in October through November in 1991
Featured in Churchill Film Production, Other Women, Other Work, Los Angeles, California, 1973, a film about women in occupations formerly considered to be “male” occupations
Featured in Johanna Demetrakas Documentary, WOMANHOUSE, KCET Television, Los
Angeles, California, later shown at The Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art in 1995 and
The Armand Hammer Museum in 1996
Participated in a one hour special, WOMANHOUSE, KCET Television, Los Angeles, California, 1972
LECTURES
2003 California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, California
2002 Soroptomist International of California, Merced, California
2001 Visiting Lecturer, California State University, Fresno, California
1998 Chico State University, Chico, California
1996 Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, California
1996 Borders Bookstore, Emeryville, California
1985 Merced College, Merced, California, also in 1976, 1977 and 1991
1994 The Manhattan, Fresno, California
1975 California State University, Fresno, California
1974 University of Redlands, Pasadena, California
1973 Pasadena Museum of Art, Pasadena, California
BOOKS
Ms. LeCocq’s work is pictured in the following books:
Sexual Politics, Jones, 1996, University of California Press, Pg's. 25, 60, 91, 256
Absolut Book, Lewis, Journey Editions, 1996, Pg's. 79, 205, 272
Cindy Sherman, Retrospective, Cruz, Smith and Jones, Thames and Hudson, Pg's., 37,38
Eleven Commandments of Wildly Successful Business Women, Gilberd, Simon and Schuster, 1996, Pg's. 151,153-154, 156, 157, 158
The Power of Feminist Art, Broude and Garrard, Harry Abrams, Inc., 1994, Pg's. 36, 41, 52, 55, 56, 58, 60, 78
American Artists, Krantz, 1990, Pg's. 202, 203
California Art Review, Krantz, 1990, pg., 728
By Our Own Hands, The Women’s Movement in Southern California, Wilding, Double X Publishing, 1977, Pg's. 26, 27, 28, 29
Through the Flower, Chicago, Anchor Books, 1997, Pg's., 107, 115
AWARDS
Medal of Honor, Veteran Feminists of America, for a major contribution to the Second Wave feminist revolution, 1966-1980, presented November 6, 2003 at the National Arts Club, New York City
Absolut Vodka Sculptor of the Year, 1993
Absolut Vodka Signature Artist, 1991-present
California Institute of the Arts Scholarship in Recognition of Artistic Achievement, 1972
Cora T. McCord Scholarship in Recognition of Artistic Achievement, 1971
SELECTED PERIODICALS
Art in America, Jan. 1997, “Exhibiting Gender”, pg's, 36-39
Jan. 1995, “Feminists in the Art World”, pg. 35
May 1993, pg., 48 E
Chicago Reader, Feb. 9, 1996, sec. 2, pg. 15
The Villager, New York City, July 19, 1995, pg. 13, “The Moisture Seekers”
October 26, 1995, pg. 11 “Rock Gardens Inspired Her Sculpture”
October 29, 1997, pg. 22, “Karen LeCocq, Empty Stones”
Art News, April 1995, cover 3, Oct. 1994, 123, cover 3
FiberArts, Jan.-Feb. 1995, “Fiberworks”, pg. 62
New Art Examiner, Summer 1994, pg., 28
Scientific America, April 1994, “Absolut Museum”, pg's. 30, 31
American Photo, May-June 1994, pgs. 28,29
Sun Storm Fine Art, Fall 1993, “Voyeuristic Energy in Visual Rhythm”, Pg's. 12-13,
Sun Storm Fine Art , Summer 1993, cover 3
Art Forum, April 1993, cover 3, Sept. 1993, pg. 13, Oct. 1994, cover 3
Art and Antiques, April 1993, cover 4, Sept. 1993, cover 3
Hamptons Newspaper Magazine, July 25, 1993
France-Amerique, Aug. 1993, Sept. 1993, Oct. 1993
Lifestyles Magazine, Aug. 1993
Advocate, June 29, 1993
Southeby’s Preview, May 1993
Garden Design Magazine, July 1993
Elle Decor, April/May 1993, pg. 38
SouthBeach, April/May 1993, cover 4
Bay Windows, Boston, Jan.-Feb. 1993
New York Gallery Guide, Dec. 1992, May 1990, October, 1997
Manhattan Arts, May- June, pg. 14
Time Magazine, March 20, 1972, pg. 77, “Bad Dream House”
Everywoman Magazine, May 1971, Mar. 1972, Los Angeles, California
