Val Trimarchi
VALERIE JOHNSON TRIMARCHI
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Trimarchi is an illustrator, painter, and muralist who works in acrylics, wood and watercolor. Her work has been featured in children's education journals, magazines, editorial publications, including her little book, BREATHE, and her murals, numbering more than 50, can be seen at Cedars Sinai Ambulatory Care Center, Huntington Medical Foundation, St. Anastasia School, Hastings Ranch Animal Hospital, and homes and businesses throughout California. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Trimarchi's paintings have been shown in several solo and group shows in California and forms a part of numerous private and corporate collections.
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Design director Charlie Hess said that Trimarchi has a "fantastic sense of color, comparable to Milton Avery and others like him. The color is the biggest appeal, but I also love her wide-eyed, child-like openness. There's a real playfulness to her work," he added. That playfulness is evident in Trimarchi's vibrant use of color which manages to capture all the energy and exuberance of her subjects whether it be a landscape, crowd, or gathering of people at the beach, park or a restaurant.
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When Trimarchi is not in her studio in Los Angeles, she can be found working with young people to whom for the past twenty years she has taught art at local independent schools. Beloved by her students, Trimarchi's enthusiastic and magnanimous expression of joy is evident in both person and project.
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Represent by Art Works Fine Art Publishing and Tirage Gallery, Trimarchi lives in Los Angeles with her family.
Education
1989 BFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
1984 Parsons College of Design, New York, New York
1984 Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
1982 BA, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
1978 Marlborough School, Los Angeles, CA
Exhibitions
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2021 Solo Show South Pasadena Arts Council (SPARC) Gallery, A Recurrent Retreat
2021 Solo Show, City Club Los Angeles, CA
2018 A Bridge Home, benefit show for homeless community, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Pasadena Museum of History, Contemporary Masters; Artistic Eden lV
2014 Group Show, Tirage Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Arlington Gardens Invitational Show and Painting Event
2013 Arlington Gardens Invitational Show and Painting Event
2012 Group Show, Tirage Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2012 Pasadena Museum of History, Contemporary Masters; Artistic Eden lll
2011 Group Show, Tirage Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2010 Group Show, Tirage Gallery Pasadena, CA
2009 Pasadena Museum of History, Contemporary Maters; Artistic Eden ll
2008 Group Show, Tirage Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2007 Group Show, Tirage Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2005 Group Show, Mendenhall Sobieski Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2004 ON Gallery, South Pasadena, CA
1997 Hillcrest Festival of the Arts, Whittier, CA
1994 Whittier City Hall, Whittier, CA
1993 Otis Parsons Art Institute Invitational, Los Angeles CA
1992 Elizabeth’s Staircase, Los Angeles, CA
1991 Eagle Arts Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Stepps on the Court, Los Angeles, CA
1990 San Francisco Academy of Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Art Expo Los Angeles, CA
Solo Show, Gene Sinser Gallery, Los Angeles CA
1989 Group Show; The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, CA
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Murals
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2016 South Pasadena Utility Box Art, South Pasadena, CA
2004 Huntington Medical Foundation Pediatrics, Pasadena, CA
2001 Cedars Sinai Medical Center/Steven Spielberg Ambulatory Care Center,
Pediatrics, Los Angeles, CA
1999 St. Anastasia Catholic School, Los Angeles, CA
1998 St. Albans Church, Los Angeles, CA
Susanna Wesley Children’s Center, Glendale, CA
1998 Gymboree, Arcadia, CA
1997 First United Methodist Church, Glendale, CA
1996 Campus Kids, Pasadena, CA
1995 Hastings Ranch Animal Hospital, Pasadena, CA
Kelsey National, Los Angeles, CA
The MacPhee Group, Pasadena, CA
1993 Environmental Training Institute, Los Angeles, CA
1992 Pasadena Showcase House of Design, San Marino, CA
1982 YMCA, Pasadena, CA
Corporate Collections
Kelsey National, Los Angeles, CA
Latham and Watkins, Los Angeles, CA
Smith-Barney, Los Angeles, CA
PDQ, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Kidder Peabody, Los Angeles, CA
Tyre, Kamins, Katz, and Granoff, Los Angeles, CA
M.E.D., Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
Lorimar Pictures, Culver City, CA
Gensler and Associates, Santa Monica, CA
Rezak and Katofsky, Los Angeles, CA
NBC Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Circumedia, Los Angeles, CA
Creative Artists Agency, Los Angeles, CA
Okubo Design Studio, Tokyo, Japan
Gil Garcetti Los Angeles, CA
Parkway Grill, Pasadena, CA
Hancock Park Homeowners Association, Los Angeles, CA
Teaching Experience
- 2007 Westridge School for Girls, Pasadena, CA, Lower School Art
2017-2015 Westridge School Summer School, grades 3-6, Pasadena, CA
2012-2009 Art Department Chair
2009-2007 South Pasadena Art Center, grades K-8, South Pasadena, CA
2007-2005 Polytechnic School, Pasadena, CA; grades 6-8, long term substitute; woodshop, ceramics, foundation
2012-2010 Marlborough Summer School; Los Angeles CA; grades 2-12 Art
2001-1998 Create/Express Private Art Workshops, South Pasadena, CA; ages 3-8
1991-1990 Kidspace Children’s Museum Educator, Pasadena, CA; K-5
1991-1989 Marlborough School, Los Angeles, CA; Art, Metals
Marlborough Summer School; Elementary Art, Math
1983-1982 YMCA Camp Big Bear Summer Camp Counselor, Big Bear, CA
1981-1980 Palmer Learning Systems, Santa Barbara, CA; Teacher Assistant K-6
Los Pietros Detention Camp, Santa Barbara, CA
Kellogg Elementary School, Santa Barbara, CA
1979 Gold Arrow Camp Counselor, Huntington Lake, CA
1978 Hollygrove Children's Home, Los Angeles, CA
Community
2018-2014 Christian Assembly Church, Eagle Rock, CA; Childcare Volunteer
2015 Special Olympics; Circles of Inclusion Puzzle Mural Project, Host City; So. Pasadena, CA. Designed 8’x32’ mural completed with athletes at five work areas
2015 Hillsides Children’s Home; Designed puzzle mural painted by residents for fundraising event
2014-2002 Girl Scouts troop Co-Leader, South Pasadena, CA
2007-2005 South Pasadena Middle School Art Faire, South Pasadena, CA.
Organized volunteers and 20 art activity booths for all-day art event
2005-2001 Arroyo Vista Elementary School Art Faire, South Pasadena, CA
Organized volunteers and 20 activity booths for two-day art event and silent auction
2005-1998 Arroyo Vista Elementary School, South Pasadena, CA; Art Docent
2007/2005 Arroyo Vista Elementary School, South Pasadena, CA; Organized two student murals with 100 students participating
2001-2000 South Pasadena Education Foundation Board Member
Other Coursework/Workshops
2016 Writing and Illustrating for Children’s Books, Art Center College of Design
2016 Art of Education Conference
2016 Mindful Schools, Emeryville, CA
Mindfulness Fundamentals, Mindfulness for Educators, Difficult Emotions
2014 PassageWorks
2012 National Art Educators Association National Convention, New York, NY
1984 Art Students League, New York, NY; figure drawing
1983 Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA; drawing and design
1983 UCLA