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Esther Pearl Watson grew up in the Dallas/Fort Worth
area. Her family moved often, since her father's hobby
of building huge flying saucers out of scrap metal and
car engines didn't always sit well with the neighbors.
Esther's pieces are often overtly narrative, clear but
mysterious scenes of houses or figures ornamented with
snippets of prose telling just enough to get the viewer's
own imagination engaged, wanting to know more. Some
are about family, some about places, all have a rich
interior life. Her works without words are just
as suggestive of story, also exerting a deep emotional
pull.
PARTIAL LIST OF EXHIBITIONS
2008
“CALIFORNIA
NOW ”
OAKLAND MUSEUM OF ART
curated by Chief Curator of Art Philip Linhares
October 4, 2008 – March 15, 2009
museumca.org
Santa
Monica Museum of Art Santa Monica, CA
"Incognito"
group show
www.smmoa.org
The
3rd annual LA Weekly Biennial
(50+ living LA painters)
curated by Doug Harvey and opening January 12 at Track
16.
http://dougharvey.blogspot.com/
Track
16 Gallery
2007
Downright.
October 5th - November 17th, 2007
www.pepgallery.com
"Blab! show",
Copro Nason, Santa Monica, CA (group show)
"Downright" PEP
Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (group show)
"The Weirding Field"
La Luz De Jesus, Hollywood, CA (2 person show)
"Elevation"
Limited
Addiction Gallery, Denver, CO (group show)
2006
"What I Remember", Mendenhall/Sobieski Gallery,
Pasadena, CA (2 person show)
"Tang and Jello", Tag Art Gallery, Nashville,
TN (group show)
"Blab! show", Copro Nason, Santa Monica, CA
(group show)
Webb Art Gallery, Dallas, TX (group show)
DOMY, Houston, TX (group show)
Receiver Gallery, San Francisco, CA (group show)
"666 show" La Luz De Jesus Gallery, CA (group
show)
2005
"The Blab Show", Track 16, Santa Monica, CA (group show)
"Keep on Laughing", Katherine Mulherin Contemporary
Art Projects, Toronto, Canada (2 person show)
"Group Show", Mendenhall/Sobieski Gallery, Pasadena,
CA
"The Day the Chickens Died and Came Back to Life", Ghetto
Gloss, Los Angeles, CA (2 person show)
"Picture Mechanics Group Show", The Society of Illustrators,
New York, NY
2004
"Modern Love", M Modern Gallery, Palm Springs, CA (group
show)
"Close to Home" Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA (group
show)
"Up Our Sleeve" The Dublab Covers Project, Los Angeles,
CA (traveling group show))
"The Art of Zines", San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose,
CA (group show)
"Giant Robot 10 Years", Los Angeles, CA (group show)
"Post-It Notes from Zine Culture", Junc Gallery, Los
Angeles, CA (group show)
"Artistic Utopia", La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles, CA
(group show)
LECTURES
Otis College of Art, Ca 2007
Hammer Museum, Ca 2007
Comicon International, San Diego, Ca 2006
Minneapolis College of Art + Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2005
Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas 2004
Art Center College of Design,
Pasadena, CA 2003
"America Illustrata", Rome, Italy 2000
Grafil, Olso, Norway 1999
TEACHING
Pratt Insititute, Brooklyn, NY 2000-2003
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA 2003-Present
BOOKS
Romeo and Juliet, Blue Q 2008
What Cha Mean What's a Zine?, Houghton
Mifflin 2006
Trouble at Sugar Dip Well, Houghton
Mifflin 2002
The Pain Tree and Other Teenage Angst-Ridden
Poetry, Houghton Mifflin 2000
The Adventures of Jules and Gertie, Harcourt
Brace 1999
Talking to Angels, Harcourt
Brace 1995
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