LPOLAKDESIGNS
About
My fascination for art surfaced as a child when I would spend long hours wandering through native artisan markets and local exhibits of Mexico, the country where I was born and raised by European parents. I reside in La Jolla California and work and teach from my home studio.
Education
University of San Diego, CA, USA - French & Spanish Literature (BA) (1976-1980)
Université de Paris, Sorbonne, France - Translation & Interpretation (MA) (1982-1984)
University of San Diego, CA, USA - Teaching Foreign Languages (MA) (1983-1985)
Exhibitions
“Annual Juried Show” - A Honorable Mention AGASD, San Diego, CA (2014)
“Annual Juried Show” – 2nd place” AGASD San Diego, CA (2016)
“Botanical” - Las Lagunas Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA (2020)
“Visual Arts Annual Show” (online) - UC San Diego, San Diego, CA (2021)
“Exposición Colectiva - Feria del Arte ” - Mexico City, Mexico (2021)
“Second National Exhibition of Fiber Artwork” - Material II: D’Art Center, Chattanooga, Tennessee (2021)
“Stories From Nature” - Juried Textiles Exhibit, Hudgens Center for Art, Duluth, GA (2021)
“Hands Across the World” - Juried Exhibit Contemporary Glass Art Society, UK, (2021)
“Winner - Glass prize” - International Contemporary Glass Competition Warm Glass, UK (2021)
Coursework
“Silversmith Jewelry Making” - UCSD Craft Center, San Diego, CA (1987-1990)
“Book Arts: Sibyl Rubottom” - Athenaeum School of the Arts, La Jolla, CA (2007)
“Jan Janas Silk Painting” - San Diego, CA (private studio) (2008-2010)
“Julie Chen Book Arts Workshop” - SDBA, San Diego, CA (2010)
“Kiln-formed Glass” - UCSD Craft Center, San Diego, CA (2009)
“Silk Painting by Susan Moyer” - (private workshop), San Diego, CA (2010)
“Book Arts and Paper with Sibyl Rubottom” - Athenaeum School of the Arts, La Jolla, CA (2009-2011)
“Pattern Bars with Jim Weiler” - Bullseye Glass, Santa Fe, NM (2011)
“Harnessing the Flow with Kiln-Casting Erik Whitmore” - Bullseye Glass, Santa Fe, NM (2011)
“Taking a Leap” Glass Powder work with Catharine Newell - Bullseye Glass, Portland, OR (2012)
“Pate de Verre" with Alicia Lomné - Bullseye Glass, Portland, OR (2012)
“Assemblage in Kiln-Casting with Kari Minnick” - Hot Glass, Houston, TX (2013)
“Powder Printing with Stacey Lynn Smith” - BECON, Portland, OR (2013)
“Making Breath Visible with Judy Tuwaletstiwa and Ted Sawyer” - BECON, Portland, OR (2013)
“Paradoxes in Glass and Kiln-Casting with Silvia Levenson and Erika Tada” - Pilchuck Glass School, Pilchuck, WA (2014)
“Knitting In Glass -Casting with Carol Milne - The Glass Furnace, Istanbul, Turkey (2015)
“Paper and Glass Techniques with Saman Kalantari” - Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburg, PA (2015)
“Shibori International Symposium for Textiles and Fiber Art with Analisa Hedstrom” - Oaxaca, Mexico (2016)
“Advanced Lost Wax Casting with Linda Ethier” - Susan Hirsh Studio, San Diego, CA (2017)
“Advanced Lost Wax Casting with Evelyn Dunsten” - Corning Museum of Glass Corning, NY (2018)
“Kiln-forming Glass with Kirstie Rea” - Silvia Levenson Studio, Lesa, Italy (2019)
“Imágenes Sobre Vidrio with Andrea Da Ponte” - (online via Zoom), Argentina (2020)
“Photo Imaging on Glass with Silvia Levenson” - (online via Zoom), USA, (2020)