Bobbie Moline-Kramer (born November 4, 1946) is an American artist, lecturer, teacher, and illustrator. Her work includes Japanese

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style paintings, gestural abstraction, animal symbolism, and realism.

Biography

Moline-Kramer was born in Fort Madison, Iowa. Her interest in the professional art field developed after she took a course at a California Community College with the Conceptual Art pioneer John Baldessari and periodic work with

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. She attended Art Center College of Design and later transferred to

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where she received her BFA with a double major in Biology and Illustration in 1981. Moline-Kramer has experimented with hyperrealism, mixed media experimentation, gestural abstraction, personal narrative, and deep art historical crate-digging. She was the president and chairman of the board of the Society of Illustrators, Los Angeles, and an adjunct professor at Cal State University Long Beach. Moline-Kramer's works are exhibited in

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, Carnegie Art Museum (Oxnard, California), John Kerr, and Long Beach Museum of Art. Moline-Kramer began collaborating with musician Geoff Levin on ''Musical Brushstrokes" a project where they fuse music and art and turn it into a song. Moline-Kramer has had over 130 exhibitions to date which include solo exhibitions in numerous California galleries, and group shows at nonprofit venues such as the

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(MOCA), Los Angeles; the

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; the Carnegie Art Museum (Oxnard, California); and the Long Beach Museum of Art. Moline-Kramer displays her work in museums, participates in shows, teaches oil painting classes, and lectures. Moline-Kramer has previously served as president of the

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Collaboration

Moline-Kramer collaborated with artist Geoff Levin for her exhibition held at the Carnegie Art Museum (Oxnard, California) to add auditory experience to complement the art pieces.

Awards

Moline-Kramer has won numerous awards including winning first place in the two-dimensional art section for her painting "In the Mind's Eye, I, Me, Mine" for the Carnegie Art Museum (Oxnard, California)'s ''A Classic Competition''. A juried exhibition featuring all media. *825 Gallery, Los Angeles Art Association – 2003, Artist Award * San Diego Art Institute’s 44th Exhibit – 2000, First Place in Show *Salmagundi Club, New York, New York – 2000, The Joseph Hartley Memorial Award * Carnegie Art Museum (Oxnard, California) – 1998 & 1999, First Place in Painting * Bausch & Lomb 7th Annual Exhibition – 1998, First Place in Painting * California Art Club – 1997, Exhibit Award Winner * Society of Illustrators – 1991, Judges Award * Society of Illustrators – 1989, Gold Medal, 1991 Judges Award

Video interviews and lectures

* "An interview with Bobbie Moline-Kramer by

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''" 2015 *"Bobbie Moline-Kramer talk at Moorpark College" 2016 * "Carnegie Museum Art Panel - Oxnard 2016: Bobbie Moline-Kramer" 2016 * "An interview with

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Modern Art Blitz Bobbie Moline-Kramer & ''Geoff Levin''" 2017

References

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