William Hemmerdinger is an American artist, gallery owner, critic, and educator. For most of his artistic career he lived and worked in Los Angeles. He now teaches at the Boston Architectural college.
Education
Hemmerdinger earned an Associate of Arts degree at
College of the Desert. He received his Bachelor of Arts in 1973 from the
University of California, Riverside, where he studied art, architecture, art history, and Asian languages. In 1975, Hemmerdinger earned his MFA from
Claremont Graduate School. He returned to Claremont to complete his PhD in philosophy with an emphasis on aesthetics.
Career
Hemmerdinger was a member of the California Watercolor Society from 1971 to 1996. He studied Asian brush painting under J. Ma Leung and sculpture and design with Hovak Najarian. After graduating from UC Riverside, Hemmerdinger was the recipient of a fellowship at the
National Palace Museum
The National Palace Museum (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kwet-li̍p kù-kiung pok-vu̍t-yèn), is a museum in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan). It has a permanent collection of nearly 700,000 pieces of Chinese artifacts and artworks, many of which wer ...
in China and a residency at the Myoshinji Monastery in Japan. During his time in Asia he associated with the Fifth Moon Group (Fong Chung-ray and
Liu Kuo-sung), Running Rain Group, Hideo Sakata, and Bong Tae Kim.
In addition to his work with watercolors, Hemmerdinger found success with mixed media paintings, sculpture, and printmaking. His works are held by a number of institutions throughout the nation and internationally.
Together with his wife Catherine, William Hemmerdinger opened the William and Catherine Hemmerdinger Gallery in Palm Desert, California. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the gallery appraised and exhibited European and American painting, sculpture, prints, and photographs in addition to Native American art and non-western art.
William Hemmerdinger's reviews for exhibitions and galleries in Southern California have been published in Artweek, Art Scene, and Arts Magazine. He has taught at Claremont Graduate School, Pomona College, Otis Art College, and California Institute of the Arts. Hemmerdinger currently teaches Design Media at Boston Architectural College.
References
External links
Hemmerdinger's websitewith links to his portfolio, blog, and current projects.
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William Hemmerdinger Papers held at the
Getty Research Institute.
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American artists
University of California, Riverside alumni