Quinton Bemiller

Quinton Bemiller is a painter, educator and gallery director who has recently received significant grants from the City of Pasadena and the City of Los Angeles for his work as a painter.  These awards have funded his mural, Hahamongna, currently on view at the Armory Center for the Arts and a solo exhibition of paintings on view May 26 through September at Los Angeles International Airport’s Terminal 1, Arrivals.  Bemiller teaches Art History at Chaffey College and leads art tours at galleries, museums and studios in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco. He  also teaches two weekly painting classes at his Chinatown studio and conducts private workshops.

In June, Bemiller will present a painting exhibition of current and former painting students at his own gallery, Project_210, which he opened in October 2008 with fellow artist, Chuck Feesago. Bemiller earned a Master of Fine Art degree at Claremont Graduate University, a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University and an Associate of Arts degree at Pasadena City College. He was born in Arcadia and lives in Claremont with his wife Megann and their daughters, Lillie and Jade. 

Quinton Bemiller

For his May presentation, Bemiller will give a slide lecture highlighting some of the most notable artists from Southern California, both past and present. He will also donate one of his recent paintings. “The climate, geography, ethnic diversity and Hollywood are some of the factors that have caused life in Southern California to be unique,” says Bemiller. “You might expect that the art produced here would be different than the rest of the country too, and you are right. From the early California Impressionists to Post- Surrealism to the Hard-Edge Abstract Classicists to the Ferus Gallery phenomenon, there have been many memorable moments in Southern California art history. “It wasn't until the 1960's that artists in Los Angeles stepped into the international spotlight,” continues Bemiller. “Before that, being an artist in Southern California didn't mean much. Today, Los Angeles is considered by most museum curators to be the richest center of artistic production in the world. This lecture will focus on many of the forgotten early artists and highlight many of the best working today.” 

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