NORLYNNE COAR ART CV

EDUCATION 

Brooks Institute of Photography and Film, Santa Barbara, CA 
University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, B.A.
 
ARTIST RESIDENCIES 

2017 Artist in Residence, Barcelona, Spain 
2016 Artist in Residence, Aude, France 
2015 Artist in Residence, JIWAR, Barcelona, Spain 
2014 Artist in Residence, Arte Studio Ginestrelli, Assisi, Italy 
2014 Artist in Residence, A.I.R. Vallauris, Vallauris, France 
2014 Artist in Residence, OBRAS Portugal, Evoramonte, Portugal 

EXHIBITIONS 

Solo Shows / Invitational Exhibitions
 
2022 Visual Poetry, solo show, Dorothy Romo-Manning Studio & Gallery, Taos
2021 Norlynne Coar: UNFRAMED, solo show, studio 'e'xhibits, Taos, NM 
2020 What is Love?,invitational exhibit, Studio 107B, Taos 
2019 Palimpsest, solo show, Magpie Gallery, Taos, NM 
2018 To Bee or Not to Be, Studio 107B, Taos, NM 
2018 Women Make Art, Studio 107B, Taos, NM 
1994 Sculpture at Bareiss, 1994 invitational exhibit, Bareiss Gallery, Taos, NM 
1992 Infinite Landscape invitational exhibit, Stables Gallery, Taos, NM 
1992 Sculpture invitational exhibit, Stables Gallery, Taos NM
 
Juried Exhibitions

2022 "Pictures of People" (Wave Gazing) at the De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2016 "Climate Change," juried show, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA 
2015 "Light," International Festival Documentario Storico
Archeologico Amatoriale 2015, Perugia, Italy. Sixth place jury award for Trees
of Ginestrelle. 
2014 "Tree Cloud," solo exhibition, OBRAS Portugal, Evoramonte, Portugal 
2012 “South Bay Focus,” juried show, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA 
2012 “CA101, Interpreting Life along the Pacific Coast,” Redondo Beach, CA 
2011 “Art of the Surf I” juried show, psZask Gallery, Rolling Hills, CA 
1993 “Taos Spring Arts” juried show, Civic Center, Taos, NM 
1993 “Voyeur” A Show of the Erotic”, Rod Goebel Gallery, Taos, NM 
1991 “Taos Spring Arts” juried show, Civic Center, Taos, NM 
1990 “Taos Today, Taos Fall Arts Festival” juried exhibition, Civic Center, Taos, NM 
1979 “Mythic Masks” solo exhibition, Clay & Fiber Gallery, Taos, NM 

Group Exhibitions
 
2022 “Into the Light,” Stables Gallery, Taos, NM 
2021 Taos Fall Arts Festival, Return
to the Earth, Sky, Water / Regresso a la Tierra, Agua, Cielo, Taos, NM 
2021 "Spring 2021 Virtual Exhibition," TaosFallArts.com 
2019 Taos Fall Arts Festival, "Of Heaven and Earth / Del Cielo y DeLa Tierra," Taos, NM 
2018 Taos Fall Arts Festival, “Beyond the Horizon / Más Allá del Horizonte,” Taos, NM 
2017 "Taos Open," Fall Arts Festival, Taos, NM 
2016 “Nostalgia,” group show, Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts, Los Angeles, CA 
2016 “Double Vision,” group show, Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts, Los Angeles, CA 
2015 Members Exhibition, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA 
2015 30 Year Retrospective of Printing at Graphic Impressions, Taos, NM 
2014 International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Gallerie Le Logge, Assisi, Italy 
2014 2014 Group Exhibition, Galerie Aqui Siam Ben, Vallauris France 
2012 "Imagine, No Boundaries," group show, Cannery Row Studios, Redondo Beach, CA 
2012 ”Open Media,” juried show, Palos Verdes Art Center , Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 
2011 “Power of Art; Meet Me at the Power Plant,” Redondo Beach, CA 
1996 “Photographs” in collaboration with Margaret Nes, Edith Lambert Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 
1993 “Monothon” and Exhibit, with ArtVentures gallery, at College of Santa Fe, NM 
1992 “Monothon” and Exhibit, with ArtVentures gallery, at College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM 
1991 Art Expo (Joanne Chapelle / Editions Limited), New York, NY 
1990 “Taos Today, Taos Fall Arts Festival” juried exhibition, Civic Center, Taos, NM 
1990 Group Show, Courtyard Collection Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
1989 Art Expo (Fidelity Fine Arts), Los Angeles, CA 
1989 Art Expo (Fidelity Fine Arts), New York, NY 
1988 Group Show, Toluca Lake Galleries, Burbank, CA 
1988 Art Expo (Fidelity Fine Arts and Toluca Lake Galleries), Los Angeles, CA 
1987 Art Expo (DesignArt), Los Angeles, CA 
1979 Mujeres de Taos, Taos Art Assocition, Taos, NM 
1979 Four Independent Artists, Old Taos Armory, Taos, NM 

SELECTED INSTALLATIONS AND COLLECTIONS 

Hospitality 
Embassy Suites, Portland, OR / Caesar’s Lake Tahoe, S. Lake Tahoe, NV / The
Sahara, Las Vegas, NV / Westin Maui Resort, Maui, HI / Wailea Resort,
Hawaii / San Francisco Hilton Hotel, San Francisco, CA / Alaska
Hilton, Anchorage, AK Marriott Beverly Heritage Hotel, Costa Mesa, CA
/ Taj Majal Hotel, Las Vegas, NV / Las Vegas Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, NV 

Corporate & Business 
San Diego University, San Diego, CA / Quad Galleries, Pewaukee, WI / AT&T,
San Ramon, CA / Touchstone Films, Los Angeles, CA / NBC Studios,
Burbank, CA / Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, City of
Industry, CA and Albuquerque, NM / First Interstate Bank, Oakland, CA
/ Home Savings Bank of America, FL / Tampa Airport, Tampa, FL / Pete
Marwick & Associates, Los Angeles, CA/ Mellon McMahon, San
Francisco, CA / CBS Television, “Dallas” grand finale 

Health 
University of California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA / Kaiser on Sunset, Los
Angeles, CA / Kaiser Permanente, San Dimas, CA / Kaiser Hospital, Montebello, CA
 
Private 
Knowles & Solter, Taos, NM / N. Pede, Taos, NM / S. Lerner, Taos, NM / P.
Lowery, Walnut Creek, CA / N. Cooper, Marina Del Rey, CA / J.
Neumeyer, Panzano, Italy and Redondo Beach, CA / Mr. & Mrs. T.
Del Ruth, Bend OR / R. Garcia, Pacific Palisades, CA / E. Escalante,
Burbank, CA / Mr. & Mrs. M. Golitzinsky, Montreal, Canada / C.
Coar, Roanoke, VA / M. Barlow, Manhattan Beach, CA / M. Salmon,
Lafayette, CA / J. Zaylor, Manhattan Beach, CA / Mr. & Mrs. R.
Rothschild, San Pedro, CA / M. Spletter, Oakland, CA / M. Williams,
Redondo Beach, CA / Mr. & Mrs. P. Johnson, Taos, NM / M, Nes &
B. Aldo, Taos, NM / Dorsey & Whiteney, Minneapolis, MN / F.
Takeyama, San Diego, CA / Stern Neubauer, Santa Monica, CA / M.
Langer, MD, Los Angeles, CA / L. Shuman, Chicago, IL / M. Neubauer,
Los Angeles, CA / S. Williams, San Diego, CA / E. Surden, North
Caldwell, NJ / Dr. & Mrs. J. Abber, Los Angeles, CA / T. Rhode,
Chicago, IL / G. Kusic, Warren, NJ / J. Hendershot, Los Angeles, CA /
R. Halpern, N. Miami Beach, FL / R. Cunningham, Littleton, MA / Mr. &
Mrs. D. Cowan, Stuart, FL / Dr. & Mrs. A. Garcia, Santa Fe, NM /
D. Aitken, Redondo Beach, CA / L. Crowl, Taos, NM / Dr. R. Bell,
Santa Fe, NM / R. Aguilera, Los Angeles, CA / A. Darakjian & P.
Clarke, Redondo Beach, CA 

SELECTED PRESS 

2022 Dena Miller, "Norlynne Coar, Visual Poetry," Taos News Tempo, August 18-24, 2022, p. 19 
2021 "The Exciting New Work of Norlynne Coar Fine Art Features
Extraordinary Original Art and Prints," CBS, NBC, FOX and USA Today affiliates, April 30-May1, 2021.
(http://finance.azcentral.com/azcentral/news/read/41293321/) 
2021 Tamara Testerman, "Taos Fall Arts Festival makes history with a virtual exhibition," Taos
News Tempo, March 25-31, 2021, p. 26 
2020 Virginia Clark, "Beneath the stillness, life: how lockdown affects Taos Artists," Taos News Tempo,
March 26 - April 1, 2020, p.14. 
2020 "Artists Get Their Twigs in Order," Laura Bulkin, Taos News Tempo, March 5-1, 2020, p. 21 
2019 "Back-to-back artistry at Overland galleries," Taos Tempo, Sep 5-11, 2019, pp. 14-15. 
2019 "Norlynne Coar: Palimpsest," Taos Magazine, September 2019, pp. 10-11. 
2019 "Norlynne Coar: Paliimpsest," beyondtaos art calendar, Sep.11, 2019 
2019 "Journey to the land unseen, The art of Norlynne Coar is often rendered in blue," Taos News
Tempo, March 14-20, 2019, page 26 and C4. 
2016 “Norlynne Coar Returns to Redondo,” Beach Reporter, Manhattan Beach, July 28, 2016
2014 “La tour du monde artistique d'AIR Vallauris,” Nice Matin, October 15, 2014 
2012 “Isla Vista, 1970: A photographic essay of “Sin City, 1970,” http://www.blurb.com 
2010 Easy Reader Photo Contest, Honorable Mention, Hermosa Beach, CA 
2006 Walkin’ on Water (Learning to Surf with Surfer Joe III), film
released on DVD, 2006 
2002 Learning to Surf with Surfer Joe I and II, film released on DVD, 2002 
1992 “Stables landscape show wonderfully unpredictable,” Taos News,Sep. 10, 1992, D9 
1990 Gateway, USA, Feb. 16, 1990, p. 12 (in Japanese) 
1989 California Art Review, Second Edition, References Publishing Corp., Chicago, 1989, pp. 342, 343, 367 

ART ASSOCIATIONS 

Taos Fall Arts Fesival Board 
Taos Center for the Arts, Taos, NM 

 
PREVIOUS GALLERY & ART ASSOCIATIONS
 
2023 Taos Artist Collective, Taos, NM 
Taos Center for the Arts, Taos, NM 
Magpie Gallery, El Prado/Taos, NM 
Wilder Nightingale Gallery, Taos, NM 
Artworks San Rafael, California, Member 
Redondo Beach Art Group, California, Member 
ArtVentures, Santa Fe, NM, gallery artist 
Joanne Chapelle Gallery, San Francisco, gallery artist 
Fidelity Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA, gallery artist 
DesignArt,Los Angeles, CA, gallery artist 
Toluca Lake Gallery, Toluca Lake, CA, gallery artist 

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 

Taos Fall Arts Festival, Taos, NM Board Member & Director of
Advertising and Marketing 
UCLA Extension, Los Angeles, CA, Instructor, “Cinematography as an Expressive Medium” 
Rod Goebel Gallery, Taos, NM, Director