ARTIST RESUME
Peggy Sivert Zask
96 Narcissa Drive
Rancho Palos Verdes, Ca. 90275
Email – pszask@cox.net
Website – peggyzask.com / pszaskgallery.com
c- 310 429 0973
Education
2001 – 2004 Master of Arts, Humanities
California State University Dominguez Hills
1970-1975 BA Drawing and Painting,
1970-1976 Teaching Credential; Art Education
California State University Long Beach
Work
2007 - Director / Curator
PS Zask Gallery
Rancho Palos Verdes, Ca
1994–present Ceramics /AP Art teacher
Mira Costa High School, Manhattan Beach, Ca
2007 - Art Instructor – part time
El Camino College, Torrance, Ca
1990 –1994 Director / Curator
Minus Zero Gallery
South Bay Contemporary
Torrance, Ca.
1985 – 1988 Art Instructor
Pacific Shores, Mira Costa High School, Manhattan Beach
1982 – 1985 Art Instructor
Rocky Mountain Academy/Cedu School
Bonners Ferry, Idaho / Running Springs, Ca
1979 – 1982 Artist
PSA Fine Art
Bonners Ferry, Idaho
1976 – 1978 Peace Corps Volunteer
Belize, Central America
Professional Associations
National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts
American Ceramic Society
National Art Education Association
Awards/Grants
5 -2009
Spirit of the Horse Equine Art Competition
First Award, Sculpture for Moondance-(Alvin Miles)
8 – 2007 PVAC Art Award
For “Black Set” Oil on Canvas
Palos Verdes Art Center, Juried All Media Exhibition
10 – 2005 Best of Show, Ceramic Sculpture
Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona, California
5 – 2004 Outstanding Masters Project Award: Homer Revisited: Ancient
Pottery in a Post Modern Age.
California State University, Dominguez Hills
3 – 2003 Creative Grant
Yellow Fox Foundation, Long Beach
6 – 1996 Summer Six Art Fellowship
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2 – 1995 Bravo Award Nominee for Achievement in the Arts
The Music Center of Los Angeles, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Showroom/Gallery Affiliations
Santa Monica Contemporary Craft Market
Santa Monic Civic
Santa Monica, Ca
2007 Kneedler-Fauchere
San Francisco, Ca
2007 Thomas Levin
Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, Ca
2005-current Neal Nagy Gallery
San Pedro, Ca
Art Exhibitions
7,9 – 2011 Chain Letter
Shoshanna Wayne Gallery
Santa Monica, CA
7,8 – 2011 The Art of Clay
American Museum of Ceramic Art
Pomona, CA
4,5 – 2011 Where Imagination Takes Flight
Long Beach Museum of Art
Long Beach, CA
7,8 – 2010 Origin: Portuguese Bend
Lee & Lee Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
10 – 11/11 2009 Artist of Art Forum
Santa Ana College, Main Gallery
Santa Ana, Ca
9 -10 -2009 Local Visions, curated by Megumi Sando
Manhattan Beach Creative Art Center
Manhattan Beach, Ca
5 – 09 – 6- 09 Spirit of the Horse, Art Competition
PS Zask Gallery, Rancho Palos Verdes, Ca
Juror: Daniel Pinkham
First and third award: Sculpture
6 – 08 – 7 – 08 Spirit of the Horse
Palos Verdes Art Center, RPV, Ca
Juror: Marshall Astor, Angel’s Gate Cultural Center
Award: honorable mention, Sculpture
9 – 11- 2007 21+ Kindred Currents in Clay
Curator: Patrick Crabb
Lee and Lee Gallery
Los Angeles, Calif
8 – 2007 2007 All-Media Art Exhibition
Palos Verdes Art Center, Ca
` Juror: Rodman dela Cruz
5/5-26, 2007 Extreme Clay
Pomona, California
Juror: Dora De Larios
3/30-4/15,07 Spirit of the Horse
Golden Cove Gallery
Juror: Scott Canty
11 – 2006- Raku: Origins, Impact and Contemporary Expression
1 – 2007 American Museum of Ceramic Art
6 - 8 – 2006 Juried All Media Exhibition
Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, Ca
Juror: Mike McGee, CSU Fullerton Art Gallery
10 – 2005 - Gesture Vessels
Neal Nagy Gallery, San Pedro, Ca
10 – 2004 – Solo Show: Gesture Vessels
1 – 2005 Hsi Lai Temple Exhibition Hall
Hacienda Heights, Ca
9 – 2004- 05 Mustang Surf
Ceramic relief and Mosaic Mural, 10’x50’
Mira Costa High School
7 – 2004 Artist’s Colony
LA Mart, Los Angeles
1 – 2004 III Anniversary Exhibition
Creative Art Center, Manhattan Beach
5 – 2002 Solo Show: Utopia
The Art Lab, San Pedro, Ca
3 – 2002 C’est La Vie
Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, Ca
2 – 2002 Color Outside the Lines
Long Beach Arts
12 – 2001 Artist Studio Gallery
Palos Verdes, Ca.
10 – 2001 Armory Art Center
Figurative Works Competition,
W. Palm Beach, Fla.
4 – 2001 Tangent
Legacy Art Gallery, Santa Ana, Ca
3 – 2001 Homer Revisited
Manhattan Creative Arts Center
1 – 2001 A Community of Angels
Sunrise Sunset (mosaic tile Angel)
9 – 1998 Vessels for the Journey
Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro
6 – 1998 Juried membership exhibition
5 – 1995 The Hospital Project
South Bay Contemporary, Windows, Torrance, Ca
11 – 1994 Four Woman Show
Torrance Cultural Art Center, Torrance, Ca
10 – 1994 Ark, A Spiritual Place
Ark of Refuse Church, LA, Ca
2 – 1994 Solo Exhibition: America
Midnight Special Bookstore, Santa Monica, Ca
6 – 1993 Figure it Out
South Bay Contemporary, Long Beach
11 – 1991 Free Beach
Installation: Free Pears
South Bay Contemporary, Torrance
1 – 1991 The Price of Intervention
Installation: World Peace
Installation One Gallery, Encino, Ca
11 – 1990 The Family – Performance Art
Minus Zero Gallery, Torrance, Ca
12 – 1990 Black and White – Performance Art
10 – 1990 A Tribute to John Lennon – Performance / Installation
3 – 1990 Environmental Responsibility
10 – 1989 Art Expo
Los Angeles Convention Center
5 – 1989 Ismael Gallery
Soho, New York
11 – 1988 Ismael Gallery
Publications and Reviews
Spring 2007 “Horse Sense”
“Show Circuit” magazine
Michael Giltz
12 – 2004 Life’s Imperfections Reflected in Art Exhibit by Shirley Hsu
Hacienda Heights Highlander, Ca.
11 – 2001 Gallery: Peggy Sivert Zask by Garrison Frost
The Aesthetic, Hermosa Beach, Ca
9 – 2001 Peggy Zask, Artist, Educator by Margie Zuliani
Art Forum Quarterly, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, Ca
5 – 2001 Sunrise Sunset photographed by Michele Dugan
A Community of Angels, Los Angeles
Angel City Press, Santa Monica
1 – 1997 Ceramic Sculpture
Talking about Student Art
By Terry Barrett in association with
Getty Educational Institute for the Arts, Los Angeles
1 – 1991 The Art of War
By Laura Accineli
The Daily Breeze, Torrance, Ca
11 – 1990 The New South Bay Art Scene by Michael Hamer
South Bay Lifestyle Magazine, Santa Monica (cover)
3 – 1990 New Gallery in Torrance Presents Artists’ Views of Social Concerns
by Gerald Faris, Los Angeles Times, LA, Ca
3 – 1990 It’s Not Always Pretty by Michael Hamer
South Bay Review, Torrance, Ca.
11 –1988 Soho Displays New Talents by EC Lipton
ArtSpeak, New York, NY
Collections
2008 Terrenea Resort, Permanent collection, Rancho Palos Verdes, Ca
2006 David Sheets, Claremont, California
2004 Jean and Charlie Shriver, Portuguese Bend – Rancho Palos Verdes, Ca
2003 Dr. Brian Feuer, Manhattan Beach, Ca
1990 Dr. Jerome B Block, Rancho Palos Verdes, Ca
