CONTACT
2405 Laguna Canyon Rd
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: http://www.kenauster.com
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Phone: 949-494-9525
Fax: 949-497-8436 

GALLERIES
DNFA Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Gallery Americana, Carmel, CA
Gardner & Colby, Edgartown, MA
Gardner & Colby, Naples, MA
Howard/Madville Gallery, Kirkland WA
MJW Fine Art, Balboa Island, CA
Robson Gallery, San Diego, CA
Thomas Reynolds Gallery, San Francisco, CA

RESUME

Born 1949, Los Angeles, CA

Education
California State University, Long Beach, CA

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2002 “Beyond the Orange Curtain,” MJW Fine Art, Balboa Island, CA
2002-1997 Thomas R. Reynolds Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001-1999 Gallery Americana, Carmel, CA
2000 “Life at the Edge,” Robson Gallery, San Diego, CA
1996 Gallery Aizen, Tokyo, Japan
1989 Marco Fine ARts Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
1989 Ralston Galleries, Kauai, HI

Selected Group Exhibitions
2009-2010
American Legacy: Our National Parks, On Location with the Plein-Air Painters of America, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
2009-1997
Plein Air Invitational, Laguna Art Museum, CA
2007
From the Heart, Plein Air Painters of America, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
2005-2000, 1997 Plein Air Painters of America, Catalina and Lake Tahoe, CA
2003 The Allure of Light, The Depot, Steamboat Springs, CO
Glories of the Sonoran Desert, Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg, AZ
On Location in Malibu, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu, CA
2002 Collector's Choice, The Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
2002 America The Beautiful, Gardner & Colby Gallery, Naples, FL
2002, 2001 DNFA Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2001 Life on Southern California's Beaches, The Old Mill, California Art Club, Pasadena, CA
2001 MJW Gallery, Balboa Island, CA
2001 11th Annual Northwest Invitational Miniature Show, Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA
2001, 1999 Robson Gallery, San Diego, CA
2000, 1999 Graphics Gallery, Balboa Island, CA
1999 New Works By California Impressionist Painters, The Exchange Gallery, Orange, CA
1999 Surfin’ Art Exhibition, South Texas Museum of Art, Corpus Christi, TX
1998 Focus Vii: Orange County Artists Art-Associations, John Wayne Airport Arts Commission, John Wayne Airport, Costa Mesa, CA
1998 Channel Islands Conservancy Exhibition, Oak Group, Santa Barbara, CA
1998 Back Bay Exhibition, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
1996 The Annual Art And Craft Show, Thomas R. Reynolds Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 Local's Only, Stuart Katz's The Loft, Laguna Beach, CA
1989 Marco Fine Arts Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA

Awards
2001 Second Place, Carmel Invitational, Carmel, CA
2000 First Place, 2nd Annual Laguna Invitational Plein Air Painting Competition, Laguna Beach, CA
2000 Gamblin Artists Colors Award Of Excellence, 9th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Oil Painters of America
1999 Mayor's Choice, Carmel Plein-Air Invitational, Carmel, CA 1998 First Place, Millard Sheets Plein-Air, Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, CA
1998 First Place, Sights Of Santa Ana & Scenes Of Orange County, Bowers Museum of Cultural Art and City Of Santa Ana, CA
1998 First Place, Echoes and Visions, Laguna Niguel Art Association, Laguna Niguel, CA
1998 Artist of The Year Award, San Diego Oceans Foundation, San Diego, CA
1998 Treasures Of Sierra’s, California Art Club, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Muckenthaler Center, Fullerton, CA
1997 Honorable Mention, Third Annual California Art Club Outdoor Painting Festival, San Juan Capistrano, CA
1997 Honorable Mention, Classic Competition, Carnegie Museum, Oxnard, CA
1997 First Place, Best of Show, Sights of Santa Ana, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA
1997 Honorable Mention, 88th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, California Art Club, Pasadena, CA

Public and Permanent Collections
Aliso Viejo Library, Aliso Viejo, CA. American Bank, Corpus Christi, TX. Chart House Enterprises, Inc., Solana Beach, CA. City of Santa Ana, Santa Ana, CA. County of Orange Centennial, Orange, CA. Federal Reserve Bank, San Francisco, CA. Festival of Arts, Laguna Beach, CA. Frost Bank, Corpus Christi, TX. Highlands Ranch Company, Denver, CO. Huntington Beach Surfing Museum, Huntington Beach. Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, CA. Mission Viejo Company, Mission Viejo, CA. Museum of Science and Industry, Los Angeles, CA. Oceanside Surfing Museum, Oceanside, CA. Western Exterminator, Anaheim, CA. Yamaha Corporation, Japan.

Selected Publications
2006 John A. Parks, "Heavy Paint, Big Brushes and No Cleanup: The Paintings of Ken Auster," American Artist, October
2003
"Ken Auster," Art & Antiques, October
2002 “The New Filmore,” New Filmore Art, Ken Auster: Slices of Life, February
2001 “First Frost, 2001,” Cover Art, Iron Horse Literary Review, Texas Tech. University, Vol 3, No 1.
“Qualitative Methods For Marketplace Research,” Cover Art, Sayre, Shay, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks.
The Monterey County Herald, March 29-April 4.
2000 Los Angeles Times, Orange County People, July 20.
Los Angeles Times, Our Times Laguna Beach, July 19.
Southwest Art, Best Of The West, March.
Southwest Art, Art Trends, February.
Longboard Magazine, Jan/Feb.
1999 Surfer's Journal, Winter. Art Talk, In The Galleries, October.
Southwest Art, “A Leap Of Faith,” March.
1998 Southwest Art, “Coastal Views,” February.
The Orange County Register, June 29.
1997 Southwest Art, Market Report, October. Southwest Art, “Milestones,” November.
Stoked-History of Surfing, Drew Kampion

Affiliations
California Art Club, Laguna Plein-Air Painters Association, Oil Painters of America, Plein-Air Painters of America, The Society for the Advancement of Plein Air Painting, Tucson Plein-Air Painters.