Bio
Arie Menes was born and raised in Tel-Aviv, Israel, lived 5 years in Nairobi, Kenya as a child,
and has traveled extensively across Europe, North, Central and South America.
He moved to Seattle, WA in 1985 and has been living in San Diego, CA since 1996.
Received a BFA degree from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, Israel,
1981 with a major in painting where he studied with the artists John Byle, Joseph Hirsch, Dedi
Ben-Shaul, Reuven Berman, Osvaldo Romberg and Pinchas Cohen Gan.
He was the recipient of an Italian-Israeli cultural exchange scholarship from the Italian Government
and studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, Italy with Professor Gullieti in 1982-83.
Received a diploma in electronics (1969) and has worked full-time for 20 years in the
computer software industry as a Quality Assurance Engineer, Manager and Director.
Exhibitions
2020 29th Annual Juried Exhibition Jul 2020, The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
Jurors - Joe Yorty, Creative Director, Best Practice
and Elizabeth Rooklidge, Independent Curator
2020 "In The Moment" Juried Exhibition Jan 2020, Oceanside Museum of Art Artist Alliance,
Ashton Gallery @Art on 30th, San Diego, CA, Juror - Cathy Breslaw
2018 27th Annual Juried Exhibition Aug 2018, The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
Jurors - Maria Mingalone - Executive Director, Oceanside Museum of Art,
and Rebecca Webb - Special Projects Director, Oceanside Museum of Art,
Project Director, Wonderspaces in the Community
2018 "Perspectives and Patterns" Juried Exhibition Jan 2018, University Club Arts Committee
and Oceanside Museum of Art, University Club, San Diego, CA
Juror - Maria Mingalone, OMA Executive Director
2017 26th Annual Juried Exhibition Aug 2017, The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
Jurors - Kara West, Library Arts & Culture Exhibition Manager, San Diego Public Library,
and Alessandra Moctezuma, Gallery Director, Professor Fine Art, San Diego Mesa College
2017 Artist Alliance At The Museum March 2017, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
Jurors - Karen McGuire, Canon Gallery, Carlsbad and Sue Greenwood, Sue Greenwood
Fine Art, Laguna Beach
2016 25th Annual Juried Exhibition Jul 2016, The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
Jurors - Mary L. Beebe, Director, Stuart Collection, UCSD,
Hugh Davies, PhD, The David C. Copley Director & CEO, Museum of Contemporary Art,
San Diego, and Mark Quint, Owner, Quint Gallery
2015 24th Annual Juried Exhibition Jul 2015, The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
Jurors - Robert Pincus, PhD, Professor Tina Yapelli, Director of the SDSU Art Gallery, CA
2015 "Think Pink" Juried Exhibition Apr 2015, Art on 30th, San Diego, CA, Juror - Pia Stern
2014 "Electron Salon" Group Show Jun 2014, LACDA, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Southern California/Baja Norte Juried Award Exhibition Apr 2014, San Diego Art Institute,
San Diego, CA. Juror - Peter Frank
2014 Solo Exhibition "Rhythms", Feb-Apr 2014, Lyceum Theatre Gallery, San Diego, CA
2013 Regional Juried Exhibition Dec 2013, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
2013 Regional Juried Exhibition Sep 2013, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
2011 Regional Juried Exhibition Jan 2011, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
2003 Juried Biennial Exhibition, William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
2002 Southern California Regional Juried Award Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute,
San Diego, CA
2001 Third Annual Juried Exhibition, William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
1992 Two-Person Exhibit, Second Story Studios and Gallery, Seattle, WA
1990 Group Exhibit, Westworks Art Studios, Mercer Island Community Center, Mercer Island, WA
1988 Group Exhibit, 6th Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, WA
1988 Group Exhibit, Westworks Art Studios, Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, WA
1987 Group Exhibit, Westworks Art Studios, Seattle, WA
1984 Solo Exhibit, Meimad Katan Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1982 Group show, Artist selects Artist, Radius Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
1980 Group show, AICF, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
1979 Group show, AICF, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1978 Group show, AICF, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Online Exhibitions
2020 29th Annual Juried Exhibition Jul 2020, The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
2018 ArtSlant - 1st 2018 ArtSlant Prize Showcase in the Abstract Category - Composition #112117.
2017 ArtSlant - 6th 2017 ArtSlant Prize Showcase in the Abstract Category - Composition #072417.
2017 ArtSlant - 5th 2017 ArtSlant Prize Showcase in the Abstract Category - Composition #060317.
2017 ArtSlant - 4th 2017 ArtSlant Prize Showcase in the Abstract Category - Composition #050117.
2017 ArtSlant - 3rd 2017 ArtSlant Prize Showcase in the Abstract Category - Composition #022417.
2015 ArtSlant - 3rd 2015 ArtSlant Prize Showcase in the Abstract Category - Composition #061215.
2013 ArtSlant - 8th 2013 ArtSlant Prize Showcase in the Abstract Category - Composition #090813.
2012 ArtSlant - 6th 2012 Showcase in the Abstract Category - Composition #050909.
2012 ArtSlant - 3rd 2012 Showcase in the Painting Category - Composition #092809.
Education
1983 Italian Government Art Scholarship. Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence, Italy.
1981 BFA, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel.
1969 Electronics Diploma, Ort-Yad Singalovsky, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Awards/Honors
1982 Italian Government Art Scholarship for Painting. Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence, Italy.
1980 Academy Prize, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel.
1979 AICF academic scholarship for Painting, Tel Aviv, Israel.
1978 AICF academic scholarship for Painting, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Publications
2015 Under a Silky Sky: The Symbolist Poetry of Edith Covensky - FRONT BOOK COVER and INTERIOR, .
Author: Yair Mazor, Publisher: HenschelHAUS Publishing.
2013 The Other Shore, Vol.3, 2012, Slavic and East Europe Culture Abroad, Past and Present - FRONT BOOK COVER,
Publisher: Charles Schlacks, Editor: Jerome Katsell, Idyllwild, CA, USA.
2011 The Other Shore, Vol.2, 2011, Slavic and East Europe Culture Abroad, Past and Present - FRONT AND BACK BOOK COVER,
Publisher: Charles Schlacks, Editor: Jerome Katsell, Idyllwild, CA, USA.
2010 The Other Shore, Vol.1, 2010, Slavic and East Europe Culture Abroad, Past and Present - BOOK INTERIOR,
Publisher: Charles Schlacks, Editor: Jerome Katsell, Idyllwild, CA, USA.
Private Collections
Paintings are in private collections in California, Washingtion, Texas, NY,
England, Canada and Israel.
