Andy Dickson

Andy Dickson Biography

Education

Master of Fine Art, Painting and Drawing, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California

Exhibitions

2025
Brilliant Expanses, Fading Vision, The Salton Sea Paintings of Andrew Dickson, La Quinta Museum, La Quinta, CA

2024
Earth + Sky, Contemporary California Landscape, Skidmore Contemporary, Palm Desert, CA
The Painted Desert: A Century of Land and Light, Marks Art Center, The College of the Desert, Palm Desert, CA

2023
The California Art Club’s 112th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, California

2022
Points of View, Long Beach Creative Group, Rod Briggs Gallery, Long Beach, California

2017
The California Art Club’s 106th Gold Medal Exhibition, Autry Museum, Los Angeles, California

2016
Poetry Evoked by Black and White, Ways of Expressions in East and West, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
The Plein Air Perspective, Millard Sheets Art Center, Pomona, California
The Salton Sea: Lost in Paradise, Marks Art Center, Palm Desert, California
A Toast to California, The California Art Club Gallery at The Old Mill, San Marino, California

2015
Faculty Exhibition, Begovich Gallery, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California
Other Places (Three Person Show), Art Exchange, Long Beach, California

2014
Endless Summer, The California Art Club Gallery at The Old Mill, San Marino, California

2013
On the Water, The California Art Club Gallery at The Old Mill, San Marino, California
The California Art Club’s 102nd Gold Medal Exhibition, Fisher Museum, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Urban Sights/Sites (Three Person Show), Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, California

2012
Urban Sights/Sites (Three Person Show), Biola University, La Mirada, California
Landscapes, Corban University Art Gallery, Salem, Oregon
No Regrets — Faculty Exhibition, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California
Landscapes of the Coachella Valley and Surrounds, Desert Art Collection, Palm Desert, California

2011
Borderlands (Two Person Show), Merced College, Merced, California
Reflections on the Harbor, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California
California Dreamin’, The California Art Club Gallery at The Old Mill, San Marino, California
Valley of the Ancient Lake, Salton Sea Museum, North Shore, California
International Drawing Annual 6, Manifest Creative Research and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
The California Art Club’s 100th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, California

2010
Urban Sights/Sites (Three Person Show), College of the Sequoias Art Gallery, Visalia, California
Juried All-Media Exhibition, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California
The Art of Landscape, Topanga Canyon Art Gallery, Topanga, California
Made in California, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, California
Burb – Zones of Living, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

2009
Faculty: The First Generation, California State University Fullerton, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, California
Drawing from Perception IV, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
Trees in Art, Kendeda Center, Atlanta, Georgia
The California Art Club’s 98th Gold Medal Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, California
Art International Fine Art Fair, Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, California
Celebrating the Golden State, The California Art Club Gallery at The Old Mill, San Marino, California

2008
Landscape at Risk: Contemporary Views of the West, Coconino Community College, Flagstaff, Arizona
Celebrating the Golden State, The California Art Club Gallery at The Old Mill, San Marino, California
Made in California, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, California
The California Art Club’s 97th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, California
Pastel National (Awarded Honorable Mention), Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas

2006
Faculty Exhibition, Huntington University, Huntington, Indiana
The California Art Club’s 95th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art,Pasadena, California
The California Art Club’s Miniatures Exhibition, First American Trust, Santa Ana, California

2005
Faculty Exhibition, Huntington University, Huntington, Indiana

2003
The Landscape from Long Beach, Cerritos College, Cerritos, California
Industrial Landscapes of the Port of Long Beach, Solo Graduate Exhibition, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California
Works on Paper, Forget it Jake, Chinatown, Los Angeles, California

2002
Seeing the Sea, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California
The California Art Club’s 92nd Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of History, Pasadena, California

2001
California State University Long Beach Graduate Exhibit, Second City Council, Long Beach, California
America the Beautiful, Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California

Press

2018
The Art and Life of Andy Dickson, Voyage LA

2017
Trees, Artwork Featured, Outdoor Painter Magazine

2014
Up Close, Bob Bahr, Plein Air Collector Magazine
Salton Sea, Bob Bahr, Outdoor Painter

2011
The New Sublime, Ann Japenga, Palm Springs Life

2005
Five Artists, Five Approaches: Landscape Highlights, Lynne Moss, American Artist Magazine

2004
Responding to Subjects of Uncommon Beauty, Lynne Moss, American Artist Magazine