My art reaches out from my heart, guts, body and soul to all! Ever since I can remember I've always had a desire to communicate with every person in the world.

Ever since I can remember I've always had a desire to communicate with every person in the world.

At first I thought I could accomplish this through travel. And so I did. I toured through India, Africa, Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe, South and Central America, plus the more usual places in the U.S., Mexico, Caribbean and the like. I even scoured more remote areas of the world like Easter Island, the Galapagos Islands, Myanmar, Nepal, Srinigar. There is almost nothing or no one which has escaped my eye.

Throughout these countries I managed to speak with everyone I could. I've taped, recorded and photographed my conversations from inside the huts of African villages to the alleys of remote towns in China. I've shared beetle-nuts with women squatting in circles in temple areas in Algeria. Been in places where no one had ever heard of the Jewish religion. I could go on with my endless adventures...endlessly. But they did not satisfy my thirst for communication.

Then there was my performing career. I appeared on television every morning in the Chicago area for WLS-TV. My show was called "The Prize Movie With Ione." Here I chatted and connected with fellow Chicagoans five mornings a week from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. for over seven years. The show was the highest rated television show in that time slot.

For over thirty years I performed on a variety of television and radio commercials. With an ear for mimicry, and an ability to sight-read I was a "natural" for voice-overs. I sang, and did multiple voices on all sorts of recordings in the Chicago and Midwest area. The average listener was unaware of whom I was, because doing commercials as a "voice" is anonymous, particularly when I did a huge range of voices similar to Mel Blanc. Old ladies, children, accents, dialects, impersonations, cartoon characters were in my repertoire of hundreds of voices. I was able to accomplish these voices through visual images of the characters. If I could see the person I was trying to capture, I could produce the voice or sound.

But this was not enough.

I was tired of physically performing. Tired of presenting myself in this fashion, I took this huge imagination coupled with endless driving energy, and thrust it on canvas, cast it in clay, and welded it in metal. Now I can reach out beyond the limits of my previous endeavors to touch and find love, appreciation and understanding.

 

 

BIOGRAPHY

Showing nationally since 1998, after decades of world travel and a successful television, radio, theatre, and film career in the performing arts, Ione now focuses her creativity and passion for communication on the creation of art.

Ione's watercolors, mixed media paintings, and sculptures have received numerous awards and been featured in several important publications. She maintains an extensive exhibition schedule in juried, non-juried, and invitational venues.

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2004 November - Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, Texas

2004 August - Ojai Arts Center, Ojai, CA

2004 June - North Tahoe Arts, Tahoe City, CA

2004 April - Balance Gallery - Philadelphia, PA

2004 March/May - Thacher Gallery/Univ. of San Francisco, San Fran., CA

2003 November - Joseph David Gallery, San Diego, CA

2003 October/December - Slave Gallery, Venice, CA

2003 July/August - Chaffey Community Art Center, Rancho Cucamonga, CA

2003 June/July - Sebastian/iZone, Woodland Hills, CA

2003 March/April Annie Su Gallery, West Hollywood, CA

2003 February, SCA Gallery, Pomona, CA

2003 January - June, Barefoot, Los Angeles, CA

2002 November, Malaga Cove Plaza Library, Rolling Hills Estates, CA

2002 September, October, November, La Bruchetta, Westwood, CA

2002 August-September, The Coffee Shop, Silver Lake, CA

2002 August, Unitarian Universalist Community Church, Santa Monica, CA

2002 June/July, Border's BookStore, 330 La Cienega, L.A., CA

2002 June/July, The Onion Gallery, North Hills, CA.

2002 May, BackStreet Gallery, L.A., CA

2002 February, March, April - East West Art Gallery, La Costa, CA

2001/2002 December, January, - Remington Club - Rancho Bernardo, CA

2001/2002 November, December, January, Mono County Arts Council, Mammoth Lakes,CA

2001 October, Creative Arts Center, Burbank, CA

2001 September, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA

2001 August, September, October, - Lunaria Art Gallery, L.A., CA

2001 August, Blue Ridge Arts Council, Front Royal, VA.

2001 July/August, Cottonwood Vineyard & Winery, Santa Maria, CA

2001 April/May/June, Napa City-County Library, Napa, CA

2000 November-December, Marco Polo Gallery, Carmel, CA

2000 November, Organization of Independent Artists, Gallery 402, N.Y., N.Y.

2000 August, Adirondacks Center for the Arts, Blue Mountain, NY

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2003 November - Coral Gables Int'l. Art Center, Atlanta, GA

2003 November - Wexford Plantation Country Club, Hilton Head, S.C.

2003 August through November, Apollo Theatre - Anatomically Correct - Chicago, Il.

2003 June/July/August - San Gabriel Valley Medical Center - Juried Exhibition - San Gabriel Art Assn. - San Gabriel, CA

2003 May, Don O'Melveny Gallery, "Evening Becomes Eclectic", West Hollywood, CA

2003 May - The Chartreuse Muse - Invitational Group Exhibition - Modesto, CA

2003 March - "March Madness" - Lankershim Art Center, North Hollywood, CA

2003 March - May, William Morris Screening Studio, Beverly Hills, CA

2003 March - "Bridges" - William Grant Stills Art Center, L.A., CA

2003 February - "Black History Month" - Lankershim Art Center, North Hollywood, CA.

2003 February/March - Gallery Victoria, Naples, Fl.

2003 February, Alliance Francaise de San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

2003 January, Hub Gallery, 11th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Multi-Cultural Arts Festival, L.A., CA

2002 November, Don O'Melveny Gallery, "Evening Becomes Eclectic", West Hollywood, CA

2002 November, Second City Council, Member's Exhibition, Long Beach, CA

2002 November, "Abstract Conceptions", Central Wyoming College, Robert A. Peck Gallery, Riverton, Wyoming.

2002 November, Greater Palm Springs Pride Art Competition Festival, Palm Springs, CA.

2002 September/October, "Celebrating Spirituality", Robert A. Peck Gallery, Central Wyoming College, Riverton Wyoming

2002 June/July/August @ Wilshire Radisson Hotel, Los Angeles, CA

2002 June/July @ Lankershim Arts Center, No. Hollywood, CA

2002 March, @ Cannibal Flower, Los Angeles, CA

2002 March, "Women's History - 200 Years", Lankershim Arts Center, No. Hollywood, CA

2002 February though May, "Spring Obsession 2002" Ironstone Vineyards, Murphys, CA

2002 February, Metal Madness Art Gallery, Hollywood, CA

2002 January, February, BAE Systems Art Gallery, Rancho Bernardo, CA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2003 Michelob Light 11th Annual Int'l. Exhibition - Juried by Carol Fairlie, Associate Professor of Art, Sul Ross State Univ, Laredo, Texas

2003 October - WAOW - Strathearn Foundation "Western Art Show" - Simi Valley, CA

2003 October - Southern California Women's Caucus for Art, "Beneath the Surface" Juried by Christina Ochoa, Gallery Director - Highland Park, CA

2003 September - Nov.-Williamsburg Art Center, "Brave Destiny" - Brooklyn, N.Y.

2004 Sept./Oct. - Long Beach Arts, "3D Sculpture" - Juried by Doug Blue, Sculpture Chair, Cal State Univ., Long Beach, CA

2003 September - National Assoc. of Women Artists, 114th Annual Exhibition, N.Y.,N.Y.

2003 August - "Call to Arts", juried by Margaret Danielak/curator, Fullerton, CA

2003 August - Second City Council - "Why Art" - Juried by Dr. Rachel Teagle, Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego - Long Beach, CA

2003 August - Long Beach Arts, "Works on Paper", juried by Joan Hugo- Writer/Curator, Long Beach, CA

2003 July/Aug. - Arroyo Arts Collective - "Without Alarm" - juried by Sheila Pinkel,L.A. CA

2003 July - "Sacred Heart" - Box Heart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

2003 July - "Kitschy Kitschy Kool" - How Original!, Laguna Beach, CA

2003 June/July/August - Palos Verdes Art Center "Juried All Media Exhibition", Palos Verdes, CA

2003 May/June - Long Beach Arts - "Found Object" Exhibit, juried by Christopher Sands/Artist, Long Beach, CA.

2003 May - Montrose Verdugo City juried art exhibit, juried by Jane Friend/Brand Library, Glendale, CA

2003 April - Lankershim Art Center - "Sharing Spaces" - North Hollywood, CA

2003 March /April - Color Stories, Inc.,/Boston Photo Imaging - Boston, MA

2003 Feb. - Thousand Oaks Art Assn., Annual Juried Art Show, Juried by Steve DeGroot/Artist, Newbury Park, CA

2003 Feb. - Lankershim Art Center - "Black History" - North Hollywood, CA

2003 Feb. - Alliance Francaise de San Francisco - "France-Amerique" - San Francisco, CA

2002/2003-December /January- Galleria Tonantzin, "Images of the Virgin", San Juan Bautista, CA

2002 November, World Contemporary Art, "Third Annual Int'l. Competition", L.A., CA

2002 November, Pomona Valley Art Assn. "22nd Annual Open Juried Show", Pomona, CA

2002 November, Lions Head Resort "Art in the Gardens", Palm Springs, CA.

2002 November, Greater Palm Springs Pride Art Competition Festival, Palm Springs, CA

2002 November, Pastel Soc. Of the SouthWest, "Juried Membership Exhibition", Juried by Anita Wolff/Artist, Fort Worth, Texas

2002 November, New England School of Acupuncture Art Auction

2002 Septemher, Assoc. Artists of the Inland Empire, 18th Annual Fall Open, juried by Elin Pendleton, artist/teacher, Upland, CA

2002 September, Burpee Museum of Natural History/Mahlberg Gallery, Juried by Rene Jenson, Adrianna Villa Gomez, Carrie Porter Brace, & Holly Palmer, Art Teachers/Curators, Rockford, Il.

2002 August/September, International Marblers' Exhibition: "Waterworks", juried by Nancy Lawrence/Artist, Mimi Schleicher/Artist, Patty Schleicher/Artist, Laura Sims/Author, Gatlinburg, TN.

2002 June/July "San Diego County Fair" -3-D & Enviro Art Divisions, San Diego, CA

2002 June/July, "Of Mind and Spirit" American Academy of Women Artists, juried by: William B. Hatch, Art Dept. Chairman, San Juan College, Dave Sime, Director, AAWA, Connie Morris, Immediate Past President, AAWA, San Juan College, Farmington, N.M

2002 April, "C'est la Vie", Long Beach Arts, juried by Martin G. Betz, curator, Long Beach, CA

2002 February/March, "Collage/Assemblage USA-The Sequel", Ventura College Galleries,Juried by Katherine Chang Liu, Artist, Ventura, CA

2002 February/March, "Color Outside The Lines", Long Beach Arts, Juried by Joan Hugo,Writer/Curator, Long Beach, CA

2002 February, "Black History Month", The Second City Council, Juried by Archie Boston, Professor-Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach, CA.

2002 January, Long Beach Arts "98th National Open Exhibit", juried by Joseph Van Hooten, Art Professor/Artist, Long Beach, CA.

 

FILM/TV RENTALS

2003 Landing Field & The Blues, NYPD Blues TV, Bochco Media

2003 Ramses & Bonsai, "Paparazzi" feature film, Airborne Prods, Inc.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2003 M'Lady - Art Week - October issue.

2003 Lest We Forget, The Rose - Success Now! - Sept/Oct. issue

2003 Viet Nam - Thrift Poetic Arts Journal - 3rd Issue

2003 Bracelets, The Couple - "Penumbra" Art & Literary Annual of California State University, Stanislaus

2003 Abstract Rectangular Gold - Rockhurst Review, 16th issue Nat'l Journal

2003 Akeem #2 - Decor, February issue

2002 Sign of the Cross, Cover, Art Calendar - December issue

2002 "Gram's Needlepoint" - Art Business News - New Editions, September issue

2002 The Knitter, Delft Shoe, Tears, The Clock, Sox & Fish Girl, first edition of The Kali Guide, A Directory of Resources for Women

2002 Ground Zero, Decor Magazine - Showcase - June Issue

2002 The Family, Crafts Report - June issue

2002 9/11/02, Art Business News, May issue

2002 Iona Lisa, The Steam Ticket, Univ. of Wisconsin @ La Crosse

2002 Fish Girl, Belle Bouquet, Bonsai, Delft Shoe, The Knitter, Sox, The Clock, Tears, - The Kali Guide

2002 Gram's Needlepoint, Decor Magazine, April issue

2002 Flower Dream Song, Bridal Bouquet, Laila, Art Info's Encyclopedia of Contemporary Artists, Semi-Annual issue

2001 Bonsai, Sisters, Petroglyph, December, - Utah State University-English Dept.

2001 Forever, The Crafts Report, October issue

2001 Sox, Art Business News, July issue

2001 Katmandu, Tulane Review, Spring issue

2000 Eye Own, The Knitter, Kitsch, Ramses, Evergreen Chronicles, Novella issue

2000 Stampede & Masquerade, Air Brush Action, Reader's Gallery, October

2000 Sisters, Artlines, Cover, Autumn issue

2000 Bird, Wedding Slipper and Subterranea, Collector Editions, Artist Updates, August

2000 Akeem #2, Sea Flower, Iona Lisa, Repluse Bay and Dancing in the Dark, The William and Mary Review

2000 Featured Artist Article, Collector Editions Magazine, July/August

2000 Beaucoup Bouquet, Collector Editions Magazine

1999-2000 Birds of a Feather, International Artist Magazine

1999 Member of the Issue, North Light Magazine

1999 Cover and Feature Article, Art Calendar Magazine

1999 The Restored United States of America, Point of No Departure, and C'est La Vie, Canto Magazine

1999 The Knitter, The Other Side Magazine

1999 Self Portrait, Eye Own, and Point of No Departure, Trade Art

1999 Self Portrait, Sox, and Spectrum, The William and Mary Review

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

2003 Diane Boyell, Ontario, CA

2002 Cali Day, Rockville, MD

2002 Jewish Home for the Aged, L.A., CA

2002 James Burks, L.A., CA

2002 Daniel Smith, Inc. Corporate Collection

2002 Gary Savreda, Los Angeles, CA

2002 Mr. & Mrs. Bill Hung, Hercules, CA

2002 Ms. Lynne Sable, New York, NY

2002 Dr. & Mrs. David Jacobs, Santa Rosa, CA

2002 Mr. & Mrs. Max Himmelstein, Northridge, CA

2002 Mr. & Mrs. James Zimring, Tarzana, CA

2002 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Reiner, L.A., CA

2001 Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Weinberg, L.A., CA

2001 Mr. & Mrs. Henry Hoopes, St. Louis, Mo.

2001 Mr. & Mrs. Elias Muldovan, Chicago, Il.

2001 Ms. Jean Gardener, Westchester, PA

2001 Dr. Carolyn Britton, Valley College, N.Y.

2001 Mr. Arthur Ball, San Diego, CA

AWARDS AND HONORS

2003 San Gabriel Valley Art Assn. "Sculpture" - Second Place.

2003 San Gabriel Valley Art Assn. "Abstract Art Exhibition" - Honorable Mention San Gabriel, CA

2003 Color Stories, Inc., "Landscape", Honorable Mention

2003 Manhattan Arts, "The Healing Power of Art", Award of Merit

2003 Pomona Valley Art Assn., "22nd Annual Open Juried Show", Gambino Award of Excellence, Pomona, CA

2003 Assoc. Artists of the Inland Empire, Sakura Award of Excellence, "18th Annual Fall Open Juried Art Show", Upland, CA

2002 Manhattan Arts Int'l. "I Love Manhattan", juried competition, N. Y., N. Y. Showcase Award

2002 Manhattan Art's Int'l "Herstory" juried competition, Showcase Award, NY, NY

2002 The Second City Council, Long Beach, CA, 1st Place Award, "Black History Month"

2001 The Artist's Magazine, Finalist in the Experimental category, 2001 Annual Art Competition

2001 St. Louis Artist's Guild, Alma Carson Memorial Prize - Splish Splash Exhibition

2001 North Light Cover Contest, Honorable Mention

2001 Arteasel.com, Inc., Honorable Mention, Totally On-Line International Juried Exhibition

2000 Encyclopedia of Living Artists, 12th Edition, Runner-Up

2000 April/May, Pastel Society of the West Coast, "14th Pastels USA Int'l. Open" Tate Designs Award

2000 Tint Magazine, "Cover Competition 2000: First Place; and Artistic Excellence"

2000 Manhattan Arts International magazine, "Urban Visions Competition, Showcase Award," New York, NY

1999 Art Calendar Magazine, "Cover Award," (international distribution)

1999 Amsterdam Art, the "$3,000.00 Nielson Bainbridge Gold Medal," Mixed Media Category, judged by Roy De Forest, San Francisco, CA

1999 The Society for All Artists, "Artist and Young Artist of the Year Competition," awarded "High Recommendations," London, England

1998 Art Calendar Magazine, "Crabbie Contest, Grand Winner," (international distribution)

1999 Manhattan Arts International magazine, "Eighth Annual Competition, Award of Excellence," New York, NY

1999 International Artist Management, "Summer '99 Juried Exhibition, Third Place," St. Petersburg, FL

1999 Art World Gallery, "National Juried Competition, Award of Merit for Outstanding Artistic Achievement," New York, NY

1998 North Light Magazine, "Cover Contest, Honorable Mention," (international distribution)

1998 Manhattan Arts International magazine, "Seventh Annual Competition, Showcase Award," NY, NY

1997 Sacramento Fine Arts Center, "Honorable Mention," Carmichael, CA

 

CURRENT REPRESENTATION

African Marketplace Boutiques, Los Angeles, CA

Box Heart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

Coral Gables International Art Center, Coral Gables, FL. & Atlanta, GA.

Dragonfly Productions - Winston Salem, N.C.

Galerie Barjur - Mammoth Lakes, CA

Glant Gallery - Salem, Mass

Nouveau Artscapes, Plymouth, MA

Phoenix Gallery, Burlington, VT

San Gabriel Art Gallery, San Gabriel, CA

For me, Being an Artist is a life choice, not a career choice.

LET ME DECORATE YOUR LIFE!