About Scott
Born in the Boyle Heights section of East Los Angeles in 1948 – Scott Siedman was a child of the 50’s shaped as an artist by Rembrandt, Magritte, Sid Caeser, Bergman’s Wild Strawberries and The Triumph of Death by Pieter Bruegel. The latter coincided with Atomic Bomb fears (justified) and his natural interest in the mysterious.
After graduating from Cal Arts, he worked as an illustrator for the Washington Post, painted a mural for a UN conference on the environment in Canada and designed sets for theater and film before devoting himself to painting as his primary medium.
Ocean Views is his response to the climate crisis, which when be began the series in 2000 was a warning of things to come. Not one to surrender to despair, he includes humor and some of his favorite art in these apocalyptic settings – undamaged and undiminished in their power to celebrate the best in us.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2024 | Ocean Views, Kantor LA Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA | |||
| 2023 | Love Is Brave, Valnes and Company, Santa Monica CA | |||
| 2011 | Only Human, Bert Green Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA | |||
| 2008 | Obscenery Bert Green Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA | |||
| 2006 | Larger Than Life Bert Green Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA | |||
| 2004 | Propaganda, Circle Elephant Art, Los Angeles, CA | |||
| 2002 | Unspeakable, Circle Elephant Art, Los Angeles, CA | |||
| 1998 | Unspeakable, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |||
| 1996 | The Age of Miracles, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Franciso, CA | |||
| 1995 | Triumph of Man Over Nature, Morphos Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |||
| 1994 | Sacred Porn, Julie Rico Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |||
| 1994 | Love Over Death, Morphos Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |||
| 1992 | Scott Siedman: Dirty Pictures, Morphos Gallery, SF, CA | |||
| 1991 | Passenger, Gallery Imago, San Francisco, CA | |||
| 1988 | Interiors, Hotel Diva Gallery, San Francisco, Ca | |||
| 1984 | Believing, Falucci Stendhal Gallery, San Francisco, Ca | |||
| 1982 | Fat Heads, Gallery Flora, San Anselmo, CA | |||
| 1978 | Assignment Tahiti, Vancouver Magazine HQ. BC, Canada | |||
| 1975 | Larger Than Life, Hom Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada | |||
| 1974 | Found Images, Black Acre Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA | |||
Selected Commissioned Work
| 2024 | Mermaids, Niels Kantor, Los Angeles, CA | |||
| 2024 | Portrait of Arlo, Jan Mason, Alameda, CA | |||
| 2023 | Portrait of Garrett, Garrett Mason, London, England | |||
| 2022 | Portrait of Harper, Jan Mason, Alameda, CA | |||
| 2000 | Secretariat, John St. House, Manhattan Beach, CA | |||
| 2000 | Louis and Marciano, John St. House, Manhattan Beach, CA | |||
| 1999 | Ceiling Mural, John St. House, Manhattan Beach, CA | |||
| 1998 | Temple of Dreams, Richard Starley, Coto De Caza, CA | |||
| 1997 | Apollo Rising, Richard Starley, Coto De Caza, CA | |||
| 1996 | Triumph of Man Over Nature, Bronze Sculpture, Richard Dunn, San Francisco, CA | |||
| 1994 | Baptism of Christ, Richard Dunn, San Francisco, CA | |||
| 1992 | Cary Clafter, Ceiling Mural, 10 x 14 ft., San Francisco, CA | |||
| 1991 | Corpore Portavit, Susan Sahajian, Fresno, CA | |||
| 1991 | Rampant Putti, Robert McCaffery, 8 x 10 ft., Fresno, CA | |||
| 1991 | Fallen Angel, John Cummings, mixed media sculpture, 6 x 12 ft., Fresno, CA | |||
| 1990 | Giant Ramp, Rector Corporation, Mural, 12 x 24 ft., Rohnert Park, CA | |||
| 1990 | Art and the Supermarket, Palo Alto Coop Supermarket, Palo Alto, CA | |||
| 1988 | A qui e Agor, Groupo Historias De Contadoras, poster, Parachy, Brazil | |||
| 1978 | Tahiti, Vancouver Magazine, Assignment and Exhibition, Vancouver, BC, Canada | |||
| 1976 | Building the Forum, Habitat Forum: United Nations Conference on the Environment, Mural 12 x 36 ft., Vancouver, BC, Canada | |||