Ana Medina’s paintings are an homage to the contemporary moment. In the current era of bottomless digital photo albums and lives lived publicly on social media, a new generation has been made to feel that they have to make every moment iconic - that their life needs to be bigger, better, and more beautiful than everyone else’s and shared online for all to see.
JANUARY 2025 Ana Medina lost her home and studio and many paintings in the Eaton Fire. Ana’s exquisitely detailed oil paintings depict the world around her - paintings of her family and friends as they go about their daily lives. These paintings are about capturing the joy of the most mundane moments and memorializing them in oil. Both she and her husband, composer and musician Morgan Whirledge (Chrome Canyon), lost their studios. Ana, Morgan, and their two small children are thankfully safe and starting the long journey to rebuild their lives.
Three of Ana's recent paintings survived at the gallery. To Ana and her family, 100% of the proceeds of any sales of these paintings will go directly to Ana. View and inquire here: Support Ana Medina
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EDUCATION
BFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, 1988
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Everyday Icons II, Billis Williams Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Icons: Public and Personal, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Local Icons, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Objetos, Etcétera • Dia de los Colores / Mill Contemporary, Santa Fe
2020 Colorworks / Moorpark College, Moorpark
2020 Raymond in Ojai / Brittany Davis Gallery, Ojai
2019 Painting: Objects and Portraits / LA Artcore/Little Tokyo
2019 Everyday Icons, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Carving in Paint, Art in the Arthouse, Laemmle Theatres
2018 Art Up! Grand Opening, Beyond the Lines Gallery, DTLA
2017 Motion, Beyond the Lines Gallery, Bergamot Station
2017 In the Midst of Colour, Beyond the Lines Gallery, Bergamot Station
2016 People, Places, Things, LA Artcore, Brewery Annex
2012 As I See It, Sycamore Gallery
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 The Cityscape Show XIV, Billis Williams Gallery/LA
2024 Seattle Art Fair with Billis Williams Gallery, Seattle, WA
2024 San Francisco Art Fair with Billis Williams Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 The Cityscape Show XIII, Billis Williams Gallery/LA
2023 Seattle Art Fair with Billis Williams Gallery, Seattle, WA
2023 San Francisco Art Fair with Billis Williams Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021 The Cityscape Show XI, George Billis Gallery/LA
2020 The Cityscape Show X: Concrete and Earth / George Billis Gallery/LA
2019 Gallery Artists / Mill Contemporary, Santa Fe
2019 The Cityscape Show IX / George Billis Gallery/LA
2019 Kitsch-In-Sync, Coastline College Art Gallery
2018 The Cityscapes Show VIII, George Billis Gallery/LA
2018 The Magnificent Seven, Coagula Curatorial
2018 LA Art Show, bG Gallery
2007-18 Beverly Hills Art Show
2017 The Cityscapes Show VII, George Billis Gallery/LA
2017 The Faces Within, South Bay Contemporary
2016 Open, Beyond the Lines Gallery, Bergamot Station
2016 The Cityscapes Show VI, George Billis Gallery/LA
2016 Art in the Arthouse, Laemmle Theatres
2015 The Cityscapes Show V, George Billis Gallery/LA
2014 Annual Small Works Show, Segil Fine Art
2014 The Man Show: A Celebration of Men in Art, Cope Studios
2014 Contemporary Masters, Artistic Eden IV, Pasadena Museum of History
2014 The Cityscapes Show IV, George Billis Gallery/LA
2013 The Cityscapes Show III, George Billis Gallery/LA
2012 Annual Small Works Show, Silvana Gallery
2012 Summer Show, Crow Valley Studios
2012 Annual Small Works Show, Segil Fine Art
2012 Contemporary Masters, Artistic Eden III, Pasadena Museum of History
2011 6” Squared Show, Randy Higbee Gallery
2010 Annual Small Works Show, Segil Fine Art
2007 Open Call LA, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
AWARDS
2007 to 2015 Beverly Hills Art Show, First Place / Painting Category - Twice, Second Place / Painting Category - Twice, Third Place / Painting Category
2011 First Place / 6” Squared Show / Randy Higbee Gallery