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Inez Storer was born in Santa Monica, California. She studied at the Art Center in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Art Institute, The University of California at Berkeley and the San Francisco College for Women, ultimately receiving her B.A. from Dominican University, San Rafael, California (1970). She received her M.A. from the University of San Francisco. (1971). Storer’s work has been exhibited in solo exhibitions consistently throughout the United States as well as Europe. Some of the institutions are the Reno Museum of Art, the San Jose Museum of Art, the Monterey Museum of Art, the Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, catalogue, the Missoula Museum of Art in Montana, the National Museum of Jewish History in Philadelphia, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, catalogue, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA, Life Award, (Catalogue), (Distinguished Artist Award) the Fresno Museum of Art (Distinguished Woman Artist of the Year, catalogue. Her work has been included in numerous group exhibitions through the country. Storer has taught at the San Francisco Art Institute (1981 – 1999), Sonoma State University (1976 – 1988), San Francisco State University (1970-1973, University of Santa Cruz (Visiting Artist), University of California at Davis (Visiting Artist) and the College of Marin (1968-1973). She has received numerous grants and awards, including a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant in 1999, the Buck Fund Grant 1995, 2004, and has twice been an FAAR (Artist -in- Residence) at the American Academy in Rome (1996 and 1997. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Oakland Museum of Art, the Lannan Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, the San Jose Museum of Art, the de Saisset Museum of Art at Santa Clara, the Missoula Museum of Art, the De Rosa Foundation in Napa and the Fresno Museum of Art. Storer has two very large murals in the I.M.Pei Tower in Los Angeles known as the First Interstate World Center. Her work has been critically reviewed in many publications including Artforum, Art in America and Artweek. Storer lives in Inverness, California and maintains a studio in Point Reyes Station.
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