WORKS
CURATOR
RESUME
CONTACT
Nina's work can be viewed at Kathy's Gallery,
4433 West Sepulveda Blvd., Torrance CA 90505
(310)792-4838
"...Perhaps her most imaginative pieces are dreamscapes inspired while listening to Parisian lounge music recorded at the Hotel Costas in Paris. Titled What Makes you Journey into the Night? and For your Pleasure I Created a Dream, the paintings reflect the 'anticipation of travel, the wish to be carried far away, to see exotic plants and landscapes, to be free to imagine" says Laddon... "
"...Nina Zak Laddon wisely takes a different tack, interpreting the garden in her own style. She intersperses black and white photos of the artist with his long gray beard in a collage of flowers, some apparently appropriated images, and her own daubs of transparent watercolor. The lights and darks are well worked out in the intricate crazy quilt pattern."
"...Of particular interest is Laddon's tribute to her Israeli homeland, titled Beloved Country. Laddon, who has dual citizenship, uses the omnipresent olive tree as a symbol of peace and hope...Her work is a collage-like dreamscape featuring peace doves, olive branches and Athena, the goddess who gave the Greeks the olive tree. Old styles of calligraphy in Arabic, Hebrew and Latin add symbolism, beauty and a literary subtext to the work."
REVIEWS
2024
PAIR
Corresponding ART that is matched for use together,
regarded as ONE EXPERIENCE
Nina Zak Laddon - Curator
Redondo Beach, California
2023
THE LAST CA 101
Contemporary art Exhibition
Nina Zak Laddon - Curator Juror
Redondo Beach, California
2022
CA 101 2022
Contemporary art Exhibition
Nina Zak Laddon - Curator Juror
Redondo Beach, California
2020
The Summer Show
Palos Verdes, California
July/August 2020
Juror
2019
CA 101 2019
Contemporary art Exhibition
Nina Zak Laddon - Curator Juror
Redondo Beach, California
TEDx Redondo Beach Organizer
2018
CA 101 2018
Contemporary art Exhibition
Nina Zak Laddon - Curator Juror
Redondo Beach, California
2017
European Cultural Academy Course "Venice Biennale"
Venice Italy August 2017
CA 101 2017
It Takes A Village
Nina Zak Laddon, Curator, Juror
Riviera Village, Redondo Beach, CA 90277
DOCUMENTED – The Photographic Effect
TEDx Redondo Beach, Curator
2016
Inspired by Music
Studio 1613
Malaga Cove Library Gallery
CA 101 2016
Front & Center
Nina Zak Laddon, Curator, Juror
South Bay Galleria, Redondo Beach, CA 90278
2015
CA 101 2015
Nina Zak Laddon, Curator, Juror
The Industrial Cathedral
AES Power Plant, Redondo Beach, CA
2014
South Bay Focus 2014
Juried Art Exhibition
Torrance Art Museum, Torrance CA
CA 101 2014
Nina Zak Laddon, Curator, Juror
Pier Plaza Redondo Beach Pier, Redondo Beach, CA
2013
Open Visions
Peggy Zask Gallery
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
CA 101 2013
Nina Zak Laddon, Curator
AES Power Plant, Redondo Beach, CA
2012
IMAGINE - Redondo Beach Art Group
608 North Gallery and Cannery Row Gallery
Redondo Beach, CA
2012 Small Treasures Juried Exhibition
Palos Verdes Art Center
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
TRANSITIONS
TEDx Redondo Beach, Curator
CA 101: Interpreting Life Along the Pacific Coast
Nina Zak Laddon - curator
110 artists from 40 cities
Redondo Beach, CA
Water, Myths and Other Stories
Studio 1613
Redondo Beach Woman's Club, Redondo Beach, CA
Artisan's Delight Juried Boutique
Nina Zak Laddon - curator
Redondo Beach Woman's Club, Redondo Beach, CA
UNCHARTED
Launching TEDxRedondo Beach
Nina Zak Laddon, Curator
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