Erenberg, Sam

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American artist Sam Erenberg is a painter, bookmaker, filmmaker, and installation and performance artist. Born in 1943, he grew up in the Baldwin Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. His interest in art began after being inspired by exhibitions of Salvador Dali and hard-edge painting during the early 1960s. He enrolled in the Chouinard Art Institute (now known as the California Institute of the Arts) to study painting in 1965, and it was there that he met his wife, Elena Mary Siff. In 1969, they moved to the artistic community of Topanga Canyon, where Erenberg socialized with musicians and artists including Wallace Berman and George Herms. Inspired by a creative community, Erenberg worked on several films with local artist friends and reinforced his interest in filmmaking.

Erenberg received his BA in Art from California State University, Northridge in 1974 and an MFA from the University of California Santa Barbara two years later. In Santa Barbara, Erenberg became more involved with performance art and started making artists' books for his first performance piece. After graduate school, Erenberg became part of the exhibition committee for the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum and curated exhibitions for artists such as Chris Burden and Laurie Anderson. Erenberg was actively involved in the art community in Santa Barbara, where he also had several solo and group exhibitions. He continued to live in Santa Barbara with his family until 1993 and moved back to Los Angeles the following year.

Erenberg's films, installations, books, and paintings have been exhibited throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and Central America and are included in collections worldwide including the Kunstmuseum Bern (Switzerland), Wexford Arts Centre (Ireland), and the UCLA Armand Hammer Museum. He currently lives and works in Santa Monica.

Erenberg, Sam
Most widely held works about Sam Erenberg
The complete works of Roland Barthes by Sam Erenberg( Book )
Seven abstract paintings, 1986-1996 by Sam Erenberg( Book )
Tabernacle : a contemporary Sukkah : Sam Erenburg : Hebrew Union College Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, September 10-December 26, 1985 by Sam Erenberg( Book )
Sam Erenberg : the ash paintings by Sam Erenberg( Book )
The L.A. story( Book )

Most widely held works by Sam Erenberg
The Killing of Nettie Love by Sam Erenberg( Book )

2 editions published in 1983 in English and held by 13 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Sam Erenberg lived in a loft in downtown Los Angeles in 1965. That August of that year, The Watts Insurrection erupted and a curfew zone, initiated by the California National Guard and the LAPD, included the corner where Erenberg lived. The story of Nettie Love was told to the artist's mother, Adele Erenberg, by Nettie's husband, Claude Love."--Vamp and Tramp website, viewed 3/1/12
The spirit tower : [poem by Sam Erenberg( Book )

2 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 11 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

California Arts Council visual arts fellowship recipients : 1998-1999 by California Arts Council( Book )

in English and held by 11 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

LA3D by Sam Erenberg( Book )

1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Text and found photographs, reflecting on the authors' firsthand experiences of the LA riots in 1992
Art history : you bet there IS a book!!! by Sam Erenberg( Book )

2 editions published in 1977 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Le printemps tragique by Sam Erenberg( Visual )

1 edition published in 2019 and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

Included is support for the book object, made of metal, with two screws
Six degrees : art in the libraries : summer 2001( Book )

1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material by Sam Erenberg( )

in Undetermined and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Assembled file includes clippings, photographs, reproductions from books and auction catalogs, postcards, press releases, slides, resumes, reviews, exhibition ephemera
Les liaisons dangereuses by Sam Erenberg( Visual )

and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

The artist's book wrapped with a golden thread is a copy of the eighteenth-century epistolary novel Les liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, that Sam Erenberg sourced from a used bookstore in Los Angeles. What interested the artist was the typeface and printed color of the cover as well as the wear and tear of the book itself, which is browned and brittle with signs of fire and water damage. The book was so fragile that Erenberg decided to wrap it in thread, thus transforming it into a book object. The color of the thread was selected to augment the visual integrity of the title page
The alphabet book by Sam Erenberg( )

1 edition published in 1990 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

This unique artist's book was created by the California artist Sam Erenberg from files of newspaper clippings with cartoons and textual jokes collected by his father Arthur Erenberg (died 1980), who was an American joke writer for television and radio personalities. The original pages with archival clippings glued and collaged, and with sections crossed out in pencil, are by Arthur Erenberg. The letters painted in white gouache over the collaged clippings are by Sam Erenberg. The box was made by Sandra Liddell Reese of Turkey Press in Isla Vista, California
The killing of nettie love: by Sam Erenberg( )

1 edition published in 1983 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

Franklin Furnace artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material by Sam Erenberg( )

in Undetermined and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

Words from Los Angeles 1965 by Sam Erenberg( )

1 edition published in 1988 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

This unique artist's book was created by the California artist Sam Erenberg from files of newspaper clippings with cartoons and textual jokes collected by his father Arthur Erenberg (died 1980), who was an American joke writer for television and radio personalities. The original pages with archival clippings glued and collaged, with sections crossed out in pencil, are by Arthur Erenberg. The words painted in gouache over the collaged clippings are by Sam Erenberg. Sandra Liddell Reese of Turkey Press in Isla Vista, California, built the hand-made box
Other fantasies by Sam Erenberg( )

1 edition published in 1989 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

This unique artist's book was created by the California artist Sam Erenberg from files of newspaper clippings, textual and illustrated, including numerous cartoons, collected by his father Arthur Erenberg (died 1980), who was an American joke writer for television and radio personalities. The original pages with archival clippings glued and collaged, with sections crossed out in pencil, are by Arthur Erenberg. The title page painted in white gouache over the collaged clippings is by Sam Erenberg. Sandra Liddell Reese of Turkey Press in Isla Vista, California, built the hand-made box
Sam Erenberg: The ash paintings November 27 - January 8, 2005, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica by Sam Erenberg( Book )

1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

Sam Erenberg - the complete works of Roland Barthes : Sandroni Rey, venice, CA, 12.6.-10.7.1999( Book )

1 edition published in 1999 in English and held by 0 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The killing of nettie love by Sam Erenberg( )

1 edition published in 1983 in English and held by 0 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection

Erenberg, Sam
Birth Date: 19430926
Birth Place: Los Angeles, Calif.
Associated Locale: California, Southern
Occupation: Mixed media artist, Painter

Sources
found: Seven abstract paintings, 1996:t.p. (Sam Erenberg)
found: NNMoMA files, 3/11/98(b. 9/26/43, Los Angeles, Calif.)
found: L.A. rising : SoCal artists before 1980, 2010:page 168 (Sam Erenberg; born 1943; mixed media, painting)

Archival material. 1 folder. The folder may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral material.

Erenberg, Sam 1943- German National Library
Erenberg, Sam Library of Congress/NACO
Erenberg, Sam (American painter and installation artist, born 1943) Unin List of Artists Name (Getty Research Institute)

Samuel Erenberg is active/lives in California, Massachusetts. Samuel Erenberg is known for abstract painting, installation art, performance.
The following, submitted November 2005, is from the artist.
Sam Erenberg's career includes performance, photography, bookmaking, and especially abstract painting, since the mid-1970s. In the early eighties, he produced rectangular as well as shaped paintings with rich, waxy surfaces and muted, opaque colors. A subsequent series, PLANETS/ pocket paintings (1986-88), consists of one hundred small, deeply framed panels in the shape of geometric figures such as triangles, circles, and pentagons. Thoroughly iconic, the painted image varies from hard-edge symmetrical compositions to fluid gestures.

Born 1943 Los Angeles, CA
Currently lives and works in Santa Monica, CA

1976 M.F.A., University of California, Santa Barbara
1974 B.A. Fine Arts, California State University, Northridge
1965-67 Chouinard Art Institute, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Fellowships and Grants

2010 COLA Grant, City of Los Angeles
2006 Artist Residency, Awagami Paper Factory, Tokushima, Japan
2003 Artist Residency, Awagami Paper Factory, Tokushima, Japan
2001 Durfee Foundation ARC Grant, Santa Monica, CA
1998 Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Arts, Sweet Briar, Virginia
1991 Individual Fellowship, California Arts Council Special Project Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
Special Project Grant, California Arts Council

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2014 Sam Erenberg: Awa, College of the Canyons, Santa Claita, CA
2008 SAM ERENBERG: Small Works and Short Films, @Space Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
2007 New Painting, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2004 The Ash Paintings, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003 Oceans, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2000 Nora Eccles Harrison Museum, Utah State University, Logan, UT
American Outpost, The Living Room, Santa Monica, CA
1999 The Complete Works of Roland Barthes, Sandroni Rey Gallery, Venice, CA
1996 SKY-WORLD, The Millennium Project, Little Cataraqui Reserve, Kingston Ontario, Canada
1994 Fragments and Notations, Platt Gallery, University of Judaism, Los Angeles, CA. domestic setting, Los Angeles, CA
1990 Sam Erenberg, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
1989 Sam Erenberg, Galerie Toni Gerber, Bern, Switzerland
PLANETSpocketpaintings, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
1986 Drawings, Stella Polaris Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1985 tabernacle, Skirball Cultural Center Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Sam Erenberg, Stella Polaris Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1984 Sam Erenberg, MCA Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
1981 Sam Erenberg, Byron Weber Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1979 Twelve Symbols, Gallery of Fine Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1978 Maxwell’s Law, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
1977 The Painter’s Dream, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
1975 Sam Erenberg, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
1972 Sam Erenberg, Talisman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1971 Sam Erenberg, Mary Jane Bloom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1970 Ecoscapes, Santa Barbara Medical Foundation, Santa Barbara, CA

Selected Public Art Commissions

2012 Liquid Light: Flowing Into the Future, Roscoe Station, Orange Line Extension, Metropolitan Transit Authority, Los Angeles.
2007 Finalist, East Valley Multi-Purpose Center for Senior Citizens, Department of Parks & Recreation, Los Angeles, Rios Clementi Hale Studios, Architects, Los Angeles
2005 The Complete Works of Roland Barthes, Lightbox Project, Red Line, Metropolitan Transit Authority, Los Angeles
2002 Finalist, Clover Park Project, City of Santa Monica, CA
1993 Finalist, Santa Barbara County Bowl Redevelopment Project, Santa Barbara County Arts Commission, Polshek Partners Architects, New York

Selected Group Exhibitions

2016
Still (the) Barbarians, EVA International, Biennial of Ireland, Limerick. Curated by Koyo Kouoh.
Birdie: an Invitational Exhibition about Birds, Coastline Community College Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA. Curated by David Lee.
Postcards from the Edge, Sikkema, Jenkins & Co., New York

2015
7,567mi→, Jerusalem Biennale 2015, Israel. Curated by Anne Hromodka and Gerogia Freedman-Harvey.
The Book of Lies, 356 Mission, Los Angeles, CA. Organzied by Corazon del Sol.
Southern California Abstraction Now, Barrett Gallery, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA, Curated by Jack Chipman and Sheldon Figoten.
Water Works, MOAH: Cedar, Lancaster, CA.
From This Moment to the Next, Video screening, Photo L.A., The Reef, Los Angeles. Curated by Calvin Lee.
Water Works, The Loft at Liz’s, Los Angeles, CA.

2014
Layers of Identity, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.; Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem, Israel
Water Works, Porch Gallery, Ojai, CA. Curated by Juri Koll.
Binding Desire: unfolding artists books, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
The Book of Lies, Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery, University of Maryland Baltimore County, MD; Reese Bullen Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA. Organized by Curatorial Assistance.
Postcards from the Edge, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Me, YOU and Someone Else, Jamie Brooks Fine Art, Costa Mesa, CA
Holiday Group Show, Brett Rubico Gallery, Newport Beach, CA

2013
Nineteen Seventy: The Collection Toni Gerber, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland. Curated by Eveline Suter.
Anonymous Drawings, Galerie Nord/Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany. Traveled to Galerie Delikatessenhaus, Leipzig, Germany, TAC, Eindhoven, Holland. Curated by Anke Becker.
Next to Nothing, Coastline Community College, Newport Beach, CA. Curated by David Lee.
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Abertas Portas, Fundaçao Eugénio de Almeida, Évora, Portugal

2012
Tricky Poses and Taxing Conditions: Performance and Media, Los Angeles Filmforum at MOCA, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Moving Pictures: Painting, Photography, Film. Alternative Projections: Experimental Film in Los Angeles: 1945-1980, Los Angeles Filmforum. Sponsored by The Getty Trust for Pacific Standard Time, Art in Los Angeles: 1945-1980. Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA
Tricky Poses and Taxing Conditions: Performance and Media. Alternative Projections: Experimental Film in Los Angeles: 1945-1980. Sponsored by the Getty Trust for Pacific Standard Time, Art in Los Angeles, 1945-1980. The Egyptian Theater, Los Angeles, CA
Translations: Artists of the Metro Orange Line, Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles, CA
Exit Is An Entrance: 30 Years of Exit Art, Exit Art, New York, NY

2011
Blast from the Past: 60s and 70’s Geometric Abstractions, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA

2010
Memorial Mail Art Show for Judith Hoffberg, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
COLA 2010, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Life After Life: A Contemplation of the Unknown, Art Gallery, College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, CA

2009
4th of July-“One Week Only”, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fast Forward 2009: Selections from the Berkus Family Collection, Channing Peak Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Books as Sculpture, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
Postcards From The Edge, Metro Pictures, New York, NY

2008
Juxtaposed, Pharmaka, Los Angeles, CA
Emphasis Santa Monica, Barrett Gallery, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
Flatland, @Space Contemporary Fine Art, Santa Ana, CA
About Abstraction,Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA
Your Documents, Please, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami, Japan, ZAIM, Yokohoma, Japan, 2B Galeria, Budapest, Hungary, Galerie Kurt im Hirsh, Berlin, Germany, Galeria Z, Bratislava, Slovakia, Galería Ajolote Arte Contemporáneo, Guadalajara, Mexico
Conventions and Attitudes: Exchange Rate: 2008, Remy’s on Temple, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Karen Atkinson.

2007
Abstract Paintings, Tom Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Monochrome Painting: Some Versions from Ad Reinhardt to Present, Cardwell Jimmerson Contemporary Art, Culver City, CA
Postcards From The Edge, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
Artful Dwellings: Sukkot at the Skirball, Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
The Eclectic World of Gad, L2Kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA
The L.A. Story, Hebrew Union College Museum, Jewish Institute of Religion, New York (catalog)
A View Within: Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
The Barry Berkus and Family Collection, University Art Gallery, Cal Poly, SLO, San Luis Obispo, CA
Rabbit + House, Leipzig Book Fair, Leipzig, Germany, Seoul International Book Arts Fair, Seoul, South Korea
W.O.P., Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by John O'Brien
The Book of Lies, 18th St. Art Center Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. Curated by Eugenia Butler.
Artists of Southern California, Ontario Airport, Ontario, CA

2006
Driven to Abstraction: Southern California and the Non-Objective World, 1950-1980, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA (catalog) Curated by Andi Compagnone and Peter Frank.
Gallery Artists: New Paintings, Carol Craven Gallery, Vineyard Haven, MA
Barry Berkus and Family Collection: Inaugural Exhibition, Channing Peake Gallery, County Administration Building, Santa Barbara, CA (catalog)
Rabbit & House, Fourth International Triennial of Artists’ Books Vilnius, Galerie Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania (catalog)
The Biblioteca Alexandrina Second International Biennale for the Artist Book, Biblioteca Alexandrina, Egypt, Traveled to Biblioteca Cairo
King Saint Stephens Museum, Székesfehérvár, Hungary (catalog)
Works on Paper from the Barry Berkus Family Art Collection, Betteravia Gallery, Betteravia Government Center, Santa Maria, CA

2005
Book of Lies III, Srecna Galerija, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Several Artists Consider Books, Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Artcard, Sharjah Art Museum, United Arab Emirates
Too Jewish Not Jewish Enough, Bell Family Art Gallery at Jewish Federation, Los Angeles, CA. Traveled to Gotthelf Gallery at San Diego Center for Jewish Culture, San Diego, CA

2004
Sawtelle: The Sequel.The Beaker Gallery, Tampa, FL. Curated by Bill Radawec.
Small Works, Project, Wichita, KS
The First International Collage Exhibition, Gallery Kaire Desine, Vilnius, Lithuania


2003
Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
23 Sins, Third International Triennial of Artist’s Books Vilnius 2003, Contemporary Arts Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
Tinsletown, domestic setting, Los Angeles, CA
Beauty Stripped Bare: L.A. Black+White, BGH Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2002
Reactions, Exit Art, New York. Traveled to Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
El Arte de Los Libros de Artista, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico

2001
Farbiges Weiss, Galerie Kemper, Munich, Germany
Chouinard: A Living Legacy, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA (catalog)

2000
Portrait d’ami, Jean-Paul Jungo, Museé des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland (catalog with essay by Remy Zaugg)
Jewish Artists: On the Edge, College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM. Traveled to Yeshiva University Museum, New York (catalog) Curated by Ori Soltes.
The Changing Face of Portraiture, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA (catalog)
Sixth Wexford Artists’ Book Exhibition, Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland

1999
SOCALled Books: Diversity in Artists’ Books from Southern California, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA. Traveled to The Center for Book Arts, New York, Merrill Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles
Projektleitung Susret-Art, Tuchmacher-Museum, Bramsche, Germany. Traveled to Galerie im Valblu, Bludenz, Austria; Kulturhaus Linz, Austria
Projections: intermission images, Laemmle Grande Fourplex Theater, Los Angeles (organized by Side St. Projects, Los Angeles)

1998
Fin de Siecle, Terrain, San Francisco, CA
El Arte de Los Libros de Artista, Instituto de Artes Graficas de Oaxaca. Oaxaca, Mexico. Curated by Martha Hellion. Traveled to Biblioteca Mexico, Mexico City.
Significant Others: Artists Collect, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
Boundless: Liberating the Book Form, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
Journeys to Freedom: Exodus and Israel, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA

1997
118W/34N: Eighteen Los Angeles Artists, Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten, Graz, Austria
In Search of the Absolute: from Geometric Abstraction to Minimalism, Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Temporary Quarters: Artists Build for Shelter and Celebration, Skirball Cultural Center Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Drawing, Gallery LASCA, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Carl Berg.
L.A. Slide, The Living Room, Santa Monica, CA
Twentieth Century Art from the Museum’s Collection, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
domestic setting, POST, Los Angeles, CA
L’Chaim! A Kiddush Cup Invitational, Contemporary Jewish Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
The Drawing Show, Artworks/Bookworks, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Shelter, Brandeis-Bardin Institute, Calabassas, CA

1996
Blessings & Beginnings, Skirball Cultural Center Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Copy Book Art, Galerie Merz, Linz, Austria
Acquiring Minds: Contemporary Art in Santa Barbara Collections, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
Die Sammlung Toni Gerber, Museum of Fine Arts, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Second Wexford Artists’ Book Festival, Wexford Art Centre, Wexford, Ireland
Detours‘96, Side Street Project, Santa Monica, CA
Books in the Living Room, The Living Room, Santa Monica, CA
The Open Book, Cal Poly Pomona College, Pomona, CA

1995
A, Working Title, E-Space, Santa Monica, CA
First Wexford Artists’ Book Festival, Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland
A Vital Matrix, domestic setting, Los Angeles, CA
Eco-Nation: Patriots of the Earth, Bedford Art Gallery, Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
Books in Form, Ormond Museum, Ormond Beach, FL (traveled)
December 20, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Light Interpretations: A Hanukah Menorah Invitational, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
The Project Box for A Vital Matrix, E-Space, Santa Monica, CA. Curated by Jane Hart

1994
sawtelle, domestic setting, Los Angeles, CA
Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Art, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

1993
Dark Star: Painting the Color of Television Tuned to a Dead Channel, Terrain, San Francisco, CA
The Project Box, domestic setting, Los Angeles, CA
Just a White Show, 1529 Wellesley, Los Angeles, CA
Shaped Structures: Bookworks in Form, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA
citycircus, a collaborative project for “holyrolyover". John Cage Retrospective, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA

1992
Recent Acquisitions, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara
Dreams and Shields: Spiritual Dimensions in Contemporary Art, UMOCA, Salt Lake City, UT
Centro Arte di Milano, Milan, Italy
A.K. Space, Kassel, Germany
Recent Acquisitions, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA

1991
Art/>Life, P3 Alternative Museum, Tokyo, Japan, traveled to Le Parc Sendai, Sendai City, Japan
Omnia Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, The Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Peter Wright.
The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Salle du Vieux-Colombier de la Marie, Paris, France
Boundless Vision, San Antonio Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas (traveled)

1990
Systems, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
A.M.D.G., Terrain, San Francisco, CA
Crosscurrents: Bookworks from the Edge of the Pacific, College of Creative Studies Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara. Traveled to California State University, Hayward, Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Fl
The River Pierce: Sacrifice II, 13-4-90, a collaborative action at the Rio Grande River near St. Ignacio, Texas. Organized by Michael Tracey.

1989
Competition Diomede, MOMA/The Clocktower Gallery, New York, P.S. 1, New York. Traveled to Seattle Tower Art Gallery, Seattle, WA, Society of Soviet Architects, Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia, National Art Gallery of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk, Academy of the Arts, Kashkent, Takijistan, Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Montreal, Canada.

1988
Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA

1987
Rigor, John Good Gallery, New York. Curated by Stephen Westfall.
Craig Cornelius Gallery, New York
Piezo Electric, Venice, CA
Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
People, Places and Things, Gwydion Gallery, La Jolla, CA

1986
Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
James Risser Gallery, Pasadena, CA

1985
Recent Acquisitions, Franklin Furnace, New York
To the Astonishing Horizon: New Approaches to Landscape in Southern California, Los Angeles Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
WOLF IS DEAD: Performances and Videotapes of Wolfgang Stoerchle, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum,
Santa Barbara, CA. Performances re-constructed by Richard Dunlap, Sam Erenberg, Daniel Lentz

1984
The Day the Earth Stood Still, Artwatch, project sponsored by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
California Book Art: The Last Five Years, Otis Gallery, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA

1983
Of This Time, Of That Place, Open Space Gallery, Victoria, B.C., Canada
The Black on Black Show, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA

1982
The Death of Fred Hendricks, Four Story Performance, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA
Group Show, Modernism, San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles Urban Renewal: 1982-1965, The American Dream: Mediated, LACE, Los Angeles

1981
Space and Light, Lonny Gans & Associates, Venice, CA
Ruth S. Schaffner Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

1980
Selections from the Ruth S. Schaffner Gallery, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA

1979
California in Chicago, West Hubbard Gallery, Chicago, IL
Richard Dunlap, Sam Erenberg, Wolfgang Stoerchle, Performance, Wright State University, Dayton, OH

1978
The Collective, Lonny Gans & Associates, Los Angeles, CA
Sam Erenberg and Karl Petrunak, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA

1977
Difficult Decisions, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH; Tweed Museum, Duluth, MN
Artworks and Bookworks, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art; Artist’s Space, New York; Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN; New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA; Center for Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Australia

1976
Proposals and Documents, Center Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA>

1975
Er-Ro-By, (James Lee Byars, Sam Erenberg, Vincent Robbins,), Installation, Gerard John Hayes Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Three for Icarus, Performance, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Ellie Blankfort Gallery, Los Angeles, CA


Filmography

Elysian Park I, 8MM, silent (4:08), 1967
Elysian Park II, 8MM, silent, (4:07), 1967
The Castle, 1967 (Lost Film), 1967
Marker, Super 8, silent (3:11), 1967
Score, 8MM, silent (4:06), 1967
Time, Super 8, sound (11:02), 1968
Willys, Super 8, silent (5:23), 1969
The Last Statement of Painting I, Super 8, silent (9:03), 1970
The Last Statement of Painting II, Super 8, silent (4:04), 1970
The Silence, Super 8, silent (5:23), 1970
Nivea Milk, Super 8, silent (6:03), 1972
Trajectory, Super 8, silent (4:09), 1977
The Complete Works of Roland Barthes, Hi-8, sound (60:00) 1999
Pedernal, Hi-8, silent (33:34), 1999

Complete Filmography: WORD / PDF

Artist's Books

The Book of Lies III, ed. 80, edited by Eugenia Butler, 2003
L A 3 D, ink jet book, 7x7.5in., 14 pg., 2000, 4 exhibition copies only (collaboration with Wendy Furman)
Seven Abstract Paintings: 1986-1996, 1996, offset, 6x6 1/2 in., ed. 500
The Project Box, curated by Jane Hart
The Spirit Tower, 1989, letterpress, screen-printing and four photoengraved illustrations, 8x192 in. (fold-out), ed. 30
The Killing of Nettie Love, Mudborn Press, Santa Barbara, CA, 1983, letterpress, 6 1/2x5 1/2 in., 24 pg. ed. 100, 1983
Art History, 1975, xerox, 5 1/2x4 1/2 in., 29 pg., ed. 25

Selected Performances

1985
WOLF IS DEAD: Performances and Videotapes of Wolfgang Stoerchle, Santa Babrara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
1982
The Death of Fred Hendricks, Four Story Performance, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA, Performed by Robin Bush, Sam Erenberg, Dorothy Monahan, Robert Vance

1979
Richard Dunlap, Sam Erenberg, Wolfgang Stoerchle, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Richard Dunlap, Sam Erenberg, Wolfgang Stoerchle, Wright State Universty, Dayton, OH

1978
Music in Parallel and Contrary Motion, The Daniel Lentz Ensemble, Lobero Theater, Santa Barbara, CA
Created visual components for Lentz’s North American Eclipse.

1975
ER-RO-BY, Gerard John Hayes Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Inner-Worls Arrangement, Three for Icarus, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, Performed by The Daniel Lentz Ensemble
Four Questions, California State University, Chico, Performed by Wayne Buckley, Arlene Dunlap, Richard Dunlap, Sam Erenberg

Public Collections

Art, Design and Architecture Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara
Gail and Barry Berkus Family Collection, County of Santa Barbara, CA
Grunwald Center for Graphic Arts, UCLA Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Museum of Fine Arts, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum, Utah State University, Logan, UT
Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
The Phyllis and Ross Escalette Permanent Collection of Art, Chapman University, Orange, CA
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
Santa Barbara County Arts Commission Collection, Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Skirball Cultural Center Museum, Los Angeles, CA
University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA
University of California Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
Frederick R. Weisman Museum, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA

Archives and Special Collections

Akademie für Sozialarbeit des Trägervereins Vorarlberg, Bregenz, Austria
Allen Library, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Amherst College Art Library, Amherst, MA
Anthenaeum, San Diego, CA
Archiv Anonymer Zeichnungen, Berlin, Germany
Art Metropole Collection, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Beverly Hills Public Library Artists’ Book Collection, Beverly Hills, CA
Biblioteca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt
Brown University Library, Providence, RI
Bruce Peel Library, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Center for Art + Environment, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno NV
Center for Jewish History, New York, NY
Cerritos Library, Cerritos College, CA
Circle Bookartis, Vilnius, Lithuania
Copley Library, San Diego, CA
Doheny Library, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Paul D. Fleck Library and Archives, Banff Centre, Canada
Franklin Furnace Archive, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA (Sam Erenberg Papers, 1965-2012)
Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Hugh M. Morris Library, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art Library, Sarasota, FL
The Library of Congress Washington, D.C.
Lucy Lippard Collection, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
MAMCO, Musée d ’art contemporain de Genève, Switzerland
Merrill Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Merrill-Crazier Library, Utah State University, Logan, UT
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
The New York Public Library, New York, NY
Artists’ Book Collection, Art Library, Oberlin College, OH
Occidental College Art Library, Los Angeles, CA
Otis Art Institute Collection of Artists’ Books, Los Angeles, CA
Robert E. Kennedy Library, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA
Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, Miami, FL
Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
Scripps College Art Library, Claremont, CA
Smithsonian Library, Washington, D.C.
State University of New York, Purchase, NY
University of California, Berkeley Art Library, Berkeley, CA
University of California Special Collections, Santa Barbara, CA
University of Iowa Art Library, Iowa City, IA
Van Het Boek, Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum, The Hague, Holland
Virginia Commonwealth University Art Library, Richmond, VA
Wexford Arts Centre Artists’ Book Collection, Wexford, Ireland
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Yale University Art Library, New Haven, CT
Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Zona Archives, Florence, Italy

Corporate Collections

Bank of America/ Security Pacific Bank Collection, San Francisco, CA
Banner Estrella Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
Fuji Paper Mills Cooperative, Tokushima, Japan
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority, Los Angeles, CA
Standard Oil Corporation and Trust, Chicago, IL
UCLA Hospital and Clinics, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Bibliography

Aberham, Veronica, Studio interview, www.studio-online.com.
http://www.studiovideos.net/gallery/11/february/video/samerenbergvideo.html
Adams, Lisa. Chain Letter: A Group Exhibition Featuring Sixteen Hundred Artists, Fact or Fiction, www.huffingtonpost.com, July 31, 2011
Albertini, Rosanna, mementos, Albertini 2014 The Kite, https://albertini2014.wordpress.com/2014/11/09/mementos/
----------, mementos 2, Albertini 2015 The Kite, https://albertini2014.wordpress.com/2015/01/18/mementos-2/
Artwords and Bookworks, Artnews, pg. 144, May, 1978
Baigell, Matthew, Contemporary Jewish American Art: A Short Review, Art Criticism, Vol. 24, No. 2, SUNY Stonybrook, NY, 2009
Ballatore, Sandy, “Los Angeles”, review of exhibition at Ellie Blamnkfort Gallery, Los Angeles, Artweek, October 15, 1975.
Barden, Lane, Then Things Got Out of Control, Artweek, Nov. 19, 1992
Barnett, Margaret, review of exhibition at Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum Newsletter, pg. 4, March 1984
Basciano, Hugo, EVA International), ArtReview, Summer 2016
Benson, Shiela, Book Art Turns Over a New Leaf, The Los Angeles Times, Nov. 12, 1991
Betsky, Aaron, Adding Up: Artful and Art-Filled New Spaces for Working at Home, The Los Angeles Times, Aug 3, 1997
Branch Mark Allen, Competition Diomede, USA, USSR, Highbeam Business, July 1, 1989
Brunazzi, Elizabeth, Portrait of the Collector as a Swiss Banker, Frigate: The Transverse Review of Books, 2000-2002.
(www.frigatezine.com)
Bugmann, Urs, Als die neue Kunst noch jung war, Luzerner Zeitung, 11 Aug., 2013
Chattopadhyay, Collette, A Conversation with Sam Erenberg, Artweek, Dec. 1, 1994
Chafin, Jane, L.A. Rising, www.huffingtonpost.com, February 10, 2011
Cheh, Carol, Chain Letter at Shoshana Wayne Gallery: Artmaggedon, L.A. Weekly, July 25, 2011
Clarke, Chris, eva International: Still (the) Barbarians, Art Monthly, Jul-Aug 2016
Converse, Elizabeth, Sam Erenberg at the University of Judaism, Artweek, Dec. 1,
Curtis, Cathy, Never Judge a Book by its Cover--If it has one, The Los Angeles Times, Dec. 23, 1987
Dambrot, Shana Nys, Driven to Abstraction, Lifescapes, September 2006
----------, Sam Erenberg: Geography of the Imagination, February 11, 2014. HUFFPOST ARTS & CULTURE
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shana-nys-dambrot/sam-erenberg-geography-of_b_4768301.html
----------, Ojai Turns on the Water Works, Huffpost Arts & Culture. July 21, 2014. HUFFPOST ARTS & CULTURE
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shana-nys-dambrot/ojai-turns-on-the-water-w_b_5600967.html
Danieli, Fidel, The Black on Black Show, Images & Issues, Nov-Dec, 1983
Dargis, Manhola, Laboring in the Shadow of Hollywood, The New York Times, Nov. 4, 2011
Enholm, Molly, Behind the Scenes: Lyn Keinholz, Art Ltd., September 2011
Escobar, Allyson, Binding Desire: Unfolding Artists’ Books, KCET Artbound, March 21, 2014.
Farley, Laine, Public Books: Art and Bacon in the Library, www.bibliobuffet.com, Aug. 23, 2009
Fisher, Barbara, Eco Nation: Patriots of the Earth at Bedford Gallery, Artweek, May, 1995
Fishkoff, Sue, Coming to America: Succot-and Judaism-L.A. Style, The Jerusalem Post, Oct. 17, 1997
Frank, Peter, Bookworks keeps focus on forms, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Sept. 15, 1993
----------, Los Angeles Painting in the 1970’s, Art Ltd., Sept.-Oct., 2011
----------. Pick of the Week, L.A. Weekly, Feb. 7, 1990
----------. Still Waters and Restless Currents, Pick of the Week, L.A. Weekly, Aug. 1, 2007
----------. Art Pick of the Week, L.A. Weekly, Jan. 6, 2005
Friedman, Terri, Veered Science/A Vital Matrix, Zing Magazine, Autumn 1995
Fujimoto, Ryoki, HAIKU REVIEW: STILL (THE) BARBARIANS, http://showerofkunst.com/sok/2016/05/03/haiku-review-still-the-barbarians/
Fuller, Martin, Artists at Work, House Beautiful, April, 1999
Gilbert, Barbara, Citycircus Project, John Cage Retrospective, MOCA, Los Angeles and Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, Winter, 1994
Goddard, Dan R., Boundless Vision, San Antonio Express-News, Sept. 15, 1991
Goldman, Edward, The Road to Art Hell is Paved with Good Intentions, KCRW.com, August 2, 2011
Goldman, Leah, People, Places and Things at the Gwydion Gallery, The Los Angeles Times, July 31, 1987
Hamlin Jesse, Menorahs Light Up Museum, The San Francisco Examiner, Nov. 19, 1995
Hemmerdinger, William J., The Actual Symposium, Images & Issues Magazine, Fall, 1981
Hoffberg, Judith, The Killing of Nettie Love, Umbrella Magazine, pg. 152, Nov. 1983
----------. Sam Erenberg, Artscene, Dec. 2000
Hofmann-Sewera, Kathi, Grand daddy Dada grubt, Kleine Zeitung, Graz, Austria, September 17, 1997
Hugo, Joan, Sacred Shelter-Harvest Home, Artweek, Dec. 15, 1985
Hyman, Adam, Oral History, Alternative Projections: Experimental Film in Los Angeles: 1945-1980
http://alternativeprojections.com/oral-histories/sam-erenberg/. March 28, 2010
Jaffee, Robert David, Sukkot Becomes “Artful Dwellings” in Holiday Exhibit, Jewish Journal, Sept. 28, 2007
James, David E., Lens on Los Angeles: David E. James on Alternative Cinema and Video in L.A. Artforum, May 2012
Kapitanoff, Nancy, Linked with Nature, The Los Angeles Times, Dec. 8, 1994
Kelley, Jeff, California Books Works, review, Artforum, Summer 1984
Kimmelman, Michael, Competition Diomede, The Clocktower, The New York Times, June 23, 1989
Knight, Christopher, Eleven Artists take on the Media, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, June 27, 1982
-----------, Chain Letter at Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles Times, August 4, 2011
Krajniak, Paul, Six California Artists, New Art Examiner, May 15, 1979
Leahy, Mark, Still (the) Barbarians: EVA International 2016, http://www.a-n.co.uk/reviews/still-the-barbarians-eva-international-2016
Lee, Chris, L.A. Subculture, L.A.Tmes.com, March 29, 2007.
Maclay, Catherine, 125 Ways to Look at a Menorah, San Jose Mercury-News, Nov. 17, 1995
Margolis, Janet, The Book as Concept, Artweek, Jan. 9, 1988
Matthiesen, Hanne, The Wonders of Travelling with Book Art, The Blue Notebook: Journal for Artists’ Books, Vol. 6, No. 1, University of the West of England, Bristol, U.K., 2011
McEntire, Frank, Dreams and Shields, Catalyst Magazine, Feb. 1992
McKenna, Christine, Systems at L.A. Muni, The Los Angeles Times, Feb. 7, 1990
Michel, Nicolas, Visual Arts: Still (the) Barbarians” Koyo Kouoh Biennial Ireland, Jeune Afrique, Paris, May 10, 2016.
Mizota, Sharon, Driven to Abstraction, ARTnews, Dec., 2006
-----------, Spiritual Lies, Art on Paper, July/Aug., 2008
Moran, Lois, A Feast of Lights, American Craft, Feb-March, 1996
Muchnic, Suzanne, review of exhibition at Byron Weber Gallery, The Los Angeles Times, Nov. 26, 1981
------------. review of Stella Polaris exhibition, The Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1985
------------. Landscape: the Bus Stops Here, The Los Angeles Times, Jan. 26, 1985
Neue Zeit, Graz, Austria, 14 September 1997
Niegelhell, Franz Von, alltagsmaterialien und “Neo-Surrealismus”, Neue Zeit, 14 September, 1997, Graz, Austria
Nieto, Margarita, Sam Erenberg: Small Works and Short Films, @Space Contemporary, Santa Ana, CA. Artscene, October, 2008.
No Byline, Bosnian Refugees Create Beauty from Chaos, The Los Angeles Times, Sept. 20, 1997 (Reprinted from Associated Press)
Oehen, Berta, Sammler und Vermittler aus Leidenschaft, Neunzehnundertsiebzig, 11 August 2013
Pagel, David, A Vital Matrix, The Los Angeles Times, Aug. 10, 1995
Pfefferman, Naomi, Skirball’s ‘Temporary Quarters’, The Jewish Journal, Los Angeles, Sept. 11, 1997
Pincus, Robert L., Bookworks Exhibit at Otis-Parsons, The Los Angeles Times, Jan. 6, 1984
------------. Politics Playing in the Art Arena, The Los Angeles Times, June 27, 1982
Rapko, John, “Out West: SO CALled Books” at the San Francisco Center for the Book, Artweek, Dec. 1999
Raus, Charles, Jewish Artists: On the Edge at the Yeshiva University Museum, Artnews, April 2002
U.S. Recent Projects, Public Art Review, Spring/Summer 2007, VOL. 18 No. 2, Issue 36, pg. 90
Reichart, Meiki, Vertraute Objektkunst, Die Steirische Wochenpost, Graz, Austria, 18 September 1997
Rich, Steven, “Six California Artists”, at West Hubbard Gallery, Chicago. Art Examiner, May 15, 1979.
Schaber, Caleb, Journeys to Freedom: Exodus and Israel, The Daily, U. of Washington, May 7, 1998.
Schemmerling, Carol, The Actual Symposium, The Los Angeles Times, July 15, 1981
Schemmerling, Carol and Selz, Peter, Actual Symposium, Arts Magazine, Sept., 1981 (Continued)
Simoinson, Lily, Curators Gone Wild: Chain Letter at Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Art 21: Blog, July 28, 2011
Spaid, Sue, Shelter: Artists Create for the Sukkah, Brandis-Bardin Institute, Los Angeles and Temporary Quarters: Artists Build for Shelter and Celebration, Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles. Art Papers, March-April 1998.
Sprinkel, Steven, What Defines the Universe, Santa Barbara News & Review, March 15, 1984
Stone, Amy, Artists Framed: “Too Jewish” or “Not Jewish Enough”, Jewish Culture News, Fall 2004
Van Proyan, Mark, “Fin de Siecle’ at Terrain, Artweek, Pg. 15, March, 1999
Van Velson, Vincent, Was The EVA International, Ireland’s Biennial, a Failure? 08/07/16.
http://africanah.org/was-the-eva-international-irelands-biennial-a-failure
Wagley, Catherine, Artsy Things to Do, L.A. Weekly, September 13, 2012
Walker, Alissa, How Do You Capture the San Fernando Valley Through Art?, L.A. Weekly Blogs, Nov. 6, 2012
Woodard, Josef, Housing Heritage, The Los Angeles Times, Nov. 17, 1997
Wilson, William, Exploring Cultural Implications of Shelter, The Los Angeles Times, Sept. 20, 1997
-----------Skirball: Virtues of “Blessings” Shines Over Problems, The Los Angeles Times, Oct. 9, 1996
Wright, David, A.M.D.G. at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, Artweek, May 16, 1991
Wright, Peter, Curator, A.M.D.G. at Terrain, San Francisco, interview, NPR, June 2, 1990
Trowbridge, David, A Dialogue, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum Newsletter, March 1984
Zoeckler, L.K., Books that Artists Make, Artweek, Feb. 4, 1984

Publications

Still (the) Barbarians, EVA International, Ireland’s Biennial. Limerick City, Ireland. 16 April-17 July 2016. Essay by Koyo Kouoh.
David E. James and Adam Hyman, editors. Alternative Projections: Experimental Film in Los Angeles, 1945-1980, John Libbey Publishing Ltd, U.K., 2015
Michael Fallon, Creating the Future: Art in Los Angeles in the 1970’s, Counterpoint Press, 2014
Damon Willick, Valley Vista: Art in the San Fernando Valley, ca. 1970-1990, with contributions by Mike Mandel, Robert Pavlik, Mark Van Proyen, Jeffrey Vallance, and Benjamin Weissman. Art Gallery, California State Univesity, Northridge, 2014.
Water Works, Porch Gallery, Ojai, CA, with Essays by Shana Nys Dambrot, Peter Frank and John Seed, July 5-Aug. 17, 2014.
The Next Starts Now: Civic Artists Pre-Qualified List 2014-16, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, 2014
Meg Linton and Sue Mayberry, editors. Binding Desire: Unfolding Artists’ Books. Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, Essay by Kathleen Walkup, Jan. 25-March 30, 2014.
Larry Hurst, Sam Erenberg: AWA, College of the Canyons Art Gallery, Santa Claita, CA. Essay by Shana Nys Dambrot, 2014
Tutti frutti molto bene, Michael Buthe—Toni Gerber: Briefe. Zur Schenkung Toni Gerber im Kunstmuseum Luzern, Maniac Press, Luzern, Switzerland, 2013
Anke Becker, Anonyme Zeichner 2013. Berlin, Germany.
Rosanna Albertini, White Owls: Artists I Found in Los Angeles, 1994-2011, Oreste & Co., Publishers, Los Angeles, 2011.
Mary Platt, The Chapman University Collections, edited by, Chapman University Press, Orange, CA, 2011
A Gathering of Sparks: Jewish Artists Initiative, 2004-2011, Essays by Ruth Weisberg, Victor Raphael and Donna Stein, 2011.
Lyn Keinholz, L.A. Rising: SoCal Artists Before 1980, L.A. International Art Foundation, Los Angeles, 2010
COLA 2010: Individual Artist Fellowships, Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles, 2010.
Victor Raphael, Show and Tell: the Art of Language, The Zimmer Childen’s Museum, Los Angeles.
Bruria Finkel, Emphasis Santa Monica, Peter and Susan Barrett Art Gallery, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA August 20-October 18, 2008
Matthew Biagell, Jewish Art in America: an introduction, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, New York, NY, 2007
The Biblioteca Alexandrina Second International Biennale for the Artist’s Book, Alexandria, Egypt, 2006
Peter Frank, Driven to Abstraction: Southern California and the Non-Objective World, 1950-1980, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA, 2006.
The Barry Berkus and Family Collection, in Memeory of Gail Berkus, essay by Josef Woodard, Santa Barbara County Arts Commission, 2006.
Fourth International Artists’ Book Exhibition, essay by Buzz Spector. Szekesfehervar, Hungary, 2006.
Sam Erenberg: The Ash Paintings, catalog for exhibition, Caig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, Nov. 27, 2004-Jan. 8, 2005. Essay by Frances Colpitt.
Nzingha Clarke and Matt Herlihy, Sweet Fancy Moses, Book II, Literary License, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, 2005
Melba Levick and Kathleen Riquelme, The Studio Book, Universe Publishing, New York, NY, 2003.
Adrian Darmon, Autour De L’Art Juif: Peintres, Sculpteurs et Photographes, Editions Carnot, Paris, 2003.
Chouinard: A Living Legacy, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA, July 2-August 26, 2001. Essays by Peter Clothier, Robert Perine, James Aitchinson, Nob Hadeishi, 2000
Rémy Zaugg, Portrait d’un ami, Jean-Paul Jungo, Museédes Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland, July 7-Oct. 1, 2000.
Ori Z. Oltes, Jewish Artists on the Edge, The Marion Center, College of Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2000.
Frank McEntire, Sam Erenberg & Ray Jonas, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum, Logan, Utah, November 8-December 17, 2000.
Martha Hellion, Libros de Artista, Instituto de Artes Grafica de Oaxaca, Sept-Nov 1998. Biblioteca de Mexico, March- June 1999.
Books: Diversity in Artists’ Books from Southern California, San Francisco Center for the Book, 17 September through 19 November 1999.
The Complete Works of Roland Barthes, an installation by Sam Erenberg. Sandroni Rey Gallery, Venice, CA, June 12-July 10, 1999, Essay by Rosanna Albertini.
California Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowship Recipients, Essay by Lorraine, Garcia-Nakata, 1999
Berman, Nancy, Blessings and Beginnings, Skirball Cultural Center Museum, Oct. 7, 1996 to Feb. 2, 1997
Aaron Betsky and William J. Mitchell, Koning Eizenberg: Buildings and Projects, , Rizzoli, New York, 1996.
die sammlung toni gerber im kunstmuseum bern, 26. Juni 18-August 1996, Bern, Switzerland.
Pushing the Envelope, Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, Nevada, 25 July to 05 Sept., 1996
Mall, Susan, Light Interpretations: A Hanukah Menorah Invitational, The Contemporary Jewish Museum,
San Francisco, CA, Nov. 12-Dec. 25, 1995.
Hart, Jane, A Vital Matrix, essay by Tobi Crockett, domestic setting, Los Angeles, Aug. 16-Sept. 16, 1995
Lederer, Carrie, Eco-Nation: Patriots of the Earth, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, March 28-May 21, 1995
McGarry, Andi, First Wexford Artists’ Book Festival, Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland, May 15- June 3, 1995
Raphael, Victor, Fragments and Notations: Recent Work by Deanne Belinoff and Sam Erenberg, Platt Gallery, University of
Judaism, Los Angeles, Nov. 13-Dec. 30, 1994
Long, Mary Ellen, The Book Unbound, Ormond Museum, Ormond Beach, FL, April 15- May 29, 1994
Hoffberg, Judith, Shaped Structures: Bookworks in Form, Palos Verdes Art Center, CA, Aug. 6-Oct. 9, 1993
The River Pierce: Sacrifice II, 13.4.90, Texts by Joan Christophel and Edward Leffingwell. Published by the River Pierce Foundation and distributed by Rice University Press, Houston, TX, 1992
McEntire, Frank, Dreams and Shields: Spiritual Dimensions in Contemporary Art, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 8-March 28, 1992
Typographie du Livre, salle du Vieux-Columbier de la Marie, Paris, France, 17 Janvier au 15 Fevrier, 1992
Bartkowiak, Heinz Stefan, Compendium of Artists’ Books, Hamburg, Germany, 1991
Hoffberg, Judith, Crosscurrents: Bookworks from the Edge of the Pacific, College of Creative Studies Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara. Essays by Harry Reese, Buzz Spector,13 Nov.-21 Dec., 1990
Leffingwell, Edward T., Systems, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Jan. 21-March 4, 1990
Doll, Nancy, Currents: Installations by Four Artists, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Aug. 19-Oct. 15, 1989
Miller, Tressa, The Security Pacific Bank Collection, Los Angeles, 1987
LACE: Ten Years Documented, Los Angeles, CA. Essays by Nancy Drew, Karen Moss, William Olander, Renny Pritikin, 1986
Wilson, Martha, Franklin Furnace Archive Collection, MoMA, New York, 1986
Gilbert, Barbara, tabernacle, Hebrew Union College Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, essay by B. Gilbert and introduction by Nancy Berman, 1985
Frank, Peter, To the Astonishing Horizon: New Approaches to Landscape in Southern California, Los Angeles Design Center, Jan. 21-Feb. 15, 1985
Parkin, Jeanne, A Brush with Contemporary Art, MCA Chicago: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Vol. I. 1984.
Hugo, Joan. California Book Art: The Last Five Years, Otis Gallery, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, 1984
Catalogues des Oeuvres, Au Centre Cultural des Premon Tres, Pont-A-Mousson, Lorrain, France, 1984
Niels Lomholt, Book Art, 1:1. Havidovre Kunstbibliotek. Traveled to Galleri 25, Haderslev, Lyngby Bibliotek, Gladsaxe Bibliotek.
Organized by Lomulhat Formula Press, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1983
Mills, Paul C., The Black on Black Show, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, CA, 1983
Bijvoet, Marga and Bonner, Kathy, The American Dream: Mediated, LACE, Los Angeles, June 9-July 9, 1982
Bless, Nancy and Jones, Michael, Difficult Decisions, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH, 1978
Judith Hoffberg and Joan Hugo, Artwords and Bookworks, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, 1978

Written Reviews

Wayne Buckley, The LAICA Journal, No. 3, Dec., 1974
Interview with Susan Kaiser Vogel, CAF Newsletter, Spring 1981, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, CA
Martin Kippenberger at MOCA, The Magazine L.A., March 2009
The Ballad that Becomes An Anthem at Acme Gallery, Los Angeles. The Magazine L.A., May, 2009

Selected Boards and Panels

2013
Selection Panel, Lightbox Project, Metro Los Angeles
2008-10
Public Art Committee, City of Santa Monica, CA
1998
Medical Arts Committee, UCLA Hospital and Clinics, Los Angeles, CA
1979-81
Board of Directors, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
1980
Board of Directors, WAVES, Music of the Present Day, Santa Barbara, CA


Selected Teaching, Visiting Artist Positions, Lectures , Organized Exhibitions

2014
Gallery talk with Shana Nys Dambrot, College of the Canyons Art Gallery, Santa Clarita, CA
2012
Tricky Poses and Taxing Conditions: Performance and Media, Panel Discussion, Los Angeles Filmforum, Egyptian Theater, Los Angeles, CA
Moving Pictures: Painting, Photography, Film, Panel Discussion, Los Angeles Filmforum, Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Panel Discussion, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
2006
Lecture, Awagami Paper Cooperative, Tokushima, Japan
2005
Jewish Artists: Complex Identities, Panel Discussion, Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles, CA
2004
Too Jewish, Not Jewish Enough, Moderator, Panel Discussion, The Jewish Federation of Los Angeles.Panelists: Nancy Berman, Director Emirtus, Skirball Museum, Los Angeles; Eva Forgacs, Adjunct Professor, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA; Connie Wolff, Director, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
2003
Lecture, Graduate Seminar, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York, NY
Panel Discussion, Contemporary Arts Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
Project Harmony, IATP Center, St. Petersburg, Russia
2000
Lecture, Utah State University, Logan, UT
Six Degrees: Art in the Libraries, Co-curated with Karen Atkinson and Judith A. Hoffberg
1997
118W/34N: Eighteen Los Angeles Artists, Galerien Minoriten, Graz, Austria
1994
Towards a Greater Realm: A Southern California Collaborative Exposition on Spirituality, Myth and the Inner Journey, American Jewish University, Los Angeles, CA
1992
Lecture, Dreams and Shields: Spiritual Dimensions in Contemporary Art, Utah Center for Contemporary Art and Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
1989
Lecture, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
1984
Lecture, SUNY Purchase, Westchester, New York
Lecture, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
Lecture, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
1982
Lecture, C.W. Post College, Greenvale, NY
1981
The Actual Symposium: Change and Persistence in Creativity and Culture. (Organized panel discussions and moderator.) Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA
1978-79
Visiting Artist, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1977-78
Instructor, Oxnard Community College, Oxnard, CA

Archival material, 1 folder. The folder may include clippings, announcements, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral items.