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MO SHANNON 22807 Plummer Street Chatsworth California 91311 818.518.7613 Msmoshannon@Gmail.Com MO SHANNON 22807 Plummer Street Chatsworth California 91311 818.518.7613 [email protected] PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE MO SHANNON ARTS MANAGEMENT, November 1994 to Present A service of care management for private collectors, artists and museums. Services include complete documentation and condition surveys of fine works of art; coordinate art movement, courier services as needed, installation and storage improvements; facilitate loan requests, conservation needs, and evaluations, as necessary. Client list includes: Beth Swofford; Tim Burton; Joel Lubin and Marija Karan; Joan Borinstein; Scaramanga Bros., Inc.; HST Archives, LLC; Freedman Family Collection; Jerome Dahan; Devra Breslow; Fred Hoffman; Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Brooklyn Museum; Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University; Masterpiece International; Gagosian Gallery; The Museum of Modern Art; Palms Spring Art Museum; The Irvine Museum; Denver Art Museum; Albright-Knox Art Gallery; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Whitney Museum of American Art; The Huntington Library; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Princeton University Art Museum; Broad Art Foundation Contract Registrar Projects: The Art of Tim Burton, traveling International exhibition: Bruhl, Germany; Osaka and Tokyo; Prague. March 2014-2017 Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, April 3 – August 23, 2015 Chuck Close: Face Forward, FRWMA, Malibu, Jan 17-April 5, 2015 Bob Peak: The Movie Poster & Beyond, FRWMA, Malibu, May – August, 2014 Wayne Thiebaud: Works on Paper 1948-2004, FRWMA, Malibu, Jan-March, 2014 Jewels by Jar, Metropolitan Museum of Art, October, 2013 – April, 2014 (courier) Galen at the Galen, Palm Springs Art Museum, February 2014 Lichtenstein: Expressionism, Gagosian, Paris, July 1- Oct.12, 2013 (courier) Robert Therrien, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, July 3–Oct. 27, 2013 Keep Your Timber Limber (Works on Paper), ICA London, June 19-Sept. 8, 2013 Tim Burton, Museum of Modern Art, Nov. 2009 – April, 2010; traveling – 2013 (courier) Illustrating Modern Life: The Golden Age of American Illustration. FRWMA, Malibu, January-April, 2013 California Impressionism, The Irvine Museum (traveling exhibition) Aug. 2012 - 2014 The Epic & the Exotic: 19c Academic Realism from the Dahesh Museum of Art, FRWMA, Malibu, Jan-April, 2012 Selections from The Irvine Museum, Dec. 2009 – 2013 (traveling exhibition) Roy Lichtenstein: In Process, FRWMA, Malibu, Jan. – April, 2011 (courier) Whitney Museum of American Art: Biennale 2010 (Babette Mongolte), January 2010 Chinese Painting & Calligraphy from the Weng Collection, The Huntington Library, April – July 2009 Cezanne & Beyond, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Feb. 2009 (courier) Frank Gehry: On Line, Princeton University Art Museum, Oct, 2008-Feb. 2009 All Things Bright & Beautiful, The Irvine Museum (traveling exhibition) 2008-2010 Plant Portraits: The California Legacy of A.R.Valentine, The Irvine Museum (traveling exhibition) 2004-2009 THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, LOS ANGELES, 1985 - 1994 Chief Registrar (July 1993 - Nov 1994; Registrar (Jan 1985 - June 1993) Department Head entrusted with the care and protection of all works of art in MOCA's permanent collection and on loan for special exhibitions. Oversaw all activities of the Registrar's Department including organization of major domestic and international exhibitions for circulation; consulted and advised on exhibition schedules, budgets and contracts; developed and administered departmental budgets; negotiated museum fine art insurance; formulated departmental policies and procedures; created strategy and administered federal and private grants for conservation and collection maintenance; generated long- range conservation plans and collection management policies for the museum; coordinated with the curatorial department regarding the development and utilization of the permanent collection. PROFESSIONAL FORUM Panelist, Survival Strategies for Consultants, Western Museum Assoc. October, 2009 Panelist, Selection of Pre-Qualified Pool of Conservators, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, 2002 Membership Committee, Art Table, Inc., 1999-2000 Speaker, Association of Midwest Museums Conference, ‘Listening to Others: Peer Reviews’, 1999 Speaker, Los Angeles Preservation Network (LAPNET), ‘Exhibits, Loans & Preservation: Maintaining A Delicate Balance’ Topic: ‘The Purpose and Value of Facilities Reports’, 1995 Speaker, Annual Meeting of the American Association of Museums, ‘Packing and Transportation of Museum Objects’, 1992 EDUCATION: Attendee: ARCS Inaugural Conference, Chicago, Oct.31-Nov.3, 2013 “…A Conservator’s View to the Art of Condition Reporting”, LA, April, 2013; ‘International Registrars Symposium’, New Orleans, LA, May 2004; Course Participant, Natl Preservation Inst., ‘A Balancing Act: Management of the Historic House Museum and Its Collections’, May 2000; The Natl Park Service & The American Inst. for Conservation, ‘Museum Exhibit Lighting: Conservation, Design, Technology’, June 1997 Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1979 Sotheby's Works of Art Training Course, London, England, 1977-1978 MEMBERSHIPS: ARCS: Association of Registrars & Collection Specialists / Registrars Committee, AAM / American Alliance of Museums / Registrars Committee - Western Region / Western Association for Art Conservation (WAAC) / Art Table, Inc. / PACCIN (Preparation, Art Handling & Collections Care Information Network) .
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