OCMA (Orange County Museum of Art)

13 Women marks the museum’s 60th anniversary, paying homage to the thirteen women who founded the Balboa Pavilion Gallery, the earliest iteration of OCMA, which opened in 1962. On view in The Muzzy Family Special Exhibitions Pavilion, 13 Women is curated by Heidi Zuckerman and presented with multiple rotations over the course of almost a full year. The exhibition presents work from the 1950s to the present by artists central to the museum’s collection. Each rotation is centered on the work of a group of pioneering female artists, each of whom share the visionary qualities of the museum’s founders.

Artists on view:

Josef Albers, Larry Bell, Nayland Blake, Andrea Bowers, Judy Chicago, Tony Feher, Peter Fischli, Helen Frankenthaler, Viola Frey, Samara Golden, Alexandra Grant, Philip Guston, Chantal Joffe, Lee Krasner, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Sol Lewitt, Shannon Cartier Lucy, John McCracken, Robert Nava, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, Mindy Shapero, Fred Tomaselli

13 Women is organized by Heidi Zuckerman, CEO and Director, with Ziying Duan, Assistant Curator, Amanda Seadler, Collections and Exhibitions Director, and with support from the entire OCMA staff.