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 1960s 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. The exhibition is punctuated by a new site-specific painting by Sarah Cain in The Avenue of the Arts Gallery.

Artists on view:
Polly Apfelbaum, Sarah Cain, Lynn Hershman Leeson and Eleanor Coppola, Tony Feher, Samara Golden, Jack Goldstein, Philip Guston, Barbara Hammer, Luchita Hurtado, Chantal Joffe, Sarah Jones, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Shannon Cartier Lucy, Colette Lumiere, Rodney McMillian, Marilyn Minter, Zanele Muholi, Rosa Navarro, Shirin Neshat, Louise Nevelson, Catherine Opie, Kristin Oppenheim, Martha Rosler, Amanda Ross-Ho, Peter Shelton, Lorna Simpson, Ed Templeton, Robert Therrien, Fred Tomaselli, Mary Weatherford, Carrie Mae Weems, Nicole Wermers

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.

The exhibition is made possible by Lead Sponsor Bank of America