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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Trip-wire Inez Storer: Paintings, Assemblage and Mixed Media Collage April 25, 2019 – June 7, 2019 Artist’s Reception Saturday, May 11 from 4 to 7 pm. Avenue 12 Gallery is proud to present: Trip-wire Inez Storer: Paintings, Assemblage and Mixed Media Collage. The artwork of Inez Storer invites the viewer in through inventive and colorful combinations of imagery with layers of richly textured paint and mixed media. The underlying stories are infused with personal experiences that are still relevant to the times in which we live. These allegorical messages are at once playful and profound. Inez Storer was born in Santa Monica, California and received her M.A. from San Francisco State University. Storer's work has been exhibited in solo exhibitions consistently in the United States at institutions including the Reno Museum of Art, the San the San Jose Museum of Art, the Monterey Museum of Art, the Fresno Art Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the Missoula Museum of Art, Montana, The National Museum of Jewish History, Philadelphia and The Contemporary Jewish Museum of San Francisco. Storer taught for many years at the San Francisco Art Institute, and before that Sonoma State University, San Francisco State University, and the College of Marin. She has received numerous grants and awards, including a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant in 1999, and has worked twice as a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome (1997, 1996). Her work is included in the permanent collections of the de Young Museum (San Francisco), the Oakland Museum of California, the Lannan Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, the San Jose Museum of Art, and the de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University. Storer lives in Inverness, California and maintains a studio in Point Reyes. Contact: Vince Meyer [email protected] (415) 750-9955 or Rachel Murray Meyer [email protected] About the Gallery Avenue 12 Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in San Francisco with a focus on artwork by emerging and established Bay Area artists. ### Avenue 12 Gallery 1101 Lake Street, San Francisco CA 94118 Tel (415) 750-9955 @avenue12gallery https://avenue12gallery.com Inez Storer Humpty 2019 Oil and Mixed Media on panel Inez Storer Revolution (Detail) 2018 Oil and Mixed Media on panel

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Trip-wireInezStorer:Paintings,AssemblageandMixedMediaCollageApril25,2019–June7,2019Artist’sReceptionSaturday,May11from4to7pm.Avenue12Galleryisproudtopresent:Trip-wireInezStorer:Paintings,AssemblageandMixedMediaCollage.TheartworkofInezStorerinvitestheviewerinthroughinventiveandcolorfulcombinationsofimagerywithlayersofrichlytexturedpaintandmixedmedia.Theunderlyingstoriesareinfusedwithpersonalexperiencesthatarestillrelevanttothetimesinwhichwelive.Theseallegoricalmessagesareatonceplayfulandprofound.InezStorerwasborninSantaMonica,CaliforniaandreceivedherM.A.fromSanFranciscoStateUniversity.Storer'sworkhasbeenexhibitedinsoloexhibitionsconsistentlyintheUnitedStatesatinstitutionsincludingtheRenoMuseumofArt,theSantheSanJoseMuseumofArt,theMontereyMuseumofArt,theFresnoArtMuseum,YerbaBuenaCenterfortheArts,theMissoulaMuseumofArt,Montana,TheNationalMuseumofJewishHistory,PhiladelphiaandTheContemporaryJewishMuseumofSanFrancisco.StorertaughtformanyyearsattheSanFranciscoArtInstitute,andbeforethatSonomaStateUniversity,SanFranciscoStateUniversity,andtheCollegeofMarin.Shehasreceivednumerousgrantsandawards,includingaPollock-KrasnerFoundationgrantin1999,andhasworkedtwiceasavisitingartistattheAmericanAcademyinRome(1997,1996).HerworkisincludedinthepermanentcollectionsofthedeYoungMuseum(SanFrancisco),theOaklandMuseumofCalifornia,theLannanMuseuminFortWorth,Texas,theSanJoseMuseumofArt,andthedeSaissetMuseumatSantaClaraUniversity.StorerlivesinInverness,CaliforniaandmaintainsastudioinPointReyes. Contact:[email protected](415)750-9955orRachelMurrayMeyerRachel.ave12gallery@icloud.comAbouttheGalleryAvenue12GalleryisacontemporaryartgalleryinSanFranciscowithafocusonartworkbyemergingandestablishedBayAreaartists.

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Inez Storer Humpty 2019 Oil and Mixed Media on panel

Inez Storer Revolution (Detail) 2018 Oil and Mixed Media on panel