Renée Petropoulos, From Canada to Mexico, 11/20, 2011

Renée Petropoulos (b. 1954)
From Canada to Mexico, 2011
Limited Edition
Archival inkjet print
16 x 20 in | 40.6 x 50.8 cm
Edition 11 of 20
Signed with pencil on verso at bottom left and numbered at bottom right
Hand-signed by Artist | Unframed

Renée Petropoulos is an American contemporary artist and educator. She lives in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Petropoulos was born in 1954 in Los Angeles, California, to immigrant parents from Greece and Germany. She received a B.A. degree in art history in 1974 and then an M.A. degree in photography and video in 1977 from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Petropoulos is a professor at Otis College of Art and Design in the graduate fine arts, graduate public practice, and graduate graphic design departments. Petropoulos has made public artwork in Los Angeles and elsewhere. Among her public art commissions are a large painted ceiling at the downtown Los Angeles Public Library, a series of sculptures in Culver City, a collaborative project for the Municipal Services Building in downtown Philadelphia, and medallions for the guideway Douglas St/Rosecrans Ave. station of the Metro Green Line in El Segundo, California.

The Venice Family Clinic Art Within Reach Editions were organized by artist Kim Schoenstadt and printed by Arris Editions in 2011. All proceeds benefit the Venice Family Clinic Foundation.