| Born | 1945, Stockholm, Sweden. Resides in Santa Monica, CA. |
| EDUCATION | |
| 1967 | B.A., University of California, Los Angeles |
| AWARDS | |
| 1987 | NEA Fellowship Grant in Painting |
| 1982-1983 | “Public Announcements/Private Conversations,” Publication project of Women’s Graphic Center, NEA Grant for production of limited edition print, LA |
| Mural Competition Award, CHEER, Children’s Hospital Walls Competition, Los Angeles, Mural located in McAlister Building, Children’s Hospital, 5th floor. | |
| 1975 | Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Purchase Award, 23rd All City Art Festival. |
| SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2019 | “New Paintings," Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2017 | “Upside Down World," Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2015 | “On Reflections," Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2013 | “Astrid Preston, solo exhibition," S.C.A.P.E., Corona del Mar, CA |
| “New Territory," Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |
| 2012 | “Astrid Preston: Small Forest,” GRACIE & Project Room 1, Pop up show & sale, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2010 | "east west spring fall," Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2009 | "Birdwatching," Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2008 | “New Paintings," AndrewShire Gallery, Singapore |
| “Paintings," Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |
| "Artist in Residence," Lux Art Institute, Encinitas, CA | |
| 2006 | “Paintings,” Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2004 | “Dreamscapes,” Baxter Chang Patri, San Francisco, CA |
| “Leaves,” Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |
| 2003 | “Paintings,” Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| “Being in Place,” Wichita Falls Museum & Art Center, Wichita Falls, TX | |
| 2002 | “Paintings,” Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. |
| “Landscapes of the Mind,” Cando Art Center, Cando, N.D.; Custer County Art Center, Miles City, MT; James Memorial Center for Visual Art, Williston, N.D. | |
| Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA | |
| Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA. | |
| 2001 | “Landscapes of the Mind,” The Arts Center, Jamestown, ND; Dickinson State University Gallery, Dickinson, ND; Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, ND; Bismarck State College Gallery, Bismarck, ND |
| Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, | |
| 2000 | “Landscapes: A State of Mind,” MSC Forsyth Center Galleries, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas |
| “Paintings,” Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |
| “Paintings,” Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA | |
| 1999 | Red River Valley Museum, Vernon, Texas |
| “Paintings,” Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |
| “Recent Landscapes,” St. Matthews Parish School, Pac. Palisades, CA | |
| “In Perspective,” Arts College International, San Diego, CA. | |
| 1998 | “Paintings,” Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA. |
| Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, Michigan (2 person) | |
| “Landscapes,” Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, Michigan | |
| 1997 | Gallery Foret Noire, Takamatu City, Kagawa, Japan |
| “Paintings,” Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA. | |
| 1994 | Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA. |
| 1991 | “New Paintings,” Jan Turner Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 1989 | “New Paintings,” Jan Turner Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 1987 | “Near Paradise,” Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA. |
| “New Paintings and Drawings,” Patty Aande Gallery, San Diego | |
| “Recent Paintings and Drawings,” Krygier/Landau Contemp. Art, L.A. | |
| 1986 | “Night Paintings,” Patty Aande Gallery, San Diego |
| 1985 | “New Paintings and Drawings,” Newspace, Los Angeles |
| “New Paintings and Drawings,” Patty Aande Gallery | |
| 1984 | “New Paintings and Drawings,” Newspace, Los Angeles |
| 1983 | “New Paintings and Drawings,” Newspace, Los Angeles |
| 1982 | “City of Angels,” Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art |
| 1981 | “Landscapes,” Newspace, Los Angeles |
| 1979 | “Drawings,” Newspace, Los Angeles |
| 1977 | “Drawings,” Newspace, Los Angeles |
| 1976 | “Drawings,” Newspace, Los Angeles |
| 1974 | “Recent Paintings and Drawings,” Gallery 707, Los Angeles |
| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2018 | “Relevant: A Holiday Group Show with A Political Edge," Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2014 | “Portraits of the Garden," Sturt Haaga Gallery at Descanso Gardens, La Cañada Flintridge, CA |
| 2013 | “A Little Snow...," Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| “Outside: Selections from the Doug Simay Collection," Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA | |
| "Joan Joan Joan! One Subject, Many Artists," John Wayne Airport, CA | |
| 2012 | “Contemporary Realism from the Permanent Collection,” Weisman Museum, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA |
| “Breaking in Two: A Provocative Vision of Motherhood,” Arena 1, Santa Monica, CA | |
| 2011 | “5X5 an Invitational,” Westmont Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA |
| “Speak for the Trees,” House of Balsamic, Irvine, CA | |
| “Speak for the Trees,” S.C.A.P.E., Corona del Mar, CA | |
| “Gallery Selections 2011,” R.B.Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA | 2010 | “Neither Model nor Muse: Women as Artists,” McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX |
| “Meeting New Works: Recent Acquisitions at LBMA,” Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA | |
| 2008 | “Emphasis Santa Monica,” curated by Bruria Finkel, Pete and Susan Barrett Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| “Plein Air Past and Present,” San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA | |
| 2007 | “then + now: Women Artists of Southern California,” curated by Bruria |
| Finkel, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |
| “Echoes: Women Inspired by Nature,” curated by Betty Ann Brown & | |
| Linda Vallejo, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA | |
| 2006 | “Distinctive Artists of Southern California,” LAX & Ontario Airports, CA |
| “Art Healing, A. Preston & M. Merz,” Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore | |
| “Good to Go,” Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2005 | “Trains & Trees,” Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA |
| “Blue,” Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art, San Francisco, CA | |
| “California Landscapes,” Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA | |
| “Santa Monica Originals,” curated by Bruria Finkel, Arena 1, S.M., CA | |
| 2004 | “New California Realism,” Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, CA |
| “Shakespeare As Muse,” Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR | |
| 1998 | “Arte actual en Los Angeles,” Fine Arts Gallery, Univ. of Madrid, Spain |
| 1997 | “Arte actual en Los Angeles,” Sala de Exposiciones de la Excma, Cuenca, Spain |
| “Real, Is it?” Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1996 | “City of Vapor,” Tatistcheff/Rogers, Santa Monica, CA |
| “Frequencies of Nature: Part II,” K. T. Carter & Assoc., St. Leo, FL; | |
| Pasco-Hernando Comm. College, Dade City and New Port Richey, FL; Melvin Art Gallery, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL; So. Florida Community College, Avon Park, FL | |
| “LA Current: The Full Spectrum,” UCLA Hammer Museum of Art, Rental and Sales Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| “Time Splits Open: 15 Narratives,” Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA | |
| “LA Current: The Female Perspective,” UCLA Hammer Museum of Art, Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| “Paintings of the New Landscape,” Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, | |
| 1995 | “Landscape: The Continuum,” Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. LA |
| 1994 | “Holiday Group Show,” Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA |
| Southern California: The Conceptual Landscape,” Madison Arts Center, Madison, WI | |
| “A Sense of Place,” The Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School for the Arts and Sciences, Santa Monica, CA | |
| “Greiger.Preston.Wudl,” Jerrold Burchman Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara, CA | |
| 1991 | “Personal Mythologies,” Marc Richards Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| “The Edge of Night,” Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA | |
| “The Spiritual Landscape,” Biota Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| 1990 | “Nightscapes,” FHP Hippodrome Gallery, Long Beach, CA |
| 1988 | “Landscape/Common Ground: A Continuity of Spirit,” Jan Turner Gallery, Los Angeles |
| “Seoul Olympic Memorial,” 1988 Int’l Continental Artists Exhibition, Printemps, Korea and Tong Art Museum, Taegu, Korea | |
| “The Cultivated Landscape,” Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA | |
| “Calif. Landscape Art: Plein Art to Present,” Downey Museum of Art, CA | |
| 1987 | “Present Perspectives: 1975-1985,” Fresno Art Center, Fresno, CA |
| 1986 | “Southern California Monotypes: The Singular Image,” Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman College, Orange, CA |
| “Landscapes/Elements,” Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| “Landscape/Seascape/Cityscape,” Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans and New York Academy of Fine Arts | |
| 1984 | “American Landscape Painting,” Fine Arts Gallery, Calif. State University, L.A. |
| “Significant Others,” Patty Aande Gallery, San Diego | |
| “Los Angeles and the Palm Tree: Image of a City,” ARCO Center for Visual Art, Los Angeles | |
| 1983 | “Houses,” University Art Gallery, California State Univ., Hayward, CA |
| “The Los Angeles Postcard Project, Part I,” Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| “Attention California Artists,” The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA | |
| 1982 | “Permanent Collection,” Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA |
| “The Magic Show,” Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum and Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA | |
| “Drawings and Painters,” Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach; Univ. of Calif. at San Diego, Mandeville Art Gallery; and the Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA | |
| 1980 | “Invitational Drawings and Watercolor Exhibition,” Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles |
| Los Angeles-Toronto Exchange Show,” A.C.T., Toronto, Canada | |
| “A Point of View-Recent Work by Four Los Angeles Artists,” The Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art | |
| 1976 | “American Artists ’76: A Celebration,” McNay Art Museum, San San Antonio, TX |
| 1975 | “Drawings,” Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| COLLECTIONS | |
| The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA | |
| McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX | |
| Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA | |
| Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada | |
| Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN | |
| Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA | |
| Long Beach Museum, Long Beach, CA | |
| Grunwald Graphic Arts Center, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Frederick Weisman Museum, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA | |
| Lux Art Institute, Encinitas, CA | |
| Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, IA | |
| Kaufman and Broad, Paris, France | |
| Hotel Hankyu International, Osaka, Japan | |
| HBO, Los Angeles | |
| Grand Hyatt, Maui, HI | |
| Golf Corporation of America, Santa Monica, CA | |
| City of Santa Monica, CA | |
| Gonda Neuroscience & Genetics Research Center, UCLA | |
| Forest Inn Showakan, Tokyo, Japan | |
| O’Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, CA | |
