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The artist: her work and exhibitions

Born and raised in a multi-cultural and multi-lingual environment, Lamassonne has lived and worked in the United States, Colombia, France, Germany and Italy. In her career as a painter she combines other artistic media such as film, video and photography. She also works in design, theater and music. She has a son, Lorenzo, born in 1995.

• 1954: Born New York, USA.
• 1969-71: Studied under artist Charles Garoian, Los Altos, California, USA.
• 1971: "Paintings and Etchings", Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California, USA.
• 1973: Studied under maestro David Manzur, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 1974: Solo Exhibition "Dibujos" (drawings), Bogotá, Colombia.
• 1975: Solo Exhibition "Eróticos", Galería Exposur, Cali, Colombia.
• 1976: Galería del Unicornio, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 1976: Casanegra, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 1976: Solo Exhibition Galería Punta del Lanza, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 1977: "Miniaturas", Galería Casanegra, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 1977: "3 Acuarelistas" (watercolorists), Galería Pirámide, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 1977: "4 es la forma" (4 is the form), Galería 70, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 1977: "Il Salón de Arte Joven", Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia.
• 1978: "Exposición Nacional de la Mujer", Club de Ejecutivos, Cali, Colombia.
• 1978: "Fünf Kolumbianische Kunstlerinnen" (five Colombian women artists), Die Insel, Hamburg,
  and Die Frauengalerie, Berlin, Germany.
• 1979: Solo Exhibition "Baños" (bathrooms), Galería Club de Ejecutivos, Cali, Colombia.
• 1980: Solo Exhibition "Baños", Galería Belarca, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 1980: Galería El Charco, Cali, Colombia.
• 1980: "Festival Internacional de la Peinture", Cognes-sur-Mer, France.
• 1980: Solo Exhibition "Baños", Galería Finale, Medellín, Colombia.
• 1981: Galería La Teja Corrida, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 1981: "Obra Gráfica Seriada en Colombia II", Banco Central Hipotecario, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 1981: "IV Bienal Americana de Artes Gráficas", Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia.
• 1982: "VIII Salón Atenas", Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 1982: "Artesanas Vallecaucanos", Galería Fenalco, Cali, Colombia.
• 1984: Galería Instituto Alzate Avendano, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 1985: "Galería Taller" (gallery workshop), Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia.
• 1986: "La Mujer en el Arte" (women in art), Galería Biblioteca del Centenario, Cali, Colombia.
• 1986: "XXX Salón Nacional", Museo Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 1987: "Frente Fotográfico" (photographic front}, Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia.
• 1988: "Ex-Libris o el Arte de Identificar los Libros 1470-1988", Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 1988: "Homenaje a Feliza Bursztyn", Galería Cafe Libro, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 1988: "La Fotografía en Cali", Festival Internacional de Arte de Cali, Cali, Colombia.
• 1989: Solo Exhibition "Pinturas" (paintings), Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia.
• 1989: "La Fotografía y su Relación", Sala Alterna, Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia.
• 1989: "Avances" (advances), Galería Belarca, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 1989: "Gráfica Seriada en el Valle del Cauca", Galería Cámara de Comercio, Cali, Colombia.
• 1989: Solo Exhibition "Pinturas", Galería Belarca, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 1990: "Colombian Figurative", Moss Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA.
• 1990: "Latin American Artists", CSS, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
• 1991: "San Sebastián en Colombia", Galería La Oficina, Medellín, Colombia.
• 1991: "Dissimilar Identity - Latin American New York", Scott Alan Gallery, New York, USA.
• 1991: "Arte Erótico", Galería La Oficina, Medellín, Colombia.
• 1991: Solo Exhibition "Pegados Mortales", Galería Arte Moderno, Cali, Colombia.
• 1992: "81 Cajas Eróticas" (81 erotic boxes), Galería Alonso Arte, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 1992: "Reflexiones - Mes de la Fotografía" (Reflections - month for photography), Galería Cámara de Comercio, Cali, Colombia.
• 1992: Artesia Gallery, Palazzo delle Esposizione, Rome, Italy.
• 1992: "Fax Art: un Intercambio de Conceptos sobre el Paisaje Americano" (Fax Art: an exchange of concepts on the American landscape), Galería Centro Colombo Americano, Medellín; Galería Cámara de Comercio, Cali; Museo de Arte Moderno, Bucaramanga; Museo de Arte Moderno, Cartagena, Colombia.
• 1993: Solo Exhibition "Encuentros Rehechos" (remade findings), Galería de la Oficina, Medellín, Colombia.
• 1993: "Nude and Art", Forum Interart Gallery, Rome, Italy.
• 1993: "VI Salón Regional", Corferias, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 1993: Solo Exhibition "Encuentros Rehechos", Galería Belarca, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 1994: Artesia Gallery, Palazzo delle Esposizione, Rome, Italy.
• 1994: "XXXV Salón Nacional", Corferias, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 1996: "Arte Iberamericano 1996", Montgomery Ward Gallery, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
• 1996: "Cuerpo representado & Alegoría y Reflexión", Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia.
• 1996: "Hispanic Art", American College of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
• 1998: "Gran Feria de Arte", Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 1999: "Jump Start the Art", Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
• 2001: The Righteous Room, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
• 2001: Covet Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
  
  
  Other activities:
  
  
• Bookcover design for Colombian publishers Oveja Negra and Planeta.
• Video: author of two video productions: "Secretos Delicados" (delicate secrets), Colombia 1984, and "Ruido" (noise), New York 1985.
• Film: participated in Colombian and international film productions as editor, artistic director and actress.
• Theater: costume and set design for theater productions in Colombia.
• Music: singer on record productions in Colombia, Rome and Atlanta.
• With other local artists, worked on sets for the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
• In 1997, founded Klama!, a company producing original art objects which are sold in gift stores throughout the United States.