Recent Exhibitions
Oceanside Museum of Art
May 14 - August 7, 2016
Love Letters In Metal: Jewelry by Svetozar and Ruth Radakovich
Radakovich documentary, 'Forging Love' discussion with director Paul Alexander Juutilainen and producer Jean Radakovich, May 24th, 6:30 to 8pm
Reception: June 25, 6 to 8pm
Distinguished Lecture Series with curator Jean Radakovich: July 13
WebLink: oma-online.org/radakovich/
Oceanside Museum of Art
August 15 - November 1, 2015
In the Abstract: Midcentury San Diego Painting and Sculpture
Reception: Saturday, August 22, 2015 - 6:00 to 8:00pm
WebLink: oma-online.org/?portfolio=in-the-abstract-midcentury-san-diego-painting-and-sculpture
Encinitas Library Gallery
April 21 - May 31, 2015
Radakovich: A Retrospective, Yugoslavia to Encinitas, 1939-1975
(Paintings from the early years)
Reception: Saturday, May 2nd - 1:00 to 4:00pm
This encompassing event takes place at the Encinitas Library Gallery on Saturday, May 2, 2015 - 1 to 4 pm. A film trailer for the upcoming feature documentary, 'Forging Love and Wearing Sculpture', will screen at 2 pm, followed by an important panel discussion featuring:
James Hubbell - beloved Santa Ysabel-based artist, building designer, visionary, humanitarian, colleague and friend
Arline Fisch - world-renowned artist, professor emeritus San Diego State University, author, colleague and friend
Dave Hampton - leading authority on San Diego art history, independent curator, author, gallery owner
Jean Radakovich - Ruth and Toza's daughter, documentarian, distinguished artist, Hubbell archivist
Francine Filsinger (moderator) - President San Diego Filmmakers, Encinitas Commissioner of the Arts, international award winning photographer
Live entertainment provided by guitar duo Nina and Pablo Aganza.
Oceanside Museum of Art
April 18 - July 26, 2015
100 Artists: 100 Years, The San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild, 1915-2015
Reception: Saturday, April 25th - 6:00 to 8:00pm
WebLink: www.oma-online.org
Folcwald Gallery of Sculptural Art
September 4 - October 25, 2014
Mid-Century Craft: A Tribute to Ruth and Svetozar Radakovich
(Ruth and Toza retrospective)
WebLink: www.folcwald.com
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
March 29 - July 6, 2014
traveling show - LACMA host museum
(Ruth and Toza)
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
traveling show - LACMA host museum
(Ruth and Toza)
Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand
July 6, 2013
traveling show - LACMA host museum
(Ruth and Toza)
National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
March 20, 2013 - June 3, 2013
traveling show - LACMA host museum
(Ruth and Toza)
San Diego International Airport Art Program, Terminal 2 Gallery, CA
September 10, 2012 - February 28, 2013
"Snapshot in Sculpture; 1960s San Diego Midcentury Art"
(Toza)
Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, NY
February 26, 2012 - May 20, 2012
"Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design"
(Ruth)
Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA
October 16, 2011 - April 15, 2012
"San Diego’s Craft Revolution: From Post-War Modern to California Design"
(Ruth and Toza) catalog/book
note - part of the Getty sponsored ‘Pacific Standard Time’ exhibition series
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
October 12, 2011 - January 15, 2012
"Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design"
(Ruth and Toza) catalog/book
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
October 1, 2011 - March 25, 2012 original (extended to June 3, 2012)
"California Design 1930 - 1965, Living in a Modern Way"
(Ruth and Toza) catalog/book
note - part of the Getty sponsored ‘Pacific Standard Time’ exhibition series
note - this show toured Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Massachusetts.
Craft and Folk Arts Museum, Los Angeles, CA
September 25, 2011 - January 8, 2012
"Golden State of Craft: California 1960 - 1985"
(Ruth and Toza) catalog/book
note - part of the Getty sponsored ‘Pacific Standard Time’ exhibition series
Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, NY
July 2011 - September 16, 2011
"Fingerlakes in the 50s’"
(Toza - painting)
Boomerang for Modern, San Diego, CA
June 5, 2011
"The Art of Ruth and Svetozar Radakovich"
(Ruth and Toza)
note - special showing of private collections
Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, NY
May 25, 2011 - September 9, 2012
"Transformation/Revelation: The Art of Change"
(Toza)
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
May 3 - August 24, 2008
"Form and Function - American Modernist Jewelry 1940-1970"
(Ruth and Toza) accompanying book of same name by Marbeth Schon
David Allen Gallery, Solana Beach, CA
November 17, 2007
"The Seeds of Art: Rediscovering San Diego’s Mid-Century Artists"
(Ruth and Toza) exhibition booklet of same name