About

Marinus Welman was born in Amsterdam, Holland, and started drawing and painting as a child. As a young boy in Europe, he would often paint food from his mother’s cookbook because his family was starving due to the Nazi occupation of his home country. Years later, he sailed the world’s oceans while working on an old rusty Liberty Ship left over from World War II, where he gathered impressions that still figure in his artwork today, such as the stormy North Atlantic, the indigo Indian Ocean, and the balmy tropical skies. Welman’s art education began in Europe where he apprenticed with Artists Franz and Jan Hazeveld, in Amsterdam, and later studied at the Kunstnijverheids School and the Academy van Beeledende Kunst, Amsterdam. After immigrating to the United States in 1955, he continued his studies of the figure at Art Center in Los Angeles, CA. Through the years, Welman has won numerous awards and accolades for his artwork and has exhibited his work in countless galleries and museums. Welman’s paintings are now held in private and corporate collections worldwide, including in the U.S., Australia, Europe and Japan. He currently resides in Orange, CA, where he continues to paint on location and in his private studio. CURRICULUM VITAE (CV) Exhibition Record (Gallery and Art Exhibits): 2026 Hilbert Museum of California Art, Selections from the Hilbert Collection 2025 Hilbert Museum of California Art, “California’s Golden Coast” Selections from the Hilbert Collection 2024 Q Art Salon, Santa Ana, CA, “Life Faces” A Group Art Exhibit 2022-2024 Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA 2019 Hilbert Museum of California Art, Chapman University, Orange, CA 2016 Ocean Blue Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA 2013-2014 “Drawn In”, Q Art Salon, Santa Ana, CA 2012 “Holocaust- Images of WWII”, Q Art Salon, Santa Ana, CA 2011 Prime Lending/ McMonigle Group, Newport Beach, CA 2010 Art Circle, Santa Ana, CA 2010 The Frame Gallery, Agoura Hills, CA 2006 Len Woods' Indian Territory, Laguna Beach, CA 2000 Desert Art Source, Palm Desert, CA 2000 Gallerie Amsterdam, Carmel, CA 1998-2019 American Airlines Admirals Club, John Wayne Airport, CA ~ Solo Exhibit 1999-2004 American Airlines Admirals Club, San Diego, CA ~ Solo Exhibit 2009 United Way/Tocqueville Society Fundraiser, CA ~ Solo Exhibit 2008 Mezzanine at the Towers, Irvine, CA ~ Solo Exhibit 2008 The Colony Theatre, Burbank, CA ~ Solo Exhibit 2005-2006 Garden Gallery, Orange, CA 2005 "Meet the Artist," Desert Art Source, Palm Desert, CA 2002-2004 Painting Demonstrations, Gallerie Amsterdam, Carmel, CA 2002 "American Odyssey,” Left Bank Gallery 2002 "From Valleys to Vistas," CA Plein Air Paintings, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA 2002 Grand Opening, Win Henstock Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA 2001 "Indian Summer," Desert Art Source, Palm Desert, CA ~ Solo Exhibit 2000-2007 Tirage Fine Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA 2000-2001 Gallerie DuMonde, La Jolla, CA 2000 Graphics Gallery, Newport Beach, CA 1999 "Muckenthaler Transportation Art Show," Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA 1999 Sara Bain Gallery and Fine Art, Fullerton, CA 1998 "Made in California," City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA 1998 "Art for Healing," Starry Sheets Fine Art Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA 1997 Inaugural Exhibition,The Exchange Gallery, Orange, CA ~ Solo Exhibit 1997 Old Towne Brewing Co., Orange, CA 1996-2007 Left Bank Gallery, Dove Canyon, CA 1996 The Art Center Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA 1995 Breeden Gallery, Orange, CA 1995 Mosaic Design, Costa Mesa, CA 1993-2004 Vladimir Sokolov Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA 1993 Peter Bicknell Gallery, Coronado Island, CA 1992 Charles Whitchurch Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA ~ Solo Exhibit 1992 Christopher Paris Galleries, Dana Point, CA 1992 Susan Bigalow Gallery, Fullerton, CA 1991 William Carlos Gallery, Fullerton, CA 1990 Sculptor's III Gallery, Palm Springs, CA 1989 Art Investor's Gallery, Newport Beach, CA ~ Solo Exhibit 1988-1989 Nelson Rockefeller Collection, Costa Mesa, CA ~ Solo Exhibit 1985-1987 Wally Findlay Galleries, Beverly Hills, CA 1984 Old Amsterdam Galleries, Del Mar, CA, 1984 Art Angles, Orange, CA 1984 Esther Wells Collection, Laguna Beach, CA 1984 Miranda Galleries, Laguna Beach, CA Exhibition Record (Museums, Institutions and Awards): Hilbert Museum of California Art, Chapman University, Orange, CA, Permanent Collection Chapman University, Phyllis & Ross Escalette, Permanent Collection "All California Art Exhibit" Laguna Beach, CA ~ Award Anaheim Museum, Anaheim, CA 1996 Barbara Bay Graphic Arts Memorial, Jewish Community Centers Assoc., Los Angeles, CA Bower's Museum, Santa Ana, CA,"5 Men of Laguna"~ Invitational Exhibit Brand Art Center, Glendale, CA, Inaugural Exhibition ~ Solo Exhibit Burbank Library, Burbank, CA ~ Solo Exhibit 1998 Coastline Artist's Association, Newport Beach, CA, 19th Annual Fine Art Exhibit ~ Best of Show, 1st Place 1997 Coastline Artist's Association, Newport Beach, CA, "Artist's Choice," ~ 1st place Courbet Art Circle, Santa Ana, CA Glendale Art Forum, Glendale, CA Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA "Orange Annual Juried Exhibition” ~ 1st place 1983 La Mirada Art Festival, La Mirada, CA ~ Award 1997 Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, "Southern California Open" Juried Exhibition 1994 Laguna art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, "Untitled: Untethered" Art Auction 1995 Long Beach Art Association, Long Beach, CA "Black & White" Juried Exhibition, Award 1996 Long Beach Art Association, Long Beach, CA, "Urban Landscapes" Juried Exhibition, Los Angeles Art Association 1994 Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, "Dia De Los Muertos" Juried Exhibit 2005 Anaheim Museum, CA, "The Human Form" 2004 Laguna Art Museum Fundraiser, "Art in Motif" Dana Point, CA 2003 Anaheim Museum, CA, "The Human Form" 1980 Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, Washington, D.C., Design Submittal 1970 Dedication of the Ahmanson Center, Los Angeles (1st Place Award) Home Savings & Loan Competition, Glendale, CA ~ 1st & 2nd place Home Savings & Loan, "Glendale Reflects on Art" ~ Best of Show Magazine, Newspaper, Book and Radio References: 89.3 KPCC - Southern California Public Radio,"Langer's Delicatessen home to pastrami, fine art: The story behind Marinus Welman's Deli Paintings" Feb. 9, 2013 Orange Review, "Inside Art with Marinus Welman" May/June 2013 Edan Hughes, "Artists in California" Orange Coast Magazine - 2008 Ventura County Star- Sept. 5, 2008 Guest Life, Monterey Bay (2007) p.132-133 Stephen C. Feinstein, “Art of the Holocaust and Genocide: Some Points of Convergence,” Journal of Genocide Research, Vol. 1, Issue 2 (June 1999), p. 233-255 Coast Magazine 2007 Coast Magazine - Dec. 1998 Los Angeles Times - April 2, 1998 Where Magazine - Jan. 1998 Los Angeles Times - Nov. 6, 1997 Orange City News - Sept. 25, 1997 Coaster Magazine, Vol. 4, Issue 20, Aug. 19, 1995 - Cover art Laguna Coastline News - June 2, 1995 Orange County Register, Show Section - Nov. 2, 1994 Common Talk - Dec. 6, 1992 Common Talk - April 9, 1991 Anaheim Bulletin - April 28, 1979 The Rebirth of a Nation: With a Bill of Rights for America's Third Century. Conceived and edited by Robert S. Minor, designed by Marinus Welman. Annandale, VA: Third Century Fund, 1978. Los Angeles Times - March 12, 1971 Los Angeles Times - March 5, 1971 Burbank Ledger - Jan. 6, 1971 Glendale News Press - April 16, 1970 Citizen News - Oct. 5, 1966 Los Angeles Herald Examiner - Aug. 21, 1966