Geri Jimenez Gould

Geri Jimenez Gould

Painter – Sculptor- Medalist

Geri is a native Californian, of Native American and Mexican American descent, with family roots dating back to before the Mission period. She is an active tribal member of the Gabrielino/Tongva Nation. She painted in traditional oil-on-canvas since 1970, turning her primary focus in 1983 to the almost lost art of bas-relief sculpture for medals, memorials and plaques. 

She has exhibited internationally, including the British Museum, Pen and Brush Club, New York, Inaugural Exhibition of the California Women’s Museum, Beyond Two Dimensions, Forest Lawn Museum, the Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Descanso Gardens, Glendale CA, and the Inaugural Contemporary Hispanic Market, Santa Fe.

Her works are included in the Smithsonian Institution and Vatican Collections, the Serra Museum, Majorca, Spain, the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis Museum, Santa Fe, NM, Forest Lawn Museum, San Fernando Mission Museum, among others.

Geri has served as a Board member and elected officer of the American Medallic Sculpture Association. She served as Guest Curator for Beyond Two-Dimensions at the Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale, CA. She is married to fellow sculptor and designer William L. Gould.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, California State University at Los Angeles

Graduate Studies, California State University at Los Angeles

Private instruction, Marion Douglas, AIFA

Workshops, 1997, 1998; Mehl Lawson, CAA

Collections

Vatican Treasury Collection

National Numismatic Collection, The Smithsonian Institution

Papal Collection

Southwest Museum, Los Angeles

Diocese Museum of Los Angeles

Serra Museum, Majorca, Spain

King Juan Carlos

Ananda Ashrama Vedanta Retreat

Publications

American Art Medals, 1909-1995

Who’s Who Among American Medallists, The Artists of Our Country’s Coins and Medals, 1652 to Date

Who’s Who in Hispanic America, 1994

New Mexico Directory of Hispanic Culture

Reviews and Articles

THE SCULPTURE REVIEW, National Sculpture Society

COIN WORLD

COINage

THE NEW MEXICAN

PASATIEMPO

SANTA FE REPORTER

ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL

TIDINGS, Los Angeles Archdiocese

PEOPLE OF GOD, Santa Fe Archdiocese

CROSSWINDS

VILLIAGE NEWS

GLENDALE (CA) NEWS PRESS

Professional Membership

American Medallic Sculpture Association (AMSA)

Federation Internationalle de la Medaille (FIDEM), Paris

Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Inc., New York