Angela Lahs Gonzales ~ Biography
		1935                          Born Düsseldorf, Germany Education 1952-1958                  Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Berlin Work History 1960 – 1967                Newman Laboratory of Nuclear Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York,         Draftsman and Designer 1967 – 1998                Fermilab (formerly the National Accelerator Laboratory), Batavia, Illinois.  Artist in         Residence, Designer Biography 1935 - 1952 Father Curt Lahs declared entarted “degenerate” painter (1933) by the Nazi regime in 1933 and is removed from his teaching position at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Berlin.  Family, including younger brother Christian, moves frequently between 1935 and 1952 to flee Nazi persecution and lives briefly in Germany: Berlin; Yugoslavia: Corçula, Split; Germany: Unterammergau; Italy: Rome, Florence; Germany: Dessau, Quedlinburg, Rosstrappe im Hartz; after World War II in Halle and der Saale and Berlin. 1952                    Studies at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Teachers:  Hans Uhlmann Alexander Camaro Willem Hölter 1958                      Master’s Exhibition Father, Curt Lahs dies 1959                      Emigrates to the United States: Books passage on the S.S. United States, and arrives just                                   before Christmas on December 23. 1960                      (January) Begins work at Newman Laboratory of Nuclear Studies, on January 11 at                                         Cornell University, Ithaca New York as draftsman and designer.  While doing scientific                                     drafting work, she also designs the workspace interiors, choosing wall and floor colors                                    as well as the colors for the GeV Synchrotron magnets.  Works with Dr. Robert Wilson                                   and others. 1960s                    Utica Museum of Art, Exhibition, wins $1,000 purchase prize. Selection of painting for Governor Rockefeller’s Office Wall Street Journal article on placement of painting at the Governor’s Office. New York City exhibition (possibly Marlborough Gallery) 1967                      (January) Painting is sent on loan to office of Senator Robert Kennedy in Washington D.C.; Article in The Town Crier, Ithaca, New York, January 11, 1967 Exhibition at The Upstairs Gallery, Ithaca, New York Dr. Robert Wilson founds the National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois and asks Gonzales to move to Chicago to become the “artist in residence.” Gonzales moves to Chicago, becoming employee #11.  At Fermilab, Gonzales selects colors for exteriors and interiors, designs furniture, lecture posters, books and annual reports, among other design projects. 1980s One-person exhibition at Fermilab Gallery Three Generations: Curt Lahs, Marianne Lahs, Angela Lahs-Gonzales and Olivia Lahs-                                   Gonzales, exhibition, Fermilab Gallery (1989) Costume design for Miss Illinois with physics theme. 1997                     Curates Virtu – Exhibition, Fermilab Gallery Exhibition of experimental physics machine parts and other scientific objects. Titled                                         Virtu, the show focused on the aesthetics and craftsmanship of scientific parts used in                                     physics experiments at Fermilab. The exhibition traveled to Columbia College Art Gallery,                                  Chicago.