IMAGE / BIOGRAPHY
| born 1969 | Viscalia, CA | |
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| Lives and works in Los Angeles | ||
| Education | ||
| 1992-94 | The School of The Art Institute of Chicago Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing | |
| 1987-91 | The University of California at Berkeley Bachelor's Degree with Honors in Studio Art | |
| Solo Exhibitions | ||
| 2007 | Corvi-Mora, London Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA (May 26) |
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| 2006 | Anton Kern Gallery, New York | |
| 2005 | Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA Corvi-Mora, London GB |
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| 2004 | Anton Kern Gallery, NY | |
| 2003 | Marc Foxx Galley, LA, CA Tomasso Corvi-Mora, London, UK |
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| 2002 | "Unreal" Gallery Side 2, Tokyo | |
| 2001 | Tomasso Corvi-Mora, London, UK | |
| 2000 | Marc Foxx Galley, LA, CA | |
| 1999 | "It's easy to make friends", Gallery Side 2, Tokyo | |
| 1998 | "Good News", Gallery Side 2, Tokyo | |
| 1996 | "God's Plot & John Wilkes Booth", Zolla/Lieberman Gallery Inc., Chicago, IL | |
| 1994 | "New Paintings", Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago IL | |
| Group Exhibitions | ||
| 2007 | "Good Morning", Midnight, Casey Kaplan, New York "If Everybody Han an Ocean Brian Wilson: an Art Exhibition", Tate St Ives, St Ives; travelling to CAPC, Bordeaux, France "After Cezanne", MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art. Los Angeles |
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| 2004 | California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast and Contemporary Art Art, CCA Wattis Institute of Contamporary Arts, San Francisco Red Eye, Rubell Family Collection, Miami |
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| 2003 | "Baja to Vancouver", Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA "Painting Pictures", Painting and Media in the Digital Age, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany (cat.) "ISHTAR" curated by Bruce Hainley, Midway, St. Paul, MN "Giverny", Salon 94, New York, NY |
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| 2002 | "Cher peintre Peintures figuratives depuis l'ultime Picabia", Centre Pompidou, Paris, France "Grey Gardens", curated by Bruce Hainley "Paintings", Marc Foxx, Los Angeles "The Galleries Show: Contemporary Art in London", The Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| 2001 | "The Americans", Barbican Art Center, London, UK "The Devil is in the Details" with Maureen Gallace, Vince Fecteau, Lily van der Stokker, Paul Thek and Ricahrd Tuttle, Allston Skirts Gallery, Boston, MA |
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| 1999 | International Art Chicago 1999, New director's House, Chicago, IL Brian Calvin, Maureen Gallace, Keiko Sono, Gallery Side 2, Tokyo |
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| 1997 | Gallery Artists Exhibition, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery Inc., Chicago, IL International Art Chicago 1997, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL |
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| 1996 | Brian Calvin, Suzanne Doremus, Edward Henderson & Deborah Orapallo, Foster Gallery, The University of Wisconsin, Eau-Claire, WI Gallery Artists Exhibition, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery Inc., Chicago, IL International Art Chicago 1996, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL |
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| 1995 | "X-sightings", Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY Gallery Artists Exhibition, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery Inc., Chicago, IL International Art Chicago 1995, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL |
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| 1994 | "Discontents & Debutantes: Brian Calvin & Mike Cockrill," Center for the Visual Arts, Illinois State University, Normal, IL "Don Baum's Grab Bag", Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL "Recent Paintings", Gallery 2, The School of The Art Institute, Chicago, IL "Created Here: a salon d' Ecole", Richard Himmel Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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| 1993 | "Whose Broad Stripes & Bright Stars: Death, Reverence & the Struggle for Equality in America", Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago, IL "All-Illinois Graduate Art Exhibition", Northwestern University, Evanston, IL |
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| 1991 | "New & Improved!, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA "Merit Scholarship Exhibition", Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA |
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| Bibliograpy | ||
| 2006 | Lavitt, Lauren, "Focus Los Angeles", Flash Art, January-February, vol 39, No. 246 Brian Calvin/Jim Lambie Lambie, The New Yorker, October 2, p. 21. "Goodbody, Bridget", Brian Calvin at Anton Kern Gallery, Time Out New York, September 28-Octover 4 2006, p. 72. |
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| 2005 | Horyn, Cathy, Raf, The New York Times, September, 18 Brian Calvin, Flash Art, July-September, vol. 38. No. 243. |
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| 2004 | Wilson, Michael. Brian Calvin, Artforum, December, p. 195. Bankowsky, Jack, "Best of 2004", Artforum, December, pp.162-163. Cohen, David, Ellen Gallagher, "Exelento. Brian Calvin. James Rielly", New York Sun, October 7 Johnson, Ken, Review, "Brian Calvin at Anton Kern", The New York Times, September 17 Knight, Christopher, "Coastal Confluence", LA Times, Sunday, February 1, E1, 41, 48-49 |
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| 2003 | Harrison, Sara, Brian Calvin at Corvi Mora, Time Out London, September 17-24 Gune, Fisun, "A Touch Too Matisse", Metro, September 9 Pagel, David, Review: "The Unmemorable Now Unforgetable", LA Times, May 9, E21 BT, March no.832, p.78-80 |
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| 2002 | Zoo, March, no.12, p 84 Brian Sewell, "The Galleries Show at the Royal Academy", Metro Life ( Evening Standard), 19-25 September, pp.48-49 "Focus Painting Part One"Flash Art, Vol.XXXIV. No.226, October, p.80 |
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| 2001 | The Americans. New art., Barbican Gallery, London, p248-255 (cat.) Bruce Hainley, "Brian Calvin", Artforum International, February, p.140-141 David Gleeson, "Brian Calvin", Time Out, no. 1609, p.59 Jennifer Higgie, "Brian Calvin", Frieze, September, p. 89 & 96 Susan Corrigan, "New York Sucks", i-D, October, p.184-190 |
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| 2000 | "The best of 2000", Artforum, December p.132 | |
| 1999 | "New Artists to Look for", Olive, February 18, p.41 "Message", Hanatsubaki, March, p.3 Nakayama, Mari, "Itfs Easy To Make Friends", Figaro Japon, December 20, p.79 Dipietro Monty, "Documenting the Moments in the Nooks and Crannies of Life" The Japan Times, Saturday, December 25, 1999 |
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| 1998 | Osuki, Takayuki, After Hours, Octoner/November, p.93 "Stardust", Geijutsu Shincho, July P.116 Barfout, July p.63 |
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| 1997 | New American Paintings, # 11 (Aug. 97), Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MS | |
| 1996 | Meyers, Todd, "Reviews: Brian Calvin," New Art Examiner, April Buck-Morse, Susan, "Galleries," Chicago Tribune, February 2, 1996 Hawkins, Margaret , "Evil Is the Watchword in Seperate Exhibitions," Chicago Sun-Times, January 19 |
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| Honors | ||
| 2003 | California Arts Council Fellowship Artist Residencey, Art Production Fund, Givemy, France |
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| 1997 | Illinois Arts Council Fellowship | |
| 1994 | William M.R. French Traveling Fellowship | |
| 1993 - 94 | Full Merit Scholarship, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago | |
| 1991 | James T. Phelan Merit Scholarship in Fine Arts, The University of California at Berkeley |
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