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JAMES WELLING
BIOGRAPHY
Born, Hartford, Connecticut, 1951.
Lives and works in Los Angeles.
Education: Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 1969-71
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA (BFA/MFA), 1971-74
1995 – present Professor in the Department of Art, University of California, Los Angeles
1995 Professor of Fine Art, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1995 Professor of Fine Art, Bard College
Solo Exhibitions:
2008 "James Welling: Works 1980-2008," David Zwirner Gallery, New York, April 5 – May
3, 2008
"James Welling," Regen Projects, Los Angeles, March 1 – April 5, 2008
2007 "James Welling," Maureen Paley, London, April 19 – May 20, 2007
"James Welling: Flowers," David Zwirner Gallery, New York, March 21 – April 28,
2007
2006 "James Welling," Donald Young Gallery, April 21 – May 2006
"James Welling: New Photographs," Wako Works of Art, Tokyo, Japan, January 18 –
February 25, 2006
2005 "James Welling" David Zwirner Gallery, New York, April 7 – May 7, 2005
"James Welling" Regen Projects, Los Angeles, February 19 – April 2, 2005
2004 "James Welling New Photographs," Wako Works of Art, Tokyo, Japan,
April 10 – May 15, 2004
"Agricultural Works," Minetta Brook and the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY,
New Paltz, NY, February 7 – April 8, 2004; Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY, August 8 – 29, 2004
2003 Rosemarie Schwarzwaelder, Vienna
Raffaella Cortese, Milano
Regen Projects, Los Angeles, April 19 – May 17, 2003
Gorney, Bravin and Lee, September 6-October 5, 2003
2002 "James Welling: Abstract," Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, March 1 - May 26; travels to Art Gallery of York University, November 13, 2002 - February 2, 2003 Toronto, Canada, cat.
"James Welling: Abstract," Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, IL September 27 –
November 9
2001 Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany, March 9 - April 28, cat.
2000 Regen Projects, Los Angeles, March 11 - April 15
"James Welling Photographs: 1974 - 1999," Wexner Center For the Visual Arts,
Columbus, Ohio, May 6-August 13, 2000; travels to The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, September 10 - December 10, 2000; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, May 6 - August 26, 2001, cat.
Gorney, Bravin + Lee, New York, NY, September 8 - October 7, 2000
Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, IL, March 3 - April 22, 2000
1999 Barbara Gross Galerie, November 25 - January 29, 2000
Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover, Germany, September 26,1999 - January 2, 2000
Wako Works of Art, September 8 - October 16, 1999
1998 Forum: James Welling, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, November 13 -February 14, 1999
Regen Projects, Los Angeles, California
Galerie Nelson, Paris , France, March 28 - May 30
Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland February 6 - March 22, catalogue
1997 Haus Editions, Antwerp, Belgium, "Eastern Window,"
Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; "Light Sources"
Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium; "Light Sources"
S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Canada; "Light Sources"
Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY; "Light Sources"
1996 Camden Arts Center, London, England; "Calais Lace Factories"
1995 Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY
Whitney Center, Hamden, CT
Jurgen Becher, Hamburg, Germany (April-May)
Wako Works of Art, Tokyo, Japan (April)
American Fine Arts, Co., New York, NY
Modulo/Cento Difusor de Arte, Lisbon, Portugal
1994 Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA (December)
Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Galerie Nelson, Paris , France
Galerie Nachst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1993 Wako Works of Art, Tokyo, Japan
Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
Galeri F15 Alby (with Mikael Levin), Moss, Norway
S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY
La Galerie de L'Ancienne Poste, le Channel/Scene Nationale ,Calais , France
Jack Hanley Gallery (with Rodney Graham), San Francisco, CA
1992 Lawrence Markey Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Samia Saouma, Paris, France
Donald Young Gallery, Seattle, WA
Musee de Rochechouart, Limoges, France
Johnen+Schottle (with Candida Hofer), Koln, Germany
Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
1991 Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY
Galerie Nelson, Lyon, France (with Christopher Williams)
Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland (with Vikky Alexander), catalogue
Galerie Samia Saouma, Paris, France
M.C.C., St. Etienne, France, catalogue
Sous-sol, Ecole Superieure díArt Visuel, Geneva, Switzerland, catalogue
1989 Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
Galerie Nachst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
Leubsdorf Art Gallery (with Holly Wright), Hunter College, New York, NY, catalogue
1988 Galerie Nelson, Lyon, France
Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY
Johnen & Schottle, Cologne, Germany
Feature, Chigago, Il
Christine Burgin Gallery, New York, NY
1987 Galerie Samia Saouma, Paris, France
Kuhlenschmidt/Simon, Los Angeles, CA
Feature, Chicago, IL
1986 Cash/Newhouse, New York, NY
Coburg Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada (with Rodney Graham)
1985 Cash/Newhouse, New York, NY
1983 "Artificial Miracles," Simon Frazer University, Vancouver, B.C. Canada
1982 Metro Pictures, New York, NY
1981 Metro Pictures, New York, NY
1976 Arco Center for Visual Art, Los Angeles, CA
1974 "MFA Thesis Exhibition," Gallery D301, California Institute of the Arts
1971 Project, INC, Cambridge, MA
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2008 "Wurtz, Welling and S. Prina," curated by B. Wurtz, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los
Angeles, CA, April – May 2008
"Photography on Photography: Reflections on the Medium since 1960," Joyce and
Robert Menschel Hall for Modern Photography, New York, April 8 – October 19
2008
"Whitney Biennial 2008," co-curated by Henriette Huldisch and Shamim M. Momin,
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, March 6 – June 1, 2008
2007 "Wako Works of Art: 15 Years, Early and New Works Part I," Wako Works of Art,
Tokyo, Japan, October 27 – November 27, 2007
"Edit! Photography and Film in the Ellipse Foundation," Centro de Artes Visuais
Coimbra, Portugal, June 30 – September 9, 2007
"Concrete Works," Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY, June 2 – July 27, 2007
"L.A. Desire (dedicated to the memory of Brent Peterson (1972-2007) Part I," curated by
Wilhelm Schürmann, Galerie Dennis Kimmerch, Düsseldorf, Germany, May 5 – June 30, 2007
2006 "The 1980s: A Topology," curated by Ulrich Loock, Serralves Museum of Contemporary
Art, Porto, Portugal, November 10, 2006 – March 25, 2007; cat.
"Sixteen Tons: UCLA Department of Art Faculty," New Wight Gallery, University of
California, Los Angeles, CA, September 14 – October 26, 2006
"The Monty Hall Problem," curated by Slater Bradley, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA,
July 1 – August 19, 2006
"In Focus: 75 Years of Collecting American Photography," Addison Gallery of American
Art, Andover, MA, Summer 2006
"It's Not a Photo," Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY, June 29 – August 26, 2006
"Agricultural Works: Photographs by James Welling and Music by Will Welling,"
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY, June 24 – September 10, 2006
"666: An Exhibition Organized by Jan Tumlir," USC Roski School of Fine Arts, Los
Angeles, June 6 – 23, 2006
"William Eggleston – James Welling – Stephen Wilks," Xavier Hufkens, Brussels,
Belgium, March 9 – April 8, 2006
"Los Angeles: 1955-1985," curated by Catherine Grenier, Centre Georges Pompidou,
Paris, France, March 8 – July 17, 2006
"Dark Places," Santa Monica Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles, CA,
January 2006
2005 "Recent Acquisitions," The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, November
20, 2005 – January 9, 2006
"Early Work," David Zwirner, New York, NY, June 29 – August 5, 2005
"Photographies," Galerie Nelson, Paris, France, May 28 – July 23, 2005
2004 "eblouissement," Jeu de paume, Paris, cat.
"Out of Place," Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, June 8 – July 24, 2004
"Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists," CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco,
CA, Februay 27 – May 8, 2004, cat.
"Bell Book and Candle," Hayworth, Los Angeles, March 14 – April 17, 2004
"100 Artists See God," Curated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston, The Jewish
Museum San Francisco, March 7 – June 27, 2004; Laguna Art Museum,
Laguna Beach, CA, July 25 – October 3, 2004; Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, Virginia, June 9 – September 4, 2005, cat.
"In America/William Eggelson, Roe Ethridge, Steven Shore, Joel Sternfeld, James
Welling," Sutton Lane, London
2003 "Inaugural Show," Regen Projects, Los Angeles, January 25 – March 8, 2003
"The Last Picture Show: Artists Using Photogaphy, 1960-1982", Walker Art Center,
Minneapolis, MN, October 11, 2003-January 4, 2003
"Imprimés," Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium, May 30-July 19, 2003
2002 "Back Grounds, Impressions photographiques," Galerie Nelson, Paris, November 15 - December 21; travels to Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, February 15 - March 12, 2003
"New Acquisitions / New Work / New Directions 3: Contemporary Selections," LACMA, California, May 9 - August 18
"Remarks on Color," Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, June 1 - July 26
"Painting Matter," James Cohan Gallery, New York, May 3 - June 1
Barbara Gross Galerie, Germany, January 18 - March 8
2001 "Ellipsis," curated by Julie Baranes, Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, July 10 - August 24
"As Painting: Division and Displacement," Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus,
Ohio, May 12 - August 12
2000 "L.A.," Monika Spruth & Philomene Magers, Koln, Germany,
March 5 - April 22, 2000
"light-heeled, light-handed: Edward Ruscha, Julius Shulman,
James Welling," curated by Lynne Cooke, Kolnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany, February 5 - April 2
"Sharon Lockhart / James Welling," Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA,
January 28 - March 4, 2000
1999 "Los Angeles," Sabine Knust Maxmilian Verlag & Philomene Magers Projekte, Munich, Germany, November 5 - December 15, 1999
"Plain Air," Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, New York, July - August
"Gesammelte Werke 1: Zeitgenossische Kunst seit 1968," Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany, July 16 -October 3, 1999
"Pencils of Nature: A Dialogue," Leslie Tokonow Artworks + Projects,
New York, New York, June 19 - July 30, 1999
"Multiplicity," Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, California, February 9-March 6
1998 "Sea Change," Center for Creative Photography, Tuscon, Arizona, cat.
"Exterminating Angel," Ghislaine Husenot, Paris, France
1997 "Track Records," Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario; Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ontario; Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, B.C.; The Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alb.; Centre cultural, Universite de Sherbrooke, P.Q.; Centre d'exposition de Durmmondville, Durmmondville, P.Q.
"Kunst...Arbeit," Sudwestdeutsche Landesbank, Stuttgart, Germany
"Contemporary Collections '97," Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, Los Angeles, CA
"Staging Surrealism: A Succession of Collections 2," Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
"About Painting: Eggleston, Gerber, Gursky, Kalpakjian, Polidori, Welling," Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
"Density or the unimaginable museum/discontinuity/synchrony/presence," Domaine de Kerguehennec, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Bignan, France, curated by Denys Zacharopoulos
"Ausstellung 10 Jahre Stiftung Kunsthalle Bern," Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
"Someone else with my fingerprints," David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Wilhelm Schurmann
1996 "100 Photographs,"American Fine Arts, Co., New York, NY
"Evident: New Landscape Photography", curated by Andrew Cross, The
Photographers' Gallery, London, England, November 8-January 11
"Just Past. The Contemporary in MoCA's Permanent Collection, 1975-96,"
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
"Blind Spot Photography: The First Four Years," Paolo Baldacci Gallery, New York (and benefit auction at Christie's)
"Lynda Denglis, John Chamberlain, Rudolf Seingel, James Welling," Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Deep Surface," Pace Wildenstein McGill, Los Angeles, CA
"Ab Fab," Feature, Inc., New York, NY
"Swag & Puddle," The Work Space, New York, NY, curated by Mary Jones & Janice Krasnow
"Prospect '96: Photographie in der Gegenwartskunst," Frankfurter Kunstverein
im Steinernen Haus and Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt,
Germany, curated by Peter Weiermair, catalogue
1995 "Drawings and Photographs," Calerie Paul Andrisse, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands
"Uta Barth, Candida Hofer, Andreas Gursky, James Welling," Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"New Acquisitions: An Exhibition of Artists' Books and Multiples," Art Metropole, Toronto, Canada
Summer Group Exhibition," American Fine Arts, Col, New York, NY
"The Reflected Image," Museo Pecci, Prato, Italy, curated by Antonella Soldaini & Paolo Colombo
"After Art: Rethinking 150 Years of Photography," Henry Art Museum, Seattle, WA, catalogue
"Degrees of Abstraction: From Morris Louis to Mapplethorpe," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
"Romantico Contemporaneo", Castello of Boulsragito, Bologna, Italy
"Fact and Fiction: Photographs from the Permanent Collection", Whitney Museum at Champton, Stanford, CT
"Abstract Photography", Baltimore Museum of Art, MD
"Blind Spot", McKinney Arts Center, Dallas, TX
"Strung into the Apollonian Dream", Feature Gallery, New York, NY
1994 "Geometries", Galerie du TNB, Rennes, France
"Transport," Maier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Woman's College,
Lynchburg, VA
"Pictures of the Real World (In Real Time)," Paula Cooper Gallery, New
York, NY; L'Usine, Dijon, France; and travelling. Co-organized by Robert Nickas and On Kawara
"L'Amour Toujours," Le Carre/Musee Bonnat, Bayonne, France
"G7," Theoretical Event, Naples, Italy
"Werkstattquartier," Institut fur Gegenwrtskunst, Vienna, Austria
"David Deutsch, Douglas Blau, James Welling," Jay Gorney Modern Art,
New York, NY
"The Abstract Urge," Ansel Adams Center for Photography, San Francisco, CA
"Experimental Vision," The Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
1993 "Nettwerk," Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
"The Sublime Void," Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
1992 "Documenta IX," Kassel, Germany
"Skulpturen-Fragmente," Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria
1991 "Les Grandes Lignes," Gare de l'Est, Paris, France
"Vom Verschwinden der Dingle aus der Fotographie," Palais Liechtenstein,
Vienna Austria
1990 "Perspectives on Place,î University Art Gallery/San Diego State University
"Le Diaphane," ERSEP- Ecole díArt, Tourcoing, France
"Vikky Alexander/James Welling," Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
"The Indomitable Spirit," I.C.P., Midtown, New York, NY
1989 "une autre affaire," Maison fyot, Dijon, France
"A Forest of Signs," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
1988 "Photography and Abstraction," Hunter College Art Gallery, New York
"Bi National: American art of the late 80ís," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
(Travelled to Dusseldorf)
"Schlaf Post Utopia," I.C.A., Boston, MA
1987 "Implosion," Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
"Skeptical Belief(s)," The Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL
"Photography and Art: 1946-1986," Los Angeles County Museum of Art,
Los Angeles, CA
"New Locations," Wolff Gallery, New York, NY
1986 "Rodney Graham/James Welling," Coburg Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1985 "Louise Lawler, Laurie Simmons, James Welling," Metro Pictures, New York,
NY
1984 "Ailleurs et Autrement," ARC, Paris, France
"Still Life in Photography," Rotterdamse Kunststichting, Rotterdam,
The Netherlands
"Allan McCollum / James Welling," Cash/Newhouse, York, NY
1983 "In Platoís Cave," Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
"Artificial Miracles," Simon Frazer University, Vancouver, BC
1982 "Trouble in Paradise,î A+M Artworks, New York, NY
ìNatural History,î Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY
ìExhibition,î California Inst. of the Arts, Valencia, CA
1980 "Opening Group Exhibition,î Metro Pictures, New York, NY
"Pictures in New York Today,î PAC, Milan, Italy
1979 "Imitation of Life,î HartfordArt School, Hartford, CT
1978 "The New West," The Kitchen, New York, NY
1976 "Evening of Works," LAICA, Los Angeles, CA
"Southland Video Anthology," Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Public Collections:
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
City Collection, Geneva, Switzerland
frac Bourgogne, Dijon, France
frac Nord Pas de Calais, Lille, France
frac Pays de Loire, Clisson, France
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, U.C.L.A. at the
Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museet for Samtidkunt, Oslo, Norway
Museum Boymans-van-Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria
Olympic Collection, Oslo, Norway
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Yale University Museum of Art, New Haven, CT
