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LARI PITTMAN

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Los Angeles, California in 1952.
Lives and works in Los Angeles.

Education: University of California, Los Angeles, 1970-73
BFA California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, 1974
MFA California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, 1976

1993-present Professor of Fine Arts, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Solo Exhibitions:

2008 "Lari Pittman," Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY, October 23 – December 6,
2008

2007 "Lari Pittman," Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, September 14 – October 20, 2007

2006 "Lari Pittman," c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin, Germany, September 8 – October 22, 2006

2005 Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY, November 19 – December 23, 2005
"Lari Pittman," Villa Arson, Nice, France, February 25 – May 22, 2005

2004 "Lari Pittman," greengrassi, London, England, October 6 – November 13, 2004

2003 Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, November 1 – December 20, 2003
Galerie Philomene Magers, Munich, Germany, March 20 – May 10, 2003

2002 Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY, March 23 - May 4

2001 Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, January 27 - February 24

2000 Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy, October 3 - November 7

1999 Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY, November 6 - December 23

1998 "Once a Noun, Now a Verb," Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, January 24 - February 28
"Lari Pittman," Spacex Gallery, Exeter, England, April 4-May 9; Cornerhouse,
Manchester, England, May 17-July 5; ICA, London, England, July 15-September 6; Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland, November 3 -January 17, 1999
"Lari Pittman," greengrassi, London, England, July 9-August 19

1996 White Cube, London, England, September 13 - October 26
"Lari Pittman," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, June 23 - September 8, 1996; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX, November 1, 1996
- January 5, 1997; Corcoran Museum, Washington, DC, February 8 - April 7,
1997, catalogue
"Lari Pittman: Works on paper, 1982 to 1995," curated by Elizabeth Brown, UCLA at The Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, 30 January - 10 March 1996; University Art Museum, Univ. of Calif., Santa Barbara, CA, 16 March - 21 April, catalogue

1995 "Like You," Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy

1994 Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY
Texas Gallery, Houston, TX

1993 Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Lari Pittman: Paintings & Works on Paper, 1989 - 1993," Mandeville Gallery, University of California, San Diego, CA
Jablonka Galerie, Cologne, Germany

1992 Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY

1991 Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1990 Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1989 Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1988 Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1987 Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1986 Patty Aande Gallery, San Diego, CA

1985 Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1984 Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1983 Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1982 "Lari Pittman: Code of Honor," Newport Harbor Art Museum, curated by Paul Schimmel, Newport Beach, CA
"Lari Pittman: Sunday Painting," Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA

Group Exhibitions

2008 "Collecting Collections," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, February 10 -
May 19, 2008

2007 "Uneasy Angel / Imagine Los Angeles," curated by Johannes Fricke Waldthausen,
Monika Sprueth Philomene Magers, Munich, Germany, September 14 –
November 3, 2007
"Eden's Edge: Fifteen LA Artists," Armand Hammer Museum , Los Angeles, CA, May 13
– September 2, 2007
"Imagination Becomes Reality: Conclusion," Museum of Contemporary Art at ZKM,
Karlsruhe, Germany, February 17 – May 1, 2007

2006 "Couples Discourse," Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA, October 10 – December 22, 2006; cat.
"Infinite Painting: Contemporary Painting and Global Realism," curated by Francesco
Bonami and Sarah Cosulich Canarutto, Villa Manin Centro D'Arte
Contemporanea, Codroipo, Italy, April 9 – September 24, 2006
"los angeles / mexico: complexities and heterogeneity," La Colección Jumex, Mexico
City, Mexico, March 22 – July 2006
"Los Angeles 1955-1985," curated by Catherine Grenier, Centres Pompidou, Paris,
France, March 8 – July 17, 2006

2005 "Kiss Kiss," c/o, Berlin, Germany, November 24, 2005 – January 28, 2006
"Recent Acquisitions," The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, November
20, 2005 – January 9, 2006
"The Art of Engagement: Visual Politics in California and Beyond," San Jose Museum of
Art, San Jose, CA, November 20 – March 5, 2006; travels to Katzen Art Centery
Washington, D.C., April 9 – July 29, 2006
"Singular Expressions: A Sheldon Invitational," Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska, November 12, 2005 – February 12, 2006; cat.
"Art of Engagement: Paintings, Drawings, Prints & Sculpture," Jack Rutberg Fine Arts,
Los Angeles, CA, November 11 – January 31, 2006; cat.
"Looking at Words: The Formal Presence of Text in Modern and Contemporary
Works on Paper," conceived by Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel,
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, October 28 – January 15, 2006
"Drawing from the Modern , 1975 - 2005," Museum of Modern Art, New
York, NY, September 14, 2005 – January 9, 2006

"Véronique Boudier, Bernhard Martin, Lari Pittman," Culture and Communication
Ministry, Arson, Nice, France, February 26 – May 22,
"High Drama: Eugene Berman and the Legacy of the Melancholic Sublime," Georgia
Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia, January 15 – March 20, 2005, cat.; travels to
The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas, May 18 – August 14, 2005; travels
to Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California, September 10 – October
31, 2005; travels to Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania, February
6 – May 14, 2006
"POPulence," Blaffer Gallery, Houston, TX, June 25 – August 27, 2005; travels to
Cleveland Museun of Contemporary Art, September 16 – December 30, 2005;
travels to Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North
Carolina, January 21 – April 7, 2006; cat.
"A Window on the West: California Art from the Permanent Collection,"
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC, May 15 – September 4, 2005

2004 "The Charged Image," Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, Connecticut,
September 7 – October 17, 2004, cat.
"Disparities & Deformations: Our Grotesque," Site Santa Fe, curated by Robert
Storr, Santa Fe, New Mexico, July 18, 2004 – January 9, 2005, cat.

2003 "Pittura/Painting," la Biennale di Venezia, curated by Francesco Bonami, Venice, Italy, catalogue
"Inaugural Exhibition," Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, February 15 - March 8
"Painting Pictures, Malerie und Medien im digitalen Zeitalter (Painting and Media
in the Digital Age)," Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany,
February 14 - May 11, catalogue.
"I and My Chimney," Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany, June 27-September
6, 2003
"Reverie: Works from the Collection of Douglas Kramer," Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, July 22-October 5, 2003
"Not So Still Life: A Century of California Painting and Sculpture," San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, November 21, 2003-February 15, 2003

2002 "Sugar & Cream," Triple Candie, New York, New York , December 8, 2002 - February 2, 2003
"L.A. Post-Cool," curated by Michael Duncan, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA,
November 23 – March 23, 2003, catalogue; Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of
Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA

2001 "Drawings," Regen Projects, Los Angeles, May 26 - July 21
"IN FUMO," Galleria of Modern and Contemporary Art, Bergamo, Italy, September 26 - January 6, 2002, cat.
"The Mystery of Painting," Sammlung Goetz, Munchen, October 29-April 5, 2002
"Secret Victorians," The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA,
January 25 - April 7,
"The Importance of Being Earnest," curated by Michael Duncan, Weingart Galleries at
Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, January 26 - March 16

2000 "Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900 - 2000," Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, Los Angeles, November 12, 2000 - February 25, 2001, Cat.
"00," Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY, July 6 - August 5, Cat.
"Departures: 11 Artists at the Getty," The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, February 29 - May 7, 2000, Cat.

1999 "The American Century: Art and Culture, 1900-2000," Whitney Museum of
American Art, New York, NY, September 23, 1999 - February 27, 2000, Cat.
"Examining Pictures," curated by Judith Nesbitt, organized by Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England, travels to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, July 24 - September 19, Cat.
"The Rowan Collection: Passion and Patronage," Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA, September 9 - October 24
The Broad Art Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, September 12, 1999 - September 12, 2000

1998 "Secret Victorians: Contemporary Artists and a 19th-Century Vision"
The Hayward Gallery, Colchester, October 15 -December 5, 1998; travels to
Brighton Museum, July 2 – August 15, 1999; travels to The Armand Hammer
Museum, Los Angeles, CA, September 22, 1999 – January 2, 2000; cat.
"L.A. Current: Looking At the Light: 3 Generations of L.A. Artists," UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, September 22- February 28, 1999
"L.A. Times: Art from Los Angeles in the Re Rebaudengo Sandretto Collection," Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Per L'Arte, Torino, Italy, May 10- September 6
"Out Inside: UC Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Faculty Artists," UC Santa Cruz, January 14-February 21
"Hindsight: 56 Recent Acquisitions," Whitney Museum of American Art,
December 17, 1998 to February 21, 1999
"Examining Pictures," curated by Judith Nesbitt, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England, travels to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago,
July 24 - September 30, Cat.

1997 "American Art 1975-1995 from the Whitney Museum: Multiple Identity," Castello di Rivoli, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Italy, October 20-January 18, 1998, Cat.
"Woman's Work: Examining the Femine in Contemporary Painting," curated by Jeff Fleming, South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art, North Carolina, 1997
"Elusive Paradise: Los Angeles Art from the Permanent Collection," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, October 5, 1997 - November 14, 1999
"Painting Project," Basilico Fine Arts and Lehmann Maupin, NY, Sept. 11 - Oct. 11 (catalogue)
"American Stories--Amidst Displacement and Transformation," Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, August 30 - October 19; Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan, November 16 - December; Fukui Fine Arts Museum, Fukui, Japan, April 27, 1998
- May 17, 1998; Kurashiki Art City Museum, Kurashiki, Japan, June 13 - July 26, 1998; Atorion, Akita, Akita, Japan, August - September, 1998, Cat.
"Cruising L.A.", Galeria de Arte Soledad Lorenzo, June 24-July 30, Cat.
"Documenta X," curated by Catherine David, Documenta und Museum und Fredericum, Kassel, Germany, Cat.
"Sunshine & Noir: Art in LA 1960-1997," curated by Lars Nittve and Helle Crenzien, Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Denmark, May 16 - September 7; travels to Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany, November 15-February 1, 1998; Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli, Italy, May 8- August 23, 1998; and UCLA at The
Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, September16, 1998- January 1999. Cat.
"1997 Whitney Biennial Exhibition," The Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, NY, curated by Lisa Phillips and Louise Neri, 20 March - 15 June, Cat.

1996 "a/drift," curated by Joshua Decter, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, October 20-January 5, 1997
"Art at the End of the 20th Century: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art", National Gallery, Athens, Greece, June 10 - September 30, organized by David Ross and Eugenie Tsai, travels to Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain, December 18 - April 6, 1997; Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany, June - September 1997, Cat.
"Mutate/Loving the New Flesh," curated by Michael Cohen, Lauren Wittels Gallery, New York, September 6 - October 5
"The Legacy of American Modernism," Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, March 29 - April 27
"Social Fictions: Lari Pittman/Andrea Zittel," The Grossman Gallery of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 21 February - 17 March, Cat.
"Painting on television, television on painting," curated by Joshua Decter, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, January 19 - February 24

1995 "1995 Whitney Biennial Exhibition," The Czech Museum of Modern Art, Czech Republic, December, Cat.
"Stereo - tip," Soros Center for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Cat.
"Carroll Dunham, Lari Pittman," Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY, 16 September - 14 October
"Love Flight of Pink Candy Hearts," curated by Michael Duncan, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY
"Painting Beyond the Idea," curated by Bennett Roberts, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Cat.
"25 Americans: Painting in the 90's," curated by Dean Sobol, The Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee WI, 8 September - 5 November, Cat.
"Dutch Wives, Phone Sex, and Other Cheap Thrills," curated by Jessica Fredericks and Andrew Freiser, Apex Art, New York, NY, 6 September - 14 October
"1995 Whitney Biennial Exhibition," curated by Klaus Kertess, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, Cat.
"Pittura - Immedia: Malerei in den 90er Jahren," curated by Peter Weibel, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria, Cat.
"In a Different Light," curated by Nayland Blake and Lawrence Rinder, University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, Cat.


1994 "In Retrospect: Paintings of the 80's," Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"The Arabesque," P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York, NY
"Love in the Ruins," curated by Noriko Gamblin, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
"Animal Farm," James Corcoran Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Don't Look Now," curated by Joshua Decter, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY

1993 "Drawings: 30th Anniversary Exhibition to Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts," Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY
"Medialismo," curated by Gabriele Perretta, Trevi Flash Art Museum, Trevi (Perugia), Italy, Cat.
"Legend in My Living Room," curated by Terry Myers, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL, brochure
"The Space of Time / Espacio del Tiempo," curated by Sandra Antelo-Suarez and Alisa Tager, The Americas Society, New York, NY, Center for Fine Arts, Miami, FL, Cat.
"The Return of the Cadavre Exquis," The Drawing Center, New York, NY
"Steve Di Benedetto, Scott Grodesky, Bill Komoski, Peter Nagy, Lari Pittman, Lisa Ruyter," Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY
"Drawing the Line Against AIDS," Guggenheim Museum, Venice, Italy
"1993 Whitney Biennial Exhibition," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, Cat.
"Paper Trails: The Eldetic Image Contemporary American Work on Paper," Krannert Art Museum & Kinkead Pavilion, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL "Daylight Savings: Richmond Burton, Robert Kushner, Lari Pittman, Alexis Rockman," curated by Jonathan Hammer, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Appraising The Prenatural," organized by Sue Spaid and Michael Anderson, Patricia Shea Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"LAX," Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria, Cat.

1992 "Viaggio a Los Angeles," curated by Gregorio Magnani, Castello di Rivara, Rivara Torino, Italy
"Fear of Painting," curated by Dan Cameron, Arthur Rogers Gallery, New York, NY
"In Pursuit of Devoted Repulsion," Roy Boyd Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Gallery Artists," Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY
"Masquerade (Body Double)," organized by Matthew Weinstein, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY
"Paul McCarthy, Lari Pittman, Jeffrey Vallance," Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy
"Helter Skelter: LA. Art in the 1990's," curated by Paul Schimmel, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, Cat.

1991 "Jonathan Hammer: Artist's Books," (collaboration with Dennis Cooper & Jonathan Hammer), Shea & Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Selections from the Permanent Collection: 1975 - 1991," curated by Paul Schimmel,
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
"At the End of the Day," curated by Michael Jenkins, Randy Alexander Gallery, New York, NY
"42nd Biennial of Contemporary American Painting," The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Cat.
"After the Apocalypse: A Different Humanism," South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
"Mito y Magia en America: Los Ochenta," Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Monterrey, Mexico, Cat.
"Someone or Somebody," Meyers/Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Something Pithier and More Psychological," Simon Watson Gallery, New York, NY

1990 "LA My Third Lady," Tanja Grunert Gallery, Koln, Germany
"Representation - Non - Representation," curated by Stephen Berens, Security Pacific Galleries, Costa Mesa, CA, Cat.
"Past and Present: Selected Works by Gallery Artists," Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Constructing a History: A Focus on MoCA's Permanent Collection," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

1989 "Cultural Fetish," Pasadena City College Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA
"Victoria," Pence Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Prospect 89," Frankfurter Kunstverein im Steinernen Haus and Kunsthalle Schirn am Romerberg, Frankfurt, Germany, Cat.

1988 "Erotophobia," Simon Watson Gallery, New York, NY
"Art of the 80's: Artists from the Eli Broad Family Foundation," Kresge Art Museum at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI and Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI
"New Works on Paper," Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Triton," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
"Striking Distance," Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA and The Fresno Arts Center and Museum, Fresno, CA

1987 "LA. Hot and Cool: The Eighties," MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA, Cat.
"Lari Pittman: Paintings/Boyd Wright: Sculpture," College of Creative Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Western States Biennial," Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ, Cat.
"Highlights of California Art Since 1945: A Collecting Partnership," Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
"Cal Arts: Skeptical Belief(s)," The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Cat.
"1987 Biennial Exhibition," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, Cat.

1986 "Issues," Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch...," Kuhlenschmidt-Simon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1983 "Ceci n'est pas le surrealisme, California: Idioms of Surrealism," Fisher Gallery at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, Cat.
"Young American Artists II: Paintings and Painted Wall Reliefs," Mandeville Art Gallery at University of California, San Diego, CA
"Los Angeles/New York Exchange," Artists' Space, New York, NY, Cat.
"Dealer's Choice: San Francisco/Los Angeles," Eaton/Shoen Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1980 "An Exhibition of Drawings: Sandra Jackman, Mary Jones, Tom Knechtel, Lari Pittman, Dara Robinson, Sheila Ruth," Santa Ana College Art Gallery, Santa Ana, CA

1977 "100 Current Directions in Southern California," Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

1976 "Recent Works: Dowell, Lumbert, Pittman, Sherman," Long Beach City Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Akron Museum of Art, Akron, Ohio
Eli Broad Family Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Carnegie Institute of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC
Chapman University, Orange, CA
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino, Italy
Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Monterrey, Mexico
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
Peter Norton Family Foundation, Santa Monica, CA
Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix, AZ
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

AWARDS

2006 Honorary Doctorate, Rhode Island School of Design
2004 Pacific Design Center Stars of Design 2004 Award for Art
2002 Skowhegan Medal
1999/2000 Flintridge Foundation Award for Visual Artists
1993 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant in Painting
1990 California Arts Council Arts Fellowship Grant in Painting
1989 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant in Painting
1989 J. Paul Getty Trust Fund for the Visual Arts Fellowship Grant in Painting
1987 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant in Painting
1986 Art Matters, Inc. Grant