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- Born
- 1950
- Los Angeles, CA
- Lives in Ojai, CA
- Education
- 1975
- MFA, Yale University, New Haven, CT
- 1973
- BFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
- 1970-71
- Whitney Museum of American Art, Independent Study Program, New York, NY
- 1968-9
- Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
- Awards and Honors
- 2017
- Francis J. Greenberger Award, The New Museum, NYC, NY
- 2015
- Arts & Letters Award, American Academy of Arts & Letters, NYC, NY
- 2000
- International Studio Program Award, The Elizabeth Foundation For The Arts
- 1998
- Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grant
- 1995
- The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Grant
- 1975-77
- Fulbright/Hayes Travel Grant, Barcelona, Spain
- 1974
- NEA Yale University, Sculpture Commission, New Haven, CT
- Solo Exhibitions
- 2021
- Gary Lang: Centers, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA;
Exhibition catalog
- Gary Lang: ROR, Quint ONE, La Jolla, CA
- 2020
- Concentric SQUARES, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
- Gary Lang: WORDS, Quint Gallery, San Diego, CA
- 2019
- Gary Lang: GLITTERWORKS, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Gary Lang: RISING, Barbara and Art Culver Centrer of the Arts, UC Riverside, CA
- 2018
- Dividing Time / Profiles #1, Video Performance, Cathedral of St. Vibiana, L.A.
- 2017
- Gary Lang: WANDERWONDER, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
- 2016
- Gary Lang: RISING, ACE Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
- Gary Lang: BLUE LIGHT, Quint Gallery, La Jolla, CA
- 2015
- Circles and Lines, KM Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
- 2014
- Circles and Words, ACE Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
- Words and Consequences, Blackboard Gallery, SCIART, Camarillo, CA
- 2013
- Whim Wham, MOAH –Museum of Art & History, Lancaster, CA
- Edging Reason-Words, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
- 2010
- Dividing Time, Video Installation, McNay Museum, San Antonio, TX
- Circles, Mikimoto, Beverly Hills, CA
- 2009
- Gary Lang, Circles Lines Grids, ACE Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
- 2008
- Gary Lang, Out Standing Time, Rosemary Berkel and Harry L. Crisp 11 Museum, Cape Girardeau, MO
- 2007
- Hybrid Variations #2, Edward Cella Art+Architecture, Santa Barbara, CA
- 2006
- Three Decades, Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA
- 2004
- Who’s Afraid of Red, White and Blue, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands
- Galerie Trabant, Vienna, Austria
- Galerie Zürcher, Paris, France
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI, Garden Commision, Great Lawn, Botanical Garden
- 2003
- Four New Paintings, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
- 2002
- Circles and Cycles: A Chance Garden Phase 2, The Color Projects, The Flower Fields in Carlsbad, Public Garden Commission, Carlsbad, CA
- Painting Installations, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
- Paintings, Gallery K, Kurashiki, Japan
- 2001
- Gary Lang: Native, Brian Gross Fine Art at Crocker Plaza, San Francisco, CA
- Circles and Cycles: A Chance Garden Phase 1, The Color Projects, The Flower Fields in Carlsbad, Public Garden Commission, Carlsbad, CA
- California Drip Lines, Stark Gallery, New York, NY
- Gary Lang, Yoshi Hirai, Osaka, Japan
- Mirrors, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- Paintings, Gallerie Trabant, Vienna, Austria
- Carlsbad Color Project, Public Garden Commission, Carlsbad, CA
- Lobby installation, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA
- Drip Paintings, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
- 2000
- Open Studio, International Studio/Curatorial Program, New York, NY
- 1999
- Stark Gallery, New York, NY
- Galerie Zürcher, Paris, France
- Garden Installation, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- 1997
- Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
- Galerie Zürcher, Paris , France
- Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PN
- Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
- 1996
- Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands
- Maud Boreel Fine Arts, The Hague, The Netherlands
- Crosby Street Project, New York, NY
- 1995
- Galerie Zürcher, Paris, France
- 1994
- Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- Michael Klein Inc., New York, NY
- 1993
- Galeria Cadaques, Cadaques, Spain
- Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- Michael Klein Inc., New York, NY
- 1992
- Margaret Lipworth Fine Art, Boca Raton, FL
- Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
- 1992
- Michael Klein Inc., New York, NY
- 1991
- Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY
- 1990
- Mark Quint Gallery, La Jolla, CA
- Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY
- 1989
- Mark Quint Gallery, La Jolla, CA
- Berland Hall Gallery, New York, NY
- Julian Pretto Gallery, New York, NY
- 1989
- Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY
- Simon Watson Gallery, New York, NY
- 1988
- Julian Pretto Gallery, New York, NY
- 1987
- Madison Arts Center, Madison, WI
- 1986
- Paris/New York Kent Gallery, Kent, CT
- Galeria Cadaques, Cadaques, Spain
- Mark Quint Gallery, La Jolla, CA
- 1984
- Baskerville and Watson Gallery, New York, NY
- Kirk De Gooyer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 1983
- Kirk De Gooyer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Mark Quint Gallery, San Diego, CA
- 1982
- Downtown Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Mark Quint Gallery, San Diego, CA
- 1981
- Todd Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
- 1980
- L.A.C.E. Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Ulrike Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 1975
- Institute of American Studies, Barcelona, Spain
- 1974
- Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
- Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2020
- 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA;
exhibition catalog
- Shit Must Stop: Then and Now, Five by Ten Gallery, Chicago, IL
- 2019
- L.A. on Fire, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Made in California, Contemporary Art from the Frederick R Weisman Art Foundation, Pete and Susan Barrett Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- Selections from the Permanent Collection, MOAH Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
- 2018
- North / South: California Art, Heather James Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
- WATER AND LIGHT, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID
- DISTANT LIGHT, QUINT Gallery, San Diego, CA
- INDULGE, Art Movement, Los Angeles, CA
- 2017
- California Dreaming: Contemporary Art from the Weisman Art Foundation, Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
- 2016
- Made in California: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
- 2015
- Made in California, Mana Wynwood, Miami, FL
- 2015 Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, American Academy of Arts & Letters, NYC, NY
- conTEXTual abstraction, Curated by Mat Gleason, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
- 2014
- California Dreaming: An International Portrait of Southern California, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
- 2013
- Outside: Selections from the Doug Simay Collection, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
- Julian Pretto Gallery, Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY
- 2012
- Ace Gallery, Bevery Hills, CA
- 2011
- Ace Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
- 2009
- QUINT: Three Decades of Contemporary ART, Calif. Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
- 2008
- Painting in Southern California: The 1980s Neo-Expressionism and Driven to Abstraction II, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
- 2007
- Welcome to Our Neighborhood, Edward Cella Art & Architecture, Santa Barbara, CA
- An Eclectic Eye: Selections from the Dan Leach Collection, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
- 2006
- Heavy Light/Video/Digital Art, Quint Contemorary, La Jolla, CA
- 2004
- Beyond Geometry, Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida
- Rupertinum Museum of Contemporary Art, Salzburg, Austria
- 2002
- Minimal, Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands
- Painting’s Edge, Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA
- Crossover, Kurashiki City Art Museum, Kurashiki, Japan
- Continuous Senses, Gallery Jurou, Kurashiki, Japan
- 2001
- Brian Gross Fine Art: Gallery Artists, Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding, CA
- Chouinard, A Living Legacy, The Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
- Collaborations, Galerie Trabant, Vienna, Austria
- Fifteen Years of Painting at Stark Gallery, Stark Gallery, New York, NY
- Galerie Zürcher, Paris, France
- 2000
- New York Artists, Eckert Fine Art, Naples, FL
- Small Work, Nina Freundenheim, Inc., Buffalo, NY
- Works on Paper, Stark Gallery, New York, NY
- Hauling Ass Pierogi 2000 Flat Files, Yerba Buena Center, San Francisco, CA, Los Angeles, CA; Kansas City, Missouri; and Berlin, Germany
- 1999
- Apprendre et Regarder, HEC Campus, Paris, France.
- Davis Street Inaugural, Butters Gallery Ltd., Portland, OR
- 1998
- Cool Painting, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- Flexing the Abs, Rare Art Properties, New York, NY
- I Love New York-Crossover of Contemporary Art, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
- Paperworks from Dieu Donné Papermill, HBO Corporate Headquarters, New York, NY
- Paper +, Works on Dieu Donné Paper, Gallery at Dieu Donné Papermill, New York, NY
- Projects, Galerie Zürcher, Paris, France
- 1997
- Current Themes, Persistent Dialogues, Works from the Maslow Collection, Everhart Museum, Scranton, PN
- Amour, Margaret Lipworth Fine Art, Boca Raton, FL
- Anniversary Shows 1973-1997, Galeria Cadaques, Spain
- La Règle et L’Emotion, Centre Xavier Battnini, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France
- Abstraction Index, Condeso/Lawler, New York, NY
- Benefit Exhibition, Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY
- Drawing From Life, Stark Gallery, New York, NY
- FIAC, Paris, France
- 1996
- The Collection of Julian Pretto, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
- Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
- 1995
- Color Painting, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- Julian’s Show, Littlejohn Contemporary Art, New York, NY
- Arresting Images, Gallery 400, The University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
- 1994
- New York Abstract Painting, Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York, NY
- About Color, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
- Geometrie en Question, Galerie Zurcher, Paris
- 1993
- The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
- Kurswechsel, Michael Klein Inc., Transart Exhibitions, Koln, Germany
- Lang, McLaughlin, Venezia, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
- Collage, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- Sailing to Byzantium, with Disenchantment, Sergio Tossi Arte Contemporanea, Prato, Italy
- East Coast-West Coast, Nancy Drysdale Gallery, Washington, DC
- Three Painters, Margaret Lipworth Fine Art, Boca Raton, FL
- 1992
- Vibology, White Columns, New York, NY
- Ageometry, Michael Klein Inc., New York, NY
- Geometric Strategies, Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, NY
- Ecstasy, Dooley Le Cappelaine, New York, NY
- 1991
- Preview, Michael Klein Inc., New York, NY
- Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI
- Nancy Drysdale Gallery, Washington, DC
- Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY
- 1990
- Fluid Geometry, Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College, New London, CT
- Mark Quint Gallery, La Jolla, CA
- The Grid, Ben Shahn Galleries, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
- Grids, Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York, NY
- Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY
- 1989
- Coming of Age, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
- Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY
- Invitational, Fiction/Non-Ficton Gallery, New York, NY
- Aspects of Painting, Julian Pretto Gallery, New York, NY
- Artists of the 80’s, Sordoni Gallery, Wilkes College, Wilkes Barre, PN
- 1988
- Adler Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
- Mutations, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY
- 1987
- Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
- Adler Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 1986
- Adler Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Paris Biennale, Paris, France
- 1985
- Recent Painting in Southern California, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- Bill and Merry Norris Collection, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
- Metropolitan Transit, Los Angeles, CA
- Off the Streets, Los Angeles, CA
- 1984
- Olympiad ‘84, Koplin Center, Los Angeles, CA
- Broad Spectrums, Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
- Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
- 1983
- Plains Museum of Art, MN
- Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- L.A.C.E. Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- University Place Gallery, New York, NY
- 1981
- Security Pacific Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Tower Gallery, New York, NY
- Cyprus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Downtown Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Molly Barnes Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 1978
- United Nations Plaza, New York, NY
- 1976
- Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
- 1973
- Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
- 1972
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
- Public and Corporate Collections
- American Embassy in Algiers, Algeria
- American Embassy in Paris, France
- AT&T, Somerset, NJ
- Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
- Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
- Cedars Sinai Hospital-Marcia and Simon Weisman Collection, Los Angeles, CA
- City Redevelopment Agency, Los Angeles, CA
- Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
- Detroit Institute of Art, MI
- Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Beverly Hills, CA
- The Gores Group, Beverly Hills, CA
- Hewlett-Packard Corporation
- IBM Corporation, Somers, NY
- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, CA
- Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
- Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
- Maslow Collection, Wilkes-Barre, PN
- Meadowbrook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
- Menil Collection, Houston, TX
- Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, Chicago, IL
- Musée des Beaux-Arts, Angers, France
- Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
- Museum of Art, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- MOAH – Museum of Art & History, Lancaster, CA
- Nordstern, Koln, Germany
- Paine Webber, New York, NY
- Plains Art Museum, Moorehead, MN
- Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
- Rayovac Corporation, Madison, WI
- Riverside Museum of Art, Riverside, CA
- Stein & Company, Chicago, IL
- The Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, Pomona, CA
- Thompson Publishing Group, New York, NY
- Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
- Tuttle & Taylor, Los Angeles, CA
- University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
- Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
- Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
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