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- 1928
- Born in Chicago, IL
- 2019
- Died in Santa Fe, NM
- Education
- 1955-56
- Mexico City College
- 1953-54
- Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California
- 1945-48
- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Teaching
- 1972
- University of Southern Florida, Tampa, FL
- 1971
- University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
- 1970
- University of California, Berkeley, CA
- 1969
- Los Angeles Art Center, CA
- 1969
- University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- 1965-69
- Pasadena Art Museum, CA
- Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2017
- Paul Sarkisian, Albuquerque Museum of Art, Albuquerque, NM
- 2014
- SARKISIAN & SARKISIAN, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA (curated by Dan Cameron)
- 2011
- Paul Sarkisian: Drawings for Roman, Harwood Museum, Taos, NM
- 2005
- Paul Sarkisian, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM (curated by Louis Grachos)
- 1984
- Tomasulo Art Gallery, Union County College, Cranford, NJ
- 1982
- Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY
- Aspen Center for Visual Arts: Southwest Artists Series, CO
- Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY
- University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
- 1981
- Paul Sarkisian, ARCO Center for the Visual Arts, Los Angeles, CA
- Paul Sarkisian, Fendrick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
- 1980
- Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY
- Wright State University, Dayton; Ohio, Traveling to: Herron Gallery, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN and Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- 1979
- The Arts Club of Chicago, IL
- 1978
- Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY
- 1977
- Paul Sarkisian: Photo Realism, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Houston, TX (Curated by Paul Schimmel)
- 1975
- Paul Sarkisian, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Houston, TX (Curated by Paul Schimmel)
- 1973
- Michael Walls Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 1972
- Paul Sarkisian, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
- 1970
- Paul Sarkisian, An Exhibition of Six Paintings, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA
- Four New Paintings, Michael Walls Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 1969
- Paul Sarkisian, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (curated by Walter Hopps)
- 1968
- Paul Sarkisian, Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA
- 1963
- Paul Sarkisian, La Jolla Art Center, La Jolla, CA
- 1962
- Show One, Aura Gallery, Pasadena, CA
- 1958
- Nova Gallery, Boston, MA
- Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2022
- FRAMED 2: Works by Peter Alexander, Robert Arneson, Andrew Belschner, Roy De Forest, Adam Fowler, and Paul Sarkisian, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- FRAMED: Works by Peter Alexander, Robert Arneson, Andrew Belschner, Roy De Forest, Adam Fowler, Dana Hart-Stone, Robert Hudson, Ed Moses, Ruth Pastine, Paul Sarkisian and Andrea Way, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- 2021
- Photo Based: Works by Tony Berlant, Dana Hart-Stone, Robert Hudson, Keira Kotler, Meridel Rubenstein, and Paul Sarkisian, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- 2014-15
- Still Life: 1970s Photorealism, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT (curated by Cathleen Chaffee) Travelled to: Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY; Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH
- 2010
- Hyperreal, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (MUMOK), Vienna, Austria
- 1999
- Radical P.A.S.T.: Contemporary Art & Music in Pasadena 1960-1974, Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
- Postmark: An Abstract Effect, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
- 1993
- Trompe l’Oeil-Illusionism: Curators' Forum, Hans and Walter Bechtler Gallery, Charlotte, NC (Catalogue)
- 1992
- The Allure of Illusionism: Trompe l’Oeil In Contemporary American Painting, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, UT
- 1990
- Pacific Enterprise Collection, Library Towers, Los Angeles, CA (Catalogue)
- 1989
- Alcove Show, Santa Fe Art Museum, NM
- 1988
- Directors Invitational, Helen B. Murray Gallery, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA. (Catalogue)
- 1987
- Statements '87, Fine Arts Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
- 1986
- New Mexico Collections, Fogelson Gallery, College of Santa Fe, NM
- 1985
- Abstract Variations, Harcourts Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
- The Real Thing; Trompe l’Oeil, Castle Gallery College of New Rochelle, NY
- 1984
- American Art Now! Painting in the 80's, Columbus Museum of Arts and Sciences, Columbus, GA
- American Scene, Adams-Middleton Gallery, Dallas, TX
- Summer Group Show, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, NY
- "Still Life Show", Fendrick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
- 1983
- Contemporary Visual Art Exhibition, Helios Fine Art and the El Paso Community College, El Paso, TX
Realistic Directions, University Park, Pennsylvania
- Contemporary Trompe l’Oeil Painting and Sculpture, Boise Gallery, Boise, ID
- New Art from New York City, Contemporary Art Paintings, Wilmington, DE
- Festival of the Arts, Center of the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
- Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, France
- Major New Works, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY
- Summer Group Show, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY
- The Great Illusionists, Ben Shahn Gallery, Paterson, NJ
- Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE.
- Material Illusions/Unlikely Materials, Taft Museum, Cincinnati, OH
- Contemporary Trompe l’Oeil Painting and Sculpture, Boise Gallery, Boise, ID
- 1981-83
- Contemporary American Realism Since 1960, Pennsylvania Academy Of Fine Arts. Curated by Frank Goodyear. Traveled to: Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA; Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA; Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, Portugal; The Salas de Exposiciones de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain; Kunsthalle, Nuremberg, Germany
- 1982
- Works on Paper, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY
- Summer Workshops 1982, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, CO
- 1981-82
- Real, Really Real and Super Real, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX; Traveled to: Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis IN; Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ; Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PN
- 1981
- 46th Annual National Midyear show, The Butler Art Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
- Summer Group Show, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY
- Major New Works: Tenth Anniversary Show, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY
- Contemporary Realism, Brainerd Art Gallery, S.U.N.Y., at College of Arts and Sciences, Potsdam, NY
- Director's Gallery Glimpse, Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hampstead, NY
- Realists Exhibition, Michael Berger Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
- Major New Works, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY
- The Artist and the Airbrush, San Jose State University Art Gallery, San Jose, CA
- Rosalind Constable Invites, Festival/Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
- Group Show, Root Art Center, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
- New York Gallery Showcase, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
- Still Life/Interiors, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
- 1980-81
- A Decade of Drawing in Black and White: 1970-80, The Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
- Art for Collectors, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
- Contemporary Art from New Mexico, A Scottish Arts Council Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Realism/Photo Realism, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK
- Possibilities for Collectors III, Des Moines Art Center, IA
- Contemporary Naturalism: Works of the 70's, Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Roslyn, NY
- Illusions, (Turrell, Sarkisian, Okulick, Macaulay.), Herron Gallery, Indianapolis, IA
- Here and Now, 35 Artists in New Mexico, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
- Summer Group Show, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY
- Group Show, The Center for Visual Arts Gallery, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
- 1979-80
- 100 Artists 100 Years, The Alumni Schools of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- First Western States Biennial Exhibition, Organized by the Western Collection of Fine Arts; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; Traveled to: Seattle Art Museum, Seattle WA; University of Hawaii, Honolulu; Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport, CA
- 1979
- Prospectus: The Seventies, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
- Group Show, Middendorff-Lane Gallery, Washington, D.C.
- Recent Acquisitions, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
- Soho Directions, Brookhaven National Labs, Upton, NY
- Still Life, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
- Paintings from New York Galleries, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA. Traveled to: James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA; Roanoke College, Salem, VA
- Group Show, University of North Dakota Art Galleries, Grand Forks, ND.
- Things Seen: The Concept of Realism in 20th Century Art, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE
- Armory Show, Santa Fe, NM
- The Reality of Illusion, The Denver Art Museum, CO
- 1978
- Realists, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE
- Drawing the Line, Montclair Art Museum, NJ
- Watercolors, Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, MA
- 1977-78
- Illusions of Reality, Australia Council. Traveling to: Australia National Gallery, Canberra; Western Australian National Gallery, Perth, Australia
- Aspects of Realism, Sponsored by Rothmans of Pall Mall; Curated by Alan Hanlon. Traveling throughout Canada
- 1977
- Group Show, Young-Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Painting in the Age of Photography, Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland
- Major New Works, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY
- New Realism, Jacksonville Art Museum, FL
- Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era, National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
- A View of the Decade, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
- 1976
- The Last Time I Saw Ferus, 1957-66, Newport Harbor Art Museum, CA
- Visions, Distinguished Alumni, 1945 to Present, Chicago Art Institute, IL
- Fall Invitational, Roswell Museum, NM
- Painting and Sculpture in California, The Modern Era, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA.
- Possibilities, Des Moines Art Center, IA
- Painting and Sculpture Today, 1976, Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN
- 12 Contemporary Artists Working in New Mexico, Museum of New Mexico, Fine Arts Center, Santa Fe, NM.
- Drawings, Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY
- 1975
- Peter Ludwig Collection, Aachen Museum, Aachen, West Germany
- 34th Corcoran Biennial, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
- 1973
- Separate Realities, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, CA
- 1972
- Chuck Close and Paul Sarkisian, Two Person Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
- DOCUMENTA 5, Kassel, Germany
- 1971
- Traveling Show of American Paintings and Prints, National Gallery of Australia
- 1970
- Excellence: Art from the University Community, University Art Gallery, Berkeley, CA
- Looking West, Joslyn Museum, Omaha, NE
- 1969
- Whitney Annual, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
- 1968
- Late Fifties at the Ferus, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA.
- 1965
- Art '65 East and West, American Pavilion, New York World's Fair, New York, NY
- 100 California Artists, Pasadena Art Museum, CA
- 1962
- Show One, Aura Gallery, Pasadena, CA
- 1960
- Annual, Pasadena Art Museum, CA
- 1957
- Gallery Artists Group Show, Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Walter Hopps)
- 1956
- Action2, NOW Gallery inside the Turnabout Theatre, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Walter Hopps)
- 1955
- Action: Painting, Collages, Lithographs, & Contemporary Music of the West Coast (The Merry-Go-Round Show), Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, CA (curated by Walter Hopps)
- 1954-55
- Southern California Painting and Sculpture Annual, Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art, CA
- 1954
- Syndell Studio, Brentwood, CA (curated by Walter Hopps)
- 1952
- California Painting Annual, De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA.
- Selected Public Collections
- Aachen Museum, Aachen, Germany
- Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
- Albuquerque Museum of Art, NM
- Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock , AR
- Art Institute of Chicago, IL
- Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque , NM
- Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles, CA
- Becton Dickinson & Company, Paramus, NJ
- Brandeis University Art Museum, MA
- Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
- Des Moines Art Center, IA
- Des Moines Register and Tribune, IA
- New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
- Harwood Museum, Taos, NM
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Cambridge MA
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
- Hospital Corporation of America Collection, Nashville, TN
- Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
- Milwaukee Art Center, WI
- Minneapolis Museum of Art, MN
- The Museum of Albuquerque, NM
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
- The Museum of Modern Art, NY
- Museum of Modern Art (MUMOK), Vienna, Austria
- Museum of the University of Georgia, Athens , GR
- Oakland Museum of California, CA
- Owens Corning Fiberglass Corp., Toledo, OH
- Pacific Enterprise Corp., Los Angeles, CA
- Pasadena Art Museum, CA
- Philip Morris Inc., NY
- Roswell Museum of Art, NM
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA
- Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE
- Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
- Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
- Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
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