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		Born 1941, New York, New York Education 1961 B.A., University of California at Los Angeles 1962 M.A., University of California at Los Angeles 1963 M.F.A., University of California at Los Angeles Awards 1989 Heritage Artist Recognition Award, Heritage Museum, Santa Monica, California 1964 New Talent Purchase Grant, Los Angeles County Museum of Art 1963 Exhibition Award, San Francisco Ford Foundation Purchase Award Solo Exhibitions 2019 High Ground, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco; exhibition catalog 2018 Fast Forward, Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Tony Berlant—The Marriage of New York and Athens, Jean Michel Wilmotte Gallery, Provence, France 2016 Tony Berlant, Texas Gallery, Houston, TX 2014 Tony Berlant: Close to Home, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA 2011 New Works, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco Extended Ecstasy, Nyehaus, New York, NY Works from 1962–1964, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA 2010 Tony Berlant, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA 2009 More Than Meets the Eye, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco 2008 Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, New York 2008 Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas 2007 Hidden in Plain Sight, LA Louver Gallery, Venice, California 2007 Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, California 2007 When God Was A Woman, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho 2007 Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 2006 Within, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, New York 2005 Tony Berlant: Night Bloom, L.A. Louver, Venice, California 2005 Extended Ecstasy, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho 2004 Tony Berlant: The Marriage of New York and Athens, new building of Gehry Partners, LLP, Los Angeles, California 2004 Tony Berlant: New Terrain, L.A. Louver, Venice, California 2003 Recent Works by Tony Berlant, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii 2003 What You See is Who You Are, Lennon, Weinberg Gallery, Inc., New York, NY 2001 Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, California 2001 L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, California 2001 New Work, Klein Art Works, Chicago, Illinois 2000 Tony Berlant Line of Sight, Lennon, Weinberg Gallery, New York, New York 1999 Klein Art Works, Chicago, Illinois 1999 L.A. Louver, Venice, California 1999 Lennon/Weinberg, New York, New York 1997 Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, California Commissions 1997 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska 1997 Klein Art Works, Chicago, Illinois 1997 Recent Works, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California 1997 Recent Miracles, Lennon- Weinberg Gallery, New York, New York 1995 New Work, Klein Art Works, Chicago, Illinois 1995 Recent Miracles, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, California 1995 Pieces of a Life, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 1994 New Work, Dennis Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho 1993 New Work, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida 1993 New Work, Dennis Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho 1993 New Work, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, California 1991 Recent Works, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California 1990 Eugene Binder Gallery, Cologne, Germany 1990 Louver Gallery, New York, New York 1989 L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, California 1988 Centro Cultural del Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico 1988 New Work, Andres Tornburg Gallery, Lund, Sweden 1987 Recent Works, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park , Los Angeles, California 1986 New Work, Xavier Fourcade, Inc., New York, New York 1985 New Work, John Stoller Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1985 Recent Work, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, California 1984 New Works, Xavier Fourcade, Inc., New York, New York 1982 Recent Work, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas 1981 New Works, Xavier Fourcade, Inc., New York, New York 1978 Constructions and Collages, Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas 1975 James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, California 1974 Phyllis Kind Gallry, Chicago, Illinois 1973–74 The Marriage of New York and Athens, The Whitney Museum of American Art 1963 Davis Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, California Group Exhibitions 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 2020 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA; exhibition catalog 2016 Mustard Road, The Battery SF, San Francisco, CA 2015 Drawing in L.A.: The 1960s and 70s, Los Angeles County Museum of Art After Living in the Room of Réalités Nouvelles, Sonce Alexander Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2014 Venice Under the Influence, curated by Amanda Quinn Olivar, A Window Between Worlds (James Beach), Venice, CA California Dreamin: Thirty Years of Collecting, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA Between Worlds (James Beach), Venice, CA 2012 Ed’s Party, William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Under the Big Black Sun: California Art, 1974–81, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA 2011–12 Artistic Evolution—Southern California Artists at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: 1945–1963, Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, CA The Lords of the New Creatures, NYE + Brown, Culver City, CA California Art: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA 2009–10 Rarities, Galerie 1900–2000, Paris, France Summer Sale: Selected Artists, Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, NY 2008 Emphasis SANTA MONICA, curated by Bruria Finkel, Pete and Susan Barrett Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Envisioning Maps, Hebrew Union College, New York, NY 2007 Made in California: Contemporary California Art From the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, 15th Anniversary Celebration, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, CA SoCal: Southern California Art of the 1960s and 70s from LACMA’s Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA Art Since the 1960’s: California Experiments, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA Day and Night, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA 2006 Picking up the Pieces: Contemporary Collage, William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA Los Angeles - Paris, 1955–1985, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (catalogue) Impressionism/Ism: Contemporary Impressions, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA 2005 WEST! Frank Gehry and the Artists of Venice Beach, 1962–1978, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, CA Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID POPulence, curated by David Pagel, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston; traveled to Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art and Southeastern Center of Contemporary Art (SECCA), Winston Salem, NC Conversations, Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, CA 2004 Bioballistic, Barnsdall Art Park Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA Art 35, Basel, Switzerland 2002 August 2002, L.A. Louvre, Venice, CA 1999 Making Change, The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA 1998 L.A. Current: Looking at the Light, 3 Generations of L.A. Artists, Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California 1998 Painting Language, L.A. Louver, Venice, California 1998 Winter Show, Stroke Gallery, Osaka, Japan 1998 Group Show, L.A. Louver, Venice, California 1997 Transformations: Recycled Materials in Contemporary American Art and Design, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, Washington 1997 Sensuality in the Abstract, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, California 1997 Art Patterns, Austin Museum of Art, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas 1997 Hello Again! A New Wave of Recycled Art and Design, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California 1997 Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California 1997 Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark 1997 Sunshine and Noir: Art in L.A., 1960-1997, (touring exhibition) 1996 Blessings and Beginnings: Our Pathway to This Moment, Skirball Cultural Cener and Museum, Los Angeles, California 1994 Worlds in a Box, Whitechapel Art Gallery, (touring exhibition) London, Great Britain 1991 L.A. When It Began, James Corcoran Gallery, Santa Monica, California 1989 Forty Years of California Assemblage, (traveling exhibition) UCLA Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, California 1986 Individuals: A Selected History of Contemporary Art, 1945-1986, Inaugural exhibition, Museum of Conemporary Art, Los Angeles, California 1985 Boxes, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico, D.F., Mexico 1977 Art from Los Angeles, Museum of Modern Art, New York 1972 Seventieth American Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 1972 12 Statements Beyond the Sixties, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan 1971 New Works by Los Angeles Artists, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California 1969 Human Concern/Personal Torment, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York 1967 American Sculpture of the Sixties, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California 1966 Biennial Exhibiion: Contemporary Sculpture and Prints, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York 1965 Five Younger Los Angeles Artists, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California 1960 Artists of Los Angeles and Vicinity Annual Exhibition, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Commissions 1999 Junipero Serra Stte Office Building, Los Angeles, California 1998 Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Los Angeles, California 1997 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, FBC Operations Building Lobby, Los Angeles, California 1996 U.S. Federal Building and Courthouse, Sacramento, California 1994 Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. 1994 Faret Tachikawa Art Park, Tokyo, Japan 1992 Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, California 1991 The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1990 Fashion Institute of Design and Marketing, Los Angeles, California 1988 The Contemporary Art Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii 1987 San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California 1986 Xavier Fourcade, Inc., New York, New York 1986 Rebecca's Restaurant, Venice, California Collections Anderson Collection at Stanford University, Stanford, CA Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ Art Institute of Chicago, IL Chateau La Coste, Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade, France Fort Worth Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Worth, TX Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, Stanford, CA Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA Minneapolis Institute of Fine Art, Minneapolis, MN Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, TX North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NB Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT