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- Born 1928
- Pasadena, California
- Died 2003
- Bodega Bay, California
- Education
- 1956–58
- M.A., San Francisco State University
- 1953–55
- B.F.A., California School of Fine Arts (now San Francisco
Art Institute)
- 1954
- California College of Arts & Crafts (now California College of the Arts), Oakland
- 1947
- Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles
- Teaching
- 1974–93
- College of Marin, Indian Valley Campus, Novato, California, Professor Emeritus
- 1994
- University of California, Davis
- 1986
- University of California, Davis
- 1972-73
- San Jose State University
- 1960–70
- San Francisco Art Institute
- 1958-59
- San Francisco State University
- Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2016
- The Absence of Light: Black Paintings (1957–2003), The Box, Los Angeles
- 2010
- Wally Hedrick, The Box, Los Angeles
- 2008
- Wally Hedrick: War Room, The Box, Los Angeles
- 2007
- Wally Hedrick: Estate Sale, Michael Kohn Galley, Los Angeles
- 2003
- Wally Hedrick, Linc Art, San Francisco
- Wally Hedrick: Pre-emptive Peace, Sonoma State University Art Gallery
- 2000
- Wally Hedrick: Paintings, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco
- 1999
- Wally Hedrick: Provisions, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa
- 1996
- Wally Hedrick: Madonnas, Gods & Goddesses, King-Heller Gallery, Bodega Bay
- 1994
- Classic Hedrick, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland
- Wally Hedrick: Paintings, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco
- 1990
- Wally Hedrick: Paintings, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco
- 1985
- Wally Hedrick: Selected Works, San Francisco Art Institute (catalogue)
- 1984
- Wally Hedrick, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco
- 1982
- Wally Hedrick, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco
- 1967
- Wally Hedrick, San Francisco Art Institute
- 1963
- Wally Hedrick, New Mission Gallery, San Francisco
- Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2019
- Dilexi Gallery: The Early Years, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA;
exhibition catalog
- Dilexi Gallery: Seeking the Unknown, Parker Gallery, Los Angeles.
- Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965–1975, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.
- House of the Sleeping Beauties, Sotheby's S|2, London.
- 2018
- Collecting on the Edge, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan.
- Walking Point, Greene Naftali, New York. press release
- Way Bay, Berkeley Art Museum, University of California
- 2017
- JEAN CONNER–WALLY HEDRICK–DEBORAH REMINGTON–FRANKLIN WILLIAMS, Karma Gallery, New York.
- Animal Farm, The Brant Foundation, Greenwich, Connecticut
- Bruno Serralongue and Wally Hedrick, Air de Paris, Paris
- Rat Bastard Protective Association, Susan Inglett Gallery, New York
- 2016
- Rat Bastard Protective Association, curated by Anastasia Aukeman, the Landing, Los Angeles
- 2013
- SIGHT / VISION : The Urban Milieu, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco
- 2012
- Painting, The Box, Los Angeles
- Renaissance on Fillmore, 1955–1965, curated by Michael Schwager. di Rosa, Napa, California
- The Historical Box, curated by Mara McCarthy, Hauser & Wirth, London
- The Historical Box, curated by Mara McCarthy, Hauser & Wirth, Zurich
- 2011
- Wally Hedrick and William T. Wiley, The Mayor Gallery, London.
- Beyond Tradition: Art Legacies at the Richmond Art Center, in celebration of the Richmond Art Center's 75th Anniversary. Featuring the work of many recognized artists who have been a part of the Center's history.
- Bella Pacifica, Bay Area Abstraction, 1946-1963, A Symphony in Three Parts, David Nolan Gallery, New York; Nyehaus, New York; Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York
- 2010
- Sunless, curated by Walead Beshty, Thomas Dane Gallery, London
- I.G.Y., Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
- Oakland Museum of California Grand Reopening May 2010. Collection Show
- 2009
- Looking For Mushrooms–Beat Poets, Funk and Minimal Art: Art and Counterculture in San Francisco around 1968, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
- Sight Vision Revisited, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco
- 2008
- Mysteries, curated by Melissa E. Feldman, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco
- Paul McCarthy’s Low Life Slow Life: Part 1, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
- Freedom of Expression: Political Art in an Age of Uncertainty, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University
- American Pop, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento
- 2007
- The creamery: FUNK ART etc from Bodega, the 8 gallery, San Francisco Artists of Invention: A Century of CAA, Oakland Museum of California
- 2005
- The True Artist is an Amazing Luminous Fountain: Selected Works from the di Rosa Preserve, Napa. Traveled to Washington, D.C., Palm Springs, CA, Santa Cruz, CA (catalogue)
- 1995–96
- Beat Culture and the New America 1950-65, Whitney Museum of American Art. Traveled to Minneapolis, San Francisco (catalogue)
- 1992
- Sight/Vision: The Urban Milieu III, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco
- 1990
- The Six Gallery, Natsoulas-Novelozo Gallery, Davis (catalogue)
- 1986
- Sight/Vision: The Urban Milieu II, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco
- 1986 2nd Annual Newport Biennial: The Bay Area, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach (catalogue)
- 1983
- Sight/Vision: The Urban Milieu, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco
- 1976
- The Modern Era: Painting and Sculpture in California, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (catalogue)
- 1974
- Poets of the Cities: New York & San Francisco 1950–1965, Dallas Museum of Art. Traveled to San Francisco, Hartford (catalogue)
- 1962
- New Paintings of Common Objects, Pasadena Art Museum
- 1960
- Gangbang, Batman Art Gallery, San Francisco
- 1959
- Sixteen Americans, Museum of Modern Art, New York (catalogue)
- Honors and Awards
- 1999
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
- 1997
- Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grant
- 1993–94
- The National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
- 1994
- Award of Excellence, California State Fair
- 1993
- Golden Bear Award, California State Fair
- 1991
- Golden Bear Award, California State Fair
- 1985–86
- Individual Artist Grant, funded by the San Francisco Foundation
- 1985
- Adaline Kent Award, San Francisco Art Institute, California
- 1982
- The National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
- 1968
- The National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
- Public Collections
- Museum of Modern Art, New York
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- Oakland Museum of California, California
- di Rosa Preserve, Napa, California
- San Jose Museum of Art, California
- Berkeley Art Museum, University of California
- Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, California
- Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
- Mills College, Oakland, California
- San Francisco Art Commission Civic Art Collection, California
- Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
- Bibliography
- Landauer, Susan, in Collecting on the Edge, Bolton Colburn, ed., Utah State University Press/Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, 2017
- Aukeman, Anastasia, Welcome to Painterland: Bruce Conner and the Rat Bastard Protective Association, University of California Press, 2016
- Dannenmuller, Sophie, Bruce Conner et les "Rats de l'art" (San Francisco, 1958-1962), Les Cahiers du Musee national d'art moderne, Centre Pompidou, printemps 2009
- Dannenmuller, Sophie, L'assemblage en Californie: une esthetique de subversion, LA FONCTION CRITIQUE DE L'ART, edited by Evelyne Toussaint, l'Universite de Pau, 2009
- Smith, Richard Cándida, The Modern Moves West: California Artists and Democratic Culture in the Twentieth Century, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009
- Linhares, Philip, Artists of Invention: A Century of CAA, 2007, Oakland Museum of California
- Selz, Peter, Art of Engagement: Visual Politics in California and Beyond, 2006, University of California Press, Berkeley
- Berkson, Bill, "Without The Rose: DeFeo in Sixteen Americans," in Green, Jane & Levy, Leah (eds.) Jay DeFeo and The Rose, University of California Press, Whitney Museum of American Art, 2003
- di Rosa, Rene, Local Color: The di Rosa Collection, 1999, Chronicle Books, San Francisco
- Crow, Thomas, The Rise of the Sixties: American and European Art in the Era of Dissent, 1996, Abrams Perspectives
- Phillips, Lisa, Beat Culture and the New America: 1950–1965, 1996, Whitney Museum, New York
- The Beat Generation Galleries and Beyond, 1996, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis CA
- Smith, Richard Candida, Utopia and Dissent: Art, Poetry and Politics in California, University of California Press, 1995
- Solnit, Rebecca, Secret Exhibition: Six California Artists of the Cold War Era,1990, City Lights Books, San Francisco
- Lyrical Vision: The 6 Gallery, 1990, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis CA
- Ayers, Anne, Forty Years of California Assemblage, 1990, University of California, Los Angeles
- Starr, Sandra, Lost & Found in California: Four Decades of Assemblage Art,1988, James Corcoran Gallery, Santa Monica
- Tuchman, Maurice, The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1985, 1986, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Rubin, David, Wally Hedrick: Selected Works, 1985, Adaline Kent Award Exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute
- Albright, Thomas, Art in the San Francisco Bay Area: 1945-1980, 1985, University of California Press, Berkeley
- Holland, Katherine, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: The Painting and Sculpture Collection, 1985
- Hopkins, Henry, Painting & Sculpture in California: The Modern Era, 1976, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- Parker III, Harry S., Poets of the Cities: New York & San Francisco 1950-1965, 1974, E.P. Dutton, New York
- Plagens, Peter, Sunshine Muse: Contemporary Art on the West Coast, 1974, Henry Holt, New York
- Lippard, Lucy, Pop Art, 1967, Praeger, New York
- Martin, Fred, Wally Hedrick/Sam Tchakalian, 1967, Balboa Pavilion Gallery, The Fine Arts Patrons of Newport Harbor
- Miller, Dorothy, Sixteen Americans, 1959, Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Selected Reviews
- Yau, John, A Celebration of the Rat Bastards: Joan Brown, Bruce Conner, Jean Conner, Jay DeFeo, George Herms, Wally Hedrick, and Others, Hyperallergic, posted May 13, 2017
- Lopez, Pablo, Wally Hedrick at The Box, Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, 2016
- Roth, David M., "Sight Vision: The Beat Era at Gallery Paule Anglim," SquareCylinder.com, posted 31 October 2013
- Sam, Sherman, Critics' Picks, Artforum, July 2012
- Searle, Adrian, "The Historical Box," The Guardian, review 5-24-2012
- Harvey, Doug, "Wally Hedrick at the Box," L.A. Weekly Critics' Choices, Highlights from the fall season, 9-9-2010
- Holte, Michael Ned, Wally Hedrick: The Box, Artforum, Summer 2008
- Miles, Christopher, Wally Hedrick: War Room, LA Weekly, April 9, 2008
- Frank, Peter, Wally Hedrick at Michael Kohn Gallery, LA Weekly, February 21, 2007
- Solnit, Rebecca, Inventing San Francisco’s Art Scene: 1950s Bohemians Altered the World from Their Lofts in the City, San Francisco Chronicle, January 25, 2004
- Baker, Kenneth, Wally Hedrick at Paule Anglim, San Francisco Chronicle, March 8, 1994
- Bonetti, David, Wally Hedrick at Paule Anglim, San Francisco Examiner, March 4, 1994
- Marcus, Greil, The Incredible Disappearing Art, San Francisco Focus, October, 1991
- Yau, John, Wally Hedrick, Arts Magazine, Summer 1990
- Van Proyen, Mark, Atypical Prototypes: The Art of Wally Hedrick, Artweek, April 27, 1985
- Boettger, Suzaan, Painting from Raunch to Cotton Candy, San Francisco Chronicle, July 1, 1982
- Albright, Thomas, Alternative to Mainstream, San Francisco Chronicle, March 26, 1982
- Coplans, John, Wally Hedrick: Offense Intended, Artforum, May 1963
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