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Llyn Foulkes    (American, 1934)

 Llyn Foulkes - Deliverance (Paintings) h: 72 x w: 84 in / h: 182.9 x w: 213.4 cm
Llyn Foulkes
Deliverance 2004-2007
 
 Llyn Foulkes - Home (Paintings) h: 43 x w: 38 in / h: 109.2 x w: 96.5 cm
Llyn Foulkes
Home 2003-2004
 
 Llyn Foulkes - Mr. President (Washingtonland) (Paintings) h: 40 x w: 40 in / h: 101.6 x w: 101.6 cm
Llyn Foulkes
Mr. President (Washingtonland) 2006
 
 Llyn Foulkes - Postcard (Paintings) h: 65 x w: 65.5 in / h: 165.1 x w: 166.4 cm
Llyn Foulkes
Postcard 1963
 
 Llyn Foulkes - Route 77 (Paintings) h: 56 x w: 44 in / h: 142.2 x w: 111.8 cm
Llyn Foulkes
Route 77 2003
 
 Llyn Foulkes - The Lost Frontier (Mixed Media) h: 87 x w: 96 x d: 8 in / h: 221 x w: 243.8 x d: 20.3 cm
Llyn Foulkes
The Lost Frontier 1997-2005
 

Biography
1934 Born in Yakima, Washington
1953 - 1954 University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1954 Central Washington College of Education, Ellensburg, WA
1954 - 1956 U.S. Army, Germany
1957 - 1959 Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
1959 First Award for Painting, Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
1963 First Award for Painting (82nd Annual) San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1964 First Los Angeles County Museum New Talent Purchase Grant
1967 First Award for Painting, 5th Paris Biennale, Museum of Modern Art, Paris
1967 Representative for the U.S., 9th Sao Paulo Bienale, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1977 Guggenheim Fellowship
1986 National Endowment for the Arts Grant
2008 American Academy of Arts and Letters 2008 Awards in Art

Exhibitions
2009 Nine Lives: Visionary Artists from L.A. Hammer Museum of art, curated by Ali Subotnick
2008 Pretty-Ugly, Ugly-Pretty. curated by Alison Gingeras, Maccarone Gallery and Gavin Brown Gallery, New York
2008 Time & Place: Los Angeles 1958-1968. curated by Lars Nittve, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2008 Invitational Exhibition. American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
2008 Old, Weird America. curated by Toby Kamps Contemporary Art Museum, Houston
2007 Llyn Foulkes: Deliverance. Kent Gallery, New York , NY
2005 Llyn Foulkes: The Lost Frontier. Kent Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
1997 Gallery Paula Anglim, San Francisco, CA
1996 The Legend of Mickey Rat. Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1995 Llyn Foulkes: Between a Rock and a Hard Place. organized by the Laguna Art Museum, CA and travels to: Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH, The Oakland Art Museum, CA, Palm Springs Desert Museum, CA
1993 I Space, Chicago, IL
1990 POP: The First Picture. Kent Gallery, New York, NY
1989 Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1988 Llyn Foulkes: Images of Disruption and Delusion. Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston, TX
1988 Llyn Foulkes: The Sixties. Kent Fine Art, New York, NY (catalog)
1988 Llyn Foulkes: The Eighties. Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
1987 Head Studies. Zurich, Switzerland
1986 Llyn Foulkes: Portraits. Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA (catalog)
1985 Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
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