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Biography
1937
Born: Tokyo, Japan
1957
Studied at the New England Conservatory of Music
1959
Studied at the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts
1966
Subject of film Manual of Arms, produced by Hollis Frampton
1968
Instructor, Bennington College, Bennington VT
1969
Visiting Faculty, New York Studio School, NY
1970
Subject of film with Frank Stella
1972
Instructor, Cooper Union, New York, NY
1976
Guest Lecturer, Broward Community College, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1984
Subject of film Painters Painting: a contested history 1940-1970, produced by Emile di Antonio and Mitch Tuchman
1988
Francis J. Greenbruger Foundation Award.
1999
Subject of film documentary Larry Poons produced by ART/New York, NY
Lives in New York City, currently teaches at Art Students League, New York, NY
Exhibitions
2008
Color as Field: American Painting, 1950-75, Denver Art Museum, CO; travels to: Smithsonin American Art Museum, Washington, DC and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN "Painting: Now and Forever, Part II", Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY "American Art Since 1945: In a New Light," McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas.
2007 - 2008
"Larry Poons: Throw, Pour, Drip, Spill & Splash", Jacobson Howard Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2007
"Larry Poons: Recent Paintings", Danese, New York, NY "Larry Poons: New Paintings", Bernard Jacobson Graphics, London, UK (solo) Optic Nerve: Perceptual Art of the 1960s, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH "When Art Worlds Collide: The 60’s", Woodward Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Extreme Abstraction, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY Annual Instructors Exhibition, Art Students League of New York, New York, NY War is Over, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2005
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (solo) "Larry Poons: New Work", Jacobson Howard Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2004
"Larry Poons: Five Decades", Jacobson Howard Gallery, New York, NY (solo) Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, UK (solo) "Suites From the Permanent Collection: The New York Collection for Stockholm", University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
2002
"Larry Poons: New Paintings", Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, UK (solo)
2001
"Larry Poons: New Paintings", Salander-O'Reilly Galleries. New York, NY (solo)
2000
Perilla Gallery, Johnstown, New York, NY (solo) Theo Waddington Gallery, Boca Raton, FL (solo) Galeria Metta, Madrid, Spain (solo)
1998
"Places for Ray", Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
1997
"Larry Poons: Texas Canyon and Selected Paintings and Drawings", Larry Evans/James Willis and Fredrick Spratt Gallery, San Francisco, CA(solo) "Art in Public", Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
1996
Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Jose, CA (solo) Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
1995
Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY (solo) Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, California (solo)
1994
"Speaking of Paint", Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Jose, CA Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
1993
University of Miami, FL (solo)
1992
Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY (solo) Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Berlin, Germany (solo)
1991
"Larry Poons: Paintings 1971-1991", Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Beverly Hills, California(solo) Gallery Afinsa, Madrid, Spain(solo) Meredith Long & Co., Houston, Texas(solo)
1990
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida (solo) "Larry Poons: Paintings, 1971-1991", Salander-O’Reillly Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (solo) Gallery One, Toronto, Canada (solo)
1985
Andre Emmerich Gallery. New York, NY (solo)
1984
Gallery One, Toronto, Canada (solo)
1983
Andre Emmerich Gallery. New York, NY (solo)
1982
Theo Waddington Gallery, Montreal, Canada (solo) Hett Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (solo) Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (solo) Meredith Long & Co. , Houston, Texas (solo) Gallery One, Toronto, Canada(solo)
1980
Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, Austria (solo) Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (solo) Gallery One, Toronto, Canada (solo) Galerie Artline, The Hague, Netherlands (solo) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts (solo) Galerie Ninety-Nine, Bat Harbour Islands, Florida (solo) Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (solo) Richard Hins Gallery, Seattle, Washington (solo) Gallery One, Toronto, Canada (solo)
1979
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (solo) "Larry Poons paintings; Michael Steiner sculptures", Amerika Haus. Berlin, West Germany; Amerika Haus, Hanover, West Germany(solo) Douglas Drake Gallery, Kansas City, Kansas (solo)
1978
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, NY(solo) Galerie Ninety-Nine, Bay Harbour Islands, Florida (solo)
1977
Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, California (solo) M. Knoedler & Co, New York, NY(solo) Watson/de Nagy, Houston, Texas (solo)
1976
David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, Canada (solo) Daniel Templon, Paris, France (solo) M. Knoedler & Co, New York, NY (solo)
1975
Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo) Galerie Andre Emmerich, Zurich, Switzerland( solo) Knoedler Contemporary Art, New York, NY (solo)
1974
Knoedler Contemporary Art. New York, NY (solo) "Larry Poons: recent paintings", Edmonton Art Gallery. Edmonton, Canada (solo)
1973
Lawrence Rubin Gallery, New York, NY (solo) Knoedler Contemporary Art, New York, NY (solo)
1972
Lawrence Rubin Gallery, New York, NY (solo) David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, Canada (solo)
1971
Lawrence Rubin Gallery, New York, NY (solo) Kasmin Ltd., London, UK (solo)
1970
Lawrence Rubin Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1968
Kasmin Ltd., London, UK (solo) Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1967
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1965
Green Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1964
Green Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1963
Green Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Selecyed Public Collections:
Albright-Knox Museum. Buffalo, NY Allen Memorial Art Museum. Oberlin, Ohio American Federation of Arts, NY Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL Bennington College. Bennington, Vermont Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio Denver Art Museum. Denver, Colorado Des Moines Art Center. Des Moines, Iowa Everson Museum of Art. Syracuse, NY Hirshhorn Museum And Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC IIndianapolis Museum Of Art. Indianapolis, Indiana Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY Milwaukee Art Museum. Milwaukee, Wisconsin Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles). Los Angeles, California Museum Of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas Museum of Fine Arts - Boston. Boston, Massachusetts Museum of Modern Art, NY Palm Springs Desert Museum. Palm Springs, California Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University. Waltham, Massachusetts Santa Barbara Museum Of Art. Santa Barbara, California Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY Tate Gallery, London, United Kingdom Van Abbemuseum. Eindhoven, Netherlands Whitney Museum of American Art, NY Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, Connecticut
Literature
2007
Ebony, David, preface, and Phyllis Tuchman, essay. Larry Poons. New York: Danese, 2007.
2004
Poons, Larry and David Ebony. Larry Poons: Five Decades. New York: Jacobson Howard Gallery, 2004
2001
Stella, Frank and David Carrier. Larry Poons: New Paintings. New York: Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, 2001
1990
Robbins, Daniel. Larry Poons, Paintings 1963-1990. New York: Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, 1990
1989
Larry Poons: peintures 1976-1988. Paris, France: Galerie Montaigne, 1989
1983
Griffith, Laura Susan. Larry Poons and the Evolution of Stylistic Diametrics. Cleveland, Ohio: Department of Art History, Case Western Reserve University, 1983
1981
Moffett, Kenworth and Larry Poons. Larry Poons: paintings, 1971-1981. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, 1981
1979
Poons, Larry and Michael Steiner. Larry Poons paintings; Michael Steiner sculptures. Berlin, Germany: Amerika-Haus Berlin, 1979
1974
Larry Poons:recent paintings. Edmonton, Canada: Edmonton Art Gallery, 1974
