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Jess Biography
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B.S., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. Also studied at University of California, Berkeley, CA and California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA.
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2011
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“The Medicine Bag,” Maccarone Gallery, New York, NY
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2011
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“Narcissus Reflected,” Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
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2011
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“Bella Pacifica: Bay Area Abstraction, 1946 to 1963,” David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY
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2010
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“Private Future,” Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York, NY
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2010
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“Four Decades,” Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
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2010
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“Shred,” Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY
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2010
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“Breathless Days 1959-1960: A Chronotropic Experiment,” The Morris and Hellen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
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2009
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“Metamorphosis Victorianus - Modern Collage, Victorian Engravings & Nostalgia,” Ubu Gallery, New York, NY
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2007 - 2009
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“Jess: To and From the Printed Page,” San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA. Traveling to: Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI, Pasadena Museum of California Art. Pasadena, CA, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College, Portland, OR, The University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
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2008
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“Drawings,” Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2008
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“Looking for mushrooms. Beat Poets, Hippies, Funk und Minimal Art: Art and Counterculture in San Francisco in 1968,” Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
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2008
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“Enter Chien et Loup,” Kent Gallery, New York, NY
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2008
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“Sight Vision Revisited,” Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
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2007
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“Pioneers,” CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
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2007
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“Body Beware: 18 American Artists,” Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
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2007
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“Semina Culture,” Grey Art Gallery, NYU, New York City, NY
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2007
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“Cosmologies,” James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
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2006
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“Surface Matter: Collage from the collection,” Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
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2006
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“Rock Paper Scissors: American Collage Now,” Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
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2006
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“Collage Aesthetic,” Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE
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2006
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“The Backroom: Sf,” SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
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2005
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“David Ireland, Jess and Al Souza,” Moody Gallery, Houston, TX
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2005
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“Pairings II,” Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2005
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"Jess" Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2004
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“Poetry and its Arts: Bay Area Interactions 1954-2004,” California Historical Society, San Francisco, CA
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2004
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“Ritalin,” ART2102, Los Angeles, CA
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2003
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“Not Exactly Photographs,” Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2003
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“Various Properties,” The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
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1999
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“Homage to the San Francisco Art Institute,” Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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1999
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“Dream Architecture” Kent Gallery, New York, NY
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1998
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“Art from Around the Bay,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
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1996
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“Beat Culture and the New America: 1950-1965,” Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
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1994
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“Jess: A Grand Collage, 1951-1993,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
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1993
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
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1993
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The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
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1993
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"Jess: A Grand Collage, 1951-1993," Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY (solo)
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1992
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Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
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1992
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L.A. Louver, Venice, CA
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1992
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Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
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1990
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The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1990
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"Jess: The Romantic Paintings," Palo Alto Cultural Center, CA (solo)
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1990
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"Jess: Emblems for Robert Duncan," San Jose Museum of Art, CA (solo)
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1990
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Odyssia Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
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1990
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John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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1988
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
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1987
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Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England
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1987
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"Jess: Translations, Salvages and Paste-Ups," Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (solo)
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1986
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
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1985
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
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1985
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Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
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1984
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“Jess: Paste-ups 1951-1956,” Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA (solo)
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1983
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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1983
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Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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1982
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Odyssia Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1982
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Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
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1981
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The Arts Club Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
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1981
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National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
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1980
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University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA (solo)
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1977
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Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX (solo)
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1975
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Galleria Odyssia, Rome, Italy (solo)
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1974
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The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (solo)
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1972
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“Jess: Paste-ups 1951-1956,” Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
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Selected Collections
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
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Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
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De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
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