|
|
Karl Stanley Benjamin Biography
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
B.A. University of Redlands Redlands, CA
|
|
|
|
Northwestern University Evanston, IL
|
|
|
|
National Endowment for the Arts Grant Visual Arts
|
|
|
|
National Endowment for the Arts Grant Visual Arts
|
|
|
|
M.A. Claremont Graduate School Claremont, CA
|
|
|
| Selected Exhibitions |
|
|
|
2009
|
|
California Calling: Works from Santa Barbara Collections, 1948 – 2008, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, Part 1: July 18 – December 27.
|
|
2008 - 2009
|
|
Circa 1958 Breaking Ground in American Art, Ackland Art Museum/The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
|
|
2007 - 2009
|
|
Birth of the Cool; California Art, Design and Culture at Midcentury, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts; Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California; Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri; The Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin.
|
|
2007 - 2008
|
|
Burgoyne Diller and Hard-Edge Abstraction: Underpinnings and Continuity, Spanierman Modern, New York, New York.
|
|
2007
|
|
A Conversation with Color: Karl Benjamin Paintings, 1953-1995, Claremont Museum of Art, Claremont, California.
|
|
2007
|
|
Optic Nerve-Perceptual Art of the 1990’s, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio.
|
|
2006
|
|
2006 Peace Tower (recreation of 1966 original) in conjunction with the Whitney Biennial: Day for Night, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York.
|
|
2006
|
|
Driven to Abstraction: Southern California and the Non-Objective World, 1900 – 1980, (curated by Peter Frank), Riverside Museum, Riverside, California.
|
|
2006
|
|
India Ink Drawings form the 1950s, Lawrence Markey, San Antonio, Texas.
|
|
2006
|
|
Alphabet Series: 1964-1965, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, California.
|
|
2006
|
|
Karl Benjamin: Paintings for 1950 – 1965, Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, California.
|
|
2005
|
|
Karl Benjamin: Drawings from 1950 – 1965, Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, California.
|
|
2005
|
|
The First 80 Years, Los Angeles Art Association, West Hollywood, California
|
|
2005
|
|
Human Presence: Works from the Museum’s Collection (The Geometry of Color/The Singular Body), San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California.
|
|
2005
|
|
Twenty Years and Counting: An Exhibition Celebrating the dA Center for the Arts, dA Center for the Arts, Pomona, California.
|
|
2004 - 2005
|
|
The Los Angeles School (curated by Dave Hickey), Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California.
|
|
2004
|
|
Conversations with the Collection: A Selection from the Permanent Collection, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
|
|
2004
|
|
Alphabet Paintings, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, California.
|
|
2003
|
|
(Un) taped: An Exhibition of Hard-Edge Paintings by Karl Benjamin and Mark L. Emerson, Huntington Beach Art Center, California.
|
|
2003
|
|
Stripe Paintings: 1979-1981, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, California.
|
|
2001
|
|
Mostly Random Rectangles, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, California.
|
|
2001
|
|
Four Abstract Classicists, Gary Snyder Fine Art, New York.
|
|
2000
|
|
2000 Vertical Chords, Harris Gallery, University of LaVerne, California.
|
|
1998
|
|
Convergences, Mt. San Antonio College Walnut, CA
|
|
1998
|
|
Elusive Paradise: Los Angeles Art from the Permanent Collection, Geffen Contemporary, MOCA Los Angeles, CA
|
|
1998
|
|
Paintings from the 50's and 90's, Ruth Bachofner Gallery Santa Monica, CA
|
|
1997
|
|
Eyedazzlers, University Art Museum University of New Mexico
|
|
1996
|
|
On the Edge of America: California Moderist Art, Jack Rutberg Fine Arts Gallery Los Angeles, CA
|
|
1995
|
|
, L.A. Artcore Los Angeles, CA
|
|
1994
|
|
The Pomona Years 1979-1994: A Retrospective, Montgomery Gallery Pomona College, CA
|
|
1992
|
|
Karl Benjamin, Paintings 1955-1990, Snyder Fine Art New York, NY
|
|
1990
|
|
Turning the Tide: Early Los Angeles Moderninst 1920-1956, Laguna Art Museum Laguna Beach, CA
|
|
1986
|
|
Francine Seders Gallery Seattle, WA
|
|
1985
|
|
Colorforms, Gallery at the Plaza, Security Pacific National Bank,
|
|
1981
|
|
California Artists: 1940-1980, Laguna Art Museum, California.
|
|
1978
|
|
California Artists: 1940-1980, Laguna Art Museum, California.
|
|
1977
|
|
California: Five Footnotes to Modern History, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California.
|
|
1977
|
|
Los Angeles Hard Edge: The 50's and 70's, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California.
|
|
1976
|
|
Paintings and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California.
|
|
1968
|
|
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California
|
|
1965
|
|
The Responsive Eye, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
|
|
1961
|
|
Bolles Gallery San Francisco, CA
|
|
1959
|
|
Four Abstact Classicists, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles, CA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|