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Ronald Davis Biography
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1937 |
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Born in Santa Monica, CA
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1955 - 1956 |
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Studied at University of Wyoming
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1962 |
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Yale – Norfolk Summer School of Music and Art, Grantee
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1960 - 1964 |
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Studied Painting at San Francisco Art Institute
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1964 |
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Won First Place Award at Printing and Drawing Annual in Richmond, CA; the show was juried by Tony De Lapp
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1968 |
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National Endowment for the Arts, Grantee
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Living and working in Taos studio, Taos, NM
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2009
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Dennis Hopper Curates - Larry Bell, Ron Cooper, Ronald Davis, Ken Price, & Robert Dean Stockwell, Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, New Mexico
California Calling - Works from Santa Barbara Collections, 1948-2008, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA
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2008
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Paintings, 1966-2007, New Gallery - Tom Andriola, Houston, Texas (solo)
Ronald Davis: President's Rooms, 2008, Eight Modern, Santa Fe, NM (solo)
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2007
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Ronald Davis: Five Decades: Past and Present Work, 1968 – 2007, Electric Works, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Breaking the Mold: Selections from the Washington Gallery of Modern Art, 1961-1968, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK
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2006
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Driven to Abstraction: Southern California and the Non-Objective World, 1950-1980, Riverside Art Museum, CA
Pixel Dust Paintings, 2005, New Gallery - Tom Andriola, Houston, TX (solo)
Music Series: 1983-1985, Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM (solo)
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2005
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Wilder, a tribute to the Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Franklin Parrasch Gallery and Joan T. Washburn Gallery, New York, NY
Laguna's Hidden Treasures: Art from Private Collections, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
"Wilder", a tribute to the Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Franklin Parrasch Gallery and Joan T. Washburn Gallery, New York, NY
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2004
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The Eclectic Eye, Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, New Orleans, LA
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2002
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Forty Years of Abstraction: 1962-2002 – Major 40-painting career survey, Butler Institute Museum of American Art, Youngstown, OH (solo)
Nushapes, Hinges, Diamonds; Digital Painting Series, 2001, Victoria Meyhren Gallery, Denver University, Denver, CO (solo)
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2001
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Celebrating Modern Art: The Anderson Collection, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
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2000
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The Forty-Fifth Biennial: The Corcoran Collects, 1907-1999, Corcoran Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, D. C.
"Celebrating Modern Art: The Anderson Collection", The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
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1999
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Passion and Patronage, Painting in Los Angeles and New York, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
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1995
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Seven Painters, Nicholas Alexander Gallery, New York, NY
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1994
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ouis Catusco and the Modernists, TAA Stables Gallery, Taos, NM
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1991
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New Mexico Sculpture, Stables Gallery, Taos, NM
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1988
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Small Works Invitational, Merging One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Blue Chip Prints, Schwartz/Cierlak Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
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1987
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New Acquisitions, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Abstract Painting, Asher/Faure, Los Angeles, CA
ummer, Scott Hanson Gallery, New York City, NY
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1985
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Black And White Drawings from the David Nelis Collection, Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
Paperworks From Tyler Graphics, The William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
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1984
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Modern Sculpture from the Guggenheim, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
Prints from Tyler Graphics, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Gemini, G. E. L.: Art and Collaboration, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.
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1983
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Art of the 20th Century, San Francisco, CA
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1982
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Miró in America, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Theatrical Abstraction, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Americans: The Collage, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
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1981
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Southern California Artists: 1940-1980, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Los Angeles Prints, 1883 – 1980. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Art in Los Angeles – Seventeen Artists in the Sixties. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
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1980
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Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
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1979
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American Painting of the 1970’s, Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY Art Off the Picture Press: Tyler Graphics, Ltd., The Emily Lowe Gallery, Hofstra University, Hampstead, NY
Reality of Illusion, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
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1978
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California: 3 X 8 Twice, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
Berggruen at Art Center, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Four Contemporary Painters, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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1977
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Private Images: Photographs by Painters, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Collectors, Collecting, Collections of American Abstract Art Since 1945, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
American Abstract Art Since 1945, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY
Photographs by Southern California Painters and Sculptors, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Painting and Sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Biennial of Graphic Art, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
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1976
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30 Years of American Printmaking, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
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1975
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Zeichnumgen 3, U. S. A., Stradtisches Museum, Leverkkusen, Germany
Current Concerns – Part I, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Color, an Exhibition in Collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota, Columbia
34th Biennial of Contemporary American Painting, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.
Collectors Choice, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
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1974
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15 Abstract Artists from Los Angeles, The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Contemporary Painting and Sculpture 1974, University of Illinois, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL
Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York City, NY
Seventy-first American Exhibition, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Works on Paper, Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
New Acquisitions/Prints, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Castelli at Berggruen, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Nicholas Wilder, The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
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1973
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The State of California Painting, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Twenty-five Years of American Painting, 1948 – 1973, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Art in Space: Some Turning Points, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Works on Paper, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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1972
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International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
Dealer’s Choice, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
Color-Field Painting, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
U. S. A. West Coast, Kunstverein in Hamberg, Hamberg, Germany
Paintings: New Options, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Masters of the Sixties, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
U. S. A., XXXVI International Biennial Exhibition of Art, Venice, Italy
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1971
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Technics and Creativity, Gemini G. E. L., Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
The 73rd Western Annual, Denver Art Museum. Denver, CO
Six Painters, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
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1969
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31st Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.
Plastics: New Art, Institute of Contempory Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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1968
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1967 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Paintings, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY
Los Angeles Six, Vancouver Art Museum, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
4 Documenta International, Ausstellung, Kasel, Germany
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1967
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A New Aesthetic, Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, D. C.
Drawing Power, Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Stanford Museum, Palo Alto, CA
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1966
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New Modes in California Painting and Sculpture, La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, CA
Some Continuing Directions, The Pavillion Gallery, Balboa, CA
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1965
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La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, CA
12th Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Krannert Art Museum, Champaigne, IL
New Directions in California Art, Unitarian Community Church, Santa Monica, CA
Critic’s Choice, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
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1964
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Valentine Day Show, New Mission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Arts of San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
Summer Invitational, Laynon Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Painting-Drawing ’64 Annual, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
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1962
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Art Exhibition and Concert at Yale University Summer School of Music and Art, Yale/Norfolk Campus, Norfolk, CT
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1961
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San Francisco Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA
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SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D. C.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contempory Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
The Tate Gallery, London, UK
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY
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