DARREN WATERSTON
BORN:
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1965 |
Fresno, CA |
EDUCATION:
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1988 |
BFA, Otis Art
Institute, Los Angeles, CA |
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1986-87 |
Academie der
Kunst, Berlin and Fachhochschule fur Kunst, Munster, Germany |
SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
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2004 |
Frist Center
for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN |
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2003 |
Darren
Waterston: Scapes, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
* |
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Charles Cowles
Gallery, New York, NY |
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Infatuated
River,
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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2002 |
Michael Kohn
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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Charles Cowles
Gallery, New York, NY |
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Greg Kucera
Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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Inman Gallery,
Houston, TX |
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Equinox
Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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2001 |
Charles Cowles
Gallery, New York, NY |
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Seven
Heavens,
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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Inman Gallery,
Houston, TX |
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2000 |
Greg Kucera
Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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Kohn Turner
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA * |
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Lisa Sette
Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ |
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Inman Gallery,
Houston, TX |
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1999 |
Charles Cowles
Gallery, New York, NY |
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In the
Reeds and Rushes, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA * |
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Greg Kucera
Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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1998 |
Equinox
Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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Inman Gallery,
Houston, TX |
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Kohn Turner
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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Haines
Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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1997 |
Charles Cowles
Gallery, New York, NY * |
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KOPAC, Seoul,
Korea |
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Greg Kucera
Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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Equinox
Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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1996 |
Charles Cowles
Gallery, New York, NY |
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Kohn Turner
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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Greg Kucera
Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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1995 |
Haines
Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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Greg Kucera
Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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Equinox
Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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1994 |
Charles Cowles
Gallery, New York, NY |
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Jan Baum
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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1993 |
Greg Kucera
Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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Jan Baum
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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1992 |
Jan Baum Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA |
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Elegies, Long Beach Museum of
Art, Long Beach, CA * |
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1991 |
Jan Baum
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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1990 |
Fresno Art
Museum, Fresno, CA |
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Jan Baum
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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* = catalogue |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
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2002 |
Representing
Landscape,
University Art Gallery, University of California, San Diego, CA |
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Contemporary American Art, Embassy of the United States of America, Vienna,
Austria* |
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2001 |
Fast
Forward,
Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA |
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2001 Collector’s
Show,
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR |
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Amused, Carrie Secrist Gallery,
Chicago, IL |
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2000 |
A Gift of
Light and Time, Bank of America Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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Bluer, Carrie Secrist Gallery,
Chicago, IL |
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Reconstructions:
The Imprint of Nature / The Impact of Science, Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, New York, NY |
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A Lasting
Legacy: Recent Additions to the Collection, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA |
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The Next
Wave: New Painting in Southern California, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA |
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1999-2001 |
Botanica:
Contemporary Art and the World of Plants, Tweed Museum of Art, University of
Minnesota, Duluth, MN; traveling to Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND; University
Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL; Carleton College Art
Gallery, Northfield, MN; Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA; Tarble
Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL; Chicago Cultural
Center, Chicago, IL; University Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, DE |
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1999 |
The Great Drawing
Show, 1550-1999, Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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Charles Cowles
Gallery, New York, NY |
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Brushes
with Spirituality: Ethereal Paintings, The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ |
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1998 |
Divining
Nature,
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC |
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A-Z: Works
on Paper,
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY |
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The Winter
Show,
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY |
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1997 |
1997
Collector’s Show, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR |
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Contemporary
Masters,
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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Distant
Bodies,
L.A. Artcore’s Art Bank, Los Angeles, CA |
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Summer
Previews,
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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Out of Eden, Kemper Museum of
Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO |
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Anatomy of
a Print,
Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA |
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Inman Gallery,
Houston, TX |
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West Coast
Painting and Sculpture 1997, Oceanside Museum of Art, CA |
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1996 |
1996
Collector’s Show, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR |
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Matters of
the Heart,
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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Summer Show, Charles Cowles Gallery,
New York, NY |
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Summer
Previews,
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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Master
Classes: What Makes a Master?, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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1995 |
Under Glass, Charles Cowles Gallery,
New York, NY |
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Metaphors, Pulliam Deffenbaugh
Gallery, Portland, OR |
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Terrain, SOMA Gallery, San Diego,
CA |
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From Nature, Haines Gallery, San
Francisco, CA |
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Previews, Charles Cowles Gallery,
New York, NY |
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The
Traditional Impulse, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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Project
Exhibit,
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD |
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1994 |
Peaceable
Kingdom,
Babcock Galleries, New York, NY |
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Flora: In
Artists Gardens, San Francisco Community Arts, Hope Street Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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The Sacred
and the Profane, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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The Art Cup, Garth Clark Gallery, Los
Angeles, CA |
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1993 |
School Days, Jan Baum Gallery, Los
Angeles, CA |
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The Layered
Look,
organized by Sue Spaid, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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The Surface
of the Sign,
curated by Randal Davis, University Art Gallery, University of California at Chico, CA |
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Stealth, Seafirst Gallery,
Seattle, WA |
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Thomas
Solomon’s Garage, Los Angeles, CA |
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1992 |
Diane Farris
Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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Art and
Nature,
Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX |
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1991 |
LACE Sixth
Annual,
curated by Randal Davis, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA |
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The Edge of
Night,
curated by James Reed, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA |
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Encaustic, Palo Alto Cultural
Center, Palo Alto, CA |
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1988 |
Artworks
Gallery Group Show, Los Angeles, CA |
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Artists
Awards Exhibition, Otis/Parsons, Los Angeles, CA |
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Illustration
Awards Show,
Otis/Parsons, Los Angeles, CA |
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Fine Arts
Bldg. Small Edition Book Show, Los Angeles, CA |
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Foot and
Shoe Show,
San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA |
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1987 |
Books
Without Bonds, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA |
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Amnesty
International Poster Awards Show, Los Angeles, CA |
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Art from
the Page,
Salem, Oregon |
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Onyx Cafe, Los
Angeles, CA |
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
Bank of America,
San Francisco, CA
Berkeley Art
Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA
The Contemporary
Museum, Honolulu, HI
Department of
Navy, Seattle, WA
Duke Energy,
Houston, TX
Eli Broad Family
Foundation, Santa Monica, CA
Fidelity
Investments, Seattle, WA
Fresno Art
Museum, Fresno, CA
Goldman Sachs,
New York, NY
Hallmark Art
Collection, Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO
Hammer Museum,
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
J.P. Morgan
Chase, New York, NY
KMS Financial
Services Corporation, Seattle, WA
Long Beach
Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Los Angeles
County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
McCartney &
Thomas, La Jolla, CA
Microsoft
Corporation, Redmond, WA
Munger Towles
& Olsen, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of
Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Nestle Stouffer
Corporation, New York, NY
Nestles
Corporation, Atlanta, GA & Cleveland, OH
Nordstrom
Corporation, Atlanta, GA
Oakland Museum
of California, Oakland, CA
Orange County
Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Saks Fifth
Avenue, New York, NY
Seattle Art
Museum, Seattle, WA
Sun Life
Assurance Company, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
UCLA Hammer
Museum, Los Angeles, CA
University of
Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
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2003 |
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