DARREN WATERSTON

 

 

BORN:

 

1965

Fresno, CA

 

                                   

EDUCATION:

 

1988

BFA, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA

1986-87

Academie der Kunst, Berlin and Fachhochschule fur Kunst, Munster, Germany

 


                                   

SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

 

2004

Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN

2003

Darren Waterston: Scapes, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA  *

 

Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY

 

Infatuated River, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2002

Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY

 

Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA

 

Inman Gallery, Houston, TX

 

Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

2001

Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY

 

Seven Heavens, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

Inman Gallery, Houston, TX

2000

Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA

 

Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA *

 

Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

 

Inman Gallery, Houston, TX

1999

Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY

 

In the Reeds and Rushes, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA *

 

Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA

1998

Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

 

Inman Gallery, Houston, TX

 

Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1997

Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY *

 

KOPAC, Seoul, Korea

 

Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA

 

Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

 

 

1996

Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY

 

Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA

1995

Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA

 

Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

1994

Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY

 

Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1993

Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA

 

Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1992

Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

Elegies, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA *

1991

Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1990

Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA

 

Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

 

 

* = catalogue

                       

                                   

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

 

2002

Representing Landscape, University Art Gallery, University of California, San Diego, CA

 

Contemporary American Art, Embassy of the United States of America, Vienna, Austria*

2001

Fast Forward, Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA

 

2001 Collector’s Show, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR

 

Amused, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL

2000

A Gift of Light and Time, Bank of America Gallery, Seattle, WA

 

Bluer, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL

 

Reconstructions: The Imprint of Nature / The Impact of Science, Sidney Mishkin

Gallery, Baruch College, New York, NY

 

A Lasting Legacy: Recent Additions to the Collection, Orange County Museum of

Art, Newport Beach, CA

 

The Next Wave: New Painting in Southern California, California Center for the

Arts, Escondido, CA

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

1999

The Great Drawing Show, 1550-1999, Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY

 

Brushes with Spirituality: Ethereal Paintings, The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ

1998

Divining Nature, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC

 

A-Z: Works on Paper, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY

 

The Winter Show, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY

1997

1997 Collector’s Show, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR

 

Contemporary Masters, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA

 

Distant Bodies, L.A. Artcore’s Art Bank, Los Angeles, CA

 

Summer Previews, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

 

Out of Eden, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO

 

Anatomy of a Print, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA

 

Inman Gallery, Houston, TX

 

West Coast Painting and Sculpture 1997, Oceanside Museum of Art, CA

1996

1996 Collector’s Show, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR

 

Matters of the Heart, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

Summer Show, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY

 

Summer Previews, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

 

Master Classes: What Makes a Master?, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA

1995

Under Glass, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY

 

Metaphors, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR

 

Terrain, SOMA Gallery, San Diego, CA

 

From Nature, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

Previews, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY

 

The Traditional Impulse, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA

 

Project Exhibit, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

1994

Peaceable Kingdom, Babcock Galleries, New York, NY

 

Flora: In Artists Gardens, San Francisco Community Arts, Hope Street Gallery,

Los Angeles, CA

 

The Sacred and the Profane, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

The Art Cup, Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1993

School Days, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

The Layered Look, organized by Sue Spaid, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

The Surface of the Sign, curated by Randal Davis, University Art Gallery,

University of California at Chico, CA

 

Stealth, Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, WA

 

Thomas Solomon’s Garage, Los Angeles, CA

1992

Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

 

Art and Nature, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX

1991

LACE Sixth Annual, curated by Randal Davis, Los Angeles Contemporary

Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA

 

The Edge of Night, curated by James Reed, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA

 

Encaustic, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA

1988

Artworks Gallery Group Show, Los Angeles, CA

 

Artists Awards Exhibition, Otis/Parsons, Los Angeles, CA

 

Illustration Awards Show, Otis/Parsons, Los Angeles, CA

 

Fine Arts Bldg. Small Edition Book Show, Los Angeles, CA

 

Foot and Shoe Show, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA

1987

Books Without Bonds, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA

 

Amnesty International Poster Awards Show, Los Angeles, CA

 

Art from the Page, Salem, Oregon

 

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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Bing, Alison. San Francisco Gate, January 24.

2002

Farr, Sheila. The Seattle Times, May 3.

 

Hall, Emily. “In the Primordial Soup.” The Stranger, April 25.

 

Kuspit, Donald. Artforum, February.

2001

Darren Waterston. St. Ann’s Press, Los Angeles, CA (monograph).

 

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Wilson, Megan. “Seven Heavens.” San Francisco Bay Guardian, January 24.

2000

Pagel, David. Los Angeles Times, July 14.

1999

Johnson, Ken. The New York Times, November 5.

 

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Hale, David. “The Arts.” The Fresno Bee, October 26.

 

Hackett, Regina. “Darren Waterston’s fairies are rotting in high style.” Seattle-Post

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Updike, Robin. “Dallying with Orientalism, Darren Waterston samples the Victorian

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1998

Scott, Michael. “Visual Arts.” The Vancouver Sun, December.

 

Karafin, Amy, ARTnews, January, pp. 132, 134.

1997

Chambers, Karen S. Review, September 15, p. 24.

 

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Scott, Michael. “Visual Arts.” The Vancouver Sun, March 15.

1996

Schwendener, Martha. Art in America, November, p. 119.

 

Updike, Robin. “Artist Darren Waterston gives 19th century sensibilities a

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1995

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1994

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1993

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1992

Green, David A. Art Issues, September/October, p. 46.

 

Kendel, Susan. Art Reviews, Los Angeles Times, June 11, p. F5.

 

Lazerow, Bill. Artscene, May, p. 21.

 

Littlefield, Kinney. Los Angeles Times (Long Beach Edition), March 3, calendar section.

1991

Artscene, February, Vol. 10, No. 6.

 

Frank, Peter. “Art Pick of the Week.” L.A. Weekly, June 5, p. 108.

 

Lazzari, Margaret. New Art Examiner, May, p. 52.

 

McKenna, Kristine. Los Angeles Times, January 8, p. F21-22.

1990

Barrett, Robert. Visions Art Quarterly, Winter, p. 50.

 

Hale, David. The Fresno Bee, November 4, p. 8.

 

Curtis, Cathy. Los Angeles Times, January 12.