Born 1966, England, UK
Lives and works in Las Vegas, NV
Education
1999 MFA, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
1990 BFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009
Up in Suze's Room, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
2008
There We Were, Now Here We Are, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Hello, Hello, Leeahn Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
2007
So it Goes………, Eleven Fine Art, London, UK
Recent Paintings, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
Modern Masters From The Chris Burmeister Collection, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Painting <=> Design (catalogue), Peggy Phelps and East Galleries, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont CA
2006
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris, FRA
2005
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX
Space Gallery, London, UK
Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004
Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003
Pulliam Deffenbaugh, Portland, OR
Greg Kucera, Seattle, WA
2002
James Kelly Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2001
Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY
2000
Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
Borderland Abstraction, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
2009
Seeing Songs, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
Bowie, Clark and Faria, Toronto, Canada
I Want You To Want Me, Marx & Zavattero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Small is Beautiful, Seomi & Tuus, Seoul, South Korea
The Armory Show, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Diaspora: The Emergence of Contemporary Art From The Neon Homeland, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Art Basel, Jack Shainman Gallery, Miami, FL
2007
Diaspora: The Emergence of Contemporary Art From The Neon Homeland, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV
Sound Waves – The Art of Sampling, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA
2005
Extreme Abstraction, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Dating Data, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, NY
Specific Objects: The Minimalist Influence, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA
The Raw and the Cooked, Claremont Center for the Arts, Claremont, CA
NADA Art Fair, Mark Moore Gallery, Miami, FL
Rock, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
Art Cologne, Mark Moore Gallery, Cologne, Germany
Pink, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003
Fresh Works on Paper, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Airborne, Donna Beam Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Structure, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Flair, Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002
Trade Show, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA
Live Like There's Yes Tomorrow, Sala Diaz, San Antonio, TX
New in Town, curated by Bruce Guenther, (catalogue), Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Western States, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Neo Painting, (catalogue), Young Eun Museum of Contemporary Art, Kwangu-City, Korea
2001
Eye Candy, Scott White Gallery, San Diego, CA
(Las) Vegans, curated by Dave Hickey, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
The Magic Hour: Dir Konvergenz von Kunst Und Las Vegas, curated by Alex
Farquharson (catalogue), Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum Graz, Graz, Austria
2000
Paint, American Style, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
New American Talent: The Fifteenth Exhibition, Texas Fine Arts Center, Austin, TX
Hanging, curated by David Pagel, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX
New American Talent: The Fifteenth Exhibition, curated by David Pagel (catalogue), The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX
Nevada Institute of Contemporary Art, Ultralounge, curated by Dave Hickey Las Vegas, NV
Ultralounge, curated by Dave Hickey (catalogue), University of South Florida Museum of Contemporary Art, Tampa, FL
Two by Two for AIDS and Art, The Rachofsky House, exhibit and auction to benefit AMFAR, Dallas, TX
1999
Optopussy, curated by David Quadrini, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX
Unctious Youth, curated by Steven Criqui, Action Space, Los Angeles, CA
Bi Design, curated by Almond Zigmond Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV
1998
Ultralounge, curated by Dave Hickey (catalogue), DiverseWorks Artspace, Houston, TX
1-15, Post, curated by Jeffrey Vallance, Los Angeles, CA
1997
LA. LV. LA, Otis School of Art, organized by Julia Couzens, Los Angeles, CA
The Cranberry Show, curated by Jeffrey Vallance Henderson, Cranberry World West, NV
Selected Public Collections
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK
CAA (Creative Artists Agency), Beverly Hills, CA
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Fredrick R. Weisman Foundation Collection, CA
General Mills Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
Marnell Corrao Corporation, Las Vegas, NV
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Neiman Marcus Corporation, Dallas, TX
Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Progressive Insurance Corporation, Cleveland, OH
Summlung Mondstudio, Hamburg, Germany
Thomas & Mack Co., Las Vegas, NV
United Talent Agency, Beverly Hills, CA
Vivendi Universal, Los Angeles, CA
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Catalogues & Publications
Houston, Joe. Optic Nerve: Perceptual Art of the 1960s. New York: Merrell Publishers Ltd. (in association with Columbus Museum of Art), 2007
Pagel, David. Painting <=> Design, Claremont Graduate University, January 8-26 2007. Rancho Cucamongo: Faust Printing, 2007.
Hickey, Dave. Tim Bavington: Paintings 1998-2005. Gottingen: Steidl and Mark Moore Gallery, 2007.