Born in Saarbruecken, Germany in 1947.
Lives in Los Angeles, California.
Education: Akademie der Kuenste, Karlsruhe; MFA 1976
Related employment: Professor of Art at University of California, Los Angeles
DAAD Grant from Germany
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant in Painting
2009
HEATH Ceramics Gallery, Los Angeles, California
RMCAD Philip J. Steele Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2008
Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Galerie Gordon, Pym and Fils, Paris, France
2006
INMO Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Mitsubishi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Flux Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2005
Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University, Orange, California
Scape Gallery, Corona del Mar, California
Pacific Arts Foundation, Newport Beach, California
Santa Monica Museum, Project Room, Santa Monica, California
Galerie Gordon Pym and Fils, Paris, France
2004
Atelier Richard Tullis, Santa Barbara, California
Galerie Schmidt/ Goldener Engel, Hall/Innsbruck, Austria
2003
Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, California
2002
Galerie Peter Reich, BD, Vienna, Austria
2001
Susanne Vielmetter Projects, Los Angeles, California
Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, California
2000
Susanne Vielmetter Projects, Los Angeles, California
1999
Ursula Krinzinger Galerie, Vienna, Austria
1998
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
1997
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
1996
Lawing Gallery, Houston, Texas
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, New York, New York
1995
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
1994
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
1992
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
1990
Galerie Froment Putman, Paris, France
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
1988
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
Fuller Gross Gallery, SanFrancisco, California
1987
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
1986
Galerie Krinzinger, Innsbruck, Austria
Reed College, Portland, Oregon
Arte Contemporanea, Mexico City, Mexico
Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas
1986
Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1985
University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California
1985
Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
Mo David Gallery, New York, New York
Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, California
Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1984
Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, New York
Roger Ramsey Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Patty Aande Gallery, San Diego, California
Eaton-Shoen Gallery, San Francisco, California
Ulrike Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1983
Eaton-Shoen Gallery, San Francisco, California
Ulrike Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles, California
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California
University of Redlands, Redlands, California
1982
Akademie Der Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany
Ulrike Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1981
San Francisco Art Institute, San Frnacisco, California
1981
Ulrike Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1980
Jetwave Inc., San Francisco, California
1979
Dana Reich Gallery, San Francisco, California
1977
Goethe Institute, San Francisco, California
1973
Galerie Am Neumarkt, Saarbruecken, Germany
2009
"Hang the Curator," Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, Michigan
"International Large Scale Print Show," Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California
"Lovable Like Orphaned Kitties And Bastard Children," Green Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2008
"LA Weekly Annual Biennial," Track 16, Santa Monica, California
RAID Projects, Los Angeles, California
"Pruesspress," Rental Gallery, New York, New York
Karin Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2007
"Grand Gesture," University Art Museum, CSULB, Long Beach, California
"Material Affinities," USC Fisher Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"Soft Core," Kim Light Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"American Symposium," Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
2006
INMO Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Dan Hug Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2005
Frank Pictures, Santa Monica, California
Flux Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2004
Nature Study, Cal State Bakersfield, California
University Art Museum, UCSB, Santa Barbara, California
Galerie im Museum Ludwig, Saarlouis, Germany
2003
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
Butler Institute of American Art, Youongstown, Ohio
Museum of Southern Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
Diannepruess Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"Drunken Masters," Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, California
2002
"Drawings," Low Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Albertina, Vienna, Austria
Works On Paper, Los Angeles, California
Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman Univerisity, Orange, California
Atelier Richard Tullis, Santa Barbara, California
Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
Ursula Krinzinger Galerie, Vienna, Austria
2001
Galerie im Museum Ludwig, Saarlouis, Germany
Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, Californiia
Galerie Peter Reich, Vienna, Austria
"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," Miauhaus Studio, Los Angeles, California
Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, California
2000
Kunstsammlung, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
"Continuous Surface," University Art Museum, Long Beach, California
CAA Foundation, Beverly Hills, California
"The Matrix and the Monoprint," Santa Barbara Arts Commission, Santa Barbara, California
Miller-Durazo Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1998
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
"BIG 2," Bank of America Collection, Plaza Gallery, San Francisco, California
1997
"Fresh Ink," Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
Eaton Fine Art Inc., West Palm Beach, Florida
1996
"Wrestling with the Sublime," California State University of Fullerton, Fullerton, California
1995
"Abstraction from Two Coasts," Lawing Gallery, Houston, Texas
1993
"Physical Abstraction," Blum Helman Gallery, New York, New York
1992
"The New Physical Abstraction in Los Angeles," Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
1991
"Individual Realities," Saison Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan, Curated by California-International Arts Foundation
"Individual Realities," Tsukashin Hall, Osaka, Japan, Curated by California-International Arts Foundation
1990
"Physical Abstraction - Paintings 1990," Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
"Woodcuts," Raleigh Enterprises, Los Angeles, California
"LA/Brazil Projects 1990," Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"The Eighties," National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.
John Bergruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
"In Perfect Silence," Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
1989
"Art of the Eighties," Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey
1988
"Profound Visions," Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
"Monkey Sculpture And Baroque Paintings," Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
1987
"Avant-Garde in the Eighties," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
1986
Stadt Galerie, Saarbruecken, Germany
"New Prints," Hamilton Gallery, New York, New York
"UC Collects," University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
"Issues," Newspace, Los Angeles, California
"Biennial," Museum of Modern Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
"Inaugural Show," Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
1985
Institute for Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsilvania
Fisher Art Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
"Image Abstract," 38 Crosby Street Gallery, New York, New York
Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1984
Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, California
"Portraits," P.S. 1, New York, New York
"Painters Who Print," Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota
"III Biennial," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
American Center, Paris, France
1983
"New Talent Award," Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California
"New Paintings," Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, New York
Huntington Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
1982
"Figuration," University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, California
"Fresh Paint," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SanFrancisco, California
"Four LA Painters," Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
"Critics Choice," Eaton-Shoen Gallery, San Francisco, California
California State University of Northridge, Northridge, California
"New Painting and Sculpture," San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1981
"California Individualism," LA Louver Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"New Fauves," California State University of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California
1980
"Urgent Painting," Jetwave, San Francisco, California
Goethe Institute, San Francisco, California
1979
"Gestures," Center For Visual Arts, Oakland, California
1973
Kunstverein Heidelberg, Heidelberg, West Germany
Biennial Der Ostseestaaten, Rostock, Germany
The Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California
The Museum of Contemporary Art. Los Angeles, California
The Orange County Museum of Modern Art, New Port Beach, California
The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
The Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco, California
The Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
The Museo del Arte Contemporanea, Mexico City, Mexico
The Robert Rifkind Collection
The Gordon Hampton Collection
The Eli Broad Collection
The Dallas Price Collection
The Gruenewald Center at the Hammer Museum
The Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco, California
The Albertina, Vienna, Austria