JOHN M. WHITE
Born in San Francisco, 1937
Resides in Los Angeles, California
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Birds on Wires, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA
2012 Off Ramp Gallery, Pasadena, New Work
2011 Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, Lifelines: John White Retrospective, Catalog
2010 Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Museum of Ventura County, Ventura, California
2008 Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, California
2004 Sylvia White Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2003 Schloss St. Peter, Vienna, Austria
2001 Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, New York
2000 Sylvia White Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1999 Sylvia White Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1997 Sylvia White Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1995 Sylvia White Gallery, New York, New York
1994 Sylvia White Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1993 Total Art Museum, Seoul, Korea Sylvia White Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1992 Phantom Gallery, City of Manhattan Beach, California
1991 California State University, Dominquez Hills, Carson, California
1989 USC Atelier Gallery, "Yard Sales," Santa Monica, California
1988 Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1986 Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Newport Beach, California Chapman College, Orange, California
1984 Sculptural Installation, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California
1983 Selected Works 1969–1983, Barnsdall Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Drawings and Paintings, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Drawings and Installation, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California
1982 Drawings and Installation, Espace DBD, Los Angeles, California
1981 Drawings and Paintings, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Drawings and Installation, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1979 Drawings, California State University, Bakersfield, California
1978 Performance Notations, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois
Drawings and Paintings, Baum-Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Performance Drawings, I.D.E.A., Los Angeles, California
1977 Drawings and Paintings, Okun-Thomas Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
1976 Drawings and Installation, Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles, California
1975 Drawings and Installation, California State University, San Jose, California
Drawings and Installation, Miami-Dade College, Miami, Florida
Drawings and Installation, Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, California
Drawings and Installation, Gallerie Doyle, Paris, France
1974 Drawings, Betty Gold Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Drawings, John Doyle Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1973 Drawings and Sculpture, Watts Housing Corporation, Los Angeles, California
1972 Drawings and Sculpture, Gerald John Hayes, Los Angeles, California
1971 Drawings and Sculpture, Montgomery Art Gallery, Claremont, California
1970 Drawings and Paintings, Occidental College Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Performance Drawings, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 “Trans-Angeles,” Kunstmuseum Wilhelm Morgner Haus,curated by Peter Frank, Soest, Germany
2011 “It Happened At Pomona: Art on the Edge of Los Angeles,” Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA, Pacific Standard Time
“Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974-1981,” MOCA, Los Angeles, CA (Pacific Standard Time)
“Los Angeles Goes Live,” LACE, Los Angeles, CA (Pacific Standard Time)
2009 “Insights,” Mount St. Mary’s Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Vita Art Center, Ventura, CA
2002 “snap-crackle-pop,” Soapbox Gallery, Venice, CA
2001 “Flying Solo,” In the Shadow of the Giant, The Los Angeles Media and Education Center, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, NY
“The Horse Show: Images of the Horse in Contemporary Art,” Sylvia White Gallery, New York, NY
“Radical Past,” Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Paula Vincenti Gallery, Marbella, Spain
1999 “Circa,” Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
1998 “The Horse Show: Images of the Horse in Contemporary Art,” Sylvia White Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object 1949-1979,”MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
“Out of Actions: Actionism, Body Art & Performance 1949-1979,” MAK, Vienna, Austria
“Notes,” M.E.C.C.A., Santa Ana, CA
“Matchmaker, Matchmaker,” Sylvia White Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Beyond the Pink,” Barnsdall Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA
“Site Now,” University of California, Irvine, CA
“So Low,” Deep Creek School, Telluride, CO
“Up & Down,” M.E.C.C.A, Santa Ana, CA
“Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object 1949-1979,” MAK, Vienna, Austria
1997 “Bright Horizons”, M.E.C.C.A., Santa Ana, CA
“Foods,” M.E.C.C.A., Santa Ana, CA
“Sees Fire,” M.E.C.C.A., Santa Ana, CA
“Rachel Cronicles,” Deep Creek School, Telluride, CO
“The Site as Source,” University of California, Irvine, CA
“Problems with Her,” L.A.C.E., Los Angeles, CA
1996 Sylvia White, Sylvia White Gallery, New York, NY
"Maps, Charts and Routes," Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
1995 Gensler and Associates, Los Angeles, CA
"Outside the Frame: Performance and the Object," Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
"The Horse Show: Images of the Horse in Contemporary Art,” Susan Street Fine Art Gallery, Solano Beach, California
"The Horse Show: Images of the Horse in Contemporary Art," Sylvia White Gallery, New York, New York
1994 Sylvia White, Sylvia White Gallery, New York, New York
"Outside the Frame," Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
1993 "A Short Course on Art," Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach,
California
"Humor and Art," Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, California
1992 Art/LA 92, Los Angeles, Convention Center, Los Angeles, California
Group Show, Sylvia White Gallery, Santa Monica, California
ArtFair/Seattle, Seattle Westin Center, Seattle, Washington
Group Show, Valerie Miller and Associates, Palm Desert, California
1991 Art/LA 91, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California
"Contemporary Artists' Artists at Contempo," Contempo Westwood, Los
Angeles, California
"Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition: Recent Works," Fine Arts Gallery, University
of California, Irvine, California
1990 "Special Group Show," Jean Albano Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois
"Contemporary Artists' Artists at Contempo," Contempo Westwood, Los Angeles, California
"Spring Break," Gensler and Associates, Los Angeles, California
1989 "Inside the LA Artist," Boritzer/Gray Gallery, Santa Monica, California
"A Collector's Afternoon," Westside Art Center, Santa Monica, California
"Uncommon Denominations," Valerie Miller Fine Art, Palm Desert, California
1987 "Venice Artists," Merging One Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1986 "Artists For Disarmament," Abstraction Gallery, San Pedro, California
1985 "L.A.I.C.A. Presents," Bullocks Beverly Center, Los Angeles
"Faculty Show," University of California at Irvine, California
"New Acquisitions," City of Santa Monica Art Bank, Santa Monica, California
1985 "The Spiritual Eye," Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California
"Astonishing Horizon," Los Angeles Design Center, Los Angeles, California
1984 "California Bookworks: The Last Five Years," The Otis Art Institute of the Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles, California
"Rachel in the Vault," University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
"Olympic Show," Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"The Finals," Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"Los Angeles Drawing," California State University, San Diego, California
"Professors’ Choice," Pomona College of the Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California
1983 "20 Years of New Talent," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
"16 Months: Fine Arts at Art Center College," Pasadena, California
"Gallery Artists," Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"Art in L.A.", Welton Becket Associates, Los Angeles, California
"Educating Artists: Fine Arts at Art Center 1982–1983," Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
1982 "Michael and Dorothy Blankfort Collection," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
"The Artists' Book," Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles, California
"Drawings," Tweed Gallery, Plainfield, New Jersey
"Visiting Faculty," Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California
1981 "Roy Boyd Gallery," Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois
"Young Collectors," St. Louis Museum of Art, St. Louis, Missouri
"19 Americans 1981," Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York (Catalog)
1980 "Contemporary Mask Invitational," Craft and Folk Museum, Los Angeles, California
"Los Angeles Drawing Survey," West Hartford College, Connecticut
1979 "Drawings Exchange," Toronto, Canada
"Gallery Artists," Baum-Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"L.A. Drawing," University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1978 "Artist Books Show," Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
"Paintings," Baum-Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"New Acquisitions," St. Louis Museum of Art, St. Louis, Missouri
"Ten Years, New Talent Winners," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
"Gallery Artists," Barbara Okun Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
"Drawings," Gallery Farideh Cadot, Paris, France
1977 "Contemporary Mask Invitational," Craft and Folk Museum, Los Angeles, California
"Artist Stories," Libra Gallery, Claremont, California
"The Artist Book," University of California, San Diego, California
"100 + Current Directions," Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
1976 "Autobiographical Fantasies," Los Angeles Institute of
Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
"U.S.A. Contemporary Artists," Gallery Monet, Brussels, Belgium (catalog)
"New Selections from New Talent Winners," Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California
"American Drawings," Gallerie Farideh Cadot, Paris, France
1975 "A Drawing Show," Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California (catalog)
"15 Los Angeles Artists," Miami-Dade College, Miami, Florida (catalog)
"Artists' Choice," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California (catalog)
"Collage and Assemblage," Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
"An Intimate Dialogue," Janus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"Word Works II," California State University, San Jose, California
1974 "New Drawings," John Doyle Gallery, Chicago, Illinois`
"New Works, New Talent," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
1973 “Four L.A. Sculptors," Contemporary Museum of Art, Chicago, Illinois
1972 "15 Los Angeles Artists," Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, California (catalog)
"24 Young Los Angeles Artists," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los
Angeles, California (catalog)
"Three Los Angeles Artists," San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1971 "Computer Graphics," Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California
1970 "Five One-Man Shows," Richmond Museum of Art, Richmond, California
"Artists' Notations," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2014 Highways Anniversary, Santa Monica, CA
2013-2008 Monthly 5x5x5 productions, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA
2011 “It Happened At Pomona: Art on the Edge of Los Angeles,” Pomona
College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA, PACIFIC STANDARD TIME
2009 “John White’s Back,” Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, California
2001 “Flying Solo,” In The Shadow of the Giant, The Los Angeles Media and Education Center, Los Angeles, California
1999 “Circa,” Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
1998 “Beyond the Pink,” Barnsdall Arts Center, Los Angeles, California
“Site Now,” University of California, Irvine, California
“So-Low,” Deep Creek School, Telluride, Colorado
“Up & Down,” M.E.C.C.A., Santa Ana, California
1997 “Sees Fire”, M.E.C.C.A., Santa Ana, California
“Rachel Chronicles”, Deep Creek School, Telluride, Colorado
“The Site As Source”, University of California, Irvine, California
“Problems With Her”, L.A.C.E., Los Angeles, California
1996 "In the Pocket," Random Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"Damaged Goods," L.A.C.E., Los Angeles, California
"Understanding Robert Stroud," Los Angeles Jailhouse, Los Angeles, California
"Detail," L.A. Medical School, Los Angeles, California
"Leftovers," Glaxa Performance Space, Los Angeles, California
"Short Sited," University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Site Check," University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California
"Prime Detective," Site-Specific Performance Investigation, Pasadena Museum of Art, Pasadena, California
"Fortune Hunter," University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
"Crash Landing," University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California
"Hot Space," Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, California
1995 "Personalized Computer," Electronic Art, Performance and
Installation, De Anza College, De Anza, California
"Outside the Frame: Performance Art and the Object," Performance and Installation, Snug
Harbor Center for the Arts, Snug Harbor, Long Island, New York
1994 "Confectional and Confessional," The Rite to Eat, Installation, The
New Gallery, SantaMonica, California
"Home Room," Domestic Violence Consciousness Jam, Performance and Installation,
Roxbury Night Club, Los Angeles, CA
1993 "Desperately Seeking," Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
1991 "Mashed Potato," Pink House Performance, Los Angeles, California
"Palm-Mystrees," Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1990 "Untitled," Pink House Performance, Los Angeles, California
1989 "What a Site," Pink House Performance, Los Angeles, California
"American Pop Culture," LaForet Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman College, Orange, California
University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California
Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, California
1988 "The Annotated Lipschitz," The Music Center, Los Angeles, California
"Palisades—A Cliffhanger in 5 Acts," Santa Monica, California
1986 DA Gallery, Pomona, California
Chapman College, Orange, California
LACE, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
1985 University of California, Irvine, California
Roberts Art Gallery, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, California
1984 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California
High Performance 5 Minute Olympics, Los Angeles, California
Tony Bill Studio, Venice Art Walk, Los Angeles, California
1983 Cabrillo Marine Museum, San Pedro, California
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
1982 Espace DBD, Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles Valley College, Van Nuys, California
1981 Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York
1980 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
1980 Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California
Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, Oregon
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
L.A.C.E., Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
University of California, Los Angeles, California
1979 Immaculate Heart College, Los Angeles, California
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
University of California, Los Angeles, California
California State University, San Bernardino, California
Orange Coast College, Orange Coast, California
California State University, Los Angeles, California
California Polytechnic College, Pomona, California
Occidental College, Los Angeles, California
1978 Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
I.D.E.A., Institute of Dance and Experimental Art, Los Angeles, California
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California
California State University, Long Beach, California
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
1977 Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri
University of California, Santa Barbara, California
80 Langton Street, San Francisco, California
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
Robert Freidus Gallery, New York, New York
1976 California State University, Northridge, California
Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles, California
Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, California
1975 Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
California State University, Northridge, California
Immaculate Heart College, Los Angeles, California
University of California, Santa Barbara, California
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Florida International University, Tallahassee, Florida
Miami-Dade College, Miami, Florida
Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, California
San Jose State University, San Jose, California
Artists' and Lawyers' Coalition, Los Angeles, California
1974 Gallerie Doyle, Paris, France
John Doyle Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
University of California, Los Angeles, California
Artists' and Lawyers' Coalition, Los Angeles, California
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
1973 Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois
Yale University, Morse College, Hartford, Connecticut
University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
1972 Museum of Conceptual Art, San Francisco, California
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California
Pomona College, Claremont, California
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California
1971 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Lone Mountain College, San Francisco, California
Brand Library Art Center, Glendale, California
Glendale College, Glendale, California
1970 Occidental College, Los Angeles, California
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
University of California, San Diego, California
1969 Steve Paxton Dance Workshop, Del Mar, California
Bronson Canyon Dirt Event, Los Angeles, California
1968 Rancho La Cienega Pool, Los Angeles, California
Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California
PERMANENT MUSEUM/PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
St. Louis Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri
Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Washington, D.C.
Total Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, California
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
Indianapolis Museum of Modern Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
City of Santa Monica Art Bank, Santa Monica, California
Eli Broad Foundation, Santa Monica, California
EDUCATION
Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California, B.F.A., M.F.A., 1965–1969
Patri School of Art Fundamentals, San Francisco, California, 1962–1964
AWARDS AND GRANTS
1994 Fellowship Residency, Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, California
1985 Panelist, National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Arts
National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Arts
1983-1984 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1978-1979 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
C.E.T.A. Grant, Artist-in-Residence
1975-1976 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1971 New Talent Award, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
TEACHING POSITIONS
1996-2006 Instructor, Curtis School, Los Angeles, California
1994-1997 Instructor, University of California, Irvine, California
1982-1993 Instructor, University of California, Irvine, California
1991 Instructor, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
Visiting Artist, California State University, Fullerton, California
1990 Visiting Artist, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
1988 Guest Lecturer, University of Southern California Art Department, Los Angeles, California
Guest Lecturer, Modern and Contemporary Art Council, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
1986 Guest Lecturer, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California
Guest Lecturer, Chapman College, Orange, California
1985 Guest Lecturer, Orange County Contemporary Arts Center, California
1983 Instructor, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California, Spring
1982 Instructor, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, Spring
Visiting Artist, San Francisco State, San Francisco, California, Fall
Visiting Artist, California State University, Fullerton, California, Spring
Visiting Artist, California State University, Dominquez Hills, California
Visiting Artist, California State University, Long Beach, California
1981 Visiting Artist, Bard College, New York, Fall
1980 Visiting Artist, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon, Spring
Artist-in-Residence, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, Spring
Artist-in-Residence, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois, Spring
Instructor, California State University, Northridge, California, Spring
1978 Artist-in-Residence, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois, Spring
1977-1978 Instructor, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California
1976-1977 Instructor, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California
1977 Visiting Artist, University of California, Santa Barbara, Spring
Artist-in Residence, Washington State University, St. Louis, Missouri, Spring
1975-1977 Instructor, Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles, California
1975 Artist-in-Residence, Miami-Dade College, Miami, Florida, Spring
Artist-in-Residence, University of British Columbia, Canada, Fall
Artist-in-Residence, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, Fall
1974 Visiting Artist, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, Fall Visiting Artist, Yale University, Hartford, Connecticut, Fall
CURATORIAL AND DIRECTORSHIPS
1994 "Three Fluxus Events on a Bus," Santa Barbara Museum, Los Angeles to Santa Barbara, California
1992 “Upstart/Jumpstart,” LACE, Los Angeles, California
“Dadada at DA Gallery,” Pomona, California
“You see Eye at Riverside,” University of California, Riverside, California
"The Late," University of California, Irvine, California
1991 "Sho Presents," Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California
1990 "An Evening of Orange County Performances," Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California
1990 "Right on the Site," Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California
1989–91 "Wide Range 1–4", Irvine, California
COMMISSIONS
1991 "Performances, on Site," Irvine Cultural Affairs, Irvine, California
1988–89 "Art/Golf Tournament," Santa Monica Arts Commission, Santa Monica, California
1988 "The Annotated Lipschitz," The Music Center, Los Angeles, California
SET AND PROP DESIGN
1998 “The Amazing Encounter”, Curtis School Theatre, Los Angeles, California
Evening of Performing Arts”, Deep Creek School, Telluride, Colorado
1997 “The Seven Suns”, Curtis School Theatre, Los Angeles, California
“America”, Curtis School Theatre, Los Angeles, California
“The Holidays”, Curtis School Theatre, Los Angeles, California
1995 "Hae Kyung Lee and Dancers," Luckman Fine Arts Complex, California State University, Los Angeles, California
1991 "Mondo Novo," Highways Performance Space, Los Angeles, California
1989 "Fluctuations of the Field," Santa Monica, California
1988 "Palisades—A Cliff Hanger in 5 Acts," Santa Monica, California
Born in San Francisco, 1937
Resides in Los Angeles, California
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Birds on Wires, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA
2012 Off Ramp Gallery, Pasadena, New Work
2011 Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, Lifelines: John White Retrospective, Catalog
2010 Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Museum of Ventura County, Ventura, California
2008 Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, California
2004 Sylvia White Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2003 Schloss St. Peter, Vienna, Austria
2001 Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, New York
2000 Sylvia White Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1999 Sylvia White Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1997 Sylvia White Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1995 Sylvia White Gallery, New York, New York
1994 Sylvia White Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1993 Total Art Museum, Seoul, Korea Sylvia White Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1992 Phantom Gallery, City of Manhattan Beach, California
1991 California State University, Dominquez Hills, Carson, California
1989 USC Atelier Gallery, "Yard Sales," Santa Monica, California
1988 Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1986 Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Newport Beach, California Chapman College, Orange, California
1984 Sculptural Installation, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California
1983 Selected Works 1969–1983, Barnsdall Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Drawings and Paintings, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Drawings and Installation, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California
1982 Drawings and Installation, Espace DBD, Los Angeles, California
1981 Drawings and Paintings, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Drawings and Installation, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1979 Drawings, California State University, Bakersfield, California
1978 Performance Notations, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois
Drawings and Paintings, Baum-Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Performance Drawings, I.D.E.A., Los Angeles, California
1977 Drawings and Paintings, Okun-Thomas Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
1976 Drawings and Installation, Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles, California
1975 Drawings and Installation, California State University, San Jose, California
Drawings and Installation, Miami-Dade College, Miami, Florida
Drawings and Installation, Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, California
Drawings and Installation, Gallerie Doyle, Paris, France
1974 Drawings, Betty Gold Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Drawings, John Doyle Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1973 Drawings and Sculpture, Watts Housing Corporation, Los Angeles, California
1972 Drawings and Sculpture, Gerald John Hayes, Los Angeles, California
1971 Drawings and Sculpture, Montgomery Art Gallery, Claremont, California
1970 Drawings and Paintings, Occidental College Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Performance Drawings, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 “Trans-Angeles,” Kunstmuseum Wilhelm Morgner Haus,curated by Peter Frank, Soest, Germany
2011 “It Happened At Pomona: Art on the Edge of Los Angeles,” Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA, Pacific Standard Time
“Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974-1981,” MOCA, Los Angeles, CA (Pacific Standard Time)
“Los Angeles Goes Live,” LACE, Los Angeles, CA (Pacific Standard Time)
2009 “Insights,” Mount St. Mary’s Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Vita Art Center, Ventura, CA
2002 “snap-crackle-pop,” Soapbox Gallery, Venice, CA
2001 “Flying Solo,” In the Shadow of the Giant, The Los Angeles Media and Education Center, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, NY
“The Horse Show: Images of the Horse in Contemporary Art,” Sylvia White Gallery, New York, NY
“Radical Past,” Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Paula Vincenti Gallery, Marbella, Spain
1999 “Circa,” Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
1998 “The Horse Show: Images of the Horse in Contemporary Art,” Sylvia White Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object 1949-1979,”MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
“Out of Actions: Actionism, Body Art & Performance 1949-1979,” MAK, Vienna, Austria
“Notes,” M.E.C.C.A., Santa Ana, CA
“Matchmaker, Matchmaker,” Sylvia White Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Beyond the Pink,” Barnsdall Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA
“Site Now,” University of California, Irvine, CA
“So Low,” Deep Creek School, Telluride, CO
“Up & Down,” M.E.C.C.A, Santa Ana, CA
“Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object 1949-1979,” MAK, Vienna, Austria
1997 “Bright Horizons”, M.E.C.C.A., Santa Ana, CA
“Foods,” M.E.C.C.A., Santa Ana, CA
“Sees Fire,” M.E.C.C.A., Santa Ana, CA
“Rachel Cronicles,” Deep Creek School, Telluride, CO
“The Site as Source,” University of California, Irvine, CA
“Problems with Her,” L.A.C.E., Los Angeles, CA
1996 Sylvia White, Sylvia White Gallery, New York, NY
"Maps, Charts and Routes," Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
1995 Gensler and Associates, Los Angeles, CA
"Outside the Frame: Performance and the Object," Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
"The Horse Show: Images of the Horse in Contemporary Art,” Susan Street Fine Art Gallery, Solano Beach, California
"The Horse Show: Images of the Horse in Contemporary Art," Sylvia White Gallery, New York, New York
1994 Sylvia White, Sylvia White Gallery, New York, New York
"Outside the Frame," Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
1993 "A Short Course on Art," Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach,
California
"Humor and Art," Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, California
1992 Art/LA 92, Los Angeles, Convention Center, Los Angeles, California
Group Show, Sylvia White Gallery, Santa Monica, California
ArtFair/Seattle, Seattle Westin Center, Seattle, Washington
Group Show, Valerie Miller and Associates, Palm Desert, California
1991 Art/LA 91, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California
"Contemporary Artists' Artists at Contempo," Contempo Westwood, Los
Angeles, California
"Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition: Recent Works," Fine Arts Gallery, University
of California, Irvine, California
1990 "Special Group Show," Jean Albano Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois
"Contemporary Artists' Artists at Contempo," Contempo Westwood, Los Angeles, California
"Spring Break," Gensler and Associates, Los Angeles, California
1989 "Inside the LA Artist," Boritzer/Gray Gallery, Santa Monica, California
"A Collector's Afternoon," Westside Art Center, Santa Monica, California
"Uncommon Denominations," Valerie Miller Fine Art, Palm Desert, California
1987 "Venice Artists," Merging One Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1986 "Artists For Disarmament," Abstraction Gallery, San Pedro, California
1985 "L.A.I.C.A. Presents," Bullocks Beverly Center, Los Angeles
"Faculty Show," University of California at Irvine, California
"New Acquisitions," City of Santa Monica Art Bank, Santa Monica, California
1985 "The Spiritual Eye," Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California
"Astonishing Horizon," Los Angeles Design Center, Los Angeles, California
1984 "California Bookworks: The Last Five Years," The Otis Art Institute of the Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles, California
"Rachel in the Vault," University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
"Olympic Show," Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"The Finals," Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"Los Angeles Drawing," California State University, San Diego, California
"Professors’ Choice," Pomona College of the Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California
1983 "20 Years of New Talent," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
"16 Months: Fine Arts at Art Center College," Pasadena, California
"Gallery Artists," Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"Art in L.A.", Welton Becket Associates, Los Angeles, California
"Educating Artists: Fine Arts at Art Center 1982–1983," Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
1982 "Michael and Dorothy Blankfort Collection," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
"The Artists' Book," Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles, California
"Drawings," Tweed Gallery, Plainfield, New Jersey
"Visiting Faculty," Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California
1981 "Roy Boyd Gallery," Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois
"Young Collectors," St. Louis Museum of Art, St. Louis, Missouri
"19 Americans 1981," Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York (Catalog)
1980 "Contemporary Mask Invitational," Craft and Folk Museum, Los Angeles, California
"Los Angeles Drawing Survey," West Hartford College, Connecticut
1979 "Drawings Exchange," Toronto, Canada
"Gallery Artists," Baum-Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"L.A. Drawing," University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1978 "Artist Books Show," Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
"Paintings," Baum-Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"New Acquisitions," St. Louis Museum of Art, St. Louis, Missouri
"Ten Years, New Talent Winners," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
"Gallery Artists," Barbara Okun Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
"Drawings," Gallery Farideh Cadot, Paris, France
1977 "Contemporary Mask Invitational," Craft and Folk Museum, Los Angeles, California
"Artist Stories," Libra Gallery, Claremont, California
"The Artist Book," University of California, San Diego, California
"100 + Current Directions," Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
1976 "Autobiographical Fantasies," Los Angeles Institute of
Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
"U.S.A. Contemporary Artists," Gallery Monet, Brussels, Belgium (catalog)
"New Selections from New Talent Winners," Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California
"American Drawings," Gallerie Farideh Cadot, Paris, France
1975 "A Drawing Show," Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California (catalog)
"15 Los Angeles Artists," Miami-Dade College, Miami, Florida (catalog)
"Artists' Choice," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California (catalog)
"Collage and Assemblage," Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
"An Intimate Dialogue," Janus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"Word Works II," California State University, San Jose, California
1974 "New Drawings," John Doyle Gallery, Chicago, Illinois`
"New Works, New Talent," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
1973 “Four L.A. Sculptors," Contemporary Museum of Art, Chicago, Illinois
1972 "15 Los Angeles Artists," Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, California (catalog)
"24 Young Los Angeles Artists," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los
Angeles, California (catalog)
"Three Los Angeles Artists," San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1971 "Computer Graphics," Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California
1970 "Five One-Man Shows," Richmond Museum of Art, Richmond, California
"Artists' Notations," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2014 Highways Anniversary, Santa Monica, CA
2013-2008 Monthly 5x5x5 productions, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA
2011 “It Happened At Pomona: Art on the Edge of Los Angeles,” Pomona
College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA, PACIFIC STANDARD TIME
2009 “John White’s Back,” Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, California
2001 “Flying Solo,” In The Shadow of the Giant, The Los Angeles Media and Education Center, Los Angeles, California
1999 “Circa,” Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
1998 “Beyond the Pink,” Barnsdall Arts Center, Los Angeles, California
“Site Now,” University of California, Irvine, California
“So-Low,” Deep Creek School, Telluride, Colorado
“Up & Down,” M.E.C.C.A., Santa Ana, California
1997 “Sees Fire”, M.E.C.C.A., Santa Ana, California
“Rachel Chronicles”, Deep Creek School, Telluride, Colorado
“The Site As Source”, University of California, Irvine, California
“Problems With Her”, L.A.C.E., Los Angeles, California
1996 "In the Pocket," Random Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"Damaged Goods," L.A.C.E., Los Angeles, California
"Understanding Robert Stroud," Los Angeles Jailhouse, Los Angeles, California
"Detail," L.A. Medical School, Los Angeles, California
"Leftovers," Glaxa Performance Space, Los Angeles, California
"Short Sited," University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Site Check," University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California
"Prime Detective," Site-Specific Performance Investigation, Pasadena Museum of Art, Pasadena, California
"Fortune Hunter," University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
"Crash Landing," University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California
"Hot Space," Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, California
1995 "Personalized Computer," Electronic Art, Performance and
Installation, De Anza College, De Anza, California
"Outside the Frame: Performance Art and the Object," Performance and Installation, Snug
Harbor Center for the Arts, Snug Harbor, Long Island, New York
1994 "Confectional and Confessional," The Rite to Eat, Installation, The
New Gallery, SantaMonica, California
"Home Room," Domestic Violence Consciousness Jam, Performance and Installation,
Roxbury Night Club, Los Angeles, CA
1993 "Desperately Seeking," Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
1991 "Mashed Potato," Pink House Performance, Los Angeles, California
"Palm-Mystrees," Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1990 "Untitled," Pink House Performance, Los Angeles, California
1989 "What a Site," Pink House Performance, Los Angeles, California
"American Pop Culture," LaForet Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman College, Orange, California
University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California
Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, California
1988 "The Annotated Lipschitz," The Music Center, Los Angeles, California
"Palisades—A Cliffhanger in 5 Acts," Santa Monica, California
1986 DA Gallery, Pomona, California
Chapman College, Orange, California
LACE, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
1985 University of California, Irvine, California
Roberts Art Gallery, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, California
1984 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California
High Performance 5 Minute Olympics, Los Angeles, California
Tony Bill Studio, Venice Art Walk, Los Angeles, California
1983 Cabrillo Marine Museum, San Pedro, California
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
1982 Espace DBD, Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles Valley College, Van Nuys, California
1981 Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York
1980 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
1980 Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California
Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, Oregon
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
L.A.C.E., Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
University of California, Los Angeles, California
1979 Immaculate Heart College, Los Angeles, California
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
University of California, Los Angeles, California
California State University, San Bernardino, California
Orange Coast College, Orange Coast, California
California State University, Los Angeles, California
California Polytechnic College, Pomona, California
Occidental College, Los Angeles, California
1978 Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
I.D.E.A., Institute of Dance and Experimental Art, Los Angeles, California
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California
California State University, Long Beach, California
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
1977 Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri
University of California, Santa Barbara, California
80 Langton Street, San Francisco, California
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
Robert Freidus Gallery, New York, New York
1976 California State University, Northridge, California
Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles, California
Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, California
1975 Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
California State University, Northridge, California
Immaculate Heart College, Los Angeles, California
University of California, Santa Barbara, California
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Florida International University, Tallahassee, Florida
Miami-Dade College, Miami, Florida
Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, California
San Jose State University, San Jose, California
Artists' and Lawyers' Coalition, Los Angeles, California
1974 Gallerie Doyle, Paris, France
John Doyle Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
University of California, Los Angeles, California
Artists' and Lawyers' Coalition, Los Angeles, California
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
1973 Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois
Yale University, Morse College, Hartford, Connecticut
University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
1972 Museum of Conceptual Art, San Francisco, California
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California
Pomona College, Claremont, California
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California
1971 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Lone Mountain College, San Francisco, California
Brand Library Art Center, Glendale, California
Glendale College, Glendale, California
1970 Occidental College, Los Angeles, California
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
University of California, San Diego, California
1969 Steve Paxton Dance Workshop, Del Mar, California
Bronson Canyon Dirt Event, Los Angeles, California
1968 Rancho La Cienega Pool, Los Angeles, California
Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California
PERMANENT MUSEUM/PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
St. Louis Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri
Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Washington, D.C.
Total Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, California
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
Indianapolis Museum of Modern Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
City of Santa Monica Art Bank, Santa Monica, California
Eli Broad Foundation, Santa Monica, California
EDUCATION
Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California, B.F.A., M.F.A., 1965–1969
Patri School of Art Fundamentals, San Francisco, California, 1962–1964
AWARDS AND GRANTS
1994 Fellowship Residency, Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, California
1985 Panelist, National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Arts
National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Arts
1983-1984 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1978-1979 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
C.E.T.A. Grant, Artist-in-Residence
1975-1976 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1971 New Talent Award, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
TEACHING POSITIONS
1996-2006 Instructor, Curtis School, Los Angeles, California
1994-1997 Instructor, University of California, Irvine, California
1982-1993 Instructor, University of California, Irvine, California
1991 Instructor, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
Visiting Artist, California State University, Fullerton, California
1990 Visiting Artist, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
1988 Guest Lecturer, University of Southern California Art Department, Los Angeles, California
Guest Lecturer, Modern and Contemporary Art Council, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
1986 Guest Lecturer, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California
Guest Lecturer, Chapman College, Orange, California
1985 Guest Lecturer, Orange County Contemporary Arts Center, California
1983 Instructor, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California, Spring
1982 Instructor, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, Spring
Visiting Artist, San Francisco State, San Francisco, California, Fall
Visiting Artist, California State University, Fullerton, California, Spring
Visiting Artist, California State University, Dominquez Hills, California
Visiting Artist, California State University, Long Beach, California
1981 Visiting Artist, Bard College, New York, Fall
1980 Visiting Artist, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon, Spring
Artist-in-Residence, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, Spring
Artist-in-Residence, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois, Spring
Instructor, California State University, Northridge, California, Spring
1978 Artist-in-Residence, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois, Spring
1977-1978 Instructor, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California
1976-1977 Instructor, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California
1977 Visiting Artist, University of California, Santa Barbara, Spring
Artist-in Residence, Washington State University, St. Louis, Missouri, Spring
1975-1977 Instructor, Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles, California
1975 Artist-in-Residence, Miami-Dade College, Miami, Florida, Spring
Artist-in-Residence, University of British Columbia, Canada, Fall
Artist-in-Residence, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, Fall
1974 Visiting Artist, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, Fall Visiting Artist, Yale University, Hartford, Connecticut, Fall
CURATORIAL AND DIRECTORSHIPS
1994 "Three Fluxus Events on a Bus," Santa Barbara Museum, Los Angeles to Santa Barbara, California
1992 “Upstart/Jumpstart,” LACE, Los Angeles, California
“Dadada at DA Gallery,” Pomona, California
“You see Eye at Riverside,” University of California, Riverside, California
"The Late," University of California, Irvine, California
1991 "Sho Presents," Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California
1990 "An Evening of Orange County Performances," Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California
1990 "Right on the Site," Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California
1989–91 "Wide Range 1–4", Irvine, California
COMMISSIONS
1991 "Performances, on Site," Irvine Cultural Affairs, Irvine, California
1988–89 "Art/Golf Tournament," Santa Monica Arts Commission, Santa Monica, California
1988 "The Annotated Lipschitz," The Music Center, Los Angeles, California
SET AND PROP DESIGN
1998 “The Amazing Encounter”, Curtis School Theatre, Los Angeles, California
Evening of Performing Arts”, Deep Creek School, Telluride, Colorado
1997 “The Seven Suns”, Curtis School Theatre, Los Angeles, California
“America”, Curtis School Theatre, Los Angeles, California
“The Holidays”, Curtis School Theatre, Los Angeles, California
1995 "Hae Kyung Lee and Dancers," Luckman Fine Arts Complex, California State University, Los Angeles, California
1991 "Mondo Novo," Highways Performance Space, Los Angeles, California
1989 "Fluctuations of the Field," Santa Monica, California
1988 "Palisades—A Cliff Hanger in 5 Acts," Santa Monica, California