Aucocisco Gallery

curriculum vitae

Richard Van Buren

Studied:
San Francisco State College, The University of Mexico, Mexico City College

Selected Collections:
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
Robert Rauschenberg, New York, NY
The National Gallery, Washington, DC
Paula Cooper, New York, NY
Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Ileana Sonnabend, New York, NY/Paris, France
The National Gallery, Sydney, Australia
The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
The Lannan Foundation, Palm Beach, FL
The City of Denver 2 Public Commissions, Denver, CO
Perdue University, Lafayette, IN
Bennington College, Bennington, VT
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA (The Lewis Contemporary Art Fund Collection)
Corpus Christi Museum, Corpus Christi, TX
Staten Island College, New York, NY
Lannan Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Art in Public Places, Miami, FL
Estee Lauder, New York, NY
Bruno Esposito, Rome, Italy
Rulf Ricker, Berlin, Germany
Herb and Dorothy Vogel, New York, N.Y.
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

Awards:
National Endowments for the Arts CAPS Program (New York State Art Council)
Pollack Krusner
Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Award for 2007

Selected One Man Exhibitions:
2008	Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, Maine
2006	Riverside Pavilion, Calais, ME
2003	Maine Center for Contemporary Arts, Rockland, ME
2002	Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO
	Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY
1999	Christiane Nienaber Contemporary Art, “Richard Van Buren,” New York, NY
1991	Jimenez & Algus Gallery, “Richard Van Buren,” New York, NY
1988	City University Graduate Center, New York, NY
1984	Maryland Institute, Baltimore, MD
1978	Sculpture Center, Sydney, Australia
1977	Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
	City University Graduate Center, New York, NY
1976	Texas Gallery, Houston, TX
1975	Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
	City University Graduate Center, New York, NY
1974	Texas Gallery, Houston, TX
	Rice University, Houston, TX
1973	112 Greene Street Gallery, New York, NY
1972	Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
1970	Bennington College, Bennington, VT
1969	Bykert Gallery, New York, NY
1968	Bykert Gallery, New York, NY
1967	Bykert Gallery, New York, NY
1964	Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1962	San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
1961	New Mission Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2009	National Gallery of Australia, Canbera, Australia
	Abby Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine
	Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, Maine
	Husson College, Calais, Maine
2008	Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, Maine
	Mitchel Algus Gallery, New York, N.Y.
2007-2008	Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria Z.K.M. Center for Art, Karlsruhe, Germany
2007	Tamayo Museum, Mexico City, Mexico
2006	Weatherspoon Art Museum, Group Show, Greensboro, NC
	Sideshow Gallery, Group Show, New York, NY
	National Academy Museum, Group Show, New York, NY
	American University, Group Show, Washington, DC
	Weatherspoon Museum, Group Show, Greensboro, NC
	Sioux Museum, Group Show, Grand Rapids, SD
	Sideshow Gallery, Group Show, New York, NY
	Sideshow Gallery, Group Show, New York, NY
2005	Lois Neiter, Los Angeles, CA
	Sideshow Gallery, Group Show, New York, NY
	Sideshow Gallery, Group Show, New York, NY
	Mitchell Algus Gallery, Back Wall, New York, NY
2004	Sideshow Gallery, Group Show, New York, NY
	Mitchell Algus Gallery, Two-Person Show: Richard Van Buren and Glenn Goldberg, New York, NY
	Sideshow Gallery, Two-Person Show: Richard Van Buren and Glenn Goldberg, New York, NY
2003	Sideshow Gallery, Group Show, New York, NY
2002	Maine Center for Contemporary Arts, Awarded “Best in Show,” Rockport, ME
2001	Lupine Festival, Eastport, ME
2000	Gallery Volume, Rome, Italy
1999	Parsons School of Design, “Drawing, Present Tense.” New York, NY (traveling)
	Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
	Illinois University, Normal, IL
	Museum of Contemporary Art, “Afterimage: Drawing Through Process.” Los Angeles, CA
	Stamford Center for the Arts-Rich Forum Gallery, “Off The Wall,” Stamford, CT
1998	Fanelli Group Show, O.K. Harris, New York, NY
1996	E.S. Vandam Gallery, Two-Person Show (Richard Van Buren and Glenn Goldberg), New York, NY
1995	Museum of Fine Arts, “Degrees of Abstraction,” Boston, MA
	Mitchell Algus Gallery, “Natural Permutations,” New York, NY
	E.S. Vandam Gallery, “Delving and Tinkering,” (curated by Tom Butter), New York, NY
1994	Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY
	Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1993	Wyn Loving, Long Island, NY
1992	Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Brooklyn, NY
1991	Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1990	Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
	Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1989	Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
	Hook Gallery, New York, NY
	Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1988	Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1987	Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
	50 West Gallery, New York, NY
	Art in General, “Dance Sculpture,” New York, NY
	Leonard and Soghor Gallery, New York, NY
1986	N.I.S.D.A., MA
	Art Awareness, Lexington, NY
1983	Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
	22 Wooster Gallery, Modernist Trends,” New York, NY
1977	Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
	P.S. 1, Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Island City, NY
	Brown University, Providence, RI
1976	Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
	Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Paulo Prado Gallery, San Paulo, Brazil
1975	Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
1974	New York Cultural Center, “Choice Dealers/Dealer Choice,” New York, NY
	Indianapolis Museum of Art, “Painting and Sculpture Today, 1974,” Indianapolis, IN
	Houston Museum, New Sculpture, Houston, TX
	Paula Cooper Gallery, Spring Group Exhibition, New York, NY
	Contemporary Art Center, “Painting and Sculpture Today, 1974,” Cincinnati, OH
	Virginia Museum of Fine Art, “Works on Paper,” Richmond, VA
	Paula Cooper Gallery, Autumn Group Exhibition, New York, NY
1973	Paula Cooper Gallery, “Work from the Early Sixties,” New York, NY
	The Museum of Modern Art, “Homers,” New York, NY
	Paula Cooper Gallery, Opening Group Exhibit, New York, NY
	Fogg Art Museum-Harvard University, New American Graphic Art,” Cambridge, MA
	Tyler School of Art, “Work on Paper,” Philadelphia, PA
	Contemporary Arts Center, “Options 73/30: Recent Works of Art,” Cincinnati, OH
1972	Paula Cooper Gallery, Exhibition, “New York 72,” Greenwich, CT
	Contemporary Arts Museum, “Eight,” Houston, TX
	The Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL
	The Art Institute of Chicago, 32nd Annual Exhibition, The Society for Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
	The Sculpture Center, “Critics Choice,” New York, NY
	Paula Cooper Gallery, “Small Series,” New York, NY
1971	Janie C. Lee Gallery, Two-Man Show (with Dorothea Rochburne), Dallas, TX
	The Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY
	The School of Visual Arts, “Erasable Structures,” (compiled by David Bourdon), New York, NY
	The Katonah Gallery, Katonah, NY
	112 Greene Street Gallery, Group Exhibition, New York, NY
	Paula Cooper Gallery, Changing Exhibition, New York, NY
	Paula Cooper Gallery, Group, New York, NY
	Windham College, Putney, VT
	The Walker Art Center, “Works for New Spaces,” Minneapolis, MN
	The Milwaukee Art Center; Walker Art Center, “Directions 3: Eight Artists,” Minneapolis, MN
	The Albright-Knox Gallery, “Kid’s Stuff,” Buffalo, NY
	The Katonah Gallery, Drawings, Katonah, NY
	The Museum of Modern Art, “Recent Acquisitions,” New York, NY
1970	Whitney Museum of American Art, “Whitney Museum Sculpture Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture 1970,” New York, NY
	Foundation Maeght, “L’art Vivant des Etats Unis,” (compiled by Dore Ashton), France
	The Akron Art Institute, “Drawings and Watercolors by Young Americans,” Akron, OH
	Musee D’art Moderne, “Exhibtion des Galleris Pilotes,” (represented by Gallery Sonnabend), Paris, France
	The Museum of Modern Art, “The Larry Aldrich Collection,” New York, NY
	Ithaca College Museum of Art, Three-Man Show (with Linda Benglis and George Kuehn), Ithaca, NY
	The Jewish Museum (New York, NY), Milwaukee Art Center (Milwaukee, WI), San Francisco Museum of Art (San Francisco, CA), “A Plastic Presence,” Traveling Show
	Bennington College, Bennington, VT
	Yale University Summer School of Music and Art, “Norfolk 70,” Norfolk, CT
1969	Bykert Gallery, New York, NY
	Paula Cooper Gallery, Drawing Show, New York, NY
	Finch College Museum of Art, Art in Process IV,” New York, NY
	Art Institute of Chicago, “69th Annual Exhibition,” Chicago, IL
	Hofstra University, “Hanging/Leaning,” Hempstead, NY
	Yale University, “Benefit Drawing Show,” New Haven, CT
1968	Whitney Museum of American Art, “Annual Sculpture Exhibition,” New York, NY
	Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, “Highlights of the Season,” Ridgefield, CT
1967	Institute of Contemporary Art, “A Romantic Minimalism,” Philadelphia, PA
	Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL
1966	The Jewish Museum, “Primary Structures,” New York, NY
	Galeries Pilotes Lausanne, 2nd Salon International de Artists et decouvreurs de notre temps, Lausanne, Switzerland
	Bykert Gallery, New York, NY
1965	World House Galleries, “Sculpture From All Directions,” New York, NY
1964	San Francisco Museum of Art, “Bay Area Artist,” San Francisco, CA

Performances:
1989	The Limelight, New York, NY
1987	Art in General, New York, NY
1986	The River Theatre, Art Awareness “Drawing Field,” Lexington, KY
1984	Kamikaze, New York, NY
	Maryland Art Institute College of Art, “Paint Movement,” Baltimore, MD
1983	P.S. 122, “Up and Down,” New York, NY
1982	Italian Tour
	Tatro Spaziozero, Line Up,” Rome
	Teatro di Porta Romana, “Air-Ways,” Milan
	Piazza della Scala, “Outdoor Excursions,” Milan
1981	Bronx Zoo, Bronx, NY
1980	Studio 54, “Halloween Hanging Piece,” New York, NY
1979	The University of New Mexico, “Out of the Blue,” Albuquerque, NM
	St. Clements Theatre, “Out of the Blue,” New York, NY
	Adelaide Festival, Adelaide, Australia
	The Sculpture Center, Sydney, Australia
1977	P.S. 1, “Air-Lines,” Long Island City, NY
	Oberlin College, “Sweet Sensation,” Oberlin, OH
1975	The School of Visual Arts, “Boticeli’s Revenge Revisited,” New York, NY
1974	The Kitchen, “Boticeli’s Revenge,” New York, NY
1973	112 Greene Street Gallery, New York, NY

Dance/Music Performances:
1987	Memorial for Ronald Bladen, New York, NY
1974	Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
1971	Emanu-El Midtown Y, New York, NY
1969	Emanu-El Midtown Y, New York, NY
	Sensory Overload Studio, New York, NY
1965	“Linoleum” by Robert Rauschenberg

Out-Door Sculpture Commissions:
2001	Grand Arts, “Spirit Mold,” Kansas City, MO
1994	City of Miami, Miami, FL
1982	Piazza della Scala, Milan, Italy
1981	Bronx Zoo, Bronx, NY
1978	Adelaide Festival, Adelaide, Australia
1974	Rice University, Houston, TX
1972	Perdue University, Lafayette, IN
1968	City of Denver, Denver, CO (two separate commissions)

Selected Bibliography:
	Battcock, Gregory, ‘Minimal Art,’ Dutton, 1968, p.34
	Baurdon, David, ‘LIFE Magazine,’ Article on Richard Van Buren, Eva Hess, Richard Serra, Linda Benglis, 1969
	Golenthal, Jolence, ‘Art/Plastics Show Versatility,’ (Benglis/Van Buren Show)
	Heinemann, Susan, ‘Art Forum,’ “Richard Van Buren,” Apr 1975, p.60
	Hunter, Sam, ‘American Art of the 20th Century,’ Abrams Publishers, 1972, p.399
	Kertess, Klaus, ‘Grand Arts catalog,’ “Richard Van Buren,” Kansas City, MO, 2002
	Livingston, Lisa, ‘An Art Magazine,’ “An Interview with Richard Van Buren,” Nov 1975, p.15
	Prokopoff, Stephen S., ‘Institute of Contemporary Art catalog,’ Introduction to “A Romantic Minimalism,” Philadelphia, PA, 1967
	Rose, Barbara, ‘Art in America,’ “Shall We Have a Renaissance?” Mar/Apr 1967, p.30
	Sargent-Wooster, Ann, ‘Art in America,’ “Richard Van Buren and Paula Cooper at C.U.N.Y. Graduate Center,” Sep/Oct 1975, p.102
	Shepherd, Negraponte, ‘Drawing in the Present Tense,’ Parsons School of Design, 1999, p.80
	Tuchman, Phillis, ‘Art Forum,’ “Richard Van Buren, David Novros, Charles Ross,” Summer 1968, p.34
	‘A Plastic Presence catalog,’ p.94
	‘Catalog Musee cantonal des Beaux-arts,’ “2nd Salon international de Galeries pilotes Lausanne, Artistes et decouvreurs de notre temps,” juin/octobre 1966, Lausanne, Switzerland
	‘Finch College catalog,’ “Art in Process IV,” New York, NY
	‘Foundation Maeght catalog,’ “Exposition l’art vivant aux Etats-Unis,” p.156
	‘High Times Hard Times catalog,’ 2007
	Indianapolis Museum of Art, “Painting and Sculpture Today, 1974,” p.61
	Madison Art Center, ‘Jones Road Print Shop and Stable catalog,’ p.31
	‘Milwaukee Art Center catalog,’ “Eight Artists: Linda Benglis, Sam Gilliam, Ralph Goings, Hans Haacke, Duane Hanson, Sol Le Witt, De Waine Valentine, Richard Van Buren – Exhibition Jun 19-Aug 8, 1971,” Milwaukee, WI, 1971 (FA919.801.118)
	‘The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts catalog,’ “The Lewis Contemporary Art Fund Collection,” p.68
	University of Illinois, “Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, 1967,” Urbana, IL, 1967, p.108
	‘Whitney Museum of American Art Exhibition-Sculpture Annual catalog,’ 1968, p.126
	‘Whitney Museum of American Art Sculpture Annual catalog,’ 1970, p.23

December 2009