| Born |
Woodland, California, 1935 |
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| EDUCATION: |
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| 1955 |
University of California, Berkeley |
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| AWARDS AND HONORS: |
| 2000 |
Fellowship, Getty Research Institute. |
| 1998 |
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Award |
| 1989 |
Finalist in Pico Seagatecompetition |
| 1987 |
Working Grant, Pollock Krassner Foundation |
| 1984 |
National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Fellowship |
| 1983-4 |
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in Sculpture |
| 1982-83 |
Prix de Rome, Fellowship in Sculpture, American Academy in Rome |
| 1977 |
National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Fellowship |
| 1968 |
National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Fellowship |
| 1962 |
Servant of Holy Beauty Award |
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| SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS: |
| 2011 |
“Collages”, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, California |
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“George Herms: Xenophilia (Love of the Unknown”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California |
| 2010 |
“Collages”, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, California |
| 2008 |
“Lymphatic Vessels and Monoprints celebrating the life and art of Bruce Conner”, Susan Inglett Gallery, New York. |
| 2007 |
George Herms: Assemblages”, Galerie Vallois, Paris. |
| 2006 |
Select Works”, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York. |
| 2005 |
“George Herms: Hot Set” (Walter Hopps, curator), Santa Monica Museum of Art. |
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“Pandora’s Box: The Sculpture of George Herms”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento. |
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“From George Herms with LOVE”, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles. |
| 2004 |
"Sepia Jones Collages," Ace Gallery, Los Angeles |
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"Sepia Jones Collages," Ace Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 2002 |
Teragrams and Roses, Mesa Nights: A Romance of the Old Southwest,Redbud Gallery, Houston, Texas |
| 2001 |
Bed of Roses..., Assemblages, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco |
| 1999 |
Poet Heroes of My Youth,Assemblage/Sculpture, Fred Spratt Gallery in association with
Larry Evans/James Willis Gallery, San Francisco, California
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| 1998 |
Parade of Sculpture, First Street Bridge Project, Los Angeles, with laser installation by Hiro Yamagata |
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Office of the Future, Robert Berman Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California |
| 1996 |
George Herms: Works Saluting San Francisco, 1962-1996, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco |
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The Beat Bar, Track 16 Gallery and Robert Berman Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California |
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Crossings, Fred Spratt Gallery, San Jose, California |
| 1995 |
George Herms: From Then and There to Here and Now, With a Little Help From His Friends, Wallace Berman, Bruce Conner and Dennis Hopper,Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York |
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Beat Epiphanies and Home Runs,Jack Rutberg Fine Arts Gallery, Los Angeles |
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SAM RAM, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California |
| 1994 |
Project X,Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 1992 |
Secret Archives: A Retrospective,Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 1994 |
Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
| 1991-2 |
Alley Art and Urban Archaeology,Pasadena, California |
| 1991 |
George Herms,d.p. Fong Gallery, San Jose, California |
| 1990 |
George Herms,Cypress College, Cypress, California |
| 1989 |
L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, California |
| 1988 |
Salute to Paul Beattie, California Museum of Fine Art, Santa Rosa
Rome Poem Revisited, Tyler Gallery, Temple University, Philadelphia |
| 1986 |
Recent Sculpture, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, California
Oscarsson/Siegeltuch Gallery, New York |
| 1985 |
Jacaranda Project, Junior Arts Center, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles |
| 1984 |
George Herms: Rome Poem,Art Gallery, California State University, Fullerton |
| 1982 |
Eight Etudes,Beyond Baroque, Venice, California |
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Pre-Rome Sacraments and/or Raw Tracks,L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, California |
| 1981 |
Score,University of Denver Art Gallery, Colorado |
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Time Reliefs and Ringers,Ruth Schaffner Gallery, Santa Barbara, California |
| 1980 |
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California |
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Stage One Gallery, Orange, California |
| 1979 |
The Prometheus Archives: A Retrospective Exhibition of the Works of George Herms,
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California |
| 1978 |
Arco Center for the Visual Arts, Los Angeles, California |
| 1977 |
UnbeknownstManitoba Museum of Finds Art, San Francisco, California |
| 1976 |
Sets and Related WorksPasadena Artists Co-Op, Pasadena, California
L.A. Louver, Venice, California |
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Session,80 Langton Street, San Francisco |
| 1975 |
California State University, San Jose, California |
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Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles |
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PsuedonymphiaTJB Gallery, Newport Beach, California |
| 1973 |
George Herms Selected Works 1960-1973,Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California, Davis (catalogue) |
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Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 1972 |
Selected Works 1960-1972California State University, Los Angeles (catalogue) |
| 1970 |
Holiday ExhibitionMolly Barnes Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 1969 |
Foggy WagonsLaguna Beach, California |
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Faithquake, Molly Barnes Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 1966 |
Rolf Nelson Gallery, Los Angeles, California |
| 1965 |
Spring VisionsStryke Gallery, New York, New York |
| 1963 |
Nativity 63Rolf Nelson Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 1962 |
Aura Gallery, Pasadena, California |
| 1961 |
Batman Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| 1960 |
Semina Gallery, Larkspur, California, with photographs by Edmund Teske |
| 1959 |
Jubilee, First Public Exhibition, Tuolumne, California |
| 1957 |
Secret Exhibition, Hermosa Beach, California |
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| PUBLIC ART: |
| 1989 |
Portals to Poetry,Citicorp Plaza, Los Angeles |
| 1988 |
Moon Dial,Beverly Hills, California |
| 1987 |
Clock Tower Monument to Unknown.MacArthur Park Public Art Program, Los Angeles |
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| SELECTED COLLECTIONS: |
| Berkeley Art Museum di Rosa Preserve, Napa |
| Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, Palo Alto |
| California Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California |
| J. Crew, New York, New York |
| La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, California |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles |
| Menil Collection, Houston, Texas |
| M.H. DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, California |
| Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles |
| Newport Harbor Museum, Newport Beach, California |
| Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California |
| Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, California |
| Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California |
| Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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