GEORGE HERMS (b.1935)
GEORGE HERMS (b.1935)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
| 1957 | Secret Exhibition, Hermosa Beach, CA |
| 1959 | Jubilee, Toulumne, CA |
| 1960 | Semina Gallery, Larkspur, CA |
| 1961 | Batman Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1962 | Aura Gallery, Pasadena, CA |
| 1963 | Nativity ‘63, Rolf Nelson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1965 | Spring Visions, Stryke Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1966 | Rolf Nelson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1969 | Faithquake, Molly Barnes Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| Foggy Wagons, Laguna Beach, CA | |
| 1970 | Holiday Exhibition, Molly Barnes Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1972 | George Herms Selected Works 1960-1972, California State University, Los Angeles |
| 1973 | George Herms Selected Works 1960-1973, Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California, Davis |
| Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1975 | California State University, San Jose, CA |
| Pseudonymphia, TJB Gallery, Newport Beach, CA | |
| Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1976 | Sets and Related Works, Pasadena Artists Co-op, Pasadena, CA |
| L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA | |
| Session, 80 Langton Street, San Francisco, CA | |
| 1977 | Unbeknownst, Manitoba Museum of Finds Art, San Francisco, CA |
| 1978 | Arco Center for the Visual Arts, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1979 | The Prometheus Archives: A Retrospective Exhibition of the Works of George Herms, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA; The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA |
| 1980 | Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA |
| Stage One Gallery, Orange, CA | |
| 1981 | Score, University of Denver Art Gallery, Denver, CO |
| Time Reliefs and Ringers, Schaffner Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA | |
| 1982 | Eight Etudes, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA |
| Pre-Rome Sacraments and/or Rawtracks, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA | |
| 1984 | George Herms: Rome Poem, Art Gallery, California State University, Fullerton, CA |
| 1985 | Jacaranda Project, Junior Arts Center, Barnsdall Municipal Park, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1986 | Recent Sculpture, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA |
| Oscarsson/Siegeltuch Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1988 | Salute to Paul Beattie, California Museum of Fine Art, Santa Rosa, CA |
| Rome Poem Revisited, Tyler Gallery, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1989 | L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA |
| 1990 | George Herms, Cypress College, Cypress, CA |
| 1991 | George Herms, d.p. Fong Gallery, San Jose, CA |
| 1991-92 | Alley Art and Urban Archaeology, Pasadena, CA |
| 1992 | Secret Archives: A Retrospective, LA Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1993 | The Twentieth Century, a theater piece by George Herms, Diverse Works, Houston, TX |
| 1994 | Project X, Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| George Herms: Taking Another Look–The Art of Assemblage: Part I, Fred Spratt Gallery, San Jose, CA | |
| Worlds in a Box, Saintsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, University of East Anglia, UK | |
| 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, NY |
| Beat Epiphanies and Home Runs, Jack Rutberg Fine Arts Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| SAM RAM, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA | |
| 1996 | George Herms: Works Saluting San Francisco 1962-1996, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| Crossings, Fred Spratt Gallery, San Jose, CA | |
| 1998 | Office of the Future, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 1999 | Poet Heroes of My Youth, Fred Spratt Gallery in association with Evans/Willis Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2001 | Bed of Roses..., Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2002 | Fifty Years of Assemblage, Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| 2005 | George Herms: Hot Set (Walter Hopps, curator), Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA |
| Pandora’s Box: The Sculpture of George
Herms, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA |
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| George Herms: Retrospective, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
| 1960 | Gangbang, Batman Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1961 | The Art of Assemblage, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Dallas Museum of Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX; San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA |
| Object Makers, Pomona College, Claremont, CA | |
| 1962 | California Collage Show, Pasadena Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA |
| Fifty California Artists, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA | |
| 1964 | Arthur Richer Benefit, San Francisco, CA |
| Sterling Holloway Collection, University of California, Los Angeles | |
| 1967 | Selection 1967: Recent Acquisitions in Modern Art, Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1968 | Assemblage in California, University of California, Irvine |
| 1969 | Recent Acquisitions 1969, Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA |
| The Diana Zlotnick Collection: A Collector/Point of View, California State University, Los Angeles | |
| 1970 | The 60s, Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| Assemblage of Assemblage, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA | |
| 1971 | Tableaux d’Aujourd’hui, Maitre Binoche, Paris, France |
| 1972 | Westcoast 1972, Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA |
| Cup Show, David Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Surrealism is Alive and Well in the West, Baxter Art Gallery, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA | |
| 1973 | Kurt Schwitters and Related Developments, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA |
| The Betty and Monte Factor Family Collection, Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA | |
| 1974 | Word Works, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA |
| Poets of the Cities New York and San Francisco, 1950-1965, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT | |
| University of Las Vegas, NV | |
| Giancarlo Bocchi Gallery, Milan, Italy | |
| Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Otis Library, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Mixed Media, Art Sales and Rental Gallery, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1975 | Other Voices, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA |
| Assemblage, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Crucifixes, Betty Gold Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 3 Los Angeles Sculptors, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Environment and the New Art, University of California, Davis | |
| 1976 | Realism–Points of View, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA |
| Great Egg Sale, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA | |
| What’s Happening in L.A. Art?, Comsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Collection without Walls, California State University, Fullerton | |
| December Drawing, Floating Wall Gallery, Santa Ana, CA | |
| 1976-77 | Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; The National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC |
| 1977 | The Artist’s Book, Mandeville Art Gallery, University of California, San Diego |
| Photographs by Southern California Painters and Sculptors, University of California, Santa Barbara | |
| Hieronymous Zones, Pierce College Art Gallery, Los Angles, CA | |
| 1978 | Artistry in Dining: The Perfect Meal, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA |
| A Painting Show, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA | |
| The Subject is the Object, Jan Baum-Iris Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| The Center, Anhalt-Barnes Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Californians for Brown ‘78, Santa Monica, CA | |
| 3 Generations–Studies in Collage, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Sculpture ‘78, Downtown Mall, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Southern Exposure, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| Realism–Points of View, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA | |
| From the Sublime to the Ridiculous, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Gray Matter Mail Art Show, California State University, San Diego | |
| 100 + Current Directions in Southern California Art, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Metamagic, California State University, Dominguez Hills | |
| L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA | |
| Deja Vu: Masterpieces Updated, Downey Museum of Art and Citrus Community College, Downey, CA | |
| 1979 | 10 Sculptors Outdoors–15 Works, California State College, San Bernardino |
| 1980 | Furnishings by Artists, Art Gallery, Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles, CA |
| Benefit for ERA, Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Sculpture in California 1975-80, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA | |
| Major Works, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA | |
| Recent Acquisitions, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA | |
| 1981 | California: The State of Landscape 1972-1981, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA |
| California: A Sense of Individualism, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA | |
| Humor in Art, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Hunger Benefit, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Collage and Assemblage, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS; Tampa Museum, Tampa, FL; Alexandria Museum, Visual Art Center, Alexandria, VA; Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts, Roanoke, VA; Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ; Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN | |
| Southern California Artists 1940-1980, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA | |
| Art of Assemblage, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA | |
| 1982 | Contemporary Triptychs, Galleries of the Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA |
| The West as Art, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA | |
| 1983 | Contemporary Collage: Extensions, Galleries of the Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA |
| Collage: The Americans, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX | |
| Annual Exhibition, American Academy in Rome, Italy; Naples, Italy | |
| Opening Exhibition, Functional Art, Beverly Hills, CA | |
| The Edge Gallery, Fullerton, CA | |
| Sight/Vision/The Urban Milieu, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA | |
| Boxed Art, Laguna Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA | |
| American/European Painting and Sculpture, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA | |
| 1984 | To the Astonishing Horizon, Los Angeles Visual Arts, Los Angeles, CA |
| American/European: Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA | |
| San Francisco and Los Angeles Artists, Gille Mansillon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Narrative Sculpture, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA | |
| 1985 | San Francisco 1945-1965, Oakland Museum of California Art, Oakland, CA |
| American/European: Painting and Sculpture, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA | |
| Group Show, Gille Mansillon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| MacArthur Park Public Art, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Gala, Gala, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Anniversary Exhibition, Edge Gallery, Fullerton, CA | |
| 1986 | The Continuing Magic of California Assemblage, California State University, Dominguez Hills, CA |
| Shrines and Altars, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI | |
| Sculpture and Sculptor’s Drawings, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA | |
| 1987 | Assemblage, Kent Fine Art, Inc., New York, NY |
| Recent Acquisitions, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1988 | Assemblage: Poetry and Narration, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA |
| Lost and Found in California: Four Decades of Assemblage Art, James Corcoran Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |
| Loans from the Norton Simon Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Artists Against AIDS, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1988-89 | Poetic Objects, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX (traveling) |
| 1989 | Forty Years of California Assemblage, Wight Art Gallery/UCLA, Los Angeles, CA |
| The ‘Junk’ Aesthetic: Assemblage of the 1950s and Early 1960s, Whitney Museum of American Art, Fairfield County Branch, Stanford, CT | |
| Artists Against AIDS, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Inside the L.A. Artists, Boritzer Gray Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |
| Rezoning (Bill Bissett, George Herms, Jess and Al Neil), Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada | |
| 1990 | Artist’s Artists, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA |
| Crossing the Line: Word and Image in Art, Montgomery Gallery, Pomona College, Pomona, CA | |
| Novel Ideas, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA | |
| Spirit of Our Time, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA | |
| The Denim Jacket Show, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA | |
| Artists Unite for Big Green, Santa Monica, CA | |
| 1991 | California Artist’s Books, The Armory Center, Pasadena, CA |
| Wallace Berman, Bruce Conner, Jay deFeo, George Herms and Jess, Nicole Klagsburn Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Art for Milk, Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1992 | Sight Vision: The Urban Milieu #3 (Wallace Berman, Bruce Conner, Jay deFeo, Wally Hendrick, George Herms and Jess), Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA |
| Poem Makers: Wallace Berman, George Herms and Jess, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA | |
| Telephone, Security Pacific Bank, Costa Mesa, CA | |
| 1993 | The Elegant, Irreverent and Obsessive: Drawing in Southern California, California State University, Fullerton, CA |
| 1994 | Eyeful, George Herms and Pixie Guerin, Herms/Pix Studios, Los Angeles, CA |
| World in a Box, South Bank Center, London, England (traveling) | |
| Old Glory: The American Flag in Contemporary Art, Cleveland Museum of the Arts, Cleveland, OH (traveling) | |
| 1995 | Spring Treat, Spring Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1995-96 | Beat Culture and the New America, 1950-1965, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA |
| 1997 | Sunshine and Noir: Art in Los Angeles, 1960-1997, Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebaek, Denmark; Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles |
| Further Explanations: Selections From a Collaboration, George Herms and James Fee, Cypress College, CA | |
| Robert Branaman/George Herms, The Drawing Room Studios, Santa Monica, CA | |
| The Age of Recycling, Junior Arts Center, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Hello Again!, Oakland Art Museum, CA; Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Interconnections (Richard Akrom, Karen Finley, Mat Gleason and Pixie Guerin), SITE, The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1998 | Coming Attractions: James Fee and George Herms, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 1964, Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |
| 1999 | San Francisco International Art Exposition, with Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2000 | Made in California: Art, Image and Identity 1900-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2001 | Rupture & Revision: Collage in America, Pavel Zoubok, Inc., New York, NY |
| 2003 | Cut, Copy, Paste: The Art of Contemporary Collage, De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA |
| 2004 | George Herms, William Dole, Basil Langton: Collage, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2004-05 | Lost but Found: Assemblage, Collage and Sculpture, Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA |