Kenton Nelson
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| BORN | Los Angeles, California, 1954 |
EDUCATION | |
| California State University at Long Beach, 1977-1979 | |
| Otis Parsons Art Institute, Los Angeles, 1979 | |
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2008 | Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Peter Mendenhall Gallery, Los Angeles, California Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin, Germany |
| 2007 | Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria |
| 2006 | Mendenhall Sobieski, Pasadena, California
Plus One, London, United Kingdom SCAPE, Corona Del Mar, California |
| 2005 | Reynolds Gallery Retrospective, Westmont College Montecito, California
Pasadena Museum of California Art, Retrospective, Pasadena, California Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico Mendenhall Sobieski Gallery, Pasadena, California |
| 2004 | Sullivan Goss Limited, Montecito, California |
| 2003 | Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Scott White Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California |
| 2001 | DNFA Gallery, Laguna Beach, California |
| 1999 | DNFA Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, California |
| 1998 | Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, California
Ettinger, New York, New York |
| 1997 | Muckenthaler Arts Center, Fullerton, California |
| 1996 | Cerritos College Fine Arts Gallery, California |
| Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, California | |
| 1995 | Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, California |
| 1993 | Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, California
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2008 | Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Peter Mendenhall Gallery, Los Angeles, California Art Brussels, 26th Contemporary Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy |
| 2007 | “Fresh”, silent auction, MOCA, Los Angeles, California |
| 2005 | Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California |
| 2004 | Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Pasadena Art Alliance, Pasadena, California |
| 2003 | Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Pasadena Art Alliance, Pasadena, California Armory Center For The Arts, Pasadena, California |
| 2002 | Sullivan Goss Limited, Montecito, California
Van De Griff / Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| 2001 | Pacific Art Foundation, Newport Beach, California
Van De Griff / Marr, Santa Fe, New Mexico Pasadena Art Alliance, Pasadena, California |
| 2000 | Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, California
Armory Center For The Arts, Pasadena, California SOMA Gallery, La Jolla, California |
| 1999 | Pasadena Art Alliance, Pasadena, California
Albemarle Gallery, London, England |
| 1997 | Armory Center For the Arts, Pasadena, California |
| 1996 | Pasadena Art Alliance, Pasadena, California |
| 1994 | Pasadena Art Alliance, Pasadena, California
Armory Center For The Arts, Pasadena, California |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
PERIODICALS AND TEXTS | |
| Weinzierl, Gudrun, “Osterausstellungen bei Ruzicska und Ropac: Kenton Nelson, Francisco Clemente,” Salzburger Nachrichten, April 2007 | |
| “Kenton Nelson,” Kronen Zeitung, April 2007 | |
| “Kenton Nelson,” Top of Salzburg, April 2007 | |
| Bubendorfer, Cay, “Die Kunst des Augenblicks,” Die Presse, April 2007 | |
| Haggerty, Gerard, “R. Kenton Nelson,” Art News, December 2005 | |
| Woodward, Josef, “Full Nelson Effect,” ArtsScene, December 2005 | |
| “R. Kenton Nelson,” American Art Collector, October 2005 | |
| “Kenton Nelson,” Wirtschafts-Magazin, August 6, 2005 | |
| “Full Nelson,” Hemispheres, March 2005 | |
| Parks, John A., “A Peaceable Kingdom: The Paintings of R. Kenton Nelson,” American Artist, February 2005 | |
| Mahler, Richard, “Pool Party,” Southwest Art, July 2004 | |
| Thomson Randall, Teri, “Glorifying the Utterly Ordinary,” Pasatiempo, December 2003 | |
| Ambrose, Anne, “Picture Perfect,” The Beach Review: California State University, Long Beach, 2003 | |
| Cline, Lynn, “Nelson’s World,” Pasatiempo, May 2002 | |
| Kolpas, Norman, “Perfect Worlds,” Southwest Art, March 2001 | |
| Jarrett, Dennis, “Picture Perfect,” Santa Fe Reporter, May 2000 | |
| Turner, Nancy Kay, “R. Kenton Nelson,” ArtScene, March 1999 | |
| Turner, Grady T., “R. Kenton Nelson,” ArtNews, February 1999 | |
| Moure, Nancy, “Southern California,” Southwest Art, March 1996 | |
| Torres, Vicki, “Café’s Art Takes Bite at Pasadena,” Los Angeles Times, January 21, 1991 | |
BOOKS AND CATALOGUES | |
| Present Tense, Mendenhall/Ruzicska, 2008 | |
| Rot Red Rouge, exhibition catalogue, Residenzgalerie Salburg, 2008 | |
| Kenton Nelson, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Michael Haas, 2008 | |
| Rhyme and Reason Prose and Cons, Morton Court Publishing, 2005 | |
| Picturing a Perfect World, R. Kenton Nelson, 1998 | |
| The Grand Metropolis, exhibition catalogue, Mendenhall Gallery, 1996 | |
| Short Stories, exhibition catalogue, Mendenhall Gallery, 1995 | |
| Lupita’s Perfect Day, exhibition catalogue, Mendenhall Gallery, 1994 | |
SPECIAL PROJECTS | |
| 2007 | Mosaic Tile Mural, “Vista Del Arroyo,” Pasadena, California |
| 2007 | The Frostig Collection: Charles Arnoldi, Gary Baseman, Ed Moses, Kenton Nelson, Alison Saar
“Preserving Life,” 2006, 5 color lithograph, 20 x 15in. |
| 2006 | The Frostig Collection: Frank Gehry, Robert Graham, Kenton Nelson
“Chet,” 2005, Cast Bronze, 7.5 x 4 x 2.25in. |
| 2003 | Mural, “The Four Obligations,” Polyzoides and Moules Architects and Urbanists, Pasadena, California |
| 2003 | The New Yorker, cover, July 28 |
| 2003 | The New Yorker, cover, April 21 |
| 2000 | The New Yorker, cover, June 19 |
| 1999 | The New Yorker, cover, April 26 |
| 1994 | Mural, (Untitled), Daily Grill Restaurant, La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, California |
| 1990 | Mural, “City Hell,” The Rite Spot, Pasadena, California
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TEACHING | |
| 1990 | Otis Parsons Art Institute, Los Angeles, California |
| 1991 | Academy of Art, San Francisco, California |