Roy Thurston
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2005-7-8


Education
1971
BA Colorado College, Colorado Springs
1974
MFA Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Galerie Katharina Krohn, Basel, Switzerland
Fabbri Contemporary Art, Milano, Italy
2008
New Work, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2006
Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2004
Directed Light, Los Angeles Harbor College, Wilmington, CA
2002
Chac Mool Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2001
Charlotte Jackson Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2000
Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Chac Mool Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1996
Charlotte Jackson Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1995
Thomas Solomon’s Garage, Los Angeles, CA
1991
Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1989
Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1985
Todd Madigan Gallery, California State College, Bakersfield
Group Exhibitions
2010
State of Mind, Panza Collection Lucca Center of Contemporary Art, Lucca, Italy
2009
Locals Only, LOOK Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
at the Brewery Project, 1993-2007: the Finale, Armory Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Galerie Arte Moderna Ammann, Locarno, Switzerland
The Natalie and Irving Foreman Collection of Works on Paper, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
SoCal: Southern California Art of the 1960’s and 70’s from LACMA’s Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Monochrome, Cardwell Jimmerson Contemporary Art, Culver City, CA
Müller-Emil and Multiple Art, Galerie Jonas, Cortaillod, Switzerland
2006
Photos & Phantasy: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
Katharina Krohn Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
Minimalism, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Mat Gleason
2005
The Natalie & Irving Forman Collection, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Good Clean Fun, Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA curated by Jennifer Faist
Paint on Metal, Tucson, AZ, curated by Julie Sasse (catalog)
2001
New Work: LA Painting, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000
Simply Complex: Monochrome Paintings from Los Angeles, Dorsky Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Joan and Reuben Baron (brochure)
Panza: Legacy of a Collector, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
1998
Max Hendler/Lies Kraal/Roy Thurston, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
1997
Selections from Panza Acquisition, Palma di Mallorca, Spain, organized by Museo Cantonale d’Arte Lugano (catalog)
5 Easy Pieces, Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, NV (catalog)
1995
The Panza de Biumo Donation: European and American Art ’83-‘93, Museo Cantonale d’Arte Lugano, Switzerland (catalog)
1994
Plane/Structures Otis Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, curated by David Pagel (catalog)
1989
Quiet, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, curated by Paul Tomidy (catalog)
1986
Recent Abstractions, Burnett Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1975
Selected West Coast Painters, Miami-Dade University, Miami, FL (catalog)
Bibliography
“A Different Kind of Freedom”, LACMAINSIDER, Museum Benefactors’ Journal, Summer 2007, Vol. 1 Issue 3.
Mat Gleason, “Art Angelenos,” Modern Painters, Spring 2003.
Holly Meyers, “Roy Thurston,” Art Issues, Summer 2000.
Christopher Knight, “Holding the Light,” Los Angeles Times, January 21, 2000.
Lis Bensley. “Roy Thurston Unlocks a Translucent Realm,” The Santa Fe New Mexican, September 13, 1996.
Toby Crockett, “Roy Thurston at Thomas Solomon’s Garage,” Art in America, June 1995.
William Wilson, “Plane/Structures at Otis: Enriching Works,” Los Angeles Times, September 19, 1994.
Francis Colpitt, “Palpable Surface/Elusive Depth,” Art Space, Summer 1991.
Gary Kornblau, “Roy Thurston at Kiyo Hagashi,” Art Issues, March-April 1990.
Suvan Geer, Los Angeles Times, December 1, 1989.
Selected Public and Private Collections
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Nancy and Ulrich Richard, Zürich, Switzerland
The Berlingieri Collection, Rome, Italy
Natalie and Irving Forman, Lamy, NM
Ann Hatch, San Francisco, CA
Kiyo and Robert Higashi, Los Angeles, CA
Coleccion Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico
Tobe and Greg Karns, Los Angeles, CA
Anne Lannan, Los Angeles, CA
Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Mark and Jayne Murrel, Newport Beach, CA
Joan and Fred Nicholas, Beverly Hills, CA
The Panza Collection, Milan, Italy
Haus Konsruktiv, Zürich, Switzerland
Christina Renggli and Bernhard Bruckmann, Zürich, Switzerland