BORN
National City, California, 17 June 1931.

EDUCATION
1949-53 B.A., San Diego State College, California.
1954-55 University of California at Berkeley.
1955 University of California at Los Angeles.
1955-57 M.A., San Diego State College, California.
1957-59 Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles.
Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles.

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2006 Cristina Guerra, Lisbon, Portugal.
Kunstmuseum Bonn and Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany.
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005

"John Baldessari: Prima Facie (Second State)," Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland, June 11- July 30, 2005.

"John Baldessari: Prima Facie," Margo Leavin Gallery, April 9 - May 14, 2005.

"John Baldessari: Life's Balance, (Works 1984-2004)," March 5 - May 16, 2005, Space 02, curated by Peter Pakesch and Adam Budak, Kunsthaus Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria. Catalogue.

"John Baldessari: A Different Kind of Order (Works 1962-1984)," March 4 - July 3, 2005, curated by Rainer Fuchs, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Wien, Austria, Catalogue.

2004

"John Baldessari: Somewhere Between Almost Right and Not Quite (With Orange)," Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, October 30, 2004 - January 16, 2005.

Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, Opening November 16, 2004.

"John Baldessari: Recent Maquettes & Prints," Art Affairs, Amsterdam, February 7 - March 13, 2004.

2003

2003 "John Baldessari: Vertical/Horizontal Series" Bernier/ Elaides, Athens, Greece, December 4, 2003 - January 31, 2004.

"John Baldessari: The Duress Series", Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich Switzerland, June 7 - July 19, 2003.

"John Baldessari: Editionen," Einladung zur Eroffnung, Hamburg, Germany, January 31 - April 5, 2003.

2002

"John Baldessari: Junctions and Intersections," Monika Spruth Philomene Magers, Cologne, Germany, October 31, 2002 - February 28, 2003.

"John Baldessari: Junctions and Intersections," Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, October 26 - December 7, 2002.

"John Baldessari: The Intersection Series," Primo Piano, Rome, Italy, May 7- August 7, 2002.

"John Baldessari," Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris, France, May 3 - June 15, 2002.

"John Baldessari," Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York, February 14 - March 30, 2002.

2001

Museo d'Arte Moderna Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Trento, Italy. "John Baldessari" December 15, 2000-March 11, 2001.

2000

"John Baldessari" Meert Rihoux, Brussels, Belgium. May 2000.

"John Baldessari" Galleri Grandstrup Oslo, Norway. August, 2000.

1999

"Baldessari, While something is happening here, something else is happening there. Works 1988-1999", Sprengel Museum, Hannover Germany. September 26- January 2, 2000.

"Baldessari, Tetrad Series" Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, N.Y. April 24 - May 21.

"The Elbow Series 1999", Massimo Martino Fine Art & Projects, Mendrisio, Switzerland. June 1- October 8.

"Baldessari und Goya", Albertina im Akademiehof, Vienna, Austria, February 18- March 28.

1999

1998 "John Baldessari, The Goya Series", Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY, January 10- February 14.

"Baldessari, 4 RMS W VU: WALLPAPER, LAMPS AND PLANTS. NEW" Witte de With, Rotterdam, Holland. January 24- March 22.

"Baldessari, 4 RMS W VU: WALLPAPER, LAMPS, AND PLANTS. NEW," Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland. January 31- March 22.

"John Baldessari", Mai 36 Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland. January 31- March 14.

"Tele Dolca Llar & Baldessari 4 HAB a/Vtes.:paper pintat, llums I plantes. NOU" Museu D'Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain. July 16, - September 27, 1998.

"John Baldessari Recent Works" Charim Klocker, Vienna, Austria. September 11-November 7, 1998.

"John Baldessari, Commissioned Paintings", Sonnabend Gallery, New York, N.Y November 14-December 9.

1997

"John Baldessari", Marian Goodman, Paris, France, April 4 - May 31.

"John Baldessari 1990-1996", Galerie Laage-Salomon, Paris, France, April 4 - May 17.

"John Baldessari", Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, California. April 19 - May 24.

"John Baldessari", Theoretical Events, Napoli, Italy. June 5- July 31.

"John Baldessari National City Paintings from 1967 and 1996" Galerie Philomene Magers, Köln, Germany. May 23- July 31.

1996

"John Baldessari" Hochschule fur Angewandte Kunst in Wien, Vienna, Austria. March 5-April 27.

"John Baldessari" Jurgen Becker, Hamburg, Germany. January- February.

"John Baldessari: National City," San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA. March 9 - June 30.

"John Baldessari". Centro de Arte Moderna Jose de Azeredo Perdigao, Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal. June 4- September 1.

1995

"John Baldessari" Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. April 22- May 20.

"John Baldessari: A Retrospective," Cornerhouse, Manchester, England. May 6- June 25; Serpentine Gallery, London, England. July 11- August 28; Wurttembergicher Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany. September 21- November 19; Moderna Gallerija Ljubljana, Slovenia. December 14-January 27, 1996; Museet For Samtidskunst, Oslo, Norway. February 17- May 5, 1996. Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal. June 4 - September 1, 1996.

"Artist's Choice: John Baldessari, e.g. Grass, Water Heater, Mouths, & etc. (for John Graham)," The Museum of Modern Art, New York. March 17- May 10.

1990

"John Baldessari," The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA. March 25- June 17. Traveling to: The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, July 12- September 9; The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., October 16-January 6, 1991; The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. July 10- October 13, 1991; Musee d'Art Contemporain de Montreal, Canada. November 21- February 13, 1992.

1989

"John Baldessari: Ni por esas" ("Not Even So"),Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid. January 11- February 20. Traveling to: capc Musee d'art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France. March 10- April 22; IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia. May 15-July 15.

1986

"John Baldessari: MATRIX BERKELEY 94," University Art Museum, University of California.

1985

John Baldessari," Le Consortium, Centre d'art Contemporain, Dijon, France. March 11- April 18.

1981

"John Baldessari: Work 1966-1980," Exhibition organized by Marcia Tucker, The New Museum, New York. Part I: March 14- April 4. Part II: April 8-28, catalogue. Traveled to The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, January 14- February 21, 1982; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, March 6- April 18, 1982. Municipal Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. May 22- June 21; traveled to Museum Folkwang, Essen Germany, September 4- October 18. Catalogue.

Group Exhibitions

2003

"Jede Fotographie Ein Bild Seimens Fotosammlung." Pinakothek der Moderne, Sammlung Moderne Kunst, Munich, Germany. December 18, 2003 - March 7, 2004. Catalogue.

"Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self," International Center of Photography, New York. December 12, 2003 - February 29, 2004. Catalogue.

"The Last Picture Show: Artists Using Photography, 1960 - 1982," Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 2003 - January 2004. Traveled to UCLA Hammer Museum. February 7 - May 2004. Catalogue.

"Matisse and Beyond: The Painting and Sculpture Collection. San Francisco MOMA. October 2003 - January 2004.

"Projection: Video, Film, Dia, Skulptur, Malerei, Zeichnung und Dokuments von 1967-1974," Konrad Fischer Galerie, Dusseldorf, Germany, March 29 - June 21, 2003.

"On the Wall: Wallpaper and Tableau," The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, May 9 - September 13, 2003.

"Work Ethic," Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, October 12, 2003 - January 11, 2004; Des Moines Art Center, May 15 - August 1, 2004.

"Video Acts: Single Channel Works From the Collections of Pamela and Richard Kramlich and New Art Trust," P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY, November 4, 2002 - May 9, 2003. Catalogue.

2002

"On General Release: Artists and Film in Britain 1968 to 1972," curated by David Curtis and Lynda Morris, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, Norfolk, November 13 - December 20, 2002.

"Comer o no Comer (To Eat or Not to Eat)," Salamanca 2002, Centro de Arts de Salamanca, Spain, November 20, 2002 - January 13, 2003. Catalogue.

"Life, Death, Love, Hate, Pleasure, Pain: Selected Works from the MCA Collection," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, November 16, 2002 - April 20, 2003. Catalogue.

"From Pop to Now: Selections from the Sonnabend Collection," The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, New York. Traveled to: Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH, November 1, 2002 - January 2003; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February - May 2003. Catalogue.

"The Image Regained: Painting and Photography from the Eighties to Today," an exhibition by Marco Franciolli and Bettina Della Casa, Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano, Switzerland, October 4, 2002 - January 12, 2003. Catalogue.

"The 1970s: Art in Question", Capc Musee d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, October 17, 2002 - January 19, 2003.

"Sans Commune Mesure: Image et Texte dans l'Art Actuel," Centre national de la photographie, Paris, September 11 - November 18, 2002. Traveled to: Musee d'Art Moderne de Lille Metropole Violleneuve d'Ascq, France, September 22, 2002 - January 19, 2003, and Fresnoy, studio national des arts contemporains, September 21 - December 1, 2002. Catalogue.

"Something We Talked About," Brooke Alexander and Leo Castelli (2 locations), New York, September 19 - November 23. 2002.

"Limits de la Percepcio," Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain, September 17 - November 3, 2002. Catalogue in Spanish.

"Kunst Nach Kunst (Art After Art)," curated by Pete Friese, Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen, Germany, August 18 - November 3, 2002. Catalogue.

"Visions From America: Photographs From The Whitney Museum Of American Art, 1940-2001," The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 27- September 22, 2002. Catalogue.

"Conceptual Art in the Netherlands and Belgium 1965-1975 from Dutch and Belgian Collections," Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, April 20 - June 23, 2002.

"Pulcherrimae Strade: Contemporary Art in Art Historical Spaces," various sites in Friuli Venezia Giulia, March 23-April 30, 2002. Catalogue.

"Museum Unserer Wunsche (Museum of Our Wishes)," Museum Ludwig, Koln, Germany, January 11 - April 28, 2002. Catalogue.

2001

"Lateral Thinking: Art of the 1990s," Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA, September 16, 2001 - January 13, 2002. Traveled to: Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, September 16, 2002 - January 4, 2003; Hood Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 3, 2002 - March 14, 2003; Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio, July 17 - October 17, 2004. Catalogue.

"Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons: Four Decades of Art from the Broad Collections," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, October 7, 2001 - January 6, 2002. Traveled to: Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 16 - June 3, 2002; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, July 21 - October 20, 2002; Guggenheim Bilbao, February 15 - September 7, 2003.

"Ubersicht der Ausstellungsebenen," Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany, March 30 - September 2, 2001.

"Best Impressions: 35 Years of Prints and Sculpture from Gemini G.E.L.," National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., November 4, 2001 - January 21, 2002.

"Seeing," Boone Children's Gallery, LACMA West, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, November 16, 2001 - September 2, 2002.

"24th International Biennial of Graphic Arts," Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 10 - September 16, 2001.

"Change of Scene XIX," Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany, March 30 - September 2.

"John Baldessari, Jeff Koons, Tom Wesselman," Sonnabend Gallery, New York, New York, May 12 - August 2.

"Making Time," UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, February 4 - April 29.

"Big As Life: American History of 8mm Film," curated by Steve Anker and Jyette Jensen, The Museum of Modern Art and San Francisco Cinematheque, San Francisco, California, February 6 - April 26. Catalogue.

"Digital Printmaking Now," Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, June 21 - September 2.

"Tele[visions]: Kunst Sieht Fern," curated by Joshua Decter, Kunsthalle Wein, Wein, Austria, October 18, 2001 - January 6, 2002. Catalogue.

"Subject Plural: Crowds in Contemporary Art," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Houston, Texas, March 10 - April 29. Catalogue.

2000

" Departures: 11 Artists at the Getty" The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, February 29 - May 7. Catalogue.

"Diary" Cornerhouse, Manchester, England. January 15- March 12.

"Seascape" Christopher Grimes Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. March 30 - April 29.

"Quartett," Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland, September 9 - November 12.

1999

"Crosscurrents: New Art from MoMA" Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan, April 2 - May 28. Catalogue.

1998

"Konzeptuelle Arbeiten der 1960er bis 1980er Jahre", Galerie Rudiger Schottle, Munich, Germany. December 5, 1998 - January 16, 1999.

"Breaking Ground", Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, September 25 - November 7.

"Art Without the Unique Edition Artelier, 1985-1998" Kunstlerhaus, Graz, Austria. 26 September - 26 October. Catalogue.

"Artificial Figuracions Contemporanies", Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. January 21- March 15, 1998. Catalogue.

"The Information Age: Baldessari, Berry, Heubler, Weiner, 1969-1971", Susan Inglett, New York. May 14- June 27, 1998. Curated by David Platzker.

"Conceptual Photography", David Zwirner, New York. April 25 - May 30.

"Artistes et Photographes", Galerie Laage-Salomon, Paris, France. April 25 - May 30.

"Double Trouble, The Patchett Collection", The Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, Ca. June 27 - Sept. 5, 1998.

1997

"La Biennale di Venezia: 47th International Art Exhibition" Venice, Italy. June 15- November 9. Catalogue. Exhibition curator: Germano Celant.

"Scene of the Crime" UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, July 21 - October 5. Catalogue.

"Sunshine & Noir. Art in L.A. 1960-1997," Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark. Summer 1997. Catalogue. Traveled to Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany, Fall 1997; Castello di Rivoli, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Italy, Spring 1998; UCLA Arm and Hammer Museum of Art, L.A. Ca. Fall 1998.

"Livers D'Artistes" Bibliotheque nationale de France, France. May 29- Oct 12.

1996

"Painting into Photography: Photography into Painting" The Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida. December 20, 1996- February 16, 1997.

"Hall of Mirrors: Art and Film since 1945," MOCA Los Angeles, California. March 17 - July 28. Curated by Kerry Brougher. Catalogue.

"Think Print, Books to Billboards, 1980-95" The Museum of Modern Art, New York, June-September, 1996.

"Comme un oiseau" Foundation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris, France, June 19- October 13, 1996.

"Prospect 96" Frankfurt, Germany. March 4-May 12.

"John Baldessari, Vito Acconci, Lees Levine, and Lawrence Weiner" Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich. October 12- November 26.

"1965-1975: Reconsidering the Object of Art," MOCA, Los Angeles, CA. October 17- February 4.

"25 Years: An Exhibition of Selected Works, " Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. September 23- October 28.

"Reflected Image: A selection of Contemporary Photography from the LAC Collection, Switzerland" Centro perl'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato,Italy.

"John Baldessari and Bernd and Hilla Becher". Kamakura Gallery Tokyo, Japan.

1994

"In the Field: Landscape in Recent Photography", Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. October 22-December 17.

1993

"Construction Quotation: Collective images in Photography", Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany. August 29 - October 31.

1992

"More than One Photographer: Works since 1980 from the Collection," Museum of Modern Art, New York. May 14-August 9.

1991

"Devil on the Stairs; Looking Back at the Eighties", Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. October 5 - January 5. Curated by Robert Storr. Traveled to Newport Harbor Art Museum, April 16- June 21.

1990

"Art in Europe and America: The 1960s and 1970s," Wexner Center for the Visual Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. May 19- August 5.

1989

"John Baldessari, Robert Rauchenberg, James Rosenquist, Tishan Hsu, Holt Quentel," Busche Galerie, Koln, Germany. November 16, 1989 - January 1990.

1987

"Los Angeles Today: Contemporary Visions," Amerika Haus, Berlin, Germany. May 2-30; The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, July 1-26.

1986

"Individuals: A Selected History of Contemporary Art 1945-1986," The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA. December 10, 1986- January 10, 1988.

1985

"Carnegie International: Contemporary Art- Europe and America in Pittsburgh," Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh, PA. November 9, 1985 - January 5, 1986.

1983

"Whitney Biennial Exhibition," (also included in Whitney Biennial in 1979, 1977, 1972, and 1969) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

1982

"Documenta 7," Kassel, W.Germay. "Photography Used in Contemporary Art, In and Around the 70's" National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.

1978

"Art About Art," Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y.

1972

"Documenta 5," Kassel, Germany.