WESS DAHLBERG BIOGRAPHY
[ Education | Solo Exhibitions | Group Exhibitions | Articles | Writings | Collections ]
Born
1961 Los Angeles, California
EDUCATION
1987
Master of Fine Arts, University of California at Berkeley
1986
Bachelor of Arts, Rhetoric, University of California at Berkeley
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1991
Richard Green Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1990
Richard Green Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1988
“Wess Dahlberg – Paint, “Paloma, Berkeley, California
1987
“Bigger Painting, ’87,” Worth Ryder Gallery,
University of California at Berkeley
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1997
Group Show, Fresh Paint Culver City, California
1994 Group Show, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, New York
Group Show Satellite Gallery, New York, New York
1992
“Physical Abstraction,” ACE Contemporary Exhibitions
1991
L.A. Art Fair ’91 Works Gallery, Costa Mesa, California
1990
L.A. Art Fair ’90, Scott Hanson Gallery, Los Angeles, California
“Lead & Wax”, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Summer Group Show,” Richard Green Gallery
“New Fabricants,” Richard Green Gallery, Curated by Richard Heller and Bennett Roberts
“Show With No Title” Curated by Richard Natoli, Future Perfect Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1988
“MFA/UCB/1988,” University Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley
1987
“Popening,” The Lab, San Francisco, California
“Art, The Other Industry,” curated by John McCarron and Sidra Stitch, Emeryville Marketplace Warehouse, Emeryville, California
3977 Goodwill Industries, San Francisco, California
REVIEWS
David Pagel, "The New Physical Abstraction in Los Angeles," Tema Celeste, Winter, 1993, p. 79.
William Peterson, "Physical Abstraction; On Some Abstract Painting in Los Angeles," Artspace, February, 1993, p. 53.
David Pagel, "Big Sensations," Los Angeles Times, Friday, August 7, 1992, p. F17.
Collette Chattopadhyay, "Life at the Edges," Artweek, December 19, 1991, p. 8.
David Pagel, "Keyed up Colors," Los Angeles Times, Thursday, December 5, 1991, p. F3.
Peter Frank, "Art Pick of the Week," L.A. Weekly, July 20-26. 1990, p. 82.
PUBLISHED WRITINGS
"Ad Reinhardt: An Artists' Forum," Artspace, January - April, 1992, p. 54.
"Nine Lives, Some Thoughts on the State of Painting Today," Artweek, October 3, 1991, p. 11.
"On Paint, Painting and Paintings," The New Fabricants, compiled and edited by Richard Heller and Bennett Roberts, published by Richard Green Gallery, June, 1990, p. 4.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Berkeley Art Museum at the University of California
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Portland Art Museum, Oregon
Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, California
Daniel Melnick
Peter and Eileen Norton
Clyde Beswick
Sally Sirkin Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Meltzer
Tony Krantz
Cedd Moses
Juliet McIver
Peter Kabcenell
David Pagel
Vahe and Luci Fattal
Lee and Elaine Freund
J. Bornstein
Mary Corse
Lonnie Gans
Lynn Conrad
Milton Sidley
Arline Angel
Lisa Caul
Mark Freund
Morris Grabie
Hunsaker/Schlesinger
Robert Toll
Kathy and Mark Loucheim
Candie Ludlow
Charles Mitchell
Richard Bennett Gallery
David Tseklenis
Nelson Gary
Jack Scott
David Simpson
Michael Bevilacqua
Julie Denis
Frances Tsai
Lucilla Aragon
Ed Durant
Amy Tick
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