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Education:
Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, 1956 - 1960
Presently resides in Los Angeles, California
| 1963 | Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, California (May 20) |
| 1964 | Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, California |
| 1965 | Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, California (November 16) |
| 1966 | None |
| 1967 | Gunpowder Drawings. Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York |
| 1968 |
Irving Blum Gallery, Los Angeles, California (Jan. 30) Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne, Germany |
| 1969 |
Edward Ruscha/New Graphics. Multiples, Inc., Los Angeles, California Irving Blum Gallery, Los Angeles, California (May - June) La Jolla Museum of Art, California. |
| 1970 |
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, New York. Catalog. Books by Edward Ruscha. Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich, Germany. Catalog. Edward Ruscha /Prints 1966-1970/Books 1962-1970. Hansen Fuller Gallery, San Francisco, California. Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris, France (March 12 - April 11) |
| 1971 |
Books. Nigel Greenwood, London, England (Jan. 7 - 30) Contract Graphics Gallery, Houston Texas. Drawings. |
| 1972 |
Corcoran & Corcoran Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida (Jan. 6 - 29) Colored People. Leo Castelli, New York (Nov. 14) Book signing. D-M Gallery, London, England Ed Ruscha/Drawings. Leo Castelli, New York Ed Ruscha/Books and Prints. Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz (Jan. 17 - Feb.11) Catalog. Janie C. Lee Gallery, Dallas, Texas (March 11 - April) Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota (April - May) |
| 1973 |
Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, California (Sept. 25 - Oct. 16) Books by Edward Ruscha. University of California, San Diego (January 9 - 26) Ed Ruscha/Drawings. Leo Castelli Gallery, New York (Feb. 3 - 17) Edward Ruscha: Graphics from the Collection of Donald Marron. Leo Castelli Gallery, New York Edward Ruscha/Projection. Ursula Weavers, Cologne, Germany Books. Francoise Lambert, Milan, Italy Stains/Edward Ruscha. Francoise Lambert, Milan, Italy The Greenberg Gallery, Saint Louis, Missouri (May) Edward Ruscha/(Ed-werd Rew-shay)/Young Artist. John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California (May 8 - June 4) Nigel Greenwood Inc., London, England (April 26 - May 22) "Works by Edward Ruscha from the Collection of Paul J. Schupf", The Picker Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York (November 2 - December 2) |
| 1974 |
Works by Edward Ruscha. Francoise Lambert, Milan, Italy. Film Premium and Books. Contemporary Graphics Center, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California (Oct. 29 - Dec. 5) Edward Ruscha/ Prints and Books. Root Art Center, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York (Jan. 3 - 23) Golden West College, Huntington Beach, California Peter Findlay/Works of Art, New York Leo Castelli Gallery, New York (March 30 - April 20) Recent Paintings. The Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas |
| 1975 |
Edward Ruscha/Drawings/Selected Prints. The Glaser Gallery, La Jolla, California (May - June) Edward Ruscha/ Prints and Publications 1962-74. The Arts Council of Great Britain, traveling exhibition to twelve Arts Council member galleries; Northern Kentucky State University, Highland Heights, Kentucky; Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, California. Catalog. Edward Ruscha: Prints. Northern Kentucky State University, Highland Heights, Kentucky Miracle and Premium film screening, Fox Venice Theater, Venice, California (July 13) Galerie Ricke, Cologne, Germany. Paintings, Drawings, and film Miracle. Jared Sable Gallery Ltd., Toronto, Canada Leo Castelli (Rizzoli Screening Room), New York. Film preview. Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe. Books. Tropical Fish Series. Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California University of North Dakota Art Galleries, Grand Forks, North Dakota Various Drawings. Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, California (Dec.1975 - Jan. 24, 1976) Various Miracles. Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, California (Nov. 25 - Dec. 20) |
| 1976 |
Ace Gallery, Vancouver, Canada Dootson/Calderhead Gallery, Seattle, Washington (May 21-June 7) Exhibitions and Presentations. Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England Paintings, Drawings and Other Work by Edward Ruscha. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York. Major survey of paintings and drawings, including a June 9 screening of Premium and Miracle. (June 8 - July 11) Catalog. Sable Castelli Gallery Ltd., Toronto, Canada Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Mar. 26 - May 9). Catalog. Various Cheese Series. Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California Wadsworth Atheneum, Matrix Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut (February - March) Catalog. |
| 1977 |
Recent Paintings, Ace Gallery, Venice and Los Angeles, California (Dec. 18, 1977 - Jan. 18, 1978) Edward Ruscha: Recent Drawings. Elmwood Arts Foundation and The Fort Worth Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas (Dec. 4, 1977 - Jan. 22, 1978) Drawings by Joe Goode and Edward Ruscha. The Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada (Also at University of Calgary Art Gallery). Prints and Books. |
| 1978 |
A Selection of Paintings and Pastels 1974-1977. MTL Gallery, Brussels, Belgium Drawings and Prints. Castelli Uptown, New York. (Mar. 11 - April 1) Edward Ruscha/Books. Rudiger Schottle, Munich, Germany (Mar. 16) Ed Ruscha/Prints and Drawings. Getler/Pall Gallery, New York (December 19, 1978 - January 27, 1979) Ed Ruscha: Recent Paintings and Drawings. Ace Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (July 18, August 18) Galerie Ricke, Cologne, Germany (March 10 - April 20) Graphic Works by Edward Ruscha. Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand (August 26 - October 1). Catalog. Peppers Art Gallery, University of Redlands, Redlands, California |
| 1979 |
Edward Ruscha/New Works. The Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas (April 3 - 28) Neue Ausstellungen im Ink. Ink, Halle fur internationale neue Kunst, Zurich, Switzerland (September 25 - November 4). Catalog. Edward Ruscha/New Works. Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (May 19 - June 12) Edward Ruscha/New Works Richard Hines Gallery, Seattle, Washington (March 29 - May 12) |
| 1980 |
Edward Ruscha: Paintings. Ace Gallery, Venice, California (March 4- 31) Edward Ruscha/Paintings and Drawings. Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, Oregon (Jan. 25 - Feb. 28). Included a January 25 screening of two films by Ed Ruscha. Nigel Greenwood, Inc., London, England New Paintings. Leo Castelli Gallery, New York (Sept. 20 - Oct. 11) Ruscha: Selected Works 1966-1980. Foster Goldstrom Fine Arts, San Francisco, California (Oct. 21 - Nov. 14) |
| 1981 |
Ace Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (June 16 - July) Ed Ruscha: Drawings. Douglas Dean Courtenier, Inc., East Hampton, New York (July 25 - August 8) Edward Ruscha/New Works. Arco Center for the Visual Arts, Los Angeles, California (January 6 - February 14) Catalog. Castelli, Goodman, Solomon, East Hampton, New York (July 25 - August 8) 1982 Edward Ruscha/A Selection of Drawings from 1967 to 1972. John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco (March 31 - April 17) Edward Ruscha/New Drawings. Castelli Uptown, New York (June 19 - July 30) |
| 1982 |
Edward Ruscha: 1960 - 70. Castelli, Feigen, Corcoran, New York (Sept. 17 - Oct. 16) Jacobson/Hochman Gallery, New York. Prints. (July 8) New Paintings and Drawings. Flow Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, California (April 28 - May 31) The Works of Edward Ruscha, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California. (Mar. 25 - May 30), traveling exhibition to Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (July 8 - Sept. 5);Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (Oct. 4 - Nov. 28); San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas (Dec. 27 - Feb. 20, 1983); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles Part I: 1959 - 1973 (Mar. 17 - April 17) Part II: 1973 - 1983 (May 3 - June 5) Attendance reached 150,000 for LACMA. Steve's House of Fine Art, Los Angeles, California. Stuff Magazine. (February 14 - 15) |
| 1983 |
Bernard Jacobson Gallery, Los Angeles. New drawings. (Mar. 15 - April 23) Ed Ruscha/Selection of Graphic Works 1970-1982. Cirrus Editions Ltd., Los Angeles, California (April 2 - May 28) Galleria Del Cavallino, Venice, Italy. Drawings. (April 8 - May 9) Edward Ruscha/Drawings and Prints. Route 66, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Jan. 25 - March 5) |
| 1984 |
Leo Castelli, New York. New paintings. (March 3 - 31) Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri. Recent paintings & Works on paper. (Nov. 2 - Dec. 1) |
| 1985 |
Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (Nov. 9 - Dec. 10) Ed Ruscha: Quelques Dessins. Galerie Gilbert Brownstone, Paris, France (May 28 - July 13) James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, California. New paintings. (Jan 15 - Feb. 16) Octobre des Arts. Musee St. Pierre, Lyon, France (Oct. 9-Nov. 18) Tanja Grunert, Cologne, Germany (Sept. 6 - Oct. 12) |
| 1986 |
Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, California. New paintings. (Sept. 30 - Oct. 25) Galerie Susan Wyss, Zurich, Switzerland (Aug. 21 - Sept. 27) Janie Beggs Fine Arts, Ltd., Aspen, Colorado (Mar. 1 - Apr. 1) Leo Castelli Gallery, New York. New paintings. (Feb. 8 - Mar. 1) Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas (Apr. 3 - Mar. 3) 4x6 Westfalischer Kunstverein, Munster, Germany (June 26 - Aug. 17) Catalog. |
| 1987 |
Edward Ruscha/Drawings 1962-1972. Acme Art, San Francisco, California (Apr. 1 - May 16) Drawings Through the Years. Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, California (Dec 8 - Jan. 30) Edward Ruscha: 35 Lunette Paintings Commissioned by the Metro-Dade Art in Public Places Trust for Miami Dade Public Library. Leo Castelli Gallery, Greene Street, New York (Nov. 21 - Jan. 30) Robert Miller Gallery, New York. New paintings. (Nov. 3 - Dec 5) The Works of Ed Ruscha. Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas |
| 1988 |
Early Paintings. Shafrazi Gallery, New York (Oct. 29 -Nov.26). Catalog. Edward Ruscha: Recent Paintings. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois (Jan. 30 - April 3, 1988) Edward Ruscha: Recent Works on Paper 1988. Karsten Schubert, London, England (June 29 - Aug. 13, 1988) Gallery Takagi, Nagoya, Japan. Prints. (Nov. 24 - Dec. 10) Gallery Susan Wyss, Zurich, Switzerland. Drawings and Prints. (Nov.25 - Dec. 31) Henry Vincent Gallery, San Diego, California (Feb. 12 - Mar. 19) Institute of Contemporary Art, Nagoya, Japan. New paintings and Drawings. (Oct. 22 - Dec 18) Catalog. Leo Castelli Gallery, New York. New drawings. (May 28 - July) Words Without Thoughts Never to Heaven Go. Lannan Museum, Lake Worth, Florida. Works related to the Miami-Dade Public Library Commission for Metro-Dade Art in Public Places (Mar 18 - June 12). Travels to Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts (July 2 - Sept. 16). Catalog. 1989 "Dreams" and Other Works on Paper. Leo Castelli Gallery, New York (Oct 21 - Nov 11) New Paintings and Drawings. Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan (Jan. 20 - Mar. 12) Catalog. |
| 1989 |
Ed Ruscha, Drawings and Prints. Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, California (Feb 11 - Mar. 11) Edward Ruscha: Selected Works of the 80s. James Corcoran Gallery, Santa Monica, California (Feb 11 - Mar 11) Ed Ruscha: New Paintings and Works on Paper. Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (Mar. 24 - April 22) Leo Castelli Gallery, New York. New paintings. (May 6-27) Ed Ruscha/Drawings. Michael Maloney Contemporary Art Inc., Santa Monica, California (Nov. 18 - Dec 31) Edward Ruscha. Musee national díart moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (Dec 6, 1989 - Feb. 11, 1990). Traveling exhibition to Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (Mar. 4 - April 22); Fundacio ìla Caixaî Barcelona, Spain (May 10 - July 15); Serpentine Gallery, London, England (Sept. 15 - Oct. 28); Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, California (Dec. 9 - Feb. 24,1991) |
| 1990 |
Ed Ruscha Prints. Richard Green Gallery, Santa Monica, California (Mar. 24 - April 21) Edward Ruscha. Galeria Trisorio, Napoli, Italy (April 26) Edward Ruscha. Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts (April 7 - May 2) Ed Ruscha/Prints from the 1960s & 1970s. Judith Goldberg Gallery (May 19 - June 29) Edward Ruscha. Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris (May 9 -June 6) Edward Ruscha/Obra Sobre Paper. Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona, Spain (May) Edward Ruscha. Centre Cultural de la Fundacio la Caixa,Barcelona Spain (May 14- July 15) Edward Ruscha. Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Nebraska (June 5 - Aug. 15) Catalog. Ed Ruscha/New Paintings and Drawings. Karsten Schubert,London (Sept. 13 - Oct. 20) Edward Ruscha Paintings and Drawings. Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas (July) Ed Ruscha/Selected Portfolios. Castelli Graphics, New York (Jan. 6-27) Gasoline Stations, 1962. Robert Miller Gallery, New York (March) Edward Ruscha/Works on Paper. Galerie Bebert, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (Mar. 3 - April 23) Los Angeles Apartments. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (July 27 - Oct.14) Catalog. Ed Ruscha/Paintings. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California (Dec. 9, 1990 - Mar. 24, 1991) |
| 1991 |
Ed Ruscha/Early Drawings. Modernism Gallery, San Francisco, California Oct. 31 - Dec. 21) Ed Ruscha Paintings. Leo Castelli Gallery, New York (May 11 - June 1) Edward Ruscha. Galerie Carola Mosch Multiples and Editions, Berlin, Germany (April18 - May 25) |
| 1992 |
Edward Ruscha: Stains. Robert Miller Gallery, New York (May 5 - 30). Catalog. Edward Ruscha: New Paintings & Drawings. Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria (June - July). Catalog. |
| 1993 |
Edward Ruscha: Romance with Liquids. Gagosian Gallery, New York (Jan. 14 - Feb. 27). Catalog. Edward Ruscha: Standard Stations. Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, Texas (June 19 - Aug. 8). Illustrated brochure. Edward Ruscha: New Work. Space Gallery, Casino Knokke, Brussels, Belgium.(Aug. - 5 - Sept. 5) The Books of Ed Ruscha. Gund Hall, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Oct. 4 - 29). Illustrated brochure. |
| 1994 | Clockworks. Laura Carperter Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico (July and August) |
| 1995 |
New Editions. Remba Gallery, Los Angeles (Jan 8 - Feb. 28) Anamorphic Paintings. Leo Castelli Gallery, New York (April 1 - 30). Poster. Recent Drawings and Prints. Offshore Gallery, East Hampton, New York (July 28 - Aug. 21) Sayings. Leo Castelli Gallery, 578 Broadway, New York (Sept. 16 - Oct. 14) The End. Close Range Gallery, Denver Art Museum, Denver (Sept. 8 - Feb. 18, 1996) |
| 1996 |
Ed Ruscha. Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles (May 4 - June 26) VOWELS: Paintings on Book Covers. Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, California (Sept. 11 - 28) |
| 1998 | Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills (November 14-December 24) See article, December, 1998 ArtScene |
The following works were published by the artist beginning in 1969.
The artist sometimes used the imprint Heavy Industry Publications.
| 1963 | Twentysix Gasoline Stations. First edition of 400 numbered copies; second edition, 1967, 500 copies; third edition, 1969, 3,000 copies. |
| 1964 | Various Small Fires and Milk. Of the first edition of 400 copies, 50 were signed by the artist; second edition, 1970, 3,000 copies |
| 1965 | Some Los Angeles Apartments. First edition of 700 copies; second edition, 1970, 3,000 copies. |
| 1966 | Every Building on the Sunset Strip. First edition of 1,000 copies; second edition, 1969, 500 copies; third edition, 1971, 5,000 copies. |
| 1967 |
Thirtyfour Parking Lots in Los Angeles. Royal Road Test. |
| 1968 |
Business Cards. Edition of 1,000 copies signed by the artist and his collaborator, Billy Al Bengston. Nine Swimming Pools and a Broken Glass. First edition of 2,500 copies; second edition, 1976, 1,900 copies. |
| 1969 |
Stains. Hollywood: Heavy Industry Publications. Signed and numbered edition of 70 copies. Crackers. Hollywood: Heavy Industry Publications. Story by Mason Williams; edition of 500 copies. |
| 1970 |
Babycakes. New York: Multiples, Inc., Edition of 1,200. Real Estate Opportunities. Edition of 4,000 copies. |
| 1971 |
A Few Palm Trees. Hollywood: Heavy Industry Publications, Edition of 4,000 copies.
Records. Hollywood: Heavy Industry Publications, Edition 2,000 copies. |
| 1972 | Colored People. Edition of 4,000 copies. |
| 1978 | Hard Light. Hollywood: Heavy Industry Publications of 3,500 copies, in collaboration with Lawrence Weiner. |
| 1970 | Premium. New York: Castelli-Sonnabend. 24 min., color, magnetic sound, 16mm. |
| 1975 | Miracle. New York: Castelli-Sonnabend. 28 min., color, optical sound, 16 mm. |
| 1967 | National Council on the Arts Grant |
| 1969 |
National Endowment for the Arts Grant Tamarind Lithography Workshop Fellowship |
| 1971 | Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship |
| 1974 | Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Award in Graphics |
| 1978 | National Endowment for the Arts Grant |
| 1988 | Graphic Arts Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Achievement in Printmaking Award |
| 1990 | Los Angeles Arts Council Honors |
| 1995 | California Arts Council, Governor's Awards for the Arts, Achievement in Visual Arts Award |
| 1985 | Circular mural commission by the Metro-Dade Art in Public Places Trust for the Miami-Dade Public Library, Miami, Florida |
| 1989 | Lunette paintings commissioned by the Metro-Dade Art in Public Places Trust for the Miami-Dade Public Library, Miami, Florida |
| 1994-95 |
The Great Hall commissioned by the City and County of Denver, Mayor's Office of Art, Culture and Film for the Denver Central Library, Denver Colorado |
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
Deutsches Postmuseum, Frankfurt, Germany
High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Irvine Company Collection, Irvine, California
Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California
Lannan Foundation, Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Main Library, Dade County Cultural Center, Miami, Florida
Metro-Dade Art in Public Places Collection, Miami, Florida
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, New York
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, California
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Musee St. Pierre, Lyon, France
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California
Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Musee national díart moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Musee Departemental des Vosges, Epinal, France
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California
Oklahoma Arts and Humanities Council, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Pomona College, Pomona, California
Reynolds House, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
San Diego Museum of Arts, San Diego, California
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
The Security Pacific Corporation, Los Angeles, California
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tate Gallery, London, England
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, California
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Minnesota
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, California
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
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