John Zurier

1956     Born in Santa Monica, CA
             Lives and works in Berkeley and Reykjavik
 

EDUCATION

1979     BA University of California, Berkeley
1984     MFA University of California, Berkeley
 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021     John Zurier, Moderna Museet Malmö, Sweden
2019     North from Here, Peter Blum Gallery, New York, NY
             Places and Things, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden
2018     Etchings and Monotypes, Borch Gallery, Berlin, Germany
             A Mind of Winter, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany
             Sometimes (Over me the mountain), BERG Contemporary, Reykjavík, Iceland
2017     Stars​ ​Without​ ​Distance,​​ ​Peter​ ​Blum​ ​Gallery,​ ​New​ ​York, NY
             At​ ​the​ ​very​ ​end​ ​of​ ​the​ ​blue​ ​sky,​​ ​The​ ​Club,​ ​Tokyo,​ ​Japan
             John​ ​Zurier,​​ ​Galleri​ ​Opdahl,​ ​Stavanger,​ ​Norway
             Dust​ ​and​ ​Troubled​ ​Air,​ ​​Anglim​ ​Gilbert​ ​Gallery,​ ​San​ ​Francisco,​ ​CA
2016     The​ ​Last​ ​Summer​ ​Light,​​ ​Office​ ​Baroque,​ ​Brussels,​ ​Belgium
             John​ ​Zurier:​ ​Summer​ ​Book​,​ ​Niels​ ​Borch​ ​Jensen,​ ​Berlin,​ ​Germany
             John​ ​Zurier​ ​and​ ​Friends​,​ ​Crown​ ​Point​ ​Press,​ ​San​ ​Francisco,​ ​CA
             Recent​ ​Watercolors,​​ ​Lawrence​ ​Markey,​ ​San​ ​Antonio,​ ​TX
             East,​ ​​Galerie​ ​Nordenhake​,​​ ​Berlin,​ ​Germany
2015     John​ ​Zurier:​ ​Watercolors,​​ ​Gallerí​ ​Gangur​ ​(The​ ​Corridor),​ ​Reykjavík,​ ​Iceland Between​ ​North​ ​and​ ​Night​,​ ​
                       Galerie​ ​Nordenhake,​​Stockholm,​ ​Sweden
             West​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Future​,​ ​Peter​ ​Blum​ ​Gallery,​ ​New​ ​York,​ ​NY
2014     Recent​ ​Paintings​,​ ​Lawrence​ ​Markey,​ ​San​ ​Antonio,​ ​TX
             John​ ​Zurier:​ ​Matrix​ ​255​,​ ​Berkeley​ ​Art​ ​Museum​ ​and​ ​Pacific​ ​Film​ ​Archive,​ ​Berkeley,​ ​CA
2013     Knowledge​ ​is​ ​a​ ​blue​ ​naiveté​,​ ​Galerie​ ​Nordenhake,​ ​Berlin,​ ​Germany
             A Spring a Thousand Years Ago, Peter Blum Gallery, New York NY
             John Zurier: Watercolors, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco CA
2012     John Zurier: Paintings, Patrick De Brock Gallery, Knoke-Heist, Belgium
             John​ ​Zurier​ ​Paintings​ ​1998-2012​,​ ​The​ ​30th​ ​São​ ​Paulo​ ​Biennial:​ ​The​ ​Imminence​ ​of​ ​ Poetics, São​ ​Paulo,​ ​Brazil
2011     John Zurier: Paintings and Watercolors, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
2010     John Zurier: White Paintings and Night Paintings, Peter Blum Gallery, New York, NY
             John Zurier, Galeria Javier Lopez, Madrid, Spain
2008     John Zurier: Night Paintings, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
2007     John Zurier: Paintings, Galeria Javier López, Madrid, Spain
             John Zurier: Paintings, Peter Blum Gallery, New York, NY
2005     John Zurier: New Paintings, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
             John Zurier: New Paintings, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA 
2003     John Zurier: Oblaka, Peer, London, England
             John Zurier, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
2002     Broken​ ​Fragments:​ ​New​ ​Monotypes​ ​on​ ​Linen​ ​and​ ​Paper​,​ Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA
2001     John​ ​Zurier​,​ ​Larry​ ​Becker​ ​Contemporary​ ​Art,​ ​Philadelphia,​ ​PA
             John​ ​Zurier​,​ ​Gallery​ ​Paule​ ​Anglim,​ ​San​ ​Francisco,​ ​CA
2000     John​ ​Zurier:​ ​Paintings​ ​1997-1999​,​ ​Gallery​ ​Paule​ ​Anglim,​ ​San​ ​Francisco,​ ​CA
1999     John​ ​Zurier:​ ​Monotypes​,​ ​Aurobora​ ​Press,​ ​San​ ​Francisco,​ ​CA
1994     John​ ​Zurier:​ ​Abstract​ ​Paintings​,​ ​Gallery​ ​Paule​ ​Anglim,​ ​San​ ​Francisco,​ ​CA
1990     John​ ​Zurier:​ ​Monotypes​,​ ​Concourse​ ​Gallery,​ ​Bank​ ​of​ ​America​ ​World Headquarters,​ ​San​ ​Francisco,​​ CA
1989     John​ ​Zurier:​ ​New​ ​Paintings​,​ ​Gallery​ ​Paule​ ​Anglim,​ ​San​ ​Francisco,​ ​CA
1986     John​ ​Zurier​,​ ​Gallery​ ​Paule​ ​Anglim,​ ​San​ ​Francisco,​ ​CA
1985     John​ ​Zurier​,​ ​Pamela​ ​Auchincloss​ ​Gallery,​ ​Santa​ ​Barbara,​ ​CA
1984     John​ ​Zurier​,​ ​Dana​ ​Reich​ ​Gallery,​ ​San​ ​Francisco,​ ​CA John​ ​Zurier​,​ ​Sun​ ​Gallery,​ Hayward,​ ​CA
 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020     Silence Is So Accurate, Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
2019     Gesture, Crown Point Press Gallery, San Francisco, CA
             Group Exhibition, BORCHs Butik, Copenhagen, Denmar
2018     George's First Print Show, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
             Blå (Blue), BORCHs Butik, Copenhagen, Denmark
             Black & White, Crown Point Press Gallery, San Francisco, CA
             Kind of Blue – Winter Exhibition, Crown Point Press Gallery, San Francisco, CA
             In Series: Contemporary Drawings from the Collection, SF MOMA, San Francisco, CA
2017     Degrees of Abstraction, Crown Point Press Gallery, San Francisco, CA
             #currentmood, Berg Contemporary, Reykjavik, Iceland
             Group Exhibition, BORCHs Butik, Copenhagen, Denmark
             SottoPelle (under the skin), Galleria Annarumma, Naples, Italy
             THE STAND, P! Gallery, New York, NY
2016     Traces of Water, Hafnarbjorg, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
             Be With Me, a Small Exhibition of Large Painting, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
             Once we were next door neighbours, Hreinn Fridfinnsson and John Zurier, Listasafn ASI, Reykjavik, Iceland
2015     Retrospective, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
             A Studio in Iceland, Anglim Gilbert Gallery, San Francisco, CA
             Paper Trail: Contemporary Prints, Drawings, and Photographs from the Collection, Colby Museum of Art,
                       Waterville, ME         
2014     …And Color, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
             Group Exhibition: The Sea, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
2012     30th Sao Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo, Brazil
             Drawing a Line in the Sand, Peter Blum Gallery New York, NY
2011     El Genet Blau, JiM Contemporani, Barcelona Spain
             Life of the World ot Come: Twist and Shout, NIAD Gallery, Richmond, CA
2010     Black and White, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY
             California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
             Le Tableau, Cheim and Read Gallery, New York, NY
            Jack Davidson, Laurie Reid, John Zurier, Pulliam Gallery, Portland, OR
            Rare and Unreleased, NIAD Gallery, Richmond, CA
2009    Evergreen: Green Paintings, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
            Trans: Form/Color, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
            Monochrome, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
            Diminuendo & Crescendo: Small Works Exhibition, San Francisco Studio School Gallery, San Francisco, CA
            Galaxy: A Hundred or So Stars Visible to the Naked Eye, Berkeley Art Museum, University of California,
                       Berkeley, CA
            TRANSformal, Pharmaka, Los Angeles, CA
            Luminous Room, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
            John Zurier /John Beech, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
2008     Pintura Abstracta, Galeria Javier López, Madrid, Spain
            Surface and Substance, San Francisco Studio School Gallery, San Francisco, CA
            To Be Looked At, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
            To: Night, Times Square Gallery, Hunter College Art Gallery, New York, NY, in conjunction with
                       “Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night” at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
            Gwangju Biennial, South Korea
2007     X-Tra: Kunstler der Galerie, Galerie Claus Semerak, Munich, Germany
            Trans: Abstraction, Weltraum, Munich, Germany
            CCA: 100 Years in the Making, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
            Color/Construct: John Zurier / Tomas Vinson, Wade Wilson Art, Houston, TX
            Contemporary Art: Gifts from the Alex Katz Foundation, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, MA
            Selections from Concrete, H. Paxton Moore Fine Art Gallery, El Centro College, Dallas, TX
2006    The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
            Line and Surface: Works on Paper, Peter Blum Gallery, New York, NY
            Some Light, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
2005    A Motion Picture: Videos by 18 Artists, De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA, curated by Tom Marioni
            Bay Area Bazaar, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR, curated by Laurie Reid
2004    Specific Light, Eugene Binder Gallery, Marfa, TX
            Turning Corners, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
            Array, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
            Gallery Artists, Chac Mool Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003    Exodus: Between Promise and Fulfillment, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, UK
            Paintings, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
2002    John Zurier, Robert Ryman, Joseph Marioni: Painting, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
            Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
            XXL, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
            Painted Color, Chac Mool Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000    Minimalism Then and Now, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
1999    A Quiet Storm, Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
            Paintings, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX
            Beholding Beauty, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
1998    Undercurrents and Overtones: Contemporary Abstract Painting, Oliver Art Center, California College of
                       Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
            Paintings, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
            Practice and Process: New Painterly Abstraction in California, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena and
                       Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1996    Abstraction Absolved: Ten Bay Area Painters, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
            New Talent New Ideas, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
            Paintings, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
            Three Painters: Anne Appleby, Gregg Renfrow, John Zurier, Arts Benicia Center, Benicia, CA
1993    Drawing First, Southern Exposure Gallery at Project Artaud, San Francisco, CA
            Donald Feasel, Philip Morsberger, John Zurier: Recent Paintings, Shasta College Gallery, Redding, CA
            Artists’ Self-Portraits in Black and White by Eighty-six West Coast Artists, Edith Caldwell Gallery,
                       San Francisco, CA
            Chad Buck, Dan Connally, John Zurier, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
1992    Three Painters: Donald Feasel, Philip Morsberger, John Zurier, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
            Drawing Room, Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1990    Chain Reaction Six, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
            Fifteen Artists of Gallery Paule Anglim, Shasta College Gallery, Redding, CA
1988    Sixteen Young Bay Area Artists, Colorado State University Art Gallery, Fort Collins, CO
1986    Monotypes: Garner Tullis Workshop, Pace Editions, New York, NY
            Garner Tullis Workshop, Gallery au Poisson Rouge, Praz/Vully, Switzerland
            Expressive Abstraction, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
1985    Gallery Artists, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
            ProArts Annual, ProArts Gallery, Oakland, CA
            The Art of Collaboration: Monotypes from the Studios of Garner Tullis, California State University,
                       San Bernardino, CA; traveled to Western Washington State University Art Gallery,
                       Bellingham, WA
            Teachers and Pupils, Anna Gardner Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
1984    Three Pick Four, University of California, San Francisco, CA
            MFA/UCB/1984, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
1983    Hayward Area Forum of the Arts Annual, Centennial Hall, Hayward, CA
1980    Paintings and Drawings, Philippe Bonnafont Gallery, San Francisco, CA

MONOTYPE PROJECTS

1998-2002     Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA
1989-1990     Garner Tullis Workshop, Santa Barbara, CA
1984-1986     Garner Tullis Workshop, Emeryville, CA

AWARDS AND TEACHING

2019     Honoree at the Hirshhorn New York Gala "Artist x Artist"
2010     John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
2006     Present Distinguished Professor, California College of the Arts

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME
Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA
Microsoft Corporation Art Collection, Redmond, WA
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
University of California, San Francisco Art Collection, San Francisco, CA
Principia College, Elsah, IL