loren madsen / resume
Born: Oakland, CA, 1943
Reed College, Portland, OR, 1961-63
B.A., U.C.L.A., 1966
M.A., U.C.L.A., 1970
Resides: Northern California
One Person Shows (* indicates catalogue)
2019 Worry Beads, Willits Center for the Arts, Willits, CA
2013 The Artist Collects, Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA
2009 Wheel of Fortune *, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburg, PA
(with Ryan Alexiev and Hank Willis Thomas)
2005 Six Billion Monkeys, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
god&demons, McKee Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Crime And Punishment, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
1999 Six Billion Monkeys *, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
American Playhouse, Drury College, Springfield, MO
1998 David McKee Gallery, New York, N.Y.
Art First, London, England
1996 David McKee Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1992 David McKee Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1991 Cheryl Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
1990 David McKee Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1986 David McKee Gallery *, New York, N.Y.
1984 Miami Dade Community College, Miami, FL
David McKee Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1982 David McKee Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1981 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1980 Wright State University, Dayton, OH
Hansen-Fuller-Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1978 L.A. Louver Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Zolla-Lieberman Gallery, and Grant Park, Chicago. IL
1977 David McKee Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1976 David McKee Gallery, New York, N.Y.
Site, San Francisco, CA
L.A. Louver Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1975 Projects: Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y.
1974 Riko Mizuno Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1973 Riko Mizuno Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Group Shows (* indicates catalogue)
2017 Hold These Truths, NLE, New York, NY
2016 Structural Integrity, Eugene Binder Gallery, Marfa, TX
2015 Drawing in L.A.: The 1960s and 1970s, L.A. County Museum of Art, Los Angeles,
Sculpture Trail, Coverdale - Geyserville, Geyserville, CA
2014 Once Upon a Time, There Was the End, Center for Book Arts, NY,
2012 CANY, Nora Fisch Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Data Deluge, Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX
2011 ArtPrize / SiTE:LAB, Grand Rapids, MI
Momentum, Napa, CA
Library Science, New Haven, CT
2004 Voice of Site*, Tokyo, Japan
2003 Letterform, Text and Image, Reed College, Portland, OR
2002 9/11 Memorial Exhibition*, VA Museum, New York
2001 All Systems Go, Contemporary Art Museum, Houston
Contemporary Collectors XVI, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
2000 Precious Metals*, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO (traveled)
New, McKee Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Actual Size*, Apex Art C.P., New York, NY
Best of the Season *, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CN
1998 Masters of the Masters*, Butler Inst. of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1997 World Views, Deutsche Bank, New York, NY
Wall Pieces, McKee Gallery, New York, NY
1997 79-97, VA Gallery, New York, NY
1995 2nd Fujisankei Biennale Competition*, Hakone Museum, Japan
1994 Newport Harbor Art Museum, Highlights of Permanent Collection
1993 Nature for Art's Sake, LaSalle Partners, Charlotte, NC
1992 Technorama*, Barbara Toll Gallery, New York, NY (11,769 drawings produced)
1991 Loren Madsen/James Adley, Albion College, Albion, MI
McKee Gallery, New York, NY
1990 McKee Gallery, New York, NY
1990 New Sculpture, Eve Mannes Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1989 David McKee Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Recent Acquisitions, Mt. Holyoke College Art Mus., S. Hadley, MA
1988 David McKee Gallery, New York, NY
1987 Computer Assisted *, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA
1986 Courtesy David McKee, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
1986 A Southern California Collection, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1985 10*, University Gallery, U. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1984 American Sculpture, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Preparation and Proposition, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, N.Y.
1983 New Talent Award Winners/20 Years*, L.A. County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1982 Shift L.A./N.Y.*, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
1980 New Drawings, David McKee Gallery, New York, N.Y.
Maquettes and Small Works, Diane Brown Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Sculpture in California, 1975-80*, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
Stacking, Rigging, Binding: 10 Contemporary Sculptors*, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
1979 Directions*, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Annual Award Competition Show, American Academy and Inst. of Arts and Letters, New York, N.Y.
Aspects of Abstract, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
1978 Constructs, Organization of Independent Artists, NY
1977 L.A. in the Seventies*, Fort Worth Museum of Art, Fort Worth, TX
Private Images-Photos by Sculptors, L.A. County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1976 Sculpture Made in Place*, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
New Selections/New Talent Award Winners, L.A. County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Biennale of Sculpture*, Sydney, Australia
Drawing, photo, video studies, LA Louver, Venice, CA
Sequence, Site, San Francisco, CA
1975 The Condition of Sculpture*, Hayward Gallery, London, England
Drawings, Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1974 L.A. 6/Summer '74, L.A. County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Ca 90291, Baxter Art Gallery, Cal. Inst. Of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Constructions, Long Beach CC, Long Beach, CA
Eight West side Artists, Cal State San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA
1973 Sculptural Invitational, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA
Museum Collections
Akron Art Institute, Akron, OH
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento CA
Georges Pompidou Center, Paris, France
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, N.Y.
Hakone Open-Air Museum, Japan
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
L.A. County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Mt. Holyoke College, S. Hadley, MA
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y.
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Harbor, CA
Orange Co. Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, San Angelo, TX
Vancouver Museum of Art, Vancouver, Canada
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Awards
New Talent Purchase Award, The Modern and Contemporary Art Council of the L.A. County Museum of Art, 1975
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant, 1975-76
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant, 1980-81
Honorable Mention, Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Competition, 1981
Pollock-Krasner Grant, 2004
Major Permanent Sculpture Installations
2014 District 5 Police Ctr, Chicago, IL
1997 JR Kinshicyo Station, Sumida Ward, Tokyo, Japan
1991 LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, NY
1990 Pacific Enterprises, Los Angeles, CA
1986 Schering Pharmaceutical Research Facility, Kenilworth, N.J.
1985 Quorum, Dallas, TX
Horton Plaza, San Diego, CA
Chevy Chase Metro Building, Chevy Chase, MD
1984 Brookhollow Atrium, San Antonio, TX
RepublicBank San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
1983 Nursing Home, V.A. Hospital, Hines (Chicago), IL
1981 SSA Metro West, Baltimore, MD (GSA)
Area 2 Police Center, Chicago, IL
1st Bank Atrium, Pillsbury Center, Minneapolis, MN
1980 Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
1979 Michael's Restaurant, Santa Monica, CA
Prudential Insurance Company, Woodland, Hills, CA
(new sculpture for destroyed original)
1977 L.A. County Museum of Art Sculpture Garden, Los Angeles, CA
Prudential Insurance Company, Woodland Hills, CA
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, CA
1974 Prudential Insurance Company, Florham Park, N.J.