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Ed Ruscha

 
1937 Born on December 16, in Omaha, Nebraska.

1941 Moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

1956 Moved to Los Angeles, California.

1956-1960 Attended Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, 1956-1960
 



Selected one-man exhibitions

 

 
 
1963 Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, California.

1964 Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, California.

1965 Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, California.

1967 Gunpowder Drawings. Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York.

1968 Irving Blum Gallery, Los Angeles, California.

Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne, West Germany.

1970 Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York. Catalogue.

Books by Edward Ruscha. Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich, West Germany. Catalogue.

Galerie Alexander Iolas, Paris, France.

1971 Books. Nigel Greenwood, London, England.

1972 Corcoran & Corcoran Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida.

D-M Gallery, London, England.

Ed Ruscha/Drawings. Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

1973 Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, California.

Ed Ruscha/Drawings. Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.

Edward Ruscha: Graphics from the Collection of Donald Marron. Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.

Francoise Lambert, Milan, Italy.

Nigel Greenwood Inc., London, England.

1974 Works by Edward Ruscha. Francoise Lambert, Milan, Italy.

Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.

Recent Paintings. The Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas.
1975 Edward Ruscha/Prints and Publications 1962-74. The Arts Council of Great Britain, travelling exhibition to twelve Council member galleries.

Miracle. Leo Castelli Gallery, New York (Preview).

Various Miracles. Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
1976 Ace Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.

Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England.

Paintings, Drawings and Other Work by Edward Ruscha. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York. Catalogue.

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Catalogue.

1977 Drawings by Joe Goode and Edward Ruscha. The Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas.

1978 Drawings and Prints. Castelli Uptown, New York.

Graphic Works by Edward Ruscha, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand. Catalogue.

Peppers Art Gallery, University of Redlands, Redlands, California.

1979 Edward Ruscha/New Works. The Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas.

Neue Austellungen im InK, Halle für internationale neue Kunst, Zürich, Switzerland. Catalogue.

Edward Ruscha/New Works. Richard Hines Gallery, Seattle, Washington.

1980 Edward Ruscha:Paintings. Ace Gallery, Venice, California.

Nigel Greenwood, Inc., London.

New Paintings. Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.

1981 Ace Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.

Edward Ruscha/New Works. Arco Center for the Visual Art, Los Angeles, California. Catalogue.

Edward Ruscha/D Drawings. Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.

1982 Edward Ruscha/New Drawings. Castelli Uptown, New York.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco. (Retrospective, The Works of Edward Ruscha). Travelled to: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada. San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles.

1983 New Drawings. Bernard Jacobson Gallery, Los Angeles.

1984 New Paintings. Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, New York.

1985 Ed Ruscha: Quelques Dessins. Galerie Gilbert Brownstone, Paris.

New Paintings. James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles.

Octobre des Arts. Musee St. Pierre, Lyon, France. Catalogue.

1986 New Paintings. Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco.

Galerie Susan Wyss, Zürich, Switzerland.

New Paintings. Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.

The Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas.

4 x 6 Westfalischer Kunstverein, Münster, West Germany. Catalogue.

1987 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, Miami.

New Paintings Robert Miller Gallery, New York.

The Works of Ed Ruscha. Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston,
Texas.

1988 Changing Group Exhibition. Karsten Schubert Gallery, London.

Early Paintings. Shafrizi Gallery, New York. Catalogue.

Edward Ruscha: Recent Paintings. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois.
Edward Ruscha: Recent Works on Paper 1988. Karsten Schubert Gallery, London, England. Catalogue.

Institute of Contemporary Art, Nagoya, Japan. Catalogue.

Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.

Words Without Thoughts Never to Heaven Go. Lannan Museum, Lake Worth, Florida. Travelled to: Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Catalogue.

1989 Edward Ruscha. Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou. Travelled to Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Fundacio Caixa de Pensions, Barcelona, Spain; Serpentine Gallery, London, England; Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles. Catalogue.

New Paintings. Leo Castelli, New York.

New Paintings and Drawings, Touko Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan. Catalogue.

1990 Edward Ruscha. Galeria Trisorio, Napoli, Italy.

Edward Ruscha. Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris.

Edward Ruscha/Obra Sobre Paper. Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona,Spain.

Edward Ruscha. Centre Cultural de la Fundació Caixa de Pensions, Barcelona, Spain.

Edward Ruscha. Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Nebraska. Catalogue.

Ed Ruscha/new paintings and drawings. Karsten Schubert, London.

Edward Ruscha Paintings and Drawings, Texas Gallery, Houston Texas.

Ed Ruscha/Paintings. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California.

Los Angeles Apartments. Whitney Museum of American Art, NewYork, New York. Catalogue.

1992 Ed Ruscha/Stains. Robert Miller Gallery, New York. Catalogue.

Edward Ruscha and Dennis Hopper/New Works. Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York.

Edward Ruscha/New Paintings & Drawings. Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria. Catalogue.

1993 Edward Ruscha/Romance With Liquids. Gagosian Gallery, New York. Catalogue.

1995 Anamorphic Paintings. Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.

The End. Close Range Gallery, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado.

1996 Edward Ruscha. Gallery Seomi, Seoul, Korea.
1997 Spaghetti Westerns. Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Edward Ruscha. Jurgen Becker, Hamburg, Germany.

Edward Ruscha: Cityscapes/O Books. Leo Castelli, New York. Catalogue.

1998 Ed Ruscha. Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London

1999 Edward Ruscha: The Complete Editions 1959-1999. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Travelling to Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa (2000-01)

Ed Ruscha: Metro Plots, Gagosian Gallery, New York

Ed Ruscha. Kukje Gallery, Seoul

Ed Ruscha. Meta Gallery, Madrid

2000

Ed Ruscha: Mountains and Highways. Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London

Ed Ruscha: Powders, Pressures and Other Drawings, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco

Ed Ruscha, Gallery Stadtpark, Krems
 
 



Books by Ed Ruscha

 

 
 
1963 Twentysix Gasoline Stations.

1964 Various Small Fires and Milk.

1965 Some Los Angeles Apartments.

1966 Every Building on the Sunset Strip.

1967 Thirtyfour Parking Lots in Los Angeles.

Royal Road Test.

1968 Business Cards.

Nine Swimming Pools and a Broken Glass.

1969 Stains. Hollywood: Heavy Industries Publications.

Crackers. Hollywood: Heavy Industry Publications, Story by Mason Williams .

1970 Babycakes. New York: Multiples, Inc.

Real Estate Opportunities.

1971 A Few Palm Trees. Hollywood: Heavy Industry Publications.

Records. Hollywood: Heavy Industry Publications.

1972 Colored People.

1978 Hard Light. Hollywood: Heavy Industry Publications,
 
 



Films by Ed Ruscha

 

 
 
1970 Premium. New York: Castelli-Sonnabend, 1970 - 24 min., color, magnetic sound, 16mm.

1975 Miracle. New York: Castelli-Sonnabend, - 28 min., color, optical sound, 16mm.

 
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