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BIOGRAPHY

 

Born in Oakland, CA.  Lives in Los Angeles.

 

1978    B.A., UCLA.

1980    M.F.A., UCLA.

 

1984-6 Traveled in Europe, independent study of art.

 

1980    UCLA Art Council Temple Award.

1990    WESTAF/NEA Visual Arts Fellowship.

 

 

ONE-ARTIST EXHIBITIONS

 

2012    "Slap," Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2009    "Barely There," Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2007    "Revisit: Jeff Gambill/Dialogue of Generations," Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA.
           
"...and out of the corner of my eye...," Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2002    "Willow Glen," Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA    

2000    "Blacksmith/Bird of Paradise," Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

1997    "China," Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

1995    "The Sermon on the Mount," Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

1994    "887D - New Paintings," Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

1993    "Monotypes and collages," Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

1992    "Milledgeville," Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

1991    "Two Dogs Die on a Highway in Mexico," Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

1989    "The Origin of the Milky Way and Other Works," Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

1988    "Authentic History: Paintings of Venice," Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

1983    Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

 

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2011    "Cries and Whispers," Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles.

2009    "The Artists of ZYZZYVA," Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2003    "Art in Embassies," United States Dept of State, Havana Diplomatic Residence, Cuba (catalogue).

2002    "Project: Structure and Situation," California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, Environmental Design Exhibition Gallery, Pomona, CA.

2000    "Abstraction," Santa Monica College Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

            "ReCharge - L.A. Art in the Early 90s," Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA. 

            "Defining the Sublime," Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA

1999    "Abstractions," Rio Hondo College Art Gallery, Whittier, CA.

            "Mexico/Influence," Rio Hondo College Art Gallery, Whittier, CA.

            "Painting: Fore and Aft," ACME, Los Angeles.

1997    "L.A. Art Now," University Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, Spain.  Travel to Madrid.

1996    "Paintings of the New Landscape," Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA.

            "The Dining Room," Terrain, San Francisco, CA.

1995    "Flowers," Boritzer/Gray/Hamano, Santa Monica, curated by Irit Krygier.

            "Smells Like Vinyl," Roger Merians Gallery, New York.

            "From L.A. With Love," Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris.

1994    "In Retrospect- Paintings of the '80's, " Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles.

1993    "Appraising The Preternatural," Patricia Shea Gallery, Los Angeles, organized by Sue Spaid and Michael Anderson.

            "Salad Days," Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles.

1992    "The Day The Earth Stood Still," Cirrus, Los Angeles, curated by Irit Krygier & Jean Milant.

            "Boxes," Space Gallery, Los Angeles, curated by Leo Michelson.

1991    "The American Birdhouse," San Francisco Airport Commission Exhibitions Program, San Francisco.

"Quick Coagulation Forms The August Corpse," Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles.

1990    "Past & Present - Selected Works by Gallery Artists," Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles.

"Representation-Non-Representation," Security Pacific Galleries, Costa Mesa, CA, curated by Stephen Berens (catalogue).

1988    "New Works on Paper," Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles.

1983    "The Bird Show," Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles.

1981    "Changing Visions," Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles.

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

 

Art in Embassies, U.S. State Department, United States Consulate Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA

Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA

Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA

Orange County Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

Knight, Christopher. "'Changing Visions' proves art about art is not dead,? Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Dec 20, 1981.

Wilson, William. "A Dark Beginning For New Year's Exhibits," Los Angeles Times, Jan 1, 1982.

Menzies, Neal. "Pick of the Week," L.A. Weekly, Jan 17, 1982.

Schipper, Merle. Review, Images & Issues, Spring 1982.

Knight, Christopher. "Gambill's Luminous Landscapes," Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Jul 22, 1988, Weekend, p 4.

Muchnic, Suzanne. Review, Los Angeles Times, Jul 22, 1988, Part VI, p 18.

Donohue, Marlena. Review, Los Angeles Times, Oct 20, 1989, p F25.

Welchman, John C. "Abstraction/Representation/Figuration," catalogue essay for exhibition "Representation-Non-Representation," Apr 1990.

Scarborough, James. "Carving Out a Niche," Artweek, May 17, 1990, pp 10-11.

Ed. Reproduction, ZYZZYVA, Summer 1990, p 50.

Kapitanoff, Nancy. "Containing Their Creativity," Los Angeles Times, Jul 5, 1992, Calendar.

Pagel, David. "Fusing Hi-Tech and Surrealism," Los Angeles Times, Nov 14, 1992, p F9.

Pincus, Robert L. Review, Art in America, Feb, 1993, pp 117-118.

Scarborough, James. Review, Flash Art, Jan/Feb 1993, pp 93-94.

Murphy, Kevin. "Tender Trappings," Picturebook #3, 1993, pp 11-12.

Pagel, David.  Review, Los Angeles Times, Jul 15, 1994, p F23.

Frank, Peter.  Review, LA Weekly, Aug 5-Aug 11, 1994, p 108.

Pagel, David. Review, Los Angeles Times, Aug 18, 1994, p F4.

Cohen, Michael. Review, Flash Art, Jan-Feb 1995, p 98.

Duncan, Michael. Review, Art in America, May 1996, p 116.

Pagel, David. Review, Los Angeles Times, Jan 14, 2000, p F30.

Frank, Peter.  "Gallery Picks of the Week," L.A. Weekly, Jan 28, 2000, pg 154.

Ed. "Continuing and Recommended," Art Scene, Feb 2000, pg 18.

Schoenkopf, Rebecca.  "Crap As Art?!Yeah! Because the artist says so," OC Weekly, Mar, 2000.

Frank, Peter. "Art Pick of the Week" L.A. Weekly, ("Abstraction" at Santa Monica College)Mar 3, 2000.
Pagel, David. Review, Los Angeles Times, Jun 8, 2007, p E23.
Frank, Peter. "Art Pick - Sensuous Strokes: Norman Bluhm, Monique Van Genderen, Jeff Gambill," L.A. Weekly, Jul 3, 2007.

Jeno Silva, Heather, "Jeff Gambill: Barely There," Flavorpill.com, Dec 12, 2009.

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