JEFF GAMBILL STUDIO home
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
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1982.
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1982.
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