Rex Lau

Born: 26 February 1947
Attended the School of Visual Arts, New York City, 1966-1969

Solo Exhibitions:

2009    The Drawing Room, East Hampton, New York. Acqua Pazza
2006    The Drawing Room, East Hampton, New York
2000    Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton, New York
1999    Kouros Gallery, New York City
            Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton, New York
1994    Galerie Mielich- Bender, Munich, Germany
1993    Michael Walls Gallery, New York City
1992    Galerie Mielich- Werber, Munich, Germany
            Kunstverein Oberhausen e.v., Oberhausen, Germany
1990    Michael Walls Gallery, New York City
            Gloria Luria Gallery, Miami, Florida
1989    Fine Arts Gallery, Long Island University, Southampton, N. Y.
1988    Michael Walls Gallery, New York City
1987    Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, City
            Gloria Luria Gallery, Miami, Florida
1986    John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
1985    Ruth Siegel Ltd, New York City
            Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, New York
1983    Siegel Contemporary Art, New York City
            John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
            Chicago International Art Exposition, Siegel Contemporary Art
1982    Siegel Contemporary Art, New York City
1979    Parsons-Dreyfuss Gallery, New York City
1977    Parsons-Dreyfuss Gallery, New York City

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2006    Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY. Guild Hall Collects
1998    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY. The Centennial Open 
1996    The American Academy of Arts and letters, NYC. 48th Annual American Academy Purchase Exhibition
1993    Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, Brookville, NY. Edward Albee’s Other Eye, Sculptural Objects
1191    Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY, American Narrative Painting and Sculpture, the 1980’s 
1989    Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y. Transformations in Landscape, Post War Works from the Collection
1988    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.  A New Generation, The 1980s
1987    Solomon R, Guggenheim Museum, NYC. Selections From the Exxon Series
1986    The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California. The Barry Lowen Collection
            The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut.
            A Contemporary View of Nature
            Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY.  Eleven Painters
1985    Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NYC. New Horizons in American Art; 1985 Exxon National Exhibition
1984    Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico. Nueva Pintura Narrativa
            Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY, New Vistas: Contemporary American Landscapes
1983    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC. Ten Narrative Paintings
1982    Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY. Artists from the Edward F Albee Foundation.

Selected Collections:

            Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
            Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City
            Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York
            High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
            Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D. C.
            The Lannan Foundation, Los Angeles, California
            The Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.
            The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
            The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
            National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.
            Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
            Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
            Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City

Reviews and discussion of the artists work have appeared in The New York Times, Artforum, Art in America, Arts Magazine, and Newsday, as well as many museum and gallery exhibition catalogues, both national and international.

Curated Exhibitions:

Painting the Light, Montauk Historical Society, Montauk Lighthouse, Bicentennial Exhibition, Montauk, New York. 1996

Artists of the Springs Invitational Exhibition, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, New York. 1999-2000-2001-2002

Awarded a Pollock- Krasner Fellowship in 1995.

 

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