Frank Romero CV

exhibition

Museum Group Shows

2004 L.A., Light, Motion, Dreams, Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
2003-04 The Not-So-Still Life: A Century of California Painting and Sculpture, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA (traveling exhibition; Pasadena Museum of California Art, March 6 – June 27, 2004).
2002 C.O.L.A. 2002 Individual Artist Fellowships, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
2001-07 Chicano Visions: American Painters On The Verge: San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio TX; National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.; National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM; El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX; Museum of Contemporary Art SanDiego, La Jolla, CA; Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MI; coming to Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA in 2007. Curated by Cheech Marin. (traveling exhibition 2001-07)
2001 Chicano Visions: American Painters on the Verge: San Antonio Museum of Art, TX; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C; National Hispanic Cultural Center. Curated by Cheech Marin. (touring exhibition 2001-06).
Arte Latino: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum: El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX; Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL; Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, IL; The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, FL; Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe,NM and Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA. (touring exhibition 2000-2003).
2000 Arte Latino: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum: El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX; Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL; Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, IL; The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, FL; Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe,NM and Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA. (traveling exhibition 2000-2003) 1996 Kaleidoscope: American Art at the End of the Century, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
1995 Across the Street : Self-Help Graphics and Chicano Art in Los Angeles, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA; Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
1994 The Mystical in Art: Chicano Latino Painting, Curator and exhibiting artist, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA.
1992 A Mexican Legacy, Riverside Museum of Art, Riverside, CA.
1991 California Citiscapes, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA.
1990 Artists’ Artists, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA.
1989 American Pop Culture Today, Laforet Museum, Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan.
Visions: An exhibit of Mexican and Chicano Art, Clark Humanities Museum, Scripps College, Claremont, CA.
Hispanic Art on Paper, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA.
1987-89 Hispanic Art in the United States, Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX; Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC; Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL; Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM; Los Angeles County Museum of Art,Los Angeles, CA; Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY.
1986 Perspectives of Glass, Present Tense, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
1981 Murals of Aztlan, Curator and Exhibiting Artist, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
The Mask as Metaphor, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Gallery 3, Santa Monica, CA.
1977-78 Ancient Roots/New Visions,Tucson, AZ.
1978 The Aesthetics of Graffiti, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA.

Solo Exhibitions

2002    “Drawings in the Shower, Paintings in the Car”, Double Vision Gallery, Los
   Angeles, Ca.

2001    Artist in Residence, Fullerton College, Fullerton, Ca

1998    “Urban Iconography/ Iconografia Urbana”, Luckman Fine Arts Complex,
   CSUCLA

1996     “Travels in India”, Tirage Art Gallery, La Canada-Flintridge, Ca

1995    “Cultural Exchanges: Multimedia work By Frank and Nancy Romero”,
   Marjorie and Herman Platt Gallery, University of Judaism, Encino, Ca
   “Some new Paintings”, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca
   “¡Flores!” Alitash Kebede Fine Arts, West Hollywood, Ca
   “Lowrder: Vehicle for Expression: The Painting and Sculpture of Frank
   Romero”, Mesa College Art Gallery, San Diego, Ca.

1993     “Chamacas, Grecas, y Tumbas”, The Remba Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

1992    “Frank Romero at the Boathouse”, Plaza de la Raza, Lincoln Park, Ca
   “The Artist and His Model”, Ashley Craig Gallery, Venice, Ca
   “Neon Drawings”, Crossroads School for the Arts, Santa Monica, Ca

1991    “Frank Romero: Oil, Wood, and Light”, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa
   Monica, Ca
   “Figurative Drawings”, B1 Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca

1990    “FrankRomero: The Great Theme of Transportation”, Williams Lamb
   Gallery, Long Beach, Ca
   “Frank Romero: An Exhibition of Paintings and Prints”, Future Perfect Gallery,
   Los Angeles, Ca

1989    “¡Frank Romero!”, Lizardi- Harp Gallery, Pasadena, Ca
   “Espada and Romero”, B1 Contemporary, Santa Monica, Ca

1988    “Cajas de Sombra”, Lizardi-Harp Gallery, Pasadena, Ca

1987    “Frank Romero” Travels in Spain and Other Stories”, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca

1986    “Frank Romero: New Work”, Karl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca

1985    “In Celebration of Cinco de Mayo”, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, Ca

1984    “New Clay Work”, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
   “Frank Romero”, Simard Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
   “Frank Romero: Paintings, Drawings, and Clay. 1974-84”, Arco Center for
   the Visual Arts, Los Angeles, Ca

1982    “Frank Romero: Paintings and Drawings”, Oranges and Sardines Gallery,
   Los Angeles, Ca

1981    “Frank Romero Pingos: Clay Sculpture”, Oranges and Sardines Gallery,
   Los Angeles, Ca

1977    “The Christmas Show”, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, Ca

Selected Group Exhibition

2004    Frank Romero and Gilbert “Magu” Lujan, Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
2002    Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2000    “The Contemporary Latino Masters”,  Modern Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999    “El Norte”,  Joslyn Fine Arts Gallery,  Torrance, CA
   “San Valentin. . .Stories of Love and Romance”, L.A River ,Li’l Frogtown Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998    “Printwork ’98”, Barrett House Gelleries and School of Art, Poughkeepsie,         NY
1997    “QuÈ Vida! “,    University of La Verne,  La Verne, CA
1996    “City of Vapor:  Capturing the Transitory Reality of Los Angeles”,                Tatistcheff/Rogers,  Santa Monica, CA
   Voces/Voices of the Community Art Gallery,  California State University,         Los  Angeles
   “Urban Art”,  Gallery 258, Beverly Hills, CA
1995    “Los Paredes y Otras Vistas”, Tirage Art Gallery, La Canada-Flintridge, CA
       “Moto Art”,     Simay Space: Design Exhibits, San Diego, CA
   “The Pulse of L.A. ”    El Pueblo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1994    “Los Angeles – Berlin”,    Gallerie M., Berlin, Germany
   “Vehicles”,      California State University Hayward, Hayward, CA
   “City Art”,     Millard Sheets Gallery, LA County Fairgrounds, Pomona, CA
   “Flora:  Artists’ Gardens”,      Hope Street Associates, Los Angeles, CA
1993    “Then and Now:  Chicano Art after CARA”,  Jansen Perez Gallery, San         Antonio, TX
   “Chicano/Chicana: Visceral Images”   The Works Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
1992    “Ojo Abierto/Open Eye”,  Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa         Barbara, CA
   “21 Steps”,  Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
   “Contemporary Visions”,     Jansen PÈrez Gallery, San Antonio, TX
   “L.A. Drives Me Wild”,     Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
   “Bare Essentials”,     Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
   “Mexican Traditions in Contemporary Chicano Art”,  Armory Center for the         Arts, Pasadena, CA
   “A Mexican Legacy”,   Riverside Museum of Art, Riverside, CA
   “MENergy”,     Frank O. Gehry/Edgemar Building, Santa Monica, CA
1991-94    “Collaborations: Artists + Printers  of  the Tamarind Institute”,   Tour     including Chile, Ecuador, Colombia Venezuela and Tour
1991    “Motion as Metaphor: The Automobile in Art “,    Virginia Beach Center for         the Arts, Virginia Beach, VA
1990-91    “Adelante Con Safos”,    GalerÌa Sin Fronteras, Austin TX
1990    “Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation”,     UCLA Wight Art Gallery, Los         Angeles, CA and Tour
   “Faces”,     Marc Richards Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
   “AquÌ y All”,     Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, CA & Centro Cultural         Tijuana, Tijuana, MÈxico
   “Summer Group Show”,     Williams Lamb Gallery, Long Beach, CA
   “L.A.: A Special Report “,    Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
   “AquÌ Estamos y No Nos Vamos”,   University Art Gallery, Cal State San         Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA
   “Works on Metal”,     Williams Lamb Gallery, Long Beach, CA
   “Of the Season”,     Transamerica Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
1989    “Artists of the Americas”,     Gumps Gallery, San Francisco, CA
   “Coast to Coast”,     Stones Gallery, Kauai, HI
   “Art Influenced by Transportation”,     Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton,         CA
   “Le Demon des Anges”,     Hallu du CRDC Nantes, France; Barcelona,         Spain; Lund, Sweden; Brussels, Belgium
   “Cinco AÒos !”,     Acevedo Gallery, San Diego, CA
1988    “Four New Gallery Artists”,    Prairie Lee Gallery, Chicago, IL
   “Frank Romero, Ibsen Espada, Jes™s Bautista Morales”,     Janus Gallery,         Santa Fe, NM

1987    “Three Exhibitions”,     Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
   “Los Angeles Today: Contemporary Visions”,  Amerika Haus, West Berlin,         Germany,  Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, CA
   “Frida y Diego: Una Pareja”,     Prairie Avenue Gallery; Artemisia Gallery,         Chicago, IL
   “Los Angeles Artists: Modern Masters “,    Lancaster Festival Gallery,         Lancaster, OH
1986    “L.A. Prints Exhibition (Self-Help Graphics Atelier Program)”,    Transamerica         Center Gallery,Los Angeles, CA
   “Chicano Expressions”,     INTAR L:atin American Gallery, New York, NY;          Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA;  Museo de Arte Mexico, San         Francisco, CA
   “Perspectives in Glass, Present Tense”,     Craft and Folk Art Museum,
       Los Angeles, CA
1985    “Spectrum of Los Angeles: Neue K¸nst aus”, California Hartje Gallery,         Frankfurt, West Germany and Tour
1984    “A Broad Spectrum: Contemporary Los Angeles Painters & Sculptors”, ’84             Design Center of Los Angeles
   “Studies for the Olympic Mural Project “,  Advisory Council for the Arts,         Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
1982    “California/Folk, Contemporary Art and Folk Tradition”,     Sonrisa Gallery,
       Los Angeles, CA
   “Magical Mystery Tour “,     Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, CA
   “Califas: Works on Paper “,    Fondo del Sol/Spanish American Media         Center, Washington DC
1976    “Imagination”,     Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, CA
1975    “Assemblage”,     Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, CA
   “Chicanarte”,     Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery and Tour

education

California State University Los Angeles, BA