Dennis Hollingsworth
Biography
DENNIS HOLLINGSWORTH
1956 Born in Madrid, Spain
1991 Masters of Fine Arts, Claremont Graduate School
1985 Bachelor of Arts, California Polytechnic State University
Lives and works in New York and Tossa de Mar, Spain.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Asteriscos Rotos, Galerie Miguel Marcos, Barcelona, Spain
Paint sculpturally/sculpt Painterly, Hionas Gallery, New York
2014 You Will Know, Hionas Gallery, New York
2012 Terrestrial, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles
2011 Galerie Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca, Spain;
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2010 So Far, Galerie Miguel Marcos, Barcelona, Spain
2008 Galerie Miguel Marcos, Barcelona, Spain
Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2007 Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2006 Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Constelaciones, Miguel Marcos Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Galeria Anna Serratossa, Valencia, Spain
2005 Galerie André Buchmann, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem, Netherlands
2004 Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Galerie Mark Muller, Zurich Switzerland
2003 Galerie André Buchmann, Cologne, Germany
Chac Mool Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Galerie Mark Muller, Zurich Switzerland
2002 Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Brett/Mitchell Shaheen Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Galerie André Buchmann, Cologne, Germany
2001 Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York
USA, Barbara Farber/La Serre, Trets France
2000 The Box, Torino, Italy
Galerie André Buchmann, Cologne, Germany
Chac Mool, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1999 Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Steendrukkerij Amsterdam, M.V., Holland
1998 Hearts and Minds, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Barbara Farber/Rob Jurka Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
1997 Lawing Gallery, Houston, TX, USA
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MI
1996 Meyerson & Nowinski Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Blum/Poe Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA
Scarabb Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Bennett Roberts Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1995 Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MI
Bennett Roberts Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1993 Lee Arthur Studio, New York, NY
Studio Raid Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1991 Graduate Exhibition, CGS East Gallery, Claremont, CA, USA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Color Matters, Galerie Richard, New York, NY, USA
2017 Rafael Vega, Dennis Hollingsworth, Gary Stephan, Hionas Gallery, New York
2014 #TBT, Hionas Gallery, New York
DRIFTER Curated by David Rhodes, Hionas Gallery, New York
2013 Figure and Ground, Sargent’s Daughters, New York
2011 Group Show, Galerie Mark Müller, Zürich, Switzerland
The Working Title, Bronx Art Center, Bronx, New York, USA
Greater LA, New York, New York, USA
2010 25th Anniversary Show, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
Crystal World, Andre Buchmann Gallery, Berlin, Germany; Group Show, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Pintura Sin Tregua Galerie Miguel Marcos, Barcelona, Spain
Group Show, Tanya Rumpff Gallery, Haarlem, Netherlands
Palm Paintings, André Buchmann Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2009 Una Mirada, Galeria Miguel Marcos, Barcelona, Spain
“1999”, China Art Objects, Los Angeles, California, USA
2008 03:11h: A Very Nice Lightning Strike, Galeria Miguel Marcos, Barcelona, Spain
Some Paintings, LA Weekly/Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA
2007 QUIRKY, Westport Art Center, Westport, Connecticut
Paper Bombs, Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
Works on Paper, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles California, USA
Near Dark, Donna Beam Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
2006 Constalaciones, Galeria Miguel Marcos, Barcelona, Spain
10th Anniversary, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
Something About Us, Museo de Tossa de Mar, Costa Brava, Spain
Couch Paintings, Trudi Gallery, Los Angeles California, USA
Hotel California, Glendale Community College, California, USA
2005 Galeria Miguel Marcos, Barcelona, Spain
2004 Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem, Netherlands
2003 Manny Silverman Gallery, West Hollywood, California, USA
New Abstract Painting: Painting Abstract Now, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Leverkusen, Germany
Fragmente des Paradieses, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestha/CH
Group Show, Houldsworth Gallery, London
Phat and Sassy, Charlotte Jackson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
We Love Painting, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
Buchman Gallerie, Cologne Germany
2002 Ramos and “five Times Four” at Modernism, Modernism, San Francisco, CA, USA
Play it as it Lays, London Institute Gallery, Millbank, London
Spieglein, Spieglein, an der wand..., Mark Müeller Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2001 Vivid, Richard Salmon Gallery, London
Touring exhibition: Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry Northern Gallery for Contemporary, Art, Sunderland, UK
Abstract, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2000 eg, Acunha-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Luminous, Ikon Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA eg
Acunha-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1999 Super-Abstr-Action, The Box Associati, Torino, Italy
Fore and Aft, ACME, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Nach Bild, Kunstahalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Art in LA, Brett Mitchell Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Galore, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
1998 Object Obscure, Todd Gallery, London, England, Traveled to Galerie EugenLendel, Graz, Austria
Drawings...2nd Annual Invitational, Meyerson & Nowinski, Seattle, WA, USA
1997 Stepping Up, Andrew Mummery Gallery, London, England
Drawings...A Bi-Coastal Invitational, Meyerson & Nowinski, Seattle, WA, USA
What’s Next on Canvas, Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Orange County Art Museum Biennial, Newport Harbor, CA, USA
Martha Stewart Living, Art Center Gallery, Pasadena, CA, USA
Primary Colors, Barbara Farber Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
1996 Balancing Act, Room, New York, NY
Left of Center: New Art from Los Angeles, Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
1995 The Blue House Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Six Roads to Abstraction, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, USA
Fresh Air, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MI, USA
New Visions: Los Angeles Art in the 90’s, Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Smoggy Abstraction: Recent Los Angeles Painting, Haggerty Museum, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
Painting Beyond the Idea, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1995 The Insistent Image: Abstract Painting in Los Angeles, Oklahoma City Art Museum, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Three Painters, Lawing Gallery, Houston, TX, USA
1994 Where We Live, AMO Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
In Plain Sight: Abstract Painting in Los Angeles, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX, USA
Words and Symbols, ArtSpace Gallery, City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, Woodland Hills, CA; Contrarywise Painting, Space Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
1993 LA Juried Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Hollywood, CA, USA
1991 Rotating Exhibition, Boritzer Gray Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA
Member’s Exhibition, Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA, USA
1990 VEX, Cal State Irvine, CA, USA
DA Gallery, Pomona, CA, USA
SPARC Forum, San Diego, CA, USA
1986 Church of Architecture, San Diego, CA, USA
Score Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Galleria OCASO, Los Angeles, CA, USA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010 Redacción, “Dennis Hollingsworth”, xonart (desembre 2010) p.106 il. color.
Redacción, “Dennis Hollingsworth”, Tendencias del Arte (decienbre 2010) il. color.
Masanés, Christina, “Mars descoberts” (9 de desembre 2010) p.18 il.color.
Bufill, Juan, “Pintura que crece como un paisaje vivo”, La Vanguardia (28 noviembre 2010) il. color.
Mas, Richard, “So Far”, Time Out Barcelona (24-30 noviembre 2010) p.47 il. color.
Bufill, Juan, “Hollingsworth renueva el reporortio de la pintura abstracta”, La Vanguardia, (20 Noviembre2010) p.51) il., color.
2009 Mas, Ricard, “Una mirada contemporània”, El Temps no 1283 (13 enero 2009) p. 93 il.
Frisach, Montse, “Una Mirada”, Avui (19 enero 2009) Cultura i espectacles p. 27 il. color.
2008 Myers, Holly, Around the Galleries, Los Angeles Times, April 25
Bufill, Juan, “Pérez-Porro y Hollingsworth ofrecen distintas acumulaciones de pintura”, La Vanguardia (16 febrero 2008) p. 40 il. color.
Mas, Ricard, “Hollingsworth”, Avui (19 enero 2008) Cultura i Espectacles p. 42 il. color.
Bufill, Juan, “Si la pintura crece, se hace escultura”, La Vanguardia (24 febrero 2008) Dinero p.14 il. color.
2007 Frank, Peter. “Les Fleurs Du Mal, Paper Bombs”, LA Weekly, April 18
Keene, Jaret. “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” Las Vegas City Life , lvcitylife.com, January 25
2006 Bufill, Juan, “La nueva temporada combina lo histórico y lo experimental”, p.40. il. b/n.
Mas, Ricard, “Dennis Hollingsworth”, Avui (30 septiembre 2006) Cultura i Espectacles p. 43 il. b/n.
Yániz, Juan Pedro, “El pintor Dennis Hollingsworth expone en Galería Miguel Marcos”, ABC Cataluña (30 septiembre 2006) p. 48.
Casamartina i Parassols, Josep, “Bo i mirant els primitius”, El País (5 octubre 2006) Quadern no 1181 p. 7 il. color.
Palau, Maria, “Construir la pintura”, El Punt (17 octubre 2006) p. 41 il. b/n.
Oliver, Conxita, “Voluptuositat”, Avui (26 octubre 2006) Cultura p. 19 il. color.
Redacción, “Del Romanticismo al Modernismo, «El Paso» en el tiempo”, El Punto de las Artes no 847 (27 octubre–2 noviembre 2006) p. 12 il. b/n.
Redacción, “Constelaciones”, Guía del Ocio no 1510 (3–9 noviembre 2006) p. 133 il. color.
Bufill, Joan, “Hollingsworth presenta óleos escultóricos y Pep Duran vuelve a exponer en una galería”, La Vanguardia (4 noviembre 2006) p. 45 il. b/n.
Mas, Ricard, “Constel·lació”, Avui (5 noviembre 2006) Plaers no 34 p. 43 il. color.
Bufill, Juan, “Erizos, estrellas de óleo”, La Vanguardia (12 noviembre 2006) Dinero p. 14 il. color.
2004 Perree, Rob, “Gematerialisreed, Abstractie,” Kunstbeeld, nr 11, pp.6-13
Muller, Brian, Painting from Conceptualism to Recontextualism, Contemporary, vol. #59 pp. 32-41
Ebony, David, “Edgy Armory Show in the Spotlight,” Art in America, May
2003 Harvey, Doug, “Stuff,” LA Weekly, November 7-13
Knight, Christopher “Around The Galleries: Gobs of paint, deftly flung”, Los Angeles Times, October 21
Amy, Michael, “Dennis Hollingsworth at Nicole Klagsbrun”, Art in America, May
2002 Johnson, Ken, The New York Times, December 13
Ryan, David “Thinking in the Abstract,” Contemporary, February
2001 Baker, R.C., “Flesh and Paint,” Village Voice, May 1
“Dennis Hollingsworth,” Abstract Art Online, April 11, abartonline.com
2000 Frank, Peter. ArtNews, December
Geer, Suvan, “Dennis Hollingsworth,” California Art Scene Online, August 26th
1999 Moos, David. Art Papers, “According to What: On Abstract Painting Circa 1999”, May/June (illus).
1998 Matsui, Midori. “Surviving the Postmodern: Dennis Hollingsworth’s New PainterlyAbstractions,” Zing Magazine, September, p.169.
Hackett, Regina, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 22 Fredericksen, Eric. The Stranger, July 22
Updike, Robin. Seattle Times, July 16
1997 Kugelman, Kerri. Zing Magazine, March/April
1996 Knode, Marilu. Aorta Magazine, November 1, p.20. Iannaccone, C. ArtIssues, March
Paparoni, Demetrio. Tema Celeste, Autumn, #58 Crockett, Tobey. Art in America, October
Darling, Michael. LA Reader, September
Turner, William, Venice Magazine, p.69
Pagel, David. Los Angeles Times, June 27
Updike, Robin. Seattle Times, September
Miles, Christopher,”Hollingsworth’s Focused Blur”, Detour, September Art & Antiques, p. 30.
1995 Kugelman, Kerry, Art Issues, November
Frank, Peter. “Pick of the Week”, LA Weekly, October 20
Pagel, David. Los Angeles Times, October 12
Muchnic, Suzzane. Los Angeles Times, p.59, September 10
Cutajar, Mario. ArtScene, September
Green, A. David. LA Reader
DiMichele, David. Artweek
Knode, M.L. New Art Examiner, April, p. 41.
Barrie, L. Visions Magazine
Scarborough, J. Art Press, June, (illus).
Meyers, Terry. Catalogue essay
Muchnic, S. “Innovations and Optimism”, ARTnews, p.104, March
Willett, J.S.M. Artweek, v.26, no.3, p.39, March, (illus).
Gleason, Mat & Preston, Janet. “Text as Image, Image as Text”, Coagula.
Don R. Gooddard, San Antonio Express News, “L.A. abstract artists show viewfrom the void, plainly,” October 9
New Art Examiner, pp.43-4, May
1993 Frank, Peter. “Pick of the Week”, LA Weekly, v.15, no.45, p.133, October 8-14,(illus).
Tombello, Alan. Detour, p.106, October, (illus).
Scarborough, James. “Dennis Hollingsworth and the Other Side of Painting”,Visions Art Quarterly, pp. 42-4, Fall
Michaels, Donna. “An Artforum Finding a New Life”, Art-Talk, August/Sept.
Member’s Exhibition, Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA, USA
1990 “VEX”, Cal State Irvine, CA, USA
DA Gallery, Pomona, CA, USA
SPARC Forum, San Diego, CA, USA
1986 Church of Architecture, San Diego, CA, USA
Score Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Galleria OCASO, Los Angeles, CA, USA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018 Dinero – La Vanguardia, 26 agosto, p. 10
Bonart, agost – setembre I octobre, no. 183, p.072
2016 Bufill, Juan, “Hollingsworth renueva el repertorio expresionista”, La Vanguardia, Lunes, 4 julio, p.37
Bonart, feber, -marc I abril, no.173, p.066
Garcia-Osuna, “Arco celebra 35 años con la presencia de 33 países”, Dinero- La Vanguardia, Domingo, 21 febrero, p.18
2015 Prieto, Imma, “Grito de Color”, La Vanguardia, Culturales, Sabado, 14, febrero, p 21
Bonart, febrer - marc I abril, p. 069
Bufill, Juan, “Dennis Hollingsworth renue el repertorio abstracto”, La Vanguardia, sábado, 31 enero, p.38
Bufill, Juan, “Dennis Hollingsworth renue el repertorio abstracto”, La Vanguardia,sábado, 9 marzo, p.46
Tendencias del Mercado, no. 80, p.93
2014 Kohler, William Eckhardt, “In Between: Various Artists at Various
Galleries on the Lower East Side”, Huffington Post, January 2
2013 Corwin, William, “It's Elementary: Painting 101 at Sargent's Daughters”, ArtCritical, February 2
2010 Redacción, “Dennis Hollingsworth”, xonart (desembre 2010) p.106 il. color.
Redacción, “Dennis Hollingsworth”, Tendencias del Arte (decienbre 2010) il. color.
Masanés, Christina, “Mars descoberts” (9 de desembre 2010) p.18 il. color.
Bufill, Juan, “Pintura que crece como un paisaje vivo”, La Vanguardia (28 noviembre 2010) il. color.
Mas, Richard, “So Far”, Time Out Barcelona (24-30 noviembre 2010) p.47 il. color.
Bufill, Juan, “Hollingsworth renueva el reporortio de la pintura abstracta”, La Vanguardia, (20 Noviembre 2010) p.51 il., color.
2009 Mas, Ricard, “Una mirada contemporània”, El Temps nº 1283 (13 enero 2009) p. 93 il. b/n.
Frisach, Montse, “Una Mirada”, Avui (19 enero 2009) Cultura i espectacles p. 27 il. color.
2008 Myers, Holly, Around the Galleries, Los Angeles Times, April 25
Bufill, Juan, “Pérez-Porro y Hollingsworth ofrecen distintas acumulaciones de pintura”, La Vanguardia (16 febrero 2008) p. 40 il. color.
Mas, Ricard, “Hollingsworth”, Avui (19 enero 2008) Cultura i Espectacles p. 42 il. color.
Bufill, Juan, “Si la pintura crece, se hace escultura”, La Vanguardia (24 febrero 2008) Dinero p.14 il. color
2007 Frank, Peter. “Les Fleurs Du Mal, Paper Bombs”, LA Weekly, April 18
Keene, Jaret. “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” Las Vegas City Life , lvcitylife.com, January 25
2006 Bufill, Juan, “La nueva temporada combina lo histórico y lo experimental”, La Vanguardia (23 septiembre 2006) p. 40. il. b/n.
Mas, Ricard, “Dennis Hollingsworth”, Avui (30 septiembre 2006) Cultura i Espectacles p. 43 il. b/n.
Yániz, Juan Pedro, “El pintor Dennis Hollingsworth expone en Galería
2006“Miguel Marcos”, ABC Cataluña (30 septiembre 2006) p. 48.
Casamartina i Parassols, Josep, “Bo i mirant els primitius”, El País (5 octubre 2006) Quadern nº 1181 p. 7 il. color.
Palau, Maria, “Construir la pintura”, El Punt (17 octubre 2006) p. 41 il. b/n.
Oliver, Conxita, “Voluptuositat”, Avui (26 octubre 2006) Cultura p. 19 il.color.
Redacción, “Del Romanticismo al Modernismo, «El Paso» en el tiempo”,
2006El Punto de las Artes nº 847 (27 octubre–2 noviembre 2006) p. 12 il. b/n.
Redacción, “Constelaciones”, Guía del Ocio nº 1510 (3–9 noviembre 2006) p. 133 il. color.
Bufill, Joan, “Hollingsworth presenta óleos escultóricos y Pep Duran vuelve a exponer en una galería”, La Vanguardia (4 noviembre 2006) p. 45 il. b/n.
Mas, Ricard, “Constel·lació”, Avui (5 noviembre 2006) Plaers nº 34 p. 43 il. color.
Bufill, Juan, “Erizos, estrellas de óleo”, La Vanguardia (12 noviembre 2006) Dinero p. 14 il. color.
2004 Perree, Rob, “Gematerialisreed, Abstractie,” Kunstbeeld, nr 11, pp.6-13
Muller, Brian, Painting from Conceptualism to Recontextualism, Contemporary, vol. #59 pp. 32-41
Ebony, David, “Edgy Armory Show in the Spotlight,” Art in America, May
2003 Harvey, Doug, “Stuff,” LA Weekly, November 7-13
Knight, Christopher “Around The Galleries: Gobs of paint, deftly flung”, Los Angeles Times, October 21
Amy, Michael, “Dennis Hollingsworth at Nicole Klagsbrun”, Art in America, May
2002 Johnson, Ken, The New York Times, December 13
Ryan, David “Thinking in the Abstract,” Contemporary, February
2001 Baker, R.C., “Flesh and Paint,” Village Voice, May 1
“Dennis Hollingsworth,” Abstract Art Online, April 11, abartonline.com
2000 Frank, Peter. ArtNews, December
Geer, Suvan, “Dennis Hollingsworth,” California Art Scene Online, August 26,
BIBLIOGRAPHY, Continued
1999 Moos, David. Art Papers, “According to What: On Abstract Painting Circa 1999”, May/June (illus).
1998 Matsui, Midori. “Surviving the Postmodern: Dennis Hollingsworth’s New Painterly Abstractions,” Zing Magazine, September, p.169.
Hackett, Regina, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 22
Fredericksen, Eric. The Stranger, July 22
Updike, Robin. Seattle Times, July 16
1997 Kugelman, Kerri. Zing Magazine, March/April
1996 Knode, Marilu. Aorta Magazine, November 1, p.20.
Iannaccone, C. ArtIssues, March
Paparoni, Demetrio. Tema Celeste, Autumn, #58
Crockett, Tobey. Art in America, October
Darling, Michael. LA Reader, September
Turner, William, Venice Magazine, p.69
Pagel, David. Los Angeles Times, June 27
Updike, Robin. Seattle Times, September
1996Miles, Christopher,”Hollingsworth’s Focused Blur”, Detour, September
Art & Antiques, p. 30.
1995 Kugelman, Kerry, Art Issues, November
Frank, Peter. “Pick of the Week”, LA Weekly, October 20
Pagel, David. Los Angeles Times, October 12
Muchnic, Suzzane. Los Angeles Times, p.59, September 10
Cutajar, Mario. ArtScene, September
Green, A. David. LA Reader
DiMichele, David. Artweek
Knode, M.L. New Art Examiner, April, p. 41.
Barrie, L. Visions Magazine
Scarborough, J. Art Press, June, (illus).
Meyers, Terry. Catalogue essay
Muchnic, S. “Innovations and Optimism”, ARTnews, p.104, March
Willett, J.S.M. Artweek, v.26, no.3, p.39, March, (illus).
Gleason, Mat & Preston, Janet. “Text as Image, Image as Text”, Coagula.
Brunetti, John. “Contrariwise Painting: Representation=Abstraction”,
Don R. Gooddard, San Antonio Express News, “L.A. abstract artists show view from the void, plainly,” October 9
New Art Examiner, pp.43-4, May
1993 Frank, Peter. “Pick of the Week”, LA Weekly, v.15, no.45, p.133, October 8-14,(illus).
Tombello, Alan. Detour, p.106, October, (illus).
Scarborough, James. “Dennis Hollingsworth and the Other Side of Painting”,Visions Art Quarterly, pp.42-4, Fall
Michaels, Donna. “An Artforum Finding a New Life”, Art-Talk, August/Sept.
COLLECTIONS:
MOCA Los Angeles, California, USA
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas, USA
CSULB Art Museum, California, USA
AkzoNobel Collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Colección Riera Roura, Barcelona, Spain
Akron Art Museum, Akron,Ohio, USA