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Ron GORCHOV
"Ron Gorchov’s paintings are among the most fully and graciously embodied being made today. They engage our whole bodies from our first encounter with them and sustain this engagement over time. You have to move to see them, and when you move, they come alive. With one’s whole body involved, the mind is also free to move, and does.” —David Levi Strauss “In Ron Gorchov’s paintings we find the argument that he created for himself is his poetic flight, and within the argument of lightness (his imagery) and weightiness (his structure) there arises his fine balance that truly obscures the differences between form and content. He is painting-in-between.” —Phong Bui
Ron GORCHOV
1930 Born on Chicago, Illinois, USA
2020 Died at New York, USA
Formation
1947-48 University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, USA
1948-50 Roosevelt College & Art Institute, Chicago, IL
1950-51 University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Solo exhibition (selected)
2023 “Ron Gorchov” Ron Gorchov, Hall Art Foundation, Reading, VT
2022 “Ron Gorchov: Watercolors, 1968 – 1980” Cheim & Read, New York
“Ron Gorchov,” Cheim & Read at The Independent 20th Century Art Fair, New York
2021 “Ron Gorchov: The Last Paintings 2017-2020,” Cheim & Read, New York
2020 “Ron Gorchov: Spice of Life,” Vito Schnabel Gallery
“Ron Gorchov: Recent Work,” Larsen Warner, Stockholm, Sueden
2019 “Ron Gorchov: The Shade Between,” Maruani Mercier, Brussels, Belgium
“Ron Gorchov: at the cusp of the 80s, paintings 1979–1983,” Cheim & Read, 23 E 67th Street, New York, NY
“Ron Gorchov,” Modern Art, London, UK
2018 “Theogony According to Ron Gorchov,” Thomas Brambilla, Bergamo, Italy
“Ron Gorchov: New Works,” Maruani Mercier, Brussels, Belgium
“Ron Gorchov,” Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
2017 “Ron Gorchov,” Maruani Mercier, Knokke, Belgium
“Ron Gorchov,” Cheim & Read, 547 W 25th Street, New York
2016 “Ron Gorchov: Works from the 1970s,” Vito Schnabel Projects, 360 West 11th St, New York, USA
“Ron Gorchov: Concord,” Vito Schnabel Gallery, St. Moritz, Switzerland
“Ron Gorchov: Stacks,” Cheim & Read at ADAA: The Art Show, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
2015 “Ron Gorchov,” (curated by Vito Schnabel) Sotheby’s S|2, London
“Ron Gorchov–Recent Works,” Thomas Brambilla, Bergamo, Italy
2014 “Entrance,” Cheim & Read, Unlimited, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
“Ron Gorchov: Serapis,” Contemporary Art Museum (CAM), St. Louis, Missouri
2013 “Ron Gorchov,” 39 Great Jones, New York, NY
“Ron Gorchov,” Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY
“Ron Gorchov,” Monsieur X, Vito Schnabel, New York, NY
“Ron Gorchov,” Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
2012 “Ron Gorchov,” Cheim & Read, 547 W 25th Street, New York
“Ron Gorchov: Recent Paintings,” Galerie Richard, New York, NY
Galerie Richard, Paris
Cheim & Read, New York, NY
2011 Donde Se Oculta el Alma , Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
2010 George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco
2009 Ron Gorchov, Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris (with Alain Kirili)
2008 Nicholas Robinson Gallery, New York, NY
Vito Schnabel, New York, NY
2006 Double Trouble, P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
2005 Vito Schnabel, New York, NY
1994 Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1993 Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1992 Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
1990 Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
1985 Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1984 Benjamin Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1983 Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
1981 Montana State University Fine Arts Gallery, Bozeman, MT
1980 Gallery AK, Frankfurt, Allemagne
Hamilton Gallery, New York, NY
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
1979 Hamilton Gallery, New York, NY
Young Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Entrance, P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
1978 Galerie M, Bochun, Allemagne
Matrix Program, University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
1977 Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1976 Texas Gallery, Houston, TX
1975 Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY
1972 Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
1966 Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY
1963 Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY
1960 Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
Group exhibitions (selected)
2023 “Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most,” Cheim & Read, 23 East 67 Street, New York, NY
2022 “These Days Part II”, Vito Schnabel Gallery, Sotheby’s, Beverly Hills, CA
2021 “Ron Gorchov & Otis Jones,” Foundation CAB, Brussels, Belgium
2020 “Abstract! Minimalism to Now: Zachary Armstrong, Ed Clark, Luca Dellaverson, Fred Eversley, Keltie Ferris, Egan Frantz, Terri Friedman, Ron Gorchov, Han Bing, Rashid Johnson, Sol LeWitt, Richard Nonas, Kianja Strobert, Chris Succo, Martha Tuttle, Richard Tuttle, Stanley Whitney, Kennedy Yanko, Robert Yasuda, Brenna Youngblood,” Tilton Gallery, New York, NY,
“Artist’s Choice: Amy Sillman / The Shape of Shape,” The Museum of Modern Art, New York,
2019 “In Honor of the New MoMA,” Cheim & Read, 23 E 67th Street, New York, NY
“Painters Reply: Experimental Painting in the 1970s and Now,” (curated by Alex Glauber and Alex Logsdail) Lisson Gallery, 504 West 24th Street, New York
2018 “This Must be the Place,” (curated by O.O. & M.M.) 55 Walker, New York, NY
“Vis-à-Vis,” Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong, China
“Gorchov, Lindman, Provosty,” Ribordy Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland
2017 “The Horizontal: Louise Bourgeois, Louise Fishman, Ron Gorchov, Al Held, Jenny Holzer, Bill Jensen, Ellsworth Kelly, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, Prabhavathi Meppayil, Joan Mitchell, Jack Pierson, Serge Poliakoff, Tal R, Sean Scully, Richard Serra, David Smith, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Cy Twombly, Juan Uslé, and Matthew Wong,” Cheim & Read, 547 W 25th Street, New York, NY
“What’s Up New York,” curated by Lawrence van Hagen, LVH ART, 132 10th Avenue, New York
“Select Abstract Expressionist Paintings, Sculptures and Works on Paper,” Alpha 137 Gallery, New York
2016 “À quoi tient la beauté des étreintes: la collection du FRAC Auvergne,” FRAC Auvergne, France
“Painting into Three Dimensions: Linda Besemer, Bram Bogart, Sven-Ole Frahm, Ron Gorchov, Norio Imai, Takesada Matsutani, David Ryan,” Galerie Richard, New York, NY
“Group Show: Ron Gorchov, Peter Halley, Joseph Marioni, Olivier Mosset, Joshua Smith,” Albert Baronian, Rue de la Concorde, Brussels, Belgium
“FORTY,” (organized by Alanna Heiss) MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE), Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, Washington, D.C.
“Shapeshifters: Joe Bradley, Jeremy DePrez, Jeff Elrod, Ron Gorchov, Ralph Humphrey, Martin Kippenberger, Imi Knoebel, Robert Mangold, Jeremy Moon, Elizabeth Murray, Kenneth Noland, David Novros, Blinky Palermo, Steven Parrino, Joanna Pousette-Dart, Ruth Root, Frank Stella, Philip Taaffe, and Richard Tuttle,” Luhring Augustine, New York
“out/er.space: Apprehension of Nothingness,” Chowaiki & Co., New York
2015 “Thirty Nine Years,” Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Detroit, MI,
“Intimacy in Discourse: Unreasonable Sized Paintings,” (curated by Phong Bui and Rail Curatorial Projects) SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY
“Works on Paper,” Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
“Der Beste Anfang: Marco Cingol, Ron Gorchov, Thomas Helbig, Klaus Rinke,” Thomas Brambilla, Bergamo, Italy
“First Show Last Show,” curated by Vito Schnabel, Germania Bank Building, New York
“Community of Influence,” curated by Chuck Webster, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York
“Mourning and Melancholy,” Galleria Ostrakon, Milan, Italy
2014 “Fourth-floor Painting and Sculpture Galleries,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, Spring
“The Shaped Canvas, Revisited,” Luxembourg & Dayan, New York, NY,
“All The Best Artists Are My Friends (Part I),” (curated by Ray Smith) Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
“Green Circle, Black Diamond,” Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA
“Funzione Continua: Domenico Bianchi, Dadamino, Raoul De Keyser, Carlos Garaicoa, Ron Gorchov, Corinna Gosmaro, Alessia Xausa,” Thomas Brambilla, Bergamo, Italy
“Mana Monumental,” curated by Eugene Lemay, Mana Miami, Miami, Florida
2013 “39 Great Jones,” Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
“DSM-V,” (curated by David Rimanelli), The Future Moynihan Station, New York, NY
“Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Year 1,” (curated by Phong Bui), Industry City, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Painting Into Thee Dimensions, Gallery Richard, New York City, NY
Little Languages/Coded Pictures, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York City
Brucennial, New York City
2011 Paper 2011, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, New York, NY
It’s All Good!! Apocalypse Now, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Rail 10 Year Anniversary Silent Art Benefit Auction, Visual Arts Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York City
2010 Between Picture and Viewer: The Image in Contemporary Painting, Visual Arts Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York City
Works On Paper, Galerie Richard, Paris, France
Territories, Left of Center, Curated by Jeffrey Uslip, The Luckman Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
Party at Chri’s House, Curated by Phong Bui, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 The Winter Salon- Works on Paper, Björn Ressle Gallery, New York
NY Masters, Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris
Triple Play (with Alain Kirili and John Duff), Lesley Heller Gallery, New York
2008 Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Bruce High Quality Group Show, Brooklyn, NY
1997 Roland Pease Collection, Tibor de Nagy Gallery , New York, NY
Salient Green, Susanne Hilbert Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1996 Epitaphs, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
1995 47th Annual Purchase Exhibition, American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
1993 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY
Paintings from the Permanent Collection, MOMA, New York, NY
The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Paintings from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
MFA Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY
Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1992 Invitational, John Good Gallery, New York, NY
Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1991 Abstract Painting of the 90s, Andre Emerich Gallery, New York, NY
1990 Clifford Still : A Dialogue, Philippe Briet Gallery, New York, NY
1989 Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
Small and Stellar, Ruth Seigel Gallery, New York, NY
Urrealism, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Inspiration by Nature, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
1985 Gallery Artists, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
Abstract Painting 1960-1980, Margo Leavin Gallery, New York, NY
1984 Eccentric Images, Margo Leavin Gallery, New York, NY
1983 Language, Drama, Source and Vision, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY
Bonnier Gallery, New York, NY
1981 Hamilton Gallery, New York , NY