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DAVID IRELAND BIOGRAPHY
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1930
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Born in Bellingham, WA
Lives and works in San Francisco
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS (abbreviated)
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2004
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Works on Paper, South Gallery; Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
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2003-04
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The Way Things Are, A Retrospective. Opening at the Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA and travels to; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, University of Lincoln, Nebraska; and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
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2001
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Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
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2000
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Reflections, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
Everyday Art, Freedman Gallery, Reading, PA
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1998
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Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
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1997
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The Gallery of the American Academy in Rome, Italy
Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME
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1996
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Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Garden, San Francisco, CA
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1995
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Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY
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1994
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Skellig, Ansel Adams Center for Photography, San Francisco, CA
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1993
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Installation, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA
Laura Carpenter Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
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1992
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Ruth Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
David Ireland/Ann Hamilton, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
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1991
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You Canât Make Art By Making Art, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
Proximities, Damon Brandt Gallery, New York, NY
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1990
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Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
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1989
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Germans Van Eck, New York, NY The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, PA
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1988
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Damon Brandt Gallery, New York, NY
A Decade Documented, University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley; University of California at Santa Cruz; University of California at Irvine.
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2003
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Breaking the Charmed Circle, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, California
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2001
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Affecting Invention: The Manipulated Photograph, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
on View: Antonia Contro and Maurizio Pellegrin, David Ireland, Clement Cooper, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL, USA
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2000
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Open House, Art on Site 1, San Francisco, CA
Seascape, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Rapture, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Eccentric Forms and Structures, Microsoft Art Collection, Redmond, WA
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1999
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Museum Pieces: Bay Area Artists Consider the de Young, San Francisco, CA
Ideas in Things, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
Homage to the San Francisco Art Institute, Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Beholding Beauty: Bay Area Curators Explore Modern and Post-Modern Beauty, Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
On the Ball: The Sphere in Contemporary Sculpture, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
Off the Wall, Asheville Art Musuem, Asheville, NC
Off the Wall, Visual Arts Gallery, Birmingham, AL
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1998
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Double Trouble: The Patchett Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA
Affinities and Collections, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
pFORMative Acts, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
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1997
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The Art Orchestra: A Sculptorsâ Ensemble, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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1996
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Thinking Print, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Time Wise, The Swiss Instituteâs 10th Anniversary, New York, NY
SFAI 125th Anniversary Tribute Show, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
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1994
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Solid Concept Three, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
Issues of Image, Cheryl Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
David Ireland/Tom Marioni, Artistâs Space, New York, NY
Duchampâs Leg, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (Travels)
Mapping, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1993
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Self Portraits in Black and White by Eighty-six West Coast Artists, Edith Caldwell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
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1992
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Domestic Trappings, The Living Room, San Francisco, CA
David Ireland/Annette Messager/Bill Viola, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
Healing, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Natural Science, John Gibson Gallery
Mssr Bâs Curio Shop, Thread Waxing Space
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1991
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The Savage Garden, Caja de Pensiones, Madrid, Spain
Erotic Drawings, Artspace, San Francisco, CA
Selections from the Permanent Collection: 1975-1991, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
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1990
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Signs of Life, Process and Materials, 1960-1990, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Paradox of Process: Collages and Assemblage in the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Constructing a History, Works from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
In-Site, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Garbage Out Front: A New Era of Public Design, Muncipal Art Society, NY, NY
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PUBLIC PROJECTS AND COMMISSIONS
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1996
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Addison Gallery, visiting artistâs apartment (functioning artwork in collaboration with architect Henry Moss and master craftsman John Sirois), Andover, MA
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1990
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Pacific Enterprises Corporate Office Installation, First Interstate World Center, Los Angeles, CA
Security Pacific Bank Gallery (collaboration with Frederick Fisher, architect), San Francisco, CA
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1988
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Collaboration with architect Mark Mack for design and execution of furniture, The Headlands Center for the Arts, Fort Barry, CA
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1987-88
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Outdoor sculpture for Three Rivers Art Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
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1987
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Light-up Philadelphia, light schemes for the city of Philadelphia, Fairmont Park Art Association.
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1986-87
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Artist in residence, Headlands Center for the Arts, Ft. Barry, CA
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1988-87
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Newgate, entryway sculpture for the Landfill Preservation Area, Candelstick Point State Park, San Francisco, CA
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1985-87
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Functional works in the visitors' facility of the State Reformatory at Monroe, WA
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1984-85
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Jade Garden, a collaboration with Robert Wilhite at Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C. A functional work serving as an apartment for visiting artists.
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AWARDS
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1997
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Flintridge Foundation Awards for the Arts
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1997
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American Academy of Art, Rome, Italy
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1988
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The Engelhard Award, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Awards in the Visual Arts (AVA)
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1987
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The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant
Adaline Kent Award, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
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1983
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National Endowment for the Arts, Artist Fellowship grant
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1982
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Oakland Museum, Contemporary Art Council, Artist of the Year Award
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1978
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National Endowment for the Arts, Artists Fellowship grant
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SELECTED COLLECTIONS
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
Whatcom Museum of Art and History, Bellingham, WA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT
Norton Family Foundation
Rena Bransten
Norman and Norah Stone
Eileen Cohen
Agnes Bourne and James Luebbers
Barry Sloane
Tom Patchett
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fisher
Mr. and Mrs. David Coulter
Mary and Harold Zlot
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Artist's page
© Christopher Grimes Gallery
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