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b. 1935
Ken Price is one of the most important sculptors and printmakers to have emerged in Los Angeles in the past 50 years. He first gained prominence in the 1960s as one of the artists of the iconic Ferus Gallery, alongside Larry Bell, Ed Ruscha, and John McCracken. Price first differentiated himself by choosing to work small, primarily making exquisite egg shapes that sprout erotic, worrisome tendrils. He proceeded to develop abstract variations on cup, teapot, and vase forms with faceted asymmetrical compositions, glazed with primary colors, that are like pocket distillations—which turn monumental in memory—of modern style from Cubism through De Stijl to Minimalism. He carried his preference for the small but dynamic into his printmaking, often using the imagery of landscapes and commerce as foundations for his boldly colored graphic pieces.
Price received a B.F.A. from University of Southern California in 1956 and studied briefly at the Los Angeles County Art Institute (now Otis College of Art and Design) before receiving an M.F.A. from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred in 1959. Since his first solo exhibition at the Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, in the 1960s he has exhibited widely and has work in many public collections, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Ken Price, KAYNE GRIFFIN CORCORAN, Santa Monica, California
Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, NY
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY
Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
Nyehaus, New York, NY
LA Louver, Venice, CA
Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
Gemini G.E.L., New York, NY
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY
Xavier Hufkens Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY
Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY
L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY
L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
University Art Museum, Cal State Long Beach, CA
Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
Franklin Parrasch Gallery, NY
L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
Off Main Gallery, Santa Monica CA
Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
Franklin Parrasch Gallery, NY
James Kelly Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Curt Marcus Gallery New York, NY
L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
Johnson County Community College Gallery of Art, Overland Park, KS
Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
Harwood Foundation Museum of the University of New Mexico, Taos, NM
L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
The Menil Collection, Houston, TX
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sena West Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY
Years, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Las Vegas Contemporary ArtMuseum, Las Vegas, NV
doART Seoul, South Korea
The David Whitney Bequest, Menil Collection, Houston, TX
Jan Weiner, Kansas City, MO
Ravenswork Studios, Venice, CA
Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Tate St. Ives, St. Ives, England
Maier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, VA
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY
Centre Pompidou, Paris France
Tate Museum, London, England
Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY
Harwood Museum, Taos, NM
University Art Gallery, University of California, San Diego, CA
Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY
Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, England
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY
The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli, Italy
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Shigaraki Museum of Ceramic Art, Shigaraki, Japan
Ceramics, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
Williams College Gallery of Art, Williamstown, MA
The Menil Collection, Houston, TX
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Stadtische Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, Germany
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
National Gallery of Art,Washington, D.C.
Temporary Contemporary Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
The Modern Era, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Newport Harbor Museum, Newport Beach, CA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Kolnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Fort Worth Art Center, Fort Worth, TX
Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
Hayward Gallery, London, England; Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium;
Akademie der Kunst, West Berlin, Germany
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY