John Chamberlain

Biography

1927 Born, Rochester, Indiana

Lives and works on Shelter Island, NY

Education

1951-52

Attended The Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1955-56

Attended Black Mountain College, NC

Grants and Awards

1999

Distinction in Sculpture Honor from Sculpture Center, NY

1997

National Arts Club Artists Award, NY

1993

Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture, NY

1984

Brandeis University Creative Arts Award Medal in Sculpture, MA

1977

Second John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, NY

1966

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, NY

Solo Exhibitions

2007

New Work, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

2005

Papier Paradisio. Drawings, Collages, Reliefs, Paintings 1965-2005, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland

John Chamberlain: Foam Sculptures (1966-1979), Photographs (1989-2004), Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX

John Chamberlain: Without Fear, Waddington Galleries, London, England

2004

John Chamberlain, LA Louver, Venice, CA

John Chamberlain: Recent Sculpture, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha NE

Reflex Miniature Museum of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam (artworks to be installed with permanent collection)

2003

John Chamberlain: Early Works, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY

American Icon: The Art of John Chamberlain, Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY

John Chamberlain: Recent Sculpture, Pace Wildenstein, New York, NY

2002

John Chamberlain: Sculpture 1988-2001, Waddington Galleries, London, England

2001

John Chamberlain: The Hedge, The Center for Public Sculpture, New York, NY

2000

John Chamberlain: Recent Sculpture, Pace Wildenstein, New York, NY

John Chamberlain Sculpture: Selections from The Menil and Dia Center for the Arts, The Menil Collection, Houston, TX

1999

John Chamberlain, Lever House, New York, NY

1998

John Chamberlain: Chamberlain's Fauve Landscape, Pace Wildenstein, New York, NY

John Chamberlain: Sculpture and Photographs, Pace Wildenstein, Los Angeles, CA

1997

John Chamberlain: "Sculptures", Jablonka Galerie, Cologne, Germany

Baby Tycoons: Skulpturen von John Chamberlain, Museum fur Lackkunst, Munster, Germany

John Chamberlain: Abstract Sculptures, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA

John Chamberlain, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1996

John Chamberlain: Couches & Related Sculpture 1967-1971, A/D Gallery, New York, NY

John Chamberlain: Current Work and Fond Memories, Sculptures and Photographs 1967-1995, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Germany. Traveled to: Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg, Germany

John Chamberlain: Recent Sculpture, Pace Wildenstein, New York, NY

1995

John Chamberlain, Galerie Karsten Grove, Cologne, Germany

1994

John Chamberlain: Recent Sculpture, Pace Wildenstein, New York, NY

John Chamberlain: Recent Sculpture, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, San Francisco, CA

John Chamberlain, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA

Wide Point: The Photography of John Chamberlain, The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY. Traveled to: Tampa Museum of Art, FL; Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN

1993

John Chamberlain, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris

Photographs by John Chamberlain, MiraMar Gallery, Sarasota, FL

John Chamberlain: Neue Skulpturen, Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany

1992

John Chamberlain: Recent Work, The Pace Gallery, New York, NY

John Chamberlain: Arbiten auf Papier, Galerie Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt, Germany

John Chamberlain: New Work, Dia Center for the Arts. Bridgehampton, NY

John Chamberlain: New Sculpture, Laura Carpenter Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM

John Chamberlain, Galleria Seno, Milan, Italy

John Chamberlain, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1991

Famous Last Words and Works on Paper, Bradley University, Peoria, IL

John Chamberlain, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris

John Chamberlain, retrospective exhibition, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany. Traveled to: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, Germany

John Chamberlain: Monotypes, Pace Editions, New York NY

John Chamberlain: New Sculpture, The Pace Gallery, New York, NY

John Chamberlain: Arbeiten auf Papier 1982/83: Sprays * Gondola Series * Giraffe Skin Series, Galerie Fred Jahn, Stuttgart, Germany

John Chamberlain: Gondolas, 1981-85 and Dooms Day Flotilla, 1982, Dia Art Foundation, New York, NY

1990

John Chamberlain, Waddington Galleries, London, England

John Chamberlain, Vero Beach Center for the Arts, Inc., Vero Beach, FL. Traveled to: Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, FL

1989

Sculpture 1960's – 1980's, Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, MI

John Chamberlain: New Sculpture, The Pace Gallery, New York, NY

John Chamberlain, Galerie Sonia Zannettacci, Geneva, Switzerland

1988

John Chamberlain, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

John Chamberlain, Galerie Pierre Huber, Geneva Switzerland

1987

Sculpture, John Chamberlain, the 1970's & 1980's, The Menil Collection, Houston, TX

John Chamberlain: Recent Sculpture, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, England

John Chamberlain: Skulpturen, Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany

John Chamberlain: Recent Sculpture, Xavier Fourcade, Inc., New York NY

John Chamberlain: Recent Sculpture, Fabian Carlsson Gallery, London, England

1986

John Chamberlain: Sculpture, 1954 – 1985, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

John Chamberlain: Oils, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich. Traveled to: Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne; Brooke Alexander, New York, NY

John Chamberlain, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1985

John Chamberlain, Galerie Gillespie-Laage-Salomon, Paris

John Chamberlain: Sculpture, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1984

John Chamberlain, The Art Museum of the Pecos/Dia Art Foundation, Marfa, TX

John Chamberlain: Tonks, Galerie Helen van der Meij, Amsterdam

John Chamberlain, Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne

John Chamberlain: Selected Prints, Mirian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY

American Tableau, The Seagram Plaza, New York, NY

John Chamberlain: New Sculpture, Xavier Fourcade, Inc., New York, NY

John Chamberlain/Esculturas, Palacio de Cristal, Parque del Retiro, Madrid

1983

John Chamberlain: an Extended Exhibition, Dia Art Foundation, New York, NY

John Chamberlain, The Art Museum of the Pecos/Dia Art Foundation, Marfa, TX

John Chamberlain, L.A. Louver Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

John Chamberlain, Mirian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY

John Chamberlain, Robert L. Kidd Galleries, Birmingham, MI

John Chamberlain: Sculpture and Work on Paper, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

John Chamberlain Reliefs 1960-1982, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL

1982

Chamberlain Gardens: Essex, Dia Arts Foundation, Essex, CT

John Chamberlain, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY

1980

John Chamberlain, Heiner Friedrich GmbH, Cologne

John Chamberlain, Kunsthalle, Bern. Traveled to: Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindoven, The Netherlands

1978

John Chamberlain, Heiner Friedrich GmbH, Cologne

The Texas Pieces, Presented by the Dia Art Foundation, Manhattan Psychiatric Center, Ward's Island, New York, NY

1977

John Chamberlain: An Exhibition of Sculpture 1959-1962, Mayor Gallery, London

John Chamberlain, Heiner Friedrich, Inc., New York, NY

View from the Cockpit, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1976

John Chamberlain, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY

1975

John Chamberlain, Ronald Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, MO

John Chamberlain, James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

John Chamberlain: Recent Sculpture, Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX. Traveled to: St. Louis Botanical Gardens, MO, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN

1974

John Chamberlain, Walter Kelly Gallery, Chicago, IL

John Chamberlain, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY

John Chamberlain: The Texas Pieces, Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Sculpture Garden, New York, NY

1972

John Chamberlain/F-----g Couches, Lo Giudice Gallery, New York, NY

1971

John Chamberlain: A Retrospective Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Yew York, NY

John Chamberlain, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY

1970

John Chamberlain Minneapolis Couches, Locksley/Shea Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

Hard and Soft: Recent Sculpture, Lo Giudice Gallery, Chicago, IL

1969

John Chamberlain, Mizuno Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

John Chamberlain, Leo Castelli Warehouse, New York, NY

1968

John Chamberlain, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH

1967

John Chamberlain, Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich

John Chamberlain, Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne

John Chamberlain, Pomona College Art Department, Claremont, CA

John Chamberlain, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

1966

John Chamberlain, Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1965

John Chamberlain, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY

1964

John Chamberlain, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY

John Chamberlain, Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, Paris

1963

John Chamberlain, The Pace Gallery, Boston, MA

1962

John Chamberlain, Dilexi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

John Chamberlain, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY

1960

John Chamberlain, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY

John Chamberlain, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY

1958

John Chamberlain, Davida Gallery, New York, NY

1957

John Chamberlain, Wells Street Gallery, Chicago, IL