BORN, 1939, Chicago, IL
AWARDS
1990 Governors Award for Excellence and Achievement in the Arts (Visual Arts) State of New Mexico
1975 National Endowment for the Arts, grantee
1970 Guggenheim Foundation, fellowship
1962 Copley Foundation, grantee
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007
"Larry Bell: New Work," Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Larry Bell: New Sculpture," Danese, New York, NY
”Larry Bell: Cubes and Other Works," Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, England
2006
"Larry Bell: Cubes and Works," Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia
"Cubes," Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Larry Bell - Cubes," Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
2005
"Larry Bell, The Sixties," PaceWildenstein, New York, NY
"Larry Bell: New Works," Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, England
"Larry Bell: New Work," Jacobson Howard Gallery, New York, NY
"Glass Cubes and Other Works," McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
"Larry Bell - Cubes," Alan Koppel Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004
"Larry Bell Venice Annex," 77 Market Street, Venice, CA (Feb 20-22, 2004)
"Larry Bell Venice Annex," 77 Market Street, Venice, CA (May 23, 2004)
"Larry Bell Fractions at the Annex," Larry Bell Studio Annex/New Directions Gallery, Taos, NM
"Larry Bell: Fractions," University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Cress Gallery of Art, Chattanooga, TN
2003
"Larry Bell," Off Main Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Summer #13 and #18 at 16' height," Tomlinson Park, Brea, CA
St. John's College Fine Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Parks Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2002
"Post 911," Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Made for Arolsen," Museum Abteiberg, Monchengladbach, Germany
"Larry Bell Fractions," Gallery E, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
"25-ft Image from the Summer Project and New Works on Paper," Larry Bell Studio Annex/New
Directions Gallery, Taos, NM
"2002 Invitational, Larry Bell: The Summer Project," Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM
New Gallery, Houston, TX
Centinel Bank of Taos, Taos, NM
2001
"Conversations," Off Main Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Summer," New Gallery, Houston, TX
"Fractions," Gallery Gan, Tokyo, Japan
"Larry Bell: Fractions," Skovridder As, Oslo, Norway
Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
"Summer #24, 3/8 @20," Billingsley Development Co., Dallas, TX
2000
Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
"Larry Bell: 1,000 Fractions," Center Galleries, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
"Passages from the Fraction Series," Larry Bell Studio Annex/New Directions Gallery, Taos, NM
Museum Moderner Kunst Landkreis Cuxhaven, Ottendorf, Germany
"Larry Bell Cubes," Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999
Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA
Museum Moderner Kunst Landkreis Cuxhaven, Otterndorf, Germany
"Larry Bell, Featured Artist," New Directions Gallery, Taos, NM
"Works in the Lobby," Centinel Bank of Taos, Taos, NM
Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Sumer #14 & Sumer #23," City of Albuquerque Public Arts, Albuquerque, NM
"Sumer #24 @20 ft," City of Albuquerque Public Arts, Quigley Park, Albuquerque, NM
1998
"Glass and Paper,"Bergen Kunstmuseum, Bergen, Norway
"Glass and Paper," Seljord Art Association, Seljord, Norway
"Maquettes from Sumer," Branstein /Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Larry Bell," Kiyo Higashi Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
New Directions Gallery, Taos, NM
1997
"Fractions," New Gallery, Houston, TX
"Fractions," Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
"Zones of Experience: The Art of Larry Bell,"Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
"100 Fractions," Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY
"Bronzes," New Directions Gallery, Taos, NM
"Larry Bell: Sculpture and Drawing," Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
"Glass and Paper," Reykjavik Municipal Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
1996
"Sumer," Art et Industrie Gallery, New York
"Larry Bell: Mirage Works," Joy Tash Gallery, Scottsdale, AR
"Larry Bell: New Work," Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Sumer: A Work in Progress," Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
"Fractions," New Directions Gallery," Taos, NM
"Sumer Part II," Art et Industrie, New York, NY
1995
Indigo Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
"Larry Bell's Vapor Drawings," University of Wyoming Art Museum, Fine Arts Building, Laramie, WY
"Sumer: A Work in Progress," Harwood Museum, Taos, NM
"New Glass Sculptures," Galerie Montenay-Giroux, Paris, France
"Larry Bell Untitled x 2," Denver Museum of Art, Close Range Gallery, Denver, CO
1994
New Directions Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
"Larry Bell Glass & Denim Constructions," Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Larry Bell: Recent Improvisations," Leedy-Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO
"Paintings, 1960's," Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1992
"Mixing Media & Metaphor: LB's Abstract Paining," Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Janus Street Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
New Gallery, Houston, TX
1991
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
"Larry Bell: Mirage Works," Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
New Gallery," Houston, TX
"Larry Bell: New Work," Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Sena Galleries West, Santa Fe, NM
"Larry Bell: Recent Work," New Directions Gallery, Taos, NM
Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990
Galerie Rolf Ricke, Kûln, Germany
Galerie Montenay, Paris
1989 Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, France
1988 – 1994
Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles.
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California
Gemini Editions Limited, Los Angeles
1987
Galerie Gilbert Brownstone & Cie, Paris
"New Works by Larry Bell and Peter Voulkos," Braunstein/Quay Gallery San Francisco, CA
"Primary Structures," Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
1986
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Chicago International Art Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
"Chairs in Space and Vapor Drawings," Braunstein Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1985, 1986 Boise (Idaho) Gallery of Art. Amarillo (Texas) Art Center
1984
Colorado Springs (Colorado) Fine Arts Center
1983 ARCO Center for Visual Arts, Los Angeles
1982
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California
Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
The Detroit (Michigan) Institute of Arts
1981
The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York
1979
"Larry Bell: New Work," Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY
Hanson Fuller Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1977 Hayden Gallery, M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts
1976
"The Iceberg and Its Shadow," Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
The Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1975 "Larry BellFort Worth (Texas) Art Museum
1973
"Larry Bell," Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
"Possibilities for Glass Sculpture," Bonython Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1971 "Larry Bell," Pace Gallery, New York, NY
1967 Galeria Ileana Sonnabend, Paris
1965 Pace Gallery, New York
1963 - 1962 "Larry Bell," Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006
Z33, Hasselt.
Centre Georges Pompidu, Paris
1998 Grounds for Sculpture, Mercerville, NJ
1997 Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
1996 Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne, Germany
1995 Galerie Nächt St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
1993 Musee du Palais du Luxembourg, Paris, France
1992 Sculpturen und Projectionen, Arolsen, Germany
1989 Galerie Joan Prats, Barcelona
1988
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Spaso House, Moscow, USSR
1987
Arizona Art Museum, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, OH
Phoenix Art Museum, AZ
1986
American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
1986 -1985 Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery,
1985 Rufino Tamayo Museum, Mexico City
1984
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin
Santa Barbara Art Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
1982 Oakland Art Museum, Oakland, CA
1981 Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1978 Museo de Arte Contemporanio de Caracas, Venezuela
1976
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
37th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
1975
National Collection of the Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Hayward Gallery, London
1971 Hayward Gallery, London
1971 -1969 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
1970 Tate Gallery, London
1966 Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1967- 1965 Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1964 Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Abilene Zoological Gardens, TX
The Albuquerque Museum, NM
Australian National Gallery, Canberra
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
San Antonio Museum of Art, TX
Milwaukee Museum of Arts, WI
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN
General Electric Headquarters, Fairfield, CT
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MR
Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, CO
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Archer M. Huntington Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, TX
The Menil Collection, Houston, TX
Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, France
Museum Ludwig, Kûln, Germany
