BORN Dixon, IL 1961
EDUCATION
MFA Painting, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois 1985
BFA University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana, 1983
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007
“David Klamen: New Paintings,” Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006
“David Klamen: New Work,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005
“David Klamen: Compound Views,” Richard Gray Gallery, New York, NY
2004
“Paintings, Watercolors, and Drawings,” Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI
Richard Gray Gallery, New York, NY
2003
“David Klamen: Conflate, Disclose, Erase,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Conflate, Disclose, Erase: New Paintings and Drawings by David Klamen,” Richard Gray Gallery,
New York, NY
2002
“Conflate, Disclose, Erase: New Paintings and Drawings by David Klamen,” Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001
“David Klamen: Recent Paintings and Watercolors,” Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999
Museum of Contemporary Art, Wall Project, Chicago
1998
Richard Gray Gallery, New York (cat.)
Galeria Arte 92, Milan, Italy (cat.)
1997
L'Isola, Trento, Italy
1996
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago (cat.)
1995
L'Isola, Rome, Italy (cat.)
1994
"New Drawings," Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago
1993
"New Paintings," Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago
1991
Gallery L'Isola, Rome, Italy (cat.)
Paola Stelzer Gallery, Trento, Italy (cat.)
Gallery Trimarchi, Bologna, Italy (cat.)
Cedar Rapids Art Museum, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1990
Chicago International Art Exposition, Deson-Saunders Gallery
1989
"Studies and Preliminary Images," Indiana University Northwest, Gary
1988
L'Isola, Rome, Italy (cat.)
1987
Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago
1986
Freeport Museum, Freeport, Illinois
1985
Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
"On Paper," Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
“Director’s Choice,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005
“Ad Infinitum II,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003
Focus on Contemporary, “Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002
“Plotting,” Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL (catalogue)
Art Basel Miami, Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, New York
Chicago International Art Exposition, Richard Gray Gallery, New York, NY
“The Art Show,” American Art Dealers Association, Richard Gray Gallery, New York, NY
2001
“Drawings by Modern Masters,” Richard Gray Gallery, New York
Chicago International Art Exposition, Richard Gray Gallery and Tandem Press
“The Art Show,” American Art Dealers Association, Richard Gray Gallery, New York, NY
2000
"Bluer", Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
Chicago International Art Exposition, Richard Gray Gallery, New York, NY and Haines Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
“Vermont Studio Center Scholarship Recipients,” Zolla/Lieberman Gallery
1999
"New Paintings", Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago
"The Art of Painting", Trinity College, Chicago
1998
"Summer Group Show," Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY
Chicago International Art Exposition, Richard Gray Gallery
Basel Art Fair, Basel Switzerland, Richard Gray Gallery
San Francisco International Art Exposition, Richard Gray Gallery
1997
"Embracing Beauty: Aesthetic Perfection in Contemporary Art", Huntsville Museum of Art, Alabama
"The Chicago-Indiana Connection", Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso, Indiana
1996
"(Un)earthly Delights", Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
"Art in Chicago: 1945-1995", Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
1995
"Unpainted to the Last: Moby Dick, 20th Century American Art", Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas
Traveled to: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Mary and
Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
"New Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection", Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
1994
Basel Artfair, Richard Gray Gallery, and Galleria L'Isola, Basel, Switzerland
"Darkened Mirrors: Four Painters from Chicago", Stiebel Modern, New York, NY
1993
"Works of Peace: 111 Artists", Galerie Bhak, Seoul, Korea
1992-93 "Mind and Beast: Contemporary Artists and the Animal Kingdom", Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin
Traveled to: Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
Canton Art Institute, Canton, Ohio
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana
1992
"Drawing New Conclusions", Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago Intonation Art Exposition, Richard Gray Gallery
Nippon International Contemporary Art Fair, Yokohama, Japan
Richard Gray Gallery
"The Art Show", American Art Dealers Association, New York, New York, Richard Gray Gallery
1991
"Spirited Visions", September 1991-November 1993
Traveled to: Tarble Art Center, Charleston, Illinois
Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, Illinois
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
Chicago International Art Exposition, Richard Gray Gallery
Foire International d'Art Contemporain, Paris France
1990-91
"Chicago Now!", Art Gallery of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
1990
Deson-Saunders Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
"Nature", University of Illinois Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1989
"The History of the Dividing Line", Deson-Saunders Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
"AIDS Foundation Exhibition", Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
1988-89
Chicago International Art Exposition, Deson-Saunders Gallery
"Art & the Law", (traveling exhibition), Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Temple University Law School, Pennsylvania
Anderson Gallery, Virginia
Rose Art Museum, Waltham, Massachusetts
1988
"Illinois Artists", Rockford Art Museum
"Recent Acquisitions from the Permanent Collection", Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
1987
Ruth Braunstein Gallery, San Francisco, California
"Chicago, New York, Los Angeles", Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
"On Nature", Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1986
"A New Generation", Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois (cat)
"Young Americans", University of California, San Diego, Mandeville Art Gallery
"Alternative Media", Northern Illinois University Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
"Artists Go to Bat". Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, Illinois(cat)
1985
"Chicago and Vicinity Show", Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois (cat)
"36th Illinois Invitational", Illinois State Museum, Springfield (purchase award)
"Art for Young Collectors", Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, Illinois
"6/6 Show", Artemisia Gallery and Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, Illinois
"Pilsen Artists", Swen Parsons Gallery, Northern Illinois University Dekalb
"Artist's Call", Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1984
"1984 Painting & Sculpture Today", Indianapolis Museum of Art (cat)
"Landscape", Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago International Art Exposition, Navy Pier, Illinois
1983
"Exhibition: Auction", Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, Illinois
"Art for Young Collectors", Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, Illinois
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
City of Chicago Public Art Program
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, California
Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, Illinois
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
The Searle Collection of Contemporary Art, Chicago
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
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2007
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2005
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2004
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2003
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1999
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1998
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1994
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1991
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1987
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1986
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1984
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