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WESS DAHLBERG |
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EDUCATION |
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| 1988 | Master of Fine Arts, University of California at Berkeley |
| 1983 | Bachelor of Arts, Rhetoric, University of California at Berkeley |
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2005 | Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, California |
| 2004 | Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, California |
| "Existential Paint", Carol Kipling, Los Angeles, California | |
| 2003 | Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, California |
| 2000 | Chac Mool Gallery, West Hollywood, California |
| 1992 | "Physical Abstraction," ACE Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California |
| 1991 | Richard Green Gallery, Santa Monica, California |
| 1990 | Richard Green Gallery, Santa Monica, California |
| 1988 | "Wess Dahlberg - Paint," Paloma, Berkeley, California |
| 1987 | "Bigger Painting, '87," Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California at Berkeley |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2005 | "Hidden Treasures," Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, California |
| "Out of Line," Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California | |
| Los Angeles Art Fair, Santa Monica, California, with Raid Projects, Los Angeles | |
| "Theories, L.A. Paint," Post, Los Angeles, California | |
| 2004 | "Art in Dialogue," Baxter, Chang & Patri, San Francisco, California |
| 2003 | "Vanitas," Raid Projects, Los Angeles, California |
| "Not the Usual Suspects," Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, California | |
| "Phat and Sassy," Charlotte Jackson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico | |
| "Extreme Paint," Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, California | |
| Group Show, Baxter, Chang & Patri, San Francisco, California | |
| 2002 | "One Thousand Clowns," Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, California |
| 2001 | "Hand Painted," Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California |
| "Ocular Spectrum," Raid Projects, Los Angeles, California | |
| Chicago Art Fair, with Chac-Mool, Los Angeles, California | |
| 1999 | "Under 500," Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, California |
| 1997 | Group Show, Fresh Paint, Culver City, California |
| 1994 | Group Show, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, New York |
| Group Show, Satellite Gallery, New York, New York | |
| 1991 | L.A. Art Fair '91, Works Gallery, Costa Mesa, California |
| 1990 | L.A. Art Fair '90, Scott Hanson Gallery, Los Angeles, California |
| "Lead and Wax," Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, California | |
| "New Fabricants," Richard Green Gallery, curated by Richard Heller and Bennett Roberts | |
| 1988 | "MFA/UCB/1988," University Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley |
| 1987 | Popening," The Lab, San Francisco, California |
| 1986 | Goodwill Industries, San Francisco, California |
PUBLISHED WRITINGS |
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| Existential Paint, Ardelyan Press, Los Angeles, 2004 | |
| "Ad Reinhardt: An Artists' Forum," Artspace, January - April, 1992, p. 54. | |
| "Nine Lives, Some Thoughts on the State of Painting Today," Artweek, October 3, 1991, p. 11. | |
| "On Paint, Painting and Paintings," The New Fabricants, compiled and edited by Richard Heller and Bennett Roberts, published by Richard Green Gallery, June, 1990, p. 4. | |
REVIEWS |
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| David Pagel, "Celebrating Paint's Physicality," Los Angeles Times, August 1, 2003, p.E19 | |
| David Pagel, "The New Physical Abstraction in Los Angeles," Tema Celeste, Winter, 1993, p. 79. | |
| William Peterson, "Physical Abstraction; On Some Abstract Painting in Los Angeles," Artspace, February, 1993, p. 53. | |
| Collette Chattopadhyay, "Life at the Edges," Artweek, December 19, 1991, p. 8. | |
| David Pagel, "Keyed up Colors," Los Angeles Times, Thursday, December 5, 1991, p. F3. | |
| Peter Frank, "Art Pick of the Week," L.A. Weekly, July 20-26. 1990, p. 82. | |