DENNIS HOLLINGSWORTH

BORN
1956 Born in Madrid, Spain

EDUCATION
 Masters of Fine Arts, Claremont Graduate School
1985  Bachelor of Arts, California Polytechnic State University

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008
             Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles
2006
             New Paintings, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
             Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
             Miguel Marcos Gallery, Barcelona, Spain2006
          
2005
             Galerie André Buchmann, Cologne, Germany
             Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem, Netherlands
2004
             Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
             Galerie Mark Muller, Zurich Switzerland
2003
             Galerie André Buchmann, Cologne, Germany
             Chac Mool Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
             Galerie Mark Muller, Zurich Switzerland
2002
             Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
             Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
             Brett/Mitchell Shaheen Gallery, Cleveland, OH
             Galerie André Buchmann, Cologne, Germany
2001
             Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York
             Barbara Farber/La Serre, Trets France
2000
             The Box, Torino, Italy
             Galerie André Buchmann, Cologne, Germany
             Chac Mool, Los Angeles, CA
1999
             Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
             Steendrukkerij Amsterdam, M.V., Holland
1998
             Hearts and Minds, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
             Barbara Farber/Rob Jurka Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
1997
             Lawing Gallery, Houston, TX
             Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
             Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MI
1996
             Meyerson & Nowinski Gallery, Seattle, Washington
             Blum/Poe Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
             Scarabb Gallery, Cleveland, OH
             Bennett Roberts Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
1995
             Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MI
             Bennett Roberts Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
1993
             Lee Arthur Studio, New York, NY
             Studio Raid Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1991
             Graduate Exhibition, CGS East Gallery, Claremont, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 
      Colossus, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
      Quirky, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT, Curated by Michael Amy Paper Bombs,
      Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Organized by Bart Exposito
2005
             Galeria Miguel Marcos, Barcelona, Spain
2004
             Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem, Netherlands
2003
             Manny Silverman Gallery, West Hollywood, California
             New Abstract Painting: Painting Abstract Now, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Leverkusen, Germany
             Phat and Sassy, Charlotte Jackson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
             We Love Painting, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
             Buchman Gallerie, Cologne Germany
2002
             Ramos and "five Times Four" at Modernism, Modernism, San Francisco, CA
             Play it as it Lays, London Institute Gallery, Millbank, London
             Spieglein, Spieglein, an der wand…, Mark Müeller Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2001
             Vivid, Richard Salmon Gallery, London. Touring exhibition: Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
             Northern Gallery for Contemporary, Art, Sunderland, UK.
             Abstract, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
2000
             eg, Acunha-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
             Luminous, Ikon Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA eg:, Acunha-Hansen Gallery,Los Angeles, CA
1999
             Super-Abstr-Action, The Box Associati, Torino, Italy
             Fore and Aft, ACME, Los Angeles, CA
             Nach Bild, Kunstahalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
             Art in LA, Brett Mitchell Gallery, Cleveland, OH
             Galore, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
1998
             Object Obscure, Todd Gallery, London, England, Traveled to Galerie EugenLendel, Graz, Austria
             Drawings…2nd Annual Invitational, Meyerson & Nowinski, Seattle, WA

1997
             Stepping Up, Andrew Mummery Gallery, London, England
             Drawings…A Bi-Coastal Invitational, Meyerson & Nowinski, Seattle, WA
             What’s Next on Canvas, Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, NY
             Orange County Art Museum Biennial, Newport Harbor, CA
             Martha Stewart Living, Art Center Gallery, Pasadena, CA
             Primary Colors, Barbara Farber Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
1996
             Balancing Act, Room, New York, NY
             Left of Center: New Art from Los Angeles, Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995
             The Blue House Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
             Six Roads to Abstraction, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
             Fresh Air, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MI
             New Visions: Los Angeles Art in the 90’s, Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
             Smoggy Abstraction: Recent Los Angeles Painting, Haggerty Museum,
             Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
             Painting Beyond the Idea, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
             The Insistent Image: Abstract Painting in Los Angeles, Oklahoma City Art Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
             Three Painters, Lawing Gallery, Houston, TX
1994
             Where We Live, AMO Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
             In Plain Sight: Abstract Painting in Los Angeles, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX
             Words and Symbols, ArtSpace Gallery, City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, Woodland Hills, CA
             Contrarywise Painting, Space Gallery, Chicago, IL
1993
             LA Juried Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Hollywood, CA
1991
             Rotating Exhibition, Boritzer Gray Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
             Member’s Exhibition, Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
1990
             VEX, Cal State Irvine, CA
             DA Gallery, Pomona, CA
             SPARC Forum, San Diego, CA
1986
             Church of Architecture, San Diego, CA
             Score Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
             Galleria OCASO, Los Angeles, CA


BIBLIOGRAPHY

2004
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2003
             Harvey, Doug, "Stuff," LA Weekly, November 7-13
             Knight, Christopher "Around The Galleries: Gobs of paint, deftly flung", Los Angeles Times, October 21
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2002
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2001
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2000
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1999
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1998
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1997
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1996
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1995
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1995
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1993
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