AVERY FALKNER RESUME
650 Latigo Canyon Road
Malibu CA 90265
818 203 3833
avefalkner@gmail.com
www.averyfalkner.net
EDUCATION
1968 MFA in Painting, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
1964 Max Beckmann Memorial Scholarship, Brooklyn Museum Art School, NY
1963 BA in Art, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Triangulation, Blackboard Gallery, Camarillo CA
2016 Order and Chaos: A Marriage in Reno, Metro Gallery, McKinley Arts and Culture Center, Reno NV
2014 Elucidation, Karpeles Museum, Santa Barbara CA
2000 L A / l i g h t, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica CA
1998 New York, New Work, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica CA
1997 In Light of Gravity, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica CA
1994 Juxtapositions, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica CA
1993 Richard Weirzbowski Gallery, Houston TX
1992 Collections Rare Gallery, Dallas TX
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica CA
J&C Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1990 Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica CA
1987 Conejo Valley Art Museum, Thousand Oaks CA
A.R.T./Beasley Gallery, San Diego CA
1982 Pepperdine University, Malibu CA
1979 Abilene Christian University, Abilene TX
Pepperdine University, Malibu CA
1975 Pepperdine University, Malibu CA
College of the Siskyous, Weed CA
1966 Chabot College, Hayward CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 12x12, Deer Isle Artist's Association, Deer Isle ME
King Tides, Deer Isle Artist's Association, Deer Isle ME
2021 Fresh Approach, Deer Isle Artist's Association, Deer Isle ME
Courage, Deer Isle Artist's Association, Deer Isle ME
12x12, Deer Isle Artist's Association, Deer Isle ME
2019 Free Form, Deer Isle Artist's Association, Deer Isle ME
12x12, Deer Isle Artist's Association, Deer Isle ME
2018 Music for your Eyes, Orange County Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Ana CA
2017 gWatson Gallery, Stonington ME
A Sense of Awe, Deer Isle Artist's Association, Deer Isle ME
2016 DYNAMIC, The Blackboard Gallery, Camarillo CA
2015 gWatson Gallery, Stonington ME
Harmony & Mirth, The Blackboard Gallery, Camarillo CA (First Place Award 2-D)
Expressed Intention, Deer Isle Artist’s Association, Deer Isle ME
Neoteric Juried Exhibition, The Hud Gallery, Ventura CA
Juried Exhibition, The Blackboard Gallery, Camarillo CA
2014 Visual Arts Center Juried Exhibition, Washington Pavilion of Arts & Science, Sioux Falls SD
National Juried Exhibition, First Street Gallery, New York NY
51st Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe LA
The Last Picture Show, Isalos Fine Art Gallery, Stonington ME
2013 TONE Exhibition, Deer Isle Artist’s Association, Deer Isle ME
MART II Members Exhibition, Deer Isle Artist’s Association, Deer Isle ME
2012 Members Exhibition, Deer Isle Artist’s Association, Deer Isle ME
2011 Abstractions, VAM Gallery, FEFC, Austin TX
5x5 Invitational, Westmont Museum of Art, Santa Barbara CA
2007 Transforming Culture, Invitational Group Exhibition and Symposium, VAM Gallery, Austin TX
2005 Crux Over Vanity Fair, Avery Falkner and Timothy High, VAM Gallery, Austin TX
2002 From the Barracks, paintings by Brent Green, Avery Falkner, & Talmage Minter, Abilene Christian University 2001 City Rhythms, Pelham Art Center, Pelham NY
Art Auction IX, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach CA
2000 6th Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica CA
1999 5th Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica CA
1998 Contemporary Art Works From the Ruth Bachofner Gallery,
Art Gallery, Antelope Valley College, Lancaster CA
1997 L.A New Art, University Castilla La Mancha Galleries, Cuenca, Spain
L.A. New Art, University of Madrid, Madrid. Spain
Generational Abstractions, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica CA
3rd Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica CA
Art Auction 6, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach CA
1996 Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica CA
1995 Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica CA
1994 The City Center Gallery, Media City Center, Burbank CA
1993 polyABSTRACT, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica CA
1988 City of Thousand Oaks Sixth Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Thousand Oaks CA
Seaver College Art Faculty Exhibition, Pepperdine University, Malibu CA
1987 City of Thousand Oaks Fifth Annual Juried Art Exhibition, CA (Purchase Award)
1985 Summer Salon, Roger Francis Gallery, London, UK
1984 Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles CA
A.R.T./Beasley Gallery, San Diego CA
1983 Conejo Valley Art Museum Third Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Thousand Oaks CA (Award for Painting)
Santa Barbara City College, Small Images Exhibition, Santa Barbara CA
1981 Conejo Valley Art Museum First Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Thousand Oaks CA (Award for Painting)
National Orange Show, San Bernardino CA
1980 New Orleans International, New Orleans LA
Santa Barbara City College, Small Images Exhibition, Santa Barbara CA (Purchase Award)
Business Not As Usual, Newport Harbor Museum of Art, Newport Beach CA
1979 Paintings/Drawings, Seaver College Art Exhibition, Pepperdine University, Malibu
1974 California Sculpture, Cal State University, Northridge CA
1972 Texas Fine Arts Association 61st Annual Exhibition, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin TX
1971 Texas Painting and Sculpture 71, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas TX
13th Annual Eight-State Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City OK
1970 12th Annual Eight-State Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City OK
1969 Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign IL
Group Show, Galeria Carl Van der Voort, San Francisco CA
1968 Sun Carnival Exhibition, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso TX
1967 San Francisco Art Festival (Award for Painting)
1964 Group Show, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn NY
1962 24th Texas Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio TX (Award for Painting)
PUBLICATIONS
2014 Peter Frank Essay, Avery Falkner in a Landscape, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Arts Guide, Here, There and Everywhere, Deer Isle, Maine
2007 Santa Fe Circle Magazine, Featured Artist
1999 Pepperdine People Magazine, Three Voices of Vision, Winter 1999
1998 Gallery Guide, On the Cover, Avery Falkner at Ruth Bachofner Gallery
REVIEWS
William Zimmer, Arts & Entertainment, New York Times, March 23, 2001
Peter Frank, Westside Goodtimes, LA Weekly, January 31, 1997
Peter Frank, Art Picks of the Week, LA Weekly, June 10, 1994
Betty Brown, Report from Southern California, ARTS Magazine, June, 1979