DAVID IRELAND
Born

1930 Bellingham, Washington

Education

1972-74 M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1972-74 Laney College, Oakland, California (plastics technology and printmaking)
1950-53 B.A.A., California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California (industrial design)
1948-50 Western Washington State University, Bellingham, Washington

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2003-04 "David Ireland: A Retrospective," Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA; Addison Gallery of American Art,Andover, MA; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery Lincoln, NE; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
2001 "David Ireland and Gallery Paule Anglim Contemplate the de Young Museum,"
2001 Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
2001 Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2000 "Reflections," Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
2000 "Everyday Art," Freedman Gallery, Reading, PA
1998 Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
1997 The Gallery of the American Academy in Rome, Italy
1996 Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1996 Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Garden, San Francisco, CA
1994 "Skellig," Ansel Adams Center for Photography, San Francisco, CA
1992 Ruth Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1992 "David Ireland/Ann Hamilton," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
1991 "You Can't Make Art By Making Art," Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
1991 "Proximities," Damon Brandt Gallery, New York, NY
1990 Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
1990 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
1990 "A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books," Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
1989 Germans Van Eck, New York, NY
1989 The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, PA
1988 Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1988 Damon Brandt Gallery, New York, NY
1988 "A Decade Documented," University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley; University of California at Santa Cruz; University of California at Irvine.
1987 "Gallery as Place," Adeline Kent Award exhibition. Emmanuel Walter and Atholl McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1984 New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
1978 Exhibition of the Maintenance Action at 500 Capp Street, San Francisco, California; videotape: "Mr. Gordon at Lunch," Tony Labat
1976 Restoration of a Portion of the Floor, Wall and Ceiling of the Main Gallery, Museum of Conceptual Art, San Francisco, California

Selected Group Exhibitions

2003 "Capp Street Project Alumnae," Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco,CA
2003 "Solid Concept IV," Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
2003 "Magic Markers: Objects of Transformation," Des Moines Art Center, De Moines, IA
2002 "Sweet Tooth," Copia, Napa, CA
2001 "Making the Making," Apex Art Curatorial Program, New York, NY
2000 "Seascape," Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2000 "Rapture," Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
2000 "Eccentric Forms and Structures," Microsoft Art Collection, Redmond, WA
1999 "Museum Pieces: Bay Area Artists Consider the de Young," San Francisco, CA
1999 "Ideas in Things," Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
1999 "On the Ball: The Sphere in Contemporary Sculpture," DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
1998 "Double Trouble: The Patchett Collection," Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA
1998 "Affinities and Collections," California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
1998 "pFORMative Acts," San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1997 "The Art Orchestra: A Sculptors' Ensemble," The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
1996 "Thinking Print," The Museum of Modern Art, New York
1996 "SFAI 125th Anniversary Tribute Show," Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
1994 "Solid Concept Three," Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
1994 "Duchamp's Leg," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (Travels)
1994 "Mapping," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1994 "David Ireland/Annette Messager/Bill Viola," Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
1991 "Selections from the Permanent Collection: 1975-1991," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
1990 "Signs of Life, Process and Materials, 1960-1990," Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1990 "Paradox of Process: Collages and Assemblage in the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
1990 "Constructing a History," Works from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
1989 "Solid Concept," Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
1989 "40 Years of Assemblage," travelling exhibition organized by White Gallery, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
1988 The Home Show, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California
1988 Awards in the Visual Arts, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California; Carnegie-Mellon Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; the Virginia Museum, Richmond, Virginia
1987 "The Right Foot Show," San Francisco Airport Commission, San Francisco, California
1985 "New Furnishings," Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
1985 "Inspired by Leonardo," San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1983 "Elegant Miniatures from San Francisco and Kyoto, Japan," Kyoto, Japan, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1976 "Eighteen Bay Area Artists," Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
1975 Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, New York, New York
1975 Oakland Museum, Oakland, California

Selected Collections

Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California
Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California