BART EXPOSITO
Born
Amarillo, Texas
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Education
2000 MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
1998 BFA, University of Texas, Austin
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Paper Primitives, Thomas Solomon Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2010 Bends, Thomas Solomon Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2008 Strange Loops, Finesilver Gallery, Houston, Texas
2007 Figure Looks A lot Like Me In Paint, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, California
New Work, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
2005 Paintings, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles
2003 Paintings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
2002 Paintings & Drawings, curated by Libby Lumkin, Donna Beam Gallery, University of
Nevada, Las Vegas
Paintings & Drawings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Paintings & Drawings, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York City, New York
2001 Bart Exposito, curated by Anna Helwing, Hot Cocoa Lab, Venice, California
Roomtone, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Group Exhibitions
2011 Unfinished Paintings, organized by Kristin Calabrese and Joshua Aster, LACE, Los Angeles, California
Greater LA, curated by Eleanor Cayre, Benjamin Godsill and Joel Mesler, New York City,
New York
GOLDMINE: Contemporary Works from the Collection of Sirje and Michael Gold, University
Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach (catalogue)
2010 Painting, organized by Roger Herman, L A Art House, West Hollywood, California
Ecstatic Structure, with Warren Isensee and Stanley Whitney, Nerman Museum of
Contemporary Art, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas
2009 Fantastic LA, curated by Barry Blinderman, University Galleries, College of Fine Arts,
Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
An Exhibition of Selected Skills of the Unemployed, WPA, Los Angeles, California
Summer Group Show, Cottage Home/ Thomas Solomon Gallery@Cottage Home,
Los Angeles, California, co-organized with Sister and China Art Objects
Abstract America, Saatchi Gallery, London, England (catalogue)
Cut, Thomas Solomon Gallery at artLA, Santa Monica, California
Loveable Like Orphan Kitties and Bastard Children, curated by Kristen Calabrese
and Joshua Aster, Green Gallery East, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2008 Keeping it Straight, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California
Pruess Press @ RENTAL Gallery, New York City, New York
Heavy Corner, curated by Kristen Calabrese, Creative Artists Agency, Los Angeles,
California
LA Potential, curated by Lioba Reddeker, Hangart 7, Salzburg, Austria
2007 No Jerks, Trudi at Rental Gallery, Rental Gallery, New York City, New York
Automatons, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, California
Painting <=> Design, curated by David Pagel, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont,
California
Paper Bombs, organized by Bart Exposito, Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2006 Picture Postcards From a Neon Wilderness, Lukas Feichtner Gallery, Vienna
Bring the War Home, curated by Drew Heitzler, Qed Gallery, Los Angeles, California
and Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York City, New York
Three Paintings, Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles
2005 In Between Bandwidths: Bart Exposito & Ry Rocklen, with text by Michael Ned Holte,
Black Dragon Society, NADA Art Fair, Miami, Florida
Christmas in July, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, California
In the Abstract, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2004 Painting & Sculpture, Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Wake Up & Apologize, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2003 Small Work, Margo Victor Presents, Los Angeles, California
Game Over, Galerie Grimm/Rosenfeld, Munich, Germany
Bart Exposito, Aaron Parazette, Susie Rosmarin, Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas
2002 Summer Invitational, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2001 Sketchy, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, California
The Stuff Dreams is Made of, curated by David Pagel, Frankfurt Art Fair
Cloud 9, curated by David Pagel, Ginsler Architecture, Santa Monica, California
Ars Moralis, Bea Schlingelhoff/Galerie fur Gegenwartskunst, Bremen, Germany
Jacques de Beaufort, Bart Exposito, Monique van Genderen, Rosamund Felsen Gallery,
Santa Monica, California
2000 For Example, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Proun, organized by Bart Exposito, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, California
New School, Works on Paper Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Bibliography
2011 GOLDMINE: Works from the Collection of Sirje and Michael Gold, exhibition catalogue with essays by
Christoper Scoates, Christopher Miles and George Melrod, published by UAM/CSULB.
Shaw, Michael. "Bart Exposito at Thomas Solomon Gallery, Los Angeles," Visual Art Source,
http://www.visualartsource.com/index.php?page=editorial&pcID=17&aID=762 2/19/2011 (illustrated).
2010 Suh, Grace. "Ecstatic Exposito," www.pitch.com, October 15. illustrated.
www.pitch.com/ecstatic-structure-1548685/.
Thorson, Alice. "Uniformity, be gone," The Kansas City Star, October 17: G1, G2 (illustrated).
Melrod, George. “Los Angeles: Bart Exposito: “Bends” at Thomas Solomon Gallery,”
art ltd., July/August 2010 (illustrated).
Shaw, Michael. “Bart Exposito at Thomas Solomon Gallery,” Editorial
Recommendations, Visual Art Source,
www.visualartsource.com/index.php?page=editorial&pcID=26&aID=440,
May 27 (illustrated).
Knight, Christopher. “Lines swoop in to divide expanses,” Los Angeles Times,
May 14: D12 (illustrated).
Savannah, Gae. "Still Bouyant Orbit," FlashArtonline.com , February 25
(illustrated)
http://www.flashartonline.com/interno.php?
pagina=whispers_det&id_art=479&det=ok&title=STILL-BUOYANT-ORBIT
2009 Abstract America, exhibition catalogue, published by Saatchi Gallery/Rizzoli.
2008 Lioba Reddecker. LA Potential, exhibition catalogue.
2007 Frank, Peter. “Figure Looks A Lot Like Me In Paint,” review of exhibition,
Black Dragon Society, Art Ltd. May.
2005 Knight, Christopher. “Slippery by Design,” review of exhibition at Black Dragon
Society, Los Angeles Times, Feb. 18.
Sholis, Brian. Critics’ Picks: Los Angeles, Artforum.com, Feb. 18.
Orden, Abraham. Circus Without A Tent, Artnet, Feb. 18.
2003 Frank, Peter. Review of Exhibition, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Art Weekly.
Pagel, David. Review of Exhibition, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles Times.
2002 Review of Exhibition, Bart Exposito at Bill Maynes Gallery, New Yorker Magazine,
October 14th & 21.
Clark, Joseph. “Driven To Abstraction,” Donna Beam Gallery, University of Nevada,
Las Vegas, Las Vegas Mercury News.
Crosby, Gregory. “Pleasures of the line, of the plane,” Donna Beam Gallery, University of
Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas City Life Newspaper.
Hainley, Bruce. Review of Exhibition, Paintings and Drawings, Daniel Weinberg
Gallery, ArtForum, Summer Issue.
Lumpkin, Libby. Essay Accompanying Exhibition, Bart Exposito at Donna Beam Gallery.
Pagel, David. "A Specialist in Confidently Out-of-Whack Geometry," Daniel Weinberg
Gallery, Los Angeles Times.
Twardy, Chuck. "Something for Nothing," Donna Beam Gallery, University of Nevada,
Las Vegas, Las Vegas Weekly.
White, Ken. "Reversing Field," Donna Beam Gallery, University of Nevada,
Las Vegas Neon Review Journal.
2001 Frank, Peter. Art Pick of the Week: Roomtone, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, LA Weekly.
Marie, Annika. Review of Roomtone Exhibition, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Art Issues,
Summer Issue.
Pagel, David. Review of Roomtone Exhibition, Acuna-Hansen Gallery,
Los Angeles Times.
Collections
Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
West Collection
Bank Of America
Neiman Marcus
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas
Teaching
2010 Lecturer, University of California, Los Angeles
2008-09 Full-Time Lecturer, University of Southern California
2006-07 Adjunct Faculty, University of Southern California
2001-06 Lecturer, University of California, Los Angeles