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KAARE RAFOSS
______________________________________________________________________________________BORN:
Flekkefjord, Norway, 1941
EDUCATION:
Yale University, MFA 1966
Pratt Institute, BFA 1964
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2000 | SAMPLING, Trans Hudson Gallery, NYC
1999 | ALTERED STATES, Trans Hudson Gallery, NYC
1984 | Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikoddden, Norway
1974 | Michael C. Rockefeller Art Gallery, Fredonia, New York
1971 | Rockland Community College, Suffern, New York
1969 | SUNY College at Cortland, Cortland, New York
1968 | Flemming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
1967 | Tomac Gallery, Buffalo, New York
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2019 Sustained Investigations, The Berrie Center Art Galleries, NJ2012 Singular Visions/Multiple Views, Edward Hopper House, Nyack, NY
2012 MIC:CHECK (occupy), Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, NYC
2011 It's All Good! (Apocalypse Now), Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, NYC
2010 It's a Wonderful Tenth, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, NYC
2005 Studio: Seven Months of My Aesthetic Education (Plus Some), A multimedia installation
by Tony Oursler in collaboration with John Baldessari, Mike Kelly, Kaare Rafoss and
others. Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
2004 Tony Ousler / Courbet, Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
2002 ACT OF DRAWING, Tompkins College Center Gallery, Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA
2000 THE ACT OF DRAWING: Meaning/Method/Meaning, Rusharts Gallery, NYC
1999 ACRYLIC/PLASTIC, Trans Hudson Gallery, NYC
1998 SPELLED OUT, James Howe Gallery, Kean University, Union, NJ
1997 THE WHOLE WORLD IN A SMALL PAINTING, Trans Hudson Gallery, NYC
1996 CURRENT GEOMETRIES IN ABSTRACTION, Trans Hudson Gallery, NYC
1996 SIGHT UNCERTAIN, Tans Hudson Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
1995 THE PER HOVDENAKK COLLECTION, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden, Norway
1995 RECONSTRUCTIVISM: NEW GEOMETRIC PAINTING IN NEW YORK, Space 504, NYC
1995 INSPIRATION, Trans Hudson Gallery, Jersey City, New Jersey
1993 25 ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden, Norway
1993 FUSION, Trans Hudson Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
1992 ABSTRACTION AND REALITY, Montgomery Center, Jersey City, New Jersey
1991 SELECTIONS '91, Leubsdorf Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY
1991 NEW JERSEY ART INVITATIONAL '91, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
1991 NEW JERSEY FELLOWSHIP EXHIBITION, Bristol-Myers Squibb Gallery, Princeton, NJ
1988 CONTEMPORARY SYNTAX-STRUCTURE AND GEOMETRY, Robeson Center Gallery,
Newark, NJ
1987 TENTH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, and the JerseyCity Museum, Jersey City, NJ
1987 STRUCTURES, Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn, NJ1986 CONSTRUCTED IN JERSEY CITY, Summit Art Center, NJ
1986 STRUCTURES: 13 NEW JERSEY ARTISTS, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
1981 TEN PAINTERS, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
1978 O.I.A. AT THE BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL, Brooklyn, NY
1975 WHITNEY BIENNIAL EXHIBITION OF AMERICAN ART, Whitney Museum Of Art,
New York, NY
1974 CONTEMPORARY DRAWINGS - CAPS RECIPIENTS, Arnot Museum, Elmira, NY1972 AMERICAN WATERCOLORS 1850-1972, Birmingham Museum of Fine Art and The
Mobile Gallery of Art, AL
1971 KUNST MARKT, Cologne, Germany1971 GALLERY ARTISTS, Reese Paley Gallery, New York, NY
1971 FOUR PAINTERS, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
1971 CONTEMPORARY SELECTIONS, Birmingham Museum of Fine Art, Birmingham, AL
1967 WESTERN NEW YORK STATE EXHIBITION, The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1966 THREE ARTISTS, Yale University School of Art and Architecture, New Haven, CT
AWARDS:
1990 New Jersey State Council for the Arts - Fellowship in Painting1983 New Jersey State Council for the Arts - Fellowship in Painting
1975 National Endowment of the Arts - Award in Painting
1973 Creative Arts Project (Painting) New York State Arts Council
1971 SUNY Research Fellowship and Grant-In-Aid for Painting
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Stavanger Kunstmuseum, NorwayHenie-Onstad Museum, Høvikodden, Norway
Rutgers University,Newark, New Jersey
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
Flemming Museum, Burlington, Vermont
Omni International Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia
United California Bank, Los Angeles, California
Erie County Bank, Buffalo, New York
SUNY College at Cortland, Cortland, New York
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
GOODMAN, JONATHANReview, "Sampling", Art In America magazine, May 2001
NAHAS, DOMINIQUE
Exhibition Announcement Essay, "Sampling", 2000
JOHNSON, KEN
Review, "Altered States", New York Times: "New or Noteworthy Section", Feb. 12, 1999
Review "Altered States", Review Magazine, Feb. 1, 1999
MORGAN, ROBERT
Review, Inspiration, Cover Magazine, November 1995
RAYNOR, VIVIAN
Review, Abstraction and Reality. The New York Times, September 27, 1992
FRANK, PETER
Reconstructivist Painting, Artspace Magazine, March/April 1990
ZIMMER, WILLIAM
Review, Constructed in Jersey City. The New York Times, September 28,1986
FLOR, HARALD
Review, Norway-U.S.A.-Norway Aften Posten, Oslo, Norway. June, 1984
Catalogue Essay, Norway-U.S.A.-Norway. Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden, Norway. June 1984
ZIMMER, WILLIAM
Review, Fellowship Winners, New Jersey Arts Council. The New York Times, March, 1984
RAYNOR, VIVIAN
Review, Structures, Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey. The New York Times, February 10, 1984
RAYNOR, VIVIAN
Review, Ten Painters, Jersey City Museum, New Jersey, New York Times, December 12, 1981
SMITH, ROBERTA
Review, Whitney Biannual. Art Forum, April/May, 1975
MURDOCK, R.M.
Catalogue essay, Four Painters. Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. 1971
WEEKS, EDWARD
Catalogue Essay, American Watercolors 1850-1972. Birmingham Museum/ Mobile Gallery of Art, 1972, Catalogue Essay, Contemporary Selections. Birmingham Museum of Art, 1971
ROSE, BARBARA
A Gallery Without Walls, Art in America. March/April 1968