The Shows: 1965-2010


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One Man Exhibitions
Ronald Davis has had a total of over eighty one-man exhibitions over the past fifty years.
Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, California First Solo Show; October 16 – November 13, 1965 Monochromatic Series, Acrylic on Shaped Canvases Tibor De Nagy Gallery, New York City, New York October 11 – October 29, 1966 Slab Series, Polyester resin and fiberglass with wood ‘stretcher bars’ Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, California November 3 – November 26, 1967 Crab Series; Polyester resin and fiberglass Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, New York March 23 – April 11, 1968 Dodecagon Series; Polyester resin and fiberglass Kasmin Gallery, London, England October 31 – November 3, 1968 Dodecagons and Half Dodecagons; Polyester resin and fiberglass Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, California April 15 – May 3, 1969 Dodecagons, Small Dodecagons, & Cubes; Polyester resin and fiberglass paintings Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, Saskatchewan, Canada. September 12 – October 19, 1969 Dodecagons, Crabs, and Slabs; Polyester resin and fiberglass Catalog: Ron Davis: Eight Paintings* Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, New York October 18 – November 8 Truncated Pyramids, Interiors, Large L’s; Polyester resin and fiberglass Kasmin Gallery, London, England April 28 – May 26, 1970 Cutout Series: Blocks, Cubes, Slabs; Flexible resin and fiberglass Joseph Helman Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri September 2 – September 30 Cutout Series: Slabs, Blocks, Cubes, 1970; Flexible resin and fiberglass Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, New York January 16 – Febuary 6, 1971 Cutout Series: Slabs, Sawtooth's, and Boxes; Flexible resin and fiberglass • Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, California September 27 - November 14, 1971 Rectangle Series; Flexible resin and fiberglass David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 23 - November 23, 1971 Dodecagons, Pyramids, Polyester resin and fiberglass Joseph Helman Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri May 3 – June 2, 1972 Rectangle Interiors, Eye Level Blocks Galleria Dell‘Ariete, Milano, Italy November 21 – December 5, 1972 * Catalog; Rectangle Interiors Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, California April – May, 1973 Large Acetates; with Hans Hoffman Drawings John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California September 13 – October 15, 1973 Prints and Selected Paintings Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, New York February 2 – February 23, 1973 Still Life Series; Perspective Line Drawings Gemini G. E. L., Los Angeles, California May 18 – June 15, 1973 Hard Edge Interior Silkscreens Western Galleries, Cheyenne, Wyoming November 2 – November 23, 1973 Selected Paintings Boise State University, Boise, Idaho January13 – February 14, 1973 Selected Paintings David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada April 5 – 29, 1974 Snap Line Series • Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, New York May 10 – May 31, 1974 Snap Line Series; Large Canvas Paintings Ronald Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri September 15 – October 15, 1975 Snap Line Series John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California November 4 – December 6, 1975 Selected Paintings Aspen Gallery of Art, Aspen, Colorado February – March, 1976 Snap Line Series Seder/Creigh Gallery, Coronado, California May 8 – June 4, 1976 Snap Lines • The Oakland Museum, Oakland, California July 13 – September 5 * Catalog; Retrospective: Paintings: 1962-1976 University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada March 11 – April 8, 1977 * Catalog; Selected Paintings Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, California May 3 – May 28, 1977 Snap Lines John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California April 12 – May 13, 1978 Snap Lines Pepperdine University, Malibu, Califronia January 21 – Febuary 23, 1978 Selected Paintings BlumHelman Gallery, New York City, New York March 24 – April 20, 1978 Checkerboard Floored Ronald Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, Missiouri April 16 – May 26, 1979 Floaters Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, California July 10 – August 11, 1979 Floaters San Diego State University, San Diego, California Feburary 1 – March 2, 1979 * Catalogue; Floaters Middendorf/Lane Gallery, Washington, D. C. March 25 – April 19, 1979 Floaters John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California November 5 – December 6, 1980 Recent Watercolors, large watercolor paintings. Gemini G. E. L., Los Angeles, California January 31 – Feburary 15, Etchings, Drypoints, & Aquatints, 1981 BlumHelman Gallery, New York City, New York October 14 – November 7 Paintings; Background/Flatlander Series Asher/Faure, Los Angeles, California April 17 – May 15, 1982 Splatter and Object Paintings Conejo Valley Art Museum, Thousand Oaks, California May 14 – June 15, 1982 Selections from the Artist‘s Studio; Slabs. John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California October 21 – November 20, 1982 Selected Works 1968 – 1982 Asher/Faure, Los Angeles, California August 27 – September 24, 1983 Bungalow Show/Small Paintings; Splatters Gemini G. E. L., Los Angeles, California November – December, 1983 Lithographs, Etchings, & Aquatints Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, California March 6 – March 31, 1984 The Flatlanders Asher/Faure, Los Angeles, California July 21 – August 25, 1984 New Music Paintings ; Non-Objective BlumHelman Gallery, New York City, New York September12 – October 6, 1984 New Music Paintings ; Non-Objective Graystone, San Francisco, California June 2 – June 28, 1985 Silkscreens, Acetates, & Drawings. Trump’s Restaurant, West Hollywood, CaliforniaJuly 4 – December 30, 1985 Slabettes, 1985; Selected Paintings • New York Academy of Sciences, New York, N. Y. September 23 – December 5, 1986 Catalogue; Selected Paintings and Prints, Essay by physicist, Cristian von Baer. Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, Arizona March 21 – April 19, 1987 Recent work; Freeway Series* BlumHelman New York, New York, N. Y. March 1 - March 26, 1988 Spiral Series; Acrylic and dry pigment on canvas BlumHelman Los Angeles, Santa Monica, California September 15 - October 14, 1989 Dodecagons, 1968-69 * Catalogue: Dodecagons: 1968 - 1969, essay by Barbara Rose. BlumHelman Los Angeles, Santa Monica, California October, 1991 Large Sculpture; Hondo Hogan and aspen wood sculptures DEL Fine Arts, Taos, New Mexico Aspen Sculptures, 1991 Jaquelin Loyd Gallery, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico January 18 - February 20, 1998 Wax Series, 1996 - 97 Philip Bareiss Gallery, Taos, New Mexico August 3 - September 30, 2002 Hinge Series Victoria Meyhren Gallery, Denver University, Denver, Colorado September 12 - October 15, 2002 Nushapes, Hinges, Diamonds; Digital Painting Series, 2001 (giclées) Butler Institute Museum of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio September 29 - November 17, 2002 Forty Years of Abstraction: 1962-2002 – Major 40-painting career survey * Catalog: Forty Years of Abstraction: 1962-2002 Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, New Mexico December 10, 2004 - February 27, 2005 Music Series: 1983-1985 Galerie Dionisi, West Hollywood, California February 5 - March 2005 Selected Paintings, 1974 - 2004 New Gallery - Tom Andriola, Houston, Texas Feb-March 2006 Pixel Dust Paintings 2005 Catalog New Gallery - Tom Andriola, Houston, Texas Feb-March 2007 Flatland Series, 1980-81 Electric Works, San Francisco, California September 7 – October 13, 2007 Ronald Davis: Five Decades: Past and Present Work, 1968 - 2007 Catalog Eight Modern, Santa Fe, New Mexico October 16 – November 16, 2008 Ronald Davis: 3D CG, 2005–07 Catalog New Gallery - Tom Andriola, Houston, Texas March 29 – April 26, 2008 Paintings, 1966-2007 Eight Modern, Santa Fe, New Mexico November 16 – December 31, 2007 Ronald Davis: President's Rooms, 2008 Franklin Parrasch Gallery, NYC January 9, 2010 – Febuary 6, 2010 Ronald Davis: Monochromatics: 1965–66 Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico September 3, 201 Squares and Diamonds, 2009-10 Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico January 25 - March 2, 2013 Pixel Dust Renderings - 2012 Hulse/Warman Gallery, Taos, New Mexico September 22 - November 3, 2013 Pixeldust Renderings - 2011-13

Ronald Davis has had a total of over eighty one-man exhibitions over the past fifty years.