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| Born in Los Angeles, CA in 1951, lives and works in Basalt, CO | |
| Education | |
| 1977 |
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, MFA |
| 1973 | Claremont Men?s College, Claremont, CA, BA |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2009 | William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2008 | Alchemy, 212 Gallery, Aspen, CO |
| Winston W?chter Fine Art, Seattle, WA | |
| Winston W?chter Fine Art, New York, NY | |
| 2007 | Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 212 Gallery, Aspen, CO | |
| Kris Cox (one-person show) Boulder Museum of Art, Boulder, CO | |
| Southern California Art Projects and Exhibitions, Corona Del Mar, CA | |
| 2006 | Winston W?chter Fine Art, Seattle, WA |
| Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ | |
| 2005 | Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID |
| Winston W?chter Fine Art, New York, NY | |
| 2004 | Kris Cox: New Work, Winston W?chter Fine Art, Seattle, WA |
| Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID | |
| 2003 | Kris Cox: New Work, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| Kris Cox: Constructed Paintings, Susan Duval Gallery, Aspen, CO | |
| 2002 | Kris Cox: Three Bodies, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID |
| Kris Cox: Constructed Paintings, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ | |
| Kris Cox: Lead/Wax Monographs, G Fine Art, Washington, DC | |
| 2001 | Kris Cox: Paintings, Peter Findlay Gallery, New York, NY |
| Kris Cox: New Work, Susan Duval Gallery, Aspen, CO | |
| 2000 | Kris Cox: Constructed Paintings, Plaza Gallery, Bank of America Center, San Francisco, CA |
| Organic/Inorganic ? Homage Monographs in Lead & Wax, Michael Martin Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| 1999 | Kris Cox: Paintings, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ |
| 1998 | Monoprints and Paintings, Smith Anderson Editions, Palo Alto, CA |
| 1997 | Concentric Episode Series, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA |
| Concentric Episode Series, Susan Duval Gallery, Aspen, CO | |
| 1996 | Kris Cox, Halcyon Rings Series: Abstractions of Time & Memory, Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| 1995 | Kris Cox: The Halcyon Rings Series, Kouros Gallery, New York, NY |
| The Scarbo Gallery, Paris, France | |
| Kris Cox: The Halcyon Rings Series, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ | |
| 1994 | William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1993 | Heat: Wax & Lead Cast Works, Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| Heat, Solomon/Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA | |
| Bentley/Tomlinson Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ | |
| Barclay Simpson Fine Arts, Lafayette, CA | |
| 1992 | Constructed Panel Paintings, Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| Works Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA | |
| Bentley/Tomlinson Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ | |
| 1991 | LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| Abstractions of the Human Presence, Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |
| Barclay Simpson Fine Arts, Lafayette, CA | |
| 1989 | Kris Cox Sculpture & Paintings 1980?1989, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA (Illustrated catalog, essay by Peter Frank) |
| LewAllen/Butler Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM | |
| 1988 | Kouros Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1985 | Louis Newman Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA |
| 1984 | Contemporary Artisans, San Francisco, CA |
| 1983 | Marcia Rodell Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1981 | Saddleback College Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA |
| 1980 | Elements Gallery, New York, NY |
| Hill?s Gallery, Santa Fe, NM | |
| Selected Group Exhibitions | |
| 2006 | Art Miami/Basel, Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2004 | Aspen Valley Biennial, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO |
| Scripps 60th Ceramics National, R. C. Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA (catalog) | |
| 2003 | Matter and Matrix: Kris Cox, Amy Ellingson, Elizabeth Turk, Jane Park Wells, R. Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA (catalog) |
| 2002 | Surface, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID |
| 2001 | Layering, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 2000 | Tribute?, Flanders Graphics, Minneapolis, MN |
| San Francisco Art Fair, Fay Gold & Elizabeth Leach Galleries, San Francisco, CA | |
| Abstraction: Form to Field, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR | |
| Works From the Permanent Collection, Scottsdale Museum of Art, Scottsdale, AZ | |
| Works On Paper, Berkeley Art Center 15th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley, CA | |
| The Art of Collaborative Printmaking, Smith Andersen Editions, Desaisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA | |
| 1998 | The Art of Collaborative Printmaking, Smith Andersen Editions, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno (catalog) |
| Paul Soldner and Kris Cox, Susan Duval Gallery, Aspen, CO | |
| 1995 | Charles Arnoldi, Kris Cox, Charles Christopher Hill and Peter Ladato, Wm. Turner Gallery, Venice, CA |
| Newport Harbor Art Museum Invitational, Newport Beach, CA | |
| Small Works Show, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ | |
| 1993 | F.I.A.C., Paris, France |
| Some Exceptional New Artists, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA | |
| Volume, No Noise, Paul Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL | |
| Conceptualism Through Formalism-Cox, Ripps, Thupinieri, Kouros Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Art & Life, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Arizona State University Museum, Phoenix, AZ | |
| Toward a Material Edge, Bruce Guenther, Curator for Newport Harbor Art Museum, John Wayne Airport, Newport Beach, CA |
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| Chicago International, New Art Forms, Chicago, IL | |
| From the Field, Kay Garvey Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 1991 | Small Paintings, Michael Walls Gallery, New York, NY |
| Inaugural Exhibition, Bentley/Tomlinson Gallery, Scottsdale AZ | |
| Spiritual Object, Works Gallery, Long Beach, CA | |
| Bay Area and Beyond, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR | |
| 1990 | Paint, Print, & Pedestal, (Cox, Fuentes, & O?Connor), LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| Alcove Show, (Cook, Cox, Leiber, Olds), Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM (Illustrated catalog, essay by curator Sandy Ballatore) |
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| The Scripps Influence, Scripps College, Claremont, CA | |
| 1987 | What?s New? American Ceramics Since 1980, J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY (Illustrated catalog) |
| Constructs, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1986 | Six Ceramic Artists, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1985 | The Silber Ceramics Collection, Mills House Museum, Fullerton, CA |
| Professor?s Choice II, Montgomery Art College, Pomona College, Claremont, CA | |
| 1984 | Anxious Interiors, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA (Illustrated catalog, essay by curator Elaine Dines) National & International traveling exhibition: Bronx Museum of Art, New York, NY; Bellevue Art Museum, Seattle, WA; Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY; Visual Arts Gallery, Florida International University, Miami, FL; Alaska State Museum, Juneau, AK. |
| Art in Clay, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (catalog) | |
| Scripps Clay Connection, Lang Art Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA | |
| Contemporary Ceramic Vessels, Two Los Angeles Collections, Baxter Art Gallery, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (catalog) |
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| 1983 | Orange County Clay, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA (catalog) |
| Cox, Kraft & Kansheski, Janus Gallery, Santa Fe, NM | |
| American Ceramic National, Downey Art Museum, Downey, CA (catalog) | |
| 1982 | A Clay Preface, University Art Gallery, Cal State Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA (catalog) |
| Contemporary CIay/20 Artists, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, CA (catalog) | |
| Carnal Images, Orange County Center of Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA | |
| 1981 | Professor?s Choice, Galleries of the Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA |
| Best of the Decade, Hill?s Gallery, Santa Fe, NM | |
| Viewpoint: Ceramics 1981, Grossmont College Gallery, El Cajon, CA (catalog) | |
| Made in L.A.: Contemporary Crafts ?81, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA (catalog) | |
| 1980 | Miniature Interiors, Fullerton College Art Gallery, Fullerton, CA (catalog) |
| For the Tabletop, American Craft Museum, New York, NY | |
| Collector?s Clay, Vessel Oriented Sculptural Works, The Elements Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Three Masters of Clay: Albright, Bigelow, Cox, Gallery 8, La Jolla, CA | |
| Ink & Clay VII, Cal Poly Pomona Art Gallery, Pomona, CA | |
| Selected Reviews and Articles | |
| 2005 | ARTnews, review of Winston W?chter solo show, May issue. |
| 2003 | Omnivore, ?Curtain Series, Process of Construction?, pp. 170-173. Autumn. |
| Matter and Matrix, Exhibition Catalogue from Scripps College, essay and images | |
| 2000 | The Oregonian, ?The Pleasures of Abstraction?, A&E Guide, June 30. (Elizabeth Leach Exhibition) |
| 1993 | ARTnews, ?The Informal Conceptual?, Summer, 1993, pg. 180, Ill. (Kouros exhibition) |
| 1992 | The New Mexican Newspaper, Sunday Magazine, ?Two Artists Share a Diverse Pool of Experience?, Cox and Robert Brady, Sept. 19, Illustrations. |
| Long Beach Press?Telegram, ?Meaningful Mystery in ?Spiritual? Object?, Aug., 25, Illustration. | |
| L.A. WEEKLY. Pick of the Week?, Peter Frank, March 7, Illustration. | |
| Los Angeles Times. Calendar Section, ?Cox Exhibit Acts as Bridge for Laguna Art Museum?, Cathy Curtis, August 14, illustration. |
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| Sculpture Magazine, ?Review?, Elaine Levin, March/April, p. 90. | |
| Artspace. A Magazine for Contemporary Art. ?Kris Cox: Ceramic Metamorphoses?, By Peter Frank, Sept./Oct., pp. 46,47, three illustrations. |
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| Artweek. ?The Vessel as Concept?, Suvan Geer, Sept. 30, Vol. 20, No. 31, p. 6, illustration. | |
| The Orange Country Registrar. Visual Arts Section, ?Local Artist in OC/It?s a Confusing Context?, Laura Tuchman, Aug. 11, p. 23, illustration. | |
| 1988 | Artweek, ?On the Road?, Feb. 13. |
| Artweek, ?Kris Cox, Architectonic Clay?, Elaine Levin, May, illustrations. | |
| 1984 | Los Angeles Times, Calendar Section, ?High Anxiety at the Laguna Beach Art Museum?, Suzanne Muchnic, Jan. 12, Illustration. |
| 1983 | Los Angeles Times, Calendar Section, ?National Clay Show Breaks Mold?, Robert L. Pincus, August 8. |
| Los Angeles Times, Calendar Section, ?The Galleries?, Robert L. Pincus, June 24. | |
| Los Angeles. Times, Calendar Section, ?Shaping a Reputation with Clay?, Suzanne Muchnic, April 26. | |
| 1982 | American Ceramics, ?Kris Cox?, volume 1, number 4, Fall 1982, pp. 54?55, illustrations. |
| 1981 | Architectural Digest, January 1 981, ?Collector?s Close-Up?, p. 38, illustration; ?Harmonies?, pp. 45?48, illustrations. |
| 1980 | American Craft 40, ?Green Gallery, Kris Cox?, Dec. 1980/Jan. 1981, p. 61, illustration. |
| American Craft 40, ?For the Table Top?, Oct./Nov. 1980, pp. 34?44, illustrations. | |
| American Craft 39, ?Hill?s Gallery of Contemporary Crafts?, Dec. 1979/jan. 1980. pp.16?17, illustration. | |
| Selected Collections: | |
| The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA | |
| The Oakland Art Museum, Oakland, CA | |
| Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ | |
| Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA | |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM | |
| de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA | |
| Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC | |
| Racine Art Museum, WI | |
| C.U. Art Museum, Boulder, CO | |
| Scripps College, Claremont, CA | |
| Arizona State University, Art Collections, Tempe, AZ | |
| Claremont-McKenna College, Claremont, CA | |
| California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA | |
| Fresno Art Center, Fresno, CA | |
| General Mills Art Collection, Minneapolis, MN> | |
| Prudential Insurance Art Collection, Los Angeles, CA | |
| IBM Corporation, Chicago, IL | |
| Pacific Telesis Corporation, San Francisco, CA | |
| Sears Corporation, Chicago, IL | |
| Peninsula Hotel, New York, NY | |
| LVMH, San Francisco, CA | |
| Residences at the Little Nell, Aspen, CO | |