Born 1949, Huntington, NY
Education
1971 BA Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
1974 MFA Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008 Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA, Fall
2006 Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2004 “Directed Light,” Los Angeles Harbor College, Wilmington, CA
2002 Chac Mool Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Howard Yezerski
Gallery, Boston, MA
2001 Charlotte Jackson Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2000 Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Chac Mool Gallery, Los
Angeles, CA
1996 Charlotte Jackson Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1995 Thomas Solomon’s Garage, Los Angeles, CA
1991 Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1989 Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1985 Todd Madigan Gallery, California State College, Bakersfield,
CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 Galerie Arte Moderna Ammann, Locarno, Switzerland, with Alan
Ebnother, May 31-June 14
“The Natalie and Irving Foreman
Collection of Works on Paper,” Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY,
Aug 15-Nov 30
2007 “SoCal: Southern California Art of the 1960’s and 70’s from
LACMA’s Collection,” L. A. County Museum of Art, Los
Angeles, CA, Aug 19-Mar 30, 2008
“Monochrome,” Cardwell
Jimmerson Contemporary Art, Culver City, CA, Sept-Oct
“Müller-Emil and Multiple
Art,” Galerie Jonas, Cortaillod, Switzerland
2006 “Photos & Phantasy: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman
Art Foundation” Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine
University, Malibu, CA
Katharina Krohn Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
“Minimalism,” I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Mat Gleason
2005 “The Natalie & Irving Forman Collection,” Albright-Knox Art
Gallery, Buffalo, NY
“Good Clean Fun,” Brewery Project, Los Angeles, curated by Jennifer
Faist
“Paint on Metal,” Tucson, AZ, curated by Julie Sasse (catalog)
2001 “New Work: LA Painting,” Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000 “Simply Complex: Monochrome Paintings from Los Angeles,” Dorsky
Gallery, New York, curated by Joan and Reuben Baron(brochure)
“Panza: Legacy of a Collector,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles,
CA (catalog)
1998 “Max Hendler/Lies Kraal/Roy Thurston,” Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine
Art,
Santa Monica, CA
1997 Selections from Panza Acquisition, Palma di Mallorca, Spain,
organized by Museo Cantonale d’Arte Lugano (catalog)
“5 Easy Pieces,” Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, NV
(catalog)
1995 “The Panza de Biumo Donation: European and American Art ’83-‘93”
Museo Cantonale d’Arte Lugano, Switzerland (catalog)
1994 “Plane/Structures” Otis Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design,
Los Angeles, CA, curated by David Pagel (catalog)
1989 “Quiet,” Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, curated by Paul Tomidy
(catalog)
1986 “Recent Abstractions,” Burnett Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1975 “Selected West Coast Painters,” Miami-Dade University, Miami, FL
(catalog)
Bibliography
2007 “A Different Kind of Freedom” LACMAINSIDER, Museum Benefactors’
Journal, Summer 2007, Vol. 1 Issue 3
2003 Mat Gleason, “Art Angelenos,” Modern Painters, Spring 2003
2000 Holly Meyers, “Roy Thurston,” Art Issues, Summer 2000.
Christopher Knight, “Holding the Light,” Los Angeles Times, January 21,
2000.
1999 “Panza: Legacy of a Collector,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Los
Angeles, CA (catalog)
1996 Lis Bensley. “Roy Thurston Unlocks a Translucent Realm,” The Santa
Fe New Mexican, September 13, 1996.
1995 Toby Crockett, “Roy Thurston at Thomas Solomon’s Garage,” Art in
America, June 1995.
1994 William Wilson, “Plane/Structures at Otis: Enriching Works,” Los
Angeles Times, Sept. 19, 1994.
1991 Francis Colpitt, “Palpable Surface/Elusive Depth,” Art Space,
Summer 1991.
1990 Gary Kornblau, “Roy Thurston at Kiyo Hagashi,” Art Issues,
March-April 1990.
1989 Suvan Geer, Los Angeles Times, December 1, 1989.
Selected Public and Private Collections
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Nancy and Ulrich Richard, Zürich, Switzerland
The Berlingieri Collection, Rome, Italy
Natalie and Irving Forman, Lamy, NM
Ann Hatch, San Francisco, CA
Kiyo and Robert Higashi, Los Angeles, CA
Coleccion Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico
Tobe and Greg Karns, Los Angeles, CA
Anne Lannan, Los Angeles, CA
Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Mark and Jayne Murrel, Newport Beach, CA
Joan and Fred Nicholas, Beverly Hills, CA
The Panza Collection, Milan, Italy
Haus Konsruktiv, Zürich, Switzerland
Sammlung Bruckmann, Zurich, Switzerland
Christina Renggli and Bernhard Bruckmann, Zürich, Switzerland
Mark Bergendahl, Irvine, CA
Paul Rusconi, Los Angeles, CA
Joffroy Collection, Tucson, AZ
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