José Ramón Lerma (American, born )

Timeline

1930
Born in Hollister, California (San Benito County)
1948
Received scholarship to California School of Fine Arts, (S.F. Art Institute) San Francisco, California
1950–1951
Attended California School of Fine Arts, (S.F. Art Institute) San Francisco, California
1951–1953
U.S. Army Medical Corp & Intelligence, 223rd Regimental Headquarters, 40th Division, Korea
1954–1958
Attended California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California, Scholarship and G.I. Bill, Bachelor’s of Fine Arts 1958

Exhibitions

2009
1958 East / West Abstraction Art Talk, Toganon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009
Survey of Works 1947-Present, Art Zone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008
Banned and Recovered, African American Museum and Library, Oakland, CA
2008
Bailando Con La Muerta / Dancing With Death, Encantada Gallery of Fine Arts, New York, NY
2008
Intersection 2008 Annual Fundraising Art Auction and Birthday Party, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2008
A Grand Opening Affair, A Benefit for Visual Aids, Group Show, Art Zone 461, San Francisco, CA
2005
While Pollock Was Sleeping: Bay Area Abstract Expressionism from the Blair Collection, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
2003
The Beat Generation & Beyond, Group Show, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2003
An Exhibition and Silent Auction to Benefit ProArts, Group Show, ProArts Gallery, Oakland, CA
1997–2003
Several Exhibitions, Encantada Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002
One Person Show, paintings, Supervisor Matt Gonzales’s office, City Hall, San Francisco CA
2000
Retrospective: 1954-2000, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco CA
2000
The Dark Madonna, Group Exhibition, Thatcher Gallery, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
1999
First, I Dream, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Group Exhibit, Thatcher Gallery, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
1997
Abstract Works, One Person Show, Art Beat Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997
Symbolist/Abstract Contemporary Collection, SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996
Day of the Dead altar, Recuerdos de Maria Cruz Lerma de Chapa, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA
1996
Exhibit in the Hispanic Room, The New Main Library, San Francisco, CA
1996
Chicago Beat, One Person Show, The Work and Collection of Abstract Expressionist Paintings, The Laney College Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
1996
Group Show, Session at Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996
One Person Show, La Esperanza Salon of the Arts, Dublin, CA
1996
One Person Exhibition, Constructions/Collages, What’s For Dessert, San Francisco, CA
1995
An Altar for My Mother, Dia de los Muertos, Weigand Gallery College of Notre Dame, Belmont, CA
1995
Cultural Expressions, Group Exhibition, Cooper, White and Cooper, San Francisco, CA
1993
One Man Show, EBMUD Gallery, Oakland, CA
1992
Honor the Source- Constructions, Collages, and Paintings,
1990
Mouse and Friends, Acrylics and Collage Paintings, Manuelita’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988
Cajas and Constructions from 1986-1988, Manuelita’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1979
Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
1977
Raices Antigues*Visiones Nuevas, Ancient Roots*New Visions Catalogue, National Collection of Fine Arts, Fondo del Sol, Smithsonian Institute, Washigton, D.C
1974
Museum of Modern Art Catalogue, San Francisco, CA Third World Painting/Sculpture Exhibit, San Francisco, CA
1960–1968
Annual One Man Show, Green Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1967
Retrospective (1947-67), One Man Show, Peninsula Gallery, Menlo Park, CA
1964
Group Show, Stuart Gallery, New York, NY
1958
One Man Show, Spatsa Gallery, San Francisco, CA 9th Annual Exhibition of Oil and Sculpture, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1957
One Man Show, East-West Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1956
Group Show, 6 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1955
One Man Show, Inter Players Theater Gallery, Bella Union Theater, Kearny St., San Francisco, CA
1949
Southern Monterey County Fair, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Prize, King City, CA