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Ron Gorchov

(American, 1930–2020)

untitled mixed media, inscribed to robert vogele by ron gorchov

Ron Gorchov

Untitled mixed media, inscribed to Robert Vogele, 1978

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untitled by ron gorchov

Ron Gorchov

Untitled , 1962

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self portrait, by ron gorchov

Ron Gorchov

Self Portrait,, 1959

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Biography

Timeline

1930
Born in Chicago, Illinois
1947 - 1948
Studied at the University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
1948 - 1950
Studied at the Roosevelt College & Art Institute, Chicago, IL
1950 - 1951
Studied at the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
1959
Received the Ingram Merrill Award
1975
Received the National Endowment for the Arts Award for Painting

Received the CAPS Award
1994
Received the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship Award for Painting
2010
Received the Skowhegan Medal for Painting

Received the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Exhibitions

2016
Ron Gorchov Selected Exhibitions in 2016:
Concord, Vito Schnabel Gallery, St. Moritz, Switzerland(solo exhibition)
Ron Gorchov: Stacks, presented by Cheim & Read at ADAA: The Art Show, New York, NY(solo exhibition)
2015
Ron Gorchov Selected Exhibitions in 2015:
Ron Gorchov, Curated by Vito Schnabel, Sotheby’s S|2, London, UK(solo exhibition)
Ron Gorchov: Recent Works, Thomas Brambilla, Bergamo, Italy (solo exhibition)
Frieze New York, Cheim & Read, New York, NY
Intimacy in Discourse: Unreasonable Sized Paintings, SVA Chelsea Gallery (Curated by Phong Bui and Rail Curatorial Projects) New York, NY
First Show / Last Show, curated by Vito Schnabel, Germania Bank Building, New York, NY
Der Beste Anfang, Thomas Brambilla, Bergamo, Italy
Community of Influence, curated by Chuck Webster, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY
2014
Ron Gorchov Selected Exhibitions in 2014:
Serapis, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, MO(solo exhibition)
Entrance, presented by Cheim & Read at Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
The Shaped Canvas, Revisited, Luxembourg & Dayan, New York, NY
Green Circle, Black Diamond, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA
All The Best Artists Are My Friends (Part I), curated by Ray Smith, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
Mana Monumental, curated by Eugene Lemay, Mana Miami, Miami, FL
2013
Ron Gorchov Selected Exhibitions in 2013:
Monsieur X., Vito Schnabel, New York, NY(solo exhibition)
Ron Gorchov: Recent Watercolors, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY(solo exhibition)
Ron Gorchov: Recent Paintings, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland(solo exhibition)
DSM-V, Moynihan Post Office, curated by David Rimanelli and presented by Vito Schnabel, New York, NY
39 Great Jones, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich, Switzerland
2012
Ron Gorchov Selected Exhibitions in 2012:
Ron Gorchov, curated by Phong Bui, Cheim and Read, New York, NY(solo exhibition)
Ron Gorchov: Recent Paintings, Galerie Richard, Paris, France(solo exhibition)
Painting Towards Three Dimensions: Bram Bogart, Ron Gorchov, Takesada Matsutani, Galerie Richard, New York, NY
Little Languages/Coded Pictures, curated by Theresa Hackett and Michelle Weinberg, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY
Brucennial, presented by The Bruce High Quality Foundation and Vito Schnabel, New York, NY
2011
Ron Gorchov Selected Exhibitions in 2011:
Ron Gorchov, Donde Se Oculta el Alma (Where The Soul Hides), Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain(solo exhibition)
Paper 2011, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, New York, NY
It’s All Good!! Apocalypse now, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Rail 10 Year Anniversary Silent Art Benefit Auction, Visual Arts Gallery at the School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2010
Ron Gorchov Selected Exhibitions in 2010:
Ron Gorchov: Recent Watercolors, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, CA(solo exhibition)
Brucennial 2010: Miseducation, presented by The Bruce High Quality Foundation and Vito Schnabel, New York, NY
Territories, Left of Center, The Luckman Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
Between Picture and Viewer: The Image in Contemporary Painting, Visual Arts Gallery at the School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Works On Paper, Galerie Richard, Paris, France
Party at Chris’s House, Curated by Phong Bui, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009
Ron Gorchov Selected Exhibitions in 2009:
NY Masters: Ron Gorchov, Alain Kirili, Judy Pfaff, Alexander Ross, Frank Stella, Galerie Richard, Paris, France(solo exhibition)
Triple Play, Curated by Lilly Wei, Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY
NY Masters: Bleckner, Gorchov, Kirili, Koznowski, Ross, Stella, Galerie Richard, Paris, France
Winter Salon: Works on Paper, Bjorn Ressle Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Ron Gorchov Selected Exhibitions in 2008:
Recent Paintings, Nicholas Robinson Gallery in collaboration with Vito Schnabel, New York, NY(solo exhibition)
Party at Phong’s, Curated by Chris Martin, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Brucennial, Presented by The Bruce High Quality Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2006
Ron Gorchov Selected Exhibitions in 2006:
Double Trouble, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY(solo exhibition)
New Painting, Suzanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI

Public Collections

The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
The Denver Art Museum (Denver, CO)
The Detroit Institute of Art (Detroit, MI)
Everson Museum of Art (Syracuse, NY)
Guggenheim (New York, NY)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY)
The Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY)
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, MO)
The Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY)
Dr. Nils Forsblom Collection, California

Literature

2006
Bui, Phong and Storr, Robert, Ron Gorchov with Robert Storr and Phong Bui, The Brooklyn Rail, September
Cohen, David, Ron Gorchov: Double Trouble, The New York Sun, June 29
2005
Storr, Robert, Missing in Action: Robert Storr on Ron Gorchov, Artforum, September
Smith, Roberta, Art in Review: Ron Gorchov, The New York Times, June 10
La Rocco, Benjamin, Ron Gorchov, The Brooklyn Rail, June
1997
Weinmann, Elaine and Loureka B. Peter, Painter for Macintosh, Peachpit Press
1995
Smith, Roberta, The New Irreverent Approach to Mounting Exhibitions, The New York Times, January 6
Westfall, Stephen, Ron Gorchov at Jack Tilton, Art in America, October
Welish, Majory, Ron Gorchov, ARTS Magazine, October
Carrier, David, Extending The Language of Abstraction, International, Vol 12, Autumn
English (US)

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