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Ron Gorchov

(American, 1930–2020)

Ron Gorchov

Kitalpha, 2016

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Ron Gorchov

Euryale, 2016

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Ron Gorchov

Procession, 1983

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Ron Gorchov

Phlegethon, 2015

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Ron Gorchov

Salome, 2012

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Ron Gorchov

Phaeton, 2015

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Ron Gorchov

Stack Painting, 2015

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Ron Gorchov

Telemachas, 2019

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Ron Gorchov

Hypatia, 2014

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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
2005: Vito Schnabel, New York, NY (solo)
1997: Roland Pease Collection, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY
: Salient Green, Susanne Hilbert Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1996: Epitaphs, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
1995: 47th Annual Purchase Exhibition, American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
1994: Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI (solo)
1993: Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
: 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY
: Paintings from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
: The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
: Paintings from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, MFA Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY
: Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI
: MFA Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY
1992: Invitational, John Good Gallery, New York, NY
: Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
: Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI
: Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1991: Abstract Painting of the 90’s, Andre Emerich Gallery, New York, NY
: Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1990: Clifford Still: A Dialogue, Phillipe Briet Gallery, New York, NY
1989: Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
: Small and Stellar, Ruth Seigel Gallery, New York, NY
: Urrealism, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
1986: Inspiration by Nature, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
1985: Gallery Artists, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
: Abstract Painting 1960-1980, Margo Leavin Gallery, New York, NY
: Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI (solo)
1984: Benjamin Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
: Eccentric Images, Margo Leavin Gallery, New York, NY
1983: Language, Drama, Source and Vision, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
: Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
: Bonnier Gallery, New York, NY
: Montana State University Fine Arts Gallery, Bozeman, MT (solo)
1981: Hamilton Gallery, New York, NY
1980: Gallery AK, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
: Hamilton Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
: Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1979: Hamilton Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
: Young Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
: Entrance, P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY (solo)
1978: Galerie M, Bochun, Germany (solo)
: Matrix Program, University Art Museum, Berkley, CA (solo)
1977: Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI (solo)
1976: Texas Gallery, Houston, TX (solo)
1975: Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1972: Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY (solo)
1966: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1963: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1960: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY (solo)

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
1990: Storr, Robert, It’s Not What You’re Doing…, Jack Tilton Gallery
: Smith, Roberta, Clifford Still: A Dialogue, The New York Times, October 29
1983: Cohen, Ronny, “Abstraction and Evocation: New Paintings by Ron Gorchov,” Arts Magazine, November
: Westfall, Stephen, “Ron Gorchov at Marlborough,” Art in America, December
: “The Spirit of Gorchov,” Baloffia-arte, No. 95, February
1980: Rickey, C. Voice Centerfold, “Art, Ron Gorchov,” The Village Voice, Vol. 25, June 25-July 1
: Schwartz, Ellen, ARTs, Vol. 79, No. 1, January
: Lawson, Thomas, “Painting in New York,” FlashArt, No 92-93, October-November
: Rose, Barbara, “American Painting: The Eighties,” A Critical Interpretation
1979: Bear, Liza, “Interview,” June-September
: Larson, Kay, “Of Time (and space) and the River,” The Village Voice, Vol. 24, No. 45, November
1978: The Queens Museum, Private Myths, New York City
: Tucker, Marcia, Contemporary Artists, New Museum, New York
: Russel, John, “Art: The New Museum,” The New York Times
: Miro, Marsha, “Thinking Man’s Art,” Detroit Neva
: Masters, Leslie, “Gorchov Produces an Uneasy Calm,” Detroit Free Press
: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1977 Whitney Biennial, February
: Hansell, Betsey, “Noticing Ron Gorchov,” Detroit Artists Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 6, June
: Davidson, Nancy and Sultan, Donald (eds.), Name Book 1: Statements on Art. N.A.M.E. Gallery
1977: Colby, Joy, “From Chicago Roots,” Sunday News, Detroit, May
: Kearse, Morris, “Shape and Form in Ron Gorchov’s Painting,” Artforum, May
1976: Edmonds, Richard, “New Art Frontier,” Daily News, June
: Perreault, John, “P.S. 1,” Soho Weekly News, New York, June
1975: Deak, Edit, “Ron Gorchov at Fischbach Gallery,” Art in America, September-October
: Frackman, Noel, “Review,” Artforum, May
: Smith, Roberta, “Review, Fischbach Gallery, New York Exhibit,” Artforum, May
: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1975 Whitney Biennial
1973: Rose, Barbara, “Review,” New York Magazine, June 25
1972: Case, Richard, “A New Puzzle at the Everson,” Syracuse News, March
: Campbell, Lawrence, “Review,” ARTnews, June
1963: Burton, Scott, “Review,” ARTnews, June 25
1960: Ashton, Dore, “Ornamental Forms,” The New York Times, April 15

Ron Gorchov

(American, 1930–2020)

Ron Gorchov

Ron Gorchov

Ron Gorchov

Ron Gorchov

Ron Gorchov

Ron Gorchov

Ron Gorchov

Ron Gorchov

Ron Gorchov

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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