Exhibitions

2008

The Box Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Paintings and Works on Paper 1963-1968, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Paul McCarthy’s Low Life Slow Life: Part 1, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA

2007

Coming Attractions: Gallery Group Show, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2006

Los Angeles 1955-1985: The Birth of an Artistic Capital, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
California Modern, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
California Art from the Permanent Collection – Part II, 1930s to 1950s, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA

2005

John Altoon: Paintings and Drawings 1961-1967, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Semina Culture – Wallace Berman and His Circle, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA

2002

Ferus, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY
Revisited, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1998

A Critical Survey, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Sunshine and Noir: Art in L.A. 1960-1997, Castello Rivoli-Museum d'Arte Contemporanea, Italy

1997

John Altoon, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA (solo)
Sunshine and Noir: Art in L.A. 1960-1997, Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg, Germany

1994

Abstract Works: 1960-66, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)

1992

Female Nudes: 1962-66, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)

1990

Abstract Painting on the West Coast, The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, Japan; Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan; The Hara Museum, Tokyo, Japan

1986

12 Paintings, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)

1985

New Acquisitions, De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA

1983 - 1984

The First Show, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, CA
The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
Nelson Fine Arts Center at Matthews Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (solo)
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL (solo)
Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (solo)
John Altoon: Works on Paper. Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL (solo)
John Altoon: 25 Paintings, 1957-1969. Baxter Art Gallery, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (solo)

1983

Drawings 1964-66, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (solo)
The First Show, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

1981

California State University at Fullerton, Fullerton, CA (solo)
John Altoon: Advertising Satire Series, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Santa Barbara University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, CA (solo)

1980

De Saisset Museum, University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA (solo)

1979

Drawings, Edward Throp Gallery, New York, NY
John Altoon: Drawings and Temperas, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA (solo)

1977

The Last Time I Saw Ferus 1957-1966, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA

1976

Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)

1975

Images of Women, Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, WA

1974

Eight from California, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

1973

Felicity Samuels Gallery, London, UK

San Jose State College Gallery, San Jose, CA (solo)
John Altoon (1925-1969), Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA (solo)

1972

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
John Altoon – Drawings and Prints. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. (solo)

1971

John Altoon-Drawings and Prints, Whiney Museum of American Art New York, NY

1969

John Altoon - Memorial Exhibition, La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, CA (solo)

1968

The Princess and the Frog Series and Cowboys and Indians Series, Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)

1967

John Altoon, San Francisco Museum of Art San Francisco, CA (solo)
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA (solo)
John Altoon: Ocean Park Series. Art Gallery, University of California, San Diego, CA (solo)

1966

Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)

1965

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA (solo)

1963

M.H. de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA (solo)

1961

Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)

1960

The Art Center in La Jolla, La Jolla, CA (solo)

1958

John Altoon: Paintings, Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)

1953

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA (solo)

Selected Public Collections:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Birmingham Museum of Art, AL
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Tate Britain, London, UK
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY