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Chuck Close

(American, 1940–2021)

kate by chuck close

Chuck Close

Kate, 2013

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untitled (self-portrait/contact sheet) by chuck close

Chuck Close

Untitled (Self-Portrait/Contact Sheet), 2013

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untitled (brad) by chuck close

Chuck Close

Untitled (Brad), 2013

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self-portrait (yellow raincoat) by chuck close

Chuck Close

Self-Portrait (Yellow Raincoat), 2013

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self – portrait / felt hand stamp by chuck close

Chuck Close

Self – Portrait / Felt Hand Stamp, 2011

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cecily / felt hand stamp by chuck close

Chuck Close

Cecily / Felt Hand Stamp, 2012

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kara / felt hand stamp by chuck close

Chuck Close

Kara / Felt Hand Stamp, 2012

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self-portrait by chuck close

Chuck Close

Self-Portrait, 2012

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kara by chuck close

Chuck Close

Kara, 2012

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cecily by chuck close

Chuck Close

Cecily, 2012

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cindy by chuck close

Chuck Close

Cindy, 2012

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zhang i by chuck close

Chuck Close

Zhang I, 2012

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Biography

Timeline

1940
Born in Monroe, WA
1962
BA, University of Washington School of Art, Seattle, WA
1963
BFA, Yale University School of Art and Architecture, New Haven, CT
1964
MFA, Yale University School of Art and Architecture, New Haven, CT
1965
Fullbright Grant, Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Vienna, Austria
1966
Resident Artist, The American Academy, Rome, Italy
1991
Skowhegan Medal for Painting
1992
Elected member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
1996
Resident artist at The American Academy, Rome, Italy
1998
Elected Fellow of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA

Exhibitions

2016
Chuck Close Exhibitions in 2016
Chuck Close Photographs, NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Traveled to: Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. (solo)
Chuck Close: Fingerprint Paintings and Drawings, 1978–86, Craig F. Starr Gallery,(Catalogue)
2015
Chuck Close Exhibitions in 2015
Chuck Close: Red Yellow Blue, Pace Gallery, 534 West 25th Street, New York (Catalogue)
Chuck Close Prints, Schack Art Center, Everett, Washington (solo)
Chuck Close Photographs, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York
Traveled to: University Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Nova Southeastern
University Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Florida (solo)
Chuck Close, Merchant House, Amsterdam (solo).
Chuck Close: Face Forward, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his Family Foundation, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California.
Traveled to: Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University (solo)
2014
Chuck Close Exhibitions in 2014
Chuck Close, Alan Avery Art Company, Atlanta (solo)
Chuck Close: Nudes 1967–2014, Pace Gallery, 534 West 25th Street, New York. (Catalogue)
2013
Chuck Close Photo Maquettes, Eykyn Maclean, New York, USA (solo)
Closer: The Graphic Art of Chuck Close, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, USA (solo)
Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Chuck Close: Works on Paper 1975-2012, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, USA (solo)
Don’t Be Shy, Don’t Hold Back: The Logan Collection at SFMOMA, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, USA
Chuck Close: A Couple of Ways of Doing Something, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, USA; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Louisiana Art and Science Museum, Baton Rouge, USA; Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa, USA; Ball State University Museum of Art, Muncie, USA; Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, West Hartford, USA; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, USA; Loveland Museum Gallery, Lincoln, USA; Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, USA; Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, USA (solo)
2012
Chuck Close, Pace Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Chuck Close: New Work, Adamson Gallery, Washington, D.C. (solo)
Chuck Close: Multiple Portraits, Museum der Moderne Mönchsberg, Salzburg, Austria (solo)
Chuck Close: Actual and Invented Realities, white8 showrooms, Villach, Austria (solo)
Chuck Close, Galerie Thomas Modern, Munich, Germany (solo)
2011
Chuck Close, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, USA (solo)
Chuck Close: Self-Portraits on Paper, Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Berlin, Germany
Chuck Close: People Who Matter to Me, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, USA (solo)
2010
Chuck Close: Portraits, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, USA (solo)
Chuck Close: Recent Works, Contessa Gallery, Cleveland, USA
2009
Familiar Faces: Chuck Close in Ohio Collections, Akron Art Museum, Akron, USA (solo)
Faces: Chuck Close and Contemporary Portraiture, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, USA (solo)
Reflections / Refractions: Self-Portraiture in the Twentieth Century, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Contemporary Tapestries, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, USA
Chuck Close: Maquettes and Multi-Part Work (1966-2009), Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Chuck Close: Paintings and Tapestries 2005–2009, PaceWildenstein, New York, USA (solo)
Chuck Close: Self Portrait/Scribble/Etching Portfolio, 2000, Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, USA; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, USA; Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, USA
2008
Chuck Close: Seven Portraits, State Hermitage Museum, Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia (solo)
Chuck Close, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Canada (solo)
Chuck Close: Recent Prints, William Shearburn Gallery, Saint Louis, USA (solo)
Iconic Heroes, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, USA
Turning Heads, Dawson Cole Fine Art, Laguna Beach, USA
Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, USA; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; Miami Art Museum, Miami, USA; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, USA; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, USA; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, USA; Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, USA; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, USA; Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, USA; Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, USA; Boise Art Museum, Boise, USA; Portland Art Museum, Portland, USA; Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, USA; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, USA; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, USA; Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea; Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; White Cube, London, England (solo)
2007
Chuck Close. Paintings: 1968-2006, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain (solo)
Chuck Close. Paintings: 1968-2006, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany (solo)
Chuck Close: Pinturas, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain (solo)
Chuck Close: Portraits 1969 - 2006, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany (solo)
Chuck Close: Family and Others, White Cube Gallery, London, England
SELF PORTRAIT: Renaissance to Contemporary, National Portrait Gallery, London, England

Public Collections

Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX
Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Museum moderner Kunst, Palais Liechtenstein, Vienna, Austria
Museum of Contemporary Art, Ludwig Museum Budapest, Hungary
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, MA
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany
Tate Gallery, London, England
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
English (US)

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