Exhibitions

2008

Manifestos. Kent Gallery, New York (solo)

Susanne Vielmetter Berlin Projects, Berlin, Germany

2007

“La Biennale di Venezia”, Venice, Italy (curated by Robert Storr)

Brigitte March Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany

“Greenhouse,” LAX>ART, Los Angeles, CA

2006

Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA (solo)

“Charles Gaines: 21 Years with the Gallery,” Brigitte March Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany (solo)

“Snake River,” REDCAT Gallery, Los Angeles, and Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Austria, curated by Clara Kim and Stella Rollig, Collaboration with Edgar Arceneaux and the LA Philharmonic, Los Angeles, CA (solo)

"An Arrangement without Tormentors," Lentos Kunstmuseum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria, curated by Stella Rollig; in collaboration with Edgar Arceneaux (solo)

Kapinos Gallery, Berlin, Germany (solo)

Kamm Gallery Anniversary Exhibition, Galerie Kamm, Berlin, Germany

“Hommage to Friedrich Schiller,” Brigitte March Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany

2005

Steve Wolf Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)

“Double Consciousness: Black Conceptual Art Since 1970," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston

2004

“Fade (1990-Present): African American Artists in Los Angeles, a Survey Exhibition,” curator: Malik Gaines. Luckman Gallery and the University Fine Arts Gallery, Cal State LA; Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA.

“Recherche-entdeckt! Bilderarchive der Unsichtbarkeiten (Research-discovered! Picture Archive of the Invisibilities),” Sixth Esslingen International Photo Triennial, Galerie de Stadt, Esslingen am Neckar

Group Show, Arena Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, curated by Bruria Finkel

Triple Candie, New York City, NY, survey exhibition 1991-2004 (solo)

“The Night of the Hunter,” Brigitte March Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany

“Selections from the LeWitt Collection,” New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT

Prints from Segura Press, group show, New Mexico State University Art Museum

2003

Lurid Stories: Charles Gaines Projects, 1995-2001. Phoebe Conley Art Gallery (solo)

“Rhythm of Structure,” Fire Patrol No. 5 Gallery, New York, New York

“Structure of Difference: Painting, Sculpture, and Photography of the Past 50 Years,” Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT

“Urban Aesthetics 2003,” California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA

2002

“Math Art,” Art Gallery, Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, Florida

“What About Hegel,” Brigitte March Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany, May

Lurid Stories: Charles Gaines Projects, 1995-2001. Luckman Fine Art Gallery California State University, Los Angeles, CA (solo)

2001

Lurid Stories: Charles Gaines Projects, 1995-2001, Adoline Kent Award Exhibition, Walter/McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA (solo)

Group exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA

“Rhapsody,” Arizona State University Art Museum, Tucson

“Song Poems: Lyrics into Songs into Videos, Posters and Album Covers,” a project by Steven Hull. Cohan Leslie and Browne, New York City, NY

“Deep Distance-Die Entfernung der Fotografie,” Kunsthalle Basel; curated by Wilhelm Schürmann

2000

John Weber Gallery, New York City, NY (solo)

Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)

The Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean (IRADAC), two one-person shows, Charles Gaines and Kara Walker, City University of New York, NY (solo)

"A Selective Survey of Political Art," John Weber Gallery, New York City, NY