Born: National City, California, 17 June 1931.
Resides: Lives and works in Santa Monica, California.
1949-53 B.A., San Diego State College. San Diego, CA.
1954-55 University of California at Berkeley. Berkeley, CA.
1955 University of California at Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA.
1955-57 M.A., San Diego State College. San Diego, CA.
1957-59 Otis Art Institute. Los Angeles, CA.
Chouinard Art Institute. Los Angeles, CA.
2009“John Baldessari: Pure Beauty,” Tate Modern. London, United Kingdom, October 13, 2009 – January 10, 2010. Traveling to Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, February 11 – April 25, 2010; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, June 27 – September 12, 2010; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, October 17, 2010 – January 9, 2011.
“John Baldessari: Ear Sofa; Nose Sconces with Flowers (in Stage Setting),” Sprüth Magers London. London, United Kingdom, October 13 – November 14, 2009.
“John Baldessari: A Print Retrospective from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation,” Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor. San Francisco, CA, July 11 – November 8, 2009.
“John Baldessari: Raised Eyebrow / Furrowed Foreheads: Part IV,” Mai 36 Galerie. Zurich, Switzerland, June 7 – August 8, 2009.
“John Baldessari: Raised Eyebrow / Furrowed Foreheads: Part III,” Galerie Greta Meert. Brussels, Belgium, May 14 – June 17, 2009.
“John Baldessari: Raised Eyebrow / Furrowed Foreheads: Part II,” Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art. Lisbon, Portugal, May 7 – June 20, 2009.
“John Baldessari: BRICK BLDG, LG WINDOWS W/ XLENT VIEWS, PARTIALLY FURNISHED, RENOWNED ARCHITECT,” Museum Haus Lange. Krefeld, Germany, March 1 – July 19, 2009.
2008“John Baldessari: Raised Eyebrow / Furrowed Foreheads,” Marian Goodman Gallery. New York, NY, November 25, 2008 – January 10, 2009.
“John Baldessari and Koen Van Den Broek: This an Example of That,” Galerie Greta Meert and Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht (two parts in two locations). Brussels, Belgium, October 15 – November 22, 2008, and Maastricht, The Netherlands, October 5, 2008 – January 29, 2009.
“John Baldessari: BACA Laureate 2008,” Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht. Maastricht, The Netherlands, October 5, 2008 – January 25, 2009.
“John Baldessari and Matt Mullican: Pong,” Tracy Williams Ltd. New York, NY, May 2 – June 28, 2008.
“John Baldessari: Arms & Legs (Specif. Elbows & Knees), Etc., Part II,” Galería Pepe Cobo. Madrid, Spain, January 31 – March 22, 2008.
2007“John Baldessari: Beethoven’s Trumpet; In One Ear and Out the Same Ear,” The Arts Club of Chicago. Chicago, IL, November 7, 2007 – January 18, 2008.
“John Baldessari and Alejandro Cesarco: Retrospective,” Murray Guy. New York, NY, November 3 – December 22, 2007. Exhibition featuring collaborative work made with Alejandro Cesarco.
“John Baldessari: Arms & Legs (Specif. Elbows & Knees), Etc.,” Marian Goodman Gallery Paris. Paris, France, October 19 – November 24, 2007.
“John Baldessari: Noses & Ears, Etc. (Part Four),” Mai 36 Galerie. Zurich, Switzerland, June 1 – July 28, 2007.
“John Baldessari: Music,” curated by Stephan Gronert, Kunstmuseum Bonn. Bonn, Germany, May 12 – July 29, 2007. Presented in conjunction with “Beethoven’s Trumpet; In One Ear and Out the Same Ear” at the Bonner Kunstverein.
“John Baldessari: Beethoven’s Trumpet; In One Ear and Out the Same Ear,” curated by Christina Végh, Bonner Kunstverein. Bonn, Germany, May 12 – July 29, 2007. Presented in conjunction with “Music” at the Kunstmuseum Bonn.
“John Baldessari: Noses & Ears, Etc. (Part Three),” Margo Leavin Gallery. Los Angeles, CA, April 7 – May 5, 2007.
“John Baldessari: Eden: Adam and Eve (With Ear and Nose) Plus Serpent,” Portikus. Frankfurt am Main, Germany, February 9 – March 18, 2007.
2006“John Baldessari: Noses & Ears, Etc. (Part Two),” Marian Goodman Gallery. New York, NY, October 19 - November 25, 2006.
“John Baldessari: The Prima Facie Series,” organized by Ann Cesteleyn, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens. Deurle, Belgium, September 17, 2006 - December 3, 2006.
“John Baldessari: Composition for Violin and Voices (Male), 1987, Une œuvre de la collection,” Musée d’Art Contemporain Lyon. Lyon, France, June 16 - August 13, 2006.
“John Baldessari: Noses & Ears, Etc.” Cristina Guerra, Lisbon, Portugal, June 6 – September 9, 2006.
“John Baldessari: Prima Facie (Fifth State)” Sprüth, Magers, Lee Gallery, London, UK, April 28 - June 24, 2006.
“John Baldessari: Works 1982 – 1991” Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris, France, March 18 – April 22, 2006.
2005“John Baldessari: Prima Facie (Fourth State)” Galerie Meert Rihoux, Brussels, Belgium, December 16 – January 28, 2005
“John Baldessari: Prima Facie (Third State),” Galería Pepe Cobo. Madrid Spain, September 14 – November 10, 2005.
“John Baldessari: From Life,” Carré d’Art Musée d’Art Contemporain. Nimes, France, October 19, 2005 – January 8, 2006.
“John Baldessari: Prima Facie (Second State),” Mai 36 Galerie. Zurich, Switzerland, June 11-July 30, 2005.
“John Baldessari: Prima Facie,” Margo Leavin Gallery. Los Angeles, CA, April 9 – May 14, 2005.
“John Baldessari: The Blockage Series,” Marian Goodman Gallery Paris. Paris, France, March 11 - April 23, 2005.
“John Baldessari: Life’s Balance: Works 84-04,” Kunsthaus Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum. Graz, Austria. March 5 - May 16, 2005.
“John Baldessari: A Different Kind of Order (Works 1962-1984),” MUMOK Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien. Vienna, Austria, March 4 - July 3, 2005.
2004“John Baldessari: Somewhere Between Almost Right and Not Quite (With Orange),” organized by Tracey Bashkoff, Deutsche Guggenheim. Berlin, Germany, October 30, 2004 - January 16, 2005. Traveled to Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen, Germany, February 22 - March 27, 2005.
“John Baldessari,” Marian Goodman Gallery. New York, NY, November 17, 2004 - January 8, 2005.
“John Baldessari: Recent Maquettes & Prints,” Art Affairs. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, February 7 - March 13, 2004.
2003“John Baldessari: Vertical/Horizontal Series,” Bernier/Eliades. Athens, Greece, December 11, 2003 - January 31, 2004.
“John Baldessari: The Duress Series,” Mai 36 Galerie. Zurich Switzerland, June 7 - July 19, 2003.
“John Baldessari: Editionen,” Galerie Gabriele Völkers. Hamburg, Germany, January 31 - April 5, 2003.
2002“John Baldessari: Junctions and Intersections,” Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers. Cologne, Germany, October 31, 2002 – February 28, 2003.
“John Baldessari: Junctions and Intersections,” Margo Leavin Gallery. Los Angeles, CA, October 26 - December 7, 2002.
“John Baldessari,” Marian Goodman Gallery Paris. Paris, France, May 3 - June 15, 2002.
2001“John Baldessari: The Overlap Series,” Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland, June 2 - July 14, 2001.
2000“John Baldessari,” curated by Gabriella Belli, Museo d’Arte Moderna Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto. Trento, Italy, December 15, 2000 - March 11, 2001.
“John Baldessari: Selections from: The Goya Series - The Tetrad Series - The Elbow Series,” Galerie Meert Rihoux. Brussels, Belgium, May 25 – July 8, 2000.
1999“Baldessari: While Something Is Happening Here, Something Else Is Happening There: Works 1988 - 1999,” curated by Thomas Weski, Sprengel Museum Hannover. Hanover, Germany, September 26, 1999 - January 2, 2000. Traveled to Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden, Germany, January 15 - April 2, 2000.
“John Baldessari: Tetrad Series,” Marian Goodman Gallery. New York, NY, April 18 - May 21, 1999.
“Ich habe es gesehen: Baldessari und Goya,” Albertina im Akademiehof. Vienna, Austria, February 18 - March 28, 1999.
1998“John Baldessari: The Commissioned Paintings,” Sonnabend Gallery. New York, NY, November 14 - December 19, 1998.
“John Baldessari: Recent Works,” Charim Klocker. Vienna, Austria, September 11 - November 7, 1998.
“Baldessari: 4 RMS W VU: Wallpaper, Lamps, and Plants. New,” Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art. Rotterdam, The Netherlands, January 25 - March 22, 1998. Presented concurrently with and in conjuction with an exhibition of the same name at the Museum für Gegenwartskunst Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland, January 31 - March 22, 1998. Traveled to Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, July 16 - September 27, 1998.
“John Baldessari,” Mai 36 Galerie. Zurich, Switzerland, January 30 - March 14, 1998.
“John Baldessari: The Goya Series,” Sonnabend Gallery. New York, NY, January 10 - February 14, 1998.
1997“John Baldessari,” Theoretical Events. Naples, Italy, June 5 - July 31, 1997.
“John Baldessari: National City: Paintings from 1967 and 1996,” Galerie Philomene Magers. Cologne, Germany, May 23 - July 31, 1997.
“John Baldessari: The Goya Series,” Margo Leavin Gallery. Los Angeles, CA, April 19 - May 31, 1997.
“John Baldessari,” Marian Goodman Gallery. Paris, France, April 4 - May 31, 1997.
“John Baldessari: 1990-1996,” Galerie Laage-Salomon. Paris, France, April 4 - May 17, 1997.
1996“John Baldessari,” Galeria Pedro Oliveira. Porto, Portugal, June 1 - July 13, 1996.
“John Baldessari Recent Works,” Galerie Meert Rihoux. Brussels, Belgium, April 23 - June 1, 1996.
“John Baldessari: National City,” curated by Hugh M. Davies and Andrea Hales, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. San Diego, CA, March 9 - June 19, 1996.
“John Baldessari,” Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst in Wien. Vienna, Austria, March 5 - April 27, 1996.
“John Baldessari,” Mai 36 Galerie. Zurich, Switzerland, April 27 - June 1, 1996.
1995“This Not That,” Cornerhouse, Manchester, United Kingdom, May 6 - June 25, 1995. Traveled to Serpentine Gallery, London, United Kingdom, July 12 - August 28, 1995; Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, September 21 - November 19, 1995; Moderna Galleria Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, December 14, 1995 - January 27, 1996; Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo, Norway, February 17 - May 5, 1996; Centro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo Perdigão, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal, June 4 - September 1, 1996.
“John Baldessari: New Work,” Margo Leavin Gallery. Los Angeles, CA, April 22 - May 20, 1995.
1994 “Artist’s Choice: John Baldessari, e.g. Grass, Water Heater, Mouths, & etc. (for John Graham),” The Museum of Modern Art. New York, New York, March 17 – May 10, 1994.
1990“Artist’s Choice: John Baldessari, e.g. Grass, Water Heater, Mouths, & etc. (for John Graham),” The Museum of Modern Art. New York, New York, March 17 – May 10, 1994.
1989“Ni por Ésas / Not Even So: John Baldessari,” Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Madrid, Spain, January 11 - February 20, 1989. Traveled to CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France, as “John Baldessari: Oeuvres de 1966 à 1988,” March 10 - April 23, 1989; IVAM, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Valencia, Spain, May 15 - July 15, 1989.
1986“John Baldessari: Matrix 94,” University Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley. Berkeley, CA, March 20 - May 20, 1986.
1985“John Baldessari,” organized by Le Coin du Miroir (Dijon, France), Le Consortium, Centre d'Art Contemporain. Dijon, France, March 11 - April 18, 1985.
1981“John Baldessari: Work 1966 - 1980,” organized by Marcia Tucker, The New Museum of Contemporary Art. New York, NY, Part I: March 14 - April 4, 1981; Part II: April 8 - 28, 1981. Traveled as “John Baldessari: Werken 1966 - 1981,” Municipal Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, May 22 - June 21, 1981; Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen, West Germany, September 4 - October 18, 1981; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, January 14 - February 21, 1982; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX, March 6 - April 18, 1982.
2009“In & Out of Amsterdam: Art & Project Bulletin, 1968–1989,” Museum of Modern Art. New York, NY, July 1 – November 9, 2009.
“Target Practice: Painting Under Attack 1949-78,” Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, WA, June 25 – September 7, 2009.
“La Biennale di Venezia: 53. Exposizione Internazionale d’Arte: Fare Mundi.” Venice, Italy, June 7 – November 22, 2009.
“Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection,” Museum of Modern Art. New York, NY, April 22, 2009 – January 4, 2010.
“The Pictures Generation, 1974-1984,” curated by Doug Eklund, Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY, April 21 – August 2, 2009.
“Into the Sunset: Photography’s Image of the American West,” curated by Eva Respini, Museum of Modern Art. New York, NY, March 29 – June 8, 2009.
2008“The Art of Participation: 1950 to Now,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, CA, November 8, 2008 – February 8, 2009.
“California Video,” curated by Glenn Phillips, J. Paul Getty Museum. Los Angeles, CA, March 15 – June 8, 2008.
“2008 Whitney Biennial,” Whitney Museum of American Art. New York, NY, March 6 – June 1, 2008.
“Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today,” organized by Ann Temkin, Museum of Modern Art. New York, NY, March 2 – May 12, 2008. Traveled to Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, May 29 – September 13, 2009.
“BCAM at LACMA: The Inaugural Installation,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles, CA, February 16 - September 2008.
“Collecting Collections: Highlights from the Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA, February 10 – May 26, 2008.
2007“What is Painting? Contemporary Art from the Collection,” Museum of Modern Art. New York, NY, July 7 – September 17, 2007.
“Hammer Contemporary Collection: Part I,” Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center. Los Angeles, CA, January 16 – April 8, 2007.
“Learn to Read,” Tate Modern. London, United Kingdom, June 19 – September 2, 2007.
“Not For Sale,” P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center. Long Island City, NY, February 11 – April 30, 2007.
2006“Red Eye: L.A. Artists from the Rubell Family Collection,” Rubell Family Collection. Miami, FL, December 4, 2006 – May 31, 2007.
“Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA, November 19, 2006 - March 4, 2007.
“Los Angeles 1955-1985: Birth of an Art Capital,” Centre Pompidou. Paris, France, March 8 - July 17, 2006.
“Joy Pop! Pop Art 1960’s - 2000s: From Lichtenstein, Warhol to the Current Generation,” Sieji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art. Tokyo, Japan, July 8 - September 3, 2006.
“Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation. Work Groups and Installations,” Museum Für Gegenwartskunst. Basel, Switzerland, June 10 - September 3, 2006.
2005“The Fluidity of Time: Selections from the MCA Collection”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, November 25, 2005 – February 25, 2006
“Drawing from the Modern 1975 – 2005”, September 14, 2005 – January 9, 2006, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
“The Blake Byrne Collection,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, July 3 - October 10, 2005.
“Big Bang” Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, June 15, 2005 – Februrary 27, 2006
“Open Systems: Rethinking Art c.1970,” Tate Modern, London, England, June 1 – September 18, 2005.
2004“Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form, 1940s – 70s,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, June 13 – October 3, 2004. Traveling to Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida, November 18, 2004 – May 1, 2005. Catalogue.
“Small: the Object in Film, Video, and Slide Installation,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, includes John Baldessari, Matthew Higgs, Sol LeWitt, Jonathan Monk, Alan Phelan, Michael Snow, and Rirkrit Tiravanija, November 18, 2004 – February 6, 2005.
“California Dreaming,” films by Kenneth Anger, John Baldessari, Will Handle, David Lamelas, and Ed Ruscha, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, July 1 – August 22, 2004.
“Behind the Facts. Interfunktionen 1968-1975” Joan Miro Foundation. Parc de Montjuic, Barcelona, Spain. February 19 – May 2, 2004. traveling to Kunsthalle Fridericianum Kassel, January 30 – April 3, 2005.
2003“Jede Fotographie Ein Bild Seimens Fotosammlung,” Pinakothek der Moderne, Sammlung Moderne Kunst, Munich, Germany, December 18, 2003 – March 7, 2004. Catalogue.
“Utopia Station,” Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, June 15 – November 2, 2003. http://www.e-flux.com/projects/utopia/artists.html
“The Last Picture Show: Artists Using Photography, 1960 – 1982,” Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 2003 – January 2004. Traveling to UCLA Hammer Museum, February 7 – May 2004. Catalogue.
“Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons: Four Decades of Art from the Broad Collections,” Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain, February 15 – September 7, 2003.
“Video Acts: Single Channel Works From the Collections of Pamela and Richard Kramlich and New Art Trust,” P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, November 4, 2002 – May 9, 2003. Catalogue.
2002“Comer o no Comer (To Eat or Not to Eat),” Salamanca 2002, Centro de Arts de Salamanca, Spain, November 20, 2002 – January 13, 2003. Catalogue.
“Life, Death, Love, Hate, Pleasure, Pain: Selected Works from the MCA Collection,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, November 16, 2002 – April 20, 2003. Catalogue.
“Limits de la Percepcio,” Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain, September 17 – November 3, 2002. Catalogue in Spanish.
“Kunst Nach Kunst (Art After Art),” curated by Pete Friese, Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen, Germany, August 18 – November 3, 2002. Catalogue.
“Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons: Four Decades of Art from the Broad Collections,” Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, July 28 – October 20, 2002.
“Visions From America: Photographs From The Whitney Museum Of American Art, 1940-2001,” The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, June 27- September 22, 2002. Catalogue.
“Conceptual Art in the Netherlands and Belgium 1965-1975 from Dutch and Belgian Collections,” Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. April 20 – June 23, 2002.
“Museum Unserer Wunsche (Museum of Our Wishes),” Museum Ludwig, Koln, Germany, January 11 – April 28, 2002. Exhibition of art in permanent collection. Catalogue.
2001“Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons: Four Decades of Art from the Broad Collections,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, October 7, 2001 – January 6, 2002. Travelling to: Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 16 – June 3, 2002; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, July 21 – October 20, 2002; Guggenheim Bilbao, February 15 – September 7, 2003.
“Seeing,” Boone Children’s Gallery, LACMA West, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, November 16, 2001 – September 2, 2002.
“Tele[visions]: Kunst Sieht Fern,” curated by Joshua Decter, guest curator, Kunsthalle Wein, Wein, Austria, October 18, 2001 – January 6, 2002. Catalogue.x
“Subject Plural: Crowds in Contemporary Art,” Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Houston, Texas, March 10 – April 29. Catalogue published by Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston with text by Marti Mayo, Peter Wollen and Paola Morsiani.
2000“Departures:11 Arists at the Getty” The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, February 29 - May 7. Catalogue. Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland. “Quartett” September 9- November 12.
1999 “Crosscurrents: New Art from MoMA” Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan. 2 April- 28 May. Catalogue w/text by Robert Storr.
“Sight Gags, Grotesque, Charicature, and Wit in Modern and Contemporary Drawing” The Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y. January 21- May 5.
“Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin 1950s - 1980s” Queens Museum of Art, Queens, New York. April 27-August 29. Catalogue
“Circa 1968”, Museu Serralves, Museu De Arte Contemporanea, Porto, Portugal. June- September. Catalogue.
“ Trouble Spot. Painting”, MUHKA Antwerp, Belgium. May-August. Catalogue.
1998“Big As Life: An American History of 8mm films”, The Museum of Modern Art/ San Francisco Cinematheque, California. February- December 1999. Catalogue.
“Art Without the Unique Edition Artelier, 1985-1998” Kunstlerhaus, Graz, Austria. 26 September- 26 October. Catalogue.
“Artificial Figuracions Contemporanies” , Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. January 21- March 15, 1998. Catalogue.
“Double Trouble, The Patchett Collection”, The Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, Ca. June 27 - Sept. 5, 1998.
1997 “La Biennale di Venezia: 47th International Art Exhibition” Venice, Italy. June 15- November 9. Catalogue. Exhibition curator: Germano Celant.
“Scene of the Crime” UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Ca.July 21 - October 5. Catalogue.
“Sunshine & Noir. Art in L.A. 1960-1997” Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark. Summer 1997. Catalogue. Traveled to Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany, Fall 1997; Castello di Rivoli, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Italy, Spring 1998; UCLA Arm and Hammer Museum of Art, L.A. Ca. Fall 1998.
“Livers D’Artistes” Bibliotheque nationale de France, France. May 29- Oct 12.
1996 “Painting into Photography: Photography into Painting” The Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida. December 20, 1996- February 16, 1997.
“Hall of Mirrors: Art and Film since 1945,” MOCA Los Angeles, California. March 17 - July 28. Curated by Kerry Brougher. Catalogue.
“Comme un oiseau” Foundation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France, June 19-October 13, 1996.
“1965-1975: Reconsidering the Object of Art,” MOCA, Los Angeles, CA. October 17-February 4.
“Reflected Image: A selection of Contemporary Photography from the LAC Collection, Switzerland” Centro perl’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato,Italy.
1993 “Construction Quotation: Collective images in Photography”, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany. August 29-October 31.
1992 “More than One Photographer: Works since 1980 from the Collection” Museum of Modern Art, New York. May 14-August 9.
1991 “Devil on the Stairs; Looking Back at the Eighties”, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. October 5- January 5. Curated by Robert Storr. Traveled to Newport Harbor Art Museum, April 16- June 21.
1990 “Art in Europe and America: The 1960s and 1970s,” Wexner Center for the Visual Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. May 19- August 5.
1986 “Individuals: A Selected History of Contemporary Art 1945-1986,” The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA. December 10, 1986- January 10, 1988.
1985 “Carnegie International: Contemporary Art- Europe and America in Pittsburgh,” Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh, PA. November 9, 1985 - January 5, 1986.
1983 “Whitney Biennial Exhibition,” (also included in Whitney Biennial in 1979, 1977, 1972, and 1969) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
1982 “Documenta 7,” Kassel, W.Germay. “Photography Used in Contemporary Art, In and Around the 70’s” National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.
1978 “Art About Art,” Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y.
1972 “Documenta 5,” Kassel, Germany.
2009John Baldessari: BRICK BLDG, LG WINDOWS W/ XLENT VIEWS, PARTIALLY FURNISHED, RENOWNED ARCHITECT. Bielefeld (Germany): Kerber Verlag, 2009. Includes texts by Martin Hentschel and John C. Welchman.
John Baldessari: Noses & Ears, Etc. (Part Four). Zurich: Mai 36 Galerie, 2009. Includes text by Christina Végh.
2008John Baldessari: BACA Laureate 2008. Maastricht (The Netherlands): Bonnefantenmuseum, 2008. Includes text by Robert Storr.
John Baldessari: Arms & Legs, Etc. (Specif. Elbows & Knees), Etc. Paris: Galerie Marian Goodman, 2008. Includes text by Régis Durand.
2007John Baldessari: Noses & Ears, Etc. (Part Three). Los Angeles: Margo Leavin Gallery, 2007. Includes text by Liam Gillick.
John Baldessari: Beethoven’s Trumpet: In One Ear & Out the Same Ear. Chicago: The Arts Club of Chicago, 2007.
Gronert, Stefan, and Christina Végh, editors. John Baldessari: Music. Cologne:Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2007.
John Baldessari: Noses & Ears, Etc. Lisbon: Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, 2007.
2006John Baldessari: The Prima Facie Series. Deurle (Belgium): Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, 2006.
John Baldessari: Noses & Ears, Etc. (Part Two). New York: Marian Goodman Gallery, 2006.
2005John Baldessari: From Life.Paris: Carré d’Art Musée d’Art with L’École National Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, 2005.
Fournier, Jean-Paul, and Daniel J. Valade, editors. John Baldessari: Life’s Balance: Works 84-04. Cologne:Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2005.
Fuchs, Rainer, editor. John Baldessari: A Different Kind of Order (Works 1962-1984). Cologne:Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2005.
2004John Baldessari: Somewhere Between Almost Right and Not Quite (With Orange). New York: Guggenheim Museum Publications, 2004.
2003Drift. Lisbon: Centro Cultural de Belem, 2003. Includes texts by Delfim Sardo.
2001Baldessari: While Something Is Happening Here, Something Else Is Happening There: Works 1965-2001. Reykjavik: Reykjavik Art Museum, 2001.
2000John Baldessari. Milan: Skira, 2000. Includes texts by Gabriella Belli, Meg Cranston, Diedrich Diederichsen, and Thomas Weski.
1999 Ich habe es gesehen: John Baldessari und Goya. Vienna: Graphische Sammlung Albertina, 1999. Includes texts by Colin Gardner and Victoria Martino.
Baldessari: While Something Is Happening Here, Something Else Is Happening There: Works 1988-1999. Hannover (Germany): Sprengel Museum Hannover, 1999.
John Baldessari, Tetrad Series. New York: Marian Goodman Gallery, 1999. Essay by Thomas McEvilley.
1998Baldessari- RMS W VU: WALLPAPER, LAMPS, AND PLANTS. (NEW). Zurich: Museum Für Gegenwartskunst Zürich, 1998.
1996 Davies, Hugh and Andrea Hales, editors. John Baldessari: National City. San Diego: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1996.
Prinzhorn, Martin. John Baldessari. Vienna: Hochschule für angewandte Kunst Wien, 1996.
John Baldessari.Seoul: Pyo Gallery, 1996.
1995 Snoddy, Stephen. This Not That. Manchester (United Kingdom): Cornerhouse, 1995.
1992 John Baldessari. Santiago de Compostela (Spain): Xunta de Galicia, 1992. Includes text by Angel Fernandez-Santos.
1990 Bruggen, Coosje van. John Baldessari. New York: Rizzoli International Publications Inc., 1990. Published in conjunction with “John Baldessari,” at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
1989 Ni Por Ésas / Not Even So: John Baldessari. Madrid: Ministerio de Cultura; Valencia: Generalitat Valenciana, 1989.
1981 John Baldessari: with texts by Marcia Tucker, Robert Pincus-Witten and an interview by Nancy Drew. New York: New Museum of Contemporary Art; Dayton, OH: University Art Galleries, Wright State University, 1981.
Debbaut, Jan, editor. John Baldessari. Eindhoven (The Netherlands): Municipal Van Abbemuseum; Essen (West Germany): Museum Folkwang, 1981.
2008 John Baldessari: Koen van den Broek: This an Example of That. Gemeenteplein (Belgium): bkSM (beeldende kunst Strombeek/Mechelen), 2008. Collaborative work with Koen van den Broek.
2007 John Baldessari: Alejandro Cesarco: Retrospective. Cologne:Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2007. Collaborative work with Alejandro Cesarco.
Again the Metaphor Problem and Other Engaged Critical Discourses about Art: A Conversation Between John Baldessari, Liam Gillick and Lawrence Weiner, Moderated by Beatrix Ruf. Vienna and New York: SpringerWienNewYork, 2007.
2006 Prima Facie: Marilyn’s Dress, A Poem (In Four Parts). Cologne: Verlag Der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2006.
The Metaphor Problem Again: A Conversation Moderated by Beatrix Ruf. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Verlag, 2006. Transcript of a conversation with John Baldessari, Liam Gillick, Lawrence Weiner, Beatrix Ruf, and Cristina Bechtler.
2004 Yours in Food, John Baldessari: With Meditations on Eating by Paul Auster, John Baldessari, David Byrne, Dave Eggers, David Gilbert, Tim Griffin, Andy Grundberg, John Haskell, Michael More, Glenn O’Brien, Francine Prose, Peter Schjeldahl, Lynne Tillman. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2004.
2001 Brown and Green and Other Parables. Reykjavik: i8 and Reykjavik Art Museum, 2001.
1999 The Metaphor Problem Again. Küsnacht (Switzerland): Ink-Tree Editions; and Zurich: Mai 36 Galerie, 1999. Collaboration with Lawrence Weiner.
1998 Zorro (Two Gestures and one Mark). Cologne: Oktagon Verlag, 1998.
1989 Lamb = Cordero. Valencia (Spain): IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, 1989. Collaboration with Meg Cranston.
1988 The Telephone Book (With Pearls). Gent (Belgium): Imschoot, 1988.
The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1988. Thirty-nine photo-collage illustrations for the novel by Laurence Sterne; produced as three volumes in an edition of 400 sets, of which fifty are issues with a suite of five lithographs by the artist.
1981 Close-Cropped Tales. Buffalo, NY: CEPA Gallery and Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1981.
2009 Vogel, Carol. “Frog in Hand (Worth Two Glances).” New York Times, June 5, 2009.
Storr, Robert. “Double Take.” Art Press (Paris) no. 357, June 2009, pp. 26-27.
Cotter, Holland. “Framing the Message of a Generation.” New York Times, May 31, 2009.
Cotter, Holland. “At the Met, Baby Boomers Leap Onstage.” New York Times, April 24, 2009.
Vogel, Carol. “Inside Art: My Generation: Hip at the Met,” New York Times, April 10, 2009.
Frenzel, Sebastian. “Zu cool für diese Welt.” Monopol (Berlin) no. 2, April 2009, pp. 30-37, 39-42, 44-45.
2008 Finkel, Jori. “In the Studio: John Baldessari.” Art + Auction (New York), December 2008, pp. 54–60. Reprinted in Art + Auction Russia, March-April 2009, pp. 2, 34-39.
2007 Smith, Roberta. “Portrait of the Artist As Curator, and Dealer As Artist.” New York Times, July 10, 2007.
2006 Knight, Christopher. “Paris Does L.A. Proud.” Los Angeles Times, March 15, 2006.
2005 Bickers, Patricia. “John Baldessari: Carré d'Art, Nimes.” Art Monthly (London) no. 292, December 2005 - January 2006.
Myers, Terry. “John Baldessari: Prima Facie.” Modern Painters (London), September 2005, p. 110.
Knight, Christopher. “From 1,000 Words Down to One.” Los Angeles Times, April 15, 2005.
Burton, Johanna. “John Baldessari: Marian Goodman Gallery.” Artforum International (New York), February 2005.
2004 Davis, Nicole. “Baldessari Orange.” www.artnet.com, December 9, 2004. http://www.artnet.com/magazine/features/davis/davis12-6-04.asp
Laubard, Charlotte. “John Baldessari.” Rebel Magazine (Paris), May 2004, pp. 152-155.
Flynn, Tom. “John Baldessari.” ArtReview Magazine (London), May 2004, p. 39.
Schedlmayer, Nina. “Gestenbuch.” Profil (Vienna), January 26, 2004, p. 154.
2003 Gray, Emma. “You Haven’t Taught Until You See The Light Bulb In Their Eyes Light Up.” Art Review (London) vol. 1, no. 9, [November] 2003.
Smith, Roberta. “Video, in Its Infancy, Had to Crawl Before It Could Walk.” New York Times, January 24, 2003.
2002 Harvey, Doug. “Baldesaurus Rex: Painterly conceptualist or conceptualist painter?” L.A. Weekly (Los Angeles), November 22-28, 2002, p 47.
Plagens, Peter. “John Baldessari.” Artforum International (New York), February 2002, p. 23.
Griffin, Tim. “At A Crossroads.” Time Out New York no. 333, February 14-21, 2002, pp. 60.
2001 Willis, Holly. “The Films of John Baldessari.” L.A. Weekly (Los Angeles). November 16-22, 2001, p. 68.
Solomon, Deborah. “From the Rubble, Ideas for Rebirth.” New York Times. September 30, 2001.
Ollman, Leah. “Use Your Faculties: John Baldessari Quietly Urges ‘Read/Write/Think/Dream.’” Los Angeles Times, July 30, 2001.
1999 Richard, Frances. “John Baldessari.” Artforum International (New York), April 1999, p. 121.
Solomon, Deborah. “How to Succeed in Art,” New York Times Magazine, June 27, p.38-41. (photo)
Smith, Roberta. “Conceptual Art: Over, and yet everywhere” The New York Times, Arts & Leisure, cover photo, April 25.
1998 Schjeldahl, Peter. “Wonderful Cynicism: John Baldessari.” Village Voice (New York), February 10, 1998, p. 121.
Johnson, Ken. “Art in Review: John Baldessari.” New York Times, December 11, 1998.
Cho, Minjee. “Create and Destroy.” ARTnews (New York), Summer 1998, p. 36.
1997 McKenna, Kristine. “Turning Gray to Black and White.” Los Angeles Times, April 20, 1997.
Knight, Christopher. “An Enlightened Twist on Tradition.” Los Angeles Times, April 30, 1997.
Lindgard, Jade. “John Baldessari”, Les Inrockuptibles (Paris), April 30 - May 6, 1997, p. 19, insert.
“John Baldessari ,le Manipulateur” Le Monde (Paris), April 15, 1997.
1996 Meyer, James. “Reconsidering the Object of Art: 1965-1975.” Artforum International (New York), February 1996, pp. 78-79, 109.
1995 Albertini, Rosanna. “John Baldessari: I colori della discordanza.” Flash Art Italia (Milan), December 1995 - January 1996, pp. 57-60.
Relyea, Lane. “John Baldessari, Margo Leavin Gallery.” Artforum International (New York), October 1995, p. 107.
Knight, Christopher. “A Mysterious Place Between Paintings and Photographs.” Los Angeles Times, May 10, 1995.
1994 Kimmelman, Michael. “For Baldessari, de Chirico Is Just One of the Guys.” New York Times, April 10, 1994.
1993 Smith, Roberta. “Art in Review: John Baldessari: Working Materials.” The New York Times, September 17, 1993.
2009 Larratt-Smith, Philip. “Entrevista a John Baldessari.” In Andy Warhol: Mr. America. Bogotá (Colombia): Banco de la República, 2009, pp. 85-91, 266-270. Catalog for exhibition at the Biblioteca Luís Ángel Arango in Bogotá, Colombia, 2009.
Mendelsohn, Adam E. “Artists Talk: John Baldessari / Matt Mullican: Ping Pong.” Spike Art Quarterly (Vienna) no. 20, Summer 2009, pp. 40-55.
Baldessari, John and Hans Ulrich Obrist. Conversation Series 18: John Baldessari, Hans Ulrich Obrist. Cologne:Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2009. Other conversants include Alejandro Cesarco, Meg Cranston, and Rebecca Irvin.
Azevedo, Teresa Pearce de. “Primus inter pares: Entrevista a John Baldessari.” Artes & Leilões (Lisbon) no. 18, May 2009, pp. 33-35.
Frenzel, Sebastian. “’Kunst hilft niemandem.’” Monopol (Berlin) no. 2, April 2009, pp. 38-39.
2008 Neil, Jonathan T.D. “John Baldessari.” Art Review (London) no. 18, January 2008, pp. 52-57.
Sischy, Ingrid. “John Baldessari.” Interview (New York), March 2008, pp. 120-136.
Álvarez, Luis Alberto. “La función del artista es hacer notar el mundo.” El Mundo (Madrid), February 5, 2008.
2007 Zeitz, Lisa. “Play It Again, John.” Monopol (Berlin) no. 5, May 2007, pp. 88-94. Includes photographs of JB by Karin Appollonia Müller and artwork by JB on cover.
Cesarco, Alejandro. “Between Us: John Baldessari in Conversation with Alejandro Cesarco, January 8, 2006.” Whitewall (New York), Spring 2007.
2006 Cesteleyn, Ann. “John Baldessari: Visionary / Diabolic.” In John Baldessari: The Prima Facie Series, Deurle (Belgium): Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, 2006 (exhibition catalog). Interview with JB conducted on April 27, 2006, at Sprüth Magers Lee London, London, United Kingdom.
2005 “Relational Equilibrium” In John Baldessari: From Life.Paris: Carré d’Art Musée d’Art with L’École National Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, 2005. JB in conversation with John Welchman on May 18, 2005, Venice, CA. Reprinted as “John Baldessari: It’s Alive” in Art Press (Paris), October 2005.
2004 Politi, Gea. “John Baldessari: Undangerous Minds.” Flash Art (Milan), no. 246, June-July 2004, pp. 100-103.
Obrist, Hans Ulrich. Domus (Milan) no. 867, February 2004, pp. 68-71. Interview with JB appears in a 31-page insert.
2003 Sanders, Mark. “John Baldessari.” Another Magazine (London) no. 5, Autumn-Winter 2003, pp. 378-391.
2002 Gopnik, Blake. “L.A. Consequential.” The Washington Post, January 20, 2002.
Hoffman, Jens. “Cityscape Los Angeles.” Flash Art International (Milan), November -December 2002.
1999 Cranston, Meg. “John Baldessari: Many Worthwhile Aspects.” In Baldessari: While Something Is Happening Here, Something Else Is Happening There: Works 1988-1999. Hannover (Germany): Sprengel Museum Hannover, 1999. Reprinted in Baldessari: While Something Is Happening Here, Something Else Is Happening There: Works 1965-2000, Reykjavik: Reykjavik Art Museum, 2001.
1998 Simmons, Gary. “John Baldessari: Starting with Existing Things.” Flash Art (Milan) no. 202, October 1998, pp. 110-112.
1997 McKenna, Kristine. “Turning Gray to Black and White.” Los Angeles Times, April 20, 1997.
1996 Knight, Christopher. “Filling a Canvas With Ideas.” Los Angeles Times, December 30, 1996.
1995 Gillick, Liam. “I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art.” Art Monthly (London), June 1995, pp. 3-7.
1994 Varnedoe, Kirk. “An Interview with John Baldessari.” MoMA Magazine (New York), Winter-Spring, pp. 10-13.
1992 Knight, Christopher. “Interview with John Baldessari.” Interview conducted on April 4, 1992, Santa Monica, CA, for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
1990 Wei, Lilly and Cecile N. McCann. “Making Art, Making Money.” Art in America (New York), July 1990, pp. 133-134.
1989 Cranston, Meg. “John Baldessari: Part One.” Journal of Contemporary Art (New York) vol. 2, no. 1, Spring-Summer 1989, pp. 41-49.
Cranston, Meg. “John Baldessari: Part Two.” Journal of Contemporary Art (New York) vol. 2, no. 2, Fall-Winter 1989, pp. 51-58.
1988 Siegel, Jeanne. “John Baldessari: Recalling Ideas.” Arts Magazine (New York) vol. 62, no. 8 (April 1988), pp. 86-89. Also published in Artwords 2: Discourse on the Early 80s. Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI Research Press, 1988 (revised from Arts Magazine), pp. 37-50; and Real Sex Real Real Real Aids. Klagenfurt (Austria): Verlag Ritter, ca. 1993, pp. 180-192.
1984 Kraft, Barbara. “An Interview with John Baldessari.” Articles (California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA) vol. 1, no. 2, December 1984 – January 1985, pp. 11-13.
1996-2007 University of California, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA. Professor of Art.
1970-1988 California Institute of the Arts. Valencia, CA. Professor of Art.
1967-1970 University of California, San Diego. San Diego, CA. Professor of Art.