Begins Ends Each Moment

Begins Ends Each Moment, mixed media on two wood panels,
10" h x 16" w (Aug-Oct 2011)

Moon Atlas

Moon Atlas is a hand-painted book I've created especially for Geography Lessons, a show at Zeitgeist Gallery in Nashville, November 2011.  It's a large book, page size approximately 25" high by 15" wide, 56 pages, with a binding by John Demerritt.  Collection of Janice and Manual Zeitlin.

Identity Papers | O K Harris Gallery | New York

Ivan Karp of O K Harris offered me a show after seeing my mixed-media works in the book Identity Papers.  These are small pieces, 10” tall x 6” wide, made up of sketches from illustration jobs, hand-cut paper calligraphy, and stencils. I am very pleased to be showing in a gallery with such a rich and important history.

Ivan Karp served as co-director of Leo Castelli Gallery from 1959-1969, during which time he was instrumental in launching the careers of pop artists Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, Tom Wesselmann and John Chamberlain. In 1969, Ivan broke away to launch his own gallery, O K Harris. The establishment in SoHo as the first gallery on West Broadway helped inspire the development of the area’s fine arts character.

 

In addition to being at the forefront of the Photo Realist movement in 1969, OK Harris was among the first galleries to exhibit the work of Duane Hanson, Deborah Butterfield, Manny Farber, Richard Pettibone, Robert Bechtle, Marilyn Levine, Malcolm Morley, Arman, and many others.

OK Harris exhibits contemporary art and photography, and on occasion mounts shows of antiques and collectibles. In its capacious facility, it is able to mount five one-person shows simultaneously and has seven such exhibitions each year.

My wife, Vivienne Flesher, and I are looking forward to attending the opening, 3-5pm, on Saturday, 29 October 2011.


The show remains up until 03 December 2011.

O K Harris   383 West Broadway   New York, NY 10012

tel 212 431-3600



Being Everyone

The 20th Century

 The Big Come-On

Your Father

Geography Lesson | Zeitgeist Gallery | Nashville

Zeitgeist Gallery in Nashville will mount a show of my work, Geography Lessons, during the month of November.  Zeitgeist has been very kind to me, giving me one of my first shows, Grace, back in 2005, and has included me in a number of its group shows as well.  This exhibit consists of ten paintings and three books, including one just completed, Moon Atlas.  There will be an opening beginning at 5pm on Thursday, 03 November 2011.  My wife, Vivienne Flesher, and I look forward to attending.

Zeitgeist Gallery   1819 21^st Avenue South   Nashville, TN   tel 615 256-4805

The Aleutians

The Apennines

The Carpathians

Ward Schumaker | CV | Bio

Ward Schumaker has shown in San Francisco, Shanghai, UC Berkeley, Los Angeles, Charleston, and Nashville. Schumaker’s work has been purchased by painter Eric Fischl; novelist Isabel Allende; television commentator Rachel Maddow + photographer Susan Mikula; designer Woody Pirtle; fashion/costume designer Han Feng; landscape architect Topher Delaney; composer Allen Anderson; composer Peter Scott Lewis; poet Sean Finney; and Oprah producer Jim Kelly.

In Los Angeles Schumaker is represented by the George Lawson Gallery; in Shanghai by Stir.

Solo Exhibitions:

Geography Lesson; Zeitgeist Gallery; Nashville, TN; November 2011

Identity Papers; O K Harris Gallery; New York, NY; Oct-Nov 2011

Composers; Skinner Howard Art; Sacramento, CA; June-July 2011

Composers; George Lawson Gallery; San Francisco, CA; Feb-Mar 2011

Misspells + Cross-outs; Stir Gallery; Shanghai, China; Sept-Oct 2010

Fashion  + Logic; George Lawson Gallery; San Francisco, CA; Feb 2010

Nina Zurier Photographs + Ward Schumaker Paintings; Hilliard Architects Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Aug-Nov 2009

Saved!; Townsend Center, UC Berkeley; Berkeley, CA; March-May 2008

Books and Drawings; Meridian Gallery; San Francisco, CA; Feb-March 2008

I Am Big Heaven; Stir Gallery; Shanghai, China; June 2007

Grace; Zeitgeist Gallery; Nashville, TN; Jan-Feb 2005

Pretty; Seam; San Francisco, CA; July-Aug 2004

Gertrude Stein’s Paris France; Moe’s Books; Berkeley, CA; June 2000

Ward Schumaker Drawings; Shakti Gallery; Long Beach, CA; 1983

Group Exhibitions:

Sight and Identity; Stanford in Washington; Washington, DC; Oct 2011-Jan 2012

Physical Graffiti; James Oliver Gallery; Philadelphia, PA (group show) Sept-Oct 2011

Rebound: A Survey of Contemporary Artist’s Books; Sonoma Valley Museum of Art; Sonoma, CA; June-Aug 2011

Seeing Gertrude Stein; Contemporary Jewish Museum; San Francisco, CA; May-Sept 2011

Unbound Book Art; Bedford Gallery; Walnut Creek, CA; Jul-Sep 2010

Kaboom!; La Luz de Jesus Gallery; Los Angeles, CA; July 2010

California Summer; George Lawson Gallery; San Francisco, CA; July 2010

Selected of the Selected; Korean Cultural Center; Los Angeles, CA; Feb-Mar 2010

Appropriations; Rebekah Jacob Gallery; Charleston, SC; March 2010

Art Miami Basel-Aqua Art; George Lawson Gallery; Miami, FL; Dec 2009

Gallery Artists Group Exhibition; Stir Gallery; Shanghai, China; Sept 2009

2009 Lawson Gallery Artists; Shasta College; Redding, CA; Aug-Sept 2009

Selected Drawings; George Lawson Gallery; San Francisco, CA; Aug 2009

Who Cares? Works on Paper; Stir Gallery; Shanghai, China; May 2009

Being: Stir Gallery; Shanghai, China; September-October 2008

Works on Paper: Zeitgeist Gallery; Nashville, TN: Aug-Sept 2008

Salon; Exploding Head; Sacramento, CA; Sept 2006

X Libris; San Francisco Center for the Book; San Francisco, CA; July 2006

23^rd Annual; Berkeley Art Center; Berkeley, CA; July 2006

Surface Tension; Korean Cultural Center; Los Angeles, CA; April 2006

Picture Mechanics; Zeitgeist Gallery; Nashville, TN; March -April 2006

The Shape of Words; Exploding Head Gallery; Sacramento, CA; July 2005

Picture Mechanics; Exploding Head Gallery; Sacramento, CA; Sept 2004

Dialogue; Pete & Susan Barrett Gallery; Santa Monica, CA; Feb-Mar 2004

Detail; Zeitgeist Gallery; Nashville, TN; Jan-Feb 2004

Switchyard; Zeitgeist Gallery; Nashville, TN; July-Aug-Sept 2003

Picture Mechanics; Zeitgeist Gallery; Nashville, TN; March -April 2003

Picture Mechanics; 69A Gallery; San Francisco, CA; March 2002 

Four Artists; Montalvo Center for the Arts; Saratoga, CA; 1983

Related Professional Appearances:

Collections:

            Drawings and paintings in public collections:

                        Zimmerli Art Museum of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

                        Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE

            Limited-edition Yolla Bolly books in public collections:

                        Boston Public Library

                        California Poly State University

                        California State Library

                        California State University, Hayward

                        California State University, Chico

                        Claremont College

                        Indiana University

                        Kansas State University

                        Los Angeles Public Library

                        Miami University Library (OH)

                        New York Public Library

                        Occidental College

                        University of Alberta (Canada)           

                        University of Buffalo

                        University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library

                        University of California, Irving

                        University of California, Los Angeles Library

                        University of California, Riverside

                        University of California, San Diego

                        University of Iowa

                        University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

                        University of Missouri, Kansas City

                        University of North Carolina

                        University of San Francisco, Gleeson Library

                        University of Southern California

                        University of Utah

                        San Jose State University Library

                        Scripps College, Denison Library

                        Stanford University

                        Swarthmore College

                        Wake Forest University

            Hand-painted books in private collections:

                        Donna Anderson and Henrik Kam; San Francisco, CA           

                        Philippe Arnaud; Paris, France

                        Mary Austin and Brewster Kahle: San Francisco, CA           

                        Bob and Cathy Barner; San Francisco, CA           

                        Laura Cirolia; Oakland, CA           

                        Topher Delaney; San Francisco, CA           

                        Eric Fischl and April Gornik; New York, NY
                        Lori and Nico Frias: San Rafael, CA           

                        Fran and Bud Johns; San Francisco, CA           

                        Emiko Kaji and Peter Scott Lewis; San Francisco, CA

                        Paulette Long; San Francisco, CA           

                        Stefanie Peek; San Francisco, CA           

                        Cameron Woo; Berkeley, CA                                               

Exhibition Design:

            Unlimited by Design; created wall-sized illustrations for exhibit; Cooper Hewitt,                                     The National Design Museum, Smithsonian, New York, New York