MEL BOCHNER

Mel Bochner, born 1940 in Pennsylvania, is recognized as one of the leading figures in the development of conceptual art in New York in the 1960s and 1970s. Bochner became part of a generation of artists who were looking for ways of breaking away from abstract expressionism and traditional composition. Other artists in this movement included Eva Hesse, Donald Judd, and Robert Smithson. Bochner was a young person during the late 1960s, when radical change was occurring in society, as well as in art. Bochner received a Bachelors of Fine Arts in 1962 and an honorary doctorate of Fine Arts in 2005 from the School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University. Bochner has consistently questioned the conventions of both painting and language, from the way we construct and understand them, to the way they relate to one another. Bochner’s pioneering visual use of language and bold text led Harvard University art historian Benjamin Buchloh to describe his 1966 drawings as, “probably the first truly conceptual exhibition.” Mel Bochner is still creating and challenging the status quo in the present day, where he lives and works in New York City.

S E L E C T E X H I B I T I O N S

1966 . SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY, US

1969 . HEINER FRIEDRICH GALLERY, MUNICH, GERMANY

          . KONRAD FISCHER GALLERY, DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY

          . ACE GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA

1970 . SPERONE GALLERY, TURIN, ITALY 

         . TOSELLI GALLERY, MILAN, ITALY

         . ART AND PROJECT GALLERY, AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

1971 . 112 GREENE STREET, NEW YORK, NY

         . THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK, NY

1972 . MTL GALLERY, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

          . SONNABEND GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY

          . LISSON GALLERY, LONDON, UK

          . BONOMO GALLERY, BARI, ITALY

          . SONNABEND GALLERY, PARIS, FRANCE 

          . TOSELLI GALLERY, MILAN, ITALY

1973 . SONNABEND GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY

          . SONNABEND GALLERY, PARIS, FRANCE

1974 . SONNABEND GALLERY, PARIS, FRANCE 

          . SCHEMA GALLERY, FLORENCE, ITALY 

          . UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM, BERKLEY, CA, US

1975 . SONNABEND GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY

          .  RICKE GALLERY, COLOGNE, GERMANY

1976 .  SONNABEND GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY

          . BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART, BALTIMORE, MD

1977 . THE BERNIER GALLERY, ATHENS, GREECE

1978 . SONNABEND GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY 

          . DANIEL WEINBERG GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

          . SCHEMA GALLERY, FLORENCE, ITALY

          . SONNABEND GALLERY, PARIS, FRANCE

1979 . ART IN PROGRESS GALLERY, DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY

1980 . SONNABEND GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY

1981 . TEXAS GALLERY, HOUSTON, TX

         . DANIEL WEINBERG GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

        . SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY, DALLAS, TX 

1982 . SONNABEND GALLERY, New York, NY

        . ABBAYE DE SENANQUE, GORDES, FRANCE

1983 . YARLOW SALZMAN GALLERY, TORONTO, CANADA

        .  DANIEL WEINBERG GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

          .  PACE EDITIONS, NEW YORK, NY

          . CAROL TAYLOR GALLERY, DALLAS, TX

          . SONNABEND GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY

1985. SONNABEND GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY

          . JANET STEINBERG GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

          . CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, PITTSBURGH, PA

1986. KUNSTMUSEUM, LUZERN, SWITZERLAND 

          . GALLERIA PRIMO PIANO, ROME, ITALY

1987 .  SONNABEND GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY

          . CENTER FOR THE FINE ARTS, MIAMI, FL

          . GALERIE MONTENAY, PARIS, FRANCE

1988. MARTINA HAMILTON GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY

          . PAUL CAVA GALLERY, PHILADELPHIA, PA

          . DAVID NOLAN GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY

          . GREENE GALLERY, CORAL GABLES, FL

1989. SONNABEND GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY 

          . THE BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART, BALTIMORE, MD

1990. DAVID NOLAN GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY

          . GALLERIA PRIMO PIANO, ROME, ITALY

          . GALERIE JAHN UND FUSBAN, MUNICH, GERMANY

          . BARBARA KORNBLATT GALLERY, WASHINGTON DC 

          .  ROGER RAMSEY GALLERY, CHICAGO, IL

1999 .  STEINGLADSTONE, NEW YORK, NY

          .  STUDIO CASOLI, MILAN, ITALY

          . THE BUTLER INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN ART, YOUNGSTOWN, OH

1992 . GALERIE VEGA, PLAINEVAUX/LIEGE, BELGIUM

          . THOMAS SEGAL GALLERY, BOSTON, MA, US

1993 . SONNABEND GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY 

          . BETSY SENIOR GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY 

          . GALLERY 360, TOKYO, JAPAN / ONE FIVE, ANTWERP, BELGIUM 

          . MUSEO STORICO DELLA LIBERAZIONE DI ROMA, ROME, ITALY

1994 . GALERIE ARNAUD LEFEBRE, PARIS, FRANCE

1995 . BETSY SENIOR GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY

          . YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, NEW HAVEN, CT 

1996 . SONNABEND GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY

          . GALERIE TANIT, MUNICH, GERMANY

          . LA SOCIÉTÉ DES EXPOSITION DU PALAIS DES BEAUX-ARTS,   

          BRUSSELS, BELGIUM 

          . STÄDTISCHE GALERIE IM LENBACHHAUS, MUNICH, GERMANY

1997 . CABINET DES ESTAMPES DU MUSÉE D’ART ET D’HISTOIRE, 

            GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

          .  MUSÉE D’ART MODERNE ET CONTEMPORAIN, SWITZERLAND

1998 . LAWRENCE MARKEY INC., NEW YORK, NY

          . BETSY SENIOR GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY

          . THE DRAWING CENTER, NEW YORK, NY

1999 . CENTRO DE ARTE HÉLIO OITICICA, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

          .  AKIRA IKEDA GALLERY, YOKOSUKA, JAPAN

2000 .  GRANT SELWYN FINE ART, BEVERLY HILLS, CA

          . FRAC BOURGOGNE, DIJON, FRANCE

          . SONNABEND GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY

2001 . GRANT SELWYN FINE ART, BEVERLY HILLS, CA

          . AKIRA IKEDA GALLERY, NAGOYA, JAPAN 

          . GALLERIA PRIMO PIANO, ROME, ITALY 

          .  LAWRENCE MARKEY INC., NEW YORK, NY

          .  BOUND & UNBOUND, NEW YORK, NY

2002 . HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM, CAMBRIDGE, MA 

          . AKIRA IKEDA GALLERY, BERLIN, GERMANY

          . CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART, PITTSBURGH, PA

          . MICHAEL CARLOS MUSEUM / EMORY UNIVERSITY, ATLANTA, GA

2003 . Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA, US
. Musée d’art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland

.Galleria d’Arte il Gabbiano, Rome, Italy

. Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY, US

2004 . Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, US

2006 . Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL, US

. Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL, US

.Peter Freeman, Inc., New York, NY, US

.Wynn Kramarsky, New York, NY, US

.Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US

2007 . Galerie Nelson Freeman, Paris, France

. Galleria d’Arte il Gabbiano, Rome, Italy

. Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA, US

. Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan, France

2008 . Peter Freeman, Inc., New York, NY, US

. Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, US

2009 . Metroquadro, Rivoli, Italy

. Lawrence Markey Inc., San Antonio, TX, US

. Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL, US

2010 . Galerie Nelson Freeman, Paris, France
. Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, US
. Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA, US
2011 . National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, US
. Peter Freeman, Inc., New York, NY, US

2012 . Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK; Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (2013) and Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto, Portugal (2013)
. Karsten Schubert Gallery, London
. Egeran Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
. Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, US
. Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA, US

2013 . Peter Freeman, Inc., New York, NY

2014 . The Jewish Museum, NY, US

. Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK

. Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA

2015 . Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA

. Craig F. Starr Gallery, New York, NY, US

. Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, US

2017 . Simon Lee Gallery, FIAC, Louvre Museum, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, France

. Gladstone Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

. Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong

. Peter Freeman, Inc., New York, NY, US

2018 . Fine Arts, Sydney, Australia

. Peter Freeman, Inc., ADAA: The Art Show, New York, NY, US

2019 . Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, US

. Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK

. Peter Freeman Gallery, New York, NY

2020 . Noire Gallery, Turin, Italy

2021 . Collaborations, Copenhagen, Denmark

2022 . Totah Gallery, New York, NY, US

. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US

. Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, US