Biographies


CHRIS WILDER



Born in Long Beach, California


EDUCATION:

Attended California Institute of the Arts, 1988
San Francisco Art Institute, 1985


SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

1994 Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, California
1992 Kim Kight Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1991 Linda Cathcart Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Petersburg Gallery, New York, New York
1990 Petersburg Gallery, New York, New York
Dennis Anderson Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1989 Dennis Anderson Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1988 Dennis Anderson Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1987 California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California


GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

1991
"The Store Show," Richard/Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"Not On Canvas," Asher/Faure Gallery, los Angeles, California
"Group Exhibition," Petersburg Gallery, New York, New York
1990 "Sculpture Into The Third Dimension," Krygier/Landau Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, California
"Total Metal," Simon Watson Gallery, New York, New York
"Spent: Currency, Security, and Art on Deposit," The New Museum, on exhibit at Marine Midland Bank, New York, New York
1989 "Los Angeles Current Abstract Painting," Marc Richards Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"14 Solo Exhibitions," Dennis Anderson Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"L.A. Six," Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California
"Outer Limits," Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, New York
"Fresh Art From Hollywood," Newspace, Los Angeles, California
"Wallmounted Works," Mandville Gallery, San Diego, California
1988 Dennis Anderson Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1987 "Breaking Through the Looking Glass: West," Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"Breaking Through the Looking Glass: West," Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, New York
"Heterodoxy," Rosamund Felson Gallery, Los Angeles, California

VIDEO SCREENING AND INSTALLATIONS:

1987
"Travel Tape," Foundation for Art Resources, Film/Video Screening, Los Angeles, California
1986 "Fascination and Falling Water," Foundation for Art Resources, Film/Video Screening, Los Angeles, California
1985 "A Personal View," San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California ("Left to Right")
1984 "Signals," Video Gallery, San Francisco, California (Onebighair)
"Seven Artist," Parr Gallery, San Francisco, California (Video Installation "Jack Palance")


BIBLIOGRAPHY:


1991 Geer, Suvan. "Wilder Deflates Artistic Myths With Wit," Los Angeles Times, Art Reviews, (Monday, June, 25, 1991).
Gelbert-Rolfe, Jeremy. "Slaves of L.A.; And Others," Art Space Magazine, (Summer), Page 72-79.
Mahoney, Robert. "Spent," Arts Magazine, (March).
Knight, Christopher. "Collision Course," The Los Angeles Times, Calendar Section, (April 16).
1990 Clearwater, Bonnie. "The Order of Chaos," Visions, "Letters From the Editor," (Spring), p. 2.
Smith, Roberta. "Review/Art: Chris Wilder," The New York Times, "Word and Image," (Friday, July, 20, 1990).
"Goings On About Town," The New Yorker, (July 23, 1990).
1989 Knight, Christopher. "Drawing the Battle Lines in L.A. Painting," Los Angeles Herald Examiner, (March 31, 1989).
"Chris Wilder," The New Yorker, "Goings On About Town," (July 23, 1989).
Baker, Kenneth. "Six L.A. Artists Striving for Kitsch," San Francisco Chronicle, "Galleries," (September 9, 1989).
Van Proyen, Mark. "Pathos on Pico Boulevard," Artweek, (September 14).
Clearwater, Bonnie. "It's happening at home: Young artists shift gears: the post-CalArts generation," The Journal of Art, vol 2, no.1 (September/October).
Clearwater, Bonnie. "Our Gang," Visions, vol. 3, no. 3, (Spring).
Richards, Marc. Art Issues, (March 17, 1989).

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