BIOGRAPHY | CV
Painting and Drawing in Public Collections
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Harvard Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven CT
Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC, Greensboro, NC
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Bielefeld Kunsthalle, Bielefeld, Germany
Malmo Kunsthalle, Malmo, Sweden
Exhibitions, Projects
2024
Breakfast
Private Public Gallery, Hudson NY
2023
Snowman (Solo)
Private Public Gallery, Hudson NY
2022
Wappinger Creek (Solo)
Fourth Wall Gallery, Oakland, CA
2008-09
Founder/Director, Room For Painting, Room For Paper
San Francisco
2009-20
Founder/Director, George Lawson Gallery
San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland, Mill Valley
2006
A New York Drawing Collection at Work: The Wynn Kramarsky Collection
The Fifth Floor Foundation, New York
Out of a Suitcase (with Christopher Brown, John Zurier, Chris Ashley, others)
Hallard Studio, Tokyo, Japan
2003
George Lawson, Selected Paintings 1987—2004 (Solo)
Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco
Handpicked (with Ed Moses, David Simpson, Gregg Renfrow, others)
Michelle Bello Fine Arts, San Francisco
Abstract Painting Group Show (with Joseph Marioni, Peter Tollens, Michael Toenges, others)
Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco
2002
George Lawson, Jizo Paintings (Solo)
Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco
1993
Farbe und Form (with Alan Ebnother, Ulrich Erben, and Rainer Jochims)
Kunst im Glashaus, Taunusstein, Germany, curated by Hannes Hake
George Lawson, Paintings, 1986–Present (Solo)
Haines Gallery, San Francisco
1991
George Lawson, Malerei (Solo)
Galerie Hake, Wiesbaden, Germany
George Lawson, Recent Paintings (Solo)
Haines Gallery, San Francisco
George Lawson and Friends (with Lita Albuquerque, Max Gimblett, others)
Haines Gallery, San Francisco
George Lawson und Alan Ebnother, Malerei
Galerie Klaus Braun, Stuttgart, Germany
1990
George Lawson, Malerei (Solo)
Galerie Hake, Wiesbaden, Germany
1989
George Lawson, Recent Paintings (Solo)
Mincher/Wilcox Gallery , San Francisco
Quiet (with Yoshitomo Saito, Roy Thurston, others,)
Oakland Museum, Oakland CA, curated by Paul Tomidy
Gypsy (dance set, lighting and costume design)
Oakland Ballet, Oakland, CA, choreography by David McNaughton
Paintings Without Pictures (with John Meyer, David Simpson, Joseph Hughes, others)
165 Eighth Street, San Francisco
Have Steps Will Travel (dance set, lighting and costume design)
National Ballet of Canada, Toronto, Canada, choreography by John Alleyne
Blood Wedding (dance set, lighting and costume design)
Ballet British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, choreography by Pierre Wyss
1987
George Lawson, Recent Paintings (Solo)
Khiva Gallery, San Francisco
George Lawson und Alan Ebnother, Malerei
Gaisenberg Strasse 37, Ulm, Germany
Salome (dance set, lighting and costume design)
Stuttgart Ballet, Stuttgart, Germany, choreography by Pierre Wyss
Back to Bach (dance set, lighting and costume design)
Ulmer Ballet, Ulm, Germany, choreography by John Alleyne
The Open Image, Recent Abstract Painting from Germany
(with, Ulrich Erben, Raimund Girke, Günther Umberg, others)
Goethe Institute, San Francisco Art Institute, Khiva Gallery, San Francisco
co-curated with Dr. Bernd Growe
1986
Good and Bad Government, and Other Recent Paintings (Solo)
Khiva Gallery, San Francisco
Die Gegenwart Der Farbe (with Phil Sims, Ulrich Erben, others)
Bielefeld Kunsthalle, Bielefeld, Germany
curated by Dr. Bernd Growe and Erich Franz
1985
George Lawson and John Meyer, Collaborative Painting
Acme Arts, San Francisco
George Lawson and John Meyer, Paintings
Khiva Gallery, San Francisco
Quatroporte (with John Meyer)
International Building, San Francisco
Wiederkehr, (dance set, lighting and costume design)
Stuttgart Ballet, Stuttgart, Germany, choreography by John Alleyne
1983
Recent Color—Five Painters (with Joseph Hughes, Thornton Willis, Kim Anno, others)
Foster-Goldstrom Fine Arts, San Francisco
Bay Area Collects
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
1982
New Abstraction (with Joseph Marioni, Phil Sims, Joseph Hughes, others)
Bluxome Gallery, San Francisco
Tribute to Bertha Urdang
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
George Lawson, New Paintings (Solo)
Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York
1981
1981 SECA Art Award Exhibition (Solo)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
1981 California Artists Exhibition
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
George Lawson, Paintings 1976—1981 (Solo)
Shasta College Gallery, Redding, CA
1980
Color Painting (with Max Gimblett, Marcia Hafif, Joseph Marioni, Phil Sims)
Shirley Cerf Gallery, San Francisco
Cold Mountain Paintings (Solo)
Shirley Cerf Gallery, San Francisco
In the Spirit of Constructivism
Janus Gallery, Los Angeles
1979
George Lawson, Les Tres Riches Heures and Other Works on Paper (Solo)
Shirley Cerf Gallery, San Francisco
1978
Gallery Group (with Tom Holland, Ed Moses, Phil Sims, others)
Casat Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1977
George Lawson, Recent Paintings (Solo)
Casat Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1976
George Lawson, Paintings (Solo)
Triangle Gallery, San Francisco
1974
George Lawson, Selected Etchings and Woodcuts from the I Ching Series (Solo)
John Wathem Gallery, San Francisco
Tressider Union, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
PAMC Exhibitions, Palo Alto, CA
Articles, Reviews and Catalog Essays
Albright, Thomas
Art in the San Francisco Bay Area: 1945—1980: An Illustrated History
pub. University of California Press, 1985, pp. 237—296
Personal Fresh Approaches to a Recycled Painting Style
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Jan 13, 1983, p. 60
Exhibition Review
ARTNEWS, January 1982, p. 90
Abstract Mountains
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Nov 18, 1980, p. 53
Ashley, Chris
Painting Conveys So Much Spirit—George Lawson’s Sancai Paintings
Catalog Essay pub. Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, 2003
Ballatore, Sandy
Exhibition Review
IMAGES AND ISSUES, Winter 1980, p. 52
Baker, Kenneth
Exhibition Review
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE DATEBOOK, April 18, 1993
An Uncompromising Path to the Abstract—George Lawson at Haines
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Jan 21, 1991, p. 60
Exhibition Review
ARTFORUM, Sept 1989, p. 136
Quiet Art That Sounds Off in Talent
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, June 8, 1988, p. E4
Exhibition Review
ARTCOAST, March 1989, p. 59
Display of Paintings, Not Pictures in SF
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Sep 19, 1988
The Hot and Cool of German Art
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Mar 21, 1987, p. 40
Galleries—George Lawson at Khiva
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, May 14, 1987, p. 66
Beauty is Upfront in Lawson’s Paintings
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Apr 14, 1986, p. 80
Two Painters in Tandem Shows
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Sep 24, 1985, p. 40
Berkson, Bill
George Lawson at Khiva Gallery
ARTFORUM, Sep 1987, p. 134
Boettger, Susan
Exhibition Review
ARTWEEK, Aug 29, 1981, p. 1
Bonetti, David
Gallery Watch—George Lawson
SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER, Apr 16, 1993
Geometric Art Comes Full Circle
SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER, Jan 18, 1991, p. C-15
Exhibition Review
ARTWEEK, April 5, 1980, p. 7
Brunson, Jamie
Defying the Postmodern: A Report on Non-Representational Painting in Northern California
VISIONS ART QUARTERLY, Spring 1989, p. 18
Turning Down the Volume
ARTWEEK, July 15, 1989, p.3
Burkamp, Gisela
Ein She-Erlebnis: Farbe, nicht als Farbe
DIE NEUE ARTLICH, July 7, 1986
Burkhart, Dorothy
Critics’ Choice
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, June 25, 1989, p. 20
Cebulski, Frank
Color as Perception
ARTWEEK, January 22, 1983, p. 6
Duechting, Hajo
Die Gegenwart der Farbe, Sinnliche Abstraktion
NIKE NEW ART IN EUROPE No. 74, July 1986, p.43
Dunham, Judith L.
Exhibition Review
ARTWEEK, November 6, 1976, p.20
Eshoo, Amy, ed.
560 Broadway: A New York Drawing Collection At Work, pp. 146, 153, 182, 187
Pub. Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2008
Fried, Alexander
Abstracts Survive a Realist Trend
SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER, November 1, 1976, p.33
Frankenstein, Alfred
Bold, Colorful Abstracts
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, October 23, 1976, p. 35
Goodman, Linda
Abstractionists George Lawson at Haines and Rick Arnitz at Wirtz
ARTWEEK, May 6, 1993
Growe, Bernd
George Lawson’s Farben
Catalog essay, Die Gegenwart Der Farbe
KUNSTHALLE BIELEFELD , July 6—August 31, 1986
The Gamut of Possibilities: George Lawson’ Drawings
Catalog essay, DIVER pub. Room For Painting Press, 1992
Gruhne, Peter
Schwartz—Schwartz? Bilder von George Lawson
WIESBADENER KURIER, November 30, 1990, p. 14
Hueck-Ehmer, Britta
Die Gegenwart Der Farbe
DAS KUNSTWERK, September 1986, Heft 4-5, p. 177
Hughes, Joseph
The Rhythm of Color—George Lawson’s Marimba Paintings
Catalog essay, pub. Elins-EagleSmith Gallery, SF, 2003
Jan, Alfred
Sustained Perception (Exhibition Review)
ARTIST WRITER, May 1993, Vol. 2, #6, pp. 1-2
Jeitschko, Marielsiuse
Ein endgueltig emanzipiertes Element
DAS KULTURMAGAZIN, Spetember 1986, p. 131
Levy, Mark
Germany’s Cooler Side
ARTWEEK, March 21, 1987, p. 1
Loughlin, R. Lance
Interview, DIVER pub. Room For Painting Press, 1992
Mauch, Tomas
Monochrome Bilder in individuellem Ambiente
ULMER KULTURLEBEN, April 18, 1987
Maves, C. E.
Art in Unexpected Places
PALO ALTO TIMES, September 9, 1974, p. 19
Morch, Al
Exhibit of Abstract Art by West Germans is a Bland Serving
SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER, March 3, 1987
Neubert, George
Gesture/Perception/Process
Catalog essay, SECA ART AWARD EXHIBITION
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, August 6—September 20, 1981
Parks, Christa L.
Exhibition Review
ARTS, September 1982, p. 7
Raynor, Vivien
Exhibition Review
THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 10, 1981
Reinke, Klaus U.
Befreiung vom Gegenstand
BIELEFELD HANDELSBLATT, July 12, 1986, Nr. 130
Stecker, Raimund
Die Gegenwart der Farbe
KUNSTFORUM INTERNATIONAL #85, September 1986, p. 290
Strecker, Manfred
Nichts mer als Farbe
NEUE WESTFAELISCHE BIELEFELD, July 7, 1986
Tomidy, Paul
Quiet
Catalog essay, Oakland Museum, May 6—July 23, 1989
Van Proyen, Mark
Allegories of Surface and Substance
ARTWEEK, May 23, 1987