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Xylor Jane

1963
born in Long Beach, California


lives and works in Long Beach, California



1993
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, BFA Painting



AWARDS

2004 
San Francisco Bay Guardian, Goldie, Visual Art

2002 
Astraea Visual Artist Award, New York

2001 
Ebb/Tide Muralist, LunaSea Gallery, San Francisco, CA


COLLECTIONS

Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Hall Collection, Reading, VT
University Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA


RESIDENCES 

2019 
Frederick Hammersley Artist in Residence

2007 
Artist in Residence, Cuchifritos, NYC

2004
Artist in Residence, The LAB San Francisco, CA

2003
Artist in Residence, Bottle of Bread Shelbourne Falls, MA

2002
Ora Lerman Charitable Trust Artists’ Residency, Philadelphia, PA

SELECTED SOLLO EXHIBITIONS
 

2024 

New Paintings, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin
 

2023

Art Wall: Xylor Jane, UC Berkeley Art Museum; Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
 

2022

Second Saturn Return, Canada, New York, NY
 

2021

Love Streams, Campoli Presti, Paris, France

Back Rub / Foot Rub, Parrasch Heijnen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
 

2019

3Lakes, Canada, New York, NY

Counterclockwise, University Museum of Contemporary Art, Amherst, MA
 

2018

Magic Square for Earthlings, Parrasch Heijnen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
 

2015

trice, Canada, New York, NY
 

2014

Sea Legs, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
 

2012

3:07 AM, Canada, New York, NY 

Xylor Jane and B. Wurtz: Recent Work, Philip Feldman Gallery; Pacifc Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
 

2010

crisscross, Almine Rech, Paris, France
 

2009

N.D.E, Canada, New York, NY
 

2007

Supersedure, Jack Hanley, Los Angeles, CA
 

2006

Dying Everyday, CANADA, New York, NY

Recent Drawings, OSP Gallery, Boston, MA
 

2005

The Doubloon, Four, Dublin, Ireland

Say When, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL
 

2004

Blue Max, The LAB, San Francisco, CA

Twin Prime, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Dots Square, Canada, New York, NY
 

2003

III, Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA

Good Luck, Rare Gallery Project Room, New York, NY
 

2002

Inn, 151 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
 

2001

Hell's Half Acre, 151 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
 

2000

Carry the One, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
 

2023

50 Paintings, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI

Drunk vs Stoned 3, The Ranch, Montauk, NY

Visible World, Halsey Mckay Gallery, East Hampton, NY

Anything can pass before the eyes of a person, Derosia, New York, NY

The Holographic Principle, Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Canada on Paper, Canada East Hampton, East Hampton, NY

Mystics of the World Unite, Sevil Dolmaci Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
 

2022

9th Street and Beyond: 70 Years of Women in Abstraction, Hunter Dunbar, New York, NY

Cosmic Geometries, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
 

2021

The Thick Stream, Canada, New York, NY

SFAI 150/Spirit of Disruption, Walter+McBean Gallery, San Fransisco, CA
 

2020

My Way: The Gee's Bend Quiltmakers and Contemporary Abstraction, Parts & Labor, Beacon, NY
 

2019

Canada b/w Drag City, Soccer Club Club, Chicago, IL

Paperview, The Hole, New York, NY
 

2017

Other Romances, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY

Strange Attractors, Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

Surfacing, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA

30th Anniversary Exhibition, Attics of My Life, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY
 

2016

Make Painting Great Again, Canada, New York, NY

Figurative Geometry, Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy

Performing The Grid, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA

Strange Abstraction, Fredericks & Frasier, New York, NY
 

2015

THE PAINTER OF MODERN LIFE, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
 

2014

This One's Optimistic: Pincushion, New Britiain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT

20th Anniversary Show, PIEROGI, Brooklyn, NY

A Chromatic Loss, Bortomlami, NY

New Dawn, SILBERKUPPE, Berlin, Germany

The Optical Unconscious, Kulturburo Alte Fabrik, Switzerland
 

2013

Elements, Rudiments, Principles, Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA

deCordova Biennial, Lincoln, MA

Rien Faire et Laisser Rire, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium

Source Codes, Klemm’s. Berlin, Germany

Xtraction, The Hole, New York, NY
 

2012

Perfect, International Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA

Eagles, Marlborough Gallery Madrid, Spain

BUZZ, Galeria Nara Roseler, Sao Paolo, Brazil

X-centric, Geofrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA

Collaborations & Interventions, Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca, Spain

B-Out, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
 

2011

Science and Exploration, Horton Gallery, New York, NY
 

2010

New Shadow Old Legs, Eleven Rivington, New York, NY

Why Patterns?, Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Psy-co Painting, Carlson Gallery, London, United Kingdom

New York Minute, The Garage, Moscow, Russia

Day-to-Day, Martos Gallery, New York, NY

New/Now 2010, The Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA

Not Quite Open For Business, The Hole, New York, NY
 

2009

New York Minute, Macro Future, Rome, Italy

Ecstatic Resistance, X Initiative, New York, NY

Abstract Abstract, Foxy Productions, New York, NY

A Mind Meld is a Terrible Thing to Waste, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Lisa Beck, Ben Berlow, Graham Caldwell, Xylor Jane, Jacob Kassay, David Malek:
GROUP SHOW @ 515 BROADWAY, Martos Gallery, New York, NY
 

2008

Constraction, Deitch Projects, New York, NY

200597214100022008, Small A Projects, New York, NY

Summer Group Show, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Gallery 16- Fifteenth Anniversary Group Show: These Are The People In Your
Neighborhood, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
 

2007

In the Fullness of Time, The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA

Cabinet of Curiosities, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

All is Well, 80 WSE Gallery, NYU, New York, NY

The Shows So Nice, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY

Analogous Logic, Brooklyn Foreproof, New York, NY

Machine Imaginaire, Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago, IL

Beyond the Pale, Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY

Euphorion, Pierogi, Leipzig, Germany

Crystal Crunch, Perugi artecontemporanea, Padua, Italy
 

2006

Panic Room, Dakis Jaonnou Collection at Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece

Bunch Alliance and Dissolve, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH

Table Top, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, NY

West Coast Windows, Samson Projects, Boston, MA

Serial, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA

Searching for Love & Fire, David Castillo Contemporary, Miami, FL
 

2005

Past Lives and Personal Exorcisms, Blackbird Space, San Francisco, CA

Realms of San Francisco, Nakaochiai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Excitations, curated by Matt Keegan, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY

Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, NY Fix Box, RARE, New York, NY

Op-ish, Samson Projects, Boston, MA

Bay Area Now 4, Yerba Buena Ctr for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
 

2004

Majority Whip, White Box, New York, NY

The Big Ballyhoo, The LAB, San Francisco, CA

Mental Space, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison, WI

The Bay Area Show, Detroit Contemporary and Tangent Gallery, Detroit, MI

LTTR Explosion, Art In General, New York, NY

Spring Group, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA

SF Drawing Show Part 2, New Image in Los Angeles, CA

Works on Paper, RARE, New York, NY

Contemporary Art and the Mathematical Instinct, Center for the Arts, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ; University Art Museums

University of Richmond, VA
 

2003

Dirt Wizard, Brooklyn Fire Proof Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Into, Yerba Buena Center For the Arts, Seven01 Cafe, on-site painting collaboration, 1/24-7/15
Close Calls, Marin Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA

Hybrid Digital Analogue, SF State University, San Francisco, CA

Drawing Show, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA

MARK: Contemporary Drawings, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA

Contemporary Art and the Mathematical Instinct, the Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Minnesota
 

2002

MOVE8, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA

Template, Balazo, San Francisco, CA

Pierogi Flat Files, The Armory, New York, NY

Goop, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA

Demo, Nexus, Philadelphia, PA
 

2001

Friction Fit, Drawing Show, Fort Haggis Gallery, San Francisco, CA

SuperBowl Sunday, Mural, LunaSea Theatre, San Francisco, CA

DOTS, Balazo, San Francisco, CA

Pierogi Flat Files, Block ArtSpace, Kansas City, MO
 

2000

Plump, Spaceproject, San Francisco, CAPierogi Flat Files, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts,

San Francisco, CA

Pretty Town, ESP Gallery, San Francisco, CA

San Francisco Drawing Show, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA

Xylor Jane
New Paintings

19. Jan 2024 - 13. Apr 2024
BERLIN

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