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