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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 SOLO EXHIBITIONS
 

2024 

New Paintings, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin
 

2023

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

2022

Second Saturn Return, Canada, New York, NY, USA
 

2021

Love Streams, Campoli Presti, Paris, France

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

2019

3Lakes, Canada, New York, NY, USA

Counterclockwise, University Museum of Contemporary Art, Amherst, MA, USA
 

2018

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

2015

trice, Canada, New York, NY, USA
 

2014

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

2012

3:07 AM, Canada, New York, NY, USA

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

2010

crisscross, Almine Rech, Paris, France
 

2009

N.D.E, Canada, New York, NY, USA
 

2007

Supersedure, Jack Hanley, Los Angeles, CA, USA
 

2006

Dying Everyday, CANADA, New York, NY, USA

Recent Drawings, OSP Gallery, Boston, MA, USA
 

2005

The Doubloon, Four, Dublin, Ireland

Say When, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
 

2004

Blue Max, The LAB, San Francisco, CA, USA

Twin Prime, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA

Dots Square, Canada, New York, NY, USA
 

2003

III, Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA, USA

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

2002

Inn, 151 Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
 

2001

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

2000

Carry the One, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA, USA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
 

2024    

Tessellations, Nicelle Beauchene, New York, NY, USA

The Apex is Nothing, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY, USA


2023

50 Paintings, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI, USA

Drunk vs Stoned 3, The Ranch, Montauk, NY, USA

Visible World, Halsey Mckay Gallery, East Hampton, NY, USA

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

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

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

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, USA

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


2021

The Thick Stream, Canada, New York, NY, USA

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


2020

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


2019

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

Paperview, The Hole, New York, NY, USA


2017

Other Romances, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY, USA

Strange Attractors, Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Surfacing, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA

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


2016

Make Painting Great Again, Canada, New York, NY, USA

Figurative Geometry, Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy

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

Strange Abstraction, Fredericks & Frasier, New York, NY, USA


2015

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


2014

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

20th Anniversary Show, PIEROGI, Brooklyn, NY, USA

A Chromatic Loss, Bortomlami, NY, USA

New Dawn, SILBERKUPPE, Berlin

The Optical Unconscious, Alte Fabrik, Rapperswill-Jona, Switzerland
 

2013

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

deCordova Biennial, Lincoln, MA, USA

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

Source Codes, Klemm’s. Berlin

Xtraction, The Hole, New York, NY, USA


2012

Perfect, International Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Eagles, Marlborough Gallery Madrid, Spain

BUZZ, Galeria Nara Roseler, Sao Paolo, Brazil

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

Collaborations & Interventions, Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca, Spain

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


2011

Science and Exploration, Horton Gallery, New York, NY, USA


2010

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

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, USA

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

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

Pearl River, Galerie Giti, Nourbakhsch, Berlin


2009

New York Minute, Macro Future, Rome, Italy

Ecstatic Resistance, X Initiative, New York, NY, USA

Abstract Abstract, Foxy Productions, New York, NY, USA

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

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


2008

Constraction, Deitch Projects, New York, NY, USA

200597214100022008, Small A Projects, New York, NY, USA

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

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


2007

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

Cabinet of Curiosities, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA

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

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

Analogous Logic, Brooklyn Foreproof, New York, NY, USA

Machine Imaginaire, Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA

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

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, USA

Table Top, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, NY, USA

West Coast Windows, Samson Projects, Boston, MA, USA

Serial, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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


2005

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

Realms of San Francisco, Nakaochiai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

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

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

Op-ish, Samson Projects, Boston, MA, USA

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


2004

Majority Whip, White Box, New York, NY, USA

The Big Ballyhoo, The LAB, San Francisco, CA, USA

Mental Space, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison, WI, USA

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

LTTR Explosion, Art In General, New York, NY, USA

Spring Group, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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

Works on Paper, RARE, New York, NY, USA

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

University Art Museums, University of Richmond, VA, USA


2003

Dirt Wizard, Brooklyn Fire Proof Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA

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, USA

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

Drawing Show, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA

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

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


2002

MOVE8, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Template, Balazo, San Francisco, CA, USA

Pierogi Flat Files, The Armory, New York, NY, USA

Goop, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Demo, Nexus, Philadelphia, PA, USA


2001

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

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

DOTS, Balazo, San Francisco, CA, USA

Pierogi Flat Files, Block ArtSpace, Kansas City, MO, USA


2000

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

Pretty Town, ESP Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA

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

2019

Xylor Jane. Notebooks, CANADA


2014

Xylor Jane. 19991, CANADA


2010

Xylor Jane, CANADA and PictureBox Inc

Xylor Jane - DÜSSELDORF
Xylor Jane
PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS

07. Mar 2025 - 10. May 2025
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Xylor Jane
New Paintings

19. Jan 2024 - 13. Apr 2024
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