Stephen Kaltenbach
1940
born in Battle Creek, Michigan
lives and works in Davis, California
EDUCATION
1966-67
University of California, Davis, CA, M.A.
1963-67
University of California, Davis, CA, B.A. (Honors)
1958-63
Santa Rosa Junios College, Santa Rosa, CA
TEACHING
1970-2005
California State University, Sacramento, CA
1968-69
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
AWARDS
1979-80 Guggenheim Fellowship
1977-78 Faculty Research Grant
1977-78 National Endowment for the Arts
1967 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
1966 Regents Fellowships, University of California, Davis, CA
1963 Regents Scholarships, University of Califonia, Davis, CA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Stephen Kaltenbach, another year in LA, CA
2021
Totems, Pacific Design Center, California, USA
2020
The Beginning and The End, Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Davis, CA
Bye Bye future! L'Art de voyager dans Le temps, Musée royal de Mariemont, Belgium
2019
SLANTSTEP FORWARD, Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, USA
What Death Does, The Boiler, Brooklyn, NY
You are Me, Piergori, New York
2018
West by Midwest, MCA Chicago, IL
Slant Step Observation, Bert Green Fine Art,Chicago,IL
2017
Sky Totems and Other Bad Ideas, Bert Green Fine Art, Chicago, USA
Index of Possibilities, Museum of Art, Lodz, Poland
2016
Viewing Room: Stephen Kaltenbach, Marlborough Chelsea, New York
Architecture of Life, Berkley Art Museum and Parcific Film Archive, Berkley, USA
Mind over Matter, Berkley Art Museum and Parcific Film Archive, Berkley, USA
2015
Bad Ideas, Pacific Design Center, California, USA
2014
Stephen Kaltenbach: Drawings, Times Capsules and Room Alternationas, Bert Green Fine Art, Chicago
Drawings, Time Capsules and Room Alterations, Bert Fine Art, Chicago
Black & White, Another year in LA Gallery, Los Angeles
2011
slantstep 2, Specific Object, New York
2010
Legend Anotating the Elephant, West Hollywood, CA
2009
The Quick and the Dead, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Nuclear Projects and Other Works, Verge Gallery and Studio Project, Sacramento, CA
2008
Time Capsules, another year in LA Gallery, Los Angeles
2007
Room constructions: Blueprints and Models, Another year in LA Gallery, Los Angeles
Fire on Ice, Marzona Sculpture Park, Verzegnis, Italy
2005
Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
Another Year in LA, Los Angeles, CA
2000
Lawrence Markey Gallery, New York
1996
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1990
One-Person Show, Natsoulas Novaloso Gallery, Davis, CA
1988
One-Person Show, Natsoulas Novaloso Gallery, Davis, CA
Else Gallery, California State University, Sacramento, CA
1987
Biola University, La Mirada, CA
Natsoulas Novaloso Gallery, Davis, CA
1985
Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1982
Portrait of My Father, Emmanuel Gallery, Colorado State
University, Auraria Campus, Fort Collins, CO
1980
Portrait of My Father, Newport Harbor Museum, Newport Beach, CA
Portrait of My Father, Oakland Museum
1979
Portrait of My Father, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
1974
Portrait of My Father, Studies, A.C.G.
1972
Reese Palley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1970
Reese Palley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1969
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1967
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
Wolke und Kristall - Die Sammlung Dorothee und Konrad Fischer, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
2015
do it (adelaide), Samstag Museum, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
2014
A - Z. The Marzona Collection, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
2013
State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York
Far From Now, Outpost, Brooklyn
When Attitudes Become Form: Bern 1969/ Venice 2013, curated by Germano Celant in dialogue with Thomas Demand and Rem Kolhaas, Fondazione Prada, Venice
2012
Materializing "Six years": Lucy R. Lippard and the Emergence of Conceptual Art, Brooklyn Museum, New York
State Of Mind: New California Art Circa 1970, Orange Country Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
2011
Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974 - 1981, MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
Meisterwerke der multiplizierten Kunst, Galerie Philipp Konzett, Vienna
Sculpture In So Many Words: Text Pieces 1960-75, ZieherSmith, New York
a box is a box is a box, Florence Loewy, Paris
You are me, Another Year in LA, Melrose, CA
2010
Quid Pro Quo, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Joint Dialogue, Overduin and Kite, Los Angeles, CA
2009
The Quick and the Dead, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Jack Hanley Gallery, New York
2008
Self / Storage / Curatorial Industries, San Francisco, CA
2001
The Figure in Contemporary Ceramics
Art Express, Cabinet des estampes, Musée d'art modern et contemporain, Geneva
1998
Word Works 871, Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
1997
4 Northern California Artists, Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA
Manifestation of Ceramic Arts World Museum of Ceramic Art, Faenza, Italy
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Gallery W, Sacramento, CA
1996
Arneson Chair Endowment Fund Exhibit
Performance, Fringe Art Festival
History of Figurative Ceramic Art Sculpture, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Sacred Fire, Jerusalem
20th Anniversary Exhibit, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
MOCA, Los Angeles
The Pacific Rim Ceramic Sculpture Exhibit, Hawaii
The Fax Project, Belgium
1995
S.O.F.A. Exposition, Chicago, IL
La Modernism Exposition 1994 & 1995
The Figure, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
1994
Sacramento Club Gallery 1993 & 1994
Art L.A Exhibition 1993 & 1994
1993
Large Scale Figurative Ceramics, California State University, Hayward, CA
New Art Forms, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
1992
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
1991
NCECA Show 5th Annual Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
TB-9: A 30-Year Retrospective, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Muckenthaller Museum, Riverside, CA
Arneson Tribute, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Else Gallery, California State University, Sacramento, CA
Height, Width, Length, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
Crocker Kingsley Artists, Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA
1990
4th Annual Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
7 Objects 69/90, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
California A to Z, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Matrix Show, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1989
3rd Annual Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Arts for Amnesty, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
California-Europa Clay Redux, Wenger Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Dimensions: Two-Person Show with Tommie Moller, The Roseville Arts Center, Roseville, CA
1988
Artists for Amnesty, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2nd Annual Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Faculty-Alumni Show University of California, Davis, CA
One-Person-Show, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Peace, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
750 Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Alumni, Santa Rosa J.C. Art Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
1987
3 Decades of Art in Davis, Davis Art Center, CA
Local Artists for Global Thought, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
4 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
1986
CSUS at SCC, Sacramento, CA
Biolo Cross-Hatch Show, 1986
1985
Century, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
30-000 BC to Present, Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
Shadow Project, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
1984
Unique Photos since the Daquerrerotype, Lawrence Miller Gallery, New York
Nuclear Sanity Show: W/Democratic Convention / Disarming Art, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Contemporary Surrealism, Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
1983
The Slant Step Revisited, Nelson Gallery, Davis, CA
Correspondence Show, International Airport, San Francisco, CA
Cowtown, Chan Elliot Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1982
In High Regard, Emanuel Gallery, Denver, CO
Sculptors at University of California, Davis: Past and Present, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
Nelson Gallery and the Memorial Union Gallery, Davis, CA
1978
Stone Maple, San Jose Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
1977
Time, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Stone Maple, Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
1976
Stone Maple, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
1974
University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
1972
Evanston Art Museum, Evanston, IL
Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1971
Coffee, Tea and Other Cups, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York University of Nevada, Reno, NV
University of California, Davis, CA
Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1970
955,000: Vancouver Show, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
The Drawing Society National Exhibition, Cooper Union, New York
Information, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Attitudes, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York
Conceptual Art Show, New York Cultural Center, NY Tokyo Biennial
1969
Language III, Dwan Gallery, New York
Street Works I - IV, New York
When Attitudes Become Form, Kunsthalle Bern, CH
Plans and Projects, Kunsthalle Bern, CH
Conception Art / No Objects, Städtisches Museum, Leverkusen
March, Seth Siegelaub, New York
Finch College Museum, New York
Paula Cooper Conceptual Art Show, New York
Seattle Show - 557,087, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
The Art of Money, Chelsea Gallery, New York
1968
Soft Sculpture, American Federation of the Arts, New York
Earthworks, Dwan Gallery, New York
Nine at Leo Castelli, Castelli Warehouse, New York
1967
Four New Artists, Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1966
New Modes in California Sculpture, La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, CA
SELECTED BOOKS AND CATALOGUES
2009
Eleey, P. / Blanke, O. / Blom, I. / Osborne, P.: The Quick and the Dead, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
2004
Neuburger, S.: Kurze Karrieren. Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Wien
2002
Boettger, S.: Earth Works, Art and the Landscape of the 60's. Berkeley
2001
Norvell, P.: Recording conceptual art: early interviews with Barry, Huebler, Kaltenbach, LeWitt, Morris, Oppenheim, Siegelaub, Smithson, Weiner. Berkeley
Kellein, T.: Art works. Sammlung Marzona, Kunst um 1968. Ostfildern-Ruit
Pilar, P.: Extra Art: A Survey of Artists Ephemera. San Francisco
Rorimer, A.: New Art in the 60's and 70's Redefining Reality. London
2000
Newman, A.: Challenging Art, 1962-1974. London
1995
Goldstein, A. / Rorimer, A.: Reconsidering the Object of Art: 1965-1975. New York
1996
Millet, C. / Siegelaub, S.: 69-96. Avant Gardes et Fin de Siecle. The Context of Art / The Art of Context. Art Press, Paris
1988
Levin, K.: Beyond Modernism. New York 1988.
1985
Albright, T.: Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980. Berkeley
Hunter, S.: American Art of the 20th Century, in: Harry Abrams Books, p. 409
1977
Naylor, C. / Orridge, G. P.: Contemporary Artists. London / New York
1976
Johnson, Ellen H.: Modern Art and the Object. New York
1972
Meyer, U.: Conceptual Art. New York
1963
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven: Bruce Nauman Catalogue October-November
Kostalantz, R.: Breakthrough Fictioneers. New York
Shimada, Y.: Art Now, (Vol II Art as Action). Tokyo
1972
Lippard, L.: Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966 to 1972. New York
1970
Nemser, C.: Art Forum Interview. November
1969
Weidman, P.: Slant Step Book. Berkeley
Wedewer, R. / Fischer, K.: Konzeption / Conception. Köln
SELECTED ARTICLES
2013
Annual Magazine
2005
Art Forum
Los Angeles Times
Rose, B.: Auto Critique
1988
Natsoulas, J. / Ceia, L.: Ceramics Book
Nowell, P. / Alberto, A.: Conceptual Art
1995
Dalkey: Sacramento Bee
1990
Blau, P. / Vieland, E.: 7 Objects 1969-1990. Mass
Dr. Humblet, C.: American Avant Garde 1969-1970
1986
French. C.: Art Week
1985
San Francisco Examiner
1984
Art Week
1983
Rocky Mountain News
1980
Muchnik, S.: Los Angeles Times
1979
The Museum of California
Suttertown News
Simon, R.: Sacramento Union
1977
Tookin, D.: Bay Area Artists
1972
Perreault, J.: Village Voice
Frankenstein, A.: San Francisco Examiner
San Francisco Chronicle
1970
Art Journal
Arte Povera - Land Art, Galleria Civica de Arte Moderna, Torino
1969
Junker,H.: Newsweek
1968
Newsweek
1968
Art in America
1966
Christian Science Monitor
Art International
1964
Art Forum