Biography

Born in 1955 à Torrance, California. Lives and works in Reseda, California.
Solo exhibitions

2010 - Relics & Reliquaries , Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York 2008 - Blinky the Friendly Hen 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Track 16 Gallery, Snata Monica, CA 2007 - Reliquaries, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris - Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Athens - Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA - De Vleeshal, Middelburg, Holland 2004 - “Heaven on Earth” (installation of Thomas Kinkade objects), Grand Central Art Center,Santa Ana, CA and California State University Fullerton Art Galle, 2003 - Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris, 2002 - “Clown Stains,” Satellite Space, University of Texas (San Antonio), San Antonio, Texas., - “The Shape of Texas,” (site-specific installation/simulacra), Majestic Ranch, Boerne, Texas., - “Relics from LBJ’s 1966 Visit to Australia,” Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, - “Saami and Aboriginal Flags” (intervention), Black Kettle Museum, Cheyenne, Oklahoma., 2001 - “The Virgin, the Poet and the President,” Lehmann Maupin, New York., 1999 - "Paranormal Diagrams: Heretical Theories," The Art Institute of Boston, Massachusetts., - "Anomalies," and "Paranormal Diagrams: Heretical Theories," Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica., - "Jeffrey Vallance: Culture Mix," Musé e d'Art de la Ville Paris, France, October 23 (Premiere screening of a film by Denis Dandurand and Julien Petit),
Group exhibitions

2008 - In the Land of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA - Amateurs, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA - Less is less, more is more, that's all !, Capc Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux - Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Barbican Art Gallery, London - Group show, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Brussels 2007 - "Mr. President," University of Albany Art Museum, Albany, New York, - "A Secret Service: Art Compulsion, Concealment,"(Hayward Gallery Touring, South Bank Centre, London), Hatton Gallery, Newcastle; De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea; Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, England 2006 - “Cryptozoology: Out of Time Place Scale,” Bates College Museum of Art, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine; travels to H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas Cit, - “Los Angeles Art Scene 1955 – 1985,” Centre Pompidou, Paris, France., 2005 - “Tiki Art Show” (and book signing), La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA., - “Very Early Pictures,” Luckman Gallery, California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; traveled to Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, - “Funny Business: Humor in Art from the Permanent Collection,” Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California., - “Interpretation and Innovation,” Studio Channel Islands Art Center Gallery, California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, California., - “Monuments for the USA,” CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, California; traveled to White Columns, New York, NY., 2004 - “Upstream: Idea Drawings,” Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, CA., - “Apocalepsey,” UCLA Kinross South Gallery, Los Angeles, CA., - “Two Hours of Power,” UCLA New Genres Project Room, Los Angeles, CA., - “The End of the End of the Line.” The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, Minnesota., - “This much is certain,” Royal College of Art, London., - “100 Artists See Satan,” Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA., - “100 Artists See God,” curated by Meg Cranston and John Baldessari, 2003 - “Collective Works,” Kinross South Gallery, University of California Los Angeles., - “The Greatest Album Covers That Never Were,” Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA., - “The Men's Room,” The Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY., - “17 Reasons” (BLESSING: intervention in the Mission District), Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA., - “Min skattkammare (My Treasury),” The Royal Armory, Swedish Royal Palace, Stockholm, Sweden., - “GNS: Global Navigation System” (Naming Tokyo map by Aleksandra Mir), curated by Nicolas Bourriaud, Palais de Tokyo, Paris., - “Group Show,” Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA., 2002 - “(The World May Be) Fantastic” Sydney Biennale 2002, Sydney, Australia, - “Off the Grid,” Lehmann Maupin, New York., - “Straight to Hell,” Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA., - “Dumbo and Beyond,” Davis Gallery, Austin, TX., - “Five by Seven by X,” The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX., - “Group Show,” Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA., - “This Won’t Do a Thing for Your Career, Dahling: Juxtapoz, 8th Anniversary Art Studio,” Track 16 Gallery, CA, - “A Thousand Clowns,” Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA., - “To Whom it May Concern,” Logan Galleries, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, - “Curators’ Choice,” McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas., - “Presidential Site,” Nassau County Museum of Art, New York., 2001 - “inSITE2000” (Second Phase), The Marriot Courtyard Guadalupe Apparition, San Diego, - “Kungliga Palatset” (Collaborative Installation with Jane Callister) Konsthögskolan, Umeå, - “The Magic Hour” organized by Neue Galerie at the Kunstlerhaus, Graz, Austria., 2000 - "Jeffrey Vallance:Culture Mix," film program, MK 2 Project Café , Paris, France, March 7., - "inSITE2000," San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico (installation at the Tijuana Wax Museum)., - "Blurry Lines," John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin., - "Postmodern Heretics: The Catholic Imagination in Contemporary Art", Klemm Gallery - Studio, - Angelico, Siena Heights University (founded by the Adrian Dominican Sisters), Adrian, Michigan., - “Faith,” Dynamite Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan., - “Made in California: Art, Image and Identity, 1900 - 2000” Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles., |