RUPERT DEESE Born in Upland, California, 1952 EDUCATION 1976 University of California at Santa Barbara, M.F.A. 1974 University of California at Santa Barbara, B.A. 1994 Artist-in-Residence, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2012 “Array 1000,” Project Space, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 2007 “Full Circle: Prints from Manneken Press,” Reese Bullen Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California; traveling to Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, Texas; Diboll Art Gallery, Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 2004 Compact Gallery, San Luis Obispo, California Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 2003 Project Space, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 2001 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York “On the Wall,” Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles 1999 “Rupert Deese: Recent Prints,” Project Space, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 1997 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 1994-95 The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas 1991 “Southern Sierra Nevada Rivers: preparatory studies from geological and geographical information,” Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1990 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 1986 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 1981 Cuesta College Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo, California 1980 San Luis Obispo Art Center, California 1976 Art Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2016 “Tiny Treasures,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 2015 “In the Pink,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 2014-15 “Cutout/Decoupage,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 2014 “Summer,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 2013-14 ”Winter Blues,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 2013 “Color: The Splendor Of,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 2012-13 “Forty Years,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 2011 Summer, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 2010-11 “All That Glitters,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 2 2010 “Summer,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 2009 Summer Group Exhibition, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York Spatial Shifts,” Jay Shinn + Rupert Deese, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, Texas 2008 “Groundwork,” David Patton Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California “To Infinity and Beyond, Mathematics in Contemporary Art,” The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York 2007-08 “Visions,” Selections from the James T. Dyke Collection of Contemporary Drawings, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock; Naples Museum of Art, Florida 2006 “Circles,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York “Drawing the Line,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 2005-06 “New Prints 2005/Autumn, International Print Center, New York; Columbia College, Chicago 2005 “All in the Family (NY Edition)” Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas 2004 “Summertime,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 2003 “Landscape: Unique Views,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York “Waterscape,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 2002 Art in Embassies Program, United States Department of State, Ambassador to South Korea official residence “Celebrating 30 Years,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York “Summer,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 2001-02 “Collector’s Show,” The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock “I Love New York,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 1999-2000 “Gateways,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 1998 “Artists in Collaboration with Art Resources Transfer, New York,” The Vedanta Gallery, Chicago “Conversation Project,” A.R.T., New York “From Diptychs to Polyptychs,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York “From Exploration to Conservation: Picturing the Sierra Nevada,” Nevada Museum of Art, Reno “small scale LARGE SCALE,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York “25 Years,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 1997 “Aerial Perspectives: Imagination, Reality and Abstraction,” DC Moore Gallery, New York “Off the Wall,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York “Summer Shimmer,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 1995 “Irrational Landscapes,” University Art Museum, State University of New York at Binghamton; American Academy of Sciences, New York 1994 “Series and Editions,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 1993 “Black, White and Summer Sand,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York “20 Years,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 1992 “Preview,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 1991 “Black and White,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 1990 “Buckminster Fuller: Harmonizing Art, Nature, Humanity and Technology,” Blum Art Institute, Bard College, Annandale-on- Hudson, New York 1989 “Geometric Connections: Shape,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York “Summer Pleasures: Water,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 1988 “Geometric Connections,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 1987 “Diamonds Are Forever,” New York State Museum, Albany, New York. Traveling to: Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland; Chicago Public Library and Cultural Center, Illinois; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati; Museum of Art and History, San Juan, Puerto Rico; 3 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas: New York Public Library; Norton Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida; Oakland Museum, California; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City 1986 “A View of Nature,” Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut “Works on Paper,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 1985 “Summer Pleasures,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York “Winter Solstice,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York 1982 “Model Citizens Against Post-Modernism,” Express Gallery, New York, New York 1981-82 “Texas Fine Arts Association National Exhibition,” Texas 1981 “California Watercolor and Drawing,” Eureka “Group Show,” Space Gallery, Los Angeles 1978 “Clay from Molds: Multiples, Altered Castings, Combinations,” Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin 1976 “Graduate Show,” Main Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara “Ink and Clay IV,” California Polytechnic University, Pomona 1975 “California Crafts IX,” Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento “Graduate Show,” Main Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara “Pottery V,” California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo 1974 UCEN Gallery, University of California, San Diego 1972 Cluster Gallery, University of California, San Diego University Galleries, University of California, San Diego TEACHING EXPERIENCE 1995 Designer of Curriculum, Chinati Foundation Summer Art School, Marfa, Texas 1994 Lecturer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1994 Adjunct Associate Professor, New York Institute of Technology 1977-81 Instructor, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, California PUBLIC COLLECTIONS The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Nevada Museum of Art, Reno PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Dow Jones, New Jersey Neiman-Marcus Prudential, New Jersey AXA, New York .