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Heroworship: A Graphic Tale of Epic Proportions August 6 - September 18. 2010
Edward Lightner, Fizeau Plumbbob 11 kt #1, 11.75” x 18”.
The nuclear issue exists for me as both the hero and the villain (anti-hero if you will) at the same time. It is for the West the thing which keeps us safe from the “other” groups; thus something which guarantees total destruction simultaneously provides life. The bomb becomes the hero in a world where a nuclear device should only survive as the anti-hero. Although not actually related in the real world, AIDs/HIV medications exist in my mind in something of the same way. Thus the subject becomes visually interchangeable with atomic imagery. The medications are the hero to the virus’ anti-hero. Yet one does not live without the other. Reminiscent of the relationship between Batman and the Joker, in that in that one can not exist without the other, and in fact each informs the other. The dividing line between the two, the hero and the anti-hero, is always in a state of flux.
EDUCATION:
California State University, Northridge , CA , M.A. (studio art/painting), 1990
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 1987
California State University, Bakersfield, CA, B.A. 1984
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2007 The End., L2kontemporary, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
2006 pay your respects to the vultures…, L2kontemporary, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Fluffy, L2k ontemporary, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
2004 “the sum total of my artistic experiences,” temporary installation , L2kontemporary, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Remote Viewer , BGH Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2002 Images Of The Purple Priesthood , Highways, Santa Monica, CA
1996 life / death intersection , Highways, Santa Monica, CA
1989 Epistemological Reality , North Gallery, California State University, Northridge, CA
1987 Symbol: Those / We , Center Gallery, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2009 Parallel Universes, with Keiko Fukazawa, L2kontemporary, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2010Postcards From The Edge 2010 , ZieherSmith, New York, NY
2009Plastic, Rubber + Wood, Beth McNeill, curator, McNeill Art Group Project Space in Tribeca, New York, NY
Oildale , L2kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Earth, Air, Fire Exhibition , Margaret Lazarri, juror, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
Postcards From The Edge 2009 , Metro Pictures, New York, NY
2008Militancy and Mourning, Paul Sendziuk, curator, Visual AIDS Web Gallery, online (based in New York, NY)
USA, Korea, Japan Contemporary Art Festival “Different and Coexist” , Asto Museum of Art, Wrightwood, CA (catalogue)
2007Postcards From The Edge 2007 , James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
The Eclectic World of Gad , Simone Gad, curator, L2kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA
ASTO International Art Festival , National Assembly Library, Seoul, Korea (Catalogue)
L.A. International Art Festival 2007 , Asto Museum of Art, Long Beach CA
Hausguests , Haus @ The Brewery Project , Los Angeles, CA
2006Postcards From The Edge 2006 , Sekkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY
LA Libertine Society presents: The Nature of Excess , L2kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2005Postcards From The Edge 2005 , Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
Inside Out... , David Early, curator, L2kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2004Chroma Nouveau , L2kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA
In America Now , Peter Frank, Juror, Don O'Melveny Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
2003 Postcards From The Edge 2003 , Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
Fall Salon 2003 , Limner Gallery, New York, NY
Open Haus , Haus Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Launch Pad: The Next Generation, Don O'Melveny Gallery, West Hollywood, CA (Catalogue)
2002 Total Life , Lui Sanchez, curator, Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA (Catalogue)
Evening Becomes Eclectic III , Don O'Melveny Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
With and Without You: Re-visitations of Art in the Age of AIDS, Royce W. Smith, curator, Ivan Dougherty
Gallery, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Postcards From The Edge 2002 , Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, NY
Summer Salon - 2002 , Limner Gallery, New York, NY
Facing AIDS: Imaging The Global Epidemic , traveling exhibition with stops in New York, Moscow, Paris
and Johannesburg, Philadelphia, others (book)
Spring Salon - 2002 , Limner Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Postcards From The Edge 2001 , Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
Current Works 2001 , Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO
Summer Salon - 2001 , Limner Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Postcards From The Edge 2000 , Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
Hallelujah! It's Raining Men!! , Highways Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Landscapes , New Century Artists, New York, NY
1999 Postcards From The Edge II , Alexander And Bonin, New York, NY
Renewals And Transformations , The Advocate Gallery, Hollywood, CA
Art Is Figurative , Libby Lumpkin, juror, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Desire , Ernesto Pujol, curator, National Arts Club, New York, NY (Catalogue)
SM ALL , The Caged Chameleon, Santa Ana, CA
Art In An Age Of Anxiety , Todd Madigan Gallery, California St. University, Bakersfield, CA
1998 Postcards From The Edge , Kenny Schacter’s Gallery/ROVE, New York, NY
Recent work , Artcore Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA
Beyond Memorials And Symbols: Artists in the Robert D. Farber Living Arts Project , Cirilo Domine, curator,
The Advocate Gallery, Hollywood, CA
Come & Get It , Hollywood DMV, Hollywood, CA
SexualityObject , Scott Holman, curator, New Century Artists Gallery, New York, NY
The Robert D. Farber Living Arts Project , Cirilo Domine, curator Highways, Santa Monica, CA
1996 Questioning Equality: An Artistic Dialogue , Jim Reed, curator, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
1995 transcend aids , Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, Los Angeles, CA
Photo , Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Westchester, CA
Sex Object: the fetish fixation explored in multi media , Aaron Smith, curator, La Luz de Jesus, Hollywood, CA
1994 Loss and Remembrance: dealing with AIDS in the community , Jim Reed, curator, Riverside Art Museum,
Riverside, CA
Grand opening , Insomnia Gallery and Bookstore, Whittier, CA
1993 Crossing LA , Museum of African American Art, Los Angeles, CA
Contextual Turbulence , Alfredo de Batuc, curator, John Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1988 Personal Myths , North Gallery, California State University, Northridge, CA
Ashes to Art , Century Gallery, Sylmar, CA
1987 Two Benches. Ten Paintings. , Center Gallery, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
1986 University of South Florida annual Fine Art Auction , University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
1985 New Talent , Cunningham Memorial Art Gallery, Bakersfield, CA
Works on Paper , Todd Madigan Gallery, California St. University, Bakersfield, CA
1984 Bachelor of Arts show , Todd Madigan Gallery, California St. University, Bakersfield, CA
1991-07 Out Auction, various locations, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Gwangwhamoon International Art Festival, Seoul, Korea (Catalogue)
1992-94 Fetish Ball / Ball Bizarre
1991-92 installations for Club Fuck!, Los Angeles, CA
1988 installation for The Anti-Club, Hollywood, CA
2009 “Welcome to the ‘Hood: Tribeca Project Space”, Tribeca Citizen, http://tribecacitizen.com/2009/10/22/welcome-to-the- hood-tribeca-project-space/, 22, Oct. 2009
Gavin, Camille, “ Oildale goes contemporary”, The Bakersfield Californian, 5, Aug. 2009, pp. A1 & A3.
2006 Nieto, Margarita. ArtScene, vol. 25, no. 10, June. 2006, pp. 23-4.
2003 “Almonds and Viramune.” Reproduced in Pandemic: Facing AIDS ( New York: Umbrage Editions / Moxie
Firecracker Films, 2003), p. 212.
1993 Dunn, Samantha. “Counted Out,” LA Weekly, vol. 15, no. 38, 20-26 Aug. 1993, pp. 24-5.
“L. A. fest spurns artistic integrity; spawns independent showing.” Nightlife Magazine, issue 594, 23 Aug. 1993,
pp. 44-5.
Anthropophagic Davis Lisboa Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona
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Gary & Michaelin Fiodoni
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Simone Gad
Trung & Genelle Giang
Honeywell International
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Charles Lane
Michael & Carmen Maas
Ken Nelson
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David Prestholt
Royce W. Smith
James Stone
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