DEAN BYINGTON
Education
1988 M.F.A. University of California, Berkeley
1987 M.A. University of California, Berkeley
1981 Cert. of Art, University of California, Santa Cruz
1980 B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz
Selected Solo Show
2022
“Cassandra: Truth and Madness”, Anglim/Trimble Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018
“The Kennecott Diaries,” Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, NY
2017
“Theory Of Machines,” Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016
“Dean Byington,” “Tout le Necessaire,” Aires Libres 2016, Montreal, Canada, Curated by Aseman Sabet
2015
“The New City,” Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, NY
“Dean Byington: Buildings Without Shadows,” Katzen Art Center, American University, Washington D.C.
2010
“Dean Byington: “Black Maps,” Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, NY
2009
“Dean Byington: Terra Incognita,” Frist Center, Nashville, TN (Traveling Exhibition)
“New Paintings,” Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA Included Film Program “Reflections”
2007
“New Paintings and Works On Paper,” Leslie Tonkonow Artwroks + Projects, New York, NY
2005
“Paintings and Works On Paper,” Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, NY
2004
“Dean Byington,” Random Encounters, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
2003
“New Paintings,” Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
1999
“New Work,” Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
1997
“New Work,” Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
1994
“New Paintings,” Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021
“Affinities,” Anglim/Trimble Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2020
New Acquisitions, Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2019
“Extraction!” Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
“Labor & Materials,” 21C Museum, Louisville, KY
“Castles int he Sky: Fantasy Architecture in Contemporary Art,” Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, FL
2018
“Castles In The Sky: Fantasy Architecture In Contemporary Art,” Lehman College Art Gallery, Curated by Bartholomew F. Bland
“Unconscious Rationale,” Anglim Gilbert Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“DNA Of Painting,” Anglim Gilbert Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Chaos and Awe: Painting for the 21st Century,” Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN; Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
2017
“The (Partial) Autobiography Of An Art Gallery,” Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, NY
2016
“Nature And Order,” Anglim Gilbert Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Land/Sky: Temporal Concepts,” Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, NY
2015
“Retrospective” Paule Anglim, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
2014
“Fusion: Art Of The 21st Century,” Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
“Summer In Black And White … And Color,” Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
2013
New Contemporary Acquisitions, Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
“Hybridity: The New Frontier,” 21C Museum Hotel, Bentonville, AR
2012
"Rarely Seen Contemporary Works On Paper", Art Institute Of Chicago, Chicago, Il
“Convergence: Highlights From The Collection 2012,” Museum 21c, Louisville, KT
2011
“Land Of Magic,” Curated By Carrie Lederer, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
“UNFORGETTABLE: Selections From The Emily Fisher Landau Collection, Stream Of The Unknown,” Long Island City, NY
2010
“Skeptical Landscapes,” Curated By Trevor Richardson, Herter Gallery, University Of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA,
2009
"New Acquisitions", The Fisher Landau Center, Long Island City, NY
"Psychedelic: Optical and Visionary Art Since The 1960’s", San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
2008
“Tales Of Wonder And Woe: Fable And Fairy Tales In Contemporary Art,” Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, NY
“Future Tense: Reshaping The Landscape,” Curated By Dede Young, Neuberger Museum Of Art,
“Utopia, Dystopia,” Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, NY
2006
“Here’s The Thing,” Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
“The Materialization of Sensibility: Art and Alchemy,” Curated by Klaus Ottmann, Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, NY
"Gallery Artists", Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, NY
2005
"New Acquisitions", Indiannapolis Museum of Art, Ind.
2003
“Pocket Atlas,” Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, San Francisco, CA Curated by Arnold J. Kemp
“Cut, Copy, Paste, The Art of Collage,” De Saiisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
1998
“Art + Tech,” Museum of Art, Duke University, GA.
1997
“Untitled,” Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
1994
“Negative Energy,” Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
“The 6x9 Show,” Victoria Room, San Francisco, CA
“Shudder,” Victoria Room, San Francisco, CA
1993
“New Work,” Turn of the Century, Berkeley, CA
1991
“66th Annual Crocker", Kingsley Exhibition, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
1990
“A Boar’s Head,” Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1989
M.F.A. Exhibition, University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
1988
Eisner Award Exhibition, Worth Ryder Gallery, University Of California, Berkeley
M.A. Thesis Exhibition, Worth Ryder Gallery, University Of California, Berkeley
Selected Bibliography
2022
“Best of 2022,” Dean Byington @ Anglim/Trimble, Squarecylinder
“Cassandra Calling,” David M. Roth, Squarecylinder
2021
“Landscaps of Extraction,” Bill Fox, NEvada Museum of Art
2018
“Unconscious Rationale @ Anglim Gilbert,” SquareCylinder, Julia Couzens
“Chaos And Awe, Painting For The 21 st Century,” Edited by Mark Scala and Matthew Ritchie, Frist Museum
2017
“Dean Byington’s The Theory Of Machines At Kohn Gallery,” Art And Cake, Genie Davis, June 16, 2017
“Dean Byington: Theory Of Machines at Kohn Gallery,” WhiteHot Magazine, Shana Nys Dambrot, June, 2017
“Dean Byington,” Artillery, Jody Zellen, June 2017
“Dean Byington At Kohn Gallery,” Marc Haefele, Off-Ramp, May 23, 2017
Juxtapoz, “Dean Byington’s Theory Of Machines,” April 20, 2017
2013
Artforum, “Steppin’ Up,” March 9
2012
San Diego Union Tribune, “A First Timer’s Look At Art Basel And Miami Art Week,” Susan Myrland, Dec. 8
2011
East Bay Express, “The Unbeaten Track At Bedford Gallery,” DeWitt Cheng, May 25
Columbia Spectator, Armory Arts Week Is Shining Knight Of New York City’s Arts Scene, Ian Erickson-Kery, March 3
Harper’s Magazine, Dean Byington “Mirror,” January
2010
Modern Painters, “Dean Byington,” November
David Rubin, “Psychedelic, Optical And Visionary Art Since The 1960’s,” MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
“Skeptical Landscapes,” Catalogue Essay, Trevor Richardson
2009
The Tennessean, “Byington Explores Underworld At The Frist,” Will Ayers June 28
San Francisco Weekly, “Dean Byington”, March 30
“Dean Byington,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, April 29
2008
ArtSlant New York, “Utopia/Dystopia,” July
Harper’s Magazine
Frieze Magazine, “Dean Byington," April
Art In America, “Dean Byington At Leslie Tonkonow,” May
2007
The New Yorker, Galleries / Chelsea, “Dean Byington,” November 26
2006
Mark Pascale, Curator of Prints and Drawings, Art Institute of Chicago, “Curator’s Choice: AIC’s New Acquisition,” The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, May
ArtNews, “Critic’s Choice: Dean Byington,” January
2005
The New York Art World.com,“The Armory Show,” Lily Faust, April
Art in America, “International New Art Invades New York,” Stephanie Cash, May
New York Times, Roberta Smith, "Weekend Arts", May 6
New York Times, "Weekend Arts", May 20
The New Yorker, Galleries / Chelsea, “Dean Byington,” May 30
The New Citerion, "Vol. 23," James Panero, June
Galleries / Chelsea, “Short List,” June 6
2003
Art in America, Jerome Tarshis, Dean Byington at Gallery Paule Anglim, December
Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle, July 31, 2003 Artweek, July
Stich, Sidra, “Art-sites, San Francisco,” art-Sites Press
San Jose Mercury, “Conjuring Worlds From Bits and Pieces,” Jack Fischer, May
Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle, “Dean Byington at Gallery Paule Anglim,” February 15
2002
New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, Boston, Mass.
1999
Berin Golonu, Artweek, Vol. 30, No. 10
1998
Art + Tech, Exhibition Catalogue, Museum of Art, Duke University Press
1997
Jori Finkel, Express, January
1994
Vivien Raynor, The New York Times, November 20
“Paintography,” Visions (Art Quarterly), Winter
Steve Starger, Journal Inquirer, November 4
Hartford Advocate, November 18
Zzyzyva, Vol. X, No. 3
Randal Davis, Artweek, Vol. 25, No. 15, August 4
David Bonetti, San Francisco Examiner, July 15
1993
Ariel Parkinson, The Berkeley Voice, April 27.
Victoria Dalkey, “Hanging Judge,” The Sacramento Bee, April 28
1991
Ken Magri, “Second Guessing the Grand Juror,” Sacramento News and Reviews, May
Catalogs
“Chaos and Awe: Painting for the 21st Century,” Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville (Traveling Exhibition)
“Dean Byington,” Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, 2007
“Dean Byington,” Gallery Paule Anglim, 2003
New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, 2003
Art + Tech, Duke University, 1998
Monographs
“Dean Byington,” Gallery 16, 2014 With New Fiction And Poetry by Rick Moody and opening essay by Griff Williams. 156 pages
Selected Collections
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The Capital Group, Los Angeles
Whitney Museum of Art
The Chicago Art Institute
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Indiannapolis Museum of Art
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center / Vassar College Art Museum
Rene De Rosa Foundation
Neuberger Berman Collection
The Progresssive Collection
Emily Fisher Landau Center
21c Museum Of Louisville, Kentucky
Virginia Fine Arts Museum