One-Person and Two-Person Exhibitions
2011
“John Baldessari: Double Feature,” Sprüth Magers Berlin. Berlin, Germany, September 23 – October 29, 2011.
“Jen Liu & John Baldessari: Six Colorful Tales: From the Emotional Spectrum (Women), Ceri Hand Gallery. London, United Kingdom, September 16 – October 22, 2011.
“John Baldessari: I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art,” Le Case D’Arte. Milan, Italy, September 15, 2011 – February 29, 2012.
“John Baldessari: Double Vision,” Mai 36 Galerie. Zurich, Switzerland, June 13 – July 30, 2011.
“John Baldessari: In de Wind,” Cultuurcentrum Strombeek. Strombeek-Bever, Belgium, April 15 – September 30, 2011.
“John Baldessari: New and Recent Prints,” Gemini G.E.L. Los Angeles, CA, April 4 – July 7, 2011.
“John Baldessari: Your Name in Lights,” Australian Museum, William Street façade. Sydney, Australia, January 8 - 30, 2011. Project with Kaldor Art Projects, presented as part of the Sydney Festival (Kaldor Art Project #23). Traveled to Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June 1 – 26, 2011.
2010
“John Baldessari: Not Prints: Posters 1966–2010,” 1301PE Gallery. Los Angeles, CA. November 13 – December 18, 2010.
“John Baldessari: The Giacometti Variations,” Fondazione Prada. Milan, Italy, October 29 – December 26, 2010. Specific works exhibited on rotation from October 29 - November 15, from November 16 – December 6, and from December 7 - 26.
“John Baldessari: Sediment (Part 2),” Marian Goodman Gallery. New York, NY, October 21 – December 4, 2010.
“John Baldessari: Foot and Stocking (With Big Toe Exposed) Series,” Gemini G.E.L. Los Angeles, CA, June 26 – September 3, 2010.
“John Baldessari: Sediment,” Margo Leavin Gallery. Los Angeles, CA, May 22 – July 10, 2010.
“John Baldessari: 1970s Film and Video Work,” VOX, Centre l’image contemporaine. Montreal, Canada, April 1 – May 1, 2010.
“Je ne ferai plus d’art ennuyeux,” École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Montpellier. Montpellier, France, March 12-19, 2010.
“John Baldessari: Blue Line (Holbein),” Margo Leavin Gallery. Los Angeles, CA, January 23 – March 27, 2010.
2009
“John Baldessari: Hands and/or Feet (Part Two),” Sprüth Magers Berlin. Berlin, Germany, November 20, 2009 – January 16, 2010.
“John Baldessari: Hands and/or Feet (Part One),” Marian Goodman Gallery Paris. Paris, France, October 17 – November 28, 2009.
“John Baldessari: Pure Beauty,” Tate Modern. London, United Kingdom, October 13, 2009 – January 10, 2010. Traveling to Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, February 11 – April 25, 2010; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, June 27 – September 12, 2010; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, October 19, 2010 – January 9, 2011.
“John Baldessari: Ear Sofa; Nose Sconces with Flowers (in Stage Setting),” Sprüth Magers London. London, United Kingdom, October 12 – November 14, 2009.
“John Baldessari and Bruce Nauman: Venice/Venice.” Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, July 18 – August 22, 2009.
“John Baldessari: A Print Retrospective from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation,” Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor. San Francisco, CA, July 11 – November 8, 2009.
“Similar Spirits: John Baldessari and Tristram Shandy,” Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor. San Francisco, CA, July 11 – November 8, 2009.
“John Baldessari: Raised Eyebrow / Furrowed Foreheads: Part IV,” Mai 36 Galerie. Zurich, Switzerland, June 7 – August 8, 2009.
“John Baldessari: Raised Eyebrow / Furrowed Foreheads: Part III,” Galerie Greta Meert. Brussels, Belgium, May 13 – July 25, 2009.
“John Baldessari: Raised Eyebrow / Furrowed Foreheads: Part II,” Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art. Lisbon, Portugal, May 7 – June 20, 2009.
“John Baldessari: BRICK BLDG, LG WINDOWS W/ XLENT VIEWS, PARTIALLY FURNISHED, RENOWNED ARCHITECT,” Museum Haus Lange. Krefeld, Germany, March 1 – July 19, 2009.
2008
“John Baldessari: Raised Eyebrow / Furrowed Foreheads,” Marian Goodman Gallery. New York, NY, November 25, 2008 – January 10, 2009.
“John Baldessari: Sailboat,” Mixografia. Los Angeles, CA, November 10 – December 27, 2008.
“John Baldessari and Koen Van Den Broek: This an Example of That,” Galerie Greta Meert and Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht (two parts in two locations). Brussels, Belgium, October 15 – November 22, 2008, and Maastricht, The Netherlands, October 5, 2008 – January 29, 2009.
“John Baldessari: BACA Laureate 2008,” Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht. Maastricht, The Netherlands, October 5, 2008 – January 25, 2009.
“John Baldessari and Matt Mullican: Pong,” Tracy Williams Ltd. New York, NY, May 2 – June 28, 2008.
“John Baldessari: Arms & Legs (Specif. Elbows & Knees), Etc., Part II,” Galería Pepe Cobo. Madrid, Spain, January 31 – March 22, 2008.
“John Baldessari and Lawrence Weiner: Video Works 1970-76,” The Apartment. Vancouver, Canada, January 26 – April 26, 2008.
2007
"John Baldessari: Beethoven’s Trumpet; In One Ear and Out the Same Ear," The Arts Club of Chicago. Chicago, IL, November 7, 2007 – January 18, 2008.
"John Baldessari and Alejandro Cesarco: Retrospective," Murray Guy. New York, NY, November 3 – December 22, 2007. Exhibition featuring collaborative work made with Alejandro Cesarco.
"John Baldessari: Arms & Legs (Specif. Elbows & Knees), etc.," Marian Goodman Gallery Paris. Paris, France, October 19 – November 24, 2007.
"John Baldessari: Composition for Violin and Voices (Male)," Magasin, Centre National d'Art Contemporain de Grenoble. Grenoble, France, October 7, 2007 – January 6, 2008. Recreation of 1987 installation at Magasin, presented in conjuction with Jill Miller’s video, "I Am Making Art Too," 1983.
"John Baldessari: Noses & Ears, Etc. (Part Four)," Mai 36 Galerie. Zurich, Switzerland, June 1 – July 28, 2007.
"John Baldessari: Music," curated by Stephan Gronert, Kunstmuseum Bonn. Bonn, Germany, May 12 – July 29, 2007. Presented in conjunction with "Beethoven’s Trumpet; In One Ear and Out the Same Ear" at the Bonner Kunstverein.
"John Baldessari: Beethoven’s Trumpet; In One Ear and Out the Same Ear," curated by Christina Végh, Bonner Kunstverein. Bonn, Germany, May 12 – July 29, 2007. Presented in conjunction with "Music" at the Kunstmuseum Bonn.
"John Baldessari: Noses & Ears, Etc. (Part Three)," Margo Leavin Gallery. Los Angeles, CA, April 7 – May 5, 2007.
"John Baldessari: Noses & Ears, Etc.: The Gemini Series," Gemini G.E.L at Joni Moisant Weyl. New York, NY, March 29 – May 12, 2007.
"John Baldessari: Eden: Adam and Eve (With Ear and Nose) Plus Serpent," Portikus. Frankfurt am Main, Germany, February 9 – March 18, 2007.
2006
"John Baldessari: Noses & Ears, Etc. (Part Two)," Marian Goodman Gallery. New York, NY, October 19 - November 25, 2006.
"John Baldessari: Maquettes 1987 - 1994," 1301PE Gallery. Los Angeles, CA. July 8 - September 16, 2006.
"John Baldessari: Composition for Violin and Voices (Male), 1987, Une œuvre de la collection," Musée d’Art Contemporain Lyon. Lyon, France, June 16 - August 13, 2006.
"John Baldessari: Noses & Ears, Etc.," Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art. Lisbon, Portugal, June 7 - September 9, 2006.
"John Baldessari: Prima Facie (Fifth State)," Sprüth Magers Lee London. London, United Kingdom, April 28 - June 24, 2006.
"John Baldessari: Works 1982 - 1991," Marian Goodman Gallery Paris. Paris, France, March 18 - April 22, 2006.
"John Baldessari: Raw Prints & Others, Estampes 1976 - 2005," Florence Loewy. Paris France, March 18 - April 5, 2006.
2005
”John Baldessari: Prima Facie (Fourth State)” Galerie Meert Rihoux, Brussels, Belgium, December 16 — January 28, 2005
“John Baldessari: Guitars” Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 4 — December 9, 2005.
“John Baldessari: Prima Facie (Third State)” Galeria Pepe Cobo, Madrid Spain, September 14 — November 10, 2005
“John Baldessari: From Life” Carré d’Art Musee Contemporain de Nimes, France, October 19, 2005 — January 8, 2006
“John Baldessari: Prima Facie (Second State),” Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland, June 11-July 30, 2005.
“John Baldessari: Person with Guitar Series,” Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California, opening May 17, 2005 thru June 2005.
“John Baldessari: Prima Facie,” Margo Leavin Gallery, April 9 — May 14, 2005.
“John Baldessari: The Blockage Series,” Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris, France, March 11 — April 23, 2005.
“John Baldessari: Life’s Balance, (Works 1984-2004),” March 5 — May 16, 2005, Space 02, curated by Peter Pakesch and Adam Budak, Kunsthaus Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria. Catalogue.
“John Baldessari: A Different Kind of Order (Works 1962-1984),” March 4 — July 3, 2005, curated by Rainer Fuchs, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Wien, Austria, Catalogue.
“John Baldessari: I will not make any more boring art,” curated by Lee Plested, PLAySPACE Gallery, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California, January 28 — February 11, 2005.
2004
“John Baldessari” Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York, November 17, 2004 — January 8, 2005.
“John Baldessari and Jonathan Monk” Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 21 - July 17, 2004.
“Drift (A Work by John Baldessari, Juliao Sarmento, and Lawrence Weiner),” Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal, March 19 - May 30, 2004. Catalogue.
“John Baldessari: Somewhere Between Almost Right and Not Quite (With Orange), Deutsche Guggenheim, October 30, 2004 — January 16, 2005, organized by Tracey Bashkoff, catalogue by The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, 2004, traveling to Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen, Germany, February 22 — March 27, 2005.
“John Baldessari: Recent Maquettes & Prints,” Art Affairs, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, February 7 — March 13, 2004.
2003
“John Baldessari: Vertical/Horizontal Series” Bernier/Elaides, Athens, Greece, December 4, 2003 — January 31, 2004.
“John Baldessari: The Duress Series”, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich Switzerland, June 7 — July 19, 2003.
“John Baldessari: Editionen,” Einladung zur Eroffnung, Hamburg, Germany, January 31 — April 5, 2003.
2002
“John Baldessari: Junctions and Intersections,” Monika Spruth Philomene Magers, Cologne, Germany, October 31, 2002 — February 28, 2003.
“John Baldessari: Junctions and Intersections,” Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, October 26 — December 7, 2002.
“John Baldessari: The Intersection Series,” Primo Piano, Rome, Italy, May 7- August 7, 2002.
“John Baldessari,” Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris, France, May 3 — June 15, 2002.
“John Baldessari,” Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York, February 14 — March 30, 2002.
2001
“John Baldessari,” Philomene Magers, Munich, Germany, June 2 — July 31, 2001.
“John Baldessari: The Overlap Series,” Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland, June 2 - July 14, 2001.
“While Something Is Happening Here, Something Else Is Happening There: Works 1965-2001,” Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland, March 31-June 17, 2001. Catalogue.
“John Baldessari,” Museo d’Arte Moderna Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Trento, Italy, December 15, 2000 - March 11, 2001.
2000
“John Baldessari,” Gallerie Brandstrup, Oslo, Norway, August 24 — September 10, 2000.
“John Baldessari Selections from: The Goya Series-The Tetrad Series-The Elbow Series,” Meert Rihoux, Brussels, Belgium, May 2000.
“Baldessari, While Something Is Happening Here, Something Else Is Happening There: Works 1988-1999,” Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany, September 26, 1999 - January 2, 2000, traveling to Staatlich Kunstammlungen Dresden, Germany, January 16 - April 2, 2000.
1999
“The Elbow Series 1999,” Massimo Martino Fine Art & Projects, Mendrisio, Switzerland, June 1- October 8, 1999.
“John Baldessari: Tetrad Series,” Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York, April 18 - May 21, 1999. Catalogue.
“Baldessari und Goya,” Albertina im Akademiehof, Vienna, Austria, February 18 - March 28, 1999.
1998
“John Baldessari: Commissioned Paintings,” Sonnabend Gallery, New York, New York, November 14 - December 9, 1999.
“John Baldessari: Recent Works,” Charim Klocker, Vienna, Austria, September 11 - November 7, 1998.
“Tele Dolça Llar & Baldessari 4 HAB a/VETS.: paper pintat, llums I plantes. Nou,” Museu D’Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain, July 16 - September 27, 1998.
“Baldessari, 4 RMS W VU: WALLPAPER, LAMPS, AND PLANTS, NEW,” Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland, January 31 - March 22, 1998.
“John Baldessari,” Mai 36 Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland, January 30 - March 14, 1998.
“Baldessari, 4 RMS W VU: WALLPAPER, LAMPS AND PLANTS, NEW,” Witte de With, Rotterdam, Holland, The Netherlands, January 24 - March 22, 1998.
“John Baldessari: The Goya Series,” Sonnabend Gallery, New York, New York, January 10 - February 14, 1998.
1997
“John Baldessari,” Theoretical Events, Napoli, Italy, June 5 - July 31, 1997.
“John Baldessari: National City Paintings from 1967 and 1996,” Galerie Philomene Magers, Köln, Germany, May 23 - July 31, 1997.
“John Baldessari,” Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, California, April 19 - May 24, 1997.
“John Baldessari,” Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris, France, April 4 — May 31, 1997.
“John Baldessari: 1990-1996,” Galerie Laage-Salomon, Paris, France, April 4 - May 17, 1997.
1996
“John Baldessari,” Galleria Pedro Oliveira, Portugal, June 1 —July 13, 1996.
“John Baldessari,” PYO Gallery, Seoul, Korea, June 4 -June 25, 1996.
“John Baldessari Recent Works,” Galerie Meert Rihoux, Brussels, Belgium, April 23 - June 1, 1996.
“John Baldessari: National City,” Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, March 9 - June 19, 1996.
“John Baldessari,” Hochschule fur Angewandte Kunst in Wien, Vienna, Austria, March 5 - April 27, 1996.
“John Baldessari,” Mai 36, Zurich, Switzerland.
1995
“John Baldessari,” Jurgen Becker Gallery, Hamburg, Germany, November 24, 1995 — February, 1996.
“John Baldessari: Prints From Cirrus Editions,” Lowinsky Gallery, New York, New York, November 2 — 30, 1995.
“This Not That,” Cornerhouse, Manchester, England, May 6 -June 25, 1995, traveling to Serpentine, Kensington Gardens, London, England, July 12 - August 28, 1995, Wurttembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, September 21 - November 19, 1995, Moderna Galleria Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, December 14, 1995 - January 27, 1996, Museet For Samtidskunst, Oslo, Norway, February 17 - May 5, 1996, Fundaciao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal, June 4 — September 1, 1996. Catalogue.
“John Baldessari: New Work,” Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, California, April 22-May 20.
“John Baldessari: Books and Ephemera, 1971-1995,” Printed Matter, New York, New York, March 9 — April 28, 1995.
“John Baldessari, Gallery Inauguration,” Eli Broad Gallery at Pitzer College, Claremont, California, February 24, 1995.
“John Baldessari,” Blancpain Stepcynaski, Geneva, Switzerland.
“John Baldessari,” Monica Spruth Galerie, Köln, Germany.
1994
“John Baldessari,” Nichols Gallery at Pitzer College, Claremont, California, November 14, 1994 — May 14, 1995.
Sonnabend, New York, September 17 - October 15, 1994.
“Monoprints: Six Table Lamps and Their Shadows Thirty-Six Variations,” The Remba Gallery, Los Angeles, September 10 - October 22, 1994.
“Los Angeles Mind Quakes: John Baldessari and 35 Artists from Los Angeles,” De Beyerd Center for Contemporary Art, Breda, Holland, The Netherlands, July 19 - September 11, 1994.
“Project 2: John Baldessari, Four Directional Pieces,” Newark Museum, Contemporary Artists Gallery, Newark, New Jersey, April 13 - August 28, 1994.
“John Baldessari at Gemini G.E.L.,” Joni Moisant Weyl, New York, New York.
1993
Klemens Gasser, Bolzano, December 13, 1993.
“John Baldessari.” Primo Piano, Rome, Italy, December 10, 1993.
"John Baldessari: Working Materials," Brooke Alexander Editions, New York, New York, October 16, 1993.
Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland, June 8 - July 31, 1993.
1992
"John Baldessari: Working Materials,” Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas, October 17 - December 20, 1992.
“John Baldessari/Claes Oldenburg (Scale/ Selection/ Narration),” The Richard F. Bush Gallery, St. Lawrence University, October 6 – November 6, 1992, curated by David Platzker.
Casa de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, September – October 1992.
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, New York, September 19 –October 10, 1992.
Casa da Parra, Santiago, Spain, September 10 - October 10, 1992. Catalogue.
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, California, May 21 – June 27, 1992.
Meert Rihoux, Brussels, Belgium, April – May, 1992.
"Prints," Mai 36 Galerie, Luzerne, Switzerland.
Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas.
1991
Galerie Crousel Robelin-BAMA, Paris, France, November 28 - January 11.
Galerie Weber, Alexander Y Cobo, Madrid, Spain, November 21 - January 25.
“John Baldessari,” Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, opened January 11.
Mai 36 Galerie, Luzerne, Switzerland.
“John Baldessari,” Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1990
"John Baldessari: New Editions," Cirrus, Los Angeles, California, September 8 - November 10, 1990.
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, New York, September 22 – October 13, 1990.
"John Baldessari, Composition for Violin and Voices (Male)," Musee D’Art Contemporain, Lyon, France, May 17 - June 14, 1990.
Photographic Resource Center, Boston, Massachusetts, May 4 - June 24, 1990.
"Prints 1986 – 1990," Brooke Alexander, New York, New York, April 24 - June 6, 1990.
"John Baldessari," Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, California, April 21 - May 26, 1990.
"Behind-The-Scenes Tour: John Baldessari," The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, March 20, 1990.
“John Baldessari,” The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, March 25 - June 17, 1990, traveling to The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California, July 12 - September 9, 1990, The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., October 16, 1990 - January 6, 1991; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 3 - April 28, 1991; The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, July 10 - October 13, 1991; Musee d'art contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, Canada, November 21, 1991 - February 13, 1992.
"Survey of Graphic Works," Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, California.
C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, December 5, – January 12.
1989
"Artschwager/Baldessari," Grossman Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts, October 27 - November 29, 1989.
"John Baldessari: Recent Works," Galerie Meert Rihoux, Brussels, Belgium, May 20 – June 30, 1989.
"John Baldessari," Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, February 3 – March 4, 1989. Brochure with text by Rosetta Brooks.
"Ni por Esas / Not Even So: John Baldessari," Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, January 11 – February 20, 1989, catalogue (Spanish and French editions), texts by Jean–Louis Froment (French only), Gaudalupe Echevarri, Vicente Todol1, John Miller, Thomas Lawson, artist, exhibition and catalogue by Centro de Arte Reina Sof1a, Madrid and Centre Julio Gonzalez, IVAM, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Valencia, Spain, traveled to capc Muse d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, France, as "John Baldessari: Oeuvres de 1966 - 1988," March 10 – April 23, 1989, Centre Julio Gonzalez, IVAM, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Valencia, Spain, May 15 – July 15, 1989, artist's book, Lamb, collaboration with Meg Cranston, with exhibition, Valencia, 1989.
"John Baldessari: Laurence Sterne's The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman," Sonnabend Gallery, New York, New York, January 7 – 28, 1989. "John Baldessari: Recent Editions," Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, California, January 5 – 28, 1989.
1988
"John Baldessari: Laurence Sterne's The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman," Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, California, November 19 – December 23, 1988.
"John Baldessari: Oeuvres Recentes," Palais des Beaux–Arts, Brussels, Belgium, September 18 - November 6, 1988.
"John Baldessari: Opere Recenti," Primo Piano, Rome, Italy, May – July 1988.
Lisson Gallery, London, England, May 16 - June 11, 1988.
“John Baldessari Oeuvres Recentes,” Galerie Laage-Salomon, Paris, France, May 27 - June 30, 1988.
“John Baldessari Recent Works,” Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, California, April 9 - May 14, 1988.
"John Baldessari: Photoarbeiten," Kestner–Gesellschaft, Hannover, West Germany, December 9, 1988 –January 29, 1989. Catalogue with texts by Carl Haenlein and Germano Celant.
"John Baldessari: A Print Retrospective, " Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, California, December 11-January 21.
1987
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, New York, November 7 – 28, 1987.
Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli, Italy, May – June 1987.
"Composition for Violin and Voices (Males)," Magasin, Centre National D'Art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble, France, May 3 - June 28, 1987. Catalogue.
"John Baldessari: Recent Work," Dart Gallery Alternative Space, Chicago, Illinois, May 8 -June 9, 1987.
Fotogaleria Im Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria, February 28 -March 22, 1987.
1986
"John Baldessari: Hegel's Cellar," Multiples, Inc., New York, December 9, 1986 - January 3, 1987. Also exhibited at Site 311, Pacific Grove, California, October 16 - November 28, 1987.
Galerie Peter Pakesch, Vienna, Austria, November 18 - December 12, 1986.
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, California, September 13 -October 18, 1986.
"John Baldessari: California Viewpoints," Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, August 23 - October 12, 1986. Catalogue with text by Hunter Drohojowska.
"John Baldessari," Sonnabend Gallery, New York, New York, April 5 – 26, 1986.
"John Baldessari: Matrix/Berkeley 94," University Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, March 29 - May 25, 1986. Brochure with text by Constance Lewallen.
1985
"Space Between," De Vleeshal Middelburg, Middelburg, the Netherlands, July 12 - August 4, 1985. Brochure with text by Anton van Gemert.
"John Baldessari," organized by Le Coin du miroir, Dijon, France, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Le Consortium, Dijon, France, March 11 - April 18, 1985.
1984
“John Baldessari,” Galerie Gillespie-Laage-Salomon, Paris, France, October 12 - November 21, 1984.
“John Baldessari,” Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, California, September 15 – October 13, 1984.
“John Baldessari,” Galerie Peter Pakesch, Vienna, Austria, June 5 - July 28. 1984.
"John Baldessari: Selected Works from 1974-1984," Douglas Drake Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, April 6 – 28, 1984.
"John Baldessari," Sonnabend Gallery, New York, New York, April 7 – 28, 1984.
1983
"John Baldessari/Robert Cumming," Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, October 16 - November 10, 1983.
"John Baldessari: Vanitas Series: Balanced Bowling Ball, Cockroach/Cool (Short Depth of Field) Bubbles/Dandelion, Cockroach, Wire (Close Up)," Stampa, Basel, Switzerland, June 7 - July 2, 1983.
"Baldessari/Richter," Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, May 19 - June 23, 1983.
Arte Viva, Basel, Switzerland.
1982
“John Baldessari: Art as Riddle,” organized by Robert Pincus-Witten, University Art Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. Traveled to the Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California, May 16 – June 29, 1982; Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, September 2 – 26, 1982.
1981
"John Baldessari: Work 1966 – 1980," The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, Part I: March 14 - April 4, 1981; Part II: April 8 – 28, 1981; traveled to Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, January 14 - February 21, 1982; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, March 6 -April 18, 1982. Catalogue, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York and University Art Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, 1982, with texts by Marcia Tucker, Robert Pincus–Witten and interview by Nancy Drew.
"John Baldessari: Shape Derived from Subject (Snake): Used as a Framing Device to Produce New Photographs," CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York, April 3 - May 17, 1981. Artist's book, Close Cropped Tales, with exhibition and Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, 1981. Traveled to Galerie Rudiger Schottle, Munich, West Germany, June 11-July 11, 1981, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, New York, September 19 - October 10, 1981.
"John Baldessari: Selected Works," Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, April 5 - May 17. Artist's book, Close Cropped Tales, with exhibition and CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York, 1981.
"John Baldessari: Films," Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York, April 13, 1981.
"John Baldessari: Werken 1966-1981," Municipal Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, May 22 - June 21. Traveled to Museum Folkwang, West Germany, September 4 -October 18. Catalogue with texts by Rudi H. Fuchs and John Baldessari.
Samangallery, Genoa, Italy.
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, New York.
1980
Galleria Locus Solus, Genova, Italy, April 29 - May 20.
"Oasis: John Baldessari, Title," Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art Downtown, Los Angeles, California, September 28.
"John Baldessari: Fugitive Essays," Sonnabend Gallery, New York, New York, October 18 -November 8.
Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
1979
"John Baldessari," Ink. Halle fur Internationale Neue Kunst, Zurich, Switzerland, August 14–September 21. Catalogue Dokumentation 4 with texts by Christel Sauer, Patrick Frey, Peter Blum and John Baldessari.
1978
"John Baldessari: Blasted Allegories,” Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, Oregon, January 20 - February 19.
"John Baldessari: Films," Artists Space, New York, New York, March 22 – 23.
"Recent Films by John Baldessari," Theatre Vanguard, Los Angeles, California, March 28.
"John Baldessari: Blasted Allegories," Sonnabend Gallery, New York, New York, September 23-October 14.
"John Baldessari: Three Films," Pacific Film Archives, Berkeley, California, September 14.
"Baldessari: New Films," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York.
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts.
1977
"CLOSE Radio: John Baldessari," KPFK, 90.7 FM, Los Angeles, California, February 14, 11:45 a.m.- 12:00 noon.
"John Baldessari: Photographic Works," Robert Self, London, February – March.
Julian Pretto Gallery, New York, New York, April - May.
"John Baldessari: Six Colorful Inside Jobs" October 10 - 15, in conjunction with "John Baldessari/Films: Six Colorful Inside Jobs, and Script,” Fox Venice Theatre, 1493 West Washington Boulevard, Venice, California, October 29. Exhibitions organized by Foundation for Art Resources, Santa Monica, California.
"John Baldessari/Matrix 32," Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, June 7 – September 18. Brochure with text by Andrea Miller–Keller.
"New American Filmmakers Series/Baldessari: New Films," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, December 27, 1977 - January 1, 1978.
Galeria Massimo Valsecchi, Milan, Italy.
1976
"John Baldessari: Recent Work,” Gallery of Fine Art, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, February 2 – 14. Traveled to Emily H. Davis Art Gallery, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio. February 23 - March 1. Artist's book, Brutus Killed Caesar, published by Gallery of Fine Art, Ohio State University; Emily H. Davis Art Gallery, University of Akron and Sonnabend Gallery, New York, New York, 1976.
"New American Filmmakers Series: Baldessari/Wegman," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, June 1 – 6.
"John Baldessari," George Paton Gallery, Melbourne University Union, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, June 1 – 8. Traveled to Experimental Art Foundation, St. Peters, Adelaide, Australia, June 28 – July 16; Undercroft Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, July 26 – August 20; Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia, September 5 – October 3; Institute of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, October 11 – 29. (Also exhibited at Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand in "1st Pan Pacific Biennale 1976: Colour Photography and It's Derivatives” (see Selected Group Exhibitions, 1976). Brochure.
"John Baldessari: Recent Work," James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, California, September 23 – October 23.
"Bruce Boice/John Baldessari," South Campus Art Gallery, Miami Dade Community College, Miami, Florida, December 6, 1976 - January 19, 1977.
Cirrus Editions, Los Angeles, California.
1975
"John Baldessari: Songs (1973)," Fine Art Gallery, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California, January 7 – February 9. Artist's book, Throwing a Ball to Get Three Melodies and Fifteen Chords, published in conjunction with exhibition.
Saman Gallery, Genoa, Italy, March 21 - April 8.
Felix Handschin, Basel, Switzerland, April.
"John Baldessari: The Italian Tape," The Kitchen, New York, New York, April 8 –12.
Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California, October 10-31.
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, New York, October 4 - November 12.
"John Baldessari: Recent Work," Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, November 22-January 4,1976. Artist's book, Four Events and Reactions, by Centro Di, Florence, Italy; and Galerie Sonnabend, Paris, 1975.
Galerie Sonnabend, Paris, France, November – December.
"John Baldessari: Affectionate Yellow/Giallo, Affezionato, Morbid Red/Rosso Morboso, Vindictive Blue/Azzurro Vendicativo," Lucio Amelio, Naples, Italy, December.
Galerie MTL, Brussels, Belgium.
Modern Art Agency, Naples, Italy.
Felix Handschin Gallery, Basel, Switzerland.
1974
Galeria Franco Toselli, Milan, Italy, April - May.
Jack Wendler Gallery, London, England, May 3 - 24.
Galerie MTL, Brussels, Belgium, September 2 - 26.
Art & Project/MTL, Antwerp, Belgium, September 17 - Oct 19.
Galerie Skulima, Berlin, West Germany.
1973
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, New York, April 28 - May 12
Galerie Sonnabend, Paris, France, May – June
Galeria Schema, Florence, Italy, May 30 - July 30
Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf, West Germany, August.
1972
"John Baldessari: 1. Choosing: Mushrooms. 2. Xylophone (videotape)," Galerie MTL, Brussels, Belgium, April 4 - May 15.
"John Baldessari: Video Tapes," Jack Wendler Gallery, London, April 7 – 21.
"John Baldessari: Choosing, Aligning, Floating," Galeria Franco Toselli, Milan, April.
"John Baldessari: Choosing: Carrots, Asparagus," Art & Project, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 8 -22.
Galerie MTL, Brussels, Belgium, September.
Sperone/Fischer Gallery, Rome, October 10 – November 7.
1971
"John Baldessari: I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art," Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, April 1 - 10.
"John Baldessari: Art Disasters," Art & Project, Amsterdam, July 3 - 15. Artist's project, Bulletin 41: Art Disasters, John Baldessari, 1971, with exhibition.
"John Baldessari: Ingres and Other Parables." Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf, West Germany, October 8 – 22.
1970
Eugenia Butler Gallery, Los Angeles, California, February 17 - March 7.
"John Baldessari: Recent Paintings," Richard Feigen Gallery, New York, New York, March 1-April 8.
1968
"Wholes & A Sum of Parts," Purcell Art Gallery, Chapman College, Santa Ana, California, February 21 - March 16 (Two–person exhibit).
"John Baldessari: Pure Beauty," Molly Barnes Gallery, Los Angeles, California, October 6 - 28.
1966
"John Baldessari: Fragments," La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, California, March 30 - April 24.
1964
"John Baldessari and Richard Allen Morris," Extension Office, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, June 22 - August 14.
Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California.
1962
"John Baldessari: X Exhibition," Art Works Galleries, San Diego, California, June 29 -July 19.
"Jazz at the Art Center #5," Art Center in La Jolla, La Jolla, California, October 13, Brochure.
Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California.
1960
Art Center in La Jolla, La Jolla, California, March 23 – April 24.
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