MARC PALLY
marcpally@icloud.comPUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Oakland Museum of California
Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, CA
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
San Jose Museum of Art
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
University of California, Santa Barbara, University Art Museum
Weisman Museum, Pepperdine University
Escalette Collection at Chapman University
Cedar Sinai Medical Center
EXHIBITIONS
Denenberg Gallery, West Hollywood, CA “Still Seeing”, solo exhibition, 2024
Timothy Hawkinson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA two-person exhibition at NADA NY, 2024
LAXART, Los Angeles, “Peace Tower”, 2012
Redcat Gallery, Los Angeles, “The Experimental Impulse”, 2011
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA, “You First”, 2011
Here is Elsewhere Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, “Absurdism”, 2011
Riverside Museum of Art, “Painting in So California: The 1980s –Driven to Abstraction “, 2009
The Getty Research Institute, “Evidence of Movement”, 2007
Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School, “Drawn Out”, Santa Monica, CA, 2007
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, solo exhibition, 2005
Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman College, Orange, CA, “Tradeshow”, 2002
DiRT Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2002
Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA, “By Nature’s Design”, 2001 (catalog)
Orange County Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions”, 2000
Susret-Art, Bezirksmuseumsverein, Landbeck Austria, 1999
ACME, Los Angeles, “Painting: Fore and Aft”, 1999
Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA, “The Rowan Collection: Passion and Patronage”, 1999
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, “Art Journalism”, 1999
Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount Univ., “Contempo Italianate”, 1998
DiRT Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, “The Bean Show”, 1998
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, Australia, "Sydney International", 1997
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA., solo exhibition, 1997
Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA., "The Calligraphic Mark", 1996 (catalog)
Honolulu Fine Arts Academy, Honolulu, HI, "Between Reality and Abstraction", 1996 (catalog)
Galerie Praz/Delavallade, Paris, France, "From L.A. With Love", 1995
Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles, "Balls", 1994
Jose Freire Gallery, New York, NY, "L.A. Mail", 1994
Selby Gallery, Ringling School Art & Design, Sarasota, FL, "Embraceable You", 1994 (catalog)
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA., solo exhibition, 1994
Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca., "The Layered Look", 1993
Newport Harbor Art Museum, "Beyond the Bay: The Figure", 1993
Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca. and California State University, Fullerton, "The Elegant, Irreverent and Obsessive: Drawing in Southern California", 1993
UC Santa Barbara, College of Creative Studies, "Aspects of Painting in Los Angeles" 1993
Food House Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, "Mimosa," 1993
Otis Art Institute Gallery, L.A., CA., "Coming Unraveled," First LA Biennial, 1992 (catalog)
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, L.A., Solo Exhibition, 1992
Scripps College, Claremont, CA., "Professor's Choice," 1991
Museum of Contemporary Art, L.A., "Selections from the Perm. Collection", 1991
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA., "Paintings from the 80s", 1991
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, L.A., "Quick Coagulation Forms the August Corpse", 1991
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, L.A., solo exhibition, 1991
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, "Recent Work/Recent Acquisitions," 1991
Shoshana Wayne, Santa Monica, CA, "The Ends of Painting: The Edges of Abstraction" 1990 (catalog)
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, L.A., CA, "Past and Present", 1990
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, L.A., CA, "Group Show," (solo exhibition) 1989
Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, "Organic Abstraction", 1989
Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA, "Orange County Collects," 1989
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, L.A., CA, "New Works on Paper", 1988
Newspace Gallery, L.A., CA, "Los Angeles Organic Abstraction", 1988
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, L.A., CA, solo exhibition, 1988
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA, solo exhibition, 1988 (catalog)
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA, "Skeptical Beliefs," 1988 (catalog)
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, L.A., CA, solo exhibition, 1987
Fine Arts Gallery, UC Irvine, "The Capital Group Corporate Art Collection," 1987
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, L.A., CA, solo exhibition, 1986
LACE, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, "First Annuale," 1986
Fine Arts Gallery, Univ of Cal, Irvine, "Drawing Ex-Machina", solo exhibition, 1985
Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, "American Abstraction," 1985 (catalog)
Fisher Gallery, U.S.C., L.A., CA, "Sunshine/Shadows: Recent Painting in So. California," 1985 (catalog)
LAVA, Los Angeles Visual Arts Annual, "To the Astonishing Horizon," 1985 (catalog)
Palos Verdes Art Center, "Hold Everything," 1984
Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery, L.A., CA ,group show, 1984
Ulrike Kantor Gallery, L.A., CA, "Landscapes 1884-1984," 1984
Newspace Gallery, L.A., CA, "Money in Art," 1984
LACE, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, "The Cotton Exchange Show," 1984
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Rental Gallery, Group Show, 1984
Design Center of L. A., "A Broad Spectrum: Painting and Sculpture in Los Angeles," 1984 (catalog)
Ulrike Kantor Gallery, L.A., CA, solo exhibition, 1984
Ulrike Kantor Gallery, L.A., CA, group exhibition, 1983
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, "Educating Artists," 1983
LAICA, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Installation, 1982
Fisher Gallery, U.S.C., L.A., CA, "Wallworks," 1982
Ulrike Kantor Gallery, L.A., CA, solo exhibition, 1981
Gallery at the Plaza, Security Pacific Plaza, L.A., CA, "Painted Wall Constructions," 1981
Ulrike Kantor Gallery, L.A., CA, group exhibition, 1981
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Rental Gallery, Group Exhibition, 1981
Claremont Graduate School, Libra Gallery, Three-person show, 1979
OTHER ART MAKING
“Cleaning Claws” unique design cleaning cloth for l.a. Eyeworks, Los Angeles, CA, 2024
“CBLM” audio tape on “Laments”, Viralnet, 2008
San Diego Department of Water Headquarters Facility, design team member, 1999 - 2001
The Art of the X Files, Marvin Heiferman and Carole Kismaric, eds., HarperPrism, NY, 1997
"DNA Fountain", Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department for Los Angeles Zoo, finalist,1997
Seawall Mural, Manhattan Beach Arts Commission, finalist,1996
Public Art Corridor, Escondido, CA, finalist, 1996
Zyzzyva, Spring 1995, portfolio of drawings
Christmas Card Commission (Peter Norton Family Commission) and Audio Tape Project,
in collaboration with Tim Bennett, 1988
Audio tapes played on KPFK 1978
Audio tapes played at LACE 1978
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CRITICAL REVIEWS AND ESSAYS:
Rickels, Laurence, “Art/Journalism”, X-tra, Summer 1999
Ho, Melissa, “The Bean Show”, Art Issues, Summer 1998
Begleiter, Marcie and Friedman, Terri, “Conversation re: Marc Pally”, zingmagazine, 1998
Curtis, Cathy, Reviews, Los Angeles Times (Orange County Edition), October 22, 1996
Frank, Peter, "Art Picks of the Week", LA Weekly, December 1, 1994
Marger, Mary Ann, "A Mission in Abstract", St. Petersberg Times, September 26, 1994
Altabe, Joan, "Super-realism colors superb abstract show", Sarasota Herald Tribune, September 26, 1994
Pagel, David, review, Los Angeles Times, August 18, 1994
Curtis, Cathy, "On Drawing: Get the Point", Los Angeles Times, April 27, 1993
Pagel, David, "'Coming Unraveled' is Anything But at Otis Gallery," LA Times, Dec. 11, 1992
__________review, Los Angeles Times, December 3, 1992
Frank, Peter, "Picks of the Week," LA Weekly, June 21, 1991
Geer, Suvan, review, Los Angeles Times, June 14, 1991
Pagel, David, The Ends of Painting: The Edges of Abstraction, Catalog Essay, 1990, also
published in Artspace, January 1991
Frank, Peter, "Pick of the Week," L.A. Weekly, September 21, 1990
Kandel, Susan, Review, Arts, December 1989
Anderson, Michael, Review, ArtIssues, December 1989
Weisman, Benjamin, Review, Artforum, December 1989
Frank, Peter, "The 'Still-Small Voice' in Organic Abstraction," Artweek, Oct. 21, 1989
Curtis, Cathy, Review, Los Angeles Times, September 22, 1989
O'Dair, Barbara, "Irvine Show Ambitious but Difficult," The Orange County Register, September 8, 1989
Curtis, Cathy, "Lesson from Nature's Rhythms," Los Angeles Times, August 27, 1989
Frank, Peter, "Pick of the Week," L.A. Weekly, December 2, 1988
Geer, Suvan, Review, Los Angeles Times, November 25, 1988
Hugo, Joan, "Why Not Paint?", Artweek, May 21, 1988
Curtis, Cathy, Review, Los Angeles Times, April 29, 1988
Gardner, Colin, Review, Artforum, April 1988
Ayres, Ann, Marc Pally, California Artist XIII, Catalog Essay, 1988
Jalon, Allan, "Pally Recognizes Bond with 'Interpretative Link," Los Angeles Times, Feb, 29, 1988
Knight, Christopher, "Abstraction Assumes a New Form," LA aHerald Examiner, August 28, 1987
Curtis, Cathy, Review, Los Angeles Times, August 14, 1987
Schipper, Merle, Review, Artnews, January 1987
Knight, Christopher, "Art Scene Becomes City's New Hang-Up," L. A. Herald Examiner, December 26, 1986
__________,"L.A..'s Periodic Art Exhibitions Fail to Live Up to Europe's Best," L.A. Her Exam, Oct. 19, 1986
Gipe, Lawrence, Review, Artweek, October 4, 1986
Gardner, Colin, Review, Los Angeles Times, September 12, 1986
Frank, Peter, American Abstraction, Catalog Essay, 1985
Wortz, Melinda, 20th Anniversary, Catalog Essay, 1985
Mallinson, Constance, Review, Art in America, Summer 1984
Pincus, Robert, "Money in Art, Los Angeles Times, May 18, 1984
Nelson, Sandy, A Broad Spectrum, Catalog Essay, 1984
Bianchi, Tom, "A Search for Authentic Form," Artweek, February 11, 1984
Larsen, Susan, Review, Artforum, March 1984
__________, Sunshine/Shadows, Catalog Essay, 1984
Drohojowska, Hunter, "Artists Take Over Cotton Exchange," Los Angeles Herald Examiner, April 27,1 1984
__________, "Elegant Abstractions," ibid., February 10, 1984
__________, "Pick of the Week," L.A. Weekly, December 27, 1981
__________, ibid., November 6, 1981
Wilson, William, Review, Los Angeles Times, January 20, 1984
__________, "Putting Space in Shapes," ibid., April 12, 1982
__________, "Wallworks: General to an Extreme," ibid., January 22, 1982
Ehrlich, Susan, Wallworks, Catalog Essay, 1982
Brown, Betty, Review, L.A. Reader, April 9, 1982
Menzies, Neal, "Manipulations of Space," Artweek, April 24, 1982
Wortz, Melinda, Review, Artnews, February 1982
Blakeslees, Kathleen, "Rigorous Contemporary Vitality," Artweek, December 7, 1981
Muchnic, Suzanne, Review, Los Angeles Times, October 23, 1981
Giesler, Dan, "Diverse Strategies, Diverse Results," Artweek, February 9, 1980
Mallinson, Constance, "Marc Pally," LAICA Journal, July 1980
ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
Kino, Carol, “Yes, Virginia, There is a Resale Market”:, New York Times, Dec 18, 2005
Timberg, Scott, “Reflecting on an Altered Landscape”, Los Angeles Times, Oct 24, 2004
Curtis, Cathy, "Anaheim Experiments withUser-Friendly Work on Public Site," Los Angeles Times, Nov. 4, 1991
_________, "Getting the Drift of Discordance," Los Angeles Times, July 18, 1991
Lloyd, Ann Wilson, "Viewpoints, A Forum of Public Art Issues," On View, Summer 1990
Krier, Beth Ann, "Seasons Greetings with Added Seasoning," L. A. Times, December 20, 1988
Register, Kathy, "The Case for Art in Public Places," Pasadena Star News, Dec. 20, 1987
NEA, Kazanjian, Doty, ed., Arts Review, Summer 1987
Muchnic Suzanne, "CRA Plans for the Future," Los Angeles Times, October 6, 1985
Knight, Christopher, "A Proposed Trust Fund Could Give L.A. a Larger Canvas for Public
Art," Los Angeles Herald Examiner, July 21, 1985
Wilson, William, "Downtown L.A. Draws an Art Scene," Los Angeles Times, April 26, 1981
Larsen, Susan, "Los Angeles: Downtown Moves Up," Artnews, January 1982
Terry, Sara, "Los Angeles Begins to Shed Image as Cultural Wasteland," Christian
Science Monitor, October 7, 1981
Isenberg, Barbara, "The Arts in Downtown Los Angeles," LA Times, Feb 20, 1982
OTHER
Curator’s Grant, Cultural Services of the French Embassy, 2009
Member, Mayor’s Design Advisory Panel, City of Los Angeles, 2009
Member, Advisory Board, LAX-Art, 2009
Co-curator, w/ Sara Cochlan, “16th Annual Juried Exhibit”, Korean Cultural Center, 2008
Conference Chair, Public Art Network/American for the Arts, Las Vegas, 2007
Public Art Network Council for the Americans for the Arts, 2001 - present
Member, Board of Directors, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Vice-President, 1997 - 2002
Art Matters Fellowship, 1996
California Arts Council Fellowship, 1994
Author, "Finding a Place for Collaboration," PLACES," Winter 1991
Author and curator, Mid-Western Biennial, Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City, 1991
Author, "Conceiving a Courtyard," PLACES, Spring 1990
Co-curator, "Re:Placement", LACE, 1988
Author and co-curator, "LA-NY Exchange," LACE and Artists Space, NY, 1983
Author, "The Demise of the Artist Myth," Spectacle, Fall 1984
Member, Board of Directors, LACE, 1991 - 1993
EDUCATION
M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
B.A., Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio