Gary Komarin
b.1951, works and lives in New York
EDUCATION
1975-1977 Boston University, MFA in Painting, Teaching Fellowship with Philip Guston
1975 Brooklyn Museum School, New York
1974 School of Visual Arts, New York
1973-1974 New York Studio School, New York
1973 Albany State University, BA in Art and English Literature
AWARDS
The Joan Mitchell prize in Painting, New York
Edward F. Albee Foundation Fellowship In Painting, New York
Elizabeth Foundation Prize in Painting, New York
Benjamin Altman Prize in Painting, National Academy of Design Museum, New York
The New York Foundation of the Arts Grant in Painting
Graduate Teaching Fellowship in Painting, Boston University Graduate School of Fine Arts
SELECTED CURATORIAL EXHIBITIONS
2015 < Robert Motherwell, Larry Poons, Gary Komarin>, Dublin, Ireland
1996 < Guston, Basquiat, Komarin, Traylor>, McEnroe Gallery, New York
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 < White Rock Canyon>, Azulejo Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
< The Open Palm of Desire>, Tsivrikos Shake Gallery, London, England
< New Cakes on Paper>, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, Texas
< Surreal Summer>, Madelyn Jordan Fine Art, Scarsdale, New York
2021 < Blue River Running: New Works>, Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
< The Master Series: New Paintings>, Neon Gallery, London, England
2020 < Stacked Cakes/New and Recent Works>, Tayloew Piggott Gallery, Jackson hole, Wyoming
Kim Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, California
2019 < Testing Boundaries>, Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Galeria Baobob, Bogata, Colombia
< Gary Komarin>, Azulejo Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, Texas
Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
2018 < The Vicomte and Some of His Parts>, Madelyn Jordan Gallery, New York
< Transfiguration>, Bruce Lurie Gallery, Los Angeles, California
< Swiss Positions>, Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
< The Mother Tongue>, Kathy Dimmit Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
2017 < Swimming Pink>, Julie Nester Gallery, Park City, Utah
2016 < Mr. Blonde>, Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
< Gary Komarin, The First Green Rushing>, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
2015 < A Wilder Blue>, Mark Borghii Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
< Don’t Tell LIzzie Borden>, Gallerie Design -e- Space, Paris, France
< Incident at Osboiurne Grove>, Gallerie Baobob, Bogota, Columbia
< East Meets West>, Gallery 88, Seoul, South Korea
< New Paintings and Works on Paper>, Madelyn Jordan Gallery, New York, New York
< Group Exhibition/Selected Works>, Mark Borghii, Palm Beach, Florida
2014 < New Paintings and Works on Paper>, Mini Gallery, Asissi, Italy
< Farmers Logic>, The Morrison Gallery, Kent, Connecticut
< Komarin, Warhol, Bacon, Arp>, Galerie Proarta, Zurich
< New Paintings and The French Wig>, Cuadro Fine Arts, Dubai
< Group Exhibition / Selected New Works>, Mark Borghii Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
< New Paintings>, Gail Severn Gallery, Sun Valley Idaho
2013 < In Which the Baron Fallow>, Vigo Gallery, London, England
< Jack’s Bridge>, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
< Solo Exhibition>, Annual Galleries, Paris, France
< Arp, Motherwell, Komarin and Heilman>, Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
< Tapping Reeve>, Kim Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, California
< The Road so Bare and White>, Gremillion and Co. Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
< The Early Influences>, Cuadro Gallery, Dubai
< Solo Exhibition>, Lotte Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2012 < Hillsboro Gallery of FineArt>, Dublin, Ireland
< States of Feeling: Gary Komarin, Robert Motherwell and Larry Poons>, Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
< Down and Dirty Whites>, Bonbright Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2011 Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
Gremillion and Co. Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
2010 Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Cuadro Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The Neilson Gallery, Cadiz, Spain
2009 Spanierman Modern, New York, New York
Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
Broadbent Gallery, London, England
2008 < Blue Scrubbed White>, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
Kiyoharu Shirakaba Museum, Hokuto, Japan
The FineArt Society, London, England
Gremillion & Company Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
2007 Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
Spanierman Modern, New York, New York
The Goss Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Kim Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, California
Costello-Childs Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2006 < Incident at Echo Lake>, Karolyn Sherwood Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa
Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
< SG Modern and Contemporary Fine Arts>, New York, New York
< The Bourdon Gauge>, The Fine Art Society, London, England
2005 Kim Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, California
J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville Beach, Florida
< Donna Tribby Fine Arts>, Palm Beach, Florida
2004 Karolyn Sherwood Gallery, Des Moines, lowa
Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Hamiltons Gallery, London, England
Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
Broadbent Gallery, London, England
< Gremillion & Company Fine Arts>, Houston, Texas
2003 Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, New York
Kraft Leiberman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
< Kunstart Zurich>, Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
2002 < Gremillion & Company Fine Arts>, Houston, Texas
Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton, NewYork
Steven Vail Gallery, Des Moines, lowa
Ballard Featherston Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2001 Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Museum of Fine Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
Vanier Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
< Gremillion & Company Fine Arts>, Houston, Texas
2000 < Peyton Wright>, New York, New York
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta Georgia
Gremillion & Company Fine Arts>, Houston, Texas
1999 Aurobora Press, San Francisco, California
1998 Museum of Fine Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
CS Schulte Galleries, Millburn, New Jersey
1997 Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1996 Mark Miller, East Hampton, New York
Drew University, Madison, New Jersey
1995 Sandier Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
1994 Herbert Palmer Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1992 Klarfeld Perry Gallery, New York, New York
1991 Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
1990 Scott Hanson Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1989 Brian Reddy, Little Silver, New Jersey
Bruce Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
Sandier Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Scott Hanson Gallery, New York, New York
1988 Princeton University Gallery, Princeton, New Jersey
1987 Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, New York
Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Meredith Long Gallery, Houston, Texas
Bruce Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
1985 Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, New York
Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Bruce Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
Meredith & Long Gallery, Houston, Texas
1984 Joy Horwich Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Herbert Palmer Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1983 Meadows Museum of the Arts, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, New York
Meredith & Long Gallery, Houston, Texas
1982 University of Texas/Irving, Irving, Texas
Meredith Long and Company, Houston, Texas
1981 Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, New York
Hobart and William Smith Colleges Art Gallery, New York, New York
William Campbell Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
1979 Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 < In With the Pop>, Madelyn Jordan Fine Art, Scarsdale, New York
2015 < Color IV>, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
< Group Exhibition/Selected Works>, Mark Borghii, Palm Beach, Florida
< Seattle Art Fair>, Seattle, WA with Gail Severn Gallery
< San Francisco Art Market>, SF, CA, with Gail Severn Gallery
< Color & Form as Metaphor>, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
2014 < Color III>, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
< Gary Kmarin Part II>, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
< San Francisco Art Market>, San Francisco, California
< Gary Komarin>, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
2013, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
< Color II>, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
< San Francisco Art Market>, San Francisco, California
2012 < Pavilion Des Arts Et Du Design> with Galerie Jean-Francois Cazeau, Paris, France
< Palm Springs Fine Art Fair> with Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, Palm Springs, California
< India Art Fair>, New Delhi with Neilson Gallery, Cadiz, Spain
2011 < Contemporary and Modern Masters>, Jean Francois Cazeau, Paris, France
2010 < Contemporary Painting, A Survey>, Spanierman Modern, New York, New York
2009 < Hillsboro Fine Arts>, Dublin, Ireland
2007 < Katonah Museum>, Katonah, New York
2006 < The Hungry Eye>, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, New York
< Works on Paper>, Spanierman Modern, New York, New York
< Long Island Abstraction>, Spanierman Modern, New York, New York
< Discardingly Yours>, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2005 < The Fine Art Society>, London, England
< Kunstart Amsterdam> with Nico DeLaive, Amsterdam, Netherlands
< Gallery Goss Gallery Inaugural Show>, Dallas, Texas
< London Art Fair> with Broadbent Gallery, London, England
< San Francisco Art Fair> with Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, California
< Transversal, curated group show>, Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2004 Ronald Feldman Gallery, Philips de Pury & Co., New York, New York
< Slow Art>, Broadbent Gallery, London, England
< 32 x 32>, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, Texas
< London, England Art Fair> Broadbent Gallery, London, England
< Works on Paper with Burton Marinkovich>, The Armory, New York, New York
< Bologna Art Fair> with Broadbent Gallery, London, England
2003 < The Americans, Warhol, Francis, Lichtenstein, Christo, Komarin>, Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
< Basel Art Fair> with Hamiltons Gallery, London, England
< Milan Art Fair> with Galerie Arte, Milan, Italy
< Art of this Century> with Mira Godard Gallery, The Armory, New York, New York
Broadbent Gallery, London, England
< Richmond House Project> with Hamiltons Gallery, London, England
< New Abstraction>, Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton, New York
< Kratt / Lieberman Gallery Inaugural Exhibition>, Chicago, Illinois
< Luke Honey>, London, England
2002 < 13th Anniversary Show>, The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
< Kunstart Fair> with Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
< 100 NJ Artists Make Prints>, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey
The Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey
The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, New Jersey
< The Maker’s Mark>, The University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
< Works on Paper with Burton Marinkovich Fine Art>, The Armory, New York, New York
2001, National Academy of Design Museum, New York, New York
< Almost Giddy>, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee
< New Directions>, Masur Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
< Report & Find>, Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
< Paintings on Paper>, Tim Hill Gallery, Birmingham, Mississippi
< New York/New Works on Paper>, Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton, New York
< Chicago Art Fair> with Tandem Press, Chicago, Illinois
< San Francisco Art Fair> with Tandem Press
< Works on Paper with Burton Marinkovich Fine Art>, The Armory, New York, New York
2000 < The Print Fair> at the Armory with Tandem Press, New York, New York
< Homage to the Twentieth Century>, New Orleans Center for Contemporary Arts,
New Orleans, Louisiana
< Chicago Art Fair> with Thomas McCormick, Chicago, Illinois
< St. Louis Print Fair with Burton Marinkovich Fine Art>, Washington, DC
< The Baltimore Print Fair> with Gary Godwin Gallery
< Works on Paper with Burton Marinkovich Fine Art>, The Armory, New York, New York
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Museums
Galeria Nazionale D’Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
Musee D’Art Classique, Mougins, France
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
Boston University Art Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Museum of Contemporary Art, Little Rock, Arkansas
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, Texas
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey
The Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey
Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey
Zimmerli Art Museum, New Hyde Park, New York
Musee Kiyoharu, Shirabata, Japan
Corporate and Private Collections
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
AT&T Corporation, New York, New York
Alan Berger, New York
Barry Blitt, Connecticut
Bashaar Al Shroogi, Dubai
Blount Corporation, Atlanta, GA
Continental Airlines, Houston, Texas
Candace Bushnell, New York
Christian Levett, Mougins, France
Craig Van der Brule Design, New York
David Alan Greer, Los Angeles, California
Dick Cavett, New York
Doug and Judy Hamilton, New York
Faegre & Benson, Des Moines, Iowa
Foundation Yoshii, Tokyo, Japan
Garner Tullis, New York, NY and Tuscany, Italy
Gisep Biert, President of Morgan Stanley, Zurich, Switzerland
Herbert Palmer, Los Angeles, California
Houston Palmer, Los Angeles, California
Houston Memorial Hospital & Medical Center, Houston, Texas
Hyatt Corporation, Houston, Texas
James Maher, New York, New York
Jeffrey Hoffeld & CO., New York, New York
Jennifer Luce, La Jolla, California
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey
John McEnroe, New York, New York
John Rubenstein & Associates, Bernardsville, New Jersey
Josh Silverman, CEO of Etsy, New York
Julie Rhodes Design, Houston, Texas
Katherine Newman Design, Toronto, Canada
Kimball Museum, Chairperson, Private Collection, Fort Worth, Texas
Lars Malmberg/Galerie Proarta, Zug, Switzerland
Luke Honey, de Pury and Luxembourg, London, England
Maison Klein, Curator, Jewish Museum, New York, New York
Marian Boesky, New York, New York
Margarate Naeve, Houston, Texas
Maxwell Davidson, New York, New York
McDonald’s Corporation, Los Angeles, California
Michael Hoban, London, England
Michael Liener, Aurobora Press, San Francisco, California
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington
Nancy Nordstrom
New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Trenton, New Jersey
Newark Public Library, Newark, New Jersey
Nordstrom Coporation, Seattle, Washington
Norioshi Horiuchi Collection, Seattle, Washington
Noyes Museum, Oceanville, New Jersey
Prudential Insurance Company of America, Boston, Massachusetts
Robert Lamm, Los Angeles, California
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Ruth O’Hara, New York, New Jersey
Segura Press, Tempe, Arizona
Scott Oki, Seattle, Washington
Sheila Simonian, New York, New York
Steven’s Corporation, Los Angeles, California
Susan Dicker / Dicker Fine Arts, Malibu, California
Tanaka Shiroga, Tokyo, Japan
Tandem Press, University of Wisconsin
Tim Jeffries, London, England
Toby Clarke, Director of The Fine Art Society, London, England
Touche/Ross, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
Transco, Inc., New York, New York
Twin Palms Press, Austin, Texas
United Bank of Houston, Houston, Texas
Wendy Olsoff, P.P.O.W., New York, New York
Zions Bank, Idaho & Utah
ARTICLES & REVIEWS
Dining Rooms by the AD 100, Architectural Digest, February 2015
Cover Story: The Art Issue, CT Cottages & Gardens, November 2014
“Still” Clifford Still Documentary, Interview with Gary Komarin, Amie Knox and Chad Herschberger, 2011
Art in America, May 2008
King, Sarah S., Art in America, July 2003
Brandenberg, Andreas, Zuger Presse, ‘Complex Paintings from Overseas’, Galerie ProArta, 2002
Taylor, Art, ‘Komarin at Lizan Tops’, East hampton Arts, New York, 2002
Schwabsky, Barry, ‘Paintings do the Talking Without Too Many Specifics’, The New York Times, 2000
Langdon, Davis, ‘French Wig in East Hampton’, Hamptons Gazette, 1998
Foxworth, Janet, ‘Gary Komarin’s The Naming of John Dreamer’, The Atlanta Journal, 1997
Waddington, Chris, ‘Subjects Simple but Art Deceptively Sophisticated’, The New Orleans Lagniappe, 1996
Grayson, Clive, ‘Gary Komarin at Susan Conway’, The Washington Post, 1995
Lloyd, Amy, ‘Gary Komarin Shows New Expressive Work at Sandler/Hudson’, Art in America, 1994
Reed, Vincent, ‘Komarin Explores the Painterly’, at Klarfeld Perry Arts Magazine, 1993
Loughery, John, ‘Komarin, The Master of the Elemental Image’ at Maxwell Davidson’, Arts Magazine, 1991
Watson, Edward, ‘Surrealist Loads Canvas’, The New Jersey Star Ledger 1989
Russell, John, ‘The Dog Days of August’, The New York Times, 1987
Zimmer, William, ‘Something-But What?’, The New York Times, 1985
Zimmer, William, ‘A Rich Array…From Newburgh to Newark’, The New York Times, 1985
Everingham, Carol, ‘A Comical View of the American Dream’, The Houston Post, 1982
Perry, Paloma, ‘Stories in Paint’, The Atlanta Journal, 1981
Kutner Janet, ‘Komarin Shows Strong Work’, The Dallas Morning News, 1981
Baker, Ralph, ‘Komarin Paintings and Works on Paper’, the Museum of Art at The University of Oregon, Eugene, catalog essay 1980
Parks, Addison, ‘Gary Komarin New Work at Maxwell Davidson’, Arts Magazine, 1979
b.1951, works and lives in New York
EDUCATION
1975-1977 Boston University, MFA in Painting, Teaching Fellowship with Philip Guston
1975 Brooklyn Museum School, New York
1974 School of Visual Arts, New York
1973-1974 New York Studio School, New York
1973 Albany State University, BA in Art and English Literature
AWARDS
The Joan Mitchell prize in Painting, New York
Edward F. Albee Foundation Fellowship In Painting, New York
Elizabeth Foundation Prize in Painting, New York
Benjamin Altman Prize in Painting, National Academy of Design Museum, New York
The New York Foundation of the Arts Grant in Painting
Graduate Teaching Fellowship in Painting, Boston University Graduate School of Fine Arts
SELECTED CURATORIAL EXHIBITIONS
2015 < Robert Motherwell, Larry Poons, Gary Komarin>, Dublin, Ireland
1996 < Guston, Basquiat, Komarin, Traylor>, McEnroe Gallery, New York
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 < White Rock Canyon>, Azulejo Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
< The Open Palm of Desire>, Tsivrikos Shake Gallery, London, England
< New Cakes on Paper>, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, Texas
< Surreal Summer>, Madelyn Jordan Fine Art, Scarsdale, New York
2021 < Blue River Running: New Works>, Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
< The Master Series: New Paintings>, Neon Gallery, London, England
2020 < Stacked Cakes/New and Recent Works>, Tayloew Piggott Gallery, Jackson hole, Wyoming
Kim Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, California
2019 < Testing Boundaries>, Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Galeria Baobob, Bogata, Colombia
< Gary Komarin>, Azulejo Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, Texas
Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
2018 < The Vicomte and Some of His Parts>, Madelyn Jordan Gallery, New York
< Transfiguration>, Bruce Lurie Gallery, Los Angeles, California
< Swiss Positions>, Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
< The Mother Tongue>, Kathy Dimmit Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
2017 < Swimming Pink>, Julie Nester Gallery, Park City, Utah
2016 < Mr. Blonde>, Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
< Gary Komarin, The First Green Rushing>, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
2015 < A Wilder Blue>, Mark Borghii Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
< Don’t Tell LIzzie Borden>, Gallerie Design -e- Space, Paris, France
< Incident at Osboiurne Grove>, Gallerie Baobob, Bogota, Columbia
< East Meets West>, Gallery 88, Seoul, South Korea
< New Paintings and Works on Paper>, Madelyn Jordan Gallery, New York, New York
< Group Exhibition/Selected Works>, Mark Borghii, Palm Beach, Florida
2014 < New Paintings and Works on Paper>, Mini Gallery, Asissi, Italy
< Farmers Logic>, The Morrison Gallery, Kent, Connecticut
< Komarin, Warhol, Bacon, Arp>, Galerie Proarta, Zurich
< New Paintings and The French Wig>, Cuadro Fine Arts, Dubai
< Group Exhibition / Selected New Works>, Mark Borghii Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
< New Paintings>, Gail Severn Gallery, Sun Valley Idaho
2013 < In Which the Baron Fallow>, Vigo Gallery, London, England
< Jack’s Bridge>, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
< Solo Exhibition>, Annual Galleries, Paris, France
< Arp, Motherwell, Komarin and Heilman>, Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
< Tapping Reeve>, Kim Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, California
< The Road so Bare and White>, Gremillion and Co. Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
< The Early Influences>, Cuadro Gallery, Dubai
< Solo Exhibition>, Lotte Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2012 < Hillsboro Gallery of FineArt>, Dublin, Ireland
< States of Feeling: Gary Komarin, Robert Motherwell and Larry Poons>, Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
< Down and Dirty Whites>, Bonbright Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2011 Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
Gremillion and Co. Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
2010 Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Cuadro Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The Neilson Gallery, Cadiz, Spain
2009 Spanierman Modern, New York, New York
Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
Broadbent Gallery, London, England
2008 < Blue Scrubbed White>, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
Kiyoharu Shirakaba Museum, Hokuto, Japan
The FineArt Society, London, England
Gremillion & Company Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
2007 Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
Spanierman Modern, New York, New York
The Goss Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Kim Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, California
Costello-Childs Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2006 < Incident at Echo Lake>, Karolyn Sherwood Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa
Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
< SG Modern and Contemporary Fine Arts>, New York, New York
< The Bourdon Gauge>, The Fine Art Society, London, England
2005 Kim Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, California
J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville Beach, Florida
< Donna Tribby Fine Arts>, Palm Beach, Florida
2004 Karolyn Sherwood Gallery, Des Moines, lowa
Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Hamiltons Gallery, London, England
Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
Broadbent Gallery, London, England
< Gremillion & Company Fine Arts>, Houston, Texas
2003 Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, New York
Kraft Leiberman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
< Kunstart Zurich>, Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
2002 < Gremillion & Company Fine Arts>, Houston, Texas
Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton, NewYork
Steven Vail Gallery, Des Moines, lowa
Ballard Featherston Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2001 Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Museum of Fine Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
Vanier Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
< Gremillion & Company Fine Arts>, Houston, Texas
2000 < Peyton Wright>, New York, New York
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta Georgia
Gremillion & Company Fine Arts>, Houston, Texas
1999 Aurobora Press, San Francisco, California
1998 Museum of Fine Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
CS Schulte Galleries, Millburn, New Jersey
1997 Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1996 Mark Miller, East Hampton, New York
Drew University, Madison, New Jersey
1995 Sandier Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
1994 Herbert Palmer Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1992 Klarfeld Perry Gallery, New York, New York
1991 Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
1990 Scott Hanson Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1989 Brian Reddy, Little Silver, New Jersey
Bruce Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
Sandier Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Scott Hanson Gallery, New York, New York
1988 Princeton University Gallery, Princeton, New Jersey
1987 Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, New York
Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Meredith Long Gallery, Houston, Texas
Bruce Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
1985 Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, New York
Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Bruce Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
Meredith & Long Gallery, Houston, Texas
1984 Joy Horwich Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Herbert Palmer Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1983 Meadows Museum of the Arts, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, New York
Meredith & Long Gallery, Houston, Texas
1982 University of Texas/Irving, Irving, Texas
Meredith Long and Company, Houston, Texas
1981 Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, New York
Hobart and William Smith Colleges Art Gallery, New York, New York
William Campbell Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
1979 Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 < In With the Pop>, Madelyn Jordan Fine Art, Scarsdale, New York
2015 < Color IV>, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
< Group Exhibition/Selected Works>, Mark Borghii, Palm Beach, Florida
< Seattle Art Fair>, Seattle, WA with Gail Severn Gallery
< San Francisco Art Market>, SF, CA, with Gail Severn Gallery
< Color & Form as Metaphor>, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
2014 < Color III>, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
< Gary Kmarin Part II>, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
< San Francisco Art Market>, San Francisco, California
< Gary Komarin>, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
2013
< Color II>, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
< San Francisco Art Market>, San Francisco, California
2012 < Pavilion Des Arts Et Du Design> with Galerie Jean-Francois Cazeau, Paris, France
< Palm Springs Fine Art Fair> with Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, Palm Springs, California
< India Art Fair>, New Delhi with Neilson Gallery, Cadiz, Spain
2011 < Contemporary and Modern Masters>, Jean Francois Cazeau, Paris, France
2010 < Contemporary Painting, A Survey>, Spanierman Modern, New York, New York
2009 < Hillsboro Fine Arts>, Dublin, Ireland
2007 < Katonah Museum>, Katonah, New York
2006 < The Hungry Eye>, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, New York
< Works on Paper>, Spanierman Modern, New York, New York
< Long Island Abstraction>, Spanierman Modern, New York, New York
< Discardingly Yours>, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2005 < The Fine Art Society>, London, England
< Kunstart Amsterdam> with Nico DeLaive, Amsterdam, Netherlands
< Gallery Goss Gallery Inaugural Show>, Dallas, Texas
< London Art Fair> with Broadbent Gallery, London, England
< San Francisco Art Fair> with Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, California
< Transversal, curated group show>, Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2004 Ronald Feldman Gallery, Philips de Pury & Co., New York, New York
< Slow Art>, Broadbent Gallery, London, England
< 32 x 32>, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, Texas
< London, England Art Fair> Broadbent Gallery, London, England
< Works on Paper with Burton Marinkovich>, The Armory, New York, New York
< Bologna Art Fair> with Broadbent Gallery, London, England
2003 < The Americans, Warhol, Francis, Lichtenstein, Christo, Komarin>, Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
< Basel Art Fair> with Hamiltons Gallery, London, England
< Milan Art Fair> with Galerie Arte, Milan, Italy
< Art of this Century> with Mira Godard Gallery, The Armory, New York, New York
Broadbent Gallery, London, England
< Richmond House Project> with Hamiltons Gallery, London, England
< New Abstraction>, Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton, New York
< Kratt / Lieberman Gallery Inaugural Exhibition>, Chicago, Illinois
< Luke Honey>, London, England
2002 < 13th Anniversary Show>, The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
< Kunstart Fair> with Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland
< 100 NJ Artists Make Prints>, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey
The Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey
The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, New Jersey
< The Maker’s Mark>, The University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
< Works on Paper with Burton Marinkovich Fine Art>, The Armory, New York, New York
2001
< Almost Giddy>, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee
< New Directions>, Masur Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
< Report & Find>, Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
< Paintings on Paper>, Tim Hill Gallery, Birmingham, Mississippi
< New York/New Works on Paper>, Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton, New York
< Chicago Art Fair> with Tandem Press, Chicago, Illinois
< San Francisco Art Fair> with Tandem Press
< Works on Paper with Burton Marinkovich Fine Art>, The Armory, New York, New York
2000 < The Print Fair> at the Armory with Tandem Press, New York, New York
< Homage to the Twentieth Century>, New Orleans Center for Contemporary Arts,
New Orleans, Louisiana
< Chicago Art Fair> with Thomas McCormick, Chicago, Illinois
< St. Louis Print Fair with Burton Marinkovich Fine Art>, Washington, DC
< The Baltimore Print Fair> with Gary Godwin Gallery
< Works on Paper with Burton Marinkovich Fine Art>, The Armory, New York, New York
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Museums
Galeria Nazionale D’Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
Musee D’Art Classique, Mougins, France
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
Boston University Art Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Museum of Contemporary Art, Little Rock, Arkansas
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, Texas
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey
The Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey
Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey
Zimmerli Art Museum, New Hyde Park, New York
Musee Kiyoharu, Shirabata, Japan
Corporate and Private Collections
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
AT&T Corporation, New York, New York
Alan Berger, New York
Barry Blitt, Connecticut
Bashaar Al Shroogi, Dubai
Blount Corporation, Atlanta, GA
Continental Airlines, Houston, Texas
Candace Bushnell, New York
Christian Levett, Mougins, France
Craig Van der Brule Design, New York
David Alan Greer, Los Angeles, California
Dick Cavett, New York
Doug and Judy Hamilton, New York
Faegre & Benson, Des Moines, Iowa
Foundation Yoshii, Tokyo, Japan
Garner Tullis, New York, NY and Tuscany, Italy
Gisep Biert, President of Morgan Stanley, Zurich, Switzerland
Herbert Palmer, Los Angeles, California
Houston Palmer, Los Angeles, California
Houston Memorial Hospital & Medical Center, Houston, Texas
Hyatt Corporation, Houston, Texas
James Maher, New York, New York
Jeffrey Hoffeld & CO., New York, New York
Jennifer Luce, La Jolla, California
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey
John McEnroe, New York, New York
John Rubenstein & Associates, Bernardsville, New Jersey
Josh Silverman, CEO of Etsy, New York
Julie Rhodes Design, Houston, Texas
Katherine Newman Design, Toronto, Canada
Kimball Museum, Chairperson, Private Collection, Fort Worth, Texas
Lars Malmberg/Galerie Proarta, Zug, Switzerland
Luke Honey, de Pury and Luxembourg, London, England
Maison Klein, Curator, Jewish Museum, New York, New York
Marian Boesky, New York, New York
Margarate Naeve, Houston, Texas
Maxwell Davidson, New York, New York
McDonald’s Corporation, Los Angeles, California
Michael Hoban, London, England
Michael Liener, Aurobora Press, San Francisco, California
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington
Nancy Nordstrom
New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Trenton, New Jersey
Newark Public Library, Newark, New Jersey
Nordstrom Coporation, Seattle, Washington
Norioshi Horiuchi Collection, Seattle, Washington
Noyes Museum, Oceanville, New Jersey
Prudential Insurance Company of America, Boston, Massachusetts
Robert Lamm, Los Angeles, California
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Ruth O’Hara, New York, New Jersey
Segura Press, Tempe, Arizona
Scott Oki, Seattle, Washington
Sheila Simonian, New York, New York
Steven’s Corporation, Los Angeles, California
Susan Dicker / Dicker Fine Arts, Malibu, California
Tanaka Shiroga, Tokyo, Japan
Tandem Press, University of Wisconsin
Tim Jeffries, London, England
Toby Clarke, Director of The Fine Art Society, London, England
Touche/Ross, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
Transco, Inc., New York, New York
Twin Palms Press, Austin, Texas
United Bank of Houston, Houston, Texas
Wendy Olsoff, P.P.O.W., New York, New York
Zions Bank, Idaho & Utah
ARTICLES & REVIEWS
Dining Rooms by the AD 100, Architectural Digest, February 2015
Cover Story: The Art Issue, CT Cottages & Gardens, November 2014
“Still” Clifford Still Documentary, Interview with Gary Komarin, Amie Knox and Chad Herschberger, 2011
Art in America, May 2008
King, Sarah S., Art in America, July 2003
Brandenberg, Andreas, Zuger Presse, ‘Complex Paintings from Overseas’, Galerie ProArta, 2002
Taylor, Art, ‘Komarin at Lizan Tops’, East hampton Arts, New York, 2002
Schwabsky, Barry, ‘Paintings do the Talking Without Too Many Specifics’, The New York Times, 2000
Langdon, Davis, ‘French Wig in East Hampton’, Hamptons Gazette, 1998
Foxworth, Janet, ‘Gary Komarin’s The Naming of John Dreamer’, The Atlanta Journal, 1997
Waddington, Chris, ‘Subjects Simple but Art Deceptively Sophisticated’, The New Orleans Lagniappe, 1996
Grayson, Clive, ‘Gary Komarin at Susan Conway’, The Washington Post, 1995
Lloyd, Amy, ‘Gary Komarin Shows New Expressive Work at Sandler/Hudson’, Art in America, 1994
Reed, Vincent, ‘Komarin Explores the Painterly’, at Klarfeld Perry Arts Magazine, 1993
Loughery, John, ‘Komarin, The Master of the Elemental Image’ at Maxwell Davidson’, Arts Magazine, 1991
Watson, Edward, ‘Surrealist Loads Canvas’, The New Jersey Star Ledger 1989
Russell, John, ‘The Dog Days of August’, The New York Times, 1987
Zimmer, William, ‘Something-But What?’, The New York Times, 1985
Zimmer, William, ‘A Rich Array…From Newburgh to Newark’, The New York Times, 1985
Everingham, Carol, ‘A Comical View of the American Dream’, The Houston Post, 1982
Perry, Paloma, ‘Stories in Paint’, The Atlanta Journal, 1981
Kutner Janet, ‘Komarin Shows Strong Work’, The Dallas Morning News, 1981
Baker, Ralph, ‘Komarin Paintings and Works on Paper’, the Museum of Art at The University of Oregon, Eugene, catalog essay 1980
Parks, Addison, ‘Gary Komarin New Work at Maxwell Davidson’, Arts Magazine, 1979
