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Curriculum Vitae

Name: Don Eddy

Born in Long Beach, California, 1944
Education:
1969-70 University of California, Santa Barbara, California, One year post-graduate study
1969 University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, M.F.A.
1967 University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, B.F.A.
  Fullerton Junior College, Fullerton, California

One-Person Exhibitions:

2002 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
2000 "From Logic to Mystery," Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina;
Traveling to Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida; Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans
  Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1998 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1996 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  The Huntington Museum of Art, West Virginia
1994 Scarabb Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
  Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1992 "Drawings 1972-1992," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1990 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1986 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1983 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1982 University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu
1979 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1976 The Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Florida
  Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1975 Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts
1974 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1973 Galerie Petit, Paris, France
1971 Molly Barnes Gallery, Los Angeles
  French and Co., New York
1970 Molly Barnes Gallery, Los Angeles
  Esther Bear Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
  Galerie M.E. Thelen, Essen/Cologne, Germany
1968 Ewing Krainin Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii
Group Exhibitions:
2004 "Summertime," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
2003 "Hyperrealismes USA, 1965-75," Musee de Strasbourg: Musee d'Art moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, France
  "Iperrealisti," Centro Mostre, Rome
  "Landscape: Unique Views," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  "Waterscape," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
2002 "Celebrating 30 Years," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  "Real(ist) Men," Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida
  "Summer," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  "Drawings 1972-1992," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  "Wild Life: The Other Tradition," The Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida
2001 "I Love New York," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  "Objects of Desire II," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  "Park," 717 Fifth Avenue Public Space, New York
  "Still Water," Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida
  "This is America," Aarhus Kunst Museum, Denmark
2000 "The Creative Surround: The Framed Image," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  "Glass: A Celebration," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  "The Photorealists," Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, Florida
  "Summer Show," Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia
1999-2000 "Gateways," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1999 "Objects of Desire," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  "Realism Knows No Bounds," van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  "Summer Light," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  "Summer Pleasures," Qualita Fine Art, Las Vegas
  "Together/Working," The Art Museum, University of New Hampshire, Durham
1998 "From Diptychs to Polyptychs," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  "25 Years," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1997 "Forces of Nature: Contemporary Paintings," Taipei Gallery; New York
  "Get Real, Contemporary American Realism from the Seavest Collection," Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina
  "Nancy Hoffman: A Perspective on Art," Flanders Contemporary Art, Minneapolis
  "Searching for the Spiritual in American Art Today," DePree Gallery of Hope College, Holland, Michigan
  "Summer Shimmer," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1996 "Small Scale," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  "Summer Pleasures, Summer Treasures," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1995 "The Poetic Image in American Realism," Sun Valley Center Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
1994 "A Bouquet for Juan," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  "Consecrations: The Spiritual in Art in the Time of AIDS," Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis University, Missouri
  "Series and Editions," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1993-1994 "The Purloined Image," Flint Institute of Arts, Michigan. Traveling to: Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio; Louisiana State University School of Art Gallery, Baton Rouge; Oklahoma City Art Museum, Oklahoma; Wichita Art Museum, Kansas; Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, Wisconsin
1993 "Airbrush Art Invitational," The Cypress College Fine Arts Gallery, Cypress, California
  "57th Annual Midyear Exhibition," The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
  "Still Life 1963-1993," Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  "20 Years," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1992 "Drawings II," Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, California
  "An Ode to Gardens and Flowers," Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York
  "New Acquisitions," The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu
  "What's New," Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
1991-1992 "Photo-Realism: Revisited," Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1991 "Amerikansk kunst efter 1960," Gl. Holtegaards, Copenhagen, Denmark
  "Black and White," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  "Exquisite Paintings," Orlando Museum of Art, Florida
  "In Sharp Focus: Hyper Realism of the 70s and 80s," Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn, New York
  "Motion as Metaphor: The Automobile in Art," Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, Virginia
1990-1991 "Winter Gold," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1989-1990 "At the Water's Edge," Tampa Museum of Art, Florida. Traveling to: The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock; Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, Florida; Center for the Arts, Virginia Beach, Virginia
1989 "Fictive Strategies," Squibb Art Gallery, Princeton, New Jersey
  "Summer Pleasures: Water," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1988-1989 "Collectors' Choice Exhibition," Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, Florida
1987 Schreiber-Cutler Gallery, New York
1986 "Das Automobil in der Kunst 1886-1986," Ausstelungele Itung Haus der Kunst
  "Landscape, Seascape, Cityscape 1960-1985," Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
  "Summer Group Show," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  "Works on Paper," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1985 "Decade of American Realism 1976-1985," Wichita Art Museum, Kansas
  "Focus on Realism: Selections from the Glenn C. Janss Collection," Boise Art Gallery, Idaho. Traveling to Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, among other institutions.
  "Major New Works," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  "Representations from Nancy Hoffman Gallery," Calkins Gallery, Hofstra Unversity, Hempstead, New York
  "Winter Solstice," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1984 "A Feast for the Eyes," Museum of Modern Art, New York
  "Past and Present Part I," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  "Summer Group Show," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  "Through the Looking Glass: Reflected Images in Contemporary Art," Heckscher Museum, Huntington, New York
  "Visions of Childhood: A Contemporary Iconography," Whitney Museum of America Art, New York
1983 "Free Feeling," Squibb Gallery, Princeton, New Jersey
  "Major New Works," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, New York
  "Realism: 30's and the 80's," Summit Art Center, Summit, New Jersey
  "Summer Group Show," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  "Toys R Art," Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina
1982 "Contemporary Realism," State University of New York at Potsdam, Potsdam, New York
  "Major New Works: Tenth Anniversary," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  "Rebounding Surface," Edith C. Blum Art Institute, The Bard College Center, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
  "Spiegel Bilder," Kunstverein, Hannover, Germany. Traveling to: Wilhelm-Lehmbruck Museum Der Stadt, Duisburg, Germany and Haus Am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany
  "Summer Group Show," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  "Works on Paper," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1981-1983 "Contemporary American Realism Since 1960," Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Traveling to: Oakland Museum of Art, California; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, Portugal; Kunsthalle, Nuremberg, Germany; Salas de Exposiciones de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain.
1981-1982 "Real, Really Real and Super Real," San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas. Traveling to: Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana; Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona.
1981 "The Artist and the Airbrush," San Jose State University Art Gallery;, San Jose, California
  "Group Show," Root Art Center, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York
  "New York Gallery Show Case," Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City
  "Realist Exhibition," Michael Berger Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1980 "American Drawings in Black and White," The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
  "Aspects of Photo-Realism," Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Macon, Georgia
  "Directions in Realism," Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, Massachusetts
  "Object in Contemporary Still-Life," Goddard-Riverside Community Center, New York
  "Realism/Photo-Realism," Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
  "Words and Numbers," Summit Art Center, Summit, New Jersey
1979 "Auto Icons," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
  "Blossom Kent Art Program" Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
  "Group Show," Brookhaven National Labs, Upton, New York
  "Group Show," Jurgensen Gallery, Storrs, Connecticut
  "Photo-Realism," Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, Pennsylvania
1978 "Cityscape: '78," Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  "Leading Realists and Current Abstract Art," Morris Gallery, Madison, New Jersey
  "Recent Works on Paper by Contemporary American Artists," Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
  "Realist Painters," Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida. Traveling to: Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
1978-1979 "Things Seen," Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Traveling to: The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock; Hutchinson Public Library, Hutchinson, Kansas; The Manhattan Mercury Bank and Trust, Fayetteville, Arkansas; Mulvane Art Center, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas; Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City; Springfield Art Museum, Missouri; Union National Bank, Manhattan, Kansas; Wichita Art Museum, Kansas.
1977 "Art and The Automobile," Flint Institute of Art, Michigan
  "Aspects of Realism: Nancy Hoffman Gallery," The Art Gallery, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana
  "Documenta 6," Kassel, West Germany
  "Illusions of Reality," Tour organized by the Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia. Traveling to: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; Australian Art Gallery, Perth; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Tasmanian Museum and Gallery, Hobart.
  "New in the 70s," University Museum, University of Texas at Austin
  "Painting 75-76-77," Art Gallery, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York
  "Photo-Images," Dayton Art Institute, Ohio
1976 "Drawing Show," DM Gallery, London, England
  "Materials and Techniques of 20th Century Art," Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
  "Panorama of American Art," Everson Museum, Syracuse, New York
  "Super-Realism," Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland
1975 Group Show, Esther Bear Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
  Group Show, Gallery Moos, Toronto, Canada
  Group Show of Realist Artists, The William Paterson College of New Jersey
  "Image, Color and Form," The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
  "New Acquisitions," Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
1974 "Aspects of Realism," The Art Gallery, State University College, Potsdam, New York
  "Collector's Choice," Elvehjem Art Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  "Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, 1974," Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
  "Contemporary American Artists," Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
  "Hyper-Realisme Americaine, Realism European," Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France
  "New Editions," Claremont College California
  "New/Photo-realism," Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
  "Selections in Contemporary Realism," Akron Art Institute, Ohio
  "XII Tokyo Biennial," Japan
1973 "American Hyper-realisme," organized by Services Americains d'Information Relations Culturelles, Paris
  "Amerikaischer Fotorealismus," Frankfurter Kunstverein, Kunst und MuseumVerein, Wuppertal
  "California Realist Painters," Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California
  "East Coast/West Coast/New Realism," San Jose State Unversity, California
  "New American Graphic Art," Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  "New in the 70's," University Museum, University of Texas at Austin, Texas
  "New York Avant-Garde," Saidy Bronfman Centre, Montreal, Canada
  "Options '73," Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
  "Painting 75-76-77," Art Gallery, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York
  "Photo-Realism," London
  "Real and Sur-real," Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York
  "Realists," Jacksonville Art Museum, Florida
  "The SuperRealist Vision," DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts
  "Young American Artists: Drawings and Graphics," traveling throughout Europe, exhibition organized by Steigim Laursen
1972 "Documenta and No-Documenta Realists," Galerie deGestlo, Hamburg, Germany
  "Documenta V," Kassel, Germany
  "Painting and Sculpture Today," Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
  "Phases of New Realism," Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Florida
  "Sharp Focus Realism," Sidney Janus Gallery, New York
  "32 Realists," Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
1971 "American Realism," Galerie deGestlo, Bremen, Germany
  "Art Around the Automobile," Hofstra University, New York
  "New Realism," State College at Potsdam, The Art Gallery, New York
  "Radical Realism," Deson-Saks Gallery, Chicago
  "Septieme Biennale de Paris," Paris, France
  "Spray," Santa Barbara Museum, California
  "Two Man Show," Aktionsgalerie, Berne, Switzerland
  "Verkenhrskultur," Westfalischer, Kunstverein, Munster, Germany
  "Western Annual," Denver Art Museum, Colorado
1970 "Beyond the Actual," Pioneer Museum, Stockton, California
 

"West Coast 1970," Painting and Sculpture, Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, California

Public Collections:
Akron Art Museum, Ohio
Boise Art Museum, Idaho
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, Massachusetts
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Indiana
Flint Institute of Arts, Michigan
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Indiana
Galleries of the Claremont Colleges, California
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii
Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
Glenn C. Janss Collection, Sun Valley, Idaho
Hofstra Museum, Hempstead, New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota, Colombia
Museum of Art, Pilavin Collection, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Neue Galerie, Aachen, Germany
Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City
Pioneer Museum and Haggin Galleries, Stockton, California
The Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri
Sainte Etienne Museum, France
San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
Springfield Art Museum, Missouri
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York
The Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio
University of Massachusetts Art Gallery, Amherst
Utrecht Museum, Belgium
Warner Brothers, Los Angeles
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York


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