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years in California, graduating with an MFA from UC Santa Barbara in
1968. In that same year, he won the Rome Prize for Sculpture.
Moving to NYC in 1976, Kearns began working as a cultural activist and
artist with the Artist Meeting for Cultural Change (AMCC) and The Red
Herring Collective. Other members included Lucy R. Lippard, Joseph
Kosuth, Sarah Charlesworth, Andrew Menard, Rudolf Baranik and May
Stevens. In the late 70s, Kearns worked as a street photographer with two
civil rights groups, The Black United Front of Brooklyn and The Committee
Against Fort Apache in the Bronx. In October 1981, Lippard and Kearns
reported on these activities in their Artforum article, "Cashing a Wolf
Ticket."
In 1980, Kearns and Lippard began 5 years of close collaboration, writing
articles, organizing cultural events and curating exhibitions. That same
year, they joined in co-founding Political Art Documentation/Distribution
(PAD/D), a cultural activist group which was part of the Soho, East Village
scene in the 1980s. Among numerous activities, PAD/D organized a
nationwide cultural response to the US government's involvement in
Central America. During this period Kearns worked closely with Leon
Golub, Nancy Spero, Dennis Adams, Papo Colo, Jeanette Ingberman,
Afredo Jarr, Ida Applebroog, Sue Coe, Anton van Dalen, David
Wojnarowicz, Keith Herring, Judy Glantzman, Jane Dickson, and Charlie
Ahern, among others.
A 1985 a solo exhibition at EXIT ART, NYC, launched Kearns' painting
career. Since then he has produced 25 one person exhibitions; his prints
and paintings are represented in 33 museum and public collections,
including The New York Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum of
Modern Art, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Brooklyn
Museum, The Nationale Galerie, Berlin, The IVAM Centre, Valencia,
Spain, and The Western Gallery of Art, Perth, Australia.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005
“Jerry Kearns” Modernism Gallery, San Francisco
2004
“Sugar Daddy: Jerry Kearns Paintings, 1992-2004” Jack The Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, New York
“Jerry Kearns” Michael Steinberg Gallery, New York
2001
“Jerry Kearns” Modernism Gallery, San Francisco
“NOT GUILTY” Modernism Gallery, San Francisco
1999
“BABYFACE’’ PPOW Gallery, New York
1996
“WHITE LIES” Modernism Gallery, San Francisco
“WHITE LIES” The Alternative Museum, New York
1995
“Jerry Kearns” Modernism Gallery, San Francisco
1994
“Photographs 1970-1980” Jose Friere Fine Art, New York
“Jerry Kearns” Modernism Gallery, San Francisco
1993
“PROBABLE CAUSE” Kent Gallery, New York
“PRIMA FACIE” Jose Friere Fine Art
1992
“Jerry Kearns” Benjamin Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia
1991
“Jerry Kearns: Bilder” Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin
“BODY AND SOUL” Meyers/Bloom Gallery, Los Angeles
“DEEP COVER” Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art
Temple University, Philadelphia.
Traveled to:
Art Gallery, Lehman College, The Bronx, New York.
University Gallery, University of Mass. Amherst Mass.
University Art Museum, University of Ca., Santa Barbara Ca.
Gallery of Contemporary Art, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Catalog with essays by Eleanor Heartney Don Desmett.
1989
“TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT” Kent Fine Art, New York
“Jerry Kearns” Galeria Temple, Valencia, Spain
Catalog with essay by Elizabeth Hess.
1988
“AMERICAN ICONS” Meyers/Bloom Gallery, Los Angeles Catalog with essay by Jefferson Morley.
1987
“RISKY BUSINESS” Kent Fine Art, New York
Catalog with essay by Lucy Lippard
“Jerry Kearns” Atrium Gallery, University of Conn. Storrs, Conn.
1986
“Jerry Kearns” Perimeter Gallery, Chicago
“Jerry Kearns” Modernism Gallery, San Francisco
“Jerry Kearns” Western Gallery, Western Washington University,
Bellingham, Washington.
1985
“Jerry Kearns” EXIT ART, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2003
“HIGH FASHION”, The Chelsea Art Museum, New York
“NEW LAWN”, Jack The Pelican Gallery, New York
“CRY BABY”, Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
“THIN SKIN”, UFA Gallery, New York
“REACTIONS”, EXIT ART, January 26 - march 30, New York
2002
“SNAPSHOT”, The Contemporary Museun, Baltimore, Maryland
“ART CHICAGO: International Art Fair”, PPOW gallery, Chicago, Illinois
“San Francisco International Art Fair”, Modernism gallery, San Francisco,
2001
“OPEN ENDS: 11 Exhibitions of Contemporary Art ”, The Museum of
Modern Art, New York, N ew York
“Bizarro World! The Parallel Universe of Comics and Fine Art.”, Cornell
Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park, Florida
“THE END: An Independent Vision of Contemporary Culture. 1982 -
2000” , EXIT ART, New York
1999
“20th Anniversary Exhibition”, Modernism Gallery, San Francisco
“MUMIA 911”, PPOW Gallery, New York
“Post-Pop Culture”, Art Center of Battle Creek, Michigan
“XMAS”, Kent Gallery, New York
1998
“Hey You Never Know”, 534 La Guardia Place, New York
“Drawings”, James Graham and Sons, New York
“A Delicate Condition”, Kent Gallery, New York
“The Warehouse”, Exit Art, New York
“New York: Now”, Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1997
“Elvis & Marilyn: 2x Immortal” travels to:
San Jose Museum of Art, California
Hokkaido Obihiro Museum of Art, Hokkaido, Japan
Daimaru Museum, Umeda-Osaka, Japan
“It’s only Rock and Roll” travels to:
Dean Lesher Regional Museum, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek,
California
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
“APHRODISIA” The Alternative Mueum, New York
“Transforming the Social Order”, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia
“Auto Portrait”, Exit Art, New York
“Works on Paper”, Modernism Gallery, San Francisco
1996
“Figure Heads & Red Herrings” The Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles. Ca.
“Imaginary Beings” EXIT ART, New York
“Under Siege” ABC No Rio Gallery, New York
“Death Penalty” Arts Gallery, SUNY Purchase, Ny.
“Difference” The Kent Gallery, New York
“Alternative Press ‘68 to Internet” EXIT ART, New York
“Voices of Conscience” ACA Galleries, New York
“Cultural Economies” The Drawing Center, New York
“Light Into Darkness” Kent Gallery, New York
1995
“It’s Only Rock And Roll” The Contemporary Arts Center, Cinn. Ohio
Travels to:
Lakeview Museum of the Arts, Peoria Ill.
Virginia Beach Center For the Arts, VA.
Tacoma Art Museum, WA.
Jacksonville Museum of Art, FL.
“Voices Of Conscience: Then and Now” ACA Galleries, New York
“ Death Penalty: Loss of Conscience” Visual Arts Gallery, SUNY
“Justice / Injustice” Puffin Foundation LTD. New York
“Imaginary Beings” EXIT ART, New York
“Under Siege” ABC No Rio, New York
“Where is Home” Kent Gallery, New York
“Martini Culture” Modernism Gallery, San Francisco
1994
”Seurat Grows Up” Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, Maine
“Single-Cel Creatures: Cartoons and Their Influence on the
Contemporary Arts.” Katona Museum of Art, NY.
“ELVIS + MARILYN: 2X Immortal.” Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
Traveled to:
Contemporary Art Museum, Houston
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, N.C.
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa OK.
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio
Tennessee State Museum
San Jose Museum of Art
Honolulu Academy of Art
1993
“Mixing it Up Again” Center for Constitutional Rights, New York
“Artists as Catalyst.” The Alternative Museum, New York
“Great Dates” Santa Barbara Contemporary Art Forum, Santa Barbara
“Under Lock and Key.” International Center For Photography, New York
Traveled to:
The Wexner Center For The Arts, Ohio State University,Columbus
The Santa Monica Museum of Art, CA.
“The PADD Archive” The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
1992
“Re: Framing Cartoons.” Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio
1991
“World Disorder.” Cultural Space, New York
“The Critical Image: Sue Coe, Jerry Kearns, Leon Golub, Nancy Spero”
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University North Carolina, Greensboro
“Critical Reactions.” Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco
“Images of Labor: The 90’s.” Bread and Roses Cultural Project, Gallery 1199, New York
“The Hybrid State.” EXIT ART, New York. Catalog
“Artists of Conscience: 16 Years of Social and Political Commentary”
The Alternative Museum, New York. Catalog
1990
“Postcards From America.” Freites Galeria, Caracas, Venezuela
”Re: Framing Cartoons.” Loughelton Gallery, New York
“The 80’s: A Post Pop Generation.” Southern Alleghenies, Museum of Art, Loretto, Penn.
1989
“Reagan: American Icon.” Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Penn.
Travels to: Humphrey Fine Art, New York “Whose Wars: Vietnam and Central America.” Bronx River Art Center
and Gallery. NY.
“Golden Opportunity: Benefit Sale for the Resettlement of Salvadorian
Refugees.” Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
”Tenth Anniversary Benefit Auction.” Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago
“American Pi(e).” Bess Cutler Gallery, New York
”A Different War: Vietnam in Art.” Whatcom Museum, Bellingham,
Washington
Traveled to:
The Cordova Museum of Art, Lincoln Mass.
University Art Galleries at the University of Colorado,Boulder Akron Museum of Art, Ohio
Madison Art Center, Wisconsin
Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles
Block Art Gallery, North Western university, Evanston, Ill.
“Dia de Los Muertos II.” The Alternative Museum, New York
“Benefit for The Wooster Group.” Brooke Alexander Editions, New York
1988
“The Social Club.” EXIT ART, New York
“Imprimatur.” Greenville County Museum of Art, South Carolina
Traveled to: North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
“Committed To Print.” Museum of Modern Art, New York. Catalog
Traveled to:
University Art Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
Peace Museum, Chicago
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
New York State Museum, Albany, NY.
Spenser Museum Of Art, University of Kansas
Newport Harbor Museum, Newport Beach, CA.
“New City Works.” One Penn Plaza, New York
“Art and The Law.” West Publishing, St.Paul
Traveled to:
Metro Toronto Convention Center
Temple University Law School, Philadelphia
Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
“The Whole World is Still Watching.” Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago
“Agit/Pop.” Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles
“Unknown Secrets: Art and the Rosenberg Era.” Rosenberg Era Project
Traveled to:
Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University, Greenvale, NY.
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston
Olin Gallery, Kenyon College, Gambier , Ohio
Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University
University of Colorado Art Gallery, Boulder
Installation Gallery, San Diego, Ca.
San Francisco Jewish Community Museum
Spertus Museum Of Judaica, Chicago
Aspen Art Museum, Colorado
“New Visions of the Apocalypse.” Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, RI.
“In search of THE MEDIA MONSTER” Cleveland State University
1987
“All The News That’s Fit For Prints.” P.P.O.W., New York
Traveled to Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
“Movie Muse.” One Penn Plaza, New York
“Comic Iconoclasm.” Institute of Contemporary Art, London.
Traveled to:
Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin. Ireland
Corner House Gallery, Manchester, England
Circolo Des Belles Artes , Madrid, Spain
Kunstmuseum, Berne, Germany
“Documenta 8.” Group Material Installation, Kassel Germany
“Dreams of the Alchemist.” Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
“Subtext.” Kent fine Art, New York
“Artists Who Teach.” Federal Reserve Board, Washington D.C.
1986
“Political Art ‘86.” Gallery G, Pittsburgh, P
“MASS.” Group Material Installation, New Museum of Contemporary
Art, New York
Telling Tales.” Allegheny College, Meadville, Penn.
“Camino a Cuba.” Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City
“The Law And Order Show.” John Weber Gallery, New York
“American Myths.” Kent fine Art, New York
“Second Biennial of Havana.” Centro Wilfredo Lam, Havana Cuba
“Philadelphia Inaugural.” Artextreme, Philadelphia
1985
“State of Mind/State of the Union.” Judson Memorial Gallery, New York
“Disinformation: The Manufacture of Consent.” The Alternative Museum,
New York
“Whitney Biennial.” Group Material Installation - “Americana”
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
“New York / New Art” Modernism Gallery, San Francisco
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Allegheny College, Meadville. Pennsylvania
University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas
Art Gallery Of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville Virginia
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
University of California, Santa Barbara
Art Institute of Chicago, Artists’ Book Collection, Chicago, Illinois
Columbia Museum, Wilmington, Delaware
University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts
National Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu
Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York
Ivam Centre Julio Gonzales, Valencia, Spain
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey
The Kalamazoo Art Institute, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Centro Wilfredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
The Logan Family Collection, Vail, Colorado
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey
The Norton Family Collection, Los Angeles, California
Palmer Museum, Penn State University, Penn.
Progressive Corporation, Mayfield Heights, Ohio
Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia
Sanford Gallery, Clarion University, Pennsylvania
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
University of Vermont, Robert Hull Fleming Museum, Burlington, Vermont
Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
Frederick R. Weisman Collection, Collection
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
