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Eric Orr    (American, 1939-1998)
                                        Eric Orr                                                                                        Eric Orr
                                    Red Way, 
1989                                                        Time Frame #1, 1985

Biography

1939 Born: Covington, KY
1998 Died: Venice, California

Exhibitions

2007

Eric Orr (1939 - 1998) Survey of works, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)

1997

P.S.1 / MoMA, Queens, NY (Long-term installation)

1996

Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand 
Carthew Thompson Gallery, Beverly Hill, CA

1995

Gallerie Bhak, Seoul, Korea (solo) 
Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 
Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 
Deanna Miller Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA 
Carthew Thompson Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA

1994

Westfall Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
Nothing in Common, Studio Gallery/Bistango, Irvine, CA 
Big Littles, Boritzer/Gray/Hamano, Santa Monica, CA

1993

Sun Gallery, Seoul, Korea (solo) 
About Nature, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Arts, Cleveland, Ohio 
Anders Tornburg Gallery, Lund, Sweden 
Klein Art Gallery, Chicago, IL 
On Water, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
In Context, Boritzer-Gray Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1992

Sena Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (solo) 
Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL (solo) 
Fleck/Ellman Gallery, Aspen, CO (solo) 
Works Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA 
Marcia Weissman Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

1991

Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York, NY (solo) 
The Works Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA (solo) 
Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden (solo) 
Santa Fe Singularity, Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

1990

Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden (solo) 
Tilden Foley Gallery, New Orleans, LA (solo) 
Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 
The Image of Abstract Painting in the 80's, Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA 
Neville Sargent Gallery, Chicago, IL 
The Tao of Contemporary Art, Hofstra Museum, Bard College, NY 
Alchemy - The Fifth Essence, Gracie Mansion, New York, NY 
Daylight Savings, Galeria Joan Prats, Paris, France

1989

Gallerie Georges Lavrov, Paris, France (solo) 
Scott Hanson Gallery, New York, NY (solo) 
The Drowned World, P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY 
L'Or Et Son Mythe, Grand Palais, Paris, France

1988

Elements: Five Installations, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo) 
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo) 
The Works Gallery, Long Beach, CA (solo) 
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
Five American Artists, Sun Gallery, Seoul, Korea 
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY 
Motorized Sculpture, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA

1987

Scott Hanson Gallery, New York, NY (solo) 
Tilden Foley Gallery, New Orleans, LA (solo) 
Gallerie Georges Lavrov, Paris, France (solo) 
Acme Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo) 
Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY 
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA 
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL 
Elements: Five Installations, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

1986

James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo) 
Acme Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)

1985

Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, Netherlands (solo) 
Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden (solo) 
Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
Illuminations: The Quality of Light, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA 
Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1984

Seaver Gallery, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA (solo) 
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA (solo) 
Acme Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo) 
Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)

1983

Foster Goldstrom Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA (solo) 
Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)

1982

Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo) 
Musee D'Art Moderne, Paris, France 
Art as Alchemy, California State University, Dominguez Hills, CA

1981

Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo) 
Taylor Gallery, Taos, NM (solo) 
Museum as Site, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

1980

Los Angeles Count Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (solo) 
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (solo) 
Furniture Show, Marion Goodman Gallery, New York, NY 
Fire as Prime Matter, Libra Gallery, Claremont, CA 
Lead/Gold Reliefs, Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1979

Janus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo) 
California, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT 
Works on Glass, Minneapolis Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

1978

Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo) 
Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, TX

1977

L.A. of the 70's, Fort Worth Museum, Fort Worth, TX

1976

Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)

1975

Salvatore Ala Gallery, Milan, Italy (solo) 
Transparency Exhibition, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA

1973

University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA (solo)

1972

Infinity Space, University of California, Irvine, CA

1970

Sound in Shape of a Pear, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY

1969

Search Light Sky Sky Shapes, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 
Wall Shadow, Eugenia Butler Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
Volumetric Sound, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

1968

Eugenia Butler Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo) 
Sky Lights, Century City, Los Angeles, CA 
Tracer Bullets, Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 
Fresh Air, Pershing Square, Los Angeles, CA 
1,000 to 1, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, CA

1967

Fresh Air Space, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA 
Vandenburg Letters, Sky Over Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

1966

Room Company #1, Rolf Nelson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
Animated Hog Show, Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CASELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: 
The Panza Collection, Milan, Italy 
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY 
The Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY 
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA 
Den Haag Gemeentemuseum, The Netherlands 
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA 
Berkeley Museum of Art, Berkeley, CA 
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA 
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA

Literature

1990 James Lee Byars, Eric Orr, Thomas McEvilley . Zero Mass: The Art of Eric Orr