KAVIN BUCK
Born 1963, San Pedro, CA
Lives and works in Portland, OR
EDUCATION
1989-1990 Whitney Museum of American Art, Independent Study Program, New York, NY
1987-1989 California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA - MFA
1983-1987 Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA - BFA
1985-1986 Parsons School of Design/American University in Paris, France
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Jacqueline Rose Gallery @ the Canopy, Portland, OR
2021 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland OR
2019 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland OR
2016 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland OR
2008 LA Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Bert Green Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2005 The Palm Room, Seattle, WA
2002 Cypress College, Orange County, CA
2001 RAID Projects, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Miller Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Miller Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
1995 Beckerman Fine Arts, San Marino, CA
1992 PS 1 Museum, Long Island City, NY
1991 Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 2021 Artworks Northwest Biennial, Umpqua Valley Arts, Roseburg, OR
2017 "Lift Off", Rio Hondo College Art Gallery, Whittier, CA
2016 Carlos Lanco Studio, Estudio Las Nieves, Bogata, Columbia
La Estcion Arte Contemporaneo, Chihuahua, Mexico
2014 Gallery Homeland at the Ford Building, Portland, OR
2013 Jacobs Gallery at the Hult Center, Salem, OR
2010 JAUS Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Santa Monica College, Faculty Exhibition
2004 University of Virginia Art Museum, “Whiteness, A Wayward Construction”, Charlottesville, VA
2003 Laguna Art Museum, “Whiteness, A Wayward Construction”, Laguna Beach, CA
Breathless (A Bout de Souffle), 608 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA
BGH Gallery, “LA Black + White”, Santa Monica, CA
2002 South La Brea Gallery, “Code”, Inglewood, CA
2001 Bachofner Gallery, “Clean”, Santa Monica, CA
Armstrong/Schoenhiet Gallery, “Green Light”, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
Brea Art Gallery, “Made in California”, Brea, CA
Beyond Baroque, “Legal Paper Work”, Venice, CA
Miller Fine Art, “Wall Space”, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Miller Fine Art, “Ninety-nine”, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Ruth Bachofner Gallery, “Tweak(ed)...”, Santa Monica, CA
The Living Room, “Exits and Entrances”, Santa Monica, CA (Catalog)
1997 Miller Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
1994 Ruth Bachofner Gallery,” Second Nature: Part II (Notations)”, Santa Monica, CA
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, “Second Nature: Part I (Ruins)”, Santa Monica, CA
Santa Monica Museum, “The Return of the Cadaver Exquisite”, CA
1993 Ruth Bachofner Gallery, “PolyAbstract”, Santa Monica, CA
The Drawing Center, “The Return of the Cadaver Exquisite”, New York, NY
1992 Stephanie Theodore Gallery, New York, NY
Barbara Toll Gallery, “Technorama”, New York, NY
Four Walls, New York, NY
Artist Space, “Radio Show”, New York, NY
1991 LaCappellaine Gallery, “House of Value”, New York, NY
Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art, “The Mute Body”, New York, NY
The Drawing Center, “Fall Selections” New York, NY
Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art, “Home for June”, New York, NY
The Brooklyn Art Council, “From Sculpture”, New York, NY
1990 “The Totalitarian Zone” Prague, Czechoslovakia (catalog)
Gust Vasiliades Gallery, “$”, New York, NY
Gust Vasiliades Gallery, “Labor as Cultural Artifact”, New York, NY
Whitney Museum Independent Studio Program, New York, NY
AWARDS
2007 Excellence in Government Relations, (NACAC), Group Achievement
2004 UCLA Extension, Outstanding Instructor of the Year (Studio Arts)
1991 P.S.1 Museum Studio, New York, Studio Grant
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2006 “Painting on the Edge”, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC, CANADA
1999 “Clean”, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Group Show”, Miller/Durazo, Los Angeles, CA
1998 “Tweak(ed)...” Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1994 “Second Nature - Part I (Ruins).” Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Second Nature - Part II (Notations),” Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
1991 “The Mute Body: Fragments, Forgery & Sentimentality,” HOME for Contemporary Theatre and Art, New York City
1990 “Labor as Cultural Artifact,” Gust Vasiliades Gallery, NYC
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018 Forbes, “This Portland Hotel Is A Must For Te Artistically Minded Traveler”, by Darryn King
2010 The Huffington Post, "Beyond Downtown: Do Los Angeles Artwalks Take it to the Streets?", by Mat Gleason, 11/15/2010
2008 Exhibition Catalog, “Kavin Buck: Paintings and Sculptures”, Essay by Ed Schad
ArtScene, Exhibition review by Roberta Carasso p.18-19
2007 “What High School Don’t Tell You (300+ Secrets)”, by Elizabeth Wissner-Gross p.168, 172
2006 Exhibition Catalog, “Painting on the Edge”
2003 Flash Art, “The Last White Art Show”, Clayton Campbell Oct/Nov 2003
Exhibition Catalog, “Whiteness: A Wayward Construction,” March 2003 – p.20, 32, 57, 63.
US News, America’s Best Graduate Schools 2004, “Getting There”, by Carolyn Kleiner.
LA Weekly, Pick of the Week; “Black + White,” by Peter Frank, May 16-22, 2003
Art Paper Magazine, “I Came for the Art: Exposing Whiteness and Imagining Nonwhite Spaces,” by David Roediger, May/June
Orange County Register, “Whiteness: A Wayward Construction,” April 6, 2003 “Show Section”, p.30
Orange County Register, “Shinning a Light on White”, by Richard Chang, March 31, 2003 Cover Story.
2001 RAID Projects Journal, October 2001
Art In America, Duncan, Michael, “Front Page” p.25, June 2001
2000 Pyne, Gilian. Review Exhaust On-Line Magazine, April 2000
1999 Auction Catalog , “Y2K”, Laguna Beach Art Museum
1998 Los Angeles Times, Ollman, Leah. “TWEAK (ed)”, Review September 1998
Coagula, Gallery Top Ten, October 1998
Auction Catalog, “Journey Into Art”, LA Artcore
Exhibition Catalog, “Exits and Entrances: In Through the Out Door”, Statement by Jacqueline Cooper.
1994 Los Angeles Times, Kandel, Susan. “Second Nature,” Review July 1994
1992 Flash Art, Bonami, Francesco. News, October 1992
Action Catalog, “MOCA Auction ‘92", Museum of Contemporary Art 1992
Arts Magazine, Faust, Gretchen. February 1992
1991 Arts Magazine, Mahoney, Robert. “Fall Selections,” Review December 1991
Flash Art News, October 1991
Art and Auction, Tully, Judd. April 1991
1990 Paper Magazine, Reschop, Julia. “Labor as Cultural Artifact,” Review, June 1990
Artists Catalog, “Whitney Museum Independent Study Program”,
Exhibition Catalog, “The Totalitarian Zone”, October 1990
1989 Vogue Magazine, Rugoff, Ralph. “CalArts,” August 1989
2002 – 2007: SOUTH LA BREA GALLERY (SLBG), Inglewood, CA
Opened in 2002 as an exhibition space dedicated to three core principles: exhibiting contemporary art of emerging and under represented artists, fostering a space for new curators to hone their craft, and assisting prospective private and corporate collectors in purchasing and understanding the methods of building an informed art collection. The commonality of these three principles is education, and SLBG operated as a facilitator for emerging professionals that create, organize and collect the next cohort of contemporary art. SLBG was a meeting point where artists, curators and collectors collectively pushed the boundaries art production, exhibition and collecting.