Art Bio - Exhibitions and Collections - ferlinghettiart.com

LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI      March 24, 1919 (Yonkers, NY)–February 22, 2021 (San Francisco, CA)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1982
Cafe Americain, San Francisco, Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Paintings, September 1–October 12, 1982
1985
Ethel Guttmann Gallery, San Francisco, Symbolism: Ferlinghetti Recent Paintings, October 15–November 15, 1985
1986
Pauline's Pizza, San Francisco, Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Oil Paintings, August 5–September 16, 1986
1990
Special Collections, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, An Exhibition of Paintings by Lawrence
     Ferlinghetti, April 20–June 15, 1990
1991
Kennedy Gallery, San Francisco, New Paintings by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, January 27–March 16, 1991
Peter Lembcke Gallery, San Francisco, September 3–30, 1991
1992
Union Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Recent Paintings and Drawings,
     March 9–April 6, 1992
Istituto Italiano di Cultura, San Francisco, Recent Paintings by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, May 6–29, 1992
1993
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, Lawrence Ferlinghetti: The Paintings, September 12–
     November 21, 1993. Brochure
1994
Mountain View Civic Center Gallery, Mountain View, CA, Paintings from the Studio of Light by Lawrence Ferlinghetti,
     April 8–May 27, 1994
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
1995
University of Charleston, Charleston, WV, March–April, 1995
Fine Arts Gallery, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD, Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Paintings + Drawings 1981-1994,
     July 20–August 26, 1995
1996
Palazzo delle Exposizioni, Rome, Ferlinghetti: The Poet as Painter, May 17–June 30, 1996. Catalogue
Studio S–Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Ferlinghetti: Opere su Carta, May 22–June 15 1996
Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco, Lawrence Ferlinghetti: The Beat Poet as Printmaker and Painter, November 1–17
Tranquil Spaces Fine Arts Co-op, Sandusky, OH, November 1996
1997
Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
1998
George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Pure Art vs. Agit-Prop, March 5–28, 1998
Paterson Museum, Paterson, NJ
Francesco Conz Gallery, Verona, Italy
Thacher Gallery, Gleeson Library/Geschke Center, University of San Francisco, CA, Ferlinghetti: Lyrical and Political
     Paintings, December 4, 1998–January 20, 1999
1999
Molly Barnes Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, New Paintings, Drawings, Poems, April 10–May 31, 1999
San Marco Gallery, Dominican College, San Rafael, CA, Lawrence Ferlinghetti: The Painter, June 28–August 6, 1999
Shorenstein Company, San Francisco, CA, The Painter's Dream
2000
George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, Love in the Days of Rage, September 7–October 28, 2000
Archivio Francesco Conz, Verona, Italy, October 2000
2001
Caffe 817, Oakland, CA, Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Models from the Studio, January–February 2001
William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, April 27–May 30, 2001
Foyer degli Artisti, Florence, Italy, Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Un Artista Totale, June 26–July 31, 2001
2002
George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Lit.Paint, May 23–June 29, 2002
Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock, NY, Lit.Paint: Paintings by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, August 10–September 22
2003
Marin Theatre Company, Mill Valley, CA, sponsored by George Krevsky Fine Art, Ferlinghetti: Art, May 8–June 8
2004
George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Life Studies, Life Stories, January 22–February 28, 2004
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, The Art of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, May–July 25, 2004
2005
MuHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
2007
Vydal Galerie, Prague, Ferlinghetti: Paintings and Poems
2009
George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Evolution of a Painter
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, Visual Arts Lyric Escape: Paintings by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, April 15–May 10, 2009
2010
Museo di Roma in Trastevere, Rome, Lawrence Ferlinghetti: 60 Anni di Pittura/60 Years of Painting, February 26–
     April 25; Foyer del Teatro Francesco Cilea, Reggio Calabria, May 5–July 1. Catalogue
2012
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA, Cross-Pollination: The Art of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, June 21–Sept. 23, 2012
Focus Gallery, San Francisco, Prints and Original Works on Paper by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Dec. 21, 2012–January 6, 2013
2013
George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Future Woman, May 30-June 29, 2013
2015
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novata, CA, Legends of the Bay Area: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, February 28–April 5
Istituto Italiano de Cultura, San Francisco, Fluxare: Paintings by Lawrence Feringhetti/The European Connexion, October
2016
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Love & War, July 8–August 20, 2016
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Censored Tarps, September 10–October 22, 2016
Accademia de Belle Arti, Verona, Italy, Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Back to Verona, November 24, 2016–January 2017
2017
Muscardini Cellars, Kenwood, CA, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, March 25–May 15, 2017
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Underwear Series, July 1–August 19, 2017
Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia, Italy, A Life: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, October 7, 2017–January 14, 2018
2018
Lyet Gallery, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA, Lawrence Ferlinghetti: An American Cultural Icon, October 11–
     November 21, 2018
2019
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, Lawrence Ferlinghetti: 100 Years without a Net, March 2–May 5
Harvey Milk Photography Center, San Francisco, Lawrence Ferlinghetti Photographs: When we Arrived in Normandy,
     June 1944, August 9–September 14, 2019
National Poetry Library, Southbank Centre, London, A 21st Century Ferlinghetti, October 16–November 17, 2019
2020
New Release, New York, NY, Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Etudes, October-November 2020
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Works on Paper, December 1, 2020–January 30, 2021
2022
Vallejo Center for the Arts, Vallejo, CA, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, May–June
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, September–December, 2022
Selected Group Exhibitions
1982
Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA, First International San Francisco Armory Show, February 1–28
1988
Jan Holloway Gallery, San Francisco, North Beach Exhibition, November–December
1994
Art Gallery, New York University, New York, NY, Beat Art
1995
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Beat Culture and the New America: 1950–1965, November 9, 1995–
     February 4, 1996. Travel to the M. H. De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA, 1996. Catalogue
Minna Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996
George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Writers Who Paint, October 3–30
1997
Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY, The Writer as Artist: Lawrence Ferlinghetti & William Saroyan, February 28–
     April 12
Friesen Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1998
George Krevksy Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Contemporary Bay Area Artists
Bradford Smock Gallery, San Francisco, CA, The Merav Show, February
1999
Trenton Art Museum, Trenton, NJ, Writerly Art
George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA, By the Sea
2000
George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Diamonds and Dust: The Art of Baseball, April 6–May 20
2001
Exhibition Hall, The Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Torture
George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Play Ball!
2002
George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Extra Innings: The Art of Baseball, April 18–May 18
2003
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
2005
George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Contemporary Gallery Artists, June 2–July 9
2012
Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Group exhibition, April–May
2014
Mythos Fine Art, Berkeley, CA, January
Catamaran, Santa Cruz, CA, October–November
2016
The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Welcome to the Left Coast, May 13–June 1
Centre Pompidou, Paris, Beat Generation, June 22–October 3. Catalogue
Rena Bransten Gallery at Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, IL, September 22–25
The Battery, San Francisco, CA, Mustard Road, November 15, 2016–January 2017
2017
Gallery Rocking Horse, San Francisco, CA, North Beach and Beyond, September 1–November 15
2018
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA, Ship of Dreams: Artists, Poets, and Visionaries of the S.S. Vallejo, April 28–
     June 10
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, The Portrait Show, June 23–August 18
2019
Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA, Ship of Dreams: Artists, Poets, and Visionaries of the S.S. Vallejo, January 19–March 17
Italian Cultural Institute, San Francisco, CA, Lawrence d'Italia: Ferlinghetti, FLUXUS Poetry in Italy, March 19–May 3
2020
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Monument, November–December
2021–22
Living Green Design, San Francisco, CA, North Beach Meets Bayview, November 2021–March 2022
Selected Public Collections
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin, TX
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX
San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA