Born 1962, Santa Monica, California

Education

1986
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
BFA (with distinction)

1988
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
MFA

One-Person Exhibitions

1990
«Between Engagements», Anne Plumb, New York

1992
Julian Pretto, New York

1993
Julian Pretto, New York
Julian Pretto, New York

1994
Fulcrum, New York
Littlejohn/Sternau, New York

1996
AMO Gallery, Los Angeles, California

1998
«Voix», Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
Caledonian Hall, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland
Trans Hudson, New York
«Vitrisitu», Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris
Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland

1999
Westenburg, Marfa, Texas

2000
Galerie Cramer, Bonn, Germany
Galerie Frank, Paris, France
Galerie, Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland

2001
Boulder Museum of Art, Boulder, Colorado

2002
ACE Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Stark Gallery, New York
Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland

2003
Geukens & De Vil, Knokke, Belgium
Sankt Peter, Koln, Germany

2004
Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris

Two-Person Exhibitions

1996
Trans Hudson, Jersey City, New Jersey

1997
CIAP (Vereniging voor culturele informatie en actueel pretenkabinet),
Hasselt, Belgium

1999
Rule Modern and Contemporary, Denver, Colorado

2000
Rule Modern and Contemporary, Denver, Colorado

2001
Gamel Fraser, Mendocino, California
Geukens & De Vil, Knokke, Belgium

2005
Galerie Eventi 1000, Milan

Group Exhibitions

1988
«Out of Order», Anne Plumb, New York

1990
«New Talent», Julian Pretto, New York

1991
«Surface Issues», Stephen Haller, New York
«Abstract Painting: Process and Material», Ben Shahn Gallery,
Paterson College, Wayne, New Jersey
«Constructed Black Paintings», Julian Pretto, New York

1992
«Small Works», Julian Pretto, New York
«Rumored Paintings», Anne Plumb, New York
«Slow Art», PS1 Museum, Long Island City, New York
ARENA, New York

1993
«Inaugural Exhibition», TennisportArts, Long Island City, New York
«Contemporary Drawings, Part II, ARENA, New York
«Works on Paper», Julian Pretto, New York
«Beyond Paint», Tibor de Nagy, New York
«Silent Echoes», TennisportArts, Long Island City, New York
«Jours Tranquilles à Clichy», TennisportArts, Long Island City, New York
«Jours Tranquilles à Clichy», Paolo Goyannes, Paris, France
BOMB magazine benefit exhibition, Fawbush, New York

1994
«Five Abstract Artists», Littlejohn/Sternau, New York
«New Recruits», In Collaboration, Santa Monica, California
«Beyond Virtual, Back to Actual», Fulcrum, New York
«Faith, Fetish, Spirit», Westenburg, Gt. Barrington, Massachusetts

1995
«Material Abuse», Trans Hudson, Jersey City, New Jersey
«Julian’s Show II», Littlejohn/Sternau, New York
«The Whole World in a Small Painting», Trans Hudson, Jersey City,
New Jersey

1996
«In Small Dimensions», Andre Zarre, New York
AMO Gallery, Gramercy International, Los Angeles, California
«Epitaphs», Edward Thorp, New York
«Recent Acquisitions: The Collection of Julian Pretto», Wadsworth Atheneum,
Hartford, Connecticut
«Formal Abstraction», Bachofner, Santa Monica, California
«Image/After Image», The Work Space Gallery, New York
«Erik Satie, Robert Smithson, Melissa Kretschmer», Arnaud Lefebvre,
Paris, France

1997
«The Whole World in a Small Painting, II», Trans Hudson, New York
«Art Auction 6», Long Beach Museum, Long Beach, California
«3rd Annual Holiday Group Show», Bachofner, Santa Monica, California

1998
«Art Miami ‘98», special projects installation, Miami Beach, Florida
«Vision Festival», Orensanz Arts center, New York
«Foot Falls», Greenport, Long Island, New York
«Transparent Façade», The Work Space Gallery, New york

1999
Galerie Frank, Paris, France
«Transparent Façade», Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California

2000
«Transparency, Translucency, Opacity», Galerie Frank, Paris, France

2002
Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
ACE Gallery, New York
«Ready-Made Color», Galerie Corinne Caminade, Paris, France

2003
Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris
«Selections From The LeWitt Collection», New Britain Museum of
American Art, New Britain, Connecticut
«Minimalism And More: Contemporary Art From The Frederick R. Weisman
Art Foundation», Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

2004
Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland
«Armored», Planet Thailand, Brooklyn, New York
ACE Gallery, Beverly Hills, California

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Public Collections

Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
Allianz, Berlin

Private Collections

Sol and Carol LeWitt, Connecticut
Milton Brutten, New York
Werner Kramarsky, New York
Michael and Amy Chapman, California
Jim and Marisal Higgins, Florida
Donna and Bruce Polichar, California
Dr. Jan Quaegebeur, New York
Dr. Richard Hertz, California
Ivana de Gavardie, France
Brian and Rosie Panish, California
Daisy Symons, Belgium
Michel Bernheim, Switzerland
Bertrand Lefebvre, France
Marlis Gericke, Germany
Jim Goldstein, California
Ruth and Hermann Bachofner, California
John Long, California
Aaron Hsu, New York
Vernon Faulconer, Texas
Ben Bourgeois, California
Dr. Leslie Levine, California
Weisman Foundation, California