Roger Herman

Born in Saarbruecken, Germany
Lives and works in Los Angeles
Education:  MFA Akademie der Kuenste, Karlsruhe, Germany, 1976
Professor of Fine Arts, University of California Los Angeles

Awards

DAAD Grant from Germany
2 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grants
Young Talent Award , LACMA, Los Angeles ,CA.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2024

"From California with love", Carpenters Workshop Gallery London, England
"Motel California", Nino Mier Gallery, New York, New York
 

2023

KERAMIK , Nino Mier gallery Los Angeles, CA
New Paintings, South Willard, Los Angeles, CA 

2021

Sorry we are closed , Brussels , Belgium
Galeria Mascota, Mexico City, Mexico
Galerie  Lefebvre et fils, Paris, France
" MESCAL CUPS" BlossomMarketLA, Los Angeles , California
South Willard ," Tables and Ocean", Los Angeles, California

2020

Praz Delavallade," My FRENCH PAINTINGS", Los Angeles
Carpentersworkshopgallery, New York, New York

2019
Carpentersworkshop Gallery, London

2018
Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA.
Jack Hanley Gallery, NY.NY.

2017
Feuer/Mesler Gallery NY.NY
Galerie Lefebvre et Fils, Paris ,France

2016
Marc Jancou, Gestaad, Switzerland
Galerie Lefebvre et Fils, Paris France
Richard Telles, Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA

2015
CARPENTERS WORKSHOP, CERAMICS, London, England
Eaton Fine Art, INC.
"Paintings and Woodcuts  from the 80's," West Palm Beach, Florida

2014
ACME Gallery, Los Angeles,CA.
South Willard, Los Angeles , Ca.

2012
Richard Telles , Fine Art, Los Angeles,Ca.

2010
George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco (link)

2009
Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles
Jancar Gallery, Paintings of the 80's, Los Angeles
HEATH Ceramics Gallery, Los Angeles
RMCAD Philip J. Steele Gallery, Denver, Colorado

2008
Galerie Gordon, Pym and Fils, Paris

2006
INMO Gallery, Los Angeles
Mitsubishi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2005
Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University, Orange
Santa Monica Museum, Project room, Santa Monica
Galerie Gordon Pym & Fils, Paris, France

2004
Atelier Richard Tullis, Santa Barbara
Galerie Schmidt/ Goldener Engel, Hall/Innsbruck, Austria

2003
Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles

2002
Galerie Peter Reich, Vienna, Austria

2001
Susanne Vielmetter Projects, Los Angeles
Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles

2000
Susanne Vielmetter Projects, Los Angeles

1999
Ursula Krinzinger Galerie, Vienna, Austria

1998
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles

1997
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles

1996
Lawing Gallery, Houston, Texas
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, New York

1995
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles

1994
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles

1992
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles

1990
Galerie Froment Putman, Paris, France
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles

1988
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles
Fuller Gross Gallery, San Francisco

1987
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles

1986
Galerie Krinzinger, Innsbruck, Austria
Reed College, Portland, Oregon
Arte Contemporanea, Mexico City, Mexico
Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas

1986
Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles

1985
University of California, Riverside

1985
Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
Mo David Gallery, New York
Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco
Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles

1984
Hal Bromm Gallery, New York Roger
Ramsey Gallery, Chicago
Patty Aande Gallery, San Diego
Eaton-Shoen Gallery, San Francisco
Ulrike Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles

1983
Eaton-Shoen Gallery, San Francisco
Ulrike Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla
University of Redlands, Redlands, California

1982
Akademie Der Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany
Ulrike Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles

1981
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
Ulrike Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles

1980
Jetwave Inc., San Francisco

1979
Dana Reich Gallery, San Francisco

1977
Goethe Institute, San Francisco

1973
Galerie Am Neumarkt, Saarbruecken, Germany

Selected Group Exhibition

2024

"All about the Vessel" Kunsthaus Gmunden, Austria
"Earth and Ember", Ronald H. Silverman Fine Arts Gallery, Cal State LA, Los Angeles
"Curated by Michelle Lamy", Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Dubai
" International Ceramique", "Sorry we are closed" Gallery, Tour&Taxis, Brussel, Belgium
"Nomad", " Sorry we are closed"  , St Moritz, Switzerland
"Half Way To Sanity " The PIT, Los Angeles, CA.
"Aestetic of the everyday object" ATLA, Los Angeles,CA.
"Dont Eat the Yellow Snow" , " Sorry we are closed, Brussel, Belgium

2023

Gordon Robichaux, "South Willard", NY.NY
Arbertz Benda, Fever Dream Duets , Los Angele
MOMA, " New Ground", Contemporary etchings, Jacob Samuel Editions, New York, NY.
Long Beach Art Museum, " Colorfield". Long Beach, CA.
Galerie Italienne, Paris , France
Palacio Cardaval, "Obrigado Terra",Evora, Portugal
Gallery, Jason Jaques, NY.NY

2022

SIDE GALLERY, Casavelles , Cataluna , Spain
De Cotis Gallery with Wendell Castle, Milan, Italy
Laloma Projects, Los Angeles,CA.
"Sized" , Vessels, Los Angeles
Jack Hanley Gallery , NY.NY.

Art and Hope , USC Fischer Museum, Los Angeles
CWG @ Patricia Low Gallery, Gstaad, Switzerland
"Dog Days", The Pit , Palm Springs
"Ceramics Now" Galerie Italienne, Paris , 
Jack Hanley Gallery, East Hampton, NY
"Via Cafe" Tiff Sifrids Gallery, Atlanta ,
"Material Space", CWG and Lehman 
 "Out East", Christies and CWG, Southhampton
"Return of the Dragons ", Chinatown, Los Angeles , Ca.
"Portraits", OMA, Oceanside , CA.
"Flammes," Musee d'art moderne de Paris. Paris, France

2020

"soft vibrations" Praz Delavallade, with Jim Iserman and Heather Cook, Los Angeles
Pacific Coast Ceramics, Galeria Mascota, Aspen, Colorado
"sample platter'' Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman Gallerry, Orange, California
"Death Cult" Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA.

2019

"Dark Fantasy" , UTA artist space, Los Angeles , CA
Carpenters Workshop Gallery , San Francisco,
Museo National. de la Estampa, Mexico City , Mexico      
"Pop up Anthology",Vincenzo de Cotis Gallery, Milan , Italy

2018

Dos Collectivos
Instituto de Artes Gricas de Oaxaca, Mexico
" CLAYBORN", Lefebvre et Fils, Paris, France 
"LA Friends", Rental Gallery, East Hampton
" Summer roundup", Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles

2017
Bound by paper "Books" LMAC gallery, NY.NY
"Amidst" 3 Person Show , China Art Objects Gallery, LA. CA.
" Hotel Kalifornia", Galerie Louis Lefebvre, Paris, France

2014
"Top Coat",The PIT, Glendale , CA
"The CAT Show, 356 Mission Street, Los Angeles, CA
"Vienna for Art's sake", Winter Palace, Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
"ACME 20 Years" Acme Gallery, Los Angeles
"Archive Austria," curated by Peter Noefer, Trienale de Milano, Italy
"George Nakashima in conversation," UNTITLED GALLERY, New York, New York
"Looks on Paper," Ditch Projects, Springfield, Oregon
"Art Los Angeles, Contemporary," Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA.
"Frieze Art Fair," Richard Telles Fine Art, New York New York

2013
"Object Salon,"Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles
"Paper,"The Prospectus, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles
"Aspects of Drawing," Orange Coast Colleg, Costa Mesa
"MAS ATTACK," LA MART, Los Angeles
"Wir Drei," Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange

2012
"Venice Beach Biennial,"Venice, California
"Curatorial Exchange," Irvine Arts center, Irvine, California
"Mr Natural," Gallery KM, Santa Monica, California
"Sexy Boyfriend," JB Jurve, Los Angeles
"Nice to meet me," Hayama Projects, Yokohama, Japan
"The Nudes Painting Show,"3704 Figueroa, Los Angeles
"The Cactus Painting Show," 3704 Figueroa, Los Angeles
"Landscape and Portraiture," Irvine Art Center, Irvine, California
"the Holodek,"Post, Los Angeles, California
"Selected works on paper," George Lawson Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"Chasm of the Supernova,"Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles

2011
"Under the Big Black Sun," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
RCM Galerie, Paris, France
"Works on Paper," ACME, Los Angeles, California
"Role Reversa," Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, California
"Los Angeles Museum of Ceramic Art," ACME, Los Angeles, California

2010
"KERAMIKS," Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, California
 

2009
"Hang the Curator," Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, Michigan
"International Large Scale Print Show," Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California
"Lovable Like Orphaned Kitties And Bastard Children," Green Gallery, Milwaukee
Exposition en el Instituto des Artes Graficas de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico

2008
LA Weekly Annual Biennial, Tack 16, Santa Monica, California
RAID Projects, Los Angeles, California
Pruesspress, Rental Gallery, New York, New York
Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2007
"Grand Gesture," University Art Museum, CSULB, Long Beach, California
"Material Affinities," USC Fisher Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"Soft Core," Kim Light Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"American Symposium," Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California

2006
INMO Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2005
Frank Pictures, Santa Monica
Flux Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2004
"Nature Study," Cal State Bakersfield University Art Museum, UCSB, Santa Barbara, California
Galerie im Museum Ludwig, Saarlouis, Germany

2003
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento Butler Institute of American Art, Youongstown, Ohio
Museum of Southern Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
Diannepruess Gallery, Los Angeles Drunken Masters, Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, California

2002
Drawings, Low Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Albertina, Vienna, Austria
Works On Paper Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University, Orange, California
Atelier Richard Tullis, Santa Barbara, California
Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
Ursula Krinzinger Galerie, Vienna, Austria

2001
Galerie im Museum Ludwig, Saarlouis, Germany
Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Galerie Peter Reich, Vienna, Austria
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Miauhaus Studio, Los Angeles, California
Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, California
Continuous Surface, University Art Museum, Long Beach, California
CAA Foundation, Beverly Hills, California
The Matrix and the Monoprint, Santa Barbara Arts Comission, Santa Barbara, California
Miller-Durazo Gallery, Los Angeles, California

1998
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions Los Angeles, California
BIG 2, Bank of America Collection, Plaza Gallery, San Francisco

1997
Fresh Ink, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
Eaton Fine Art Inc., West Palm Beach, Florida

1996
Wrestling with the Sublime, California State University of Fullerton, Fullerton, California

1995
Abstraction from Two Coasts, Lawing Gallery, Houston, Texas

1993
Physical Abstraction, Blum Helman Gallery, New York

1991
Individual Realities, Saison Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
Individual Realities, Tsukashin Hall, Osaka, Japan, Curated by California-International Arts Foundation

1990
Physical Abstraction – Paintings 1990, Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
Woodcuts, Raleigh Enterprises, Los Angeles, California
LA/Brazil Projects 1990, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
The Eighties, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.
John Bergruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
In Perfect Silence, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California

1989
Art of the Eighties, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey

1988
Profound Visions, Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
Monkey Sculpture And Baroque Paintings, Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California

1987
Avant-Garde in the Eighties, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California

1986
Stadt Galerie, Saarbruecken, Germany
New Prints, Hamilton Gallery, New York
UC Collects, University of California, Berkeley, California
Issues, Newspace, Los Angeles, California
California Biennial, Museum of Modern Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Inaugural Show, Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California

1985
Institute for Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Fisher Art Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Image Abstract, 38 Crosby Street Gallery, New York
Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, California

1984
Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, California
Portraits, P.S. 1, New York
Painters Who Print, Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota
III Biennial, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
American Center, Paris, France

1983
New Talent Award, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California
New Paintings, Hal Bromm Gallery, New York
Huntington Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, Texas

1982
Figuration, University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, California
Fresh Paint, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Four LA Painters, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
Critics Choice, Eaton-Shoen Gallery, San Francisco, California
California State University of Northridge, Northridge, California
New Painting and Sculpture, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California

1981
California Individualism, LA Louver Gallery, Los Angeles, California
New Fauves, California State University of Los Angeles, California
Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California

1980
Urgent Painting, Jetwave, San Francisco, California
Goethe Institute, San Francisco, California

1979
Gestures, Center For Visual Arts, Oakland, California

1973
Kunstverein Heidelberg, Heidelberg, West Germany
Biennial Der Ostseestaaten, Rostock, Germany


Selected collections

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles,CA.
The Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
The Orange County Museum of Modern Art, Newport Beach, California
The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
The Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco, California
The Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
The Museo del Arte Contemporanea, Mexico City, Mexico
The Robert Rifkind Collection,Los Angeles,CA.
The Gordon Hampton Collection
The Eli Broad Collection, Los Angeles, CA.
The Dallas Price Collection, Los Angeles ,CA.
The Gruenewald Center at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
The Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco, California
The Albertina, Vienna, Austria
MOMA , New York   
The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA.