Pierre Picot 1948-2021
Curriculum Vitae
education
California Institute of the Arts, MFA 1973
University of California, Los Angeles, BFA 1970
solo
2019 “Landscape Yo-Yo” – Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2017 “Prosaic / Noteworthy”, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2014 “Roving Unruly Horizons”, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Pierre Picot, dessins (terre), Impakt Design, Quimper, France 2013 Drawings and Paintings “in absentia”, Beyond Baroque,Venice CA
“Entre Ciel et Mer”, dessins, Maison Max Jacob, Quimper, France
2010 Pierre Picot (& collaborations), Tom Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2009 Large ink drawings, el Nopal Press, Los Angeles CA
2006 Works on Paper (2003-2006) Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena CA 2004 “The Flotilla”, andlab, Los Angeles CA
2002 Pierre Picot, R. Fullerton Museum, UC San Bernardino, San Bernardino CA 2001 “Selectionfrom1000drawings”,Storage,SantaMonica CA
1998 Maquettes, New Image Art, Los Angeles CA
1996 Tout (presque), Inst. Franco-Americain, Rennes, France
1994 Les Profiles, La Criée, Galerie Municipale, Rennes, France
1992 Undeniable and Authentic, Guggenheim Gallery
Chapman College, Orange CA
1985 Monotypes in Paris, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles CA
1983 Pierre Picot, Richard L. Nelson Gallery,(catalog) UC Davis, Davis CA 1982 Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles CA
1981 Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles CA
group (selected)
2019 In the Beginning, El Camino College Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Moving Line, El Camino College Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Under the Cobalt Blue Sky, MACO Oaxaca, Mexico
2015 Petrophilia, the love of Stones, Fellows of Contemp.Art, Los Angeles, CA 2013 Washed Up, El Camino College Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Messerschmidt & Modernity, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles CA 2011 Narratives of the Perverse II,Tom Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2010 No Laughing Matter, Los Angeles Valley College, No. Hollywood CA
Branching Out, El Camino College Art Gallery, Los Angeles CA 2009 les Uns et les Autres, le portrait dans tous ses états
Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Saint-Brieuc, France
2008 In Black and White, El Camino College Art Gallery, Los Angeles CA
L’homme Merveilleux, Chateau de Malbrouck, France
2007 LA Printmaking Society 19th Annual, Riverside Museum of Art, CA 2006 Gilles Mahe et ses copains, group show, Centre International
d’Art Contemporain, Pont-Aven, France 2005 Drawn to the Line, Prints by Josephine Press,
Risk Press Gallery,West Hollywood CA
5th Biennial Artists’ Books,Athenaeum, La Jolla CA 2004 5eme Biennale d’Art Contemporain (Rien ne va plus)
Enghien-les-Bains, France
2002 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2000 3eme Biennale d’Art Contemporain (Mobilité-Architecture) (catalog)
Enghien-les-Bains, France
1999 My First Work, (catalog) Pasadena City College Gallery, Pasadena CA
1997 Arte Actual en Los Angeles, (catalog) Sala de Exposiciones de la Excma, Cuenca, Spain
1996 Galerie du Placard, St. Briac, France
1993 domestic setting, Susan Landau Gallery, Los Angeles CA 1990 Variations, Cal Arts 1: Painting, Ruth Bachofner Gallery
Santa Monica CA
Heads, Marc Richards Gallery, Los Angeles CA Male/Female-Poet/Artist, (Prints & Portfolio) Christopher John Gallery, Santa Monica CA
1989 3 Person Show (with Victor Henderson, Stanley Sommers) Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA
1987 Animals, Cal State University, Fullerton, CA Personal Iconography, the Figure, Security Pacific National Bank, Los Angeles CA
1986 Miracles and Mysteries, Cal State U., Dominguez Hills CA 1985 Landscapes, UC San Diego Gallery, La Jolla CA
Recent Landscapes, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto CA Sunshine and Shadow, Fisher Gallery (catalog), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
1984 Merry & Bill Norris Collection, UC Irvine Gallery, Irvine CA Les Robes Peintures de Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs, Limoges, France
1983 Directions 83, Hirshhorn Museum, (catalog) Washington D.C. Figure Fascination, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles CA
1982 ChangingTrends,(catalog)LagunaBeachMuseum/LAICA Body Language, (catalog) Cal State University, San Diego CA
1981 Locations, (catalog) Cal State University, San Bernadino CA Changing Visions, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles CAExhibition, California Institute of the Arts,Valencia CA
1980 Visions and Figurations, (catalog) Cal State University, Fullerton CA The Young, the Restless, Otis/Parsons Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Teaching
2008 to 2012 USC – Adjunct professor, Printmaking
2006 Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art – France, Professor
2003 & 07 Chapman University – Orange CA, Guest Lecturer
2002 & 06 Otis College of Art and Design – Guest Lecturer, Grad School Art Center – Pasadena CA,Adjunct Professor
1983 – 2006 Art Center – Pasadena CA,Adjunct Professor
Co-chair of the Faculty Council,Art Center, 2004-2006
1986 – 87 Otis/Parsons – Los Angeles CA, Visiting Lecturer
1983 – 85 USC – Los Angeles CA,Visiting Lecturer
1982 Cal State University – Fullerton CA,Visiting Artist / Lecturer
1981 & 83 Claremont Graduate School – Claremont CA,Visiting Artist
Guest Lectures & Residencies
2015 Artist Residency, Ucross, Wyoming
2011 “Leon Kossoff, new paintings” panelist, LA Louver, Venice, CA 2010 Berkeley Center for the Arts, Berkeley CA
Chapman University, Orange CA
2009 Guest Speaker, Digital Energy, Design Week 2009 Busan, Korea
2008 UC Berkeley, 3 LA Artists Lecture series
2003 South Korean Autumn Lecture Tour
the University of Seoul, Seoul
Hongik University, Seoul
Sangmyung University., Seoul
Woosong University, Daeju
Kyungwon University, Songnam
2002 CSULB, Long Beach, CA
1999 Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
1998 Loyola Marymount, Marina del Rey, CA
USC, Los Angeles, CA
1997 College of Creative Studies, UC Santa Barbara
1996 Ecole des Beaux Arts, Rennes, France
1995 Ewa University
Kung Min University
Hong Ik University, Seoul, South Korea
1993 Ecole Régionale des Beaux Arts, Cherbourg, France
Ecole de Dessin du Bocage Vitréen,Vitré, France
1992 Ecole des Beaux Arts, Caen, France
Publications (author of catalog text or photo illustration)
2012 Messerschmidt & Modernity, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles CA
1996 The Archipelago of Time: Charles Garabedian, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice CA
Sexy, Sensual Abstraction in California, 1950s-1990s, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena CA
Publishing
Art in Los Angeles magazine, 1987-1991
Nancy Riegelman Etchings, portfolio, 1985
17 artists,17 Self-portraits, portfolio, 1983
ACRCIT, Guy de Cointet Encrypted Newspaper, 1971
Contributing Editor
Artweek, 1987-1991
New Art Examiner, 1991-1992
Visions, 1991-1993
Prism (Korea), 1995
Neue Galerie, New York & Louvre, Paris, France, 2010-2011
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt 1736-1783, From Neo-classicism to Expressionism
Selected Reviews
2010 LA Weekly, June, Doug Harvey Artforum, September, Christopher Miles
1985 LA Weekly, July 25, Joan Hugo
LA Times, July 5, Kristine MacKenna
1982 Artweek, December 25, Kathi Norklun
1983 Artweek, December 3, Christopher FrenchArts magazine, February, Betty BrownArtforum, March, Susan Larsen
1982 San Diego Union, May 23, Richard Reilly 1981 Artweek, December, Louis Fox
LA Times, December 11, Suzanne Muchnic 1980 LA Times,William Wilson
Art in Los Angeles magazine, 1987-1991
Nancy Riegelman Etchings, portfolio, 1985
17 artists,17 Self-portraits, portfolio, 1983
ACRCIT, Guy de Cointet Encrypted Newspaper, 1971
Awards
2005 Faculty Endowment,Art Center College of Design 1987 National Endowment for the Arts (painting)
Selected Collections
Arman, New York City NY
John Solomon, Los Angeles CA
Joel Wachs, NY/ Los Angeles CA
B. Gersh, Los Angeles CA
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Paris, France
David Vena, Los Angeles CA
J. Patrick Lannon Foundation, Los Angeles CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LA, CA
Yale School of Art Museum, New Haven CT
University of New Mexico
Grunenwald Library, UCLA
FRAC Bretagne, Rennes, France
Rennes Municipal Collection, France (permanent instal.) Enghien les Bains Municipal Collection, France (perm. instal.)