TOM LIEBER
EDUCATION
1974 M.F.A., University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL
1971 B.F.A., University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Maui Art and Cultural Center, Maui, HI
Hot Water, FP Contemporary, Culver City, CA
2019 HybridART, Budapest, Hungary
2018 Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2017 Recent Paintings, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Etihad Modern, Abu Dhabi
2016 Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2015 Galerie 103, Kauai, HI
2014 Zero Gravity, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY
2013 JF Chen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Wired, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 Descend Ascend, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Galerie103, Kauai, HI
Craig Krull Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Craig Krull Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001 Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
2000 N.E. Galerie, Darmstadt, Germany
1999 Flanders Contemporary, Minneapolis, MN
1998 Galerie Edeling, Copenhagen, Denmark
LewAllen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA
N.E. Galerie, Darmstadt, Germany
1996 Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefled, Germany
S.E. Galerie, Darmstadt, Germany
1995 Margulies Taplin Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
Horwitch LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1994 Margulies Taplin Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA
Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
1993 Galerie Edeling, Copenhagen, Denmark
Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990 Margulies Taplin Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL
Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Edeling, Copenhagen, Denmark
1989 Persons-Lindell Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Eve Mannes Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1988 Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1986 Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, NY
Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1984 Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
1983 Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
1982 Grayson Gallery, Chicago, IL
Kirk DeGooyer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1981 Kirk DeGooyer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1980 Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, IL
William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1978 Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, IL
1977 Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, IL
William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1976 William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1975 Michael Wyman Gallery, Chicago, IL
1974 Michael Wyman Gallery, Chicago, IL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 Abstraction: The Poetic Visual Image, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
2003 Biennial of Hawaii Artists, Honolulu Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
2002 Modern Abstractions from the Permanent Collection, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Vermont Studio Center Press Collection, Fleming Museum, Burlington, VT
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
2001 LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2000 On Island: A Century of Continuity and Changes, Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME
1999 LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
1997 Second Annual Collaboration, Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID and Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 A Gift of Vision: William A. and Susan S. Small Collection, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
Celebrating Ten Years, Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
1995 Arizona Collects, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
1994 Vinalhaven Artists (Curated by Robert Indiana), New Era Gallery, Vinalhaven, ME
1993 Monotypes from the Permanent Collection, Tate Gallery, London, England
1992 Director's Choice: Old Friends and New, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
On the Edge: 40 Years of Maine Painting, 1952 to 1992, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME (traveled to Portland
Museum of Art, Portland, ME)
Selections from the Permanent Collection, Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art, South Hadley, MA
1991 20th Century Art from the Collection, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
1990 Alcove Show: New in New Mexico, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1989 Monotypes, Persons-Lindell Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
The Old/New Landscape, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
Confluence, Contrast, Conflict: 20th Century Art at Bowdoin College, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
1988 The 1980s: A New Generation, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Maine Museums Collect, Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME
1987 Emerging Art, 1978–1986: Selections from the Exxon Series, Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York, NY
Monotypes, Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY
Three Painters, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
Allusion, Oscarsson Siegeltuch Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Garner Tullis Workshops: Monotypes, Galerie Au Poisson Rouge, Praz, Switzerland
Symbols & Narratives, Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage, AK
Monotypes: Garner Tullis Workshop, Pace Editions, New York, NY
Dealer's Choice, Rancho Santiago College Art Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
1985 The Art of Collaboration: Monotypes from the Studios of Carner Tullis, California State University, San Bernadino, CA
Contemporary American Monotypes, Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
New Direction California Painting, Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage, AK
1984 Selected Monotypes, Smith-Andersen Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
San Francisco Bay Area Paintings, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Highlights: Selections from the Bank of America Corporation Art Collection, Plaza Gallery, Bank of America,
San Francisco, CA
Large Scale Monotypes from the Garner Tullis Workshop, Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1983 Delahunty Gallery, New York, NY
New Perspectives in American Art: 1983 Exxon National Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York, NY
Five Artists, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1982 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Fresh Paint Art Gallery, California State University, Northridge, CA
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
1981 This Is Paint, Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, CA
The Controlled Gesture, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
1980 Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
1979 Three California Painters, Louisville School of Art, Louisville, KY
The Aesthetic of Graffiti, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
1976 Bloomington Bicentennial, Bloomington Art Museum, Bloomington, IL
Davidson National Print and Drawing Show, Davidson, NC
Center for the Visual Arts Gallery, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
1974 Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
1973 Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL
27th Annual Wabash Valley Art Exhibition, Swope Gallery, Terre Haute, IN
Allan Priebe Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI
1972 Mid-America IV, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Midstate Art Exhibition, Evanston Art Museum, Evanston, IL
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2010 “Tom Lieber – Abstractionist’s Art Looks Alive,” San Francisco Chronicle, Kenneth Baker, Nov 4.
2009 “Review: Tom Lieber at Craig Krull Gallery,” LA Times, Christopher Knight, Mar 19.
2008 “Paintings By Tom Lieber,” FollyMag.com, May.
AWARDS
1975 National Endowment for the Arts Recipient
COLLECTIONS
Bank of America Collection, NC
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Cedar Sinai Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Eric Clapton Collection, London, England
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Hudson Valley Art Museum, Hudson Valley, NY
Huntington Gallery at University of Texas, Austin, TX
Kemper Art Museum, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Krannert Art Museum at University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
The Marguiles Collection, Miami, FL
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art, South Hadley, MA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
Newport Museum of Art, Newport, RI
The Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Ringling Museum, Sarasota, FL
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tate Gallery, London, England
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ