Né à San Francisco en 1939, Ron Nagle vit et travaille dans sa ville natale. Il est à la fois musicien, peintre et sculpteur. Après ses années de formation dans les années 1960 auprès de Peter Voulkos, grande figure du renouveau de la céramique et aux côtés de Ken Price, Ron Nagle s’essaie à divers styles.
Museum Collections
The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, USA
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, USA
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, USA
Detroit Institute of the Arts, USA
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, USA
The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, CANADA
J. Patrick Lannan Foundation, Palm Beach, USA
Kruithaus, sʼHertogenbosch, NETHERLANDS
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, USA
Mint Museum of Craft & Design, Charlotte, USA
Musée de Plastique, Paris
The Newark Museum, Newark, USA
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, USA
Oakland Museum, Oakland, USA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA
Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA Shigaraki Museum, JAPAN
St. Louis Museum of Art, St. Louis, USA
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, USA Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Born in San Francisco, California, in 1939. Grew up in the Mission district.
Education
1961 B.A. San Francisco State College
Grants and Awards
2008 Joan Danforth Endowed Faculty Chair, Mills College 2006-07 Metz Chair, Mills College
1998 Flintridge Foundation VIsual Artist Award
« The Best of 1998 », Dave Hickey, Artforum 1997 Fellow of the American Craft Council
1996 Joan Danforth Endowed Faculty Chair, Mills College 1990-97 Faculty Research Grant, Mills College
1986 National Endowments for the Arts Fellowship
1984 Faculty Research Grant, Mills College
1983 Mellon Grant
1981 Mellon Grant
1979 Lucie Stern Chair, Mills College
National Endowments for the Arts Fellowship 1978 Adaline Kent Award, San Francisco Art Institute 1974 National Endowments for the Arts Fellowship
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008 « Ron Nagle is a Sweetheart », Galerie Pierre Marie Giraud, Brussels, BELGIUM
« Duo Mysto: Don Ed Hardy & Ron Nagle, » Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, USA
« Ron Nagle: New Sculpture », George Adams Gallery, New York, USA
2006 Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, USA Garth Clark Gallery, New York, USA
2005 Natalie and James Thompson Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, USA
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, USA 2004 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, USA 2003 Dolphin, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Garth Clark Gallery, New York, USA
2002 "Variety Show" Frank Lloyd Gallery, Los Angeles, USA 2001 Garth Clark Gallery, New York, USA
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, USA
2000 Revolution Gallery, Ferndale, Michigan, USA 1999 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Garth Clark Gallery, New York, USA 1998 Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
1997 Revolution Gallery, Ferndale, Michigan, USA 1996 Garth Clark Gallery, New York, USA
Byron Cohen/Lennie Berkowitz Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Revolution Gallery, Ferndale, Michigan, USA 1995 Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, USA
1994-93 Ron Nagle, A Survey Exhibition 1960-1993, The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
1993 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, USA 1992 Bella Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, USA 1991 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, USA 1989 Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, USA
1988 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, USA 1985 Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, USA 1984 Quay Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Betsy Rosenfeld Gallery, Chicago, USA 1983 Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, USA
Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, USA 1982 Quay Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, USA 1981 Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, USA
1979 Currents 4, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Matrix Gallery I, University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, USA
1978 Adaline Kent Award Exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute, USA 1977 Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, USA
1975 Quay Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1968 Rolf Nelson Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco, USA