Chronology
1979-81 Attended Art Students League, New York
1973-75 Attended University of Maryland at Ramstein, Germany while in US Army
1969-72 Attended Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
1951 Born, Salt Lake City, Utah
Solo Exhibitions
2014 "You Are Here" at Freight+Volume, New York
2013 Valentine, curated by Fred Valentine, Ridgewood Queens
2011 "Location, Location, Location" at Leslie Heller Work Space, New York
2010 "Becoming Modern in America" curated by Matthew Deleget at MINUS SPACE, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2009 Rupert Ravens Contemporary Art, Newark, New Jersey
2006 Dam & Stuhltrager Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2002 American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich
Andre Zarre Gallery, New York
Museum Moderner Kunst, Passau, Germany
2001 M.J. Wewerka Galerie, Berlin
American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich
2000 American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich
1998 L'Antiquario, Sao Paulo, Brasil
1997 Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art Ltd., New York
1996 Caesaria Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
1995 Amerika-Haus, Munich, Germany
1994 BMW, Munich
Andre Zaire Gallery, New York
1992 Galerie Svetlana & Hubner, Munich, Germany
Andre Zarre Gallery, New York
1991 Krief Galerie d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France
Cedar Crest College, Allentown, Pennsylvania
1989, 90 Galerie Svetlana, Munich, Germany
Leslie Cecil Gallery, New York
ARCA, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Marseille, France
1981 J. Field Gallery, New York
1981,82, 83/84, 85, 87 Gabrielle Bryers Gallery, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
“The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition”, Brooklyn Museum, October 4, 2024–January 26, 2025
“Saturated”, September 11, 2024- January 6, 2025, curated by Heskin Projects, 1 Gap Gallery (1 Grand Army Plaza), Brooklyn, NY“ with Loren Munk, Julie Peppito, Giordanne Salley, Jack Arthur Wood and Christina Zimpel, curated by Heskin Projects
“Kaleidoscope Eyes” at URSA Gallery, Bridgeport, Connecticut
2023 Schema: World as Diagram, curated by Raphael Rubinstein and Heather Bause Rubinstein,Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
Twenty, Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY
In It for the Long Haul, Lichtundfire, New York, NY
2022 “Singing in Unison: Artists Need to Create On the Same Scale That Society Has the Capacity to Destroy” at: Below Grand, Ricco/Maresca, Scully Tomasko Foundation, Totah, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York with Peter Acheson, Phong H. Bui, Thornton Dial, Ron Gorchov, Bill Jensen, Margrit Lewczuk, Chris Martin, Joanna Pousette-Dart, Bill Traylor et.al.
2021 ”On the Bowery” at Zürcher Gallery, New York, with Vito Acconci, Lynda Benglis, Jake Berthot, Regina Bogat, William Burroughs, John Chamberland, David Diao, Roy Lichtenstein, Mark Rothko, Sol LeWitt et. al.
2020 “SUM Artists: Visual Diagrams & Systems-Based Explorations” at the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art Hamilton Collage, curated by Matthew Deleget and Rossana Martinez
2019 The 58th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia (The Venice Biennial) in “Social Environment” at the Chiesa delle Penitenti Fondamenta Cannaregio, curated by Phong Bui and Francesca Pietropaolo
2018 “Under Erasure” curated by Heather and Raphael Rubinstein at Pierogi Gallery New York
2016 "It Was Never Linear: Recent Painting" at the Sheldon Museum of Art Lincoln Neb. with: Robert Bordo, Dawn Clements, Lois Dodd, Michelle Grabner, Colin Prahl, Peter Saul, Barbara Takenaga, and Stanley Whitney
"All Tomorrow's Parties" Inaugural Exhibition at Hathaway David Gallery Atlanta
2015 "If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home" curated by Jil Weinstock at the Children's Museum of the Arts, NYC "Intimacy in Discourse: Unreasonable Sized Paintings" curated by Phong Bui at School of Visual Arts' Gallery, Chelsea
2014 "Some Artists" curated by Matthew Deleget at Minus Space
”Datascapes” at the Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers, Newark, New Jersey
2013 "Coming Together: Surviving Sandy Year 1" curated by Phong Bui for the Dedalus Foundation, Industry City, Brooklyn N.Y.
"The Decline and Fall of the Art World: Part I" curated by Nick Lawrence at Freight+Volume, N.Y. (catalogue)
"Reticulate" at McKenzie Fine Art Inc., N.Y.
"The Pyramids Along the Nile" at English Kills Gallery
2012 "When We Were Ancient" organized by Ethan Petitt at Teddy's Bar, Williamsburg
"Heroes" curated by Julie Torres at Small Black Door, Ridgewood Queens, N.Y.
2011 "ABC123" curated by Janet Goleas at Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, N.Y.
"6 Who Paint" curated by Fred Valentine at Big&Small/Casual, Long Island City, N.Y.
"It's All Good: Apocalypse Now" curated by Richard Timperio, Side Show Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
"I Like The Art World and The Art World Likes Me" curated by Eric Doeringer at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, New York
"Paper 2011" at Janet Kurnatoski Gallery, Brooklyn.
"NEW year NEW work NEW faces" curated by Jason Andrew and Deborah Brown at Storefront Gallery.
"Unfinished Pictures" curated by Kirstin Calsbrese at LACE, Los Angeles Cal.
"It's All Good" curated by Richard Timperio at Side Show Gallery Brooklyn.
2010 "Wall to Wall" Daniel Weinberg Gallery Los Angeles California.
"The Social Graph" curated by Hrag Vartanian at The Outpost,Brooklyn.
"It's a Wonderful Life" curated by Richard Timperio at Side Show Gallery, Brooklyn.
2009 "Year Five" at Janet Kurnatoski Gallery Brooklyn
"Party at Chris's House" curated by Phong Bui at Janet Kurnatoski Gallery Brooklyn
2008 “Boson Exotic” Rupert Ravens Contemporary Art Gallery, Newark, N J
“The Face” curated by Cathy Quinlin at the ‘temporary Museum of Painting, Brooklyn
“Peace” Side Show Gallery, Brooklyn NY
“Shape Shifters: New York Painters” Curated by James Biederman, The A.D. Gallery, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke and Sideshow Gallery Brooklyn
2007 “More Is More—Maximalist Tendencies in Recent American Painting” Florida State
University Museum of Fine Arts, curated by Tatiana Flores
“Continuum” The ‘temporary Museum of Painting, Brooklyn NY
“War is Over Again” Side Show Gallery, Brooklyn NY
“Radius” Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn NY
“Sanctuary City” Rupert Ravens Contemporary Art Gallery, Newark, N J
“The Blogger Show” Agni Gallery New York NY
“The Face” The ‘temporary Museum of Painting, Brooklyn NY
2006 “SWAP” 06, Americana - Madrid, Arteveintuno Madrid, Spain
Scope/New York, Dam Stuhltrager
Fountain/ New York, Front Room
Nova/ Chicago, Dam Stuhltrager
2005 “The Brooklyn Rail” Betty Cuningham Gallery, New York
Scope/Miami, Dam Stuhltrager
2004 “30th Anniversary Exhibition 1974-2004”, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York
“Merry Peace," Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburgh
The Color Imperative. Gallery: N3 Project Space, Brooklyn NY
“Recent Works”, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York
2003 "Brooklyn on 57th Street," Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
"Drawing Conclusions: Work by Artist-Critics," NY Arts Gallery, New York
2002 "Benefit," Bellweather Gallery, Williamsburgh
"Merry Peace," Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburgh
Sao Paulo Art Fair, Sao Paulo
2001 "Private Collection," ABN-AMRO Bank, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Basel Art Fair, American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich
"Spokes and Rims," Connecticut Graphic Arts Center, Norwalk, curated by Tony Kirk
"City Rhythms", Pelham Art Center, New York; curated by Titia Hulst
2000 "6X1= Paintings", with LaNoue, Wofford, Rice Pereira; Andre Zarre Gallery, New York
"Helter Skelter Summer Swelter", Gallery @49, New York
"Duchamp Traveling Exhibition", Kurturbahnhof, Bremen; Emmanuel Heller Gallery, Tel Aviv; The Artists' Museum, Lodz
1999 "Familiar Strangers", Galapagos, Williamsburgh
"New New York Views: Recent Acquisitions", Museum of the City of New York
Community Art Benefit, Brooklyn Museum
NY2K, Charas/el Bohio, New York; curated by Rich Collichio, Tracy Zungola and Carlo McCormick
The Arts for Transit Poster Program, Bank Street College Exhibition Space, New York
1998 "Sourpusses", Abraham Lubdski Gallery, New York
1997 Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art at The Art Exchange Show, New York
1996 "Blue", 450 Broadway Gallery, New York
1993 "Through Thick & Thin", Andre Zarre Gallery, New York
1992 "Inaugural Exhibition", J. Claramunt Gallery, New York
"Prix de Peinture de Prinidpal de Monaco", Monaco
Gallery Ruf, Munich
1991 "Objets d'Artistes", with DiRosa, Scharf, etc Galerie Krief, Paris
"Salon de Couvertes", Grand Palais, Paris,
1990 "Collectors (Albee, Dannheisser, Forbes, etc) Choice of Emerging Artists",Vered Gallery, East Hampton
1998 "Chairman's Choice: A Miscellany of American Paintings" w/Hopper, Wyeth, etc. FORBES Magazine Galleries,NY
"Diverse Expressionists", M-13 Gallery, New York
"Works on paper", with Basquiat, Condo, etc., Gabrielle Bryers Gallery, New York
1986 Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
FORUM, Zurich Art Fair, Zurich, Switzerland
"Selected Works From Our Gallery", Laurens A. Daane Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
"The Embellishment of the Statue of Liberty", with Rauschenberg, Warhol, etc. at Barneys, New York
"Formes et Coleurs", Galerie Pierre Huber, Geneva, Switzerland
"Freedom of Painting", organized by Galerie Paradis, Paris
1985 "La fin du Siecle c'est por domain", Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
"Little Paintings", 51X Gallery, New York
"Picture Frame/Frame Picture", Gabrielle Bryers Gallery, New York
"New York, New Art", with Chia, Lichtenstein, Longo, Schnabel and others, ARCA, Marseille,France
"Kunst aus der Neue Welt", Gallery Svetlana, Munich, Germany
"Prelude to 1986", Gabrielle Bryers Gallery, New York
1984 DeRempich Gallery, New York
"Collaboration Show", with Basquiat, Borofsky, Longo, Salle, Winters and others, Gabrielle Bryers Gallery, NY
1983 51 -Xpressionism, 51 Gallery, New York
1979 Idaho Biennial, Boise Gallery of Art, Boise, Idaho
Video Channels
Selected Bibliography
Maps of Things Past, Jerry Saltz, Vulture. New York Magazine, 2024
Singing in Unison Part X, William Corwin, Tussle Magazine
‘The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition’ Review: A Borough’s Blazing Creativity, Brian P. Kelly, The Wall Street Journal, 2024
See the half-mad archivist history-recorder and human memory machine and excellent artist @lorenmunkstudio at @ruttkowski68, Jerry Saltz, Instagram, 2024
What Is a Brooklyn Artist? Jerry Saltz, Vulture, New York Magazine, 2024
Schema: World as Diagram at Marlborough Gallery May 11–August 11, 2023. Curated by Raphael Rubinstein and Heather Bause Rubinstein https://brooklynrail.org/2023/07/artseen/Schema-World-as-Diagram
What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in August by Martha Schwendener in the New York Times, Aug. 3, 2023 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/arts/design/what-to-see-nyc-galleries-august.html
What’s Really Luring New York City’s Galleries to Tribeca? Aaron Short at Hyperallergic.com April 30, 2023 https://hyperallergic.com/818609/whats-really-luring-new-york-city-galleries-to-tribeca/
What is a Gallery?, New York Times Magazine illustration, 2023
The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection, 2023
talking PICTURES, sketchbook#19, 2023
The Bowery Bums by Cathy Nan Quinlan, 2021
“Decoding Manhattan: Island of Diagrams, Maps, and Graphics” by Antonis Antoniou, Steven Heller, Abrams Books, 2021, pp 159, 175, 179
The Art World We Have Lost by David Carrier at Hyperallergic.com August 1, 2020 Updated November 5, 2020 https://hyperallergic.com/579431/the-art-world-we-have-lost/
East 10th Street (Passlof, Munk) Posted on April 5, 2020 by Raphael Rubinstein https://thesilo.raphaelrubinstein.com/artists/east-tenth-street-pat-passlof-loren-munk?fbclid=IwAR2NpSi1Ii099Y35r8lVKgjmbDJhzwtPD8vcYrVCfC91wo7lEKbKIQk3bKc
Eccentric Modernisms: Making Differences in the History of American Art by Triza True Latimer (2017), p.12 http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520288867
Teaching Painting: How Can Painting Be Taught In Art Schools Edited by Ian Hartshorne, Donald Moloney and Mangus Quaife (2017). "Condensed Knowledge" by Daniel Sturgis p.15 https://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Painting-How-Taught-Schools/dp/1911164104
The Guardian UK, January 25, 2017-Take a left at Drool Avenue: alternative NYC maps-in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2017/jan/25/take-a-left-at-drool-avenue-alternative-nyc-maps-in-pictures
You are Here: Mapping the soul of the City by Katharine Harmon (2016), reproductions p. 164-165, and 191. https://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Here-Mapping-Soul/dp/1616895268
St. Marks is Dead: The Many Lives of America's Hippest Street by Ada Calhoun(2016) p.370 note 223. https://www.amazon.com/St-Marks-Dead-Americas-Hippest/dp/039324038X
"Art Brut Journey with Loren James Munk", by the Downtown 500 London Creative Bureau, April 20, 2016 https://downtown500magazine.com/2016/04/20/art-brut-jorney-with-loren-james-munk-brooklyn-nyc/
"Total Service Artist" 2015 Oct. Art in America by Raphael Rubinstein. http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/magazine/total-service-artists/
"Video Games" Baku Magazine by James Panero Fall 2014 http://www.supremefiction.com/.a/6a00d83456391369e201b8d081a576970c-pi
Bant Magazine Cover Feature interview with Yetkin Nural May 7, 2014 http://www.bantmag.com/english/issue/view/30
"10 Amazing Data Visualizations of Creativity and Art History" Feb 20, 2014 ARTNEWS.COM by Robin Cembalest http://www.artnews.com/2014/02/20/artists-data-visualizations-of-creativity-and-art-history/
Art on the Block: Tracking the New York Art World from SoHo to the Bowery, Bushwick and Beyond (2013), pp.140, 150-1, plate 22
"Single Point Perspective: Munk and Me" by Ben La Rocco on July 27, 2013 Hyperallergic.com http://hyperallergic.com/76557/single-point-perspective-munk-and-me/
"Gallery Chronicle" by James Panero The New Criterion, November 2013 http://www.newcriterion.com/m/articles.cfm/Gallery-chronicle-7742 "
Annotations on Loren Munk's The East Village Map Painting" by Jerry Saltz New York Magazine August 4, 2013 http://www.vulture.com/2013/08/saltz-on-loren-munks-east-village-map-paintings.html013
"Biting the Hand That Feeds Them", Carolina A. Miranda ARTNEWS Nov 2011, http://www.artnews.com/2011/12/06/biting-the-hand-that-feeds-them/
"The Gadfly and the Virtuoso" Mario Naves, City Arts Sep. 27, 2011 http://cityarts.info/2011/09/27/the-gadfly-and-the-virtuoso/
"The Map Man: Loren Munk at Lesley Heller" Greg Linquist, Art Critical. Sep. 28th, 2011, http://artcritical.com/2011/09/28/loren-munk/
"Show & Tell: Loren Munk Maps NYC Art History at Lesley Heller", Art+Auction ’s Gossip Column ARTINFO Oct.3, 2011 http://blogs.artinfo.com/artintheair/2011/10/03/show-tell-loren-munk-maps-nyc-art-history-at-lesley-heller/
Loren Munk: ‘Location, Location, Location, Mapping the New York Art World’ Roberta Smith, Art in Review New York Times, Sep.29, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/30/arts/design/loren-munk-location-location-locationmapping-the-new-york-art-world.html
"Via YouTube, Leading Tours of the City’s Art Scene" Jed Lipinski, New York Times Dec. 24, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/nyregion/via-youtube-painter-loren-munk-gives-world-a-tour-of-the-ny-art-scene.html
Peter Frank Huffington Post March 26 2010: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-frank/blague-dart-write-of-spri_b_514264.htm
Selected Documentaries, Videos and Podcasts
Whitehot Magazine with Noah Becker, February 2024
LOREN MUNK: TALKING HISTORICAL PAINTINGS posted Mar 2022
winging it with loren munk aka james kalm posted August 2020
“The Irascibles an exhibition that almost didn’t take place” A Documentation of an exhibition closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, written and directed by Adriano Morán and Javier Álvarez. Produced by the Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Spain December 2020 https://www.march.es/videos/?p0=11995
“Artists in NYC” Produced by Sanja Frank and Terence Donnellan Directed by Terence Donnellan and released spring 2019. https://vimeo.com/ondemand/artistsinnyc?autoplay=1&fbclid=IwAR39sJI8mIBIR3vtV18ln4jfpulCvhAi56bQLDggJT_d7tMPGNwD-M_Wrn8
“Living For Art” Directed by Sookoon Ang with Angeline Swee, as consulting producer. Released spring 2019 https://www.sookoonang.com/livingforart
Dr. Lisa Gives a Sh*t,DLG1842 Loren Munk is a gift to the art world–plus he’s a fun guy, July 2019
ArtTactic Podcast,KALM Report’s Loren Munk on vlogging New York Gallery openings, March 2019
Mapping SoHo with Loren Munk aka James Kalm posted December 2018
Commissions
Independence Savings Bank Mural, Independence Building, Brooklyn, NY; 1995
"Street Life" Murals: Commissioned by BMW, Munich specifically for the introduction of the 316i; 1994
Wall Mural: 4 rue de la Gate, Montparnasse; Jury Selected, Mayor's Office Paris, France; 1993
Execution Litfass Design: International Litfass Art Biennale, Munich, 1992, sponsored by BMW
Poster: Metropolitan Transit Authority Arts for Transit Neighborhood Poster Project; Jury Selected; 1992
Selected Public and Corporate Collections
Museum of the City of New York
Everson Museum, Syracuse, New York
The Port Authority of NY and NJ
Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, HN
Metropolitan Transit Authority, State of New York
Chase Manhattan Bank NA, New York
Statue of Liberty National Monument, Liberty Island, New York
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. New York
ARTLANTIS, Stuttgart
WRKS FM, New York
FORBES Magazine Collection, New York
C&C Vineyards, Belleville/Saone, France
Selected Private Collections
Vera List, New York
Mrs. Yitzhak Rabin, Jerusalem
William Speerstra, Monte Carlo
Dr. and Mrs. Donald Rubell, Miami Fl.
Daniel Templon, Paris
Mr. and Mrs. Wemer Amhold, Grasse
George Waterman, New York
Amaury Taittinger, Paris
Pierre Huber, Geneva
John Tomson, New York
Jim and Marilyn Simons, New York
Beth Dewoody, New York
Additional collections throughout the United States, South America and Europe