Christopher Grimes Gallery
Christopher Grimes Gallery is a contemporary art gallery owned by Christopher Grimes.
Founded in 1979, Christopher Grimes Gallery presents a diverse yet rigorous program of contemporary art in a variety of media including painting, photography, installation, performance, sculpture and video. The gallery has been involved in the early development of the careers of artists such as Katharina Grosse, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Ernesto Neto, Fred Tomaselli, and Lisa Yuskavage.The gallery actively works with emerging and established artists such as Carlos Bunga, Takehito Koganezawa, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Julião Sarmento, and Allan Sekula.
Locations
Before its present location at 916 Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica, the gallery had two other locations in the Los Angeles area, both also in Santa Monica. From late 1988 until early 1989, the gallery was located on 12th Street. The gallery moved to 17th Street, where it remained till late 1991.
Exhibitions
Since 1979, Christopher Grimes Gallery has mounted close to 300 solo and group exhibitions. Most notable are:
- Mr. Sterling's Neighborhood, 10 July - 4 September 1993: Group show including Chris Burden, Llyn Foulkes, Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy, Kiki Smith, Lisa Yuskavage, and other important artists
- Amnesia, 1 July - 12 September 1998: A gallery curated exhibition that which included 16 artists (Waltercio Caldas, Ernesto Neto, Tunga, Oscar Muñoz, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Roberto Obregon) from 4 South American countries (Columbia, Argentina, Venezuela and Brazil). The exhibit traveled to the Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, Bibilioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogata, Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa and the Bronx Museum, New York.
- 25th Anniversary-The LA Years, Part I and Part II, 28 February - 3 April 2004 (Part I), 10 April - 15 May 2004 (Part II)
- "Super 8," 9 July - 3 September 2011: A group show of 40 video artist from 8 international cities. The gallery organized this artist curated exhibit which traveled to the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, SF, the Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin and the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro.
The gallery participates annually in local and international art fairs, such as Art Basel, Miami, Art LA Contemporary, ARCO, Art Forum Berlin, LOOP Barcelona, Art Brussels, SP-Arte, and VOLTA.
Artists
Program of Artists includes:[1]
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