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Education 

  • 1994 MFA, University of California, Davis, CA
  • 1991 BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

Solo Exhibitions 

  • 2009 …And Swine Flew Too!, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, California
  • 2008 Out Of Shape, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York
  • 2007 American Idle, CRG Gallery, New York City, New York
  • 2006 Big Rock Candy Mountain, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  • 2004 Chemical Tropical, CRG Gallery, New York, NY
  • Kelly McLane: My Blue-Green Algae, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • 2003 I Dream of Vegas, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, California
  • Bigger Than Us: Russell Crotty and Kelly McLane, Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix, AZ (cat.)
  • 2002 The Gravity of Nature, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  • 2000 Just the Facts, Ma’am, Miller/Durazo Fine Art, Los Angeles, California Black
  • Market Gnome, Delirium Tremens Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1999 Stupid Pet Tricks, Georges Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1998 Corn, Dirt Gallery, Hollywood, CA
  • 1997 New Works, Miller/Durazo Gallery , Los Angeles, California
  • Some Wicked People Do Prosper, Gallery Galgano, West Hollywood, CA
  • 1996 Recent Work, Acme Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
  • 1994 Big Meat, Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California, Davis

Group Exhibitions

  • 2008 Future Tense:Reshaping the Landscape, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
  • 2007 Endangered Wasteland, CRG Gallery, New York, NY
  • Like Color in Pictures, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
  • 2006 Out of Line: Drawings from the Collection of Sherry and Joel Mallin, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
  • Twice Drawn, The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
  • 2004 SPF: Self-Portraits, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  • 2003 For the Record: Drawing Contemporary Life, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (catalogue)
  • Small Measures, Sharon Essor Gallery, London, United Kingdom
  • 2002 L.A. Post Cool, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California (brochure)
  • 21 Paintings From L.A., California State University, San Bernardino (cat.)
  • Manifest Destiny and the Contemporary American Landscape, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID
  • 2001 rawDraw, Pasadena City College Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA
  • It’s a Wild Party and We’re Having a Great Time, Paul Morris Gallery, New York City, NY
  • furur scribendi, Works on Paper, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  • Diabolical Beauty, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA (cat.)
  • Strange Attitudes, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt, Germany
  • 2000 Tan Lines, Purple Orchid Gallery, Dallas, TX
  • Under the Influence, Kemper Gallery, Kansas City, MO
  • Frankfurter-Kunstverein , Frankfurt, Germany
  • Strange Nature, Acuna-Hanson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • The Drawing Room, Gallery 207, West Hollywood, CA
  • Bestiary, Pasadena Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
  • Animate/Inanimate, lnmo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • Ma thesis, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Cerritos, CA
  • Animal Farm, Miller/Durazo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1998 Sweet, Mendenhall Art Gallery, Whittier, CA
  • Beyond the Matter of Space, Beyond Baroque Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • Recent Work, POST, Los Angeles, CA
  • Recent Work, Miller Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1997 The Big Wave, Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • One Night Stand, Farmers Daughter Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
  • Recent Work, POST, Los Angeles, CA
  • Chairs, Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • Recent Work, Miller Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1996 Re-Pop, Jose Drudis-Biada Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • Acme Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
  • 1995 Gallery Galgano, West Hollywood, CA
  • 1993 Memorial Union Gallery, University of California, Davis
  • 1300 Pound Woman, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
  • Facility C. 107, Art Works Gallery, Sacramento, CA

Bibliography

  • 2009 Pagel, David, Kelly McLane at Angles Gallery, Los Angeles Times, June 5, 2009
  • 2007 Pepe, Sheila, Into the Wild, Gay City News, March 28, 2007
  • 2006 Bedford, Christopher, tema celeste, reviews, Sept 2006
  • Ollman, Leah, “Anxiety is part of the rich landscape”, LA Times, June 2, 2006
  • 2005 “State of the Art: L.A. ‘05″, LA WEEKLY, Oct 28, 2005
  • Vincent, Steve. “Kelly McLane at CRG,” Art in America, Feb., p. 135
  • 2003 Newhouse, Kristina. Untamed Industry, artnet.com, May 9
  • Zevitas, Steven T., ed. New American Paintings, Volume 7, Number 6, January
  • Boston, Massachusetts: The Open Studios Press: 118-121 (illustrated).
  • Duncan. Michael. “Kelly McLane at Angles. Art in America, Vol. 91, No. 1, January: p. 11, 117 (illus.)
  • 2002 Gobel, James. 21 Paintings From L.A.. San Bernardino: Fullerton Art Gallery, California State University (illustrated).
  • Miles, Christopher. “Kelly McLane, Angles Gallery. Artforum, Summer 2002: 182 (illustrated).
  • Chattopadhyay, Collette. “Kelly McLane at Angles Gallery. Artweek, Volume 33, No. 4, May 2002: 20 (illus.)
  • Harvey, Doug. “Styroforms: Martin Durazo’s building blocks; plus Kelly McLane’s dreamscapes. LA Weekly, 19-25 April 2002: 40 (illus.)
  • Oilman, Leah. “Dealing with Gravity in All Its Meanings. Los Angeles Times, 12 April: F28
  • ZYZZYVA, VOl. XVIII, No. 1, spring 2002: 106-107 (illustration).
  • Oilman, Leah. “Scribes of Precision and Obsession. Los Angeles Times, 11 January, 2002: F29, F30 (illustrated).
  • 2001 Gardner, Colin. “Between Indifference and Accountability: Diabolical’ Beauty
  • and the Transgressively Frivolous. Diabolical Beauty, Santa Barbara
  • Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California: 32-33 (exhibition cat.)
  • Cruwehl, Konstanze. “Warum musse Kunst weh tun? Frankfurter Algemeine
  • Sonntagszeitung, September 9, 2001.
  • 22nd Annual Benefit Art Auction for Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA (exhibition catalogue).
  • Miles, Christopher. “Moment to Moment. Flaunt, May 2001: 73 – 77 (illus.). 2000
  • Frankfurter-Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany (exhibition catalogue).
  • “Bestiary,” Los Angeles Times, August.
  • 1999 “Kelly McLane at George’s Gallery. Art Scene, January.
  • 1998 lse, Claudine. “Corn and Critters. Los Angeles Times, 29 May.
  • “Kelly McLane at Dirt. Coaguia Art Journal, August.
  • How Sweet’ It is: Risque Art May Offend. Quaker Campus, 15 October.
  • “Explicit Art Prompts Warning Sign. Quaker Campus, 22 October.
  • 1997 “Some Wicked People Do Prosper at Gallery Gaigano,” International Art Now Gallery Guide, April.
  • “Married to an Artistic Vision,” Los Angeles Times. Westside Weekly, May.
  • Kelly McLane. Female FYI Magazine, October.
  • Spoken Word Takes Shape in the East Village. Long Beach Downtown Gazette, Oct. 13
  • 1996 “Re-Pop,” LA Weekly, Art Picks of the Week, 27 September – 3 October.

Teaching

  • 2003 Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2002 Whittier College, Whittier, CA
  • Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, California State University, L.A., CA
  • 2001 Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA
  • 2000 University of California, Los Angeles, School of Theater, Film and Television Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA
  • Whittier College, Whittier, CA
  • 1999 Whittier College, Whittier, CA

Public Collections

  • Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
  • Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
  • Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY