ARNOLD MESCHES: 140 One Person Exhibitions (1947-2012) includes Pasadena Art Museum 1953, Felix LandauGallery, LA, 1953, 54, Ohio State Univ and Univ of Buffalo, 1958, Paul Rivas Galley, LA, 1960, Ankrum Gallery, LA, 1964, 65, Santa Barbara Museum 1966,Anhalt Gallery, LA, 1968, 69, 70, 72, Carroll Reece Museum 1969, Palm Beach Desert Museum, 1973, James Willis Gallery, SF, 1975, Arco Center For the VisualArts, LA, 1976, Mount St. Mary's College Fine Art Gallery, W. LA, 1978, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY,1980, Newport Harbor Art Museum, NewportBeach, CA and Jan Baum Gallery, LA, 1981, Karl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica,CA, 1982, LA Municipal Art Museum(Retrospective) 1983.
SELECTED RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
1984 Civilian Warfare Gallery, NYC & Karl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1985 Civilian Warfare Gallery, NYC & JackShainman Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1985 Hallwalls,Buffalo, NY
1986 Jack Shainman Gallery, NYC & Washington, D.C.
1986 MarshGallery, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
1987 Herter Gallery, University of Mass., Amherst, MA
1988 Burchfield Art Center, Buffalo, NY & Castellani Art Museum, Niagara Falls, NY (Retro)
1988 Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989 Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
1989 Jack Shainman Gallery, NYC
1989 Carlo Lamagna Gallery, NYC
1990 E. Hampton Center For Contemporary Art, E. Hampton, NY
1990 “Selections From Anomie, 1492-2000,” Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1991 “Selections From Anomie, 1492-2000,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1991 “Selections From Anomie, 1492-2000,” EM Donahue Gallery, NYC
1992 “Selections From Anomie, 1492-2000,” Brody's Gallery, Washington, DC
1993 Members Gallery, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1993 “Selections From Anomie, 1492-2000,” EM Donahue Gallery, NYC
1993 “Selections From Anomie, 1492-2000,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 Polaroids, EM Donahue Gallery, NYC
1994 “Painting History; Works from 1982-94,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA,
1995 “Painting History; Works from 1982-94,” Harn Museum, Gainesville, FL.
1995 “Selections From Anomie, 1492-2000,” Visual Arts Center, Davidson College, Davidson, NC
1996 “Selections From Anomie, 1492-2000, “ Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 “Selections From Anomie, 1492-2000,” Manne’ Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
1997 “Echoes; A Century Survey, Part 1” Donahue/Sosinski Art, NYC
1997 “Selections From Anomie, 1492-2000,” Carroll Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN
1997 “Selections From Anomie, 1492-2000,”Quick Art Center,St Bonaventure Univ, St Bonaventure,NY
1998 “Selections From Anomie, 1492-2000,” Theater Gallery, Neuberger Museum, SUNY/Purchase, NY
1998 “The Holocaust Series, 1958-59 Drawings,” Carroll Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN
1998 “Selections From Anomie, 1492-2000,” Selby Gallery, Ringling Sch of Art & Des,Sarasota, FL
1998 “On Aging,” Mira Mar Gallery, Sarasota, FL
1999 “Selections from Anomie, 1492-2000,” Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2000 “Selections from Anomie, 1492-2000,” Queens College, Charlotte, NC
2000 “Selections from Anomie, 1492-2000,” National Artist of the Year, Emory/Henry Coll, Emory,VA
2000 “The Holocaust Series, 1958-59 Drawings,” Jewish Community Center Gallery,Charlotte, NC
2000 “Echoes; A Century Survey,” Oregon Jewish Mus & Pacific Northwest Coll of Art,Portland, OR.
2000 “Echoes; A Century Survey,” Donahue-Sosinski Art, NYC
2001 “Echoes; A Century Survey,” Gwenda Jay-Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 “Echoes; A Century Survey,” The Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University, NY
2001 “Echoes; A Century Survey,” Singer Gallery, Mizel Art Center, Denver, CO
2002 “Echoes; A Century Survey,” Rowe Gallery, University of NC @ Charlotte, NC
2002 “Selections from Anomie, 1492-2001,” Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan Un, Middletown, CT
2002 “Echoes; A Century Survey,” Chase/Freedman Gallery, Hartford JCC, Hartford, CT
2002 “Echoes; A Century Survey,” Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, LA, CA
2002 “Echoes; A Century Survey,” Univ Art Gallery, SD State Univ, San Diego, CA
2002-03 “THE FBI FILES,” PS 1 (Mus of Modern Art Affiliate), LongIsland City, NY (traveling)
2003 “Echoes; A Century Survey,” Marsh Art Gallery, Richmond, VA
2003 “THE FBI FILES,” Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
2004 “THE FBI FILES,” The Skirball Museum,LA, CA
2004 “Arnold Mesches, A Painting History 1940-2003,” Jacksonville Mus of Mod. Art, Jaxsonville, FL
2004 “THE FBI FILES,” Univ Art Gallery, Univ of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
2004 “Selections from Anomie, 1492-2001,” Klemm Gallery, Siena Hts Uni, Adrian, MI
2004 “THE FBI FILES,” Contemporary Art Ctr, New Orleans, LA
2005 “THE FBI FILES,” Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA
2005 “IT’S A CIRCUS, Arnold Mesches’ New Paintings,” Harn Mus, Gainesville, FL
2005 “THE FBI FILES”, Univ Art Mus, Gainesville, FL
2005 “THE FBI FILES,” Selby Gallery, Ringling Sch, Sarasota, FL
2005 “IT’S A CIRCUS, “Arnold Mesches New Paintings,”Allyn Gallup ContArt Gall, Sarasota, FL
2006 “IT’S A CIRCUS, “Arnold Mesches New Paintings,” Turchin Art Ctr, Boone, NC
2006 “Echoes; A Century Survey,” The ThomasCenter, Gainesville, FL
2006 “THE FBI FILES,”( the large paintings) and “COMING ATTRACTIONS,” Selby Gallery, Ringling Sch, Sarasota, FL
2006 “THE FBI FILES,” Jewish Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2006 “IT’S A CIRCUS, Arnold Mesches New Paintings,” Ogden Mus, New Orleans, LA
2007 “IT’SA CIRCUS and “COMING ATTRACTIONS, Arnold Mesches New Paintings,” Brook Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
2008 “COMING ATTRACTIONS,” Univ of Central Fl, Orlando, FL
2008 “COMING ATTRACTIONS,”and “Selections fromTHE FBI FILES,” Bannister Gall, RI Coll, Providence, RI
2009 Selections from “COMING ATTRACTIONS,” SantaMonica Mus of Art, Santa Monica, CA
2009 ”Selections from ANOMIE 1492-2006,” MattieKelly Arts Ctr Gall, NW Fl St Coll., Niceville, FL
2010 “THE FBI FILES”, Weatherspoon Mus, Univ of NC, Greensboro, NC
2010 Selections from ANOMIE 1492-2006,” Frost ArtMus, FL Int”l Univ, Miami, FL
2010 “PAINT,” & “WEATHER PATTERNS,” Brook Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
2011 “PAINT,” & “WEATHER PATTERNS,” MindySolomon Gall, St. Petersburg, FL
2012 “Minispective,” Univ of Maine Mus of Art,Bangor, ME
2012 “WESTERN NY COLLECTS: ARNOLD MESCHES,” Castellani Art Mus, Niagara Falls, NY
2013 “On Aging,” Atlantic Ctr for the Arts Art Museum, New Smryna Bch, FL
2013 ARNOLD MESCHES; A LIFE’S WORK, FreedomTower, Miami-Dade College, Miami, FL
2013 THE FBI FILES, Kendall Campus Gallery, Miami-Dade College, Miami, FL
2013 NOISE, North Campus Gallery, Miami-Dade College, Miami, FL
2013 MINISPECTIVE, Center Campus Gallery,Miami-Dade College, Miami, FL
SELECTED RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
1984-93 Frederick Weisman Foundation/Selections from the Collection/Traveling Exhibition
1984 Zurich Contemporary Art Fair, Zurich, Switzerland
1985 Saide Bronfman Center of Contemporary Art, Montreal, Canada
1985 Sunshine and Shadows, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern CA, Los Angeles, CA
1985 London Art Fair, London, Great Britain
1985 The Doll Show, Hillwood Gallery, Long IslandUniversity, NY
1986 Painting and Sculpture Today, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
1986 Social Structures, 4 Artists, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
1986 Art of Our Times, Pasadena Art Alliance, Art Center College Gallery, Pasadena, CA
1986 Selections from the Gordon Hampton Collection, Security Pacific Natl Bank Gallery, LA, CA
1987 Movietone Muse & Animal Life Exhibitions, One Penn Plaza Gallery, NYC
1987 Insights:Recent Acquisitions, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
1988-90 The Rosenberg Era, Traveling Exhibition
1989 TheAge of Pluralism XII, 4 American Artists, Centro di Cultura Ausoni, Rome, Italy
1989 Golden Opportunity, Leo Castelli Gallery, NYC
1989 Fantasy of The Figure, 3 Visions, Seibu ArtForum, Tokyo, Japan
1989 American Painting; Beyond the Death of Painting, Moscow, USSR
1990 Festivals & Festivities, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
1990 Exposed--TheFigure in Jeopardy, Four Artists, Community College Art Gallery, Orlando, FL
1991 “FourContemporary Artists/Baselitz, Bleckner, Immendorf and Mesches”, Harn Museum, University of Florida,Gainesville, FL
1991 NYFA Fellows, Hotel Vista, NYC
1991, 94 Art OnPaper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Univ of N. Carolina, Greensboro, NC (purchase award)
1992 Landscape as Stage, curated by Raphael Rubinstein, Marion Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1992 Narrative Art, A Visual Language, Vered Gallery, E. Hampton, NY
1992 Selections From the FR Weisman Collection, Weisman Museum, Pepperdine Univ., Malibu, CA
1993 Monumental Propaganda, curated by Komar and Melamid, Independent Curators Inc, NY & Institute of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
1993 Fast Forward: 6 Years of Collecting, Harn Museum, Gainesville, FL
1993 The Return of the Exquisite Corpse, The Drawing Center, NYC
1994 The Collection, Eli Broad Family Foundation, Santa Monica, CA
1994 Portraits by Artists, Galerie at Tatou, Beverly Hills, CA
1994 Drawing Together, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1994 Recent Acquisitions, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
1994 The Universe As Collage, Shirley Fiterman Gallery, NYC
1995 Hallwalls 20th Anniversary, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY (Traveling)
1995 NYU Faculty Exhibition, Apex Art Gallery, NYC
1995 From Goya to Picasso, NY Studio School, NYC
1995-6 Most Wanted Painting, Alternative Museum, NYC
1995-6 The Voice of Conscience, Then and Now, ACA Gallery, NYC
1996 Small Works, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
1996 Body Language:Survey, NY Artists, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State Univ,Tallahassee, FL
1996 Toys: The Artist At Play, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
1996 The Artist Mirrored:Self-Portraits, NY Studio School, NYC
1996 Group Show, Haines Gallery, Brooklyn Heights, NY
1997 NYU Faculty Exhibition, Grey Gallery, NYU, NYC
1997 Small Wonders, CEPA, David Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1997 5th Anniversary Celebration; Weisman Coll., Weisman Museum, Pepperdine Univ,Malibu, CA
1998 “House/Scene,”Children In Crisis, Hamburg, Germany, traveling in Germany
1998 “Ovid’sMetamorphoses”, NY Studio School, NYC
1998 “A Survey of Contemporary Works in the Collection,” Burchfield-Penney Art Center,Buffalo, NY
1998 “Absolut,”Benefit for The NY Studio School, David McKee Gallery, NYC
1999 “Florida; State of The Arts,” Florida State Museum of Art, Tallahassee, FL
1999 “The Pasadena Art Museum Revisited,” Mountain View Memorial Gallery, Altadena, CA
1999 “Group Show,” Gregory Gallery, NYC
1999 “Collector’s Choice,“ Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University, Niagara University, NY
1999 “Mumia 911,” George Adams Gallery, NYC
1999 “The Collection,” Vincent Price Gallery, E. LA College, Monterey Park, CA
2000 ”Art On Paper, The PermanentCollection,”Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Univ of NC, Greensboro, NC
2000 “Faces of the Millennium,” Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000 “Jewish Descent/Jewish Dissent,” Singer Gallery, Mizel Center, Denver, CO
2000 “Artscape 2000-75th anniversary,” Gallery 825, LA Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
2000 “Painter’s Series II,” Green Hill Art Center, Greensboro, NC
2000 “On Freedom,” Gwenda Jay-Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000 “Portraits& Cultural Identity,” Skirball Museum, Los Angeles. CA
2000 “The Intuitive Eye: Selections from Weisman Collection,” Fashion Institute of Design, LA, CA
2001 “Capitol Art,” Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2001 “Contemporary Art From the FR Weisman Fdn,” Weisman Mus, Pepperdine Univ., Malibu,CA
2001 “Windows of Matisse,” NY Studio School, NYC
2001 “Dream scapes,”Wignall Museum, Chaffee College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2001 “Celebrating America,” 650 Madison Ave Gallery, NYC
2002 “Real(ist) Men,” Selby Gallery, Ringling Sch of Art & Des, Sarasota, FL
2002 “Reactions,”Exit Art, NYC
2002 “A Second Look,” Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
2002 “The Chair Show,” Selby Gallery, Ringling Sch of Art & Des, Sarasota, FL
2002 “10th Anniversary, Weisman Fdn Collection,” Pepperdine Univ, Malibu, CA
2002 “New Work/NY/Now!”, Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH
2002-03“Painting History; 2 views,” Kalamazoo ArtInstitute Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI
2003 Selections from Weisman Collection, Contemporary Arts Ctr, New Orleans, LA
2003 38th Annual Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, Univ of FL, Gainesville, FL
2003 “Good Morning, America,” Zilkha Gallery,Wesleyan Un, Middletown, CT
2003 “Art During Wartime,” IT Space, NYC
2003 “Skin;Contemporary Views of the Body,” Jacksonville Mus of Modern Art, Jacksonville,FL
2003 “Homeland,”Whitney Ind. Study Prog, Art Gall @ Grad Ctr @ The City Univ/NYC
2003 “LostWorlds,” Axel Raben Gallery, NYC
2003 “50th Rosenberg Anniversary,” Puffin Rm, NYC
2003 “From the Vault; Recent Acquisitions,” Long Beach Mus of Art, Long Beach, CA
2003 “Wake Up Call: Politically Engaged Art,” Klemm Gallery, Siena Hts Univ, Adrian, MI
2003 “Made In California, Weisman Fdn Collection,” California State Univ Gallery,Bakersfield, CA
2004 39th Annual Faculty Exhibition, Univ of FL, Showspace, Miami, FL
2004 “Invitational,”Burchfield-Penney Art Ctr, Buffalo, NY
2004 “The Weisman Collection,” New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
2004 “The Eclectic Eye,” Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
2005 40th Annual Faculty Exhibition, UF @Gainesville, Harn Museum, Gainesville,FL
2005 “Fellow Artists of Kerry James Marshall,” Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
2005 “Thought Crimes.” Diverse works, Houston TX
2005 “The Eclectic Eye, Selections from the Weisman Fdn,” Weisman Mus, Pepperdine Univ,Malibu, CA
2005 “A Knock At The Door,” Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, NYC
2005 “Recent Acquisitions,” Ogden Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
2005 41st Annual Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, Univ of FL, Gainesville, FL
2006 “American Confluence,” Edsvik Konsthall,Sollentuna, Sweden
2006 “Think Ink, Prints from the Collection,” Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
2006 “The Peace Tower Repeat,” Biennial, Whitney Museum of Am Art, NYC
2006 42nd Annual Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, Univ of FL, Gainesville, FL
2006 “Selections From Weisman Art Fdn,” Weisman Museum,Pepperdine Univ, Malibu, CA
2006 “Twenty Questions,” Brook Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
2007 “Solos.20th Anniversary,” Selby Gallery, Ringling Sch, Sarasota, FL
2007 “Arnold Mesches and Kelli Scott Kelley,”Taylor-Bercier Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2007 JEMA Museum, Deitch Projects,Art Parade, NYC
2007 43rd Annual Faculty Exhibition, UniversityGallery, Univ of FL, Gainesville, FL
2008 Scope/MiamiBasel, Miami, FL
2008 Dorsch Gallery Artists/ Miami Basel, Miami, FL
2008 “South X East/Contemporary Southeastern Art,” Florida Atlantic Univ, BocaRaton, FL
2008 “Revisions:The Appropriated Image,” Weatherspoon Art Mus, Greensboro, NC
2008 “Momentum,”Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL
2008 “Pencil & Paper,” DibollArt Gall, Loyola Univ, New Orleans, LA
2008 “Artists for Change,” Ronald Feldman Gallery, NYC
2008 “PartyHQ,” Pratt Manhattan Gall, NYC
2008 “Liquid Muse,” Thomas Ctr, Gainesville, FL (traveling)
2008 44th Annual Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, Univ of FL, Gainesville, FL
2008 “East Village Revisited,” Varga Gallery, Woodstock, NY
2008 “Sedition,”White Box Gallery, NYC
2008 “Legerdemain,”Sue Scott Gallery, NYC
2008 “Grand Opening/The Collection,” Burchfield-Penney Art Ctr, Buffalo, NY
2008 “Night of 1000 Drawings,” Artist’s Space, NYC
2009 “Insight/InsideLA.” Biada Gallery, Mt St Mary’s College, LA, CA
2009 “Wiser Than God,” BLT Gallery, NYC
2010 45th Annual Faculty Exhibition, Harn Mus, Univ of FL, Gainesville, FL
2010 “Museum All-Over.” JEMA Mus @ Raccolte Frugone Mus, Genoa, Italy
2010 “Little Wonder,” JEMA Mus @ Golden Thread Gall,Belfast, N Ireland, UK
2010 “Fashion & Finance,” Selections/Weisman Fdn, Pepperdine Univ, Malibu, CA
2011 “Public/Private.”Gerald Mead Coll, Castellani Mus, Niagara Falls, NY
2012 “WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION,” Ogden Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
SELECTED RECENT BIBLIOGRAPHY:
1984 Colin Gardner, "The Painter's Painter," Los Angeles Reader
1984 Kim Levin, " Issues and Images," The Village Voice
1984 Grace Glueck, "Arnold Mesches at Civilian Warfare," New York Times
1985 Holland Cotter, "Arnold Mesches at Civilian Warfare," Arts Magazine
1985 John Howell, "Arnold Mesches at Civilian Warfare," Art Forum
1985 Timothy Cohrs, "Arnold Mesches: An Appreciation," Arts Magazine
1987 Stephan Westfall, "Arnold Mesches at Jack Shainman," Art in America
1988 Donald Kuspit, Catalog Essay, Burchfield Art Center & Castellani Art MuseumRetrospective
1988 Robert C. Morgan, Arnold Mesches Dual Museum Retrospective," Arts Magazine
1989 Italo Mussa, Catalog Essay, The Age of Pluralism XII, Centro di Ausoni, Rome
1989 Donald Kuspit, Catalog Essay, Fantasies of Figure; 3 Visions," Seibu Museum,Tokyo
1989 Elizabeth Hess, "Arnold Mesches at Carlo Lamagna," Village Voice
1990 Robert C. Morgan, Catalog Essay, "Disruptive Signs: New Work By Arnold Mesches,"
E.Hampton Center For Contemporary Art, E. Hampton, NY
1990 Phyllis Braff, "Social and Political Situations, Arnold Mesches at E. HamptonCenter For ContemporaryArt, E. Hampton," New York Times
1991 Buzz Spector, Arnold Mesches at Robert Berman, Tema Celeste
1991 Viktor Misiano, "Pictor Post-Historicus, " Catalog Essay, EM DonahueGallery, NYC
1991 Kim Levin, Choices, "Arnold Mesches at EM Donahue, " Village Voice
1992 Eleanor Heartney, "Arnold Mesches at EM Donahue," Art News
1992 Ernest Larsen, "Arnold Mesches at EM Donahue," Art In America
1992 Janet Wilson, "Arnold Mesches at Brody's," The Washington Post
1993 Richard Huntington, "Mesches, Time in a Battle," Buffalo News
1993 Robert C. Morgan, "Arnold Mesches at EM Donahue," Cover Magazine
1993 Sue Scott, "The Anomie Series; Arnold Mesches at EM Donahue," Art Papers
1994 Howard Zinn, “The Times of Arnold Mesches,” catalog essay (Painting History exhibit),ICA
1994 Don Desmett, “The Worldly Education of Arnold Mesches,” catalog essay, ICA
1994 Judith Tannenbaum, “Arnold Mesches; Painting History,” catalog essay, ICA
1994 EdwardJ. Sozanski, “At ICA, Contrasting Exhibitions,” Philadelphia Inquirer
1995 Tom Patterson, “Selections from the Anomie Series,” Charlotte Observer
1995 Elizabeth Licata, “Arnold Mesches, Paintings Of His Mother,” Art News
1995 TerrySullivan, “Icons Of Madness; an essay,” American Artist
1996 MarinaWalker, “Art/History/Anomie, Mesches at Manne,’” Santa Barbara Independent
1996 Joan Crowder, “It’s a Mad, Mad World, Mesches at Manne’,” Santa Barbara News Press
1997 Choice “Arnold Mesches at Donahue-Sosinski,” Gallery Guide, NYC
1997 Kim Levin, “Especially Recommended, Mesches at Donahue-Sosinski,” Village Voice
1997 Robert C. Morgan, “Arnold Mesches at Donahue-Sosinski,” Review Magazine
1997 Lesia Paine-Brooks, “The Anomie Series at Reece,” Johnson City Press, Johnson City,TN
1997 Darrin Crane (Jeffrey Wright),“Conjuring Spirits; Mesches at Donahue/Sosinski” CoverMagazine
1997 Eleanor Heartney, “Arnold Mesches at Donahue/Sosinski,” Art In America
1998 Thomas McEvilley, “Anomie 1492-2000,” Catalog essay, Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
1998 William Zimmer, “Arnold Mesches; From Columbus to 2000,” NY Times
1998 Kevin Dean, “Anomie 1492-2000,” Catalog essay, Selby Gallery, Ringling School,Sarasota, FL
1998 Joan Altabe, “Arnold Mesches; Anomie 1492-2000,” Sarasota Herald Tribune, Sarasota,FL
2000 Howard Zinn, “Arnold Mesches/Echoes; A Century Survey,” Catalog essay
2000 Charlotta Kotik, “Arnold Mesches/Echoes; A Century Survey,” Catalog essay
2000 David Row, “Echoes of a Century,” The Oregonian, Portland, OR
2000-01 Museum Magazine “Arnold Mesches/ Echoes; A Century Survey”
2000 Grace Glueck, “Arnold Mesches/Echoes; A Century Survey,” NY Times
2000 Alexi Worth, “Arnold Mesches/Echoes; A Century Survey,” The New Yorker
2001 Robert C. Morgan, “Arnold Mesches/Echoes; A Century Survey,” Art NY
2001 Fred Camper, “Arnold Mesches/Echoes; A Century Survey,” Chicago Reader
2001 Richard Huntington, “Bigger Than The Canvas--Echoes; A Century Survey,” Buffalo News
2001 Jay Gluckstern,“Arnold Mesches/Echoes; ACentury Survey,” Boulder Daily Camera, Blder, CO
2002 William Zimmer, “Arnold Mesches; Selections from Anomie 1492-2001,” NY Times
2002 Eleanor Heartney, “Coney IslandApocalypse/Echoes; A Century Survey,” Art In America (Feature)
2002 Peter Frank, Pick of the Week,“Arnold Mesches/Echoes; A Century Survey,” LA Weekly, LA , CA
2002 Christopher Knight, “Arnold Mesches/Echoes; A Century Survey,” LA Times, LA, CA
2002 Robert C. Morgan, Catalog text, “THE FBI FILES”, PS 1 (MOMA), Long Island City,NY
2002 Joyce Wadler, “Public Lives:Arnold Mesches, THE FBI FILES at PS 1” The NY Times
2002 Dierdre Grevin, “ART TALK, Arnold Mesches, THE FBI FILES at PS 1,” Art News
2002 Ariadna Capasso, “Arnold Mesches: Las Fichas del FBI,” el Diario/La Prensa, NY
2002 Peter Borgstrom, “Arnold Mesches, THE FBI FILES at PS 1,” Torsdag, Stockholm,Sweden
2002 Jacqueline Goosens, “Arnold Mesches, THEFBI FILES at PS 1,” Belgian Daily De Morgen, Brussels
2002 Michel Moutot, “Arnold Mesches, THE FBI FILES at PS 1,” Agence France-Presse,Paris, France
2002 “Arnold Mesches, THE FBI FILES at PS 1,” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,Frankfurt, Germany
2002 Robert Pincus,“Homeboy/Arnold Mesches/Echoes; A Century Survey,” SD Union-Trib,SD, CA
2002 Robert C. Morgan, “Arnold Mesches, THE FBI FILES at PS 1,” Tema Celeste
2003 Carl MacGowan,“Arnold Mesches, THE FBI FILES at PS 1,” Newsday, NY
2003 Eleanor Heartney, “Big Brother Is Also Being Watched,” The NY Times
2003 Roy Proctor, “Arnold Mesches/Echoes; A Century Survey,” Times-Dispatch, Richmond,VA
2003 Thomas McEvilley, “Arnold Mesches, THE FBI FILES at PS 1,” Art In America
2004 Mike Boehm, “Bureau of Inspiration,” LA Times, LA, CA
2004 Doug Harvey, “Light and Shadowing; The FBI Files,” LA Weekly, LA, CA
2004 Shirle Gottlieb, “The FBI Files @ The Skirball Center, “ ArtScene, LA, CA
2004 David Pagel, “Turning the Political into the Personal,” Special to the LA Times, LA,CA
2004 Tanya Perez-Brennan, “A Visual History,” The Times-Union, Jacksonville, FL
2004 Alisson Clark, “The FBI Files.” The Gainesville Sun, Gainesvile, FL
2004 Sara Rimensnyder, “The FBI Files @ The Skirball Center, “ Reason Magazine, LA,CA
2004 Richard Huntington, “Exhibit Looks Back at Big Brother’s Watchful Eye,” Bflo News,Bflo, NY
2005 Ron Schiro, “Artistry Merge With History, The FBI Files,” Reading Eagle,Reading PA
2005“ Dark Carnival, It’s A Circus by Arnold Mesches” The Chronicle Review, Washington, DC
2007 CarlosSuarez De Jesus, “Darkness at Gloom: BeautifulVisions,” Miami New Times, Miami, FL
2007 Paula Harper, “Arnold Mesches @ Dorsch Gallery,” Art In America
2007 Robert Storr, catalog essay, COMING ATTRACTIONS , Univ of Ctrl FL, Orlando, FL
2007 Philip Bishop, “Arnold Mesches @ UCF Gallery,” Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, FL
2008 Carlos Suarez De Jesus, “Miami’s Year in Art,” Miami New Times, Miami, FL
2009 Doug Norris, “Arnold Mesches: COMING ATTRACTIONS,” Art New England
2009 Annie Buckley, Arnold Mesches, COMING ATTRACTIONS @ SM Mus,” ArtForum.com
2009 Peter Clothier, “The Art of Outrage; Arnold Mesches @The SM Museum,” ArtScene VisualRadio
2010 Carlos Suarez De Jesus, “Arnold Mesches @ Dorsch Gall,” Miami New Times, Miami, FL
2010 Carlos Suarez De Jesus, “Selections fromAnomie 1492-2006 @ the Frost Mus” Miami New Times, Miami, FL
2012 Carl Little, Arnold Mesches/Minispective. Univ of Maine Museum of Art”, Art NewEngland
TEACHING
1946-48 Peoples Education Center & Private Classes in Drawing and Painting, LA, CA
1948-50 Art Barn School of Art, Salt Lake City, UT, Classes in Drawing and Painting
1950 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, Instructor of Painting
1950-55 Kann Institute of Art, LA, CA, Instructor of Painting and Drawing, Faculty Chair
1955-58 New School of Art, Los Angeles, CAInstructor of Intermediate and Advanced Painting and Drawing, Director ofSchool
1958-72 Private Classes in Painting and Drawing, LA, CA
1963-67 Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA, Advanced Drawing and Composition Classes
1972-77 University of California, Los Angeles, Instructor of Painting and Drawing
1978 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, Instructor, Senior Painting
1975-84 Otis/ParsonsArt Institute, Los Angeles, CA, Instructor, Advanced Painting and Drawing
1985 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, Guest Professor, Graduate Painting Seminar
1986 Parsons School of Design, NYC, Instructor of Advanced Painting and Drawing
1987-88 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, Visiting Lecturer, Color & Painting, Drawing
1988-02 New York University, NYC, Instructor, Graduate Painting, Projects in Drawing &Painting
1996 Memphis College of Art, Memphis TN, Visiting Artist
1999 University of Colorado @ Boulder, Visiting Artist
1999 Florida State University @ Tallahassee, VisitingArtist
2005+06 Atlantic Ctr for the Arts, New Smyrna Bch, FL,Master Artist
2003-2011 Univ of Florida @ Gainesville, FL, Adj Professor, Graduate Ptg Seminar
GRANTS/AWARDS/RESIDENCIES:
1954+56 John F &Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship Fund
1979+80 Ford Foundation Faculty Grants
1982 National Endowment For the Arts
1991 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
1994 Artist In Residence, Parsons in Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic
1992+96 Richard Florsheim Art Fund Grants
2002+08 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2004 Art Critics of America for THE FBI FILES @ PS 1 Contemporary Art Ctr, MOMAaffiliate
2007 Creativity Award for Website: www.arnoldmesches.com--Harper -Collins
2007 Florida State Individual Grant
2009/10 Honorary Doctorate, Univ of Fl,Gainesville, FL
MURALS:
1946 Home of Dr and Mrs Max Shapiro, W. Los Angeles, CA
1947 Park View Manor Catering Hall, Los Angeles, CA..
1949 Union Hall, Mine Mill & Smelters Union, Bingham Canyon, Utah
1950 Carlton Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah
1950 Lobby, Newhouse Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah
1960 Home of Mr. James Lebenthal, New York, NY
1973 Temple Isaiah, Los Angeles, CA
1975 Main office, Bank of America, Beverly Hills, CA
1995 “Selections From Anomie, 1492-2000,” Visual Arts Center, Davidson College, Davidson, NC
1996 “Selections From Anomie, 1492-2000, “ Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 “SelectionsFrom Anomie, 1492-2000,” Manne’ Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
1997 “Echoes; A Century Survey, Part 1” Donahue/Sosinski Art, NYC
1997 “Selections From Anomie, 1492-2000,” Carroll Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN
1997 “Selections From Anomie, 1492-2000,”Quick Art Center,St Bonaventure Univ, St Bonaventure,NY
1998 “Selections From Anomie, 1492-2000,” TheaterGallery, Neuberger Museum, SUNY/Purchase, NY
1998 “The Holocaust Series, 1958-59 Drawings,” Carroll Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN
1998 “Selections From Anomie, 1492-2000,” Selby Gallery, Ringling Sch of Art & Des,Sarasota, FL
1998 “On Aging,” Mira Mar Gallery, Sarasota, FL
1999 “Selections from Anomie, 1492-2000,” Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2000 “Selections from Anomie, 1492-2000,” Queens College, Charlotte, NC
2000 “Selections from Anomie, 1492-2000,” National Artist of the Year Award, Emory/Henry Coll,Emory, VA
2000 “The Holocaust Series, 1958-59 Drawings,” Jewish Community Center Gallery,Charlotte, NC
2000 “Echoes; A Century Survey,” Oregon Jewish Mus & Pacific Northwest Coll of Art,Portland, OR.
2000 “Echoes; A Century Survey,” Donahue-Sosinski Art, NYC
2001 “Echoes; A Century Survey,” Gwenda Jay-Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 “Echoes; A Century Survey,” The Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University, NY
2001 “Echoes; A Century Survey,” Singer Gallery, Mizel Art Center, Denver, CO
2002 “Echoes; A Century Survey,” Rowe Gallery, University of NC @ Charlotte, NC
2002 “Selections from Anomie, 1492-2001,” Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan Un, Middletown, CT
2002 “Echoes; A Century Survey,” Chase/Freedman Gallery, Hartford JCC, Hartford, CT
2002 “Echoes; A Century Survey,” Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, LA, CA
2002 “Echoes;A Century Survey,” Univ Art Gallery, SD State Univ, San Diego, CA
2002-03 “THE FBI FILES,” PS 1 (Mus of Modern Art Affiliate), LongIsland City, NY (traveling)
2003 “Echoes; A Century Survey,” Marsh Art Gallery, Richmond, VA
2003 “THE FBI FILES,” Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
2004 “THE FBI FILES,” The Skirball Museum,LA, CA
2004 “Arnold Mesches, A Painting History 1940-2003,” Jacksonville Mus of Mod. Art, Jacksonville, FL
Catalog essay by George Kinghorn
2004 “THE FBI FILES,” Univ Art Gallery, Univ of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
2004 “Selections from Anomie, 1492-2001,” Klemm Gallery, Siena Hts Uni, Adrian, MI
2004 “THE FBI FILES,” Contemporary Art Ctr, New Orleans, LA
2005 “THE FBI FILES,” Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA
2005 “IT’S A CIRCUS, Arnold Mesches’ New Paintings,” Harn Mus,Gainesville, FL
2005 “THE FBI FILES”, Univ Art Mus, Gainesville, FL
2005 “THE FBI FILES,” Selby Gallery, Ringling Sch, Sarasota, FL
2005 “IT’S A CIRCUS,”Allyn Gallup Cont Art Gall, Sarasota, FL
2006 “IT’S A CIRCUS,” Turchin Art Ctr, Boone, NC
2006 “Echoes; A Century Survey,” The Thomas Center, Gainesville, FL
2006 “THE FBI FILES,”( the large paintings)and “COMING ATTRACTIONS,” Selby Gallery, Ringling Sch, Sarasota, FL
2006 “THE FBI FILES,” Jewish Museum,Philadelphia, PA
2006 “IT’S A CIRCUS,” Ogden Mus, New Orleans, LA
2007 “IT’S A CIRCUS and “COMING ATTRACTIONS, Arnold Mesches New Paintings,” Brook Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
2008 “COMING ATTRACTIONS,”Museum of Art, Univ ofCentral Fl, Orlando, FL
2008 “COMING ATTRACTIONS,”and “Selections fromTHE FBI FILES,” Bannister Gall, RI Coll, Providence, RI
2009 Selections from “COMING ATTRACTIONS,” SantaMonica Mus of Art, Santa Monica, CA
2009 ”Selections from ANOMIE 1492-2006,” MattieKelly Arts Ctr Gall, NW Fl St Coll., Niceville, FL
2010 “THE FBI FILES”, Weatherspoon Mus, Univ of NC, Greensboro, NC
2010 Selections from ANOMIE 1492-2006,” Frost Art Mus, FL Int’l Univ, Miami, FL
2010 “PAINT,”& “WEATHER PATTERNS,” Brook Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
2011 “PAINT,”& “WEATHER PATTERNS,” Mindy Solomon Gall, St. Petersburg, FL
2012 “Minispective,”Univ of Maine Mus of Art, Bangor, ME
2012 “WESTERN NY COLLECTS: ARNOLD MESCHES,” Castellani Art Mus, Niagara Falls, NY
2013 “On Aging,” Atlantic Ctr for the Arts ArtMuseum, New Smryna Bch, FL
2013 ARNOLD MESCHES; A LIFE’S WORK, Freedom Tower, Miami-Dade College, Miami, FL
Book, ARNOLD MESCHES; A LIFE’S WORK, with essays by LowerySims, Peter Selz and Robert Storr
2013 THE FBI FILES, Kendall Campus Gallery, Miami-Dade College, Miami, FL
2013 NOISE, North Campus Gallery, Miami-Dade College, Miami, FL
2013 MINISPECTIVE,Center Campus Gallery, Miami-Dade College, Miami, FL