Born 1948 in Jersey City, USA
Lives and works in New York
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Jonathan Lasker is widely regarded as one of the most influential abstract painters in the United States. In his works Lasker explores painting in terms of it's most basic elements: colour, line, texture and form, and deals with the complexity and the complementarity of the figure and ground relationship. The exuberance and playfulness of his paintings belie their origin and play with the viewer’s expectations and preconceptions. Seemingly spontaneous and impulsive, they are, in fact, the result of an exacting method of preparatory stages; the compositions are meticulously worked out in advance in small-scale detailed sketches and studies, before being transposed on to often large-scale canvases.

Dr. David Moos, curator of Jonathan Lasker: Selective Identity Paintings from the 1990's describes Lasker's work as a staged drama that rigorously analyzes the terms of artistic invention. His dialectic approach - spanning the gulf that separates Abstract Expressionism from minimalism - is accurately reflected in Lasker;s unique working method."


EDUCATION

1977
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, USA

1975-77
School of Visual Arts, New York, USA


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBTIONS

2014
Peder Lund, Oslo, Norway

2012
Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

2011
Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England

2010
LA Louver Gallery, Venice, California, USA

2009
Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

2008
Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, USA

2007
Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK
Sabine Knust Gallery, Munich, Germany
Cheim and Read, New York, USA

2006
Alain Noirhomme, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria

2005
Galleria Cardi, Milano, Italy
Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland
Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark

2004
Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK

2003
Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany
Drawing and Painting, Sperone Westwater, New York, USA

2002
Galleri Wang, Oslo, Norway
Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany

2001
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden

2000
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France

1999
Sperone Westwater, New York, USA
The Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO, USA
The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
Rose ArtMuseum,BrandeisUniversity, MA, USA
Birmingham Museum of Art, AL, "Jonathan Lasker: Selective Identity, Paintings from the 1990s"

1997
Velge et Noirhomme, Brussels, Belgium
Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Galerie Kienzle und Gmeiner, Berlin, Germany
Galleria Milleventi, Turin, Italy
Schmidt Contemporary Art, Saint Louis, MO, USA
Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
Kunstverein St. Gallen im Kunstmuseum, St.Gallen, Switzerland
Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK
ART C. association art contemporain, Ville d Issoire, France
Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid, Spain

1995
Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid, Spain
L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA

1994
Galerie Buchmann, Basel, Switzerland
Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
Bravin Post Lee, New York, USA

1993
Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, Holland
Rhona Hoffman, Chicago, IL
Bernd Klüser, Munich, Germany
Sperone Westwater, New York, USA

1992
Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pensylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Baumgartner Galleries, Inc., Washington, D.C., USA
Eugene Binder, Dallas, TX, USA

1991
Gian Enzo Sperone, Rome, Italy
Schmidt-Markow, St. Louis, MO, USA
Annette Gmeiner, Stuttgart, Germany
Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
Sperone Westwater, New York, USA

1990
Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany
Anders Tornberg, Lund, Sweden

1989
Massimo Audiello, New York, USA

1988
Massimo Audiello, New York, USA
Gian Enzo Sperone, Rome, Italy

1987
Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany
Anders Tornberg, Lund, Sweden

1986
Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany
Tibor de Nagy, New York, USA
Massimo Audiello, New York, USA

1984
Annette Gmeiner, Kirchzarten, Germany
Tibor de Nagy, New York, USA

1981
Landmark Gallery, New York, USA
Gunnar Kaldewey, Düsseldorf, Germany


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014
Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Schweiz

2011
American Academy of Art and Letters, New York, USA
Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, USA

2010
Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Irland
Cheim & Read, New York, USA
Galeria Max Estrella, Madrid, Spain

2009
Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, USA
Cheim & Read, New York, USA
Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, USA
L.A. Louver, Venice, USA

2008
Galleria II Cerchio, Milan, Italy
Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, USA
Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, USA
Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d´Art Modern Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
La Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza, Vigo, Spain

2007
Maruani & Noirhomme Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, USA
Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, USA
The Westport Arts Center, Westport, USA
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, USA

2006
Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany
John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton, Southampton, England
Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich, Germany
Centre Europeen d Action Artistique, Strasbourg, France
National Academy of Art, New York, USA
Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Connaught Brown Gallery, London, England
Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, USA
Galerier Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany
MASS MoCA, North Adams, USA
Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria

2005
BA-CA Kunstforum, Vienna, Austria
Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany
Kunsthall Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Galleria Alessandro Bagnai, Florence, Italy
Glimpse, Mixed Greens, New York, USA
Baumgartner Gallery, New York, USA
Felix Ringel Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Museo De Banco De La Republica, Bogota, Colombia
Domo Gallery, Summit, USA
Tottori Prefectural Museum, Tottori City, Japan

2004
Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, USA
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, USA
Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA
L.A. Louver, Los Angeles, USA
Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, USA
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Galeria Cardi & Co, Milan, Italy
Galerie Monika Reitz, Frankfurt, Germany
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, USA
Lemburg Gallery, Ferndale, USA
Centre D´Art Contemporain de la Villa du Parc, Annemasse, France
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC, USA
Galerie Kugler, Innsbruck, Austria

2003
Musée du Tapis et des Arts Textiles, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Galerie Suzanne Taraiève, Paris, France
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, USA
Timothy Taylor, London, England
Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Chateau des Ducs de Bretagne, Nancy, France
Fragmente des Paradieses, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liesthal, Switzerland
Thaddeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Painting Lesson, Galleria Cardi & Co, Milan, Italy
Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany

2002
Inaugral Groupshow, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
École Régionale des Beaux-Arts, Valence, France
Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, USA
Nusser & Baumgart, Munich, Germany
Fundació la Caixa, Bacelona, Spain
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, USA
Alain Noirhomme, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Mark Müller, Zürich, Switzerland
Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, USA

2001
Kunstverein St. Gallen im Kunstmuseum, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, USA
Palacio Episcopal, Málaga, Spain
Rudolfinum Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic
Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, USA
The Centre of Contemporary Art, American Art from the Goetz Collection, Munich, Germany
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, USA

2000
Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, "Universal Abstraction 2000"
Sala de Exposiciones del Palacio Episcopal, Málaga, Spain,
"Paisajes de la colección en Málaga. Colección de Arte Contemporaneo, Fundacion la Caixa"
Museo d Arte della Citta di Ravenna, Ravenna "Arte Americana; Ultimo Decennio"
Eugene Binder, New York, "small abstract paintings and sculpture"
Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London, "Painting, I Love"
Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, “Post Pop”
Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, “Lasker, Marcaccio, Usle”
Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France

1999
Timothy Taylor, London, England

Green Naftali, New York, USA
Von Lintel & Nusser, Munich, Germany
Feigen Contemporary, New York
, USA
Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, USA
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Johnson County Community College Gallery of Art, Overland Park, KUSA
Menil Collection, Houston, USA

Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, USA
Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York, USA
The Box Associati, Turin, Italy

1998
Sensation der Farbe, Mark Müller, Zürich, Switzerland

Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA
White Columns, New York, USA

Gallerie Evelyne Canus, La Colle-Sur-Loup, France

Collection of Contemporary Art Fundacio La Caixa, Malmø Konsthall, Malmø, Sweden

Timothy Taylor, London, England

Feigen Contemporary,
 New York
, USA
Max Protetch, New York
, USA
Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria

Sperone Westwater, New York
, USA
Galleria Siboney, Santander, Spain
Ideas for the Home, Sperone Westwater, New York
, USA
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, USA

1997
Musee d'Art Moderne, St. Étienne, France

Baumgartner Galleries, Washington, USA
Bernd Kluser, Munich, Germany
After the Fall: Aspects of Abstract Painting Since 1970, Lilly Wei, Curator, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
Turning the Corner: Abstraction at the End of the Twentieth Century, Bertha & Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, New York
Sperone Westwater, New York
, USA
Peter Stuyvesant Foundation, Amsterdam, Holland
Johnson County Community College Gallery of Art, Overland Park, USA

Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria

1996
Screen, Joshua Decter, Curator, Friedrich Petzel, New York
Pratiques Abstraites, Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France and Salzburg, Austria
Banque Bruxelles Lambert, Brussels, Belgium

Monika Sprüth, Cologne, Germany

Palacio de Velazquez, Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Museu D'Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain
Form Als Ziel Mündet Immer In Formalismus, Rolf Ricke, Cologne, Germany
Sperone Westwater, New York
, USA
Gotland Konstmuseum, Gotland, Sweden
Robert McClain, Houston, USA
Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, USA
Bravin Post Lee, New York, USA

MacDonald Stewart Art Center, University of Ontario, Guelph, Canada

Baumgartner Galleries, Washington, USA
LaGuardia Hall, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, USA

1995
Sperone Westwater, New York
, USA
Museo De Arte y Diseno Contemporaneo, San Jose, Costa Rica

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, USA
Critiques of Pure Abstraction, a traveling exhibition organized by Independent Curators International, New York, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX; Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art, Edmonton, Canada; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; U.C.L.A. at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; Madison Art Center, Madison, WI; Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL; Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL; Frederick R. Weisman Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland

Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, Holland

Kunstverein Rheinland-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Sperone Westwater, New York
, USA
Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
Wolfson Galleries, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, USA
Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, USA

Charles Cowles Gallery, New York
, USA
Deutsches Haus, Columbia University, New York, USA

Manfred Baumgartner, Washington DC, USA
Centre National D'Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France

Kunstverein St. Gallen im Kunstmuseum, St. Gallen, Switzerland

L.A. Louver, Los Angeles, USA

1994
Gallery Bardamu, New York
, USA
Todd Gallery, London, England
John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton, Southampton, England

Hayward Gallery, London, England
Gallerie De L'Ecole Des Beaux-Arts, Lorient, France

Thread Waxing Space, New York Bravin Post Lee, New York, USA
Rhona Hoffman, Chicago, USA
Galleri F15 Alby, Moss, Norway

Sperone Westwater, New York, USA

UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA

Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, USA

Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, USA
Galleries Caterina Fosati, Eva Menzio, Giovanni Rimoldi, Turin, Italy
Galleria Carini, Prato, Italy

1993
Ruth Bloom, Los Angeles, USA
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, USA
Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France

Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Guggenheim Museum Soho, New York
, USA
Pamela Auchincloss, New York
, USA
Sammlung Götz, Munich, Germany

Baumgartner Gallery, Washington, USA
Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, USA
Raymond Bollag, Zürich, Switzerland

Galerie Nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria

Grolier Club, New York
, USA
Sperone Westwater, New York
I, USA
Galleria Nationale D'Arte Moderna, San Marino, Italy

Paolo Goyannes, Paris, France
Sperone Westwater, New York, USA

1992
Max Protetch, New York, USA
Sandra Gehring, New York, USA
Gallerie Nächst St. Stefan, Vienna, Austria

Art Institute & Museum of Contemporary Art, Wright State University, Dayton, USA
P,S, 1 Museum, Long Island City, USA
Museo Regione Autonoma Della Valle D'Aosta, Aosta, Italy
Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, USA
Documenta Halle, Kassel, Germany

Kinder! Macht Neues!, Rolf Ricke, Cologne, Germany

Sperone Westwater, New York, USA
Institut Für Kunst Und Kunstwissenschaft, Freiburg, Germany
Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France

Annina Nosei, New York, USA
Galleria Galliani, Geneva, Italy

1991
Wolff Gallery, New York, and Feigen, Inc, Chicago, USA
Gallery, School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA

Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, USA
Gallery of Modern Art, Bologna, Italy

Perry Rubenstein, New York
, USA
Sperone Westwater, New York, USA
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, USA
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, USA
John Good, New York, USA
Sidney Janis, New York, USA
Matthew Marks, New York, USA

1990
Marc Richards Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Scott Hansen Gallery, New York, USA

Anders Tornberg, Lund, Sweden
Nicole Klagsbrun, New York
, USA
Joensuu Art Museum, Joensuu, Finland
Daniel Weinberg, Los Angeles, USA

1989
Shea & Beker, New York, USA Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland

Emily Lowe Gallery, Hofstra University, Hempstead, USA
Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, Salzburg, Austria

Galleria Regionale di Palazzo Bellomo, Siracusa, Italy
Drawings, Daniel Newburg, New York, USA

1988
Saatchi Collection, London, England
Lang & O'Hara, New York, USA
Rooseum, Malmo, Sweden
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library, New York
, USA
Schwarzwaldbild, Kunstverein Hochrhein e.v., Villa Berberich, Bad Säckingen, Germany
White Columns, New York

1987
The Shape of Abstraction, Rathbone Gallery, Russell Sage College, Albany, NY
Laurie Rubin, New York, USA

The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington USA

Postmasters Gallery, New York
, USA
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, USA

University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, USA
Massimo Audiello, New York, 
USA
Annette Gmeiner, Stuttgart, Germany

Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany

Mayor Rowan Gallery, London, England

1986
Germany Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, USA
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
Klein Gallery, Chicago, USA
Margo Leavin, Los Angeles, USA Tony Shafrazi, New York, USA
American Fine Arts Co, New York
, USA
Tibor De Nagy, New York
, USA
Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, USA

1985
55 Mercer Gallery, New York, USA
Cash/Newhouse Gallery, New York, USA
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
Postmasters Gallery, New York, USA
Wolff Gallery, New York
, USA
Tibor De Nagy, New York, USA

Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Sherry French Gallery, New York, USA
Vernacular Abstraction, Wacoal Art Center, Tokyo, Japan

Tibor De Nagy, New York, USA
Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, USA

1984
Tibor De Nagy, New York
, USA
Gabrielle Bryers, New York, USA
Proctor Art Center, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, USA
Hadler Rodriguez Gallery, New York, USA

1983
Tibor De Nagy, New York
, USA
Hamilton Gallery, New York, USA

1982
Landmark Gallery, New York, USA

1981
Landmark Gallery, New York Tony Shafrazi, New York, USA
Novo Gallery, New York, USA
Patrick Verelst, Antwerp, Belgium
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AWARDS

2000 Honorary Visiting Professorship, The London Institute, London, England
1989 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Grant

1989 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant

1987 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant


SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, USA

Banque Bruxelles Lambert, Brussels, Belgium

Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
The Broad Art Foundation, Santa Monica, USA
Casino Luxembourg, Forum of Contemporary Art, Luxembourg

The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, USA

Fond National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France

Fond Regional d'Art Contemporain, Auvergne, France

Fundacio La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain
High Museum, Atlanta, USA

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, USA

Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas
, USA
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, USA

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA

The List Center for the Visual Arts, Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge, England
Misumi Collection, Tokyo, Japan

Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden

Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Seville, Spain

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain

Museum of Modern Art, New York
, USA
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany

Orlando Museum of Art, Florida
, USA
Progressive Companies, Pepperpike, USA

Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany

Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich, Germany

De Peter Stuyvesant Stichting, Amsterdam, Holland

Wacoal Art Center, Tokyo, Japan

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
, USA
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas, USA