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L. C. Armstrong
Biography
Born 1954 Humbolt, Tennessee

Education 1982 BFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena CA
1987 BFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
 
Solo 2003 Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
Exhibitions 2001 Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
Galerie Huebner, Frankfurt, Germany
1999 Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY
Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998 "L. C. Armstrong, Painting", Rosenberg Gallery, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Gallerie Ausstellungsraum Hubner, Frankfurt, Germany
1997 Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
Galerie Huebner, Frankfurt, Germany
Bravin Post Lee, New York,NY
1995 "Making and Unmaking", Contemporary Art Museum, Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL
1994 Bravin Post Lee, New York,NY
Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Philippe Rizzo Gallery, Paris, France
1993 Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
John Post Lee Gallery, New York,NY
1992 White Columns, New York,NY
Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany
1991 Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany
 
Group
Exhibitions
2003 Flower Power, Palais des Beaux Arts, Lille, France
After Matisse-Picasso, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center,
Long Island City, NY
2002 Life is Beautiful, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
2001 Fleurs Du Mal, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Center, Santa Barbara, CA
Between Earth and Heaven, P.M.M.K. Museum Voor Moderne Kunst, Ostende, Belgium
The Burn: Artists Play With Fire, The Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
2000 Twisted: Urban and Visionary Landscapes in Contemporary
Painting, van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
1999 "Wordsmiths", Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
1996 "Bild verkundt: gesehen", Provinzial, Dusseldorf, Germany
Gramercy Hotel, New York,NY
Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1995 "A Drawing", Bravin Post Lee, New York,NY
"Pittura Immedia", Neue Galerie/Landsmuseum Joanneum Graz, Austria
"Word for Word", Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
"...An Accumulation of Supple Solids", Littlejohn Gallery,New York NY
1994 "Psychic Borders", Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
"Jet Lag", Martina Detterer Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
"Laissez-parler les petits papiers", Galerie Rizzo, Paris
"CRIME", Solo Impression Gallery, New York,NY
1994 "Life/Boat", The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
"Modus/Operandi", Leonora Vega, New York,NY
"Shouts and Whispers", Venue Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1993 "Reverberations: L.C.Armstrong, Michele Blondel, Suzan Etkin and
Lisa Hoke", Gallery One, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
"Like a Body Without a Shadow", Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Wash. DC
"The Young Americans", Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany
"The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly...a modest proposal", Galerie Jousse
Seguin, Paris, France
1992 "Transparency and Shape", Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York,NY 
"Technorama", Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York,NY
"Standards", Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany
"Letter S Road", Art/Omni, Hudson, NY
"Reverberations", The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
"The Biennale of Sydney", North Sydney, Australia
"7 Rooms 7 Shows", P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
"ShapeShifters", Amy Lipton Gallery, New York, NY
1991 "42nd Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting", 
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
"Gulliver's Travels", Galerie Sophia Ungers, Germany
"From Sculpture", BACA/Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY
"Prospectus", Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY
"Home for June", HOME for Contemporary Theater and Art,New York NY
1990 Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany
1989 American Fine Arts Co., New York, NY
 
Fellowships
and Awards
 
1991 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
Selected 2001 Blotkamp, Carel, "Het Groene Hart Van Global City" de Volkskrant, Amsterdam, 9/28/01
Bibliography 2001 Dannatt, Adrian, "Artist's Inverview, New York: L.C. Armstrong, We Were Living in a Fool's Paradise", The Art Newspaper, December, 2001
2001 Levin, Kim, "L. C. Armstrong", The Village Voice, December 4, 2001
2001 Schudel, Matt, " Fire Works", Sun-Sentinel, South Florida, April 22, 2001
2001 Sjostrom, Jan, "Burn, baby, burn", Palm Beach Daily News , April 29, 2001
2000 Protzman, Ferdinand, "Landscapes That Burn into The Imagination", The Washington Post, 4/27/00, p. C5
2000 Hayt, Elizabeth, "Style Directive for 2000: Make It extravagant", New York Times, Sunday, January 2, Section 9, page 1.
Volk, Gregory, "L. C. Armstrong at Postmasters", Art in America, April, p. 150.
Ziolkowski, Thad, "L. C. Armstrong, Postmasters", Artforum, March, p. 133.
1999 Pagel, David, "Flowers on a Fuse", Los Angeles Times, May 7, p. F5.
1997 Protzman, Ferdinand, "Business is Booming", Bomb Fuse Ignites L. C. Armstrong.
1996 "Bild verkundet: geshen" ( catalogue for the exhibition ), published by Provinzial, Dusseldorf, Germany.
1995 Bosman, Kelly, "Resounding Silence: The Work of L. C. Armstrong", essay, catalogue "Making and Unmaking", CAM, Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Miller, Margaret, forward, catalogue "Making and Unmaking", CAM, Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
Weibel, Peter, "Pittura/Immedia", catalogue, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum Graz, Austria.
1994 During, Barbara, "Shouts and Whispers", ( catalogue for the exhibition ), Philadelphia, PA.
Hirsch, Faye, "L. C. Armstrong at John Post Lee", Art in America, January.
Rappenecker, Gert, "Jet Lag", catalogue, Galerie Martina Detterer, Frankfurt, Germany.
Schwabsky, Barry, "Studio View", New Art Examiner, February.
Schwabsky, Barry, "Written on the Body", Art Press, Summer.
1993 Arning, Bill, "Project", Bomb Magazine, Spring.
French, Christopher, "Like a Body Without a Shadow", essay accompanying curation of exhibition, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Wash.DC.
Gibson, Eric, "Opposing Approaches", The Washington Times, Jan. 10.
McWilliams, Martha, "Body Language", Washington City Paper, Jan. 22.
McWilliams, Martha, "Shaping Up, Washington City Paper, April 23.
McWilliams, Martha, "Shady Stories", Washington City Paper, Oct. 15.
Sultan, Terrie, "Reverbations: L.C. Armstrong, Michele Blondel, Suzan 
Etkin, Lisa Hoke", essay, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Wash. DC, Jan.
1992 Dolan, Sean, essay, "The Boundary Rider", catalogue for the 9th Biennale of Sydney, Australia, published 1992. 
Eickhoff, Beate, "Anzeiger", Kolner Stadt, November 5.
French, Christopher,"Clear Contradictions", an essay on"Transparency & Shape", Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, NY, April - May.
Hirsch, Faye, "Written on the Wind", Tema Celeste, Autumn.
Noemi, Smolik, "Standards", Flash Art, October.
"L. C. Armstrong at Sophia Ungers", Koln Express, October.
1991 Baker, Kenneth, "Abstract Painting with a Twist",  San Francisco Chronicle, November 6.
Fleming, Lee, "Polite Formalities", New Art Examiner, Dec., pp. 22-25.
Gibson, Eric, "Corcoran put Painting to Test as Viable", The Washington Times, September 6.
Johnson, Ken, essay, catalogue, "42nd Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Wash.,DC.
Richard, Paul, "Abstract and Personal", The Washington Post, Sept.
Sultan, Terrie, introduction to catalogue, "42nd Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting", Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., September - November.
Thorson, Alice, "Brushing the Surface", The City Paper, Sept. 26.