Roland Reiss

Biography:

Roland Reiss is a painter and sculptor from Southern California who has exhibited extensively in the United States and abroad. His work has been exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art and at Documenta in Kassel, Germany. Exhibitions include museums in Brazil, Mexico, China, Canada, Italy, Germany, Japan and Taiwan. He is the recipient of four N.E.A. grants and of more than forty prizes and awards, including the College Art Association’s Distinguished Teaching of Art Award in 2009. His work is located in many public, corporate and private collections.

Reiss studied at the American Academy of Art and UCLA. Before coming to Claremont, he taught painting and drawing at UCLA and at the University of Colorado. At Claremont Graduate University he was Chair of the Art Department for 29 years and Benezet Professor of the Humanities. He also served as Director of the Center for the Arts and as Director of “Paintings Edge”, an advanced program in painting for Idyllwild Arts.
 

Résumé:

Major Group Exhibitions: Documenta, Kassel, Germany, The Whitney Biennial, The Ducal Palace, Giubbio, Italy, UCLA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Oakland Museum, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Art Space in San Francisco, Museo Tamayo, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Newport Harbor Museum, Kyoto National Museum, California Institute of the Arts, Hirschorn Museum, UC Irvine, Fort Worth Art Museum, UC Santa Cruz, Smithsonian Institution, Portland Museum, Mulvane Art Center, Nelson-Atkins, Alaska Museum, Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, Sezon Museum in Tokyo, Tsukashin Hall in Osaka, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.

Major One Person Exhibitions: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California State Universities at San Bernardino, Chico and Los Angeles, Knoxville Museum of Art, Neuberger Museum of Art, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Palm Springs Desert Art Museum, Calgary Museum, University of Kentucky, South Alberta Art Gallery, UC San Diego, Amarillo College, Fullerton College, University of LaVerne, Claremont Graduate University, Huntington Beach Art Center, Ace Gallery and Cirrus Gallery in Los Angeles, California