John Millei
John Millei Biography
Los Angeles native John Millei is a contemporary abstract painter. Millei has also been teaching painting as a professor at Clarmount Graduate University since 1991. During his long and successful career John Millei’s paintings have been exhibited at numerous galleries such as Ace Gallery in Beverly Hills and George Lawson Gallery in San Francisco.
1958 BORN LOS ANGELES, CA
LIVES AND WORKS IN LOS ANGELES, CA
TEACHING
1991 – PRESENT ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF PAINTING, CLARMOUNT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY
1987 – PRESENT FINE ART FACULTY, ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN, PASADENA
1995 – 2000 ADJUNCT PROFESSOR & THESIS ADVISOR, SCI-ARC
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 “RECENT PAINTINGS” GEORGE LAWSON GALLERY, SAN FRANSICO
2009-10 WOMAN IN A CHAIR, ACE GALLERY, BEVERLY HILLS, CA
2009-10 MARITIME, ACE GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA
2008 PROCESSION PAINTINGS, GALLERIA MICHELA RIZZO, VENICE, ITALY
2006 PROCESSION, ACE GALLERY, BEVERLY HILLS, CA
2002 THE REAL LIFE OF FLOWERS, ACE GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA
FOR SURFING, ACE GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA
2001 ACE GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA
2000 ACE GALLERY, NEW YORK, CA
ANNUS MUNDI PAINTINGS, ACE GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA
1999 GALERIE GHISLAINE HUSSENOT, PARIS, FRANCE
PAINTINGS, DOMAINE DE KERGUEHENNEC, BIGNAN, FRANCE
1998 TERRA PAINTINGS, ACE GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA
TERRA PAINTINGS, ACE GALLERY, MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
PAINTINGS, VELAN, TORINO, ITALY
1997 SELECTED PAINTINGS, ACE GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA
FRIENDLY PRESSURE, LAWING GALLERY, HOUSTON, TX
1996 SELECTED WORKS: 1991-1996, ACE GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY
PAINTINGS & DRAWINGS, DOUGLAS LAWING GALLERY, HOUSTON, TX
1995 DRAWINGS, ACE GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA
JOHN MILLEI RETABLOS, TRISORIO GALLERY, NAPOLI, ITALY
NI-BE-FE, ACE GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA
NERVE METER PAINTINGS & DRAWINGS, DOUGLAS LAWING GALLERY, HOUSTON, TX
1994 DRAWINGS, ACE GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA
1993 PROJECT: RETABLOS, DAVID BEITZEL GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY
DRAWINGS, ACE GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA
1991-92 PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS, ACE GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA
1991 DRAWINGS, MARC JANCOU GALLERY, ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
1990 DRAWINGS, ACE GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA
1988 MARC RICHARDS GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA
DRAWINGS, THOMAS BABEOR GALLERY, LA JOLLA, CA
1987 MARC RICHARDS GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA
1984 ORLANDO GALLERY, SHERMAN OAKS, CA
1982 ORLANDO GALLERY, SHERMAN OAKS, CA
1981 ORLANDO GALLERY, SHERMAN OAKS, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 SELECTED ABSTRACTIONS, 1940-90s SANTA BARBAR MUSEUM OF ART, SANTA BARBARA
2011 BAKER’S DOZEN III, TORRANCE ART MUSEUM, TORRANCE, CA
2011 (RE-): UN-HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, GUGGENHEIM GALLERY, CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY, ORANGE, CA
2009 “PAINTING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA” THE RIVERSIDE ART MUSEUM, RIVERSIDE
2004 ACE INVITATIONAL 2004, ACE GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA
2002 ACE INVITATIONAL 2002, ACE GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY
1998 HELMUT DORNER, HELMUT FEDERLE, JOHN MILLEI, GERHARD RICHTER, DOMAINE DE KERGUEHENNEC, BIGNAN, FRANCE
1997 PRIMARY COLORS, BARBARA FABER/ROB JURKA GALLERY, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND
1995 ABSTRACTION FROM TWO COASTS, THE LAWING GALLERY, HOUSTON, TX
PAINTING BEYOND THE IDEA, MANNY SILVERMAN GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA
FLOWERS, BORITZER/GRAY/HAMANO, SANTA MONICA, CA
1993 PHYSICAL ABSTRACTION, BLUM HELMAN GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY
4TH NEWPORT BIENNIAL, NEWPORT HARBOR ART MUSEUM, NEWPORT, CA
1992 NEW PHYSICAL ABSTRACTION IN LOS ANGELES PART II, ACE GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA
ESSENTIAL GESTURES: NANCY HAYNES, JOHN MILLEI, SIGMAR POLKE,
PAMELA AUCHINCLOSS GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY
1991 THE NEW PHYSICAL ABSTRACTION IN LOS ANGELES, ACE GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA
THREE PAINTERS: JACQUELINE HUMPHRIES, JOHN MILLEI, CARL OSTENDARP, RENA BRANSTEN GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA
RECENT ACQUISITIONS OF THE ACHENBACH FOUNDATION FOR THE GRAPHIC ARTS, PART TWO: 1950-1991, CALIFORNIA PALACE OF THE LEGION OF HONOR, SAN FRANCISCO, CA
1990 PHYSICAL ABSTRACTION, ACE GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA
BRAZIL PROJECTS 1990, MUNICIPAL ART GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA; ART MUSEUM OF SAO PAULO, SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
IN PERFECT SILENCE, ART CENTER COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, PASADENA, CA
DAVID BEITZEL GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY
THE ENDS OF PAINTING: THE EDGES OF ABSTRACTIONS, SHOSHANA WAYNE GALLERY, SANTA MONICA, CA
FOUR ABSTRACT PAINTERS, CLAREMONT COLLEGE, CLAREMONT, CA
THE SPIRIT OF OUR TIME, CONTEMPORARY ARTS COUNCIL, SANTA BARBARA, CA
1988 MARC RICHARDS GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA
AFTER ABSTRACT, ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN, PASADENA, CA
1987 DRAWINGS, MARC RICHARDS GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA
1984 SMALL WORKS NATIONAL, ZANEL GALLERY, ROCHESTER, NY
INTERIORS-EXTERIORS, GENSLER & ASSOCIATES, LOS ANGELES, CA
DRAWING: NINE ARTISTS, SWOPE GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA
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