JOHN SCANE
John Scane Biography
John Scane is an American artist born and raised in Los Angeles California on April 6th, 1967.
After attending California State University at Long Beach, he began showing with several galleries in Los Angeles. His paintings have received a great deal of attention, and his work is in many private collections. He continues to exhibit in Los Angeles and around the country.
EDUCATION
1985 – 1992 Citrus College, Glendora, CA
California State University, Long Beach, CA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2012 John Scane & Vonn Sumner : War Paint, Brett Rubbico Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
2011 Realms of Realism, LA Mart, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Looking into the Sun, DDR Projects, Long Beach, CA
For Those of Us Still Standing, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Man Show, John Scane & Mark Acetelli, Continental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Surface of Space, Phantom Galleries, Long Beach, CA
2008 Marks on Paper, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Surface of Space, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Then and Now, Painters and their Process, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Bridge Art Fair – Chicago, Bert Green Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Diorama of an Art Exhibition, Musee 16 Gallery, Portland, OR
LA Ethos, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Wide Angle II, University Art Museum, California State University Long Beach, CA
2006 Non Objectivity, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Small Wonders, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Tarfest, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
Grand Ave Festival, Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
Introspection, Jenkins-Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles Art Show, Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA
How it Happens, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Taste, Backspace, West Hollywood, CA
Small Wonders, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Blue, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Art @ Home, Grossart, Los Angeles, CA
Venice to Venice, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Venice to Venice, V&A Gallery, Venice, Italy
Pharmaka, Inside the Box, Bert Green Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
Pharmaka, Outside the Box, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
A Decade of Art, Group Show, Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Reality of Abstraction / Abstraction of Reality, Grossart, Beverly Hills, CA
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Modus Operandi, DEN @ Michael Folonis AIA Architect, Los Angeles, CA
Pharmaka Inaugural Show, three showing locations:
Bedlam Gallery, Los Feliz, CA
Corridor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Bedlam Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2001 John Scane, New Works, Kantor Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
2000 5 Years at the Kantor Gallery, Kantor Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
1999 John Scane, New Works, Kantor Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
A Bunch of Pussy’s, Kantor Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
1998 John Scane, New Works on Canvas and Paper, Kantor Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
Humane Expressions, ASPCA at Chassens, Beverly Hills, CA
L.A. Current: The Canvas is Paper, Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Horse Show, Susan Street Fine Art Gallery, Solano Beach, CA
1997 L.A. Young Guns, Kantor Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
Humane Expressions, Benefit Art Auction, ASPCA-Los Angeles Athletic Club, Los Angeles, CA
1996 Six for Ninety Six, Kantor Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
1995 John Scane, Bobo Art Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
1994 Constructs, Factory Place, Los Angeles, CA
1992 Current Affairs, Graduating Students from Southern California Art Schools, Cypress College
Fine Art Gallery, Cypress, CA
New Printmakers 1992, Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Ca State University, Long Beach, CA
Insights 92, Juried Competition, University Art Museum, Ca State University, Long Beach, CA
1991 John Scane, New Paintings, Gallery C, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Insights 91, Juried Competition, University Art Museum, Ca State University, Long Beach, CA
1990 Insights 90, Juried Competition, University Art Museum, Ca State University, Long Beach, CA
1988 Group Exhibition, Citrus College Art Gallery, Citrus College, Glendora, CA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2002 – Present Orange County High School for the Arts, Santa Ana, CA, Painting Instructor
2002 Public Corporation for the Arts, Long Beach, CA, Resident Instructor
LECTURES
2001 Guest Artist, Orange County High School for the Arts, Santa Ana, CA
2000 Artists and the Gallery System, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Alumni Lectures, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Lecture on New Works, Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, CA