VONN SUMNER
Vonn Sumner Biography
American, b. Palo Alto, California.
The Californian artist Vonn Sumner received his Master of Fine Arts from University of California, Davis. While studying he was mentored by American painter Wayne Thiebaud, who stronlgy admired Sumner’s work. Vonn Sumner has been a very successful artist with an extensive history of shows and publications and whose works are in numerous renown collections.
EDUCATION
2000 Master of Fine Arts, University of California, Davis
1998 Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Davis
SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2015 New Ancient Pictures, Morton Fine Art, Washington, DC
I is an Other, Cypress College Fine Art Gallery, Cypress, CA
2014 Gravity And Other Lies, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Somewhere Else, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 This Makes Sense, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Stages, The Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin & Marshall College, PA
Late Empire Style, Morton Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
2010 Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 The Other Side of Here, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
2007 Secret Society, Bert Green Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
Arrival, 50 California St.(Bank of America), San Francisco, CA
2005 Out To Sea, Stevenson Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Vonn Sumner, Steveneson Fine Art,-Scope, The Standard, Los Angeles
1998 Paintings, Northern California Center for the Arts, Grass Valley, CA
Still Life, Tahoe Tallac Association, South Lake Tahoe, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 UC Davis Alumni, Elliott Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, CA
CreateLA, Space 1520, Los Angeles, CA
Aqua Art Miami, Morton Fine Art, Miami, FL
Annual Auction Exhibition, San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2014 Me and You and Someone Else, Jamie Brooks Fine Art, Costa Mesa, CA
Aqua Art Miami, Morton Fine Art, Miami, FL
Annual Auction Exhibition, San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2013 Double Feature, Main St. Gallery/Pomona Arts Colony, Pomona, CA
Beyond Yesterday (Landscape Memories), Morton Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
Fair Focus, Morton Fine Art/Pop-Up Projects, Alexandria, VA
2012 Big Names, Small Art, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Works with Paper, Morton Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
War Paint, Brett Rubbico Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
2011 Big Names, Small Art, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Art Chicago, (Paul Thiebuad Gallery), Chicago, IL
Realm of Realism, L.A. Mart (in conjunction with Art Platform LA) Los Angeles, CA
Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2010 Thanks for Being With Us: Contemporary Art from the Douglas Neilsen Collection,
Tucson Art Museum, Tucson, AZ
Small Works on Paper, Morton Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
San Francisco Fine Arts Fair, (Paul Thiebaud Gallery), San Francisco, CA
I Dream Awake, Morton Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
Art Chicago, (Paul Thiebaud Gallery), Chicago, IL
2009 Fresh, auction for the Museum of Contemporary Art,
Los Angeles, CA
Self-Portraits in the Age of My-Face-Space-Book,
I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Twenty-Five Treasures, Paul Thiebaud Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
Modern Day Characters, J. Flynn Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
Venice Art Walk, Venice, CA.
Faculty Show, Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA
2007 Bridge Art Fair, London, UK
Then/Now, Pharmaka, Los Angeles, CA
Venice Art Walk, Venice, CA
Oceana, Exhibition/Auction to benefit Oceana Society,
San Francisco, CA
PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS
2015 Vice, Art Basel Review, December 11
The Washington Post, In The Galleries, November 13
The Huffington Post, Hot Off The Easel, November edition
Sacramento News & Review, Aggie Legends, p.23, Vol.26, Issue 43, Feb.12
2014 ArtScene, Mercedes Helnwein, Kim Kimbro, Vonn Sumner, p. 21, Vol. 34 No. 3, November
Beautiful Surface, Paintings by Vonn Sumner, (artist profile), October 16
Plastaloux, Portraits/Vonn Sumner, (artist profile), July 17
2013 The Huffington Post, Interview with John Seed, May 18
Hi Fructose, Preview: Vonn Sumner Somewhere Else, May 15
The Huffington Post, Haiku Reviews/Peter Frank, January 2
Rooms Magazine (UK), Featured Artist, June 3
Glamcult Magazine (NL), Artist Profile and Interview, Fall issue
Trendhunter, Art & Design, Featured Artist, June 5
Design Collector, Staff Picks, July 9
Inland Empire Weekly, Arts & Culture, Volume 8, Issue 11, p.11
Artweek LA, Featured Articles & Previews, May 13
2012 The Washington Post, Taking Art Beyond the Frame, September 28, Style Section C8
Poets And Artists Magazine, Vonn Sumner: The Complexities of Simplicity, p.15-19
Hi Fructose, The Art of Vonn Sumner, July, 2012
Juxtapoz, Preview: Vonn Sumner/This Makes Sense, August, 2012
The Huffington Post, Vonn Sumner: This Makes Sense, August 6, 2012
Artweek LA, Vonn Sumner: This Makes Sense, August 2012
Cartwheel Art, The New Traditionalists, August 13, 2012
ArtScene, War Paint: Vonn Sumner & John Scane, November issue, Vol.32, No.3, p.28
2010 Tucson Weekly, An Art Less Ephemeral, September 2-8 2010, p. 29
Thanks for Being With Us, (Exhibition Catalog), Tucson Museum of Art
The Washington Post, Friday, April 2, p. 19
2008 Inland Empire Weekly, Beam Me Backward, Scotty, Volume 3,
Issue 29, p.13
Vonn Sumner: The Other Side of Here, Exhibition Catalogue,
Riverside Art Museum
Twenty-Five Treasures, Exhibition Catalogue,
Paul Thiebaud Gallery
Riviera magazine, April Issue, Modern Day Characters, p. 42
2007 Art Ltd., Artist Profile, March issue, p. 72
2006 Quickfiction, Cover Image (and statement inside), Issue 9
Trendsetter magazine, Artist Profile and Interview, n.46,
Volume 4, p. 54-57
Blade Magazine, March 2006, p. 24
2005 LA Weekly, Pick of the Week review and image,
April 22-28, p.56
Lifescapes magazine, June/July Issue, p. 11-13
2004 BOOM magazine, Cover Image and story inside, Issue 7,
Spring, cover and p.17-18
ISM, Volume 1, Spring
2003 NY Arts Magazine, Vonn Sumner, November/December,
Volume 8, Number 11, p.57
2002 New American Paintings, # 43, Pacific Coast Edition
2002 Winston-Salem Journal, American Experience, Sunday,
November 10, p. F4
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Branner Hall, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
University Circle, East Palo Alto, CA
Stanford Children’s Hospital, Palo Alto, CA
Shields Main Library Collection, University of California, Davis
University of California, Davis Buehler Alumni Center