About the artist:

Gordon Hart was born in Glasglow, Scotland in 1940. He studied from 1961 to 1964 in the Central School of Art, London where he received a MFA. In 1975 he received the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. He has been involved in over twenty exhibitions since 1964. In 1974 he had his first solo exhibition at the Bykert Gallery in New York, NY. His works focus on color and texture while their titles allud to a deeper meaning. He currently lives and works in Lyon, France. 1997 Lives and works in Lyon, France. 1991 Lives and works in Eymet, Dordogne, France. 1986 Lives and works in Lyon, France. 1964 Lives and works in New-York. Studies in Fine Arts, Brooklyn Museum Art School. 1961- 1964 Studies in Fine Arts, Central School of Art, London. Diploma with honorable mention in mural paintings. 1958 Lives and Works in London, England. Assistant artistic director, advertising agency. 1940 Born in GIasgow, Scotland.1955Assistant artistic director, advertising agency. Awards 1976 John Simon Guggenheim National FelIowship, USA 1975 National Endowment For the Arts, USA. 1964 Arts Council of Great Britain Award. Gulbenkian Scholarship. Max. Beckman Scholarship. Exhibitions June-July, 2001 Galerie Berensen, GORDON HART - New York series 1997 Maison d'Ecriture, Lyon. 1995 Galerie Rachel Stella, Paris. 1993- 1994 Salle Gustave Fayet Sérignan.1995 Galerie Rachel Stella, Paris. 1973- 1991 ”.Château de Jau Cases de Pene.Galerie la Fabrique de Parasols, St-Etienne.1992Galerie l'Oeil Ecoute, Lyon.Galerie de Ia Pleau, Toulouse. 994“Meditations in Green”. Peintures 1972- 1989 .Espace Beaudelaire, Rullieux La Pape, Lyon.Galerie l'oeil Ecoute, Lyon.1991“Peintures 1990 “Vers Un Sens de l'Unité”. Peintures 1985 Susanna Sheffield Gallery, Houston, Texas.1989Susanna Sheffield Gallery, Houston, Texas. 1983 Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New-York.St Peter's Church, Citicorp Building, New-York.1984Hadler/Rodriguez Galleries, Houston, Texas. 1981 Holly Salomon Editions, New-York. Hadler / Rodriguez Galleries, Houston, Texas.Gallery Ninety-Nine, Miami, Florida.D.B.R Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio. 1979 Susan Caldwell Gallery, New-York.1980Hadler / Rodriguez Galleries, Houston, Texas. 1978 Susan CaIdwell Gallery, New-York. 1977 Susan Caldwell Gallery, New-York. 1976 Susan CaIdwell Gallery, New-York. 1975 Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas. 1974 Bykert Gallery, New-York. Collective Exhibitions 1964 I.C.A Galleries London. “Young Contemporaries 64”, Catalogue. “Seven '64” Mc Roberts and Tunnard Gallery, London. Catalogue. 1968 Bykert Gallery, New-York. B.Bolinger/G.Hart/B.MardenI/A.Saret/R.TuttIe/I.Wilson. 1974 Neuberger Museum, Purchase, New-York. “Neuberger Collection”. Catalogue. Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas. 1975 Stadtisches Museum, Leverkusen, Germany, “Zeichnungen 3 USA”. Catalogue. 1976 The High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia. “Contemporary Art in Atlanta Collections: Paintings and Drawings”. Catalogue. The Fine Art Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles. “New-York/New-York”. Catalogue. 1977 Susan Caldwell Gallery, New-York.“Critics Choice”, The Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery,Syracuse University, Syracuse. Catalogue. 1978 The Museum Of Modern Art, New-York, “Gold”. Catalogue. Susan Caldwell, Gallery, New-York, “In the Realm of the Monochromatic”.Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston. 1979 The Clocktower, New-York, “New Wave Painting”. P.Di Donna/G.Hart/L.Levit/C.Porter/S.Scully/T.Stamm. The Fine Arts Gallery, University of Chicago. “In the Realm of theMonochromatic”. Catalogue. The Galleries of the Claremont Colleges, California, “Black and White are Colors: Paintings of the 1950's-1970's”. Catalogue. 1980 The Janus Gallery, Los Angeles, California.K.Floeter/G.Hart/P.Morgensen/E.Moses/D.Novros. Gallery Ninety-Nine. Miami, Florida. 1981 Castelli/Goodman/Solomon Galleries Easthampton Long Island N.Y. Foster White Galleries, Seattle, Washington. 1982 Mary Boone Gallery, New-York. 1983 John Leon Gallery, New-York. 1984S tephen Rosenberg Gallery, New-York.“Luxe Calme et Volupté: Nine Abstract Artists”.One Penn Plaza, New-York. 1985 “From Arp to Warhol”, Pace University, New-York. “ Works on Paper”, Welton Becket Associates, New-York. 1987 Susanna Sheffield Gallery, Houston, Texas. 1988 “Out of Order”, Anne Plumb Gallery, New-York. 1992 Biennale de Toulouse. 1993 Galerie Rachel Stella, Paris. 1994 Galerie Rachel Stella, Paris. 1996 “Un Critique et ses Amis - Hommage à Jean Jacques Lerrant”,Embarcadère, Lyon. 1998 Gallery Proarte, London.Galerie Arte, Monaco. 2001 Berensen Gallery 2002 Art Miami 2002, Miami Public Collections Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, New-York. Amerada Hess Corporation, Woodbridge, New-jersey. American Telephone and Telegraph, Woodbridge, New-Jersey. American Federal Savings, New-York. American Ultramar Ltd, Tarrytown, New-York. Brooklyn Museum, New-York. Bren Investments, Los Angeles, California. Chase Manhattan Bank, New-York. Chemical Bank, New-York. Equitable Life Insurance, New-York. Estee Lauder Inc., New-York. The High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia. Harcourt Brace Janovitch, New-York. Imperial Sugar, Houston, Texas. I.B.M. Poughkeepsie, New-York. Indiana University Art Museum, Indiana. Moody National Bank, Galveston, Texas. Mobil Oil Corporation, New-York. Philip Morris Inc., New-York. Neuberger Museum, Purchase, New-York. Omni International, Florida. Penzoil, Washington. Pepsico, Purchase, New-York. Prudential Life Insurrance, Boston. Commissioned Paintings The Continental Group, Executive Headquarters, Stamford, Connecticutt. Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapour. Meridian Hotel, New-York. Zales Corporate Headquarters, Dallas, Texas. Bren Investments, Los Angeles. Omni Hotel, Florida. Lycée Louise Labe, Lyon. Commissioned Decors (Concept and production) 1995 “L'Homosexuel ou la difficuIté de s'exprimer” de Copi Création au Centre Culturel Charlie Chaplin de Vaulx en Velin. Mise en scène Marie-Paule Laval. 1992 “Encore” de Jean-Paul Delore/LZD Lézard Dramatique, Lyon. Festival Emergences, Renne. Festival D'Ales. 1991 “Blue Du Thury” de Malika B. Durif. Mise en Scène Jean-Paul Delore/LZD. Lézard Dramatique, Lyon.Théâtre Jean Villar, Bourgouin-JaIlieu. Théâtre les Ateliers, Lyon. 1988 “Pablo Neruda” de Marie-Paule Laval et Catherine Ducarre/Novothéâtre, Lyon.LZD Lézard Dramatique, Lyon.