About the artist:

Jonathan Lasker born in 1948 in Jersey City, New Jersey. Lasker is an American artist who attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City as well as California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California. Lasker lives and works in New York City, New York. Lasker has been awarded National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant in 1987 and again in 1989. In 1989 he was also awarded the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Grant. His work has been covered in Artforum, Artscribe, Arts Magazine, Art Today, Flash Art, New Art Examiner, New York Magazine, The New York Times, Tema Celeste, Village Voice, and The Washington Post among many others. Born 1948 in Jersey City, NJ EDUCATION 1975-77 School of Visual Arts, New York 1977 California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA AWARDS 1987 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant 1989 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Grant 1989 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS 1981 Landmark Gallery, New York Gunnar Kaldewey, Düsseldorf, Germany 1984 Annette Gmeiner, Kirchzarten, Germany Tibor de Nagy, New York 1986 Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany Tibor de Nagy, New York Massimo Audiello, New York 1987 Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany Anders Tornberg, Lund, Sweden 1988 Massimo Audiello, New York Gian Enzo Sperone, Rome, Italy 1989 Massimo Audiello, New York 1990 Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany Anders Tornberg, Lund, Sweden 1991 Gian Enzo Sperone, Rome, Italy Schmidt-Markow, St. Louis, MO Annette Gmeiner, Stuttgart, Germany Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden Sperone Westwater, New York 1992 Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pensylvania, Philadelphia, PA Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France Baumgartner Galleries, Inc., Washington, D.C. Eugene Binder, Dallas, TX 1993 Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, Holland Rhona Hoffman, Chicago, IL Bernd Klüser, Munich, Germany Sperone Westwater, New York 1994 Galerie Buchmann, Basel, Switzerland Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden 1994 Bravin Post Lee, New York 1995 Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid, Spain L.A. Louver, Venice, CA 1996 Sperone Westwater, New York 1997Velge et Noirhomme, Brussels, Belgium Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France Galerie Kienzle und Gmeiner, Berlin, Germany Galleria Milleventi, Turin, Italy Schmidt Contemporary Art, Saint Louis, MO 1997-98 Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland; Kunstverein St. Gallen im Kunstmuseum, St. Gallen, Switzerland, "Jonathan Lasker: Paintings 1977-1997" 1998 Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England ART C. association art contemporain, Ville d'Issoire, France Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid, Spain 1999 Sperone Westwater, New York 1999-2000 The Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO; The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada; Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, MA; Birmingham Museum of Art, AL, "Jonathan Lasker: Selective Identity, Paintings from the 1990s" 2000 Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, "Jonathan Lasker: Oeuvres Récentes" 2001 Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden 2002 The Art Show, Booth A5, Sperone Westwater, New York Galerie Thomas Schulte, “Four Large Scale Works,” Berlin. Galleri Wang, Oslo, Norway. 2003 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, “Jonathan Lasker”, Madrid Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin. Kunstsammlung Nordhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf.