Born in San Francisco.
Resides in New York City.

Education:

1964 B.A., University of California, Berkeley.
1965 San Francisco Art Institute.
1967 M.A., University of California, Berkeley.

One Person Exhibitions:

1979 “Paintings and Drawings, 1974-77", Modernism, San Francisco.
1981 "Drawings, 1973-81 ", Leah Levy Gallery, San Francisco.
1986 "Paintings and Drawings, 1978-86", Modernism, San Francisco.
1987 "Paintings", Raum fur Malerei, Koln, Germany.
1989 "Drawings, 1974-89", Stark Gallery, New York. (April)
"Painting, Drawing, Sculpture", Stark Gallery, NY. (Nov)
1990 "Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, 1973-90", Ars Nova Galerie, Goteborg, Sweden.
"White Paintings and Cross Drawings, 1966-90", Ihara Ludens Gallery, New York.
1991 "Paintings and Drawings, 1974-90", Modernism, San Francisco.
"Sculpture, Painting, and Drawing", Galerie L'A, Liege, Belgium.
"Sculpture, Painting, and Drawing, 1979-91", with Alan Wayne. Newspace, Los Angeles.
1993 "Recent Paintings, Drawings 1974-93", Stark Gallery, New York.
1994 "Drawing and Painting" with Marcia Hafif, Museum Moderner
Kunst Landkreis Cuxhaven, studio a, Otterndorf, Germany.
2001 "Paintings and Gouaches ", Kabinett, Galerie Krohn, Badenweiler, Germany.
2003 "Paintings and Drawings ", artothek, Kolnisches Stadt Museum, Koln, Germany.

Selected Group Exhibitions:

1976 "Invitational ", O.K. Harris, New York.
1979 "Invitational ", Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York.
"Drawings", Leah Levy Gallery, San Francisco. (also in 80 and 81)
1980 "Works on Paper", Modernism, San Francisco.
1981 "Black and White ", Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York.
1982 "Paintings ", Philadelphia College of Art.
1985 "Paintings ", Craig Cornelius Gallery, New York.
1986 "New Balance / LA... NY, Baumann-Hudson, Saxon, Stroud, Wayne", Newspace, Los Angeles.
"Drawings ", Acme Art, San Francisco.
1988 "Works on Paper ", Onetwentyeight Gallery, New York.
1989 "Abstract Paintings - Hammersley, Hayward, Saxon, Serra, Simpson, Tchakalian", Modernism, San Francisco.
"Radical Painting - Marioni, Saxon, Umberg, Wellmann", Galerie L'A, Liege, Belgium.
1990 "Cruciform ", Stark Gallery, New York.
"Group Show ", Stark Gallery, New York.
1990 "Absolute Contemplation", Newspace, Los Angeles.
"SANC-Q ", Ihara Ludens Gallery, New York.
"Triangle Workshop ", Pine Plains, New York.
" Konkrete Multiples", Galerie UIdee, Zoetermeer, Holland.
1991 "Abstract Paintings ", Modernism.
"Drawings ", Lorence Monk Gallery, New York.
"Marioni, Saxon, Umberg, Wellmann", Kunstverein Arnsberg, Germany.
1992 "Painting - Araeipour, Fredenthal, Roeth, Saxon, Uglow, Umberg ", Stark Gallery, New York.
"IDAC, Konkrete Kunst International, Sculptures, Project 30 x 30", Stichting IDAC, Zoetermeer, Holland.
"beyond logos ", Museum of Modern Art and Gallery-Legacy, Belgrade.
" Prints", Steendrukkerij Amsterdam B.V., Holland.
"Triangle Artists Benefit ", Lorraine Kessler Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY.
1993 "93NY50 ", Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, New York.
" Public Sculpture ", C.W. Post College, Roslyn, New York.
1994 "Andersson, Roeth, Saxon, Schoen, Sims, Umberg ", Ars Nova Galerie, Goteborg, Sweden.
" Project 30 x 30 ", Wilhelm- Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Museum 't Coopmanshus Franeker, Holland, 1995.
1995 “Faculty ”, Borough of Manhattan Community College, NYC. (Also 96)
"The World in a Small Painting", Trans Hudson Gallery, Jersey City, NJ.
“Critics as Artists ”, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York.
"Icons - Russian and Greek, 16th-19th Century, with Calderara, Malevich, Saxon, Van Severin ", Espace Contemporain, Sion, Switzerland.
"Agness, Conaway, Saxon", Deutsches Museum fur Schuhproduktion and Industriegeschichte, Hauenstein, Germany. (Sept)
1995 "Spirit of America ", Galerie Camue, Bad Durkeim, Germany.
"Works on Paper/Part 1 ", (cur. J. Haske), Art in Construction, New York.
1996 " Champions of Modernism " Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, NY.
(Feb.). Mary Washington College Gallery, Fredericksburg, VA.
(Sept). Catalogue.
"Agness, Conaway, Saxon ", Jesuitensaal des Rathauses, Baden-Baden.
1997 "After the Fall, Aspects of Abstract Painting Since 1970 ", Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Habor, Staten Island, NY. (cur. Lily Wei)
"Abstraction Index ", Condeso / Lawler Gallery, New York.
"Small Paintings ", Trans Hudson Gallery, New York.
"Miniformat ", Claude Dolval Gallerie, Paris.
"Champions … ", Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC, (Mar.),Sunrise Museum, Charleston, WV (Sept.), Brevard Museum of Art and Science, Melbourne, FL (Dec.-Feb. 98). Catalogue.
"The Panza diBiumo Donation ", Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano, Switzerland. Catalogue.
1998 "Paintings and Works on Paper - Baumann-Hudson, Delap, Hayward, Miller, Saxon, Serra, Tchakalian, Valledor....", Modernism.
1999 "Pure Abstract Art, 30x30 / 40x40 ", Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort, Holland.
" Deja Jadis, 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Part I ", Modernism, S.F.
" Transcending Boundries ", MSU-China Exchange, Mi Qiu Modern Art Workshop, Shanghai University, Peoples Republic of China.
2000 "Painting ", Esso Gallery, New York. (Mar.-Apr) (Curated by N. Weinstock.)
"L'Idee, 2D+3D ", (June), and "Mondiale Echo's", (Oct), Mondriaanhuis, NL
" Consonanze 2 - Echi e riflessi nella collezione ", Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano, Switzerland.
2001 " Abstraction and Immanence ", Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, New York. (Curated by V. Longo (essay) and L.S. Phillips). Catalog.
" DIN Art 4, 560 Kunstler and 1 Formular, Exposition Homberg 2001 ", Museum fur Kommunikation, Frankfurt, Germany. Catalogue.
2001 " Monochrome / Monochrome ?", Florence Lynch Gallery, New York. (Curated by Lily Wei.)
" Radical Painting, Farbe beim Wort genommen ", Villa Aichele, Stadtische Galerie, Lorrach, Germany. (Curated by N. Weinstock )
""Veranderung", Neuerwerbungen der vergangenen 10 Jahre", (""Change", Acquisitions from the Last 10 Years"), studio a Museum, Otterndorf, Germany.
"Fifteen Years of Paintings", Stark Gallery, New York.
2002 " Drawings of Choice from a New York Collection ", Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL. Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK. Wynn Kramarsky Collection. Catalogue.
" DIN Art 4 ", Museum fur Kommunikation, Hamburg, Germany. March.
2003 “Drawings ”, Galerie Krohn, Badenweiler, Germany.
"Drawings of Choice...", Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME, Cincinnati Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH.
2004 “25 th Anniversary Exhibition ”, Modernsim, San Francisco.
“Faculty ”, Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, CT
2006 “Neoplastic Redux ”, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York.

Selected Bibliography :

1978 Masheck, Joseph. "Hard-Core Painting ", Artforum, April. pp.46-55. reprod.
1979 McDonald, Robert. "Grid Games ", Artweek, November 3, 1979. reprod.
Albright, Thomas. "Authorative Abstractions Open a New Gallery",
San Francisco Chronicle, November 3, 1979.
1986 Wilson, William. "New Balance / LA… NY ", Los Angeles Times, June 20.
1987 Dank, Ralf. "Die Farbe ist Die Form", "Joseph Marioni, Erik Saxon, Olivier Mosset ", Kolner Stadt-Anzeiger, June 16, 1987.
1988 Debanterle, Rene. "Radical Painting, une condition de la peinture", Artfactum 24/88, June-August. reprod.
1988 Debanterle, Rene. "La Peinture Radicale ", Art and Culture, Belgium, April. reprod.
1989 Brunson, Jamie. "Abstract Paintings ", Artcoast, March / April. pp. 100-1. Cotter, Holland. "Erik Saxon at Stark ", Art in America, November. pp.186-7.
1990 Colpitt, Frances. "Absolute Contemplation ", Artspace, July/August. pp.32-6.
Bergman, Jan. "Galeey-Ronden ", Arbetet, Sweden, Oct. 6, 1990. p. 9.
Castenfors, Martin. "Konst Som Soker ett Svar ", Goteborg Posten, Sweden, October 13, 1990. reprod.
Bonetti, David. "Geometric Art Comes Full Circle ", San Francisco Examiner, Friday, January 18.
Masheck, Joseph. "Triangle Artists' Workshop 1990 ", catalogue, New York.
"Kunstler inspiriert vom Schimmel im Schnee ", Arnsberger Rundschau, 10 September.
1991 "Farb-Erfahrungen, Vier "fundamentale" Maler im Kunstverein Arnsberg ", Westfalescher Anzeiger, 21 September 1991.
Jonas, Justus. " Arnsberg : Marioni, Saxon, Umberg, and Wellmann im Kunstverein", Das Kunst-Bulletin, November, No. 11. p. 43.
Massera, Jean-Charles. "Erik Saxon at Galerie LA ", Art Press 164, Decembre1991. p. 98. (reprod.)
Massera, Jean-Charles. " Erik Saxon, Galerie LA, Liege ", 42'92 Arte Factum, February - March 1992. p. 30. (reprod.)
Hoenjet, Frank. “ dumb painting ”, in text of exhibition catalogue from Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands.
1993 Shaw, Reagan. " Erik Saxon at Stark ", Art in America, September. p. 115.
1994 Schuck, Ulrike. "Painting and Color ", essay in "Marcia Hafif, Erik Saxon" the Museum Moderner Kunst Landkreis Cuxhaven studio a catalog.
Rhode, Ulrich. " Farbe: Die Faszination eines Subjects der Kunst, Marcia Haffif and Erik Saxon ", Niederelbe-Zeitung, 16 May 1994.
Schmnid, Britta Anette. "Erik Saxon and Marcia Hafif, Two New Yorkers in Otterndorf", Punkt, kunst im nordwestem, no. 27, Juni 1994. p.24-5.
Grahn-Hinnfors, Gunilla. " Tillbaka till rotterna " (Back to the Roots), Goteborg Posten, Sweden, July 7, 1994. reprod.
1994 "Gunter Umberg, Raum fur Malerei", pub. Reihe Cantz, Germany. (reprod.)
1995 Kramer, Hilton. "Critics as Artists Show: Keep Your Day Jobs, Boys", The New York Observer, April 17, 1995. pp. 1 and 19.
Schjeldahl, Peter. "Soiling the Nest", "Critics as Artists ", The Village Voice, May 2, 1995. Vol. XI No.18, p.74.
Hoopoe, Summer 1995, Issue no. 9. Artist statement and sculpture photos.
1996 Lombardi, Dominick. "The Non-Objective Legacy Today ", in the
"Champions of Modernism " catalogue, 1996. reprod.
1997 Cotter, Holland. " An Era Still Driven to Abstraction ", The New York Times, Friday, April 11, 1997. p. C22.
Wei, Lily. " Thirteen Frames for an Exhibition ", the catalogue essay in " After the Fall, Aspects of Abstract Painting since 1970 ", Vol I, 1997. Staten Island, NY. reprod.
Waltemath, Joan. " Site, Sight, Surface, Sediment, Resonance, Desire ", in " After the Fall, Aspects of Abstract Painting since 1970 ", Vol. II.
Franciolli, Marco. " Interview with Guiseppe Panza di Biumo ", and Disch, Maddalena. " The Artists and Their Works " in "The Panza di Biumo
Donation To the Museo Cantonale d'Arte" catalogue. Lugano, Switzerland. 1997. reprod.
2001 Johnson, Ken. “” Abstraction and Immanence ", Hunter College / Times Square Gallery ". The New York Times, Friday, March 23, 2001.
" DIN Art, 560 Kunstler and 1 Formular ", Sammlung Klaus Homberg 1985 bis 1997, Katslogue der Museumsstifung Post and Tele-kommunikation, Edition Braus, Heidleberg, Germany, 2001. reprod.
Weinstock, Nino. "Radical Painting and Prasenz der Farbe in den achtziger Jahren", Richter Verlag, Dusseldorf, Germany, 2001. reprod.
Frey, Roswitha. " Die Alchemie einfarbiger Vielfarbigkeit ". Badische Zeitung, 8 May.
Scharf, Jurgen. " 'Radical Painting" - typisch amerikanisch ". Oberbadische Volksblatt, 8 May.
Cotter, Holland. " Monochrome / Monochrome? ", Art Guide, Last Chance. The New York Times, Friday, May 25.
2002 Wang, Chang. " Drawings of Choice from a New York Collection ",catalogue. Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2003 Kisters, Jurgen. " Feine Schichten in Turkis, Rot and Gelb " ("Fine Layers in Turquoise, Red and Yellow") Kolner Stadt-Anzeiger. S/Su Jan 18/19.
Baetz, Uschi. " Liebe zum Quadrat ", ("Preference for the Square"), Kolnische Rundschau. Feb. 1.
2004 Dinges, Christiane. “ 2003 artothek ”, “ Rubuck ”, (Review). Catalogue of 2003 exhibitions. reprod.
Keats, Jonathon. “ Dare You to Look”, “Modernism's 25 th Anniversary Exhibition ”. SAN francisco (magazine), September. pp.126-130.

Teaching and Lecturing Positions:

1979 Center for Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Visiting Lecturer: " The Evolution of the Plane in Painting ". Fall.
1981 University of California, Berkeley. Guest Lecturer. "Beginning Drawing " and " Advanced Painting ". Spring.
1982 Philadelphia College of Art. Visiting Professor. " Drawing " and " Sophomore Painting ". Spring. Visiting Critic. Fall.
Lecturer: " The Square Plane in 20th Century Painting ". Spring.
1986 University of California, Berkeley. Visiting Lecturer. " Color and Composition", "Beginning Figure Drawing ", and "Graduate Seminar ".
Lecturer: " The White Square ". Spring.
1990 Hofstra University, Hemstead, New York. "A Celebration of Dutch Culture". Lecturer: " Piet Mondrian: A New Space ". Spring.
"Van Gogh 100: A Centenary Conference”. Lecturer: "'Over-all Space': A Comparative Study of van Gogh, Mondrian, and Pollock ".
University of Goteborg, Academy of Art Valand, Sweden.
Visiting Lecturer: " The White Square ". Fall.
1991 Syracuse University, New York. Visiting Artist. (Jan.) Lecturer: " The Plane and Volume in 20th Century Painting and Sculpture ".
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. Lecturer. " Introductory Drawing ". Sp.
1991 Montclair State College, New Jersey. Fall. Lecturer: " The Plane and Volume in 20th Century Painting and Sculpture ".
The Art Museum, Princeton University. Lecturer: " de Kooning ". (for docents. Fall)
1992 School of Visual Arts, New York. "Watercolor ". (Sub. Inst. Spring and Fall )
1993 Princeton University, NJ. Lecturer. " Intermediate Painting ". Fall.
1995 Princeton University, NJ. Lecturer. " Introduction to Painting ".
Lecturer: " Mondrian in the Context of History ". Fall.
96-99 Montclair State University, NJ. Adjunct. " Intro to Drawing ",
" Intermediate and Advanced Drawing ", and " Intro to the Visual Arts ".
Lecturer: " Marking, Drawing - Painting ". Fall 96.
1998 University of California, Santa Cruz. Visiting Lecturer. " Color Forms ". Jan.
99-04 Princeton University, NJ. Lecturer. " Intermediate Painting ". Spring.
" Advanced Painting ", Spring 00, Spring and Fall 01, Fall 02.
" Intro to Drawing ", Fall-Spring, 03-04.
2004 Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, Connecticut. “ Graduate Seminar ”. (Fall)
94-06 Borough of Manhattan Community College, NY. Adjunct. " Introduction to Drawing", "Introduction to Painting ", and " Design I ".

Publications / Articles / Statements :

1979 " Planar Line and the Primary Plane ", Artforum, April.
" Planar Constructions and the Planar Dimension ", Artforum, Summer.
" Mondrian's Diamonds ", Artforum, December.
1983 " Primal Forms and Primal Divisions ", Appearances, Winter 1983-84.
1988 "Polar Extremes ", Appearances, Spring.
1990 " Folds in Steel - Edwardo Chillida ", Art in America, October.
1991 " Das Weisse Quadrat, Eine theoretische Auseinandersetzung uber raum, farbe in der Malere i", Kunstverein Arnsberg Katalog, 1991.
1991 " The White Square, a Theoretical Discussion of Space, Color, and Form in Painting ". Published in English in "Beyond Logos" catalogue, Museum of Modern Art, Belgrade, 1992.
1992 "Steel Cosmogony ", (Barnett Newman's "Zim Zum II"), Art in America, July.
1994 "Color-Energy ", Museum of Moderner Kunst, Studio a, catalogue.
1996 "" Overall Space": Comparing van Gogh, Mondrian and Pollock ", essay in Van Gogh 100, ed. Masheck, Greenwood Press, Conn. 1996. pp. 347-379.
2001 " The Rectangle as Subject ", statement in "Abstraction and Immanence" exhibiton catalogue.
2003 " Composition with Yellow Lines ", 1933. Written description of a Mondrian painting exhibited in "Works in Words" at the Jensen Gallery, Auckland, and the Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2005 " Composition ”, above, exhibited at the Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich, and published online www.tellingaworkofart.de.June.(Curator: K. Sander)

Videography / DVDs / CDs :

1988 "Raum fur Malerei”, 6 min. VHS of exhibit. Video: Annebarbe Kau. 1987-88.
1990 "White Paintings, Cross Drawings, 1965-90 ". 22 min. VHS/DVD of exhibit at Ihara Ludens Gallery with statement by artist. Video: D. Sotnik.
1991 " The Plane and Volume in 20th Century Painting and Sculpture ". VHS/DVD of lecture at Montclair State College, New Jersey. Fall.
1994 " Color Energy ". VHS/DVD of 1993 exhibit at Stark Gallery. Video: Sotnik.
1995 " Mondrian in the Context of History ". VHS/DVD of lecture at Princeton University, NJ. Fall. Video: Martha Otis.
2004 “ artothek 2003 ”. Power Point / Quick Time CD document of Koln Exhibition, January 2003. 8 min. Saxon.
Residencies / Grants:
1990 Triangle Workshop, Pine Plains, New York.
2000 Gottlieb Foundation Grant.

Selected Public and Private Collections :

artothek, Kolnisches Stadt Museum, Koln ( Cologne ), Germany.
Bank of America, San Francisco.
Fogg Museum, Havard University, Boston, MA
Goteborg Museum of Art, Sweden.
Lita Hornik, New York.
IBM, San Jose, CA
Wynn Kramarsky, New York.
Herbert Minkel, New York.
Mondriaanhuis, Museum voor Constructieve en Concrete Kunst, Amersfoort, Neatherlands.
Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, The University of British Columbia,
Vancover,B.C., Canada.
Museo Cantonale d'Arte of Lugano, Switzerland. Donation by Giuseppe Panza.
Museum fur Kommunikation, Frankfurt, Germany.
Museum of Modern Art, Belgrade.
MOMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Wynn Kramarsky.
Museum of Modern Kunst Landkreis Cuxhaven, studio a - Collection of Konkreter Kunst, Otterndorf, Germany.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT