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Laddie John Dill nasce a Long Beach, California, nel 1943.
Ed è proprio la sua terra natia ad ispirare le sue ricerche sulla luce: la stessa che, riflessa dalla superficie dell’acqua dell’oceano, quando incontra le immense distese di deserto oltre di esso, sembra quasi tremolare e vibrare. Negli anni ’60 in quelle zone d’America un gruppo di artisti inizia a sentire la necessità di rompere con il passato ma soprattutto con il bidimensionalismo dell’olio o acrilico su tela. Si sperimentano così nuovi materiali come le plastiche, resine, neon e cementi, vetri, allumini, snaturandoli per trasformali in oggetti d’arte con finalità differenti.
Dill si inserisce proprio in questo contesto culturale, dando vita a opere che assomigliano a onde di luce, sinuose, che catturano la luce circostante per poi trasmetterla allo sguardo dello spettatore.
L’alluminio appare non più come un metallo bensì come una pasta fluida in movimento vorticoso, creando infinite sfumature di colore, grazie anche ai colori ad olio utilizzati al momento della forgiatura.
Nel 1968 ha conseguito la laurea al Chouinard Art Institute di Los Angeles. Ha vinto due borse di studio National Endowments for the Arts e una John Simon Guggenheim. Ha partecipato come giurato al California Arts Council, nella sezione Art in Public Buildings.
Vive e lavora a Venice, California.
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2016
Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, California
Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, California
2015
Villa Di Donato, through ART 1307 Cultural Institution, Napoli, Italy
Pio Monte della Misericordia, through ART1307 Cultural Institution, Napoli, Italy
2013
Nyehaus Gallery, New York, New York
2012
Nye+Brown, Los Angeles, California
Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
2010
Nyehaus, New York, New York
2006
LA Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2003
Off Main Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California
2002
Kevin Barry Fine Art, Los Angeles, California
2001
Skidmore Contemporary Art, Malibu, California
Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, California
Elena Zass Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
2000
Euro Gallery, Exhibition, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1999
Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho
Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, California
1998
Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, Texas
1996
Chac Mool Contemporary Fine Art, Los Angeles, California
1995
Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho
Valerie Miller Fine Art, Palm Springs, California
1994
Andrea Marquit Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Steven Josefsberg Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, Texas
1993
Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho
1992
Stremmel Gallery, Reno, Nevada
Conejo Valley Art Museum, Thousand Oaks, California
D.P. Fong & Spratt Galleries, San Jose, California
1991
D.P. Fong Galleries, San Jose, California
Works Gallery South, Costa Mesa, California
Ernie Wolfe Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1990
Works Gallery South, Costa Mesa, California
Sam Francis Gallery/ Crossroads School for the Arts and Sciences, Santa Monica, California
Municipal Art Gallery/Mixografia Gallery and Workshop Los Angeles, California
Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Sena Galleries West, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1989
Smith Anderson Gallery, Palo Alto, California
Cypress College/Fine Arts Gallery, Cypress, California
Persons & Lindell Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Sun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Christopher Grimes Gallery, Carmel, California
Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho
1988
Ochi Fine Art, Boise, Idaho
Sun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Sena Galleries West, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Mixografia Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Galeria Joan Prats, New York, New York
Ochi Fine Arts, Sun Valley, Idaho
Gensler and Associates, Los Angeles, California
1987
SITE 311, Pacific Grove, California
Fuller/ Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco
Santa Monica Heritage Museum, Santa Monica, California
Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, California
1986
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Charles Cowles Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Long Beach Museum Of Art, Long Beach, California
Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1985
Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, California
Union Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, California
1984
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, California
Ochi Gallery, Boise, ID
Linda Farris Gallery, San Francisco, California
1983
University Art Museum, California State University Long Beach
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, California
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York
West Beach Cafe, Los Angeles: “Helium, Argon and Sand”
1982
Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles
1981
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York
Peppers Art Gallery, University of Redlands, CA (catalogue)
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago
Landfall Press Gallery, Chicago
Thomas Babeor gallery, La Jolla, California
Grapestake Gallery, San Francisco
1980
Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Osuna Gallery, Washington D.C.
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles
University Art Gallery, California State University,
Dominguez Hills: “Laddie John Dill: An Installation” (catalogue)
1979
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles
1978
Landfall Press Gallery, Chicago
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles
Dobrick Gallery, Chicago
Baxter Art Gallery, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (catalogue)
Douglas Drake Gallery, Kansas City, Kansas
1977
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles
Grapestake Gallery, San Francisco, California
1976
Kansas State Union Gallery, Manhattan, Kansas
Dootson-Calderhead Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Seder-Creigh Gallery, Coronado, California
1975
Douglas Drake Gallery, Kansas City
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles
1974
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles
1973
Mizuno Gallery, Los Angeles
1972
Morgan Gallery, Shawnee Mission, Kansas
Sonnabend Gallery, New York
1971
Sonnabend Gallery, New York
Pasadena Art Museum, California
Portland State University Art Gallery, Oregon