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Biography
Born 1970, Derek Buckner currently lives in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife, the novelist Joanna Hershon and their two
sons Wyatt and Noah.
EDUCATION:
Laguardia High School of Music and Art
Vassar College
The Art Students League of New York
B.F.A., The School of the Art institute of Chicago
Boston Museum School: stone carving Program, Carrara, Italy
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2009:
New Paintings, Miami-Dade Public library, Florida
Marshmallows, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles
Recent paintings, Craven Gallery Marthas Vineyard MA
2008:
Marshmallows, George Billis Gallery, New York
UFO Series, Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State University
2007:
Works on Paper, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles
2006:
Recent Paintings, George Billis Gallery, New York
American Perspectives, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles
2005:
Recent Paintings, George Billis Gallery, New York
New Works, Laurel Tracey Galleries, Red Bank, NJ
Pamela Williams Gallery, Amagansett, NY
Carol Craven Gallery, Marthas Vineyard, MA
2004:
Recent Paintings, Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2002:
Recent Paintings, Carol Craven Gallery, Marthas Vineyard MA
2001:
Fast Enough To Catch It, Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2009:
The Open West. Cheltenham Museum, Gloucestershire, UK
Summer in the City, George Billis Gallery, NY
Garish, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Art Discovery in Seoul, A&C Art Fair Seoul Korea
Mixed Greens” Parish Art Museum online exhibition, South Hampton, NY
"What's the Rush? Topics on Convenience", Cal State Fullerton,CSU, CA
Positive/Negative 24 Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Slocumb Gallery, ETSU, TN
The Open West. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK
A&C Art Fair, Seoul Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
The Concept of Contemporary Art, Meepyung Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2008:
The Circular Exhibition, Hun Gallery, NY, Ho Gallery, Seoul, Korea
New Life Visuals, New Life Shop, Berlin
small Works Show, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Pulse Art Fair NY, Saatchi online
“Art For the Arts” curated by Laurel Bysonette, Laurel Tracey Gallery, Red Bank, NJ
Texas National 08, The Art Center, Stephen F. Austin State University Texas
(juror-Roger Shimomura)
3rd Annual Human Rights Exhibition, 2008 Juried Traveling show, South Texas
College, Progreso Art Gallery, Mexico,University of Texas Pan American, University of
Monterrey, Mexico
It’s Gouache and Gouache Only, Andrea Meislin Gallery, NY
2007:
Good Night Sun, George Billis Gallery, New York
Shore Scenes, Laurel Tracey Galleries, Red Bank, NJ
2005:
Group Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Recent Acquisitions, Madelyn Jordan Fine Art Scarsdale, NY
2004:
NY Juried Exhibition, Viridian Gallery,
–Curator Charlotta Kotik (Brooklyn Museum)
Out East, Laurel Tracey Galleries, Red Bank, NJ
2003:
Small Packages, Madelyn Jordan Fine Art Scarsdale, NY
Recent Paintings, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
Urban Pastoral, McGrath Galleries, New York, NY
Recent Landscape Paintings, Laurel Tracey Galleries,
Red Bank, NJ
2002:
New Paintings, Lizan Tops Gallery, Armory Show, NY
Recent Paintings, Laurel Tracey Gallery, Red Bank, NJ
A Summer Place, Madelyn Jordan Fine Art Scarsdale, NJ
2001:
Recent Painting: Carol Craven Gallery, Marthas Vineyard MA
2000:
Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Group Show, Carol Craven Gallery, Marthas Vineyard MA
1998:
Catherine Dail Fine Art, New York
Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Galleria de Todos Santos, Todos Santos, Mexico
1997:
Catherine Dail Fine Art, New York
Jack Meier Gallery, Houston Texas, Group Show
Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
1996:
Lyons Weir Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
PUBLICATIONS:
Lillies, Cannonballs Review, winter 2008
Making America, Volume 2, (Cover), 2007
Folio Journal, winter 2007
The New Yorker Sept 2006, (short review). March 25th, 2005
New York Times Jan 27th, 2002
New York Sun July 20th, 2006
The New York Post March 26th, 2005
The LA Times
The New York Observer, Feb 15th, 2004
Santa Fe Paseo Tiempo
Tameme Literary Journal
Poetry Magazine
Conde Nast Traveler
AWARDS & MENTIONS
2009 Artslant online jurried showcase winner
2008 Pulse Art Fair New York, Saatchi online booth, 69th Regiment Armory
2007 Art-online competition (honorable mention)
2007 Wooloo special exhibition – Selection for New Life Visuals 08, New Life Shop
2007 Saatchi Online Daily Magazine, Dec 1st,“Top Ten Exhibition Picks”
SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
Stowers Institute
Kirkland & Ellis Law Firm
Verizon
Pfizer
The Kellogg Group
Downtown Associates
MTC Financial Holdings
Clark and Weinstock
SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
Virginia and Norton Mailman
Roger and Carolyn Mansell
Guillermo Sallis
Fernando Sallis
Adam Silver
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Enders
Maureen and Marshall Cogan
Mr. and Mrs. John Watts
Mr. Robert Mertz
Mr. Dan Rizzie
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Pearsall
Mrs. Bunny Dell
Mr. and Mrs. Denis Krieger
Mrs. Lori Bookstein
Davis and Betsy Weinstock
Mr. Dan Shedrick
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Roosevelt
Ken and Abbey Colen
Catherine Mayo
Hugh and Suzanne Weissman
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