George Stoll is an American artist working in sculpture, drawing and painting.
A recipient of the Rome Prize, he had exhibited his work extensively, and he has had numerous solo exhibitions, including Baldwin Gallery, Aspen; Angles, Los Angeles; Grant Selwyn Fine Art, New York; Gallery Seomi, Seoul; Windows Gallery, Brussels; Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Boston; and The Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati. Stoll's works have appeared in group exhibitions internationally, including Cheim & Read, New York; American Academy in Rome, Biagiotti Progetto Arte, Florence; Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and The Drawing Center, New York. Public collections include Hammer Museum, University of Southern California, the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art; Norton Family Collection; The Robert J. Shiffler Collection, the Williams - Sonoma Collection and the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles. He has been a visiting professor at various universities including UCLA, Yale, Otis, Columbia University, and currently at Art Center College of Design. He lives and works in Los Angeles.
George Stoll
1954 Born in Baltimore, Maryland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 pairs, partners and conversations, Phase Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 floating camouflage and wooden christmas lights, RDFA, Los Angeles, CA
two dropped American flags, Chapel Gallery: RDFA, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Hollywood camouflage, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO
camouflage, Tupperware, prime numbers and catenary curves, Porch Gallery, Ojai, CA
2020 camouflage, LSH CoLAB, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Spirograph Drawings (1995-2017) and two new sculptures, c.nichols project, Mar Vista, CA
2016 So far…Selections of the past 20 years, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen CO
2015 GEORGE STOLL goofy sublime, Rogers, Los Angeles, CA
2013 garden of earthly delights, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO
2013 beads, gravity, prime numbers and catenary curves, Maloney Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2012 beeswax, tumblers and catenary curves, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2011 prime numbers and catenary curves, Maloney Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2011 George Stoll, Gallery Seomi, Seoul, Korea
2010 Selected Sculpture and Paintings, Maloney Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2010 all 72 colors, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO
2008 sacred and profane, Kim Light/LightBox, Los Angeles, CA
Tupperware 1995-2008, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen CO
2006 newspaper in the comics, Kim Light/ LightBox, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Ten Holidays, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO
Open Studio, American Academy in Rome, Italy
2004 Thinking of Christmas, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003 George Stoll, Gallery Seomi, Seoul, Korea
2002 Holidays, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO
Holidays, Grant Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2000 George Stoll/Clay Ketter, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, curated by Lelia
Amalfitano, Boston, MA
some holidays, Grant Selwyn Fine Art, New York, NY
some domestic arrangements, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO
1999 New Work, Grant Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
George Stoll, Winston Wachter Fine Arts, Seattle, WA
George Stoll, Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
1998 New Work, Thomas Healy Gallery, New York, NY
1997 New Sculpture, Morris-Healy Gallery, New York, NY
George Stoll, Windows Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
1996 Happy Days, George Stoll/ Mark Bennett, The Contemporary Art Center, Curated by Charles Desmarais, Cincinnati, OH
Snowflakes, Daniel Bernier Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1995 161 Tumblers 2 Ways, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Sculpture, Paul Morris Gallery, New York, NY
1994 Newspaper and Plywood Drawings, Paper Towel Paintings, and Fast Food Wrappers, TRI Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Tupperware, A/B Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Coming Attractions: The John Waters Collection, the Baltimore Museum of Art, Curated by Catherine Opie and Jack Pierson, Baltimore MD
Flanagan’s Wake, Kristina Kite Gallery, Curated by Sabrina Tarasoff, Los Angeles, CA
Fruit, Phil, Curated by Tony Payne, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Gama termica, Museo Jumex, Curated by Sofia Taboas, Mexico
2020 Have to Hold, LAUNCH LA, Los Angeles, CA
Social Photography VII, Carriage Trade, New York, NY
Home/Front, Online Exhibition, Shoebox Projects, Curated by Kristine Schomaker, Los Angeles, CA
2019 A Store Show, Odd Ark, Curated by Dani Tull, Pasadena, CA
Social Photography VII, Carriage Trade, New York, NY
George Stoll, Robb Wynne and Collin Roberts, Gallery Seomi + Tuus, Seoul, Korea
Yesterday’s Tomorrowland Today, Winslow Garage, Curated by Alexa Hunter and Ann Magnuson, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Conceptual Craft II, DENK Gallery, Curated by Carl Berg, Los Angeles, CA
Social Photography VI, Carriage Trade, New York, NY
Artists Against Armaments, c.nichols project, Curated by Christine Nichols, Mar Vista, CA
2017 L'Hiver de L'Amour, Bel Ami, Curated by Sabrina Tarasoff and Naoki Sutter-Shudo, Los Angeles, CA
Over the Rainbow, Praz-Delavalade, Curated by Rene-Julien Praz, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Home Improvements, Fraenkel Lab, Curated by John Waters, San Francisco, CA
We Were Here/ Absence of the Figure, Orange County Museum of Art, Santa Ana, CA
TRI(…ed) Revisiting TRI Gallery, Wildins Cran Gallery, Curated by Rory Devine, Los Angeles, CA
2014 6018 WILSHIRE, Edward Cella Art and Architecture, Curated by Carl Berg, Los Angeles, CA
Transmogrification of the Ordinary, Angles Gallery, Curated by David Mc Auliffe, Los Angeles, CA
Thanks for the Mammaries, Klowden Mann, Curated by Bettina Hubby, Los Angeles, CA
2013 dig the dig, LA Mart, curated by Bettina Hubby, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Bad For You, Shizaru Gallery, Curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody, London, England
Tilt/Shift, Luis De Jesus, Curated by Darin Klein, Los Angeles, CA
Portraiture and Still Life, Curated by Carl Berg, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
2011 Yellow, Curated by Kim McCarty, Michael’s Restaurant, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Consider the Oyster, James Graham and Sons, New York, NY, Curated by Ingrid Dinter
2009 Dilettantes, Dandies and Divas, Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2008 I Won’t Grow Up, Cheim & Read, Curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody and Donald Baechler, New York, NY
Here’s the Thing, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
2007 Darling, Take Fountain, Curated by Konstantin Kakanias, Kalfayan Galeries, Athens, Greece
Eliminate, Albert Merola Gallery, Curated by John Waters, Provincetown, MA
Portraits, Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 The name of this show is not GAY ART NOW, Curated by Jack Pierson, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
Fair Exchange, Millard Sheets Gallery, Curated by Irene Tsatsos, Pomona, CA
2005 Stars and Stripes, American Academy in Rome, Biagiotti Progetto Arte, Florence, Italy
2003 Faking Real, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York City, NY
Formed to Function, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Vessels, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
Grant Selwyn Fine Art, New York, NY
2002 Out of True, University Art Museum, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
2001 The (Ideal) Home Show, Gimpel Fils, London, England
Scott’s Toilet Paper Show, 16 Beaver Group Exhibition Space, New York, NY
The Shock of the Mundane, University of Washington Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Burn, Artists Play With Fire, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Alterations, Graham Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Double Whammy, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1999 Domestic Bliss, Rocket Gallery, London, England
1998 Ensemble Moderne: The Still Life in Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Think Pink, La Mama Galleria, New York, NY, Curated by Chris Tanner
Chromoforum Color in Sculpture, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, Curated by Frances Colpit
The Bathroom Show, Thomas Healy Gallery, New York, NY, Curated by Wayne Koestenbaum
1997 New Work: Drawing Today, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Curated by Gary Garrels San Francisco, CA
1996 Winter Vistas, Champion International Corporation, Stamford CT
Try a Little Tenderness, Apex Art, New York, NY, Curated by Joe Fyfe
Liste 96, Morris Healy Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
An Embarrassment of Riches, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA
Real Goods, Art Manhattan Beach, CA
Menu du Jour, Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Selections Spring ’95, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Soft Touch, Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Still Life, James Graham and Sons, New York, NY
Group Show, Adam Baumgold, New York, NY
Group Show, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Curated by Steve Wolfe, San Francisco, CA
Inaugural Exhibition, Paul Morris Gallery, New York, NY
Group Show, Bravin Post Lee, New York, NY
Gramercy International Contemporary Art Exhibition
Paul Morris Gallery, Gramercy Park Hotel, New York, NY
Paul Morris Gallery, Chateau Marmont Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
1994 Gramercy International Contemporary At Exhibition
Paul Morris Gallery, Gramercy Park Hotel, New York, NY
Paul Morris Gallery, Chateau Marmont Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
Hooked on a Feeling, Curated by Patrick Nickell, Kohn Turner Gallery Los Angeles, CA
1993 Indisposable, Steve Hurd Fine Art, Mondo Lot, Santa Monica, CA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019 Ryzik, Melena, ‘…John Waters’s Art Collection’ The New York Times, May 23
2016 Desmarais, Charles ‘Home Improvements’ San Francisco Chronical, April 14
2014 Belcove, Julie L. “Art Show/ George Stoll” Elle Décor, October pgs 134-6
2013 Muller, Mario M. “George Stoll at Maloney Fine Art” Glasstire April 11
2012 Graves, Jen ”Art in Transit” The Stranger, Seattle, March 6
2009 Mizota, Sharon, “George Stoll at Kim Light/Lightbox,” Art News, Summer 2009, p.135
2008 Knight, Christopher,”George Stoll’s fabulous fakes are the real thing after all,” Los Angeles Times, December 26
2008 The Natalie and Irving Forman Collection: Works on Paper. Albright-Knox Gallery, NY: 2008, p.113.
2005 George Stoll: ten holidays. Baldwin Gallery, Aspen: 2005. (Catalogue)
2005 Hainley, Bruce, George Stoll at Angles Gallery,” Art Forum, January, p.179
2004 Pagel, David, “Acknowledging the Holidays,” Los Angeles Times, December 17
2002 Cooper, Bernard. “Seasons Greetings”, Los Angeles Magazine, January, p. 91
2001 Mahoney, Robert. “George Stoll at Grant Selwyn”, Art in America, February, p. 134
Connner, Jill. Review, Sculpture, June, page 76.
2000 Zellen, Jody. “George Stoll”, Art Scene, Janurary 2000.
Miller, Francine Koslow. “Clay Ketter / George Stoll at the Rose Art Museum”, Artforum, December, p. 149.
1999 Pagel, David. “Personalizing a Mass-Produced World,” Los Angeles Times, December 31, p.F30.
1998 Polsky, Richard. Art Market Guide: Contemporary American Art Marlit Press; San Francisco, CA Galleries p. 241.
“Bathroom,” Artforum, October.
Cotter, Holand. “Bathroom”, The New York Times, June 26.
“Bathroom”, New York Magazine, July 6.
Pacheco, Patrick, “Corporate Culture”, Art and Antiques, January, pp. 62-71.
1997 Koestenbaum, Wayne. “Top Ten x 12”, ArtForum, December.
Camhi, Leslie. Waste Not, Village Voice, April 22.
Lannaccone, Camine. Frieze, February, pp. 72-73; illus.
Levin, Kim. “Art Short List”, Village Voice, April 22 pp. 99; illus.
Nolan, Tim. New Art Examiner, February, pp. 49-50; illus.
Stafford, Amy. “George Stoll (Assembly Required)”, Surface, Winter, pp. 44-45 I llus.
1996 Curtis, Cathy. “Riches’ Spins Its Gold From Everyday Straw”, Los Angeles Times. October 14, p.F2
Geer, Suvan. Artweek, November, p. 23 (review)
Keith, Garret. “Toilet Paper”, Zing Magazine, Winter/ Spring, pp. 243-245 Helfand, Glen. “Waxy Buildup”, San Francisco Weekly,
January 17
Mendenhall, Laurie. Coast Magazine, October 17, p. 24 “Richard Long and George Stoll at Weinberg”, San Francisco Chronicle.
1995 Hanley, Bruce. Artforum, October, pp. 98-99
Kastner, Jeffrey. “Stuffed”, Art Monthly, July/ August, pp. 187-188
“Choices”, Village Voice, May 16, p.8
The New Yorker, May 15, p. 92.
New York Magazine, May 15, p.23
Rugoff, Ralph. “Cool, Calm and Collectable,” LA Weekly, November 17.
Selwyn, Marc. “Report from L.A.”, Flash Art, May/June
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles
Hammer Museum, University of Southern California
San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art
Museum of Contemporary Art, Seattle
Norton Family Collection
The Robert J. Shiffler Collection
Williams - Sonoma Collection
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington
The Natalie and Irving Forman Collection
Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College
Orange County Museum of Art
Museo Jumex, Mexico City
Denver Art Museum