Zyklon B5Bca06B122E148 19259746

Edward Lightner

b.1960

Camphor Emery
Abeytas Emery
Canjilon Emery
Laguna Emery
Deck Anvil
Kasseri Anvil
Keelson Anvil
Muenster Anvil
Shallows Anvil
Inlet Anvil
Vaughn Grenadier
Hermosa Grenadier
Towanda Grenadier
Cebrero Grenadier
Cornice Yellow Mandrel
Shaper Mandrel
Hutch Mandrel
Arnica Violet Mandrel
Tun A Mandrel
Yannigan White Mandrel
Ferret Storax (showing edge)
St. lawrence Storax
Kennebec Storax
Madison Storax
Manatee Storax
Wolverine Storax
Zyklon B and Me (front)
Bighorn Dominic Acrylic
Baker Crossroads Acrylic
Baker Tumbler Acrylic
Harry Upshot-Knothole 32 kt #3
Badger Upshot-Knothole 23 kt #3
Blanca Hardtack II 22 kt #1
Boltzmann Plumbbob 12 kt #1
Huron King Tinderbox 20 kt #1
Encore Upshot-Knothole 27 kt #1
Doppler Plumbbob 11 kt #2
Fizeau Plumbbob 11 kt #1
Romeo Castle 11 Mt #3
Trinity 21 kt #2
Buggy Crosstie 1.08 kt #1
Shasta Plumbbob 17 kt #2
Umbrella Hardtack I 8 kt #1
Bee Teapot 8 kt #4
Climax Upshot-Knothole 61 kt #1
Baker Crossroads 21 kt #3
Galileo Plumbbob 11 kt #2
Zebra Sandstone 18 kt #1
Ha Teapot 3 kt #2
Yellowwood Hardtack I 330 kt #1
Smoky plumbbob blossom friends
Houstatonic dominic blossom
Purple rose blossom
Orange daisy blossom 2
Family Photos
Oak Hardtack vs Virgen De San Juan
Diablo Plumbbob vs Gran Poder
Bravo Castle vs Sagrado Corazon De Jesus
King Ivy
Steve Pierce
Chris Steele
Climax Upshot-Knothole
There Is No Catharsis
A Beautiful Thing Taking Me Away
Do You Smell My Virus
See Only What You Wish
Cultural Death
Sexual Freedom
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For many years now my work has been an ongoing contemplation upon my views of life and death. Many other elements go into the conceptual makeup of the work, to be sure. Over time there have been themes in regards to my sexuality and how one becomes HIV+. There has been work that has had as its main focus censorship and the morality of the church, and in fact biblical morality is still a strong visual, and material, element that runs deep in much of the work that is am producing even today. But it all always comes back to the themes revolving around life and death, in particular my own mortality. For a long time my main concept was the demise of life due to AIDs. But as medications and life expectancies have improved, and seeing that I do not live in a vacuum, my thoughts and work have turned increasingly towards the nuclear issue. This has allowed me much more artistic freedom visually. Work can be very simple and graphic, as with my series of line drawings, or it can visually be quite decorative, as with the Storax and Mandrel series. But even though my use of nuclear imagery and subject matter exists as visual reference to our external world at large, on a personal level the use of nuclear images is, and has always been, synonymous with the aids epidemic. It is both visually and conceptually a symbiotic and exchangeable relationship in both my mind, and my work.
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Edward Lightner

EDUCATION

California State University, Northridge, CA, M.A. (studio art/painting), 1990

University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 1987

California State University, Bakersfield, CA, B.A. 1984

SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2014 Them!, Lobby Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2013 The Underworld is My Oyster, L2kontemporary, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA

L.A. Art Show, L2kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA (Catalogue)

2011 The Eradication Project, L2kontemporary, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA

2007 The End., L2kontemporary, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA

2006 pay your respects to the vultures…, L2kontemporary, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA

2004 Fluffy,L2kontemporary, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA

“the sum total of my artistic experiences”,installation, L2kontemporary, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA

2003 Remote Viewer, BGH Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2002 Images Of The Purple Priesthood, Highways, Santa Monica, CA

1996 life / death intersection, Highways, Santa Monica, CA

1989 Epistemological Reality, North Gallery, California State University, Northridge, CA

1987 Symbol:Those / We, Center Gallery, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

SELECTED TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2009 Parallel Universes, with Keiko Fukazawa, L2kontemporary, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016 Transmissions, Patricia Watts, curator, venues TBD (upcoming)

Art AIDS America, Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA and Bronx Museum of Arts, New York,

NY (upcoming)

2015 Art AIDS America, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (West Hollywood), CA and Tacoma

Art Museum, Tacoma, WA (upcoming)

Postcards From The Edge 2015, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY

2014 fresh, Mat Gleason, juror, South Bay Contemporary, Rolling Hills Estates, CA

Postcards From The Edge 2014, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY

2013 Transmissions, Marin Community Foundation, Patricia Watts, curator, Novato, CA

Bombs, Blobs & Thingies, SCA Project Gallery, Pomona, CA

Postcards From The Edge 2013, Sekkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY

2012 Uncensored: Queer Art and the Church, Leslie-Lohman Museum, New York

Temporary Distemper, Ron Faranovich, curator, XVY Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA

Postcards From The Edge 2012, Cheim & Read, New York, NY

2011 Out There, Francisco George & William Escalera, jurors, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA

Escape, J. J. Kegan McFadden, curator, Visual AIDS Web Gallery, online (based in New York, NY)

Postcards From The Edge 2011, CRG Gallery, New York, NY

2010 Pin-UPs, Studio 1131, Los Angeles, CA

Heroworship:a graphic tale of epic proportions, C. Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL

Postcards From The Edge 2010, ZieherSmith, New York, NY

2009 Plastic, Rubber + Wood, Beth McNeill, curator, McNeill Art Group Project Space, Tribeca, New York, NY

Oildale, L2kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA

Earth, Air, Fire Exhibition, Margaret Lazarri, juror, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA

Postcards From The Edge 2009, Metro Pictures, New York, NY

2008 Militancy and Mourning, Paul Sendziuk, curator, Visual AIDS Web Gallery, New York, NY, online

USA, Korea, Japan Contemporary Art Festival “Different and Coexist”, Asto Museum of Art, Wrightwood, CA (catalogue)

2007 Postcards From The Edge 2007, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY

The Eclectic World of Gad, Simone Gad, curator, L2kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA

ASTO International Art Festival, National Assembly Library, Seoul, Korea (Catalogue)

Gwangwhamoon International Art Festival, Seoul, Korea (Catalogue)

L.A. International Art Festival 2007, Asto Museum of Art, Long Beach CA

Hausguests, Haus @ The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA

2006 Postcards From The Edge 2006, Sekkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY

LA Libertine Society presents:The Nature of Excess, L2kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA

2005 Postcards From The Edge 2005, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY

Inside Out..., David Early, curator, L2kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA

2004 Postcards From The Edge 2004, New York, NY

Chroma Nouveau, L2kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA

In America Now, Peter Frank, Juror, Don O'Melveny Gallery, West Hollywood, CA

2003 Postcards From The Edge 2003, Galerie Lelong, New York, NY

Fall Salon 2003, Limner Gallery, New York, NY

Open Haus, Haus Gallery, Pasadena, CA

Launch Pad:The Next Generation, Don O'Melveny Gallery, West Hollywood, CA(Catalogue)

2002 Total Life, Lui Sanchez, curator, Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA (Catalogue)

Evening Becomes Eclectic III, Don O'Melveny Gallery, West Hollywood, CA

With and Without You:Re-visitations of Art in the Age of AIDS, Royce W. Smith, curator, Ivan

Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Postcards From The Edge 2002, Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, NY

Summer Salon - 2002, Limner Gallery, New York, NY

Facing AIDS:Imaging The Global Epidemic, traveling exhibition with stops in New York, Moscow,

Paris and Johannesburg, Philadelphia, others (book)

Spring Salon - 2002, Limner Gallery, New York, NY

2001 Postcards From The Edge 2001, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY

Current Works 2001, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO

Summer Salon - 2001, Limner Gallery, New York, NY

2000 Postcards From The Edge 2000, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY

Hallelujah! It's Raining Men!!, Highways Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Landscapes, New Century Artists, New York, NY

1999 Postcards From The Edge II, Alexander And Bonin, New York, NY

Renewals And Transformations, The Advocate Gallery, Hollywood, CA

Art Is Figurative, Libby Lumpkin, juror, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA

Desire, Ernesto Pujol, curator, National Arts Club, New York, NY (Catalogue)

SM ALL, The Caged Chameleon, Santa Ana, CA

Art In An Age Of Anxiety, Todd Madigan Gallery, California St. University, Bakersfield, CA

1998 Postcards From The Edge, Kenny Schacter’s Gallery/ROVE, New York, NY

Recent work, Artcore Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA

Beyond Memorials And Symbols:Artists in the Robert D. Farber Living Arts Project, Cirilo Domine,

curator, The Advocate Gallery, Hollywood, CA

Come & Get It, Hollywood DMV, Hollywood, CA

SexualityObject, Scott Holman, curator, New Century Artists Gallery, New York, NY

The Robert D. Farber Living Arts Project, Cirilo Domine, curator, Highways, Santa Monica, CA

1996 Questioning Equality:An Artistic Dialogue, Jim Reed, curator, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

1995 transcend aids, Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, Los Angeles, CA

Photo, Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Westchester, CA

Sex Object:the fetish fixation explored in multi media, Aaron Smith, curator, La Luz de Jesus,

Hollywood, CA

1994 Loss and Remembrance: dealing with AIDS in the community, Jim Reed, curator, Riverside Art Museum

Grand opening, Insomnia Gallery and Bookstore, Whittier, CA

1993 Crossing LA, Museum of African American Art, Los Angeles, CA

Contextual Turbulence, Alfredo de Batuc, curator, John Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1988 Personal Myths, North Gallery, California State University, Northridge, CA

Ashes to Art, Century Gallery, Sylmar, CA

1987 Two Benches.Ten Paintings., Center Gallery, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

1986 University of South Florida annual Fine Art Auction, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

1985 New Talent, Cunningham Memorial Art Gallery, Bakersfield, CA

Works on Paper, Todd Madigan Gallery, California St. University, Bakersfield, CA

1984 Bachelor of Arts show, Todd Madigan Gallery, California St. University, Bakersfield, CA

CURATORIAL

2013 Ten Years Drawn, L2kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA

EVENTS

1992-94 Fetish Ball and Ball Bizarre

1991-07 Out Auction, various locations, Los Angeles, CA

1991-92 installations for Club Fuck!, Los Angeles, CA

1988 installation for The Anti-Club, Hollywood, CA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2010“Even when not advancing hero worship theme, show at C. Emerson Fine Arts is interesting”, St

Petersburg Times, http://www.tampabay.com/features/visualarts/article1117360.ece, 26, Aug. 2010

2009“Welcome to the ‘Hood: Tribeca Project Space”, Tribeca Citizen, http://tribecacitizen.com/2009/10/22/welcome-to-the-hood-tribeca-project-space/, 22, Oct. 2009

Gavin, Camille, “Oildale goes contemporary”, The Bakersfield Californian, 5, Aug. 2009, pp. A1 & A3.

2006Nieto, Margarita. ArtScene, vol. 25, no. 10, June. 2006, pp. 23-4.

2003“Almonds and Viramune.”Reproduced in Pandemic: Facing AIDS(New York: Umbrage Editions /

Moxie Firecracker Films, 2003), p. 212.

1999Forbes, Rhomylly B. “California Theming.”A & U, issue 60, vol. 8, no. 10, Oct. 1999, pp. 32-5.

1998California Artist Directory, vol. 1, 1998, pp. 68-9.

1994Insomnia, vol. 3, no. 2, Spring 1994, p. 3 & pp. 38-9.

1993Dunn, Samantha.“Counted Out,” LA Weekly, vol. 15, no. 38, 20-26 Aug. 1993, pp. 24-5.

“L. A. fest spurns artistic integrity; spawns independent showing.”Nightlife Magazine, issue 594, 23

Aug. 1993, pp. 44-5.