Born 1960 in Los Angeles
Lives and works in Los Angeles

Education

1986
Parsons School of Design, Paris
1982-1985
Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles
1978-1979
Parsons School of Design, New York
1978-1979
New School for Social Research, New York

Solo Exhibitions

2005
Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles
2004
Alberi, Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea, Milan
2003
Roberts/Tilton Project Room, Los Angeles
2001
Florimbi/Gipe Projects, Santa Barbara
1999
Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York
1998
Griffin Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles
1997
George's Gallery, Los Angeles (with Gary Matteson)
1996
Tricia Collins - Grand Salon, New York (catalogue)
1995
Bennett Roberts Fine Art, Los Angeles

Selected Group Exhibitions

2006
Summer Hours, Dinter Fine Art, New York
9 Generations of Otis, Otis Alumni Exhibition, Barnsdall Municipal Gallery, L.A.
Planer, Torrence Art Museum, Los Angeles
Impression/Ism, City of Brea Art Gallery, Los Angeles

2005
Rogue Wave II, L.A. Louver Gallery, Los Angeles
West Coast Painting, Galerie Biedermann, Munich
Opening Bloom, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston
Frank Pictures, Media Rare Gallery, Los Angeles

2004
Arboretum, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles
Baume, Galerie Biedermann, Munich
Observations, Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles
Behind Door #9, University Art Museum, Santa Barbara
Kunst im Palais am Lenbachplatz, Munich
Crazy Thoughts Have Quick Wings, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles
Open Proposition, The Proposition, New York

2003
Tinseltown, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles
Super Nature, Overtones, Los Angeles
International Unplugged, LA International, Los Angeles
Wet Paint, Brea Gallery, Los Angeles
Sequel, domestic setting, Los Angeles
L.A Hot, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston

2002
Garner Tullis, New York
Utopian Grids, Coagula Gallery, Los Angeles

2000
08 - 30 - 00, Gallery 138, Kent State University, Ohio
Urban Hymns, Luckman Gallery, Cal State Los Angeles
Summertime, Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York

1999
Stretching the Intimate, Motta Gallery, London
Mod, Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York
Selected Works, Atelier Richard Tullis, Santa Barbara

1998
Over the Mantle, Over the Couch, Tricia Collins, New York
Cine Sur, La Paz, Bolivia
Viktoria Reveals Secrets, Hanover

1997
Duremos, Let's Last, Art and Idea, Mexico City
Prima Vera Video, Universidad Buenos Aires, Argentina
Viktoria Reveals Secrets, Gallery 242, New York
Domestic Setting, Post, Los Angeles
Cereijido Summer Video Festival, Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York
Conversion, Tricia Collins - Grand Salon, New York

1996
Hodgepodge Lodge East, Hovel, New York
Group Show, Tricia Collins - Grand Salon, New York
Green, Factory Place Gallery, Los Angeles

1995
Painting Beyond the Idea, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles (catalogue)
Cover to Cover, The Work Space, New York
Pink and Innocent, Tricia Collins - Grand Salon, New York
Group Exhibition, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles
The Spirit of the Matter, Tricia Collins - Grand Salon, New York
A Working Title, E-space, Los Angeles

1994
a perhaps hand, Thomas Solomon's Garage, Los Angeles
L.A. Mail, Jose Friere Gallery, New York

1993
Return of the Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center, New York

1992
Sammons Center For the Arts, Dallas

Bibliography

Frank, Peter, Museum Pick: Planer: A Contemporary take on Landscape, L.A. Weekly, March, 2006
Nys Dambrodt, Shana, made in los angeles, Tema Celeste, January/February, 2006
Nys Dambrodt, Shana, Firework Paintings, Lucas Reiner at Carl Berg, Modern Painters, November 2005
Heise, Rudiger, West Coast Painting, Applaus Kultur Magazin, July/August, 2005
Schiechtl, Sylvia, Lucas Reiner ­ Alberi, Exibart.com, Edition 3/11/05
David Pagel, "Rogue Wave", Los Angeles Times, July, 2005
Kristine Newhouse, "Sequel" at Domestic Setting, Artnet, April, 2003
Eve Wood, "Implied Narratives", Artnet, February, 2003
Peter Frank, "Art Pick of the Week", LA Weekly, February, 2003
Charlene Roth, "Urban Hymns at the Luckman", Artweek, 2000
Helga Fitzbar, "Mod", zingmagazine, Volume 3, Winter 2000, pgs. 239-240
Leonard Bravo, "Lucas Reiner: Griffin Contemporary", zingmagazine, Vol. 2, Fall 1998, pgs. 236-237
Mat Gleason, "Lucas Reiner: Poetry in Motion", bleach magazine, June 1998, pgs. 1 - 6.
Steve Mumford, "Lucas Reiner: milk, piss, blood, rust, dirt" zingmagazine, winter/spring 1997
Tobey Crockett, "Lucas Reiner at Bennett Roberts", Art in America, May 1996, p. 116
Julie Hormel, "Eco-Transcendence", Visions Arts Quarterly, Fall 1993, p. 37
Mario Cutujar, "Painting Beyond the Idea", Art Scene, Sept. 1995, pgs. 14-15
David Pagel, Los Angeles Times, October 12, 1995, p. 4
David DiMichele, "Painting Beyong the Idea..." Artweek, November 1995, p. 23
Peter Frank,"Art Pick of the Week", L.A. Weekly, November 24, 1995, p.132

Visiting Artist

Santa Ana College, Santa Ana
Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles
IUAV, Venice, Italy
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena
Woodbury College, Los Angeles

Awards

Lester Horton. Set Design . 2004