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  Solo Exhibitions

2006 Upcoming: Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Upcoming: Lesley Heller Gallery, NYC, NY, October
2005 Mario Diacono Gallery, 500 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA, January 7 – February 2
Karolyn Sherwood Gallery, Des Moines, IA, September 8 – October 1
2004 Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May
2002 Steven Vail Gallery, Des Moines, IA, May - June
2001 Roberts and Tilton Gallery, Bionic Farm, Los Angeles, CA., Feb 18 – March 18
Trepanier Baer, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May
Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL. December
2000 Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May
PPOW, New York, New York, Nov 20 – Dec 20
1999 Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI. “Biotech,” October 2-October 31
1998 Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA. “Land Use,” October 10-November 4
Percival Gallery, Des Moines, IA. “Land Use,” May
1996 Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI. “Reclamation of a Waste Area,” October 10-November 2
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA. “Will Mentor: Food and Ornament,” June 22-Sept. 23
Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. May 9-June 8
1995 P.P.O.W., New York, NY. September
Percival Gallery, Des Moines, IA. May
Ruth Bloom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. February 25-March 25
1994 Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI. November 3-26
Ohio University, Athens, OH. February 14-March 14
Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. April 7-May 7
1993 Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO., October
Rubinstein Diacono Gallery, New York, NY. May
Yamanaka Fine Arts Center of Kyoto, Kizu-Cho, Japan, May
Esprit Nouveau Gallery, Okayama, Japan, February
1992 Rubin Spangle Gallery, New York, NY., “Recent Paintings”, October
Katie Block Fine Art, Boston, MA. “Works on Paper”, May
1991 Rubin Spangle Gallery, New York, NY. Works on Paper, October
1990 Laurie Rubin Gallery, New York, NY. Works on Paper, October
1989 Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany, May
1988 Laurie Rubin Gallery, New York, NY. November
Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, Holland, May
1987 Laurie Rubin Gallery, New York, NY. October
1987 Wolff Gallery, New York, NY. October
1986 Wolff Gallery, New York, NY., “Small Paintings,” April
1985 Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL, May
Wolff Gallery, New York, NY. “Paintings,” April
Lorence Monk Gallery, New York, NY. “Twenty Episodes From the One & Three,” April


Group Exhibitions


2005 Encomium Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada, “Squares and Stuff: Geometric Abstraction,” April 2 – April 30th
Samson Projects, Boston, MA, “Opish,” June 3 – July 31
2004 International Print Center New York, NY, NY, November 5 – December 23
2003 Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Canada, December
Trepanier Baer Gallery, Toronto Art Fair, Toronto, Canada, November 14-17
Karolyn Sherwood Gallery, Des Moines, IA. Summer
2002 Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, “What Will it Be?” December
Steven Vail Gallery, Abstraction, Des Moines, IA. Nov 14 – Dec 14
Trepanier Baer Gallery, Abstraction, Calgary, Canada, Summer
2001 Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, Transpolyblu – A Digital Exposition, St. Louis, MO. Jan 19 – Feb 25
School of Art Gallery, Kent State, “Accumulations,” Kent, Ohio. Oct 3 – Oct 27
CSPS, Cedar Rapids, IA. “Colors of Conscience,” Nov. 9 – Dec. 30
PPOW, “I love NY,” NY, NY. Oct. 26 – Nov. 7
2000 Mitchell Museum - New Acquisitions, Mt. Vernon, IL. Summer
Cedar Rapids Art Museum, Cedar Rapids, IA. December
Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, “What Was It?” March
1999 Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, The 20th Annual Benefit Art Auction, Los Angeles, CA. October
Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL. “Work on Paper,” Enrique Chagoye, Will Mentor, Amy Sillman, June-July
CSPS, Cedar Rapids, IA. “Farm Show,” March 19-May 2
Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, “What Is It?” Feb. 5-March 5
P.P.O.W., New York, NY. “Fields,” Margaret Curtis, Jane Fine, Will Mentor, Jan. 8-Feb. 6
1998 Tamarind Gallery, Albuquerque, NM. “Collective Impressions,” July 24-Sept. 1
Cedar Rapids Art Museum, Cedar Rapids, IA. “Recent Acquisitions,” June 10-Sept. 1
Fred Jones, Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, OK. “Collaboration/Transformations,” Feb. 13-March 29
1997 Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA. “Art at Work,” Sept. 27-January 4, 1998
Pratt Exhibitions, New York, NY. “Landscape, Seen and Unseen,” Sept. 20-Jan. 4, 1998
Montgomery Gallery, Pomona College, Claremont, CA. “Collaboration/Transformations,” Sept. 2-Oct. 27
Cedar Rapids Art Museum, Cedar Rapids, IA. “Meditations,” August 8-October 5
1996 Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI. “Young Collectors Show,” December
Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO. “On Paper ll,” April 3-May 6
1995 Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina Greensboro, “Art on Paper,” Nov. 12-Jan 21, 1996
Domestic Setting Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. “A Vital Matrix,” August 5-Sept. 16
Christina Wasserman Gallery, Providence, RI. “Mary Beyt, Will Mentor,” March 9-April 1
1994 Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI. “Group Show,” July-August
Apex Art, New York, NY. “Landscapes…..Ideas,” May 6-June 18
1993 Fawbush Gallery, New York, NY. “Bomb Benefit,” December
Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI. December
Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, “Abstraction, Where To From Here?” Sept.-Oct.
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA. “Iowa Artists Exhibition,” curated by Deborah Leveton, Summer
Yamanaka Fine Arts Center of Kyoto, Kizu-Cho, Japan, March
Heartland Gallery, Des Moines, IA. “11 Artists,” March
1992 Galerie Nichido, Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan, “Edward Henderson, Robert Cumming, Will Mentor,” Feb. 7-17
1991 Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA. “Iowa Artists ’91,” Sept. 28-Nov. 1
Betsy Senior Contemporary Prints, New York, NY. “Abstraction,” Nov. 23-Feb. 8
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA. “The Abstract Tradition in American Art,” Dec. 7-Feb. 23, 1992
1990 Rubin Spangle Gallery, New York, NY. November
Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany, “Jardins de Bagatelle,” October
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA. “Iowa Artists Exhibition,” curated by Deborah Leveton, summer
1989 Laurie Rubin Gallery, New York, NY. “Collapsing Light,” October
1988 Laurie Rubin Gallery, New York, NY. “Drawings,” November
Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY. “Invitational,” November
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA. “Iowa Artists Exhibition,” curated by Connie Butler, summer
Greenberg Gallery Annex, St. Louis, MO. Curated by Jim Schmidt, May
1987 The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT. “Post-Abstract Abstraction,” curated by Eugene
Schwartz
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT. Fall Invitational
Wolff Gallery, New York, NY. “New Locations,” September
Laurie Rubin Gallery, New York, NY. “Interstices,” curated by Jonathan Seliger
Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL.
1986 Wolff Gallery, New York, NY.
Haggerty Museum, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI. Romanticism and Cynicism in Contemporary Art
Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ. “The Potent Image,” curated by Robert Ferguson
Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. curated by Scott Spiegel
Simard Halm and Shee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. “Painterly Abstraction,” curated by Charles Kessler & Will Halm
Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, NY. “Abstract Appropriations,” curated by Thomas Sokolowski
Lorence Monk Gallery, New York, NY. “Painting the Artificial”
Asher Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. “Artificial Paradise”
Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, WA. “Current”
Lafayette College, Easton, PA. “Art of the East Village”
The Palladium, New York, NY. curated by Dan Cameron
1985 Barbara Toll Gallery, New York, NY. “Drawings”
Exhibition Hall at Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark, “A Brave New World, A New Generation,” curated by Thomas Solomon, travelling to Lund, Sweden
Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. “Cross Currents,” curated by Elizabeth Sussman
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA. “Currents,” curated by Elizabeth Sussman
Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY. “Abstract Issues,” curated by Stephen Henry Madoff
Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. “Actual Size”
Wolff Gallery, New York, NY. “Post Style”
Modernism Gallery, SanFrancisco, CA. “New Art”
1985 Gabrielle Bryers, New York, NY. “Pictures Frame-Frame Pictures”
Vanderwoude Tannenbaum Gallery, New York, NY. “Notions of Contemporary Surrealism”
Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY. “Innovative Still Life”
Lorence Monk Gallery, New York, NY. “Real Surreal”
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ. curated by Andrea Belag
1985 New York Studio School, New York, NY. “From Organism to Architecture,” curated by Ross Bleckner
Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY. “57th between A & D”
Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, NY. “New Paintings”
1984 Wolff Gallery, New York, NY. “Works on Paper”


Public Collections

The New School for Social Research, New York, NY
The Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
List Visual Art Center, Brown University, Providence, RI
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
The Cedar Rapids Art Museum, Cedar Rapids, IA
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL
Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
 

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