Jeff Colson
{{Short description|American artist}}
Jeff Colson (born 1957) is an American artist.
Colson was born in Santa Ana, California in 1957. He uses diverse materials in painted and sculpted works that reflect both pop and conceptual art.[http://lagunaartmuseum.org/jeff-colson/] Laguna Art Museum artist bio. Accessed Oct 23, 2015. His work often employs trompe l’oeil effects, in which one material creates the effect of a very different material. His work has been exhibited in private and public spaces, and belongs to collections in the United States, Europe, and Mexico. In 2012 he was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship.{{cite web|title=Jeff Colson|url=http://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/jeff-colson/|website=John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation|accessdate=18 April 2017}} His brother is artist Greg Colson.
Solo exhibitions
Colson had solo exhibitions at Maloney Fine Art, Los Angeles in 2015 and 2014.[http://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/23593-jeff-colson] ArtSlant Los Angeles. Accessed, Oct 22, 2015. In a Los Angeles Times review of former show, Leah Ollman called Colson a "wizard at trompe l’oeil illusion" and "canny subversion," describing his sculpture in wood, resin, paint and urethane, Stacks (2015), as "an absurdist ode to paper";Leah Ollman, [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-jeff-colson-wizard-of-illusion-at-maloney-fine-art-20151116-story.html "Review: Jeff Colson, wizard of illusion, at Maloney Fine Art"], Los Angeles Times, November 21, 2015. Accessed April 13, 2020. Catherine Wagley of LA Weekly described his near-life-size wood sculpture of an overflowing garage, Roll Up (2014), as "arresting," "familiar and believable ... with flourishes that are just slightly off."Catherine Wagley, [https://www.laweekly.com/5-artsy-things-to-do-in-l-a-this-week-including-a-dog-with-a-pink-leg/ "5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week, Including a Dog With a Pink Leg"], LA Weekly, November 25, 2014. Accessed April 10, 2020. In 2010, 2009, 2004 and 2002, he had solo exhibitions at Ace Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA.[http://www.acegallery.net/press_release/Jeff_Colson_Bio.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308060710/http://www.acegallery.net/press_release/Jeff_Colson_Bio.pdf |date=2013-03-08 }} Ace Gallery artist bio. Accessed Oct 23, 2015. Prior to those exhibitions, Colson had three shows at Griffin Contemporary in Venice, California and four shows at Angles Gallery in Santa Monica, CA, among others.
Group exhibitions
Colson's work has been represented in numerous group exhibitions including those at the Pasadena Museum of California Art in 2017,{{cite web|title=The Art of In-Between|url=http://modernmag.com/the-art-of-in-between/|website=Modern Magazine|accessdate=18 April 2017}} Los Angeles Municipal Gallery (2013), Frederick R. Weisman Collection, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California (2011), Sammlung Rosenkranz, University Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany (2002), Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, New York (2000), Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (1999), The Drawing Center, New York and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California (1999), Museum of Modern Art, Rijeka, Yugoslavia (1990), Otis Art Institute/Parson School of Design, Los Angeles, California (1990), Wonzimer Gallery, Los Angeles, California (2020).{{Cite web|last=Davis|first=Genie|date=2021-01-14|title=Gallery Rounds: The Shape of Life|url=https://artillerymag.com/gallery-rounds-the-shape-of-life/|access-date=2021-04-05|website=Artillery Magazine|language=en-US}}Otis/Parsons Gallery. Material Consequence: Sculpture Installations : Nicola Rosalie Atkinson-Griffith, Jeff Colson, Jacci Den Hartog, Peter Levinson, Patrick Nickell. Los Angeles: Otis/Parsons Gallery, 1990. Print.[https://books.google.com/books?id=EwpftwAACAAJ] Material Consequence: Sculpture Installations : Nicola Rosalie Atkinson-Griffith, Jeff Colson, Jacci Den Hartog, Peter Levinson, Patrick Nickell. Los Angeles: Otis/Parsons Gallery, 1990. Accessed, Oct 21, 2015.
Selected collections
Colson's art belongs to the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles,{{Cite web|url=http://www.moca.org/artist/jeff-colson|title=Jeff Colson|website=The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles|access-date=2017-04-02}} the Collection of Count Giuseppe Panza di Buomo, the Rosenkranz Foundation (Berlin), and the Laguna Art Museum.{{Cite web|url=http://lagunaartmuseum.org/jeff-colson/|title=Jeff Colson|website=lagunaartmuseum.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-02}}
Awards
Colson was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in 2012 and a City of Los Angeles (C.O.L.A.) Fellowship in 2015.[http://www.maloneyfineart.com/#!colson/c1q74] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425092438/https://www.maloneyfineart.com/#!colson/c1q74 |date=2019-04-25 }} Maloney Fine Art. Los Angeles, California. Accessed, Oct 23, 2015.
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