Lawrence C Gipe
- Professor, Art
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
- (520) 621-7570
- Art Building & Art Museum, Rm. 108
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- lgipe@arizona.edu
Biography
Lawrence Gipe
born: 1962 in Baltimore, Maryland
Lawrence Gipe’s practice engages themes of power, authoritarianism and visual propaganda in media that ranges between painting, drawing, video and collaborative installations. He has had 58 solo exhibitions in galleries and museums in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Munich, Berlin, Düsseldorf (Kunstverein Düsseldorf). Currently, he splits his time between his studio in Los Angeles, CA, and Tucson, AZ, where he is an Associate Professor of Studio Art at the University of Arizona.
He has received two NEA Individual Fellowship Grants (Painting, 1989 and Works on Paper, 1996). A mid-career survey, 3 Five-Year Plans: Lawrence Gipe, 1990-2005, was organized in 2006 by Marilyn Zeitlin at the University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona. In 2001, Gipe executed a mural commission for the lobby of the Federal Reserve Bank Headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Recently, Gipe had two solo shows in 2018, including Another Cold Winter at Lora Schlesinger Gallery in Los Angeles, CA. Recent group exhibitions include the Artivist event Into Action, Los Angeles; Art on Paper, Pier 38, New York, NY; Pure Monotype, International Print Center, New York, NY; Transiting, Arena One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (and co-organizer); Cityscapes, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY; Masterwork Drawings, Paul Mahder Gallery, Healdsburg, CA; and Body Language: Figuration in Modern and Contemporary Art, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ.
In 2017, Gipe was the Curator-in-Residence at ProArts in Oakland, CA, organizing a group exhibition called Everyone is Hypnotized: Artists Dérive the Bay Area. In 2018, he co-organized ONE YEAR: The Art of Politics in LA, at the Brand Art Gallery, Glendale, CA, an 18-artist survey of political work that was noted favorably by Christopher Knight in the Los Angeles TImes. In the past three years, Gipe has co-organized 5 exhibitions for non-profit spaces including ProArts, Oakland, CA, Brand Art Center, Arena One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; and Root Division, San Francisco (Curatorial Proposal Award, 2016).
In 2014, Gipe won a University of Arizona Confluence Center Grant for Documenting Operation Streamline an on-going drawing project recording the plight of illegal immigrants on their journey through the Arizona court system via the controversial “Operation Streamline” process. Gipe published Operation Streamline: A Reader with funds from the grant (2015), which combined his sketches from Federal Court with press clippings and original research from UA journalist students. These drawings have been used to illustrate articles and news reatures on Univision, Univision Nacional, PBS News Hour, AZ Daily Star, Tucson Weekly, CBS News, Center for Latin American Studies, and Arizona Public Media.
Gipe is currently an art correspondent for a number of Los Angeles-based journals including Fabrik, Art and Cake and WhiteHot. His art criticism has been published in FlashArt (reviews), L.A.Weekly (Reviews and essays), the Santa Barbara Independent (Essays and cover stories on art themes), Artscribe (and scores of others now extinct).
Articles and reviews about his work have appeared in Vanity Fair, Harper’s Magazine, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Art and Antiques, L.A. Weekly, The Washington Post Magazine, Juxtapoz, Architectural Digest, Elle, The Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, The Miami Herald, The Boston Globe, ArtForum, ArtNews, Artscene LA, Artillery Magazine, The Miami New Times, Arizona Republic, Tucson Weekly, San Francisco Chronicle, SFAQ, Fabrik LA, Art in America, Flash Art, Village Voice,Time Out New York; Kunstforum (Germany); BijutsuTecho (Japan); Applaus (Germany) and others. A monograph on Gipe's work, “Lawrence Gipe: Century of Progress”, was published in 2014 by Zero+ Publishing, Los Angeles.
Public collections include the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Block Museum of Art, Boise Art Museum, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Cincinnati Art Museum, Federal Reserve Board Collection, High Museum of Art, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Norton Museum of Art, San Jose Museum of Art, Yale University Library, and the Zimmerli Archive, at Rutgers University. He is currently up in the “Art of Our Time” exhibition, a year-long show of the permanent collection at the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, FL.
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Degrees
- M.F.A. Painting
- Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles, California, USA
- B.F.A. Studio Art
- Virginia Commonwealth University
Work Experience
- CSUCI, Camarillo, CA (2003 - Ongoing)
- UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA (1999 - Ongoing)
- Art Center, Pasadena, CA (1987 - Ongoing)
- LA High School for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA (1986 - Ongoing)
Awards
- Teaching Residency
- Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Fall 2019
- Curator-in-Residence Award
- ProArts, Oakland, CA, Fall 2016
- CFA Small Grants
- Spring 2011
- 2009 Fine Arts Faculty Research Grant
- Summer 2009
- NEA Fellowship
- Fall 2006
Interests
No activities entered.
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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MATLS & Methods in Painting
ART 380A (Spring 2025) -
Painting I
ART 280 (Spring 2025) -
Independent Study
ART 499 (Fall 2024) -
Independent Study
ART 599 (Fall 2024) -
MATLS & Methods in Painting
ART 380A (Fall 2024) -
Painting Studio Practice
ART 480 (Fall 2024) -
Painting Studio Practice
ART 580 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Contemp Issues in Painting
ART 380B (Spring 2024) -
Grad Interdiscipl Critiq
ART 642 (Spring 2024) -
Graduate Thesis Studio
ART 698 (Spring 2024) -
Honors Independent Study
ART 499H (Spring 2024) -
Honors Thesis
ART 498H (Spring 2024) -
Independent Study
ART 399 (Spring 2024) -
Cont Drawing Studio Practice
ART 401 (Fall 2023) -
Cont Drawing Studio Practice
ART 501 (Fall 2023) -
Graduate Professional Practice
ART 596A (Fall 2023) -
Honors Thesis
ART 498H (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Graduate Thesis Studio
ART 698 (Spring 2023) -
Independent Study
ART 399 (Spring 2023) -
Independent Study
ART 499 (Spring 2023) -
MATLS & Methods in Painting
ART 380A (Spring 2023) -
Painting Studio Practice
ART 480 (Spring 2023) -
Grad Interdiscipl Critiq
ART 642 (Fall 2022) -
Graduate Thesis Studio
ART 698 (Fall 2022) -
MATLS & Methods in Painting
ART 380A (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Cont Drawing Studio Practice
ART 401 (Spring 2022) -
Cont Drawing Studio Practice
ART 501 (Spring 2022) -
Contemp Issues in Painting
ART 380B (Spring 2022) -
Independent Study
ART 499 (Spring 2022) -
Graduate Professional Practice
ART 596A (Fall 2021) -
Painting Studio Practice
ART 480 (Fall 2021) -
Painting Studio Practice
ART 580 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Career Dev Visual Artist
ART 496A (Fall 2020) -
Contemp Issues in Painting
ART 380B (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Graduate Painting
ART 580 (Spring 2020) -
Independent Study
ART 499 (Spring 2020) -
Independent Study
ART 599 (Spring 2020) -
Painting I
ART 280 (Spring 2020) -
Painting III
ART 480 (Spring 2020) -
Practicum
ART 694 (Spring 2020) -
Figure Drawing I
ART 205 (Fall 2019) -
Independent Study
ART 499 (Fall 2019) -
MATLS & Methods in Painting
ART 380A (Fall 2019) -
Practicum
ART 694 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Figr Drawing III
ART 405 (Summer I 2019) -
Figure Drawing I
ART 205 (Summer I 2019) -
Figure Drawing II
ART 305 (Summer I 2019) -
Graduate Figure Drawing
ART 505 (Summer I 2019) -
Grad Interdiscipl Critiq
ART 642 (Spring 2019) -
MATLS & Methods in Painting
ART 380A (Spring 2019) -
Career Dev Visual Artist
ART 496A (Fall 2018) -
Figr Drawing III
ART 405 (Fall 2018) -
Figure Drawing II
ART 305 (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Figr Drawing III
ART 405 (Summer I 2018) -
Figure Drawing I
ART 205 (Summer I 2018) -
Figure Drawing II
ART 305 (Summer I 2018) -
Graduate Figure Drawing
ART 505 (Summer I 2018) -
Contemporary Drawing
ART 301 (Spring 2018) -
Figure Drawing II
ART 305 (Spring 2018) -
Contemp Issues in Painting
ART 380B (Fall 2017) -
Contemporary Drawing
ART 301 (Fall 2017) -
Independent Study
ART 499 (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Figr Drawing III
ART 405 (Summer I 2017) -
Figure Drawing I
ART 205 (Summer I 2017) -
Figure Drawing II
ART 305 (Summer I 2017) -
Independent Study
ART 399 (Summer I 2017) -
Figr Drawing III
ART 405 (Spring 2017) -
Figure Drawing II
ART 305 (Spring 2017) -
Internship
ART 393 (Spring 2017) -
MATLS & Methods in Painting
ART 380A (Spring 2017) -
Figure Drawing I
ART 205 (Fall 2016) -
Painting I
ART 280 (Fall 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Books
- Gipe, L. C. (2014). "Lawrence Gipe: Century of Progress". Zero+Publishing, Los Angeles, CA.
- Gipe, L. C. (2014). "Operation Streamline: A Reader". Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry, UA.
Journals/Publications
- Gipe, L. C. (2018). "Aili Schmeltz and Jason Manley at JAUS". Art and Cake.More infoThis is an article on a two-person exhibition of UA alum Aili Schmeltz and Jason Manley. Both juggle teaching careers; Manley commutes to LA from Utah to exhibit and do residencies. Schmeltz lives and operates a project room in Joshua Tree (Outpost Projects), while driving in often to LA to realize works.
- Gipe, L. C. (2018). "Final Round-Up at Studio System 2 at TAM". Art and Cake.
- Gipe, L. C. (2018). "Ian Davis: Dystopia in Paint". Fabrik.
- Gipe, L. C. (2018). "Kio Griffith at L.A. Artcore". Art and Cake.
- Gipe, L. C. (2018). "Nick Taggart". Fabrik.More infoShort profile of LA artist Nick Taggart
- Gipe, L. C. (2018). "Olafur Eliasson’s Reality Projector at the Marciano Art Foundation". Art and Cake.More infoReview of Olafur Eliasson’s "Reality Projector" at the Marciano Art Foundation for the local LA blog "Art and Cake".
- Gipe, L. C. (2018). "Roberta Gentry". Fabrik.More infoProfile of UA alumni Roberta Gentry
- Gipe, L. C. (2018). "Sean Noyce". Fabrik.More infoProfile of emerging LA artist, Sean Noyce
- Gipe, L. C. (2010). Ariel Schlesinger at Gregor Podnar, Berlin. Artillery Magazine, p.42.
- Gipe, L. C. (2010). Dinh Q. Le at ASU Art Museum. Artillery Magazine, 37.
- Gipe, L. C. (2006). Pick of the Week. LA Weekly, 1.More infoPeter Frank
Presentations
- Gipe, L. C. (2012, Fall). Docent Talk for "German Op-Art Ceramics, 1955-1975". University of Arizona Museum of Art. Pfeiffer Gallery at UAMA.More infoIndividual Presenter
- Gipe, L. C. (2012, Fall). Public Talk for "German Op-Art Ceramics". University of Arizona Museum of Art. Pfeiffer Gallery at UAMA.More infoIndividual Presenter
- Gipe, L. C. (2011, Spring). Artist Presentation at Tucson Museum of Art (2). Art Museum. Tucson Museum of Art.More infoIndividual Presenter
- Gipe, L. C. (2011, Spring). Artist Presentation at Tucson Museum of Art (3). Art Museum. Tucson Museum of Art.More infoIndividual Presenter
- Gipe, L. C. (2011, Spring). Artist Presentation at Tucson Museum of Art (4). Art Museum. Tucson Museum of Art.More infoIndividual Presenter
- Gipe, L. C. (2011, Spring). Artist Presentation at Tucson Museum of Art. Art Museum. Tucson Museum of Art.More infoIndividual Presenter
- Gipe, L. C. (2011, Spring). Nostalgia, Ideology and Visual Art. Discussion with Lawrence Gipe and Andrew Jenks at The Wende Museum, Culver City, California. The Wende Museum, Culver City, California.More infoPanel Speaker
- Gipe, L. C. (2010, Fall). Visiting Artists Lecture:Lawrence Gipe. College. Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ.More infoIndividual Presenter
- Gipe, L. C. (2010, Spring). Painting, Nostalgia and Ideology (Gemalde, Nostalgie und Ideologie). University. Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste Dresden, Germany.More infoIndividual Presenter
- Gipe, L. C. (2010, Spring). Visiting Artists Lecture:Lawrence Gipe. University. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.More infoIndividual Presenter
- Gipe, L. C. (2009, Fall). Painting, Nostalgia and Ideology. ART 203. University of Arizona.More infoIndividual Presenter
- Gipe, L. C. (2008, Spring). Visiting Artist: Lawrence Gipe. VCU Visual Artists Speaker Program. Virginia Commonwealth University.More infoIndividual Presenter
Creative Works
- Linda Vallejo “Keepin’ it Brown”; Kristine Schomaker; September 2017; Art and Cake
- Ed Ruscha at the de Young Museum; Painting/Photography; David Roth; September 2016; SquareCylinder.com; Review of Ed Ruscha's survey at the de Young Museum, Ed Ruscha and the Great American West.
- Immigration bill could swamp overwhelmed Tucson court; Drawing; Arizona Daily Star; September 2013; Arizona Daily Star online; Documenting Operation Streamline drawings used to illustrate “Immigration bill could swamp overwhelmed Tucson court” by Perla Trevizo in the Arizona Daily Star with online slide show of multiple works; posted 9/8.
- "Right this Way"; Santa Barbara Independent; October; Santa Barbara Independent
- Dark Mountain, Vol. 20 "ABYSS"; Painting; The Dark Mountain Project; October 2021; Dark Mountain; Painting used for cover art
- Khôra at Mt. San Antonio College Art Gallery; Kristine Schomaker; October 2017; Art and Cake
- Lawrence Halprin's Drawings Provide a New Lens onto his Life and Work; Noah Becker; November 2017; WhiteHot Magazine of Contemporary Art
- Matisse + Diebenkorn @ SFMOMA; David Roth; May 2017; SquareCylinder.com/Northern California Art; Longer essay (1200 words) and my last for SquareCylinder. For this, and all essays in this section, I was paid less than 20 cents a word, if you're interested.
- Diebenkorn & Hopper at Cantor Arts Center,Stanford University; Painting; David Roth; May 2016; SquareCylinder.com; A review of Richard Diebenkorn & Edward Hopper at Cantor Arts Center,Stanford University
- Dan Rather Reports: Operation Streamline; Drawing; May 2013; Dan Rather Reports; Drawings from Documenting Operation Streamline used to illustrate news feature on Dan Rather Reports, “Operation Streamline” Episode 814Aired: May 15
- Documenting Operation Streamline: Images and Narratives of Deportation; Drawing; May 2013; Univision Nacional; Drawings from Documenting Operation Streamline used to illustrate May 24 Evening Edition (Edicion Nocturna) news broadcast on Univision NacionalEpisode 130523: Reforma migratoria podría incluir programa de encarcelamientoEstimated viewing audience: 8 million
- Carrying the Flag: Mel Ziegler @ SFAI; Contemporary Art; David Roth; March 2017; SquareCylinder.com
- Documenting Operation Streamline; Drawing; The Center for Latin American Studies, University of Arizona; March 2013; IN THE SHADOW OF THE WALL: Family Separation, Immigration Enforcement and Security / Preliminary Data from the Migrant Border Crossing Study; Drawings from Documenting Operation Streamline were used to illustrate IN THE SHADOW OF THE WALL: Family Separation, Immigration Enforcement and Security / Preliminary Data from the Migrant Border Crossing Study for The Center for Latin American Studies, University of Arizona; Published 3/13.
- Beauty Beneath Ideology; Arizona Republic; June; The Arizona Republic
- Don Porcella's "Everything Must Go" at Noysky Projects; Noah Becker; June 2017; WhiteHot Magazine of Contemporary Art
- Paul Kos at The di Rosa Foundation; Mixed Media; David Roth; June 2016; SquareCylinder.com; A review of a survey of Paul Kos' work at the di Rosa Foundation, Napa, CA
- Robert Sagerman at Brian Gross Gallery; Painting; David Roth; June 2016; SquareCylinder.com; A review of Robert Sagerman at Brian Gross Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Stephanie Syjuco at Catharine Clark Gallery; Mixed Media; David Roth; June 2016; SquareCylinder.com; A review of Stephanie Syjuco at Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Constance Mallinson: Unmade at Jason Vass Gallery; Noah Becker; July 2017; WhiteHot Magazine of Contemporary Art; Work by longtime colleague Constance Mallinson, later in the year I curated her into "One Year".
- News feature on Operation Streamline; Drawing; July 2013; Univision Local Tucson; Drawings from Documenting Operation Streamline used to illustrate Criminalización de Inmigrantes "Stream Line" on Univision localAired: July 15-16; Written by: Karla EscamillaEstimated viewing audience: 200,000
- “EXTRACTION: Art on the Edge of the Abyss”.; painting; The Codex Foundation; January 2021; “EXTRACTION: Art on the Edge of the Abyss”; Multiple images in this journal about environmental art
- 2 sketches from "Documenting Operation Streamline"; Drawing; Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice; January 2016; Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice newsletter; 2 sketches from "Documenting Operation Streamline" were used on the front and back cover of "Indefensible: A Decade of Mass Incarceration of Migrants prosecuted for Crossing the Border".
- Streamlined Deportation: No One Here in This Room Can Help You; Drawing; January 2013; truthout.org; Documenting Operation Streamline drawings used to illustrate Streamlined Deportation: No One Here in This Room Can Help You by Sam Taber McNeil in Truth-Out.org, published 05 Jan 5, 2013. McNeil was the Journalism graduate student that first contacted me to collaborate on the Streamline project.
- Nina Chanel Abney: Royal Flush; Magazine; Fabrik Publications; February 2019; Fabrik Magazine; https://fabrikmagazine.com/nina-chanel-abney/
- Denise Uyehara: Shedding Light on Memory & the Occupied Body; Drawing; February 2013; Documenting Operation Streamline drawings used as projections behind a performance art piece by Denise Uyehara called Shedding Light on Memory & the Occupied Body. 7:00 p.m., Benson Auditorium, Pitzer College, CA, Feb 13, 2013
- Total Control Over Mind and Body: Seven Artists Grapple with Bob Flanagan's Legacy; Noah Becker; December 2017; WhiteHot Magazine of Contemporary Art
- “Eclipse” at Art Center College of Art and Design, Pasadena, CA; Kristine Schomaker; August 2017; Art and Cake
- ‘NextNewPaper’ and ‘This is Not a Book’ at San Jose ICA; Mixed Media/Book Arts; David Roth; August 2016; SquareCylinder.com; Reviews of two exhibitions atthe San Jose ICA: ‘NextNewPaper’ and ‘This is Not a Book’
- 'Streamline' Speeds Ahead Amid Trump's Border Crackdown; drawing; Law360 (a LexisNexis Company); April 2019; Law360; Law360 used an image I made for my Streamline Project to illustrate an article on the process.
- Poster for Comprehensive Immigration Reform and Migrant Human Rights; Drawing; Center for Latin American Studies and Mexican American Studies, University of Arizona; April 2013; Documenting Operation Streamline drawings used as poster image for “Comprehensive Immigration Reform and Migrant Human Rights”; co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies and Mexican American Studies; round-table discussion at UA; 4/30
- Illustrating Operation Streamline; Drawing; Arizona Sonora News Service, University of Arizona Border Class; Arizona Sonora News Service.com; Documenting Operation Streamline drawings used as illustrations for “Illustrating Operation Streamline” , Arizona Sonora News Service, University of Arizona Border Class, December 12, 2012 (made aware of it in '13)
- Tom Sachs at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts; installation; David Roth; SquareCylinder.com; Review of Tom Sachs at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Space Project: Europa.
