Daniel Douke
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2008 Peter Mendenhall Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
2006 Daniel Douke: Endless Instant: A Survey, Luckman Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Art Gallery, Los Angeles Valley College, Valley Glen, CA
2005 Adler & Co., San Francisco, CA
2005 Rose Paintings, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2005 Confections and Flowers, Mendenhall Sobieski Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2003 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
2002 Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2000 Ikon Ltd./Kay Richards, Santa Monica, CA
1999 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1998 Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1997 Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1997 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1994 Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1993 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1993 Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1991 Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1991 Fine Arts Gallery, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA
1989 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1989 Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
1989 Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1989 Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1988 Brandstater Gallery, Loma Linda University, Riverside, CA
1987 Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1987 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1987 Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1985 Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1985 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1984 Acme Art, San Francisco, CA
1983 Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1983 O.K Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1982 Dobrick Gallery, Chicago, IL
1981 Tortue Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1981 O.K Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1980 Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
1980 Dobrick Gallery, Chicago, IL
1979 O.K Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1978 Dobrick Gallery, Chicago, IL
1977 Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Dominguez Hills, CA
1976 Dobrick Gallery, Chicago, IL
1975 Jack Glenn Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
1975 Warren Benedek Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2008 Peter Mendenhall Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Here’s The Thing: The Single Object Still Life, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
2007 The Summer Survey, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2007 I WANT Candy: The Sweet Stuff in American Art, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
2007 Introductions II, Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV
2006 Driving with Dementia: Kaz Oshiro and Dan Douke, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2005 Very Early Pictures, Luckman Gallery, Luckman Fine Arts Complex, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
2005 The Loyolas Collect, Laband Art Gallery, Loyla Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Art of the Flower, The Art & Cultural Center, Fallbrook, CA
2004 What’s The Story, Morning Glory?, Hee-Jeong Jang & Daniel Douke, Sabrina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Seeing is Believing: American Trompe l’oeil, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
2004 Contemporary American Realism VII, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2003 Art & Affinities, Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Everything’s O.K. at O.K. Harris, Brevard Museum of Art and Science, Melbourne, FL
2003 Just Desserts, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2003 Subject: Object, O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
2003 A Good Impression: A Century of Printmaking in San Diego, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego,CA
2002 Paintings and Photographs, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Malibu, CA
2002 Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
2000 Flight, The Art & Cultural Center, Fallbrook, CA
1998 Still Life Painting Today, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1998 Illusion: Trompe l’Oeil and Slight of Hand, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
1997 West Coast Painting and Sculpture, Oceanside Art Museum, Oceanside, CA
1997 Unabashedly Urbane: Paintings By Daniel Douke and Robert Gratiot, California State University, Bakersfield, CA
1995 Between The Lines, Breeden Gallery, Orange, CA
1994 Visual Fictions, Sensory Deceits: A Brief History of Trompe l’Oeil, Fresco City College, CA
1994 Exhibition to Reestablish the Westmoreland Collection, Mount St Mary's College, Los Angeles, CA
1994 Doubletake, Hans and Walter Bechtler Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1993 Gallery Artists, Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1992 Masks, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles., CA
1992 The Reality of Illusion, Contemporary Crafts Association, Portland, OR
1992 The Articulated Thumbprint, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
1991 A Small Bite Of The Big App1e: Contemporary Art From O.K Harris, Bobbitt Visual Arts Center, Albion College, Albion, MI
1991 Karp's Choice, Triplex Gallery, Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, NY
1990 California Still Life, University Art Gallery, California State University, Hayward, CA
1990 Styles, Strands & Sequences: American Realist Paintings & Drawings, 1912-1990 From the Philip Desind Collection, University Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
1989 The Corrugated Show, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
1989 Landscape Visions, California State University, Office of the Chancellor, Long Beach., CA
1989 Boite Alerte, Renee Fotouhi Fine Art Ltd., New York, NY
1988 Tortue is O.K., Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1988 Trompe l'Oeil: The Magic of Deception, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
1987-88 Don't Knock Wood, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
1987 The Hot Centre: Contemporary Art Selected By Ivan Karp, Norton Center for the Arts, Centre College, Danville, KY
1987 Convincing Illusions, Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1986-87 A Southern California Collection, Cirrus, Los Angeles, CA
1986 California Contemporary: Works from the Security Pacific Collection, Laguna Art Museum.,
Laguna Beach, CA
1986 Art and Illusion, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK
1986 Modern Still Life and Trompe l'Oeil Paintings, Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno, CA
1986 Kindred Spirits, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, CA
1986 Collectors' Choice, Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
1986 Contemporary American Painting From Kentucky Collections, Huntington Galleries,
Huntington, WV
1986 New Acquisitions: Selected Works from the Security Pacific Corporate Collection, Gallery at the Plaza Security Pacific National Bank Los Angeles, CA
1985 Trompe l 'Oeil, Brenda Kroos Gallery, Columbus, OH
1985 Contemporary American Painting from Kentucky Collections, Norton Center for the Arts, Danville, KY
1985 The Real Thing, North Miami Museum and Art Center, North Miami, FL
1984-85 New Realism, Robert I. Kidd Galleries, Birmingham, MI
1984 Games of Deception: When Nothing Is As It Appears, Artisan Space, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1984 In Celebration, Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1984 Olympiad: Summer 1984, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1984 Illusions, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville., SC
1983-85 Contemporary Trompe l’Oeil Painting and Sculpture, Boise Gallery of Art, Boise, ID; travelling exhibition
1983-84 California Contemporary Artists 16, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
1983 Educating Artists: Fine Arts at Art Center 1982-83, Art Center, College of Design, Pasadena, CA
1983 Material Illusions/Unlikely Materials, Taft Museum, Cincinnati, OH
1983 Trompe l'Oeil: Deceiver of the Eye, Lyon Gallery, Redlands, CA
1983 Exhibiting: 22 Artists, Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1983 Forgotten Dimension: Small Scale California Sculpture, Fresno Art Center, Fresno, CA
1982 Drawings by Painters, Long Beach Museum, Long Beach, CA; Mandeville Art Center, Mandeville, CA; University of San Diego, San Diego, CA; Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
1982 L.A. Art: An Exhibition of Contemporary Paintings, Nagoya City Museum, Nagoya, Japan; Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1981 Decade: Los Angeles Painting In the Seventies, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena., CA
1981 Anti-Static, Baxter Art Gallery, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
1980 Illusionism, O.K. Harris West, Scottsdale, AZ
1980 Daniel Douke, Jack Radetsky Peter Saari, Gallery Yves Arman, New York, NY
1980 The Reality of Illusion, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO; travelling exhibition
1979 Illusion and Material, Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
1979 Art in Boxes, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
1978 The Subject is the Object, Baum/Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1978 New Realism: 8 California Painters, Nevada Art Museum, Reno, Nevada
1978 Realist Painters, Los Angeles, ARCO Center for Visual Arts, Los Angeles, CA
1978 Black Dolphin Prints, Art Galleries California State University Long Beach, CA
1977 100 + Current Directions in Southern California Art, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art,
Los Angeles, CA
1976 Los Angeles, Penthouse Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1976 California White Paper Painters, California State University, Fullerton, CA
1976 Five Realists, Mount St. Mary's College Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1974 New Realism Revisited, New York State University, Potsdam, NY Nicholas Treadwell Galleries, London, England
1973 Painting, James D. Phelan Awards, Art Special Gallery, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
I Bought Andy Warhol, Richard Polsky, Harry Abrams Publishers, 2003.
Masquerade, Maurice Tuchman, Joseph Campbell, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1993, p.81,82.
Figure & Form (Vol.1), Lu Bro, WCB Brown & Bench Mark, 1992, p.193-194, (ill. color No.19).
Trompe l'Oeil At Home, Karen S. Chambers, Rizzoli, New York, 1991, p.60, (ill. color)
American Realist Painting: 1945-1980, John L. Ward, U.M.I. Research Press, Ann Arbor, MI, 1989, P.246-248, 250,254 (ill.)
American Artists, Les Kranz, Kranz Publishing Co., Chicago, IL 1984.
Neuc Formen des Bildes, Udo Kultermann, Wasmuth, Tuebingen, West Germany, 1976, p.87 (ill.)
Super Realism: A Critical Anthology, Gregory Battcock, Dutton, New York, 1975, p.225 (ill.)
Daniel Douke, Peter Mendenhall Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Text: John Yau, 2008.
Here’s The Thing: Single Object Still Life, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY; Text: Robert Cottingham, 2008.
I Want Candy, Hudson River Museum. Yonkers, NY, Text: Bartholomew F. Bland, 2007.
Daniel Douke: Endless Instant, A Survey, Luckman Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA; Foreword: Wendy A. Baker, 2006.
Trompe l'Oeil: The Magic Of Deception, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Norman Lloyd, 1988.
Styles Strands, And Sequences; Realist Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of Philip Desind, (Essay),
University Gallery, University of Florida; John L. Ward, 1990.
Daniel Douke, Jerald Melberg Gallery Inc., Charlotte, NC; Essay: Michael Laurence, 1987.
Art and Illusion, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Alaska; Introduction: Stephen A. Benton, 1986.
Kindred Spirits, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery., Josine Ianco-Starrels, 1986.
Decade: Los Angeles Painting in the Seventies, Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, CA;
Introduction: Laurence Dreiband, 1985.
Material Illusion/Unlikely Material, Taft Museum, Cincinnati, OH; Introduction: Heather Hallenberg, 1983
Educating Artists: Fine Arts at Art Center 1982-83, Art Center, College of Design, Pasadena, CA;
Introduction: Lawrence Drieband, 1983.
Contemporary Trompe l'Oeil Painting and Sculpture, Boise Gallery of Art, Boise, ID;
Introduction: Dennis O'Leary, 1983.
Drawings By Painters, Long Beach Museum of Art, CA; Richard Armstrong; 1982.
The Duplicate Object, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA;
Introduction: Sandy Ballatore, 1980
The Reality of Illusion, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO; Donald Brewer, 1980.
Daniel Douke, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA; Michael Auping, 1977.
Five Realists, Mount St. Mary's College Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Introduction: Jack Glenn, 1976.
California White Paper Painters 1930's-1970's, Art Gallery, California State University, Fullerton, CA;
Introduction: George R. James, 1976.
New Realism Revisited, New York State University, Potsdam, NY; 1974.
Art in America, “Review of Exhibitions: New York, Daniel Douke at OK Harris”, September 2007, p.166-167.
ArtScene (Vol. 26, No.3),”Previews of Exhibitions, Daniel Douke”, Mat Gleason, November 2006, p.19-20.
Mountain Living (Vol.9,No.3), “Pretty Real”, Irene Rawlings, June 2003, p.72,75.
Architectural Digest, (Vol.60,No.4), April 2003, p.230.
Juxtapoz, “On Exhibit: Package Deal; The Art of Dan Douke”, March/April 2001, p.94.
Coagula Art Journal, “Dan Douke @Ikon/Kay”, Ed Forde, March 2001, p.48.
The Art Notebook, (Vol. 49, No.749), “Art Reviews/Los Angeles”, Kensuke Takahashi, December 1997, p.137.
Visions, The Los Angeles Art Quarterly, "From Surf Rock To Heavy Metal: Daniel Douke", David Helfrey, Spring 1988, p.19-21.
The Arts Journal (Asheville., NC), "Visual Arts: The Illusion Paintings of Daniel Douke", Carleton English Montgomery, November 1987, p.8-9.
Art in America, "Reviews: Daniel Douke at Tortue" Michael Laurence, July 1987, p.133.
Images and Issues, "Modernist Impersonations", Kathy Zimmerer-McKelvie, September/October 1983,
p.14, 15.
Images and Issues, (Vol.2, No.4) , "Reviews", Mac McCloud, Spring 1981, p.78-79.
New West, (Vol.6,No.1), "Art of the State: California", Collman Andrews, January 1981, p.54-59.
Images and Issues, (Vol.1, No.1), "Reality Games", Sandy Ballatore, Summer 1980, p.28-29.
Artforum, (Vol.28 , No. 9), "Reviews", Christopher Knight, May 1980, p.85.
Art News, (Vol. .79, No.2), "Trompe l'Audience", Melinda Wortz, February 1980, p.183-185.
Artery, (Vol.3/5), Illusion and Material,, Nancy Einreinhofer, September/October 1979, p.15
The New Art Examiner, (Vol.3, No10), "Reviews", Devonna Piezek, 1976, p.1.
Arts Magazine, (Vol.49, No.9), "Arts Review New York", Noel Frackman, May 1975, p.11-12.
Coast Magazine, (Vol.14, No.7), "The Sex Object as Subject", Maureen Strange, July 1973, p.18,20,21.
New York Times, “Unwrapping the Secrets Of Ordinary Objects”, Ken Johnson, May 17, 2008, p.B11.
San Gabriel Valley Newspapers, “Is It Real, Art Or Both?, Priscilla Fleming Vayda, December 22, 2006, p.22-23.
Los Angeles Times, “Around the Galleries: Paintings that will make motors run”, Leah Ollman, December 15, 2006, p.E33-34.
Pasadena Weekly, “Ars Populi: Pop…with a twist”, Julie Riggott, November 30, 2006, p.17-18.
Los Angeles Times, “Pop Art and Magic”, Gina Piccalo and Louise Roug, February 7, 2002, p.E2.
Charlotte Observer, “ See yesterday’s still life at Mint, today’s at Melberg”, Tom Patterson, February 22, 1998, p.2F.
Los Angeles Times, "Art Reviews: A Decisive Collection That's the Picture of Ease", David Pagel,
October 17, 1997, p.F30.
Los Angeles Times, "The Galleries: Santa Monica", Marlena Donohue, March 3, 1989.
Pasadena Weekly, "Art: Still a Realist, After All These Years", Lynn Woods, January 28, 1988, p.1, 8, 9,
Charlotte Observer, "Douke Gives Lessons In Illusion", Richard Maschal, November 15, 1987, p.4F.
Tribune News, "Artist Dan Douke found inspiration in Jasper Johns", Lynn Woods, February 15, 1987.
Los Angeles Times, "The Art Galleries: Santa Monica", February 13, 1987, p.23.
Artweek, (Vol.17,No.19) "A Conjunction of Affinities", Marina La Palma, May 17, 1986, p.1.
LA Weekly, "David Furman and Daniel Douke at Tortue Gallery", Peter Clothier, June 14-20, 1985.
Evening Outlook, "Daniel Douke's Sheet Metal Rules Tortue's New Exhibit", Suzan Sanford Wakefield,
June 7, 1985, p.20.
Los Angeles Times, "The Art Galleries", William Wilson, May 31, 1985, Part IV,p.6.
Los Angeles Times, "Trompe l'Oeil Exhibit a Triumph of Eye-Roolery", Suzanne Muchnic, October 22, 1984, Part IV, p.1.5.
The Post (Palm Beach, FL), "Is What You See All You Get From Illusionist Art?", Gary Schwan,
February 26, 1984
Artweek, (Vol.14,No.43), "The Deceptions of Appearance", Mac McCloud, December 17, 1983, p. 5.
Los Angeles Times, "Art Review", William Wilson, October 23, 1981, p.4.
Los Angeles Times, "Kinetic, Kind of, at Caltech", Suzanne Muchnic, May 5, 1981, Part VI, p.l.
Pasadena Star News, "Local artists make statements heard nationwide", Bill Dickinson, February 6, 1981, p.1-3.
Baltimore Sun, "Feeding and flexing your neuroses in SoHo, or browsing through a graffiti conversation", Elisabeth Stevens, February 6, 1981.
Chicago Tribune, "Art: Daniel Douke", Alan G. Artner, April 28, 1978, Sec.3, p.11.
Los Angeles Times, "Symbiosis of Canvas and Camera", Suzanne Muchnic, April 1, 1978, Sec.2 p.11.
Pasadena Star News, "Realism: It's Alive and Living in So. Cal", Larry Palmer, March 19, 1978, p.7.
Artweek, (Vol.7,No.44), "Southland Realists", Sandy Ballatore, December 18, 1976, p.4.
Chicago Tribune, "A Weapon of Irony, Empty Surfaces and a Touch of the Surreal", Alan G. Artner, June 13, 1976, Sec. 4, p.5.
Chicago Daily News, "The New Realism, a Tantalizing Paradox", Franz Schuize, May 22-23, 1976, p.14.
Los Angeles Times, "Watercolors at Cal State Fullerton", Henry J. Seldis, May 10, 1976, Sec 4, p.1,4
Artweek, (Vol.7,No.3) , "Five Realists", Lukman Glasgow, May 1975, p.11-12.
Los Angeles Free Press, (Vol.10,No.37), "Art on La Cienega", David Russel, September 14, 1973.
Artweek, (Vol.14,No.2G), "New Realism 11", Royal Duncan, August 4, 1973.
Artweek, (Vol.3,No.34), "Illusory Reality" Royal Duncan, October 14, 1972
Los Angeles Times, "Annual Show in Laguna", William Wilson, July 17, 1972, p.9.
Selected Honors/Awards:
2006 Pasadena Arts & Cultural Commission, Pasadena, CA; Artists Grant
2000 California State University, Los Angeles, CA; Creative Leave Grant
(also awarded grant in 1986)
Selected Collections:
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN
University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Meadowbrook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Luckman Fine Arts Complex, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
American Friends of the Israel Museum, New York, NY
Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Loyola Law School, Loyola, CA
AVCO Financial Services, Irvine, CA
First Illinois State Bank, Chicago, IL
Security Pacific Corporate Collection, Los Angeles, CA
American Council of Education, Washington, DC
San Francisco Sentry Investment Group, San Francisco, CA
Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH
California State University, Student Union, Los Angeles, CA