BORN
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1960

EDUCATION Bachelor of Arts, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006   Fred Stonehouse: Signs & Souvenirs, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, CA
Fred Stonehouse: Songs & Dreams, Gescheidle, Chicago, IL
 
2005 Fred Stonehouse: Song of Tijuana, Howard Scott Gallery, New York, NY
Fred Stonehouse: The Blab! Show, Copro/Nason Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
 
2004 Fred Stonehouse: Family Land, Ruschman Art Gallery, Indianapolis, IN Fred Stonehouse: Family Land, Ruschman Art Gallery, Indianapolis, IN

2003 Fred Stonehouse: Dope, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Dreams of Youth: Recent Paintings, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, W. Hollywood, CA
The Golden Game: New Paintings and Works on Paper, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL

2002 Fred Stonehouse: New Paintings and Works on Paper, Howard Scott Gallery, New York, NY
Fred Stonehouse: New Paintings and Works on Paper, Carl Hammer Gallery,Chicago, IL
Fred Stonehouse: Paintings, Entre Estudio Y Galleria, Puebla, Mexico
Jibberish,(And Other Communications), INOVA, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

2001 Fred Stonehouse: New Paintings and Works on Paper, Howard Scott
Gallery, New York, NY
The Odor of Sanctity, Ruschman Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Penance, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fred Stonehouse, Eyre/Moore Gallery, Seattle, WA

2002 Fred Stonehouse: Paintings, Entre Estudio Y Galleria, Puebla, Mexico
Jibberish,(And Other Communications), INOVA, University of
Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Little People For God, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
13 Prayers, Lisa Sette, Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1999 Fred Stonehouse: Sasso Casa (An Historical Account), Carl Hammer Gallery,
Chicago, IL
Wool From an Ass, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fred Stonehouse: Works on Paper, Project Room, M-13 Gallery, New York, NY
Fred Stonehouse: Collage Work, Pumphouse Regional Art Center, Lacrosse, WI

1998 Fred Stonehouse: New Work, M-13 Gallery, New York, NY
Fred Stonehouse: Painting, Drawing, Collage, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Fred Stonehouse: The Monkey’s Wedding, Ruschman Gallery, IN

1997 Fred Stonehouse Furlong Gallery, UW Stout, Menomonie, WI
13 Devils and El Libro de los Suenos Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
L’Altro Mondo, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1996 Orazioni, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Joy Farm, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
Tener La De Malas, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1995 Fred Stonehouse: Paintings, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Fred Stonehouse: New Work Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Fred Stonehouse: New Paintings M-13 Gallery, New York, NY
Fred Stonehouse, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
Fred Stonehouse, M-13 Gallery, New York, NY

1994 Fred Stonehouse, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Fred Stonehouse: New Paintings. Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL

1993 Fred Stonehouse, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Fred Stonehouse, Caplan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fred Stonehouse, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1992 Fred Stonehouse, M-13 Gallery, New York
Fred Stonehouse - 10 Year Survey, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI; Chicago
Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Fred Stonehouse, Center for Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

1991 Fred Stonehouse, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee,
Monoprints from Landmark Editions, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN

1990 Fred Stonehouse: New Work, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Fred Stonehouse, Center for Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Fred Stonehouse, Pence Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1989 Fred Stonehouse, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN

1988 Fred Stonehouse: New Paintings, Michael H. Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Fred Stonehouse, Center for Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

1987 Fred Stonehouse: Recent Paintings, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL

1986 Fred Stonehouse, Bedrock Gallery, Chicago, IL

1985 Fred Stonehouse, Michael H. Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

1984 Fred Stonehouse: Works on Paper, Van Straaten Gallery, Chicago, IL

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005 The Blab! Show, Copro/Nason Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
 
2003 Collage: Letscher Stonehouse, Howard Scott Gallery, New York, NY

2002 Living in the Presence of the Buddha, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
The Elements, Walkers Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Drawings VI, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Pasted On, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL

2001 Fundamentals, Eyre/Moore Gallery, Seattle, WA
Amused, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
Contemporary Devotion, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Smaller, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
Italianate, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2000 Self Portraits 2000, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Great Novels Exhibit, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
Anniversary Show, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Drawings V, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Wisconsin Classics, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
Singular Visions, Wisconsin Academy, Madison, WI
The Exquisite Corpse, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL
Carl Hammer 2000, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL

1999 Storytellers, The Art Institute at Southern California at Laguna Beach, CA
The End Is Near: Portfolio 99’, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
Twenty Six Americans, Campo & Campo, Antwerp
Collectors Choice, Galerie van der Straeten, Amsterdam
Drawings, M13 Gallery, New York
Cats and Dogs, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago
Milwaukee Love, Union Art Gallery, UW Milwaukee
New Religion, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Formerly Known As Something Else, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1998 Small Works: The Sequel, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
What’s Hot at Shark, Foster Gallery at University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
Surreal Wisconsin, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
Drawings IV, Caplan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fever, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Art as Collaboration, Crossman Gallery, UW Whitewater

1997 Small Works, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
A Game of Chance, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL
Small Wonders, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Enigmatic Landscape, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, WI
Devotional Rescue, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinatti, OH
Salvation Damnation, Crossman Gallery, UW Whitewater
4 x 4:Painters Choose Painters Herron Gallery, Indiana University

1996 BIRDS!, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Great Balls of Art, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
Hearts, International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, IL
Ten Year Anniversary Exhibit, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
In the Light of Goya University Art Museum, UC Berkeley, and University Art
Gallery, Cal State Hayward

1995 Heroic Influences Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Pulp Fictions, Gallery A, Chicago, IL
Daydreams, Capitol Arts Alliance, Bowling Green, KY
Dreams and Visions, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
Self As Subject, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Frame of Reference, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA

1994 Historic References, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Suspended Landscapes, M-13 Gallery, New York, NY
Small Works, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
New To the Gallery, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
One Hand Clapping, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
Summer Exhibition, Caplan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA,

1993 Visceral Landscapes, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL,
Winter Introductions, Caplan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Landscape As Object, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
A Loose Form of Narrative, Gallery A, Chicago, IL
Summer Exhibition, Caplan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Animal In Art, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
Multum In Parvo, Caplan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Face Not Only A Parent Could Love, Triplex Gallery, Manhattan Community College, New York, NY

1992 Small Works, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1991 Source Material, Center for Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Ghosts: Spells of the Past in Contemporary Art, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee,
Works on Paper, M-13 Gallery, New York, NY
Six Pence, Pence Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Word As Image, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI; Oklahoma City Art
Museum, Oklahoma City, OK, and Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX

1990 Monster Paintings, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Faces, Marc Richards Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI

1989 Victoria Pence Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Telling N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL
From Impulse to Obsession Madison Art Center, Madison, WI

1988 100 Years of Wisconsin Art Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
After the Drought: Bountiful Harvest Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
The Power of Drawing Center for Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

1987 Wisconsin Triennial Madison Art Center, Madison, WI,

1986 Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette
Romanticism and Cynicism in Contemporary Art University, Milwaukee, WI
Made In America: The Great Lakes States Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Made In America: The Great Lakes States Alternative Museum, New York, NY
Gallery Artists Michael H. Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

1984 Annual Small Works Competition Washington Square East Galleries, New York
University, NY
New Talent Michael H. Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

1983 Gallery Artists Michael H. Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

1982 Eight in Eighty- Two, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2002 Hawkins, Margaret, Creativity Unfurled,(review) Chicago Sun Times, Sept. 27

2001 Pagel, David, Painter Fashions a Thoughtful Commentary,(review) Los Angeles Times, June 29
Berry, S.L., Milwaukee painter Enjoys Mimicking Life, Indianapolis Star, Oct. 5
Faigin, Gary, (radio review), KUOW, Seattle

1999 Guequierre, Nathan, Tiny Gestures, Milwaukee Sheperd Express, Nov. 10
Connors, Thomas, Fred, Jesus and the Devil, Milwaukee Magazine, September
Cebulski, Frank, The Great Novels Exhibition at the Palo Alto Art Center, Artweek, September
Auer, James,(review), The Surreal Mr. Stonehouse, Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel, April 20
Pascale, Mark, (catalog essay), The Exquisite Corpse, Printworks Gallery, Chicago

1999 Bell, Greg, (catalog essay), New Religion,Tacoma Art Museum
Rodriguez, Jeanette with Fortier, Ted, (catalog essay), New Religion, Tacoma Art Museum
Hawkins, Margaret, (review), Chicago Sun Times, Sept. 17
Heartney, Eleanor, (review), Art in America, March
Waswo, Richard, Sideshow Saints, In Step Magazine, March 10
Parlin, Jerry, Childhood Impulse Still Inspires Artist’s Work, Lacrosse Tribune, Feb. 8
Heartney, Eleanor, (review), Art In America, March

1998 Hour, James, The Wisconsin Surrealist Gang, Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, August 27
Ebony, David, (review), Ebony’s Top Ten, Art Net Magazine, May
Cucio, Robert, (review), Culture Weekly/ Cover Magazine, May
Johnson, Ken, (review) Art Guide Review, New York Times, April 24

1997 Kandel, Susan, Artful Illusions and Serial Masquerades Spring To Life, Los
Angeles Times, April 4
Rhea, Tom, 4 x 4 at the Herron Gallery, Nuvo Newsweekly, March 6
Wiens, Ann, Review, New Art Examiner, Dec/Jan
Hawkins, Margaret, Review, Chicago Sun Times, September 20
Bucholz, Barbara, Review, Chicago Tribune, September 20

1995 Ebony, David, "Fred Stonehouse At M-13", Review, Art In America, December
Guequirre, Nathan, An Eye for Figures, Review, Sheperd Express, November
Vanesian, Kathleen, A Conversation with Fred Stonehouse, Interview, Lisa Sette Gallery Newsletter, September
Knowles, Susan W., Fred Stonehouse, Review, Art Papers, October

1994 Holg, Garrett, Fred Stonehouse, Review, Art News, September
Hawkins, Margaret, Stonehouse Mixes A Visual Potpourri, Review, Chicago Sun-Times, May 6
McCracken, David, Stonehouse Blends High and Low Sources Into Peculiar Stew, Chicago Tribune, May 6

1993 Kandell, Susan, Moondancing,, Los Angeles Times, October 14
Iannaccone, Carmine, Fred Stonehouse, Review, Art Issues Magazine, November
Auer, James, Stonehouse Raises Questions; Answers Are Up To Viewer, Milwaukee Journal, November
Artner, Alan, Folk, Funk, Antique Look Fuse in Survey, Chicago Tribune, Jan. 8

1992 Auer, James, Painter is Gifted Translator, Milwaukee Journal,November 8
Heartney, Eleanor, The Fantastic Realism of Fred Stonehouse, Catalogue Essay, Madison Art Center
Lewis, Frank, Tender Portraits of Survival, Milwaukee Magazine, October
Pash, Ina, Fantasy, Painful Realism Mingle, Wisconsin State Journal, Sept. 27
Paine, Janice, A Rich and Vivid Retrospective, Milwaukee Sentinel, November 8
Lynch, Kevin, Bean Head Art Disturbs, The Capital Times, September 10
McCracken, David, Stonehouse's Weird Salad Proves Tasty, review, Chicago Tribune, May 8
Kapelke, Steven, Fred Stonehouse, review, New Art Examiner, January

1991 Auer, James, Stonehouse Works Evoke Symbolism, Pain, Sacrifice, Milwaukee Journal, November 15
Paine, Janice, Stonehouse Expands His World, Milwaukee Sentinel, October 28
Hawkins, Margaret, Studio is the Art in an Exhibition That Offers A Unique
View, Chicago Sun Times, August 2

1990 Bowman, Russell, Word As Image, catalogue essay, Milwaukee Art Museum.
Lewis, Frank, Inside the World of Fred Stonehouse, interview, Milwaukee Sentinel, March 30
Cook, Cathy, Fred Stonehouse, review, Los Angeles Times, January 26

1988 Sobel, Dean, Diablos, catalogue essay, Center for Contemporary Art
Lewis, Frank, Characters Jell in Stonehouse Art, Milwaukee Sentinel, July 1
Auer, James, Fred Stonehouse, Milwaukee Journal, July 10

1987 Bowman, Russell, Three Out Front, catalogue essay, Milwaukee Art Museum.
Bamberger, Tom, Three Out Front, review, Art Muscle Magazine, July
Auer, James, Three Out Front, review, Milwaukee Sentinel, July 24,

1986 Lindemann, Julie and Shimon, John, Fred Stonehouse: Skeptical Romantic, profile, and On Viewing the Paintings of Fred Stonehouse, review, Art Muscle Magazine, September
Caroll, Noel, Romanticism and Cynicism: Life In The Dead Zone, catalogue essay, Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee
Heartney, Eleanor, On Midwestern Art, catalogue essay, for Made In America: The Great Lakes States, Alternative Museum, NYC
Wojno Kiefer, Geraldine, Feelings and Cerebrality: A New Regionalism, A New
Power, catalogue essay for Made In America: The Great Lakes States,
Alternative Museum, NYC
Palmer, Laurie, Lisa Pines/Fred Stonehouse, New Art Examiner, March

1985 Auer, James, Stonehouse Shows He's A Painter With A Future, Milwaukee
Journal, December 22
Lewis, Frank, Into Some Dazzling Myths, Milwaukee Sentinel, December 6