BORN:
1951 Los Angeles, CA

EDUCATION:
1973 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; B.F.A. (magna cum laude)

AWARDS/HONORS:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
6th Annual Heritage Award, presented by the Santa Monica Heritage Museum, Santa Monica, CA for contributions to the cultural heritage of the Santa Monica Bay Community
"D.J. Hall Papers," Smithsonsian Archives of American Art, Washington, D.C.

GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS
1977 National Endowment for the Arts, Artists’ Fellowship (painting)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 "Full Circle", Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City, CA
        "35 Year Retrospective", Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
2005 "Now and Then", Koplin Del Rio Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
2002 Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Golden Moments, Reynolds Gallery, Westmont College, Santa Barbara CA
1998 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1997 D.J Hall: Up Close and Personal, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
1996 Golden Moments, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1994 Precious Moments, Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1992 D.J. Hall: A Ten Year Survey, Santa Monica Heritage Museum, Santa Monica, CA
1991 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1988 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1986 Selected Works 1974 - 1985, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA
1985 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
        Torte Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1983 Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1982 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
        Bohem Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA
1981 Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman College, Orange, CA
        O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1977 Albert Contreras Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1975 Albert Contreras Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007-2008  About Face: Portraiture Now, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2007 AgsS, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City, CA
        Summer in the City, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Molly Barnes
        Representation 2007, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA and New York, NY
        Greetings From The American Dream, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside CA
2006 Contemporary Artist Conjure Limited Edition Gicleé Prints, The Judson Gallery of Contemporary         and Traditional Art, Los Angeles, CA
        An Assessment of Contemporary Figuration, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
        Tapestries, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, C
2005 Painted Ladies: Six Southern California Painters, William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA         Drawings as Preparation, Judson Gallery of Contemporary and Traditional Art, LA, CA
2004 Drawings VII, Koplin Del Rio, West Hollywood, CA
        Artists Council 35th Annual National Juried Exhibition, D.J. Hall Why Make Art
        and What Makes it Good? Lecture and Awards presentation,
        Palm Springs Desert Museum, LA, CA; traveled to Oxnard, CA and Riverside, CA
2003 Speculative Terrain: from San Diego to Santa Barbara, Laband Art Gallery, LA, CA
        Traveled to: Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard and Riverside Art Museum
2001 Skin Deep, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Norwalk, CA
        Representing L.A.: Pictorial Currents in Southern CA Art Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA;                 travelling to the Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX,
        and the Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
1999 State of the Artist, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
1996 L.A. Current: The Female Perspective, UCLA Art Rental Gallery:
        Armand Hammer Museum, LA, CA
        Drawn from L.A., The Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
1994 Selected Works on Paper, Modernism, San Francisco, CA.
1993 Realism/ Photorealism, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1991 Individual Realities, Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan; traveling to
        Tsukashin Hall, Osaka, Japan
        Her Story, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
1990 New Work - New York, Galerie Barbara Silverberg, Montreal, Canada
        Collectors Choice, Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
1989 American Pop Culture Today III, Laforet Museum, Harajuku, Japan
1988 Everydayland: Imagined Genre Scene Painting in CA, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
        Sense of Place, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern CA, LA, CA;
        De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
1987 LA Today, Contemporary Visions, Amerika Haus, W. Berlin, W. Germany
        Present Perspectives: 1975-1985, Fresno Art Center and Museum, Fresno, CA
        Feasts, Squibb Gallery, Princeton, NJ
        The Hot Centre: Contemporary Art Selected by Ivan Karp, Norton Center for the Arts,
        Centre College, Danville, KY
        Mainstream America: The Collection of Phil Desind, Butler Institute
        of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1985 Decade: Los Angeles Painting in the Seventies, Art Center College of Design, LA, CA
1984 Representational Drawing Today, University of CA, Santa Barbara, CA
1983 A Heritage Renewed, University Art Museum, University of CA, Santa Barbara, CA;
        Traveling to: Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK;
        Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI;
        Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO
        Faces Since the Fifties-A Generation of American Portraiture,
        Center Gallery Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
1982 New Directions: Contemporary American Art from the Commodities Corporation,
        Princeton, NJ; Traveling to: Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, FL;
        Oklahoma Museum of Art,
        Oklahoma City, OK; Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI;
        Madison Art Center, WI
        The Real Thing: Southern California Realist Painting, Laguna Beach Museum of Art,
        Laguna Beach, CA
1981 The Figure and Its Postures, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
        Contemporary American Realism Since 1960, 1981-1983, Pennsylvania Academy
        of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Traveling to: Virginia Museum of Art, Richmond, VA;
        Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA; Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, Portugal;
        Salas De Exposciones de Belles Artes, Madrid, Spain;
        Kunsthalle, Nuremberg, West Germany
        Changes: Art in America 1881-1981, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
        New Dimensions in Drawing, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
        Decade- Los Angeles Painting in the Seventies, Art Center College of Design,
        Pasadena, CA
        Be My Valentine, Delaware Museum of Art, Wilmington, DE
1980 Collectors Choice, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MI
        Photo-Realist Painting in California: A Survey, Santa Barbara Museum of Art,
        Santa Barbara, CA

BIBLIOGRAPHY: BOOKS
2004 Path of the Bighorn, Bighorn Institute, Palm Desert, CA 1999 Contemporary Art in Southern California, Mark Johnstone,
        Craftsman House- G &B Arts Int’l, Sydney, Australia
1998 Allegory of the Supermarket, Stephanie Brown, University of
        Georgia Press, Athens, GA (cover)
1993 Mascarade, Maurice Tuchman, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA
1989 Exposures, Women and Their Art, Betty Ann Brown & Arlene Raven, New Sage Press
        Yesterday and Tomorrow: California Women Artists, Sylvia Moore, Midmarch Arts
1988 Inside the L.A. Artist, Marva Marrow, Introduction Josine Ianco-Starrels, Gibbs M. Smith, Inc.,         Peregrine Smith Books, Salt Lake City, UT
1981 Contemporary American Realism Since 1960, Frank H. Goodyear, New York Graphic Society
1980 Billboard Art, Sally Henderson, Robert Landau, Chronicle Books

BIBLIOGRAPHY: CATALOGS
2000 Representing L.A., Frye Art Museum in association w/ University of Washington Press,
        Seattle and London, Gordon L. Fuglie, 2000
1999 D.J. Hall: Golden Moments, Westmont College Reynolds Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
1997 D.J. Hall: Up Close and Personal, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA;
        Introduction: Ann Morris; Interview with Josine Ianco-Starrels
1992 56th National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH,
        Introduction: Louis A. Zona
1991 Her Story, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
1989 Art in the Public Eye: Selected Developments, Security Pacific Gallery,
        South Coast Metro Center; Mark Johnstone
1988 Everydayland: Imagined Genre Scene Painting in So. CA, Laguna Art Museum,
        Laguna, CA ; Elaine Dines Cox
1987 Sense of Place, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California; de Saisset Museum,
        Santa Clara University; Text: Robert McDonald
        Mainstream America: The Collection of Phil Desind, Butler Institute of American Art,
        Youngstown, OH; Introduction: Louis Zona
1986 D.J. Hall: Selected Works 1974-1985, Municipal Art Gallery, Department of Cultural Affairs,
        Los Angeles, CA; Introduction: Josine Ianco-Starrels
1985 Self Portraits by Women Artists, Security Pacific Bank Gallery at the Plaza,
        LA, CA; Tressa Miller
1983 A Heritage Renewed- Representational Drawing Today, University Art Museum,
        Santa Barbara, CA; Phyllis Plous
        Faces Since the 50’s A Generation of American Portraiture, Center Gallery,
        Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
1982 The Real Thing, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA; Lynn Gamwell
1981 Decade- Los Angeles Painting in the Seventies, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA;         Laurence Drieband
        Changes: Art in America 1881-1981, Marquette University Committee on the Fine Arts,
        Marquette, WI; Mary L. Ladish
        New Directions, Commodities Corporation, Princeton, NJ; Sam Hunter
1980 Photorealist Painting in California: A Survey, Santa Barbara Museum of Art,
        Santa Barbara, CA; William Spurlock

BIBLIOGRAPHY: PERIODICALS
2005  Palm Springs Life, Art and Culture Section, “Returning to the Scene”, Steven Biller December, p. 10,11, 52 Desert Magazine, “Artistic Differences”, Robert Menifee, November, p. 63 Hwy111, Summer, cover and p. 4 Art News, National Reviews Section, Richard Chang, October, p. 173 2004  Palm Springs Life, “Painting a Legacy”, Lydia Kramer, Jan., p. B11 Southwest Art, “Pool Party: Six California artists talk about their attraction to swimming pools", RichardMahler, July, pgs. 126- 131 2003  Hwy 111, cover, Summer 2001 Juxtapose, “Representing LA, Pictorial Currents in Contemporary Southern California Art”, Gordon L. Fuglie, May/June, p. 47-57 2000 Smithsonian Archives of American Art Journal, (Vol. 40, No. 1&2), “West Coast”, Paul J. Karlstrom, p. 39, 42 1998 ART VENUES (Orange County Promotion Guide for Artists), ?D.J. Hall,? Spring
1997 PALM SPRINGS LIFE, “Pool Hall: The Bearable Lightness of Being,” Robert Crane,
        November, p. 46-47
1996 HARPERS MAGAZINE, Cover, June
1994 WATERCOLOR ‘94 (American Artist Publication), “Finding The Light Through Gouache:
        D.J. Hall’s Newest Paintings”, Carmi Weingrod, Fall, p. 62-69
1991 ARTWEEK, (vol. 22, No. 25), “Los Angeles Realism: A Conversation with D.J. Hall,"
        Victoria Martin, Aug. 1, p. 17
1987 L.A. STYLE, ?Facing the Facts: L.A.’s Women Artists Look at L.A. Women," Robert Crane,         December, p. 103-105
        ARTWEEK, “ A Sense of Displacement," Nancy Kay Turner, November 21
1986 LOS ANGELES TIMES MAGAZINE, “A Marriage of Art and Architecture,"
        Virginia Gray, Aug. 24, p. 30-33
        RELIANCE, “ My Heart," (quarterly published by Fronville Homes Inc., Yokohama, Japan),
        Issue #2,  April, p. 16-17
        ARTWEEK, “The Good California Life," Merle Schipper, Feb. 22, p. 5
1985 RANCH & COAST MAGAZINE, “At the Galleries," William Kingsland, Aug. 15, p. 32
        ARTWEEK, (Vol. 16, No. 8), “Women Look at Themselves," Marina La Palma, Feb. 23, p.1
1984 ARTWEEK, “Surveying Drawing in California," Robert McDonald, January 21.
        STUDIO INTERNATIONAL, (vol. 196, No. 1004), California Drawing," Chris Martini
1983 IMAGES & ISSUES, (Vol. 3, No. 6), “D.J. Hall at O.K. Harris," Katherine Howe,
        May/June, p. 62
        ARTWEEK, (Vol. 14, No. 113), Representational Drawing: The Power of Subjectivity,"
        Ruth Weisberg, April 12, p. 1
1982 ARTWEEK, (Vol. 13, No. 21), Surveying So.CA Realist Painting,"
        Ruth Weisberg, June 5, p. 1
        ART EXPRESS, (Vol. 2, No. 2), “Realism’s," John Perreault, March/ April, p. 34-38
1981 ARTWEEK, (Vol. 12, No. 33), “On the Beach," Lynn Gamble, Oct.10, p. 4
        JOURNAL, (Vol. 4, No. 37), “ Representational Drawing Today," Phyllis Plous,
        Sept./Oct., p. 50-56
        IMAGES AND ISSUES, (Vol. 2, No. 1), “Decade/ LA Painting in the Seventies,"
        Sandy Ballatore, Summer, p. 40-43
        ART IN AMERICA, (no. 4), “Pasadena Puralism: The Painting 70’s,"
        Walter Gabrielson, May, p. 63

BIBLIOGRAPHY: NEWSPAPERS
2005  Los Angeles Times, “Art Review: Lingering in the Light”, Holly Myers, July 1, p. 23 SanDiego Union Tribune, “Art Review: Ladies and Dreamscapes”, R. L. Pincus, June 30, p. 37 The San Diego Union- Tribune, Datebook, “Ladies and Dreamscapes”, June 30, pg. 3 North County Times, “Six Artists Study Women’s Nature in “Painted Ladies” June 2, pg. 19 The San Diego Union-Tribune, “Spanglish Lessons”, Norma Myer 2004  New York Times, “Art: Off the Canvas and Onto the Big Screen” M.G. Lord, December 19, p. 2000  Seattle Post-Intelligencer, “Inside LaLa Land: Frye show exposes a swatch of a grit”, Judy Wagonfield, Dec. 22, p. 17 1999  SANTA BARBARA NEWS PRESS, “Endless Summer: Golden Moments”, Martha Donelan, Sept. 8, p. D6 THE INDEPENDENT, “The Reviews: Uncomfortable Accuracy”, Lindsay Rust, Sept. 2, pg.35 1996 Los Angeles Times, ?Art Review: Golden Moments of Nostalgia and
        Affection Found in Hall’s Paintings?, William Wilson, December 10, p. F3
1992 Los Angeles Times, ? Art Review: D. J. Hall Unmasks L.A.’s Excruciating Aging
        Process," William Wilson, June 2, p. F5
        Los Angeles TIMES (Westside/ Valley), ?Light Color and Darker Meanings,"
        Nancy Kapitanoff, May 24, p. 66-67
        Daily News, ?Her Art Life not as easy as they Look," Meg Sullivan, May 15,
        L.A. Life p. 49
1989 The New York Times, ? In ‘The Figure Revisited’, Figural Energy is Explored,"
        Vivien Raynor, April 30, p. 32
1987 Los Angeles Times Calendar, ?Art Review: Los Angeles from Three Artists,'
        Points of View," Suzanne Muchnic, November 9, p. 1
        USC Trojan Family, (Vol. 20, No. 2), ?Sense of Place," John Farrell, p. 16-17
        “Reflective Surfaces: The Lush and Gleaming world of D.J. Hall," John Farrell, Nov., p. 18
1986 THE ENTERTAINER: THE DAILY BREEZE/NEWS-PILOT, “The Extraordinary Realism of
        D.J. Hall," Susan Christian, October 3, p. 20-22
        FOCUS: EVENING OUTLOOK, ?D.J. Hall Creates Fantasy World from Reality,"
        Susan Christian, September 26, p. 12-13
        L.A. LIFE, ?Art/News & Notes: Poolside Life Featured in Hall Retrospective,"
        Diana Rico, March 3
        L.A. WEEKLY, ?D.J. Hall at Barnsdall Municipal Gallery," Peter Clothier,
        February 14-20, p. 55
        SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, ?Turning A Cold Eye on Lush L.A. Life,"
        Kenneth Baker, Feb.13,
        EVENING OUTLOOK, ?Artist Looks at Life Around the Pool,"
        Susan Sanford-Wakefield, Feb. 11

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
GTE, Thousand Oaks, CA
The Capitol Group, Los Angeles, CA
Gilkey Center for Graphic Arts, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Commodities Corporation, Princeton, NJ
Kemper Insurance Company, Chicago, IL
Domino Corporation, New York, NY
Stephens Inc., Little Rock, AR
Caravan Products Inc., Totowa, NJ