Kevin Larmee (1946-2015)
American painter





exhibitions



2024, Solo Exhibition, Apartment Gallery, Chicago

2023, with Vogel Morra, Apartment Gallery, Chicago

2020, with Nelson Sullivan, Stations, Berlin

2002, Group Show, Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago

2000, Group Show, Eastwick Gallery, Chicago

1999, Group Show, Eastwick Gallery, Chicago

1998, Group Show, Eastwick Gallery, Chicago

1997, Solo Exhibition, Eastwick Gallery, Chicago

1997, Group Show, Eastwick Gallery, Chicago

1996, Group Show, Eastwick Gallery, Chicago

1990, "The Eccentric Landscape", Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago

1989, "Art on the Run", Grace Harkin Gallery, New York

1989, "Critic's Choice", Grace Harkin Gallery, New York

1989, Group Show, Grace Harkin Gallery, New York

1988, Group Show, Grace Harkin Gallery, New York

1988, Invitational, Grace Harkin Gallery, New York

1987, Solo Exhibition, Natalie Bush Gallery, San Diego, CA

1987, Solo Exhibition, Signet Arts, St. Louis, MO

1987, "Village Voices", Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, MO

1986-87, "Public and Private, American Prints Today": The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, Flint Institute of Arts, Michigan, Rhode Island Institute of Design, Providence, RI, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

1986, "Landscape Invitational", Catherine Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina 

1986, Solo Exhibition, Avenue B Gallery, New York

1986, "Eight Urban Painters", Fine Arts Center, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY

1986, Group Show, Avenue B Gallery, New York

1986, Group Show, Ruthven Gallery, Lancaster, Ohio

1986, Solo Exhibition, Gianetta Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1986, "East Village", Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC

1986, "East Village '86", Avenue B Gallery, New York

1985, "Micro Max", Now Gallery, New York

1985, Solo Exhibition, Avenue B Gallery, New York

1985, "Forshpeiz", Avenue B Gallery, New York

1985, "Contemporary Visions '85", Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago

1985, "Micro Wave", Now Gallery, New York

1985, "New York, New Art", Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco

1984, Solo Exhibition, Avenue B Gallery, New York

1984, "Group Show, ABC No Rio, New York

1984, "Affiliated Artists Group Show", Avenue B Gallery, NY

1984, "Micro Show", Now Gallery, New York

1984, "Gorilla Show I", Avenue B Gallery, New York

1984, "Gorilla Show II", Avenue B Gallery, New York

1984, Group Show, Fashion Moda, New York

1984, Group Show, White Columns, New York



stagesets


"At the Sound of the Beep", Colonade Theater, NYC

"Champagne", La Mama ETC, New York


bibliography


Chicago Tribune, Gallerywatch, Barbara Buchholz, 4/18/97

Pulp Magazine, "Larmee", Stephanie Arena, Aug. 1990

Elle, "The Art of Innocence", Carter Ratcliff, Feb.

La Stampa, "Ma La Scapigliatura Ingrassa Il Business", Enrico Baj, 3/28/86

Arts Magazine, "Kevin Larmee", Matthew Rose, 5/86

Tokyo Journal, "New York, New York', G. Fehling, 2/86 

108 East Village, Review, 10/86

Stony Brook People, Rhonda Cooper, 7/86

The Village Times, "Color, Detail, Theme Court Attention...", Susan Bridson, 7/24/86

Three Village Herald, "Enough with the Avant Garde", Pat Windrow, 7/16/86

Newsday, "A Touch of the Bizarre...", Karin Lipson, 7/16/86

The Columbus Dispatch, "Divergent Lancaster...", Jacqueline Hall, 7/20/86

The Mountain Times, "Landscape Invitational", 7/3/86

The New York Times, "Urban Anxieties Reflected...", Helen Harrison, 8/17/86 

Manhattan Arts, "Confessions of An Ex-Muralist", Edward Rubin, 7/86

East Village Eye, "Luminescence Through Darkness", Lynn Snowden, 11/85

New Art Examiner, "Contemporary Visions", Margot McMahon, 10/85

New York Daily News, "Urban Artifacts", Jonathan Mandell, 8/18/85

East Informer, "Larmee: In From the Street", James Sheehan, 10/85 

New York Native, "Champagne", 1/85

Stroll, "Towards a Street Aesthetic", Thomasin Lansing, Spring/Summer '85

San Francisco Bay Guardian, "Trendy Artists...", Myriam Weisang, 5/22/85

Columbia, "Art on New York", Rex Roberts, 10/85


books and catalogues


1986, Eight Urban Painters, Fine Arts Center Art Gallery, SUNY at Stonybrook

1985, Public and Private, American Prints Today, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York


grants


1991, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs

1986, Recipient, Pollack-Krasner Award


collections


Chemical Bank

Toledo Museum of Art

Grand Rapids Art Museum

Brooklyn Museum of Art

Kentucky University Museum

Indianapolis Museum of Art

The Paterson Museum



kevinlarmee@gmail.com