Larry Graeber
Larry Graeber
San Antonio, TX, United States
About Larry Graeber
BIO Larry Graeber is best known for his intuitively executed organic oil-oncanvas paintings. He also practices a moderate scale sculptural endeavor that employs studio and shop refuse, wood, paint, etc., and the production of two-dimensional foam board, foil tape, etc. constructions. In support of these fundamental practices he regularly addresses fleeting forays in works on paper of assorted techniques. Being intrigued by scale, Graeber deliberately works back and forth from work of one size to another resulting in paintings as small as 18 x 20” and other paintings as large as 77 x 66”, a trend holding true for his sculpture and foam board pieces as well. Graeber sees himself as a product of the postmodern era, having no regard for grand theories or idealistic principles but rather sees life through a pluralistic lens. He is persuaded that all branches of knowledge are multi-disciplinary, and that culture is a fabric of global influences. Larry Graeber was born in San Antonio to Jeeta and David Graeber, a homemaker/volunteer and an architect. He grew up in Austin the eldest of three children. Following high school he went to Southwest Texas State University for two years, worked in Austin as a mural and carpet designer for another two years, and then followed his future wife Sharon to San Antonio in 1972. In San Antonio Larry took up residence in a duplex where he produced some 30 large oil stick drawings, one airbrush painting, and several bisque fired sculptures that translated into a one-person show curated by John Leeper director of the McNay Art Museum, titled Works from a Small Duplex, in 1974. As of late Larry and Sharon have become empty-nesters, with their daughter Aiyin studying aerospace engineering at UT Austin . In the fall of 2014 Graeber was honored to be included in a new book titled Texas Abstract, Modern/Contemporary, a history and survey of the abstract movement in Texas.
Education:
Two years of college:
Early in my career I intermittently audited classes in sculpture, painting, film, jewelry and printmaking but am otherwise self-taught.
Events:
Recent events:
Rivard Report - Urban. Independent. All About San Antonio. Larry Graeber: Making Art as a Way of Life by David S Rubin, http://therivardreport.com/larry-graeber-making-art-as-a-way-of-life/
Meet the Future 2016 pop-up exhibition, six artists, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio
Fabrik Expo, booth # 406 - Los Angeles Art Fair, January 2016
Texas Abstract, Modern/Contemporary, a history and survey of the abstract movement in Texas - included in this book
Texas Abstract - Gallery Sonja Roesch, April 2015
Texas Abstract - Galveston Arts Center, February 2015
ArtForwardContest - online contest, category painting, Native, bronze award winner, March 2015
McNeese National - works on paper, Crew, jurors mention, April 2015
Exhibitions:
Abbreviated:
Solo Exhibitions:
2016 principles of elements, paintings and works on paper, Mercury Project, San Antonio Texas
2015 Here There, paintings and sculpture, Hunt Gallery, San Antonio Texas
2014 Traces, painting, sculpture and foam board, Houston Baptist University
2013 Paintings and Sculpture, Fact and Fiction, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio TX
2011 Paintings by Larry Graeber, Hunt Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2011 Two Worlds: A Look Back, a comparative show of figuration and abstraction, The Millworks
Studios, San Antonio, TX
2010 Don’t Ask Why, installation, photographs and sculptural objects, cactus bra Space, San Antonio TX
2009 Passages, wall reliefs, paintings and sculpture, G2 Art Sight, San Antonio, TX
2009 Fragments, paintings and sculpture, George Schroeder Gallery, San Antonio,
2008 Land’s End, paintings and sculpture, Joan Grona Gallery, San Antonio
2008 Silver Lining, sculpture and paintings, Blue Star Contemporary Art for San Antonio
2006 Negotiations, paintings and sculpture, Joan Grona Gallery
2006 Reliefs, painted wood reliefs, Joan Grona Gallery
2005 Inclinations, paintings, sculpture, paper works, Hand Artes Gallery, Truchas, NM
2003 Flak, paintings, Gremillion Fine Art, Houston
1974 Works from a Small Duplex, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio
Group Exhibitions:
2015 Texas Abstract, two gallery exhibit, my work presented at Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston
2014 Texas Abstract, exhibition and book signing, Wade Wilson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2014 Entangled, sculpture show curated by Volker Eisele,Rudolph Blume Fine Art, Houston
2014 New Arte Nuevo, UTSA, juror Catherine Lee, San Antonio, TX
2014 TSG All Members' Group Show, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, Texas 2013
2013 in - Depth TSG member exhibition, Art Car Museum, Texas Biennial, Houston, TX
2013 Artists of SOMOMA from the SAMA Collection, San Antonio Museum of Art, Feb. - May
2013 Tilt, seven perspectives on nonobjective painting, curated by James Raska, Highwire gallery, San Antonio
2012 Peoples Gallery, Austin City Hall, 4 pieces of sculpture in year long exhibition, Austin Texas
2012 Convergences, Jessica Ramirez and Larry Graeber, curated by Richard Tietz, Unit B Gallery, San Antonio,
2011 Margins, six artists, catalog and essay, UTSA campus Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2011 Booking It To Brooklyn, curated by Darin White, hand made books, paper works, Gallery 210, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Anthropoi, how artist view people, Downtown Lawrence Arts District, Lawrence Kansas
2010 Family, Planned Parenthood Trust, Southwest school of Art and craft, SA, TX
2008 Reorganized Contemporary Galleries, painting, SAMA for Contemporary Art Month, San Antonio
2007 Olana Group, paintings, paper works, Victoria Price Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2004 14 Sculptors, Gremillion Fine Art, Houston TX
2002 Michael Granger Collection of Contemporary Art, paintings,Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler TX
2001 Texas National 2001, Donald Sultan/juror, cash award, The Arts Center, Nacogdoches TX
1986 Contemporary Art for San Antonio, first Blue Star show, San Antonio, TX
1971 Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX