J.B. BLUNK

Born                                   
Ottawa, Kansas (1926-2002)

Education                 
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 1949

One-Person Exhibitions                    

2010                                    
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA

2004                  
Small Works and Photographs from Inverness, Dance Palace Community Center, Pt. Reyes Station, CA

2000                                    

California Spirit, Bolinas Museum, CA

1989                                    
Smith Anderson Gallery, Palo Alto, CA   

1986                  
A Sculptor’s Place, San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, San Francisco, CA

1984                                    
Pickard Galleries, Oklahoma City, OK
100 Plates Plus, Oklahoma State University, Norman, OK

1982                                    
100 Plates Plus, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

1981                                    
100 Plates Plus, Artspace, Los Angeles, CA
100 Plates Plus, David Cole Gallery, Inverness, CA

1978                                    
Sculptures 1952-1977, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA

1954                                    
Chou-Koron Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Group Exhibitions

2009                                   
J.B. Blunk Residency Exhibition, Reform Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2009                 
SF20, Reform Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2008                  
SF20, Reform Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Design Miami/Basel, with Reform Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

2007                                    
Design Miami/Basel, with Reform Gallery, Miami, FL

1999                                    
Eubank Studio, Pt. Reyes Station, CA

1991                                    
Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA

1987                                   
Nich Tomi, Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes Station, CA

1983                                   
David Cole Gallery, Inverness, CA

1982                                   
American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, NY

1978                                   
Galerie Schreiner, Basel, Switzerland

1977                                   
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA

1976                 
Retrospective of Sculpture in the Bay Area, James Willis Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1974                 
Outdoor Sculpture, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA

1973                 
Lester Gallery, Inverness, CA

1969                 
Objects USA, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.

1965                 
Egg and Eye Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1958                 
San Francisco Museum, San Francisco, CA

1956                 
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA

Bibliography 

2012
Reid, James. “Out of the Woods.” Wallpaper, no. 154 (January 2012): 182-189.
Tully, Judd. “Judicial Resale-Rights Scuffle.” Art + Auction 35, no. 5 (January 2012):  45-46.

2011                 
Golden State of Craft: California 1960-1985. Los Angeles: Craft in America, 2011, 45-46. Texts by Jo Lauria, Emily Zaiden, and Sharon K. Emanuelli.

2010                 
“Blum & Poe Presents First Major Gallery Exhibition of J.B. Blunk’s Work,” Artdaily.org, May 15, 2010.
Leher-Graiwer, Sarah.  “Blunk, Blunker, Blunkest,” Artslant, March 22, 2010.
Lovelace, Joyce. “Two California Masters in Retrospective.” American Craft Magazine, April 23, 2010.
“Making the Cut.” California Home+Design (April 2010): 50.
Miles, Christopher. “Mark Grotjahn and J.B.Blunk at Blum and Poe,” LA Weekly, March 25, 2010.
Okamoto, Hitoshi. “A House Filled With Life and Creativity.” Casa Brutus, no. 128 (November 2010): 178-185.
Rus, Mayer. “Cultured,” Los Angeles Times Magazine, March 2010: 30.
Williamson, Leslie. Handcrafted Modern: At Home with Mid-century Designers. New York: Rizzoli, 2010.

2009                 
Doran, Cat. “Point Blunk.” California Style (May 2009): 88-97, 126.

2008                 
Geremia, Kaitlyn. “The Woodworker.” California Home + Design Magazine (July 2008): 152.
Nielson, Mariah, ed. J.B. Blunk: A Collection of Work from 1952-1992. Los Angeles: Reform Gallery, 2008.
San Francisco 20th Century Art & Design Show 2008. San Francisco: San Francisco 20th Century Art & Design Show, 2008: 18-20.

2002                 
Richardson, Phyllis. “J.B. Blunk.” In Contemporary Natural. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2002: 34-39.

2000                 
Pallenberg, Barbara. “Salvage Messiah.” World of Interiors Magazine 20, no. 6 (June 2000): 125-131.

1999                 
Adamson, Glenn. “California Spirit: Rediscovering the Furniture of J.B. Blunk.” Woodwork, no. 59 (October 1999): 22-31.

1986                 
Exhibition: A Sculptor’s Place. San Francisco: Craft and Folk Art Museum, 1986.

1984                 
J.B. Blunk: 100 Plates, Sculpture. Stillwater, Oklahoma: Gardiner Art Gallery; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Pickard Art Galleries, 1984.

1978                 
Wyle, Edith R. J.B. Blunk Sculptures 1952-1977. Los Angeles: Craft and Folk Art Museum, 1978.

1977                 
Emery, Olivia H. Craftsman Lifestyle: The Gentle Revolution. Pasadena: California Design Publications, 1977: 175-178.

1973                                   
Javobs, Mimi. “A Sculptor’s Quest,” Pacific Sun Arts, June 21-27, 1973: 9-10.
Johnson, Edna. “Blunk, Bennett, Bauer & Barbara: The Four Bs are Designing People,” Los Angeles Times, November 18, 1973.

1970                                   
Nordness, Lee. Objects: USA. New York: Viking Press, 1970: 268.