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Biography
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Courtesy by "The Menil Collection, Houston, TX"
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1922
Born in Los Angeles, CA (US)
1940
he went to Los Angeles City College
1941 - 1942
worked as a woodcutter, stone mason and carpenter
1942 - 1946
he served in the U.S. Marine Corps
1946 - 1947
he worked as an acrobat and toured the Orient
1947 - 1952
studied commercial art and painting, 1952, at the Art Institute of
Chicago.
Fought in the Korean War
1954
made his first sculptures
1956
He had his first one-man exhibition
1959
he was included in the exhibition New Images of Man at the Museum of Modern Art, New York
1968
he was given a retrospective at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
He was represented at the documenta "4" and "5", Kassel
1976
he showed at the Venice Biennale
1978 - 1979
he had a retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, which was shown in several cities in the USA
1980 - 1981
the Arts Council organized a retrospective exhibition for a tour of Great Britain
Awards
1973
he won the Grand Prix at the Sao Paulo Biennale
1981
Died in Danbury, CT (US)
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Public exhibitions 32 
from 28.6.
Artists in Depth: Works from the MCA Collection
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago - MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL 
from 14.6.
Collecting for Chicago: Prints, Drawings, and Patronage
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
until 19.10.
Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Solo shows 11
2007
Dreaming of a Speech Without Words: The Paintings and Early Objects of H. C. Westermann
Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford, CA
H.C. Westermann: Selected Work
Zwirner & Wirth, New York City, NY
Dreaming of a Speech Without Words: The Paintings and Early Objects of H.C. Westermann
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
H.C. Westermann - Dreaming of a Speech Without Words
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
2006
Dreaming of a speech without words
The Contemporary Museum Honolulu, Honolulu, HI
2002
H.C. Westermann
The Menil Collection, Houston, TX
See America First: The Prints of H.C. Westermann
Contemporary Arts Museum • Houston, Houston, TX
H. C. Westermann
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
H.C. Westermann
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
2001
H. C. Westermann
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago - MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL
1998
H.C. Westermann - Selected Sculpture & Drawings
Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York City, NY
Group shows 18
2007
The Comic Uncanny
Shaheen Modern and Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
Paradise
Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA
This Place is Ours! Recent Acquisitions at the Academy
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Automatic
Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York City, NY
Upon an Ether Sea: Water and Ship Imagery from the MCA Collection
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago - MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL
2006
The Subverted Object
Ubu Gallery, New York City, NY
Drawings
Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005
Highlights - New Acquisitions
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003
Museum Store Collects
ASUART - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Tools as Art - The Hechinger Collection
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Drawings, Drawings, Drawings
Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York City, NY
War (What Is It Good for?)
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago - MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL
2002
Whisper - Sammelausstellung zum elfjährigen Jubiläum
Galerie Aurel Scheibler, Berlin
Something Anything
Matthew Marks Gallery - 522 West 22th Street, New York City, NY
2001
West of Westermann
Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York City, NY
2000
American Bricolage
Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York City, NY
Destruction / Creation
Ubu Gallery, New York City, NY
1998
Selections From the Collection of Marne and James DeSilva
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego - MCASD La Jolla, La Jolla, CA
Dealer Directory 6
United Kingdom
Waddington Galleries, London (England)
USA
Robert Henry Adams Fine Art, Chicago, IL
Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York City, NY
George Adams Gallery, New York City, NY
Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Landfall Press, Santa Fe, NM
Public collections 5
USA
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago - MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL
Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
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