Artist Lucas Blok

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Lucas Blok Information
Lucas Blok

Lucas Blok's paintings emanate and pulse with a quiet complexity. One first sees the vivid color fields arranged in geometric tautness, then the subtleties in color and shape begin their work. The pristine surfaces of Blok's paintings vibrate: dominant shapes seem to dematerialize; color chords register their optical strength; phantom colors migrate or surge across the picture plane. The artist ushers the viewer into a world of color relationships that play on optical nerves and emotions alike. Adjacent color areas harmonize or generate delicate discords that become, like musical compositions, harmony, rhythm, discord, balance.

Lucas Blok Vita

Vita

Solo Exhibition

2015	SPF:a Gallery, Culver City, California Museum of Monterey, Stanton Center, Monterey
2015	SPF:a Gallery, Culver City, California
2015	SPF:a Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2014	The Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara
2013	Monterey Museum of Art, "Monterey Now- Lucas Blok", Monterey
2006	MODAA, Culver City, California
2001	AIA (American Institute of Architects) Headquarters, Washington, DC Lisa Coscino Gallery, “Modernism - Yesterday and Today”, Pacific Grove, CA
2000	SPF:a Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1999	Monterey Museum of Art, “The Persistence of Color”, Monterey, CA
1996	Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, California
1996	Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, California
1995	Pompeii Gallery, St.Louis, Missouri
1995	Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, California
1994	Eva Cohon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1994	Interior Concepts, St.Louis, Missouri
1992	Monterey Museum of Art, Conference Center, Monterey, California
1991	Weston Gallery South, Carmel, California
1991	Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, California
1990	Ehrer-Wynne Gallery, San Francisco, California
1990	Chateau Julien, Carmel Valley, California
1988	Smith’s Galleries, London
1984	Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, California
1984	Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, California
1983	Rocklands Gallery, Monterey, California
1982	Bruised Reed Gallery, Monterey, California
1982	Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Conference Center, Monterey, California
1981	Bruised Reed Gallery, Monterey, California
1979	Bruised Reed Gallery, Monterey, California
1970	Raychem Corporation Gallery, Menlo Park, California

Group Exhibition

2016	NEW MASTERS vs modern, Jörg Heitsch Galerie, München

Collection

	The Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts - Palace of the Legion of Honor, De Young Museum, San Francisco, California
	Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive(BAMPFA), The Crocker Museum Of Art, Berkeley, California
	The Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
	The Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, California
	Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Monterey, California
	St. Francis Hospital, San Francisco, California

Award

2011	Pollock-Krasner Grant

Publications

01.05.2016	McKenzie, Melissa, Lucas Blok:Modern Day Minimalist at the Triton, Santa Clara Weekly. Issue 22
21.09.2013	Glick, Helene, Interview with Lucas Blok, Monterey Museum of Art(video)
20.12.2012	Rice, Walter, The Arts are the Answer - Lucas Blok: An Artist Profile(video)
14.08.2011	Baer, Mark, 100 Story Project - Lucas Blok, Museum of Monterey(video)
05.09.2010	Gougher, Aracell, Culver City Artwalk - 2010, Examiner.com
09.06.2010	Staff, Art and Sole at the Fifth Annual Culver City Artwalk, L.A. Times - Brand X
2010	Watson, Lisa Crawford, Beyond Words - Essays on Art and Healing, Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, pg.28, 123
2009	Baer, Mark, Lucas Blok - Sacred Color(video), SmartChannel TV
01.09.2005	Webb, Michael, Boxing Poetic in a Mixed-Use Complex in Central California - Jerrold Lomax, Architectural Digest, pg.265,267
12.10.2001	Jacobson, Louis, Paintings by Lucas Blok, Washington City Paper
18.08.2000	Pagel, David, Inspiring Links Between Art and Science, Los Angeles Times
01.07.1999	Thurman, Chuck, The Persistence of Color - Eye-burning Exhibit at the Monterey Museum of Art, The Monterey County Weekly
1999	Wilkinson, Lori, Artist's Profile: Lucas Blok - The Mystery of Color, Dining Magazine - Gallery Showcase, Summer
01.11.1998	Marshall, Alisann, True Colors - Two Distinct Approaches, One singular Pursuit: Color, American Way Magazine, pg. 72,74,75,77
21.05.1992	Deragon, Rick, Critic's Choice - Lucas Blok: Acrylic Paintings, Monterey Peninsula Herald
08.05.1992	Deragon, Rick, Optician, Monterey Peninsula Herald
28.12.1990	Deragon, Rick, Sites for Sights, Monterey, Peninsula Herald
01.05.1984	Funchess, Elaine, Lucas Blok, Culture Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 5
01.08.1982	Nuebert, Robert, Art and the Artist - Lucas Blok, Monterey Life Magazine, pg. 42,46
30.05.1982	Toner, Sheila, Lines of Definition, Monterey Weekly Magazine
30.05.1982	Lagorio, Irene, Blok Paintings Integrated with Gallery, Monterey Peninsula Herald
27.12.1981	Lagorio, Irene, 81 Solo Shows, Monterey Peninsula Herald
01.11.1981	Drake, Jonathan, Lucas Blok on his Art and Life, Community Spirit Magazine
23.08.1981	Lagorio, Irene, Op-Art Brings Viewer Response, Monterey Peninsula Herald
22.03.1979	Lagorio, Irene, Clouds, Rainbows the Focus of Gallery, Monterey Peninsula Herald
09.11.1978	Staff, S.F.B. Morse gallery - Will Bullas and Lucas Blok, Carmel Pine Cone
	Lagorio, Irene, After Images, Monterey Peninsula Herald