2024 to January 5, 2025

Lobby and Concourse Galleries

Curator: Sarah Vargas, FAM Curator

The year 2024 marks both the 75th anniversary of the Fresno Art Museum and the 80th birthday of noted conceptual artist Charles Gaines. Born in 1944 in Charleston, South Carolina, Gaines was a professor of art at California State University, Fresno from 1969-1990 before moving on to become a faculty member at the California Institute of the Arts in Santa Clarita, just north of Los Angeles. In honor of these two anniversaries, the Fresno Art Museum presents its first solo exhibition of work by Gaines since 1993. Taken from the holdings of the Fresno Art Museum’s permanent collection, these works from early in Gaines’ more than 50-year career as an artist were made during his tenure here in Fresno. While his work has evolved in the decades since, these works show the evolution of his signature gridwork and the development of his unique style that has made Charles Gaines such a dominant figure in the contemporary art world.

Sponsored by Janice and Harold Nikoghosian