Jack Reilly News and Events

January 26 - February 17, 2012. Solo Exhibition at Bleicher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (In conjunction with the Getty Pacific Standard Time Initiave). Reception, Sat. Jan 28, 7-9PM

November 8 - December 16, 2011. Solo Exhibition at McNish Gallery, Oxnard College, CA

September 25 - October, 26, 2011. Solo Exhibition at Robert Graves Gallery, Wenatchee College, WA

August 5 - 22, 2010. "Jack Reilly-Breaking Away." Showcases a selection of Reilly's earlier "Abstract Illusionism" geometric paintings on complex shaped-canvases. Artamo Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.

June 5 - July 31, 2010. "Dreams and Realities" a group exhibition. The Loft Gallery, Paso Robles CA.

January 20 - February 2, 2010. "Project 5" Group Exhibition: The celebration exhibition of the five year anniversary of Artamo Gallery, Santa Barbara. Gallery artists present their artistic interpretation of the concept of "Five." Artamo Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

October 8 - November 6, 2009 "Jack Reily 3.5" Solo exhibition covering thirty-five years of painting, featuring four distinct periods in the progression of Reilly's work on shaped canvas. California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA.

May 6-31, 2009 "Synthesis." Works created from multiple parts to form a whole. This show includes diptychs, triptychs and/or quadruples by Janet Bothne, Agustin Castillo, Francoise Issaly, Jack N. Mohr, Taraneh Mozafarian, Jack Reilly abd Michelle Y. Williams. Artamo Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.

April 23-May 22, 2009 "The Non-Objective Object." Group exhibition featuring four Southern California abstract painters: Bonita Helmer, Ruth Pastine, Jack Reilly, Mick Reinman. CSUCI Exhibitions Gallery, California State University Channel Islands, CA.

January 21-March 1, 2009 "Review 4" The four-year anniversary review of four successful years of introducing and exhibiting contemporary artists from California, the United States and beyond. Artamo Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.

December 7 2009. Jack Reilly was interviewed by Moly Barnes on her weekly radio program "Art News" on KCSN radio, Northridge, Los Angeles -- Click here to Listen --

December 3, 2008 - January 18, 2009. New work on paper by Jack Reilly is on exhibition, along with Janet Bothne, Jack N. Mohr, Michael Moon, Mick Reinman, Suha Sin, and Norton Wright. Artamo Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.

September 11, 2008. Paintings from Jack Reilly's "New Abstraction" series are featured in the John Spoor Broome library gallery in the 2008 art faculty exhibition at California State University Channel Islands. The exhibition continues through October 30, 2008. The new university library is a landmark building, designed by world renowned architect, Sir Norman Foster. This fabulous space offers numerous, dramatic exhibition areas located throughout the bright and airy structure.

September 5, 2008 . Jack Reilly's exhibition "Painting in Shape" opened at Visual Art Studio in the arts section of Richmond, VA. The exhibition continues through October 30, 2008.

June 14, 2008. Jack Reilly's exhibition "Diamonds" opened in Paris at the Galerie Pavillion du Val de Grace, Paris American Academy, after a one week delay due to the paintings being held by French customs pending additional documentation.

April 26, 2008. Reilly's third solo exhibition of 2008 opened at the Upfront Gallery in downtown Ventura CA.

March 9, 2008. Reilly's "New Abstraction" series opened in Los Angeles at Jose Drudais-Biada Gallery, Mount. St. Mary's College.

February 1, 2008. A review written by critic Josef Woodard on Reilly's exhibition at Artamo Gallery in Santa Barbara was published in the Santa Barbara News Press. Woodard referred to Reilly's new paintings as "maximal...ascetic action painting...they fall into some nether region in the contemporary art scheme and are more personal and richer for it."

January 24, 2008. In the Santa Barbara Independent, writer Aly Comingore refers to Reilly's new paintings as "enormous works of art..." in her review "Three reasons Why Jack Reilly's Art Make Math Fun."

December 20, 2007. California Thinkin' at the CSUCi Exhibitions Gallery in Camarillo, CA featured a group of artists who created artwork especially designed for contemporary skatebaoards. Reilly's piece "Technicolors" was based on a spin-off of his current New Abstraction series and included in the exhibition that was cocered in the V.C. Reporter by writer Matthew Singer.

July 2007. Marked the opening of "Ebb/Flow" at the East-West Gallery in Santa Barbara, CA. The unique exhibition showcased "surf related fine art" which included custom surfboards painted by a select group of well-known California artists. Reilly's piece entitled "King Tut Thruster" consisted of Reilly's signature brushwork in a mosaic of colors across the deck with the entire bottom and rails of the board guilded in lustrous gold leaf.

January 22, 2007. Reilly's new video sculpture "Prime Time Viewing" was included in the international invitational exhibition "Electronics Alive IV" at the Scarfone/Hartley Gallery, University of Tampa, FL