BILL KANE
Bill Kane CV
One Person Exhibitions
2025
Light Bodies, Themes+Projects, San Francisco, CA
2023
Lenticular Emanations, The Water Shed, Petaluma, CA
2022
Light Bodies, IceHouse Gallery, Petaluma, CA
2020
Bill Kane Emanations and Works on Paper, Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV
2019
Emanations, Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV
Emanations, Curated by Cathy Baum & Associates, Post Montgomery Center, San Francisco, CA
2018
Emanations, Modernism West, San Francisco, CA
Emanations, IceHouse Gallery, Petaluma, CA
2012
New Rayograms, Modernism West, San Francisco, CA
2007
Transactional Works, Modernism, San Francisco, CA
2004
Suprematist Nudes, Modernism, San Francisco, CA
1995
Victory Series, Foster Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY
1993
Bill Kane, Foster Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY
1991
Berlin Wall, Galerie Thomas Gehrke, Hamburg, Germany
Photographs and Neon, Kito Vegesack, Bremen, Germany
Walden Pond, Foster Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY
1989
Berlin Wall, Foster Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY
1987
Photographs and Neon, University of Northern Iowa, Gallery of Art, Cedar Falls, IA
1986
1985-86 Mixed Media Works, Mission Gallery, New York, NY
1983 Photo Neon Works, Foster Goldstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX
1984
Photography/Neon Works, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Recent Works in Photography and Neon, Foster Goldstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX
1983
Bill Kane, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
1982
Bill Kane, Foster Goldstrom Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
Bill Kane, Boca Raton Center for the Arts, Boca Raton, FL
1981
New Work from the Studio Series, Foster Goldstrom Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
Bill Kane, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
1980
Photo Neon Works, Foster Goldstrom Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
Photo Neon Works, Falkirk Community Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
Group Exhibitions
2025
My World in Blue, Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma, CA
IceHouse Open II, IceHouse Gallery, Petaluma, CA
2024
Members Exhibition, Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma, CA
Inaugural Northern California Open, Marin MOCA, Novato, CA
Modernism 45th Anniversary Exhibition Part 1, Modernism, San Francisco, CA
Themes + Projects, San Francisco, CA
Different Perspectives / Different Media, IceHouse Gallery, Petaluma, CA
2023
The IceHouse Open, IceHouse Gallery, Petaluma, CA
de Young Open, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Sonoma Clean Power Headquarters, Santa Rosa, CA
2020
de Young Open, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Created in Space, Modernism, San Francisco, CA
2018
Walls, Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma, CA
2012
Digital Mixed Media, Petaluma Art Center, Petaluma, CA
2010
Just Wright, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Fine Art Photography: Beyond Digital, Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma, CA
20 x 20, Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma, CA
2008
Definitely, Maybe, Universal Pictures
The Artists of ZYZZYVA, Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007
The Namesake, Fox Searchlight Pictures
The de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Modernism West, San Francisco, CA
2006
Re Show: 2 Decades of SOMA Artists 1960-1980, SomArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2005
Online/Onsite: Selections from Online: Photographer’s Showcase, photo-eye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Sign Language, Henry Art Gallery, Monsen Study Collection of Photography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2004
25th Anniversary Exhibition, Modernism, San Francisco, CA
2001
The First (Not the Last) Members Show, Petaluma Arts Council, Petaluma, CA
2000
International Exhibit for the New Millenium, The Sharjah Arts Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Diamonds & Dust: The Art of Baseball, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Multi-Media Mania: Various Artists, Varied Media, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998
Shoot Me, Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY
1997
Three from America, Galerie Thomas Gehrke, Hamburg, Germany
1996
Group Installation, The Gallery at Broadway Sound, New York, NY
1995
Untitled, Foster Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY
1993
Concepts with Neon, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
1992
Summer of ’92, Foster Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY
American Art Today, Florida International University Art Museum, Miami, FL
Group Exhibition, Foster Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY
Contemporary Icons and Explorations, traveling exhibition
Group Exhibition, Ianuzzi Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
1991
A Grave Silence, Ghia Gallery, San Francisco, CA
At One / At War With Nature, Pratt Institute, Shaffler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
At One / At War With Nature, Pratt Institute Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY
Contemporary Icons and Explorations, traveling exhibition
1990
The Wall, An Installation of German and American Artists, Foster Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY
Contemporary Icons and Explorations, traveling exhibition
1989
Simon Lowinsky Gallery, New York, NY
Contemporary Icons and Explorations, traveling exhibition
1988
Contemporary Icons and Explorations, traveling exhibition
Group Show, Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, CA
1987
Explorations, Extending the Boundaries of Contemporary Photography, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Hans Jurgen Diehl, Bill Kane, Ralf Kerbach, Kastoriano-Shoshan Gallery, New York, NY
Neon, Mission Gallery, New York, NY
dalla POP ART americana, alla NUOVA FIGURAZIONE, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milano, Italy
RoboCop, Orion Motion Picture Release
1986
Luminous Visions, Artisan Space, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
Cuisinart, Mission Gallery, New York, NY
Foster Goldstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX
Post Post-Modernism, The Pyramid, New York, NY
1985
Euthanasia, Mission Gallery, New York, NY
University of Arkansas, Conway, AK
Nine Artists Using Neon, Rancho Santiago Community College, Santa Ana, CA
Ianuzzi Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Extending the Perimeters of 20th Century Photography, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Light (Art) In August, Nexus, Foundation for Today’s Art, Philadelphia, PA
Illumination: The Quality of Light, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
1984
Twentieth-Century Photographs from Hawaii Collections, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
San Francisco/Science Fiction, S.F. Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco/Science Fiction, The Clocktower, New York, NY
Electronic New Arts, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
Ianuzzi Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Billboard Cafe, San Francisco, CA
Democratic Billboard Show, Eyes and Ears Foundation, San Francisco, CA
1983
Inaugural Show, Leila Taghinia-Milani Gallery, New York, NY
New Acquisitions, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Ianuzzi Night Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Lensless Photography, The Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia, PA
International Directions in Glass Art, traveling exhibition
1982
International Directions in Glass Art, traveling exhibition
Inside/Outside, Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage, AL
1981
Altered Images, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Neo-Luminism, Bill Kane and Christian Schiess, Redding Museum and Art Center, Redding, CA
Neon Fronts, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
Contemporary Glass Australia, Canada, USA and Japan, traveling exhibition
1980
Working with Glass/A Survey of Bay Area Artists, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
Light-Part One, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
Current Trends in Glass, Walnut Creek Civic Arts Center, Walnut Creek, CA
1979
The Photographic Billboard Show, Eyes and Ears Foundation, San Francisco, CA
The Photographic Billboard Show, A Documentation, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Judy Dater, Hal Fischer, Bill Kane, Camerawork Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Out of State, Focus Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Neon Works, Bill Kane & Christian Schiess, 130 Dore Alley, San Francisco, CA
1978
Photography and Language, 80 Langton Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Contemporary California Photography, Camerawork Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1977
West Coast Continuum, Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Observations, Shado Gallery, Oregon City, OR
As We Saw It, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA
56 X 14, Newport School of Photography, Newport Beach, CA
1976
S.F. State Masters Photography, American River College, Sacramento, CA
Friends of Camerawork, Camerawork Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1975
San Francisco Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA
1973
Northeast Photo Invitational, Mount Holyoke College, Holyoke, MA
Selected Collections
Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Southland Corporation, Dallas, TX
NW Ayer Advertising, New York, NY
Arthur Andersen Co., Chicago, IL
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Monsen Study Collection of Photography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Atomic AI, South San Francisco, CA
SK Hynix, San Jose, CA
BioMed, Cambridge, MA
Awards and Honors
1991
National Endowment for the Arts, Painting Fellowship
1984
The Eyes and Ears Foundation, San Francisco, CA, Photography Award
1981
National Endowment for the Arts, Photography Fellowship
1979
The Eyes and Ears Foundation, San Francisco, CA, Photography Award
Press
Christian Schiess, Pushing the Boundaries of Light and Order, an interview with Bill Kane, Signs of the Times, May 1993
Phyllis Braff, Neon as a Medium for Complex Messages, The New York Times, April 4, 1993
Helen L. Kohen, In FIU Show, Painting is Alive and Well, The Miami Herald, January 12, 1992
Carl Little, Bill Kane at Foster Goldstrom, Art in America, December 1989
Miriam Seidel, Light (Art) in August, New Art Examiner, October 1985
Bill Marvel, Kane’s Stylishness Smooths His Art’s Rough Political Edge, Dallas Times Herald, February 8, 1984
Jo Ann Lewis, The Writing on the Walls, The Washington Post, January 13, 1983
David Tannous, Neon Fronts at W.P.A., Art in America, January 1983
Suzann Boettger, The Best of ’82/Art, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, December 22, 1982
Henry Scott Stokes, Art: The New Japanese Fascination With Glass, The New York Times, October 18, 1981
Paul Richard, Neon Turn On, Electric Artists Light Up Washington, The Washington Post, August 23, 1981
Robert Atkins, Bill Kane, Arts Magazine, January 1981
Thomas Albright, Distinction and Sameness All at Once, The San Francisco Chronicle, March 11, 1978
Publications
Who’s Who in American Art
Independent Vision, Modern and Contemporary Art from the Martin Muller Collection, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Modernism Twenty-Five Years 1979-2004, Modernism Inc., San Francisco, CA, 2004
ZYZZYVA Winter 2004, San Francisco, CA, 2004
MudFish 10, Contemporary Art and Poetry, Box Turtle Press/Attitude Art Inc., 1997
Amerikanische Kunst Aus der Sammlung Goldstrom New York, Bawag Foundation Wien, 1994
Concepts with Neon, Staller Center for the Arts, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, 1993
American Art Today, Surface Tension, The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, FL, 1991
Contemporary Neon, Rudy Stern, Retail Reporting Corporation, New York, NY, 1990
Liquid Fire, Michael Webb, Peregrine Smith Books, Salt Lake City, UT, 1990
Contemporary Icons and Explorations, The Goldstrom Family Collection, Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA, 1988
Dalla Pop Art Americana, alla Nuova Figurazione, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milano, Italy, 1987
Illumination, The Quality of Light, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, 1985
Extending the Perimeters of Twentieth-Century Photography, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1985
San Francisco Science Fiction, San Francisco, CA, 1984
Bill Kane, Selected Photography and Neon Works, Foster Goldstrom, Inc., 1983
Neon Fronts, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C., 1983
The Magic of Neon, Michael Webb, Peregrine Smith Books, Salt Lake City, UT, 1983
Bill Kane, Photo/Neon Works, Foster Goldstrom Fine Arts and Boca Raton Center for the Arts, 1982
Contemporary Glass – Australia, Canada, USA & Japan, The National Museums of Modern Art, Kyoto and Tokyo, 1981
Current Trends in Glass, Walnut Creek Civic Arts Center, Walnut Creek, CA, 1980
Contemporary California Photography, Camerawork Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1978
West Coast Continuum, Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, 1977
Commissions
2025 Lenticular Light Bodies, BioMed, Cambridge, MA
1989 Photo/Neon work, N.W. Ayer Advertising, New York, NY
1986 Photo/Neon work, David and Kathryn Waldrep, Dallas, TX
1984 Photo/Neon work, Cognata & Associates, San Francisco, CA
1984 Mixed Media sculpture, Heathman Hotel, Portland, OR
1983 Photo/Neon work, Southland Corporation, Dallas, TX
1981 Neon Relief, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
Education
1997 Certificate, Intensive Multi-Media Design and Production, NYU, New York, NY
1978 M.A. Photography, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
1973 B.A. Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA