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Born: 1948, Pittsburgh, PA
Residence: Inglewood, CA
Education: 1968-1971, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, PA

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006  Dustin Shuler / The Rainforest:
            A Landscape in the Shower

2004  Dustin Shuler Targets Transportation



2001  Dustin Shuler Targets Transportation


2000  Shipwrecks


2000  Dustin Shuler Target Transportation


2000  Dustin Shuler Target Transportation


1988  Ships That Pass in the Night
           and Other Works

1988  Dustin Shuler Recent Works


1986  Dustin Shuler / Projects


1985  Trophies and Future Projects


1984  Auto Pelt, 1964, 356C Porsche


1983  Skinned Car Series


1983  Auto Pelt, 63 VW


1982  Pinned: Aircraft As Butterfly


1981  Last Call


1980  Death of an Era


1980  Recent Shootings by Dustin Shuler


1979  Targets, Constructions, Documentation


1977  Constructions / Destruction


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008  Sarasota Season of Sculpture


2007  A Few of our Favorite Thing


2005  Apocalypse Soon


2005  Drive Time


2004  100 Artists See Satan


2001  Fantasy and Fins


2000  A Collaboration


2000  Connecting the Past


2000  L.A. 2000



1998  Vehicles Transcending the Millenium


1997  Through the Looking Glass
           Artists Self-Portraits

1996  California Index 17


1996  Facing the Dragon


1992  Hot August Nights


1992  L.A. Drives Me Wild


1992  Assemblage Assembly


1991  Status of Sculpture


1991  Status of Sculpture


1991  An Opening and a Closing


1990  Status of Sculpture


1990  Status of Sculpture


1989  A Model Society


1989  The Road Show


1989  On Site


1989  1st Summer Group Show


1989  The Traveling Show;
            Art Influenced by Transportation

1987  Endangered Species


1987  Art in Public Places, Guest Artist


1987  The Thoughts of Youth Are Long,
            Long Thoughts

1987  Dustin Shuler, Guest Artist


1987  Seriously Humorous


1985  San Pedro Artists, Part Two


1985  Cowboys, Cadillacs and Computers


1984  Art and Travel
           Exhibition Gallery

1984  Crime and Punishment


1984  A Broad Spectrum:
           Los Angeles Painters and Sculptors '84

1984  Toys by Artists


1984  15 Sculptors


1983  Irvine Collects


1983  Sculptural Concepts from
           San Diego Galleries Rental Gallery

1982  Comrades at Art
           Ted Eck and Dustin Shuler

1981  Constructions by Two Artists
           Dustin Shuler and Nancy Youdelman

1981  Tom Jenkins and Dustin Shuler


1981  Stuart Rapaport, Dustin Shuler
            and Tom Stanton

1980  Architectural Sculpture


1979  Our Own Artists


1979  Dustin Shuler and Richard Turner


1979  Exotic Objects


1978  High Voltage


1978  First Biennial Juried Show


1975  Auto-Graphics


COMMISSIONS: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

2007  Dance


1998  Albatross VI


1995  Albatross V


1994  Albatross IV


1994  Albatross III


1994  Albatross II


1993  Albatross


1991  Bumper to Bumper


1990  The Sea Bee


1989  Spindle


1988  Yellow Pinto Pelt


1988  Green Pinto Pelt


1987  Triumph Pelt




1985  Spider Pelt




PUBLIC PROJECTS AND EVENTS

1982  Pinned: American Hotel,
           Aircraft As Butterfly

1981  Last Call
           (Burning of a ringing telephone)

1980  Death of an Era
           (Impaling a 59 Cadillac with 20 foot nail)

1979  Death of a Nightmare
           (Simulated Earthquake)

1979  Destruction of the Wall of Apathy
           (Simulated Earthquake: Surprise Impaling)

1979  One Cubic Yard of Earthquake
           (Simulated Earthquake

1978  Gapping the Nightmare Arch
           (Simulated Earthquake)

1977  Destruction of the Nightmare Towers
           (Simulated Earthquake)


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

California State University,
Fullerton, CA

Cermak Plaza,
Berwyn, IL

City and County of San Francisco,
San Francisco, CA

City of San Jose Department of Motor Vehicles,
San Jose, CA

de Saisset Museum,
Santa Clara, CA

The David Bermant Foundation,
Santa Barbara, CA

Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art,
Wichita, KS

Hamden Plaza,
Hamden, CT

California State University,
Dominguez Hills, CA

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

BIBLIOGRAPHY

PUBLISHED ARTICLES BY DUSTIN SHULER:

LEONARDO, Skinning Cars In The American West:
Transforming Automobile Bodies Into Relief
Sculpture

Volume 17, Issue 4, 1985,
Pergamon Press Ltd.

DREAM WORKS, Hunting The Dream,
Volume 3, Number 4, 1983-1984,
Human Sciences Press

CATALOGS

100 ARTISTS SEE SATAN, 2004,
California State University Fullerton
Grand Central Art Center,
Santa Ana, CA

BEYOND THE MUSEUM WALLS:
THE MARTIN H. BUSH OUTDOOR
SCULPTURE COLLECTION, 2002,
Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art,
Wichita State University, Wichita, KS

DUSTIN SHULER, 2000,
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum,
Santa Barbara, CA

AUTO EXOTICA: THE AUTOMOBILE IN ART, 1992,
Nevada Museum of Art,
Reno, NV

STATUS OF SCULPTURE, 1990,
Espace Lyonnais D'art Contemporain,
Lyon, France

ENDANGERED SPECIES, 1987,
Alternative Museum,
New York City, NY

SAN PEDRO ARTISTS, 1985
Palos Verdes Art Center,
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT:
REFLECTONS OF VIOLENCE IN CONTEMPORARY ART,
1984, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA

ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE,.1980,
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los
Angeles, CA

OUR OWN ARTISTS:
ART IN ORANGE COUNTRY, 1979,
Newport Harbor Art Museum,
Newport Beach, CA

THE FIRST BIENNIAL JURIED EXHIBITION, 1978,
Municipal Art Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA

 

Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
Hollywood, CA

Main Art Gallery, California State
University, Fullerton,
Fullerton, CA

Transition Gallery, University of Idaho,
Pocatello, ID

Correia Gallery,
Santa Monica, CA

Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council, Inc.,
Texarkana, TX

Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum,
Santa Barbara, CA

de Saisset Museum,
Santa Clara, CA

Shoshana Wayne Gallery,
Santa Monica, CA

Gallery of Art, Eastern Washington University.
Cheney, WA

Cypress College Fine Arts Gallery,
Cypress, CA

Laguna Beach Museum of Art,
Laguna Beach, CA

Quint Gallery ,
San Diego, CA

Natural History Museum, Balboa Park,
San Diego, CA

American Gallery, American Hotel,
Los Angeles, CA

California State University,
Fullerton, CA

California State University,
Dominguez Hills, CA

Orange County Center for Contemporary Art,
Santa Ana, CA

Santa Ana College Art Gallery,
Santa Ana, CA

Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman College,
Orange, CA

 

Sarasota, FL
2007

SAC Arts Gallery at the Santora Building,
Santa Ana, CA

QED Gallery
Los Angeles, CA

Wignall Museum at Chaffey College,
Rancho Cucamonga, CA

CSUF Grand Central Art Center,
Santa Ana, CA

Petersen Automotive Museum,
Los Angeles, CA

Patricia Correia Gallery,
Santa Monica, CA

California State University at Fullerton,
Fullerton, CA

Spokane Falls Community College,
Spokane, WA

Gallery 825,
Los Angeles, CA

Cypress College Fine Arts Gallery,
Cypress CA

Merging One Gallery,
Santa Monica, CA

Artopia Gallery,
Hollywood, CA

Nevada Museum of Art,
Reno, NV

Sherry Frumkin Gallery,
Santa Monica CA

Claudia Chapline Gallery,
Stinson Beach, CA

Lowen Palace,
Berlin, Germany

Kunstmuseum,
Hasselt, Belgium

Art Space,
Los Angeles, CA

Institute of Contemporary Art,
London, England

Musee St. Pierre, Art Contemporain,
Lyon, France

Irvine Fine Arts Center,
Irvine, CA

John Michael Kohler Arts Center,
Sheboygan, WI

California State University,
San Bernardino, CA

LJ Gallery,
Newport Beach, CA

Muckenthaler Cultural Center,
Fullerton, CA

Alternative Museum,
New York, NY

University of Connecticut at Avery Point,
New London, CN

University of Southern California
Atelier Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Orange County Center for Contemporary Art,
Santa Ana, CA

Santa Ana College,
Santa Ana, CA

Palos Verdes Art Center,
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Lawndale Annex, University of Houston,
Houston, TX

San Francisco International Airport
San Francisco, CA

Triton Museum of Art,
Santa Clara, CA

Contemporary Design Center of Los Angeles,
Los Angeles, CA

Simard Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA

Angels Gate Cultural Center Gallery
San Predro, CA

Irvine Cultural Center Gallery,
Irvine, CA

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco, CA

Los Angeles City College,
Los Angeles, CA

Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA

Stage One Gallery
Orange, CA

Art Space Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art,
Los Angeles, CA

Newport Harbor Art Museum,
Newport Beach, CA

Palos Verdes Art Center,
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Saddleback College Art Gallery,
Mission Viejo, CA

California State University Art Gallery,
Northridge, CA

Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park,
Los Angeles, CA

Golden West College Gallery,
Huntington Beach, CA

   

Sarasota Season of Sculpture,
Sarasota, FL

Edwin A Ulrich Museum of Art,
Wichita State University, Wichita, KS

Santa Barbara Airport,
Santa Barbara, CA

Hamden Plaza,
Hamden, CT

Allendale Plaza,
Coltsville, MA

Cermak Plaza,
Berwyn, IL

The David Bermant Foundation,
Santa Barbara, CA

Allendale Plaza
Coltsville, MA

Allendale Plaza,
Coltsville, MA

Cermak Plaza,
Berwyn, IL

Cermak Plaza,
Berwyn, IL

Hamden Plaza,
Hamden, CT

San Jose Department of Motor Vehicles,
San Jose, CA.
Commissioned by the California Arts Council,
Art in Public Buildings Program

Moscone Parking Garage, San Francisco Parking
Authority, Commissioned through the San Francisco Arts
Commission for the Collection of the City and County of
San Francisco

  

Los Angeles, CA
(Installation of aircraft pinned to building)

California State University,
Fullerton, CA

California State University,
Dominguez Hills, CA

Santa Ana College Art Gallery,
Santa Ana, CA

Newport Harbor Art Museum,
Newport Beach, CA

Palos Verdes Art Center,
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Art Gallery,
California State University Northridge, CA

Guggenheim Gallery,
Chapman College, Orange, CA

 




SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS

Natural World Museum, art in action: nature, creativity and our collective future, 2007

Art Gallery Magazine (China), Alternative art space USA, by Weime Chen & Yuexil Lin, 2007

Artweek, Dustin Shuler at LACE, by Victoria Martin, Dec. 2006/Jan. 2007, volume 37, issue 10

Sculpture Magazine, Dustin Shuler: The Rainforest: A Landscape in the Shower, Nov. 2006

Los Angeles Times, A compact jungle in the gritty city, by Holly Myers, October 13, 2006

The Inlander, Trashing Technology, by Sheri Boggs, November 11, 1998

Sculpture Magazine, Status of Sculpture, by Wendy Paris, September/October 1990

National Geographic World, Bitten By The Bug, December 1989

Automobile, Triumph Pelt, by David Fetherston, July 1988

Stern Magazin, Auto Journal, June 1, 1988

L.A. Reader, Dustin Shuler, by Marge Bulmer, March 18, 1988

Village Voice, It's A Jungle Out There, by Kim Levin, March 17, 1987

Insight Magazine, Auto Art, Feb. 16, 1987, The Washington Times

DER K'A'FER III, Eine Dokumentation, by A. Etzold, 1986

Harper's Magazine, L.A. Car Wash, April 1986

Vanity Fair, Art Throb, by Amy Hempel, Nov. 1985

California Magazine, Art Is A Lonely Hunter, by Toula Bogdanos, Nov, 1985

Artweek, The Dead Machines, by Suvan Geer, Oct. 5 1985

Pittsburgh Post- Gazette, Auto Parts To Art, by Jerry Roberts, Aug.26 1985

San Francisco Examiner, Art By Fiat, July 16, 1985

San Francisco Chronicle, Urban Hunter's Pelt, by Jack Viets, July 16, 1985

The Wall Street Journal, If This Artist Wants To Borrow Your Car, Tell Him To Get Lost
by Kathleen A. Hughes, May 23. 1985

Newlook, Beaux Arts, Des Sculptures Nommees Buick Ford Chevrolet Pontiac..., Feb. 1985

Artweek, Our Automotive Culture, by Robert McDonald, Dec. 1983

Images and Issues, Auto Pelt, 1963 VW By Dustin Shuler At The Laguna Beach Museum Of Art
by Kathy Zimmerer-McKilvie, Nov./Dec. 1983

National Geographic Magazine, Swing Low , Sweet Chariot, by Noel Grove, July 1983

Panorama, Non Mattetelo In Saiotto, Nov. 1982

Artweek, Nailed To The Wall , by Joan Hugo, Oct. 2, 1982

Los Angeles Times, The Art Tide Turns Downtown, by Suzanne Muchnic, Sept. 14 1982

London Times, Customised To Death, by Lloyd Grossman, April 18, 1982

Stern Magazin, Das Ende der Saurier, Sept. 17, 1981

South Bay Magazine, Moving Pictures: Performance Art, by John Kehoe, Sept., 1981

High Performance, Death Of An Era, by Dustin Shuler, Summer 1981

People Magazine, In The Name Of Art, A '59 Caddy Is Turned Into A "Pierced Arrow"
by Carol Havens, Nov. 17 1980

Los Angeles Times, Sculpture, Exhibition of Documents, by William Wilson, Oct. 12, 1980

Los Angeles Harold Examiner, A Pointed Comment On The American Dream,
by Marie Denunzio, Oct. 25, 1980

Orange County Illustrated Magazine, The Art Of Destruction, by Tricia Nihill, April 1980

Artweek, Excess Vilified And Revered, by Louise Lewis, Nov. 15, 1980

Artweek, Esthetics of the Moment, by Constance Mallinson, Nov. 24, 1979

Los Angeles Times, Artistic Get-Together In Orange County Exhibit, by William Wilson, Nov. 4, 1979

Artweek, Of Destruction, Of War, Of Art, by Constance Mallinson, June 5, 1979


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