Shane Guffogg

Biography

Shane Guffogg was born in Los Angeles, California and raised on an exotic bird farm in the San Joaquin Valley. His interest in painting began while a teenager, when he traveled to Europe and the former Soviet Union and was exposed to the Masters. He received his B.F.A. from Cal Arts, and during his studies he interned with Gary Stephan. Shane Guffogg is relocated to Los Angeles, where he lived in Venice Beach and worked as a Studio Assistant for Ed Ruscha from 1989 until 1995. His work began exploring the iconography of Ancient, Classical, Renaissance, Modern and Contemporary cultures, and the relationships among the various times and peoples. During this exploration he found that painting is one of the few art forms that may express what language cannot. The resulting work contains its own language of sign and symbol, and in its patterning, visual depth, and light, simultaneously seems to refer to emotion, to the human spirit, and to the unseen worlds of Quantum Physic and Super String Theory

Worked as a Studio Assistant for Ed Ruscha from 1989 until 1995. His work began exploring the iconography of Ancient, Classical, Renaissance, Modern and Contemporary cultures, and the relationships among the various times and peoples. During this exploration he found that painting is one of the few art forms that may express what language cannot.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Guffogg’s work is in the collections of the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, Fundación/Colección Jumex, Mexico City, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles and other public collections., Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles and other public collections.

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Molly Barnes, Los Angeles, CA; Raymond J. Barry, Los Angeles, CA; Jeff and Pat Becker, Porter Ranch, CA; Richard and Sylvia Birt, Laguna Hills, CA; John Branca, Brentwood, CA; Stephen Bove, Walnut Creek, CA; Peter Brown, San Francisco, CA; Jo Champa, Los Angeles, CA; Sofia Coppolla Los Angeles CA; Celia de Palma, Beverly Hills, CA; Mrs. Edward Ruscha, Los Angeles, CA; Paul Ruscha, Los Angeles CA; Paul Rusconi, Los Angeles, CA; Meg Ryan, Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; Jacqui Getty; David and Grace Crocker, Thousand Oaks, CA; Cypress LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Stanley Dorfman, Los Angeles, CA; Anthony Drazan, Los Angeles, CA; Erin DuPont, New York, NY; Charles Evans, New York, NY; Thomas Fay, Los Angeles, CA ;Barbara Flood, New York, NY; Victoria Foyt, Monticeto, CA; Lisa Galli, Kansas City, MO; Bert Green, Chicago, ILL; Todd Golub, Boston, MA; Adam and Wendy Gross, Los Angeles, CA; Ed Harris & Amy Madigan, Malibu, CA; Glen Henderstein, Los Angeles, CA; Mr. and Mrs. Dustin Hoffman, Los Angeles, CA; Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Los Angeles, CA; Henry Jaglom, Los Angeles, CA; Stephan Kaiser, Munich, Germany; Christoph Kapellar, Los Angeles, CA, Nabil Abu-Assal, Sherman Oaks, CA, Robert Knott, Los Angeles, CA, David Kohan, Los Angeles, CA, Stephane Castaigner, Los Angeles, CA; Katherine LaNasa Los Angeles, CA; John Lithgow, Los Angeles, CA; Eugenio Lopez, Mexico City, Mexico; Rex Linn, Studio City, CA; Richard O’Hare, Chicago, ILL; Rebecca O’Leary, Philadelphia, PA; Ulrika Kantor, Beveryhills, CA; Alexes Meneses, Los Angeles, CA; Christopher Monger and Karyn Montgomery, Los Angeles, CA; Jean Moran, Chicago, ILL; William Mundell, New York, NY; Phillip Noyce Los Angeles, CA; Issac and Althea Pachulski, Los Angeles, CA; Estelle Parsons & Peter L. Zimroth, New York, NY; President Clinton and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Washington, D.C.; Gary Register, Silver Plume, CO; Charlotte Ross, Los Angeles, CA; Mr. and Greta Seacat, New York, NY; Sandra Seacat, Santa Monica, Ca; French Stewart, Los Angeles, CA; Sean William Scott Los Angeles, CA; Masha Valentinova, Los Angeles, CA; Alison Van Pelt, New York, NY; Nick Villiers, Los Angeles, CA; Hans Rothenberg Von Waldenvogel, Berlin, Germany; Brian Waldvogel, Los Angeles, CA; Brad Whitford Pasadena, CA; Drew Zager, Los Angeles, CA; Alain Methot, Montreal, QC, Canada; Patrick Vattard, Reunion Island France; Adam, Bouhled, Miami, FL; Patrick Carpentier, Paris, France; Barbara Scheidegger, Marina del Rey, CA; Pierre Marcand, Los Angeles, CA; Stephan Alimant , Paris, France; Bertrand Virapin, Reunion Island, France; Jose Lacastaigneratte, Reunion Island; Fiduciary Methot Family; Dr Bashun, Reunion Island.

Exhibition in Russia at the Academy of Fine Arts Museum

The exhibition consists of 73 oil paintings, small to large scale and a recent series in Murano glass sculptures. The work spans 27 years of Shane Guffogg’s career, rarely has an artist been given such an opportunity. There is a catalogue in hardcopy format with full color reproductions of each work. It does include a variety of essays and a forward by Paul Ruscha.