Born Richmond, Virginia, October 27, 1948
Education
1967-68 Architecture, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
1971-72 Printmaking, Art History, Psychology, BFA, U of F
1974-75 Painting, Master's Program, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Ga.
Solo Exhibitions
1995 Corriente Alterna, Lima, Peru, Tétradas
1996 Patterns, J. J. Brookings Gallery, San Francisco, California
1996 O. K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY, Woven Canvas
1998 O. K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY, The Endless Line
1999 La Segunda Iberoamericana Bienal de Lima
(Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano)
Instalación de Tétradas
2000 O. K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY, Tetrads
2006 Robert Steele Gallery (The Project Room) New York, NY, Standard Measure Paintings
2015 Gallery Thomas Jackel, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
1978 File 3/13, Hansen Gallery, New York, NY
1979 Small Works, NYU Gallery (Juror: Ivan Karp), New York, NY
1980 Inaugural Group Show, Semaphore Gallery, New York, NY
Four Painters, Soho Center for the Visual Arts, New York, NY
1981 Sixteen Painters, Semaphore Gallery, New York, NY
The Working Process, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Columbus Circle Gallery, New York, NY
The Fourth of July, Public Image Gallery, New York, NY
Recent Acquisitions, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Conn.
1982 Painting in Photography, Daniel Wolf Gallery New York, NY
The Famous Show, Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York, NY
Beyond the American Standard, Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York, NY
1983 Small Works, Amherst College, Mass.
Terminal New York, Brooklyn, NY
Exposition Ete, Maximillien Guiol, Paris, France
Gracie Mansion Presents..., Kamikaze, New York, NY
Lower East Side Polygon, Danceteria, New York, NY
Drawings into Paintings, Gallery 411/12, New York, NY
1984 New Talent, Harm Bouckaert Gallery, New York, NY
Site-Specific Sculpture, Greathouse Gallery, New York, NY
Sculpture, Civilian Warfare Gallery, New York, NY
Contemporary Triptychs, Bard College, New York
Painting into Photography, Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, NY
1985 New Summer, Pietrasanta Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Abstraction, Greathouse Gallery, New York, NY
1992 Group, D'Kada Gallery, Madrid, Spain
1993 Crosscurrents, Step Gallery, New York, NY
1994 Salon, Tribeca 48 Gallery, New York, NY
Hospice, Cabrini Medical Center, New York, NY
1995 Small Works, NYU Gallery (Juror: Jackie Littlejohn), NY
1999 Review, O. K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
2000 Small Works, NYU Gallery (Juror: Tricia Collins), NY
2004 Selection, O. K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
2005 Summer View, Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY
2008 O.K.Harris Works on Paper, Andrews University, Berrien, Michigan
2014 Artists' Choice, M55 Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Miami Basel, Thomas Jaeckel Gallery, Miami, Florida
2016 Winter Salon, Thomas Jaeckel Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Winter Salon, Thomas Jaeckel Gallery, New York, NY
Grants
Adolph Gottlieb Foundation, New York, NY, 1991
Bibliography: Catalogues
1981 The Working Process, Organization of Independent Artist
Essay by Henry Geldzahler, New York, NY
1984 Contemporary Triptychs, Bard College, New York
1984 Small Works, University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, Ma.
1998 Darrell Nettles, The Continuous Line, with an Essay by Donald Kuspit
O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1999 La Segunda Iberoamericana Bienal de Lima
Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima, Peru
2000 New American Paintings, #26, Juror: Terrie Sultan
The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, Ma.
2010 New American Paintings, 15th Anniversary Edition
The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, Ma.
2012 Rope Paintings, Darrell Nettles
2014 Artists' Choice, M55 ART, New York, NY
2014 Broken Verse, Darrell Nettles
2015 45 Years of OK Harris, New York, NY
2017 Broken Verse, Darrell Nettles
https://issuu.com/classykate/docs/broken_verse_2017
Bibliography: Periodicals
1982 Flash Art, Nicholas Moufarege, November
1982 Arts Magazine, Nicholas Moufarege, September
1983 Southern Accents, Summer, p.48-49
1995 Caretas, "Tétradas", Luis Lama, November 9, p.49, Lima Peru
2017 Galatea Resurrects, Eileen Tabios, May 28
http://galatearesurrects2017.blogspot.com/2017/05/broken-verse-by-darrell-nettles.html
Bibliography: Newspapers
1981 New York Times, "The working process", Grace Glueck, April 17
1984 New York Times, "The camera's role as tool is growing", William Zimmer, April 22
1995 Gestión, "Geometría precolombiana en pintura de artista norteamericano", November 2, p.2/B
1995 El Comercio, "Darrell Nettles, la espiritualidad del pasado", November 2, p.8/C
1995 Expreso, "Darrell Nettles, un artista norteamericano en Corriente Alterna", November 2, p.3/B
1999 Expreso, "Darrell Nettles, El balance del blanco y negro", Ketty Cadillo, October 30, p.4/B
2015 Wall Street Journal. "Poetic Paintings", Peter Plagens, June 20, p. A18
Commissions/Projects
1982 Egon Schiele, A play by Stephan Fechter, New York, NY
1983 Windows, Art installation commissioned for Bergdorf Goodman, New York, NY
1990 Faultline, Art commissioned for a play by Morgan Jennes, New York, NY
Collections - Museums
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Centro de Artes Visuales, Lima, Peru
Museum of Modern Art (Národní Galerie), Prague, Czech Republic
Museo Regional de Arte Moderno, Cartagena, Spain
Collections - Corporate, Miscellaneous
Analysis Group, Chicago, Illinois
Anderson-Cook, Inc., Detroit Michigan
Bank of America, San Francisco, California
Banque Nationale de Paris, Paris, France
Cabrini Hospice Permanent Collection, New York, NY
City of Chesterfield, Missouri
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, Boston, Massachusetts
Dean Witter Company, New York, NY
Escarpenter, Barcelona, Spain
Exxon/Mobil Oil Collection, Hamburg, Germany
Farer Fersko, Westfield, New Jersey
Galetea's Art Collection, St. Helena, California
Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, PC, St. Louis, Missouri
Harvard School of Business, Cambridge, Ma.
Wynn Kramarsky Collection, New York, New York
KrasnePlows, New York, New York
Legorburu, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
López-Mayordomo Collection, Valencia
Marcus W. Stroh Collection, Mayorca
Lewis, Rice Fingerush, Attorneys at Law, St. Louis, Missouri
Missouri State Bank, St. Louis, Missouri
National Reinsurance Corporation, Stamford, Connecticut
Needham, Harper and Steers, New York, NY
Sunoco Oil Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Swissre Corporation, New York, NY
University of Arkansas, Jonesboro, Arkansas
Westwood Studios, Las Vegas, Nevada
Wilmington Trust Company, Wilmington, Delaware