EXHIBITIONS
2024
Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, Here Everywhere: Selected Work 1989-2003, April 11-May 18, New York, NY (solo)
2023
Personal_Space Gallery, Apostrophe, Rebeca Bollinger, Conrad Guevara, Kendall Henderson, Bessie Kunath, Megan Mueller, Amy Nathan, Gay Outlaw, Helia Pouyanfar, and Lucy Puls, Vallejo, CA (group)
Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, Fifteenth Anniversary Exhibition, New York, NY (group)
Anthony Meier Gallery, What’s that about, Mill Valley, CA, 2023 (group)
Foyer LA, Selvedge, Los Angeles, CA, 2023 (group)
John Natsoulas Center for the Arts, Women of Northern California: Making Meaning for Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, Davis, CA (group)
2021
Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, Offline Perception, New York, NY, December 9-January 22, 2022 (solo)
Art Basel OVR Portals’/Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, curated by Magali Arriola, Christina Li, and Larry Ossei-Mensah; chosen as an Ossei-Mensah curator’s pick (solo)
2020
P.Bibeau, 1989, Brookyln, NY (solo)
Foyer-LA, To_Fall_Freely, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Catherine Clark Gallery, Hotheads Tribute Wall, San Francisco, CA (group)
Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Hard Light, live streamed performance series, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (group)
2019
Califonia Center for the Arts, XXV The Silver Anniversary Exhibition, Escondido, CA (group)
Kala Art Institute, 2019 Annual Artists Exhibition, Berkeley, CA (group)
Natalie and James Thompson Gallery, Planned Obsolescence, Sebastian Alvarez, Ebitenyefa Baralaye, Terry Berlier, Ilana Crispi, Woody De Othello, Hope Kroll, Izidora Leber LETHE, Diana Li, Darrin Martin, Daniel McClain, Lucy Puls, and Lauren Jade Szabo, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA (group)
2018
Kala Art Institute, 2018 Annual Artists Exhibition, Berkeley, CA (group)
Scheidt'Schen Hallen, Falling Spaces, Beamish, Brauhauser, Gießler, Glisman, Höcker, Lembeck, Papadopoulos, Puls, Sandmann, Trittien, Essen-Kettwig, Germany (group)
Berkeley Art Museum (BAMPFA), Way Bay 2, Berkeley, CA (group)
2017
The Contemporary Jewish Museum, Sabbath: The 2017 Dorothy Saxe Invitational, San Francisco, CA (group)
Projectraum-Bahnhof25.De, 43 Ausstellungsprojekt, Evangelous Papadopoulus, Lucy Puls, Ulrike E. W. Scholder, Kleve, Germany (three person)
Scheidt'Schen Hallen, Shortcut to Kettwig, Balsam-Parasole, Beamish, Brauhauser, Dörffler, Flynn, Glisman, Höcker, Keil, Kollischan, Oster and Koezle, Papadopoulos, Puls, Ribero, Trittien, Zimmer, Essen-Kettwig, Germany (group)
Richmond Art Center, Marking Space, Mari Andrews, Robert Brady, Genevieve Hastings, Jann Nunn, Gay Outlaw, Lucy Puls, Tracey Snelling, Richmond, CA (group)
Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, In Pieces: Presence and Objecthood in the Aftermath of Technology, Biba Bell, Terry Berlier, Sarah Connaway, Jim Drain, Trisha Holt, Steve Kaltenbach, Darrin Martin, Lucy Puls, Millee Tibbs, Katie Torn, Barry Whitaker, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (group)
2016
Schmidt and Schütte, Portfolio 2, Höcker, Petra, Oster und Koezle, Evangelos Papadopoulos, Lucy Puls, Laura Ribero, Bernhard Zimmer, Cologne, Germany (group)
Root Division, Pulling Threads, Kathy Aoki, Eliza Barrios, Lauren Bartone, Paz de la Calzada, Laura Boles Faw, Jenne Giles, Victoria Mara Heilweil, Jennie Lennick, Lynne McCabe, Ranu Mukherjee, Sandra Ono, Sonya Philip, Lucy Puls, Sarah Ratchye, Claudia Tennyson, The Fortnight Collective, curated by Victoria Mara Heilweil, San Francisco, CA, (group)
Kulturbunker, Fundamental, Rollin Beamish (USA), Nelleke Beltjens (Netherlands/USA), Claudia Desgranges (Germany), Mic Enneper (Germany), Anja Hoinka (Germany), Lucy Puls (USA) and Alexandra Roozen (Netherlands), curated by Dr. Marta Cencillo Ramírez and Dr. Peter Lodermeyer, Cologne, Germany (group)
Kunstraum,Liminal Lyrics, Nelleke Beltjens (NL), Hedwig Brouckaert (BE, USA), Carol Hepper (USA), Alexander Gorlizki (USA), Stéphanie Leblon (BE), Sofie Muller (BE), Lucy Puls (USA), Max Razdow (USA), Taney Roniger (USA) and Bart Stolle (BE), Curated by Hedwig Brouckaert, Brooklyn, NY (group)
Kala Art Institute Gallery, Appro-propagation: Residency Projects: New Work by 2015-2016 Kala Fellows, Takuji Hamanaka, Jamil Hellu, Lucy Puls, Ronny Quevedo, Neil Rivas,Leah Rosenberg, James Voller, Christine Wong Yap, Berkeley, CA (group)
Schmidt Contemporary, Fremdräume, Lucy Puls, Jürgen Meyer-Isenmann, Peter Rollny, Matthias Buch, Dennis Thies, curated by Dr. Peter Lodermeyer, Cologne, Germany (group)
2015
Verge Center for the Arts, Lucy Puls [just you], Sacramento, CA,(solo)
Art Silicon Valley/San Francisco, The Conversation, San Mateo, CA, (group)
2014
San Jose Institute for Contemporary Arts, Relics, San Jose, CA (group)
Berkeley Central Arts Passage, Day Re-Dreamed, Berkeley, CA (group)
Arts and Humanities Institute, Now Read This: Contemporary Art from the collection of Driek and Michael Zirinsky, Boise State University, Boise, CA (group)
Art Silicon Valley/San Francisco, The Invitation, San Mateo, CA, (group)
2013
70 South Park, Double Take (an exhibition from the collection of Lenore Pereira and Rich Niles), San Francisco, CA (group)
East & Peggy Phelps Galleries, ReModel Sculpture Education Now Exhibition, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA (group)
2012
Electric Works, Geometria Concretus, San Francisco CA (solo)
Transmission Gallery, Open, Oakland, CA (group)
The Contemporary Jewish Museum, Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art, and Jewish Thought, San Francisco, CA (group)
2011
Richmond Art Center, Beyond Traditions: Artist Legacies at the Richmond Art Center, Part II, Richmond, CA (group)
diRosa Gatehouse Gallery, Zombie-Proof House, Napa, CA (group)
2010
Electric Works, Repossessed: Brief Madness, San Francisco CA (solo)
Mondavi Winery, Sed Etiam: Drawings by Lucy Puls, Napa, CA (solo)
Triton Museum of Art, A Childs World, Santa Clara, CA (group)
2009
Shasta College Art Gallery, Sed Etiam, Redding, CA (solo)
Contemporary Jewish Museum, New Works Old Story, San Francisco, CA (group)
charcoaldetroit.com, artwork using charcoal from Detroit area homes and apartment complexes. Web exhibition live for one year. (group)
2008
Aspen Art Museum, Anderson Ranch at the Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO (group)
Block Gallery, Mark, Sacramento, CA (group)
Block Gallery, Judy, Sacramento, CA (group)
2007
The Jewish Museum, Repairing the World: Contemporary Ritual Art, New York, NY (group)
2006
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, However Often: Drawings, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Intersection for the Arts, Terror, San Francisco, CA (group)
Parallel Projects@NYDC, Chapter Two: a show of objects, New York, NY (group)
Bedford Gallery, See Jane Run, Walnut Creek, CA (group)
2005
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, At This Place, San Francisco, CA (solo)
University Library Art Gallery, Worth a Thousand Words: The Book as Image, Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA (group)
Stephen Wirtz Gallery ,Rrose Selavy, San Francisco, CA (group)
Contemporary Jewish Museum, Scents of Purpose: Artists Interpret the Spice Box, SF, CA (group)
2004
Signal66, BARELY LEGAL: Danger, Washington DC (group)
SBC Park, Heart and Soul, San Francisco, CA (group)
Diablo Valley College Art Gallery, Politics, Pleasant Hill, CA (group)
University Art Gallery, Danger, California State University, Chico, CA (group)
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Hard Candy, San Jose, CA (group)
Pasadena Museum of California Art the not-so still life: A Century of California Painting and Sculpture, Pasadena, CA (group)
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, What's Doin', San Francisco, CA (group)
Off the Preserve, di Rosa Preserve annex space, Danger, Napa, CA (group)
2003
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, Things Go Round, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Littlejohn Contemporary, Ignotum per Ignotius new work, New York, NY (solo)
Ulrich Museum of Art, Not So Cute and Cuddly: Dolls and Stuffed Toys in Contemporary Art, Wichita, Kansas (group)
Kirkland Arts Center, Well Heeled: Artists Who Use Shoes As A Muse, Kirkland, WA (group)
2002
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Portrait Obscured, San Jose, CA (group)
Oakland Art Gallery, Visual Alchemy 1: Laurie Reid, Lucy Puls, Alan Rath, Mari Andrews, Oakland, CA (group)
2001
Memorial Union Gallery, Party Mix, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA (solo)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Darker Side of Playland: Childhood Imagery from the Logan Collection, San Francisco, CA (group)
Nathan Rosen Gallery, Magic and Ritual, Boca Raton, FL (group)
2000
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, White Elephant, San Francisco, CA (solo)
San Francisco Camerawork, Timekeepers, San Francisco, CA (group)
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, This is Not a Book, San Jose, CA (group)
1999
Frederieke Taylor/ TZ’ Art, Shoes, Shoes, Shoes, New York, NY (group)
Refusalon, Domesticated, San Francisco, CA (group)
Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre, The Peoples Plastic Princess, Alberta, Canada (group)
Steinbaum Krauss Gallery, Magic and Ritual, New York, NY (group)
Louis Stern Fine Art, The Child Within: Innocence and Anxiety in Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (group)
Graystone Gallery, From Head to Toe, San Francisco, CA (group)
Museum of Art and History, Altered: The Animal in Contemporary Art, Santa Cruz, CA (group)
The Jewish Museum of San Francisco, Making Change: 100 Artists Interpret the Tzedakah Box, San Francisco, CA (group)
Transcending Limits, traveling exhibition: Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX, Texas Fine Art Association, Austin, TX, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas TX, Wayland Baptist University, Plainview, TX (group)
1998
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, untidy, San Francisco, CA (solo)
California Museum of Art, Diction, Santa Rosa, CA (solo)
B and D Contemporanea, Alter Status, Milan, Italy (group)
Transamerica Building Gallery, Home Sweet Home, San Francisco, CA (group)
RARE, California Current, New York, NY (group)
1997
Bedford Gallery, The Shoe Show, Dean Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA (group)
Southern Exposure, Girls Girls Girls, San Francisco, CA (group)
Monique Knowlton Gallery, The Importance of Toys, New York, NY (group)
1996
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, Plaything, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Acquiring Minds, Santa Barbara, CA (group)
1995
Littlejohn/Sternau Gallery, Lucy Puls Recent Work, New York, NY (solo)
Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Persuasiveness of Memory, Washington, D.C. (group)
Sherry Frumkin Gallery, The Whole is Greater then the Sum of it's Parts: The Art of Repetition, Santa Monica, CA (group)
Nora Haime Gallery, Wax, New York, NY (group)
1994
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, Recent Work, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Sculpture Center, Small Works, New York, NY (group)
California Center for the Arts Museum, Wildlife, Escondido, CA (group)
Secession Gallery at Haines Gallery, Discards, San Francisco, CA (group)
UCLA Wight Art Gallery, Bad Girls West, Los Angeles, CA (group)
American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Academy Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, New York, NY (group)
1993
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, More Edidici (To Learn By Heart), San Francisco, CA (solo)
San Jose ICA, Beyond the Written Word, San Jose, CA (group)
Mark Moore Gallery, Kink, Santa Monica, CA (group)
Diverse Works, Without, Houston, TX (group)
Palo Alto Cultural Center, The Portrait As Shoe, Palo Alto, CA (group)
1992
The Lab, Without, San Francisco, CA (group)
Shea and Bornstein, Voices, Santa Monica, CA (group)
Sculpture Center, The Wall Project, New York, NY (group)
Oakland Museum, Images Transformed, Oakland, CA (group)
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, The Object Is Bound, San Francisco, CA (group)
1991
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, Edidici (To Learn By Heart), San Francisco, CA (solo)
Transamerica Building Gallery, Diverse Directions: Deborah Butterfield, Viola Frey, Mildred Howard Hung Lui, Lucy Puls, Judith Shea, San Francisco, CA (group)
Falkirk Cultural Center, Lingua Franca, San Rafael, CA (group)
1990
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, Nemori Vagus: Wandering in the Woods, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Natsoulas/Novelozo Gallery, Lucy Puls: Sculpture, Davis, CA (solo)
Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, Formulation and Representation: Recent Abstract Sculpture, New York, NY (group)
Craft Museum, Beyond Words: The Book As Metaphor for Art, San Francisco, CA (group)
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, Lead and Wax, San Francisco, CA (group)
Judith Weintraub Gallery, Influences, Sacramento, CA (group)
SFMOMA Rental Gallery, The Blues Show, San Francisco, CA (group)
1989
E.M. Donahue Gallery, Summer '89, New York, NY (group)
Ruggierio Henis Gallery, Mixed Messages, New York, NY (group)
Nelson Gallery, UC-Davis, A.C.D.H.H.H.J.N.P.P.S.T., Davis, CA (group)
1988
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, Recent Sculpture, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Sculpture Center, Emerging Sculptors, New York, NY (group)
Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary's College, Six Bay Area Women Sculptors, Moraga, CA (group)
Sesnon Art Gallery, Wood Sculpture: Seven Contemporary Artists, Santa Cruz, CA (group)
1987
Cirrus Gallery, Lucy Puls: Recent Work, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, Introductions '87, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Carnegie Art Center, Sculpture Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH (group)
1986
Richmond Art Center, Sculpture by Lucy Puls, Richmond, CA (solo)
Djurovich Gallery, Lucy Puls: Sculpture and Drawings, Sacramento, CA (solo)
C.N. Gorman Museum, Recent Drawings from Northern California, Davis, CA (group)
1985
Nelson Gallery, Lucy Puls: Sculpture and Drawings, University of California, Davis, CA (solo)
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Lucy Puls, Winston-Salem, NC (solo)
Waterworks Gallery, Lucy Puls, Salisbury, NC (solo)
Tate Center Gallery, Lucy Puls, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (solo)
Matrix Gallery, Three Dimensions, Eight Ways, Sacramento, CA (group)
Alternative Museum, Southern Exposure: Not A Regional Exhibition, (Part 1), New York, NY (group)
Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Artists Choose Artists, Greensboro, NC (group)
1984
Asheville Art Museum, Lucy Puls: Sculpture, Asheville, NC (solo)
Swain School of Design, Lucy Puls: Sculpture, New Bedford, MA (solo)
Piazzo Venezia, Portrait of the South, Rome, Italy (group)
J. Melberg Gallery, Portrait of the South, Charlotte, NC (group)
Gaston County Museum of History and Art, Dallas, NC (group)
Asheville Art Museum, October Show, Asheville, NC (group)
Fayetteville Art Museum, Fayetteville, NC (group)
1983
Wheeler Gallery, Lucy Puls: Recent Work, Providence, RI (solo)
1981
Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Lucy Puls: Sculpture, Providence, RI (solo)