The Art of Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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EXHIBITIONS

Solo Exhibitions

2025

"Ferlinghetti for San Francisco" Legion of Honor, The Reva and David Logan Gallery of Illustrated Books, San Francisco, CA

2024-2025

“Ferlinghetti | An exhibit in 6 vignettes” San Francisco Historical Society, San Francisco, CA

"Ferlinghetti at Pier 70" Historic Building 12, Pier 70, Dogpatch, San Francisco, CA

2022

"Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Poet, Painter, and Pacifist" Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA

"Generation Beat! The Art & Literary Genius of Lawrence Ferlinghetti" Temple Art Lofts Gallery, Vallejo, CA

2020-2021

"Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Works on Paper" NADA Miami Online and at Rena Bransten Gallery, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA

2020

"Lawrence Ferlinghetti:Études" New Release Gallery, New York, NY

2019

"Lawrence Ferlinghetti: 100 Years Without a Net" Rena Bransten Gallery, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA

2017

"Underwear Series" Rena Bransten Gallery, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA

2016

"Love and War" Rena Bransten Gallery, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA

"Censored Tarp" Rena Bransten Gallery, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA

2015

"Fluxare" The Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

2010

"60 Years of Painting" Museo di Roma in Trastevere, Rome, Italy

"60 Years of Painting" Foyer del Teatro Francesco Cilea, Reggio Calabria, Italy

"Ferlinghetti for San Francisco" Legion of Honor, The Reva and David Logan Gallery of Illustrated Books, San Francisco, CA, 2025. Photo by Jorge Bachman. 

Photo by Sarah Stangle.

Photo by Chris Buck.

Photo by Sarah Stangle.

Photo by Chris Buck.

2009

"Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Evolution of a Painter" George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco

"Drawings from Life" Instituto Italiano di Cultura, San Francisco. CA

"Lyric Escape: Paintings by Lawrence Ferlinghetti" Berkeley Arts Center, Berkeley, CA

2007

"Paintings and Poems" The Prague City Museum-House at the Golden Ring (Muzeum města Prahy – Dům U Zlatého prstenu), Prague, Czech Republic

2006

"Il lume non spento" Centro Arte Moderna e Contemporanea La Spezia

(CAMeC), La Spezia, Italy

"Lawrence Ferlinghetti—Word Play" George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2005

"Creazione del verbo fluxare" Villa Cernigliaro, Sordevolo (BI)

"A Coney Island of the Mind—Works on Paper by Lawrence Ferlinghetti" Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium

2004

"The Art of Laurence Ferlinghetti" San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose

"Life Studies Life Stories" George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2002

"Lit. Paint" Kleinert/James Art Gallery, Woodstock, NY

2001

"Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Artista Multimediale" Casa di Giulietta, Verona

"Ferlinghetti—Opere spontanee" Foyer degli Artisti, Firenze, Italy

2000

"Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Opere scelte" Archivio Francesco Conz Gallery, Verona

"Love in the Days of Rage" George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA

"Lawrence Ferlinghetti: 100 Years Without a Net" Rena Bransten Gallery, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA, 2019. Photos by John Janca.

"Love and War" Rena Bransten Gallery, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA, 2016. Photo by John Janca.

"Lawrence Ferlinghetti: 100 Years Without a Net" Rena Bransten Gallery, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA, 2019. Photos by John Janca.

"Lawrence Ferlinghetti: 100 Years Without a Net" Rena Bransten Gallery, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA, 2019. Photos by John Janca.

"Love and War" Rena Bransten Gallery, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA, 2016. Photo by John Janca.

"Lawrence Ferlinghetti: 100 Years Without a Net" Rena Bransten Gallery, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA, 2019. Photos by John Janca.

"Lawrence Ferlinghetti: 100 Years Without a Net" Rena Bransten Gallery, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA, 2019. Photos by John Janca.

"Love and War" Rena Bransten Gallery, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA, 2016. Photo by John Janca.

"Lawrence Ferlinghetti: 100 Years Without a Net" Rena Bransten Gallery, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA, 2019. Photos by John Janca.

"Underwear Series" Rena Bransten Gallery, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA, 2017. Photo by John Janca.

1999

"New Paintings" Molly Barnes Gallery, Santa Monica

"Lawrence Ferlinghetti: The Painter" San Marco Gallery, San Rafael, CA

1996

"The Poet as Painter" Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy

1995

"Lawrence Ferlinghetti Paintings & Drawings, 1981-1994" University of Maryland, Fine Arts Gallery, College Park, MD

"Leaves of Life" The University of Charleston, Charleston, WV

1994

"Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Paintings from the Studio of Light" Civic Center Gallery, Mountain View, CA

1993

"Lawrence Ferlinghetti: The Paintings" The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

1992

San Jose State University–Student Union Gallery, San Jose, CA

1991

Peter Lembcke Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1990

Kennedy Gallery, San Francisco

Special Collections, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

"Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Poet, Painter, and Pacifist" Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, 2022. Photo by Atomicmonk.

Photo by Atomicmonk.

Photo by Atomicmonk.

Photo by Atomicmonk.

Group Exhibitions

2024-2025

"Gruppo di Quattro" Calabi Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA

2024

"From Disco Days to the Tech Craze: 50 Years of ArtSpan SF Open Studios" Jewett Gallery, The San Francisco Public Library-Main Library, San Francisco, CA

2018

"The Portrait Show" Rena Bransten Gallery, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA

2016

"EXPO Chicago" Navy Pier, Chicago, IL. Represented by Rena Bransten Gallery, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA

2013

"Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Future Woman" George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2009

"Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Evolution of a Painter" George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA

"The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia" Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

2007

"The Writer's Brush: Paintings and Drawings by Writers" Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY

2006

"Crossing Boundaries: Visual Art by Writers" Hamilton Club Gallery, New York, NY

2005

"Star Art 1" The Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY

"Ferlinghetti at Pier 70" Historic Building 12, Pier 70, Dogpatch, San Francisco, CA, 2025. Photo by Chris Buck.

Photo by @themogli.

Photo by Sarah Stangle.

Photo by Sarah Stangle.

Photo by Sarah Stangle.

Photo by Matt Gonzalez.

Photo by Sarah Stangle.

1999

"Writerly Art" Trenton Art Museum, New Jersey

"By the Sea" George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1998

"Contemporary Bay Area Artists" George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA

"Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Pure Art vs. Agit-Prop" George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1996

"Writers Who Paint" George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1995

"Beat Culture and the New America" The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

1994

"Beat Art: Visual works by and about the Beat Generation" New York University, Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY

“Ferlinghetti | An exhibit in 6 vignettes” San Francisco Historical Society, San Francisco, CA, 2024-205. Photo by Chris Buck.

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