Hap Tivey

Hap Tivey was born in 1947 in Portland, OR. He received his BA from Pomona College in 1969 and his MFA from Claremont Graduate School in 1973. Tivey's work draws from an eclectic base of study that ranges from mathematics and hard science to years of Japanese Buddhist study and monastery retreat.  He has had solo exhibitions at Blum Helman and Diane Brown in New York, NY, Elizabeth Leach Gallery in Portland, OR, Landau-Alexander and Margo Leavin in Los Angeles, CA, and the Picasso Studio in Paris, France. Tivey's work  is included in nummerous museum collections as well as private and corporate collectiuons including the DeMenil Collection, Houston, Texas; The DIA Foundation, New York, New York; The Guggenheim Museum in both New York, New York and Bilbao, Spain; Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York and P.S.1, New York, New York.