Ed Moses (artist)
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Ed Moses is an American artist based in the Los Angeles area.
Born near Long Beach and educated in the mid-1950s at UCLA, Moses was one of the abstract artists with a one-man show at the legendary Los Angeles Ferus Gallery
(1958), in the cadre of fellow artists Wallace Berman
, Billy Al Bengston
, Robert Irwin
, Craig Kauffman, John Altoon
, Larry Bell
and Ed Ruscha.
Moses received a Guggenheim Fellowship
in 1980.
He has two sons. His oldest son, Cedd Moses, is a nightclub owner and CEO of 213 Ventures, while his younger son Andy, is also an artist. He lives and works in Venice, California.
Born near Long Beach and educated in the mid-1950s at UCLA, Moses was one of the abstract artists with a one-man show at the legendary Los Angeles Ferus Gallery
Ferus Gallery
The Ferus Gallery was a contemporary art gallery operating from 1957-1966. In 1957 it was located at 736-A North La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, California...
(1958), in the cadre of fellow artists Wallace Berman
Wallace Berman
Wallace Berman was an American visual and assemblage artist. He has been called the "father" of assemblage art and a "crucial figure in the history of postwar California art".-Personal life and education:...
, Billy Al Bengston
Billy Al Bengston
Billy Al Bengston is an American artist and sculptor who lives and works in Venice, California. He was educated at Los Angeles City College Los Angeles, CA , California College of Arts & Crafts Oakland, CA , and the Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA .After seeing the work of Jasper Johns at the...
, Robert Irwin
Robert Irwin (artist)
Robert Irwin is an American Installation artist. He lives and works in San Diego, California.-Beginnings:Robert Irwin was born in 1928 in Long Beach, California to Robert Irwin and Goldie Anderberg Irwin...
, Craig Kauffman, John Altoon
John Altoon
John Altoon , an American artist, was born in Los Angeles, California to immigrant Armenian parents. From 1947–1949 he attended the Otis Art Institute, from 1947 to 1950 he also attended the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, and in 1950 the Chouinard Art Institute. Altoon was a prominent...
, Larry Bell
Larry Bell (artist)
Larry Bell is a contemporary American artist and sculptor. He lives and works in Taos, New Mexico, and maintains a studio in Venice, California. From 1957 to 1959 he studied at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles as a student of Robert Irwin, Richards Ruben, Robert Chuey, and Emerson Woelfer...
and Ed Ruscha.
Moses received a Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
in 1980.
He has two sons. His oldest son, Cedd Moses, is a nightclub owner and CEO of 213 Ventures, while his younger son Andy, is also an artist. He lives and works in Venice, California.
External links
- artcyclopedia page on Moses
- biography from National Gallery of Art
- The Accidental Rebel interview
- Ed & Andy Moses
- Ed Moses- Artist on KCET Departures Venice