| Born | Woodland, California, 1935 |
| EDUCATION: | |
| 1955 | University of California, Berkeley |
| AWARDS AND HONORS: | |
| 2000 | Fellowship, Getty Research Institute. |
| 1998 | Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Award |
| 1989 | Finalist in Pico Seagatecompetition |
| 1987 | Working Grant, Pollock Krassner Foundation |
| 1984 | National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Fellowship |
| 1983-4 | John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in Sculpture |
| 1982-83 | Prix de Rome, Fellowship in Sculpture, American Academy in Rome |
| 1977 | National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Fellowship |
| 1968 | National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Fellowship |
| 1962 | Servant of Holy Beauty Award |
| SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS: | |
| 2011 | “Collages”, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, California |
| “George Herms: Xenophilia (Love of the Unknown”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California | |
| 2010 | “Collages”, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, California |
| 2008 | “Lymphatic Vessels and Monoprints celebrating the life and art of Bruce Conner”, Susan Inglett Gallery, New York. |
| 2007 | George Herms: Assemblages”, Galerie Vallois, Paris. |
| 2006 | Select Works”, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York. |
| 2005 | “George Herms: Hot Set” (Walter Hopps, curator), Santa Monica Museum of Art. |
| “Pandora’s Box: The Sculpture of George Herms”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento. | |
| “From George Herms with LOVE”, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles. | |
| 2004 | "Sepia Jones Collages," Ace Gallery, Los Angeles |
| "Sepia Jones Collages," Ace Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| 2002 | Teragrams and Roses, Mesa Nights: A Romance of the Old Southwest,Redbud Gallery, Houston, Texas |
| 2001 | Bed of Roses..., Assemblages, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco |
| 1999 | Poet Heroes of My Youth,Assemblage/Sculpture, Fred Spratt Gallery in association with Larry Evans/James Willis Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| 1998 | Parade of Sculpture, First Street Bridge Project, Los Angeles, with laser installation by Hiro Yamagata |
| Office of the Future, Robert Berman Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California | |
| 1996 | George Herms: Works Saluting San Francisco, 1962-1996, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco |
| The Beat Bar, Track 16 Gallery and Robert Berman Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California | |
| Crossings, Fred Spratt Gallery, San Jose, California | |
| 1995 | George Herms: From Then and There to Here and Now, With a Little Help From His Friends, Wallace Berman, Bruce Conner and Dennis Hopper,Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York |
| Beat Epiphanies and Home Runs,Jack Rutberg Fine Arts Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| SAM RAM, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California | |
| 1994 | Project X,Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 1992 | Secret Archives: A Retrospective,Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 1994 | Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
| 1991-2 | Alley Art and Urban Archaeology,Pasadena, California |
| 1991 | George Herms,d.p. Fong Gallery, San Jose, California |
| 1990 | George Herms,Cypress College, Cypress, California |
| 1989 | L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, California |
| 1988 | Salute to Paul Beattie, California Museum of Fine Art, Santa Rosa Rome Poem Revisited, Tyler Gallery, Temple University, Philadelphia |
| 1986 | Recent Sculpture, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, California Oscarsson/Siegeltuch Gallery, New York |
| 1985 | Jacaranda Project, Junior Arts Center, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles |
| 1984 | George Herms: Rome Poem,Art Gallery, California State University, Fullerton |
| 1982 | Eight Etudes,Beyond Baroque, Venice, California |
| Pre-Rome Sacraments and/or Raw Tracks,L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, California | |
| 1981 | Score,University of Denver Art Gallery, Colorado |
| Time Reliefs and Ringers,Ruth Schaffner Gallery, Santa Barbara, California | |
| 1980 | Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California |
| Stage One Gallery, Orange, California | |
| 1979 | The Prometheus Archives: A Retrospective Exhibition of the Works of George Herms, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California |
| 1978 | Arco Center for the Visual Arts, Los Angeles, California |
| 1977 | UnbeknownstManitoba Museum of Finds Art, San Francisco, California |
| 1976 | Sets and Related WorksPasadena Artists Co-Op, Pasadena, California L.A. Louver, Venice, California |
| Session,80 Langton Street, San Francisco | |
| 1975 | California State University, San Jose, California |
| Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| PsuedonymphiaTJB Gallery, Newport Beach, California | |
| 1973 | George Herms Selected Works 1960-1973,Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California, Davis (catalogue) |
| Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| 1972 | Selected Works 1960-1972California State University, Los Angeles (catalogue) |
| 1970 | Holiday ExhibitionMolly Barnes Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 1969 | Foggy WagonsLaguna Beach, California |
| Faithquake, Molly Barnes Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| 1966 | Rolf Nelson Gallery, Los Angeles, California |
| 1965 | Spring VisionsStryke Gallery, New York, New York |
| 1963 | Nativity 63Rolf Nelson Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 1962 | Aura Gallery, Pasadena, California |
| 1961 | Batman Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| 1960 | Semina Gallery, Larkspur, California, with photographs by Edmund Teske |
| 1959 | Jubilee, First Public Exhibition, Tuolumne, California |
| 1957 | Secret Exhibition, Hermosa Beach, California |
| PUBLIC ART: | |
| 1989 | Portals to Poetry,Citicorp Plaza, Los Angeles |
| 1988 | Moon Dial,Beverly Hills, California |
| 1987 | Clock Tower Monument to Unknown.MacArthur Park Public Art Program, Los Angeles |
| SELECTED COLLECTIONS: | |
| Berkeley Art Museum di Rosa Preserve, Napa | |
| Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, Palo Alto | |
| California Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California | |
| J. Crew, New York, New York | |
| La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, California | |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles | |
| Menil Collection, Houston, Texas | |
| M.H. DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, California | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles | |
| Newport Harbor Museum, Newport Beach, California | |
| Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California | |
| Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, California | |
| Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona | |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California | |
| Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska | |
| Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
