Tom Jancar (born November 9, 1950, Pasadena, CA), Contemporary Art Dealer -

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(1980-1982) and Jancar Gallery (2006-2016) located in Los Angeles, CA. Jancar is the only son of Mildred Emeline (

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Olson, 1915–2006) and Arnost Jancar (1921-1976). His father was of Czech, Moravia and Czech Silesia ancestry. Jancar's father was born in

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. Jancar's father's parents were both emigrants. Jancar's mother, who was of Norwegian, Swedish and English/Irish descent, was born in

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. Jancar's mother's parents were the children of Dakota Territory pioneers. He attended

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, in

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. Jancar studied Art History (BA 1974 - University of California, Irvine) and Studio Art (MFA 1976 - University of California, Irvine). During his graduate studies at University of California, Irvine, Jancar was the teaching assistant to

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and assisted Ader in the creation of his work "Primary Time" (1974), photographs and video. Jancar is an

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History

In 1980 Tom Jancar opened his first gallery with partner Richard Kuhlenschmidt named

located at 4121 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles in the Los Altos Apartments building. In 2006 he again opened a new gallery named Jancar Gallery. This gallery was located on the top floor of an art deco high-rise building at 3875 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles and in 2008 he left this location and moved Jancar Gallery to 961 Chung King Road, Los Angeles. He hosted exhibitions of established, mid-career and emerging artists from Los Angeles, New York and Europe, many of whom were women. In 2011 arts writer Catherine Wagley named him the best down to earth gallerist.Wagley, Catherine
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" 2011. Some of the artists that Tom Jancar showed at

in the 1980s include Louise Lawler, William Leavitt (artist), Richard Prince, David Askevold, David Amico, and Christopher Williams (artist). At Jancar Gallery some of the artists shown include John Baldessari,

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, Derek Boshier, Betty Tompkins, Judy Chicago,

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, Micol Hebron, Hildegarde Duane,

Catherine Lord Catherine Lord (born 1949) is an American artist, writer, curator, social activist, professor, scholar exploring themes of feminism, cultural politics and colonialism. In 2010, she was awarded the Harvard Arts Medal. Early life and education Bor ...

, Rena Small,

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, Tricia Avant,

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, Richard Newton,

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, Christian Cummings,

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, Katia Santibañez, Martha Alf,

Andrea Bowers Andrea Bowers (born 1965) is a Los Angeles-based American artist working in a variety of media including video, drawing, and installation. Her work has been exhibited around the world, including museums and galleries in Germany, Greece, and To ...

, Roger Herman,

Melissa Meyer Melissa Meyer (born May 4, 1946) is an American painter. The ''Wall Street Journal'' has referred to her as a "lighthearted Abstract Expressionist". Life and work Meyer received a fellowship at the American Academy in Rome in 1980, two National En ...

, Cyril Kuhn, Dorit Cypis, Hubert Schmalix,

Natalia LL Natalia Lach-Lachowicz (18 April 1937 – 12 August 2022) was a Polish artist who worked with paint, photography, drawing, performance, and video art. Sean O'Hagan, writing in ''The Guardian'' in 2017, described her as "a neglected early-1970s ...

, Kathrin Burmester, Martha Wilson, Stacy Kranitz, Angela Ellsworth, Jasmine Little, LeRoy Stevens and

Ilene Segalove Ilene Segalove (born 1950) is an American conceptual artist working with appropriated images, photography and video. Her work can be understood as a precursor to ''The Pictures Generation''. Career Early life and education Segalove was born and ...

. The Jancar Gallery records are held in the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art.

References

External links

Jancar Gallery websiteJancar Gallery on the MutualArt ArchiveJancar Gallery records in the Archives of American Art
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