Inventory Highlights
Artist(s)
Ed Ruscha
KEITH MAYERSON
EDUCATION
1984-88.5 Brown University (Semiotics and Studio Art), BFA
1991-93 University of California, Irvine, MFA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Art, Life and Fashion, SHAHEEN modern and contemporary art, Cleveland, OH
Keith Mayerson: Iconscapes, 1995-1999, Knoedler & Company (Project Room), New York, NY
2010 My Modern Life, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Broadway Windows, New York University, New York, NY
2009 Souvenirs, The Bakery - Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Both Sides Now: A Selection of Drawings 1992-2009, Paul Kasmin Gallery (Project Room), New York, NY
2008 Good Leaders, Endangered Species, Ships At Sea, Part II, Derek Eller Gallery, NY
Good Leaders, Endangered Species, Ships At Sea, Kim Light / Lightbox, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Friends & Family, SHAHEEN modern and contemporary art, Cleveland, OH
2006 Kings & Queens, Derek Eller Gallery, New York
Heroes, Gallery Alain Noirhomme, Brussels, Belgium
2005 Rebel Angels at the End of the World, QED Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Hamlet 1999, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Hamlet 1999, Pt. 3, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Illuminations, The Fifth International, New York, NY
1997 Paintings and Drawings, Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY
1995 Monty's Dream: The Sleeper in the Valley, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
1994 The Marriage of Heaven and Hell!, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
1993 Pinocchio the Big Fag, Kiki Gallery, San Francisco, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Joni, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY
Put Up or Shut Up, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2010 Ink Plots: The Tradition of the Graphic Novel at SVA, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
The Pencil Show, Foxy Production, New York, NY
Keith Mayerson, Kent Henricksen, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn, NY
Wall to Wall, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Boneyard, Kim Light/Lightbox, Los Angeles, CA
2009 The Never-Ending Story: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Obsession, Royal/T, Culver City, CA
Out of Order, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, nY
Naked, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
The Tree, James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai, China
New Acquisitions, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Figuratively Seeing, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2008 Peanut Gallery, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY "THINGS BEHIND THE SUN," PHIL, Los Angeles, CA
Summer Group Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Friends and Family, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
Kiki: The Proof Is In the Pudding, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA
The Guys We Would Fuck, curated by Nayland Blake, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
History Keeps Me Awake at Night: A Geneaology of Wojnarowicz, PPOW Gallery, New York, NY
Artist as Publisher, The Center For Book Arts, New York
ambivalent figuration; people, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
a new high in getting low II, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY
2007 Genesis I'm Sorry, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
Joe Bradley, Ann Craven, Dana Frankfort, Keith Mayerson, Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Likeness (Portraits from All Angles), Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Summer Group Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
How I Finally Accepted Fate, curated by Jason Murison, EFA Gallery, New York, NY
This Name of This Show is Not GAY ART NOW, curated by Jack Pierson, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
Salon, Greene Naftali, New York, NY
Inaugural Group Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2005 The Most Splendid Apocalypse, curated by Jason Murison, PPOW Gallery, NY
This Hard, Gem-Like Flame, curated by Joseph R. Wolin, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX
On Paper: Drawings from the 1960's to the Present, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Under the Sun, Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ontario
Rimbaud, curated by Max Henry, I-20, New York, NY
The Sublime is (Still) Now, curated by Joseph R. Wolin, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY
Let the Bullshit Run a Marathon, curated by, Nate Lowman, Nicole Klagsbrun, New York, NY
2003 K48, Dietch Projects, Williamsburg Brooklyn
Hothouse; Contemporary Floras, Gallery of Art & Science, New York, curated by Mary Jo Vath
You, Royal Modern, New York, curated by Lisa Kirk
A New New York Scene--K48 Teenage Rebel: The Bedroom Show, Gallerie du Jour at Agnes B., Paris
Magazin (K48: Do Not Provoke Us), Marres, Maastricht, Holland
Now Playing, D'Amelio Terras Gallery, New York
Drawings, Derek Eller Gallery, New York
2002 25th Anniversary Selections Exhibition, The Drawing Center, New York
Landscape, Derek Eller Gallery, New York
2001 Refiguring Painting, Los Angeles County Musueum
Group Exhibition, American Fine Art at P.H.A.G., New York
2000 Recent Acquisitions, Los Angeles County Museum
Fore and Aft, Acme, Los Angeles
1999 The Stroke, Exit Art, New York, curated by Ross Bleckner
Young New York Painters, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, curated by Ross Bleckner
1998 Inaugral Show, The Fifth International, New York, curated by Jennifer Bornstein and Chevis Clem
he swam down, away, Audiello Fine Art, Inc., New York, curated by Tony Payne
Painting: Now and Forever, Pat Hearn and Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Codex USA: Works on Paper by American Artists, Entwistle Gallery, London
I Love New York, Edinburgh International Art Festival, Edinburgh College, Scotland
Bathroom, Thomas Healy Gallery, New York, curated by Wayne Koestenbaum
View 3, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, curated by Klaus Kertess
Francis Alys, Keith Mayerson, Franklin Preston, Hiroshi Sugito, Audiello Fine Art Inc., New York
More, XL Gallery, New York, curated by Tony Payne
1997 Paintings and Sculpture, Luhring Augustine, New York
Three Painters, Musee d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, curated by Jack Pierson
1996 The Name of the Place, Casey Caplin Gallery, New York, curated by Laurie Simmons
Young, Dumb, and Fun, University of Las Vegas, Nevada; curated by David Pagel
The Incredible Power of Cheap Sentiment, White Columns Gallery, New York, curated by Bill Arning
Annual Summer Watercolor Exhibition, P.P.O.W., New York, curated by Tom Woodruff
1995 Degenerative Art Show, The Lab, San Francisco
The Moderns, Feature Gallery, New York, curated by Tony Payne
Faggots, Rojes Foundation, University of Buenos Aires; curated by Bill Arning
Stretch Out & Wait, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles
1994 Stonewall 25, White Columns, New York, ; curated by Bill Arning
Dave's Not Here Show, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles
Red Rover, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles
Tiny Shoes, New Langton Arts, San Francisco
Selections Spring '94, The Drawing Center, New York, NY (brochure)
Playfield, Rio Hondo College, Wittier, CA; Curated by Randy Summers
1993 Sick Joke, Kiki Gallery, San Francisco
Steve Crique, Keith Mayerson, Tyler Stallings, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Los Angeles Country Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
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Humanity," Black Book Art Review, August 17
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"How Haute It Is," Interview, April 2008, pgs 130-133.
Rosenberg, Karen, "A New High in Getting Low," The New York Times, March 7
2007 "Joe Bradley / Ann Craven / Dana Frankfort / Keith Mayerson", Galleries - Chelsea, The New Yorker, August 20
Cotter, Holland. "When the Curator Is Also an Artist, Go Ahead, Expect Surprises", The New York Times, August 9
2006 White, Roger, "Keith Mayerson Kings and Queens", The Brooklyn Rail, Dec 06/Jan 07, Artseen p. 44
Gelber, Eric, "James Reilly and Keith Mayerson", artcritical.com, December
Wolin, Joseph R., "Keith Mayerson", Time Out New York, November 23-29, p. 99
Gelber, Eric. "Of Groups - and Individuals", The New York Sun, Thursday, November 16
2005 Knight, Christopher, "Fresh, original voices in L.A.: A deceptive look at a mythic figures", Los Angeles Times, October 28
Ammirati, Dominic, "Keith Mayerson", Artforum, February. pg. 175
2004 Smith, Roberta, "Keith Mayerson", The New York Times, December 24
Speers Mears, Emily, "Keith Mayerson", Artforum.com, December 13
Smith, Roberta, "Rimbaud", The New York Times, July 30, E35
Levin, Kim, "Rimbuad", The Village Voice, July 28
Johnson, Ken, "The Sublime is (Still) Now", The New York Times, June 11
Walker, Kelley, "Top Ten", Artforum, April
Cohen, Michael, "Keith Mayerson", artUS, April - May
2003 Cotter, Holland, "Keith Mayerson", The New York Times, December 12
Mmirati, Domenick, "Critic's Pick: You," Arforum.com, October
2002 Kannenberg Jr., Gene, "Read All (or Some) About It: X-Tra, Vol. 3 No. 3, Spring 2000 (review),
The Comics Journal, Issue #242, April. Pgs. 68-69
"Landscape," (review), Time Out New York, February 21, Issue no. 334
Sehorn, Jason, and Keith Mayerson, "Why I Didn't Rush the End Zone," (art project), Interview, February, pg. 40
2000 Mayerson, Keith, "Icons and Iconography in Technocratic Culture," Xtra, Los Angeles, Volume III, pp. 23-29
1998 Herbert, Martin, "Codex USA," (Review), Time Out, London, page 51 Rimanelli, David, "Painting Now and Forever," Listings,
New Yorker, June-July
Duncan, Michael, "Keith Mayerson at Jay Gorney," (Review) Art in America, June, p. 107
Johnson, Ken, "View Three," (Review), New York Times, May 1, p. E43
Drenner, Craig, "View Three, " (Review), NY Arts Magazine, May, p. 29
Mayerson, Keith, "Guest Room With a View," (drawing), Paper, May, p. 49
James, Merlin, "New York: Recent Painting," Burlington Magazine, London, February, pp. 65-67
Still, Torri, "Filling the Canvas," Brown Alumni Monthly, January/February, pp. 38-43
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(Self Portrait), The New Yorker, Nov. 10, pg. 28
Arning, Bill, "Keith Mayerson," Bomb, November
"Keith Mayerson," (Interview), Dangerous Drawings, Juno Books, New York
Featured Artist, Honcho, Nov., pp.66-67
Carter, Holland, ""The Name of the Place" (Review), The New York Times, Febrary 24
Tom, Karen "Horror Hospital Unplugged," (Review), Cover, Volume 11, Number 5, pg. 59
Hainley, Bruce "Horror Hospital Unplugged" (Review), Index, May, pg. 79
Marston, Jayson, ""Horror Hospital Unplugged"" (Book Review), Drummer, August, vol. 208, pp. 49-50
"Horror Hospital Unplugged" (Review), Library Journal, April 1
"Horror Hospital Unplugged" (5-star Review), Attitude, London, March, pg. 22
"Cult Fiction" (H.H. Review), Gay Times, London, February, pg. 69
"Horror Hospital Unplugged" (Review), Bay Area Gaurdian, Literature Section, February
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"A Brilliant Chick Parody," OUT, August
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the Red Hot Organization, included with album compilations)
Michel, Deborah, "The Himbos are Coming! The Himbos are Coming!", BUZZ, April, pg. 59
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Born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin (1962)
Lives and works in Oak Park, IL
EDUCATION
1990 M.F.A. Art Theory and Practice, Northwestern University
1987 M.A. Art History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Thesis: "Postmodernism: A Spectacle of Reflexivity"
1984 B.F.A. Painting and Drawing, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, curated by David Norr
Autumn Space, Chicago, IL
Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
Shane Campbell Gallery, Lincoln Park, Chicago, IL
Brendan Fowler, Michelle Grabner, Shane Campbell Gallery, Oak Park, IL
2012 Cottage Works, Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
MICHELLE GRABNER: THE INOVA SURVEY, curated by John Riepenhoff, INOVA, The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Against New York, Galleri Kant, Copenhagen, Denmark
Black Swan, Shane Campbell Gallery, Oak Park, IL
Oshkosh, PS, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2011 Like a Rare Morel, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? Original Jokes about the Suburban and the Poor Farm by the Artists Who Exhibited
There, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
2010 I speak now from the aesthetic and artistic point of view when I say that life with Michelle Grabner is dull. Leo Koenig
Projekte, New York, NY
FLAPJACK, Rocket, London
Get Better Mrs. Michelle, Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY
Chaos is rigidly structured in this chapter, Peregrine Program, Chicago, IL
2009 Silverpoints with Guest Mobile, Green Gallery East, Milwaukee, WI
SILVERPOINTS, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
ROUND SILVERPOINTS, Shane Campbell Gallery, Oak Park, IL
2008 SILVERPOINTS, PS, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Remain in Light, survey exhibition, Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS
New Bedford Art Museum, Vault Series, New Bedford, MASS
2007 Michelle Grabner's Never Quite Happy Home, Southfirst, Brooklyn, NY
Please Return My Kenneth Noland Catalogue, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
Please Return My Kenneth Noland Catalogue, PS, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
Michelle Grabner, 809 Calgary, Canada
Remain in Light, survey exhibition, Wriston Art Center, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2006 1996-2006, Rocket, London, UK
Remain in Light, survey exhibition, University Galleries, Illinois State University
2005 Project Room, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston
2003 Rocket, London, UK
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
2001 Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Ten in One Gallery, New York, NY
A Little Less of Me, Deluxe Projects, Chicago, IL
Ten in One Gallery: Project Space, New York, NY
2000 Suburban Abstraction, Rocket, London, UK
Ten in One Gallery, New York, NY
1999 In Situ, Aalst, Belgium
Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, IL
Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Paintings for Modern Chairs, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1998 Home Painting, Rocket, London, UK
Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Fuzzy, ICA, Portland, ME
Safety Patterns, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Safety Patterns, Rocket, London, UK
1997 Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
INOVA (Institute of Visual Arts), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI
1996 Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, IL
Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Group show curated by Shane Campbell, Federica Schiavo Gallery, Rome
To Pack and Wear, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
On the Grid, curated by Sima Familant Lu Magnus, New York, NY
Work, organized by Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
Faux Life, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Buzz, curated by Vik Muniz, Nara Roesler, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Spectator Sports, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
PS, Galerie Ruth Leuchter, Dusseldorf, Denmark
19516 kilometers from Milwaukee or 12126 miles, Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Works, Southfirst, Brooklyn, NY
Compilation | painting, photography, sculpture, Rocket, London, UK
Point of Departure, The Arcade, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Inaugural Exhibition, Museum of Wisconsin, West Bend, WI
2012 Chris Bradley, Michelle Grabner, Suzanne McClelland, Amanda Ross-Ho, Lisa Williamson, Shane Campbell Gallery: Lincoln
Park, Chicago, IL
Lucie Fontaine: Estate, Marianne Boesky Gallery, 64th Street, New York, NY
Land of the Seven Moles, PS, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Les Détours de l'abstraction, MUDAM, Luxembourg
The Indiscipline of Painting: International Abstraction from the 1960s to Now, Mead Gallery, University of Warwick, UK
More and Different Flags, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
Neither Here Nor There But Anywhere, MINUS SPACE, Brooklyn, NY
Time Flies: 2 Years at Drive-By, BK Projects, Boston, MA
TIME, Anne Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Ongoing Minimalism (Stefan Eberstadt, Michelle Grabner, Ditty Ketting, Will Taylor, Lars Wolter), Rocket, London, UK
MINUS SPACE: Editions & Multiples, curated by Matthew Deleget & Emi Winter, Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca, Oaxaca,
Mexico
Did You See Heaven, Peregrine Program, Chicago, IL
First Love, O'Connor Gallery, Dominican University, River Forrest, IL
Tops, curated by Sun Yu, Open Space, Long Island City, NY
Endless, PLUG PROJECTS, Kansas City, MO
Total RECALL, two-person exhibition with Brad Killam, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Critology, Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center at Western Carolina University, NC and California State, University Los Angeles
Art Galleries, CA
THE, Alternative Projects, Milwaukee, WI
2011 A Painting Show, curated by Laura Raicovich and Jessie Washburne-Harris, Harris Lieberman, New York, NY
The Indiscipline of Painting: International Abstraction from the 1960s to Now," Tate St. Ives, UK
Women and Weaving: Polly Apfelbaum and Ariel Dill, Southfirst, Brooklyn, NY
Handler (a series of collaborative figurative sculptures presented by John Riepenhoff), featuring the paintings of Peter Barrickman,
Michelle Grabner, Nicholas Frank, Jose Lerma, Scott Reeder and Tyson Reeder, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
DING DONG, a collaboration with Brad Killam, Terrain, Oak Park, IL
Museum of Milwaukee Art, Green Gallery at 47 Canal, New York, NY
Dressing the Monument, curated by John Riepenhoff and Piper Marshall, Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, WI
KISS: New Sincerity & New Romanticism in Art, Clara M Eagale Gallery, Murray State, Kentucky
A Shot in the Dark, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
SCULPTURE GARDEN/PAINTING SHOW, curated by Andrew Greene, Iceberg Projects, Chicago, IL
Ways of Making: Work on Paper, Visual Arts Gallery, Governors State University, IL
Michelle Grabner and Sarah Blyth-Stephens, U.turn Art Space, Cincinnati, OH
MARKED, Kittridge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Washington
Unfinished Paintings: Unresolved Work by 40 Contemporary Artists, LACE, Los Angeles, CA
Between This Light and That Space, MINUS SPACE, curated by Doug Melini, Brooklyn, NY
Free Range-Painting and the University of Pennsylvania, Morgan Gallery, University of Philadelphia, PA
2010 Collaborating with Michelle Grabner isn't as much fun as you might think it is, Gallery 16, San Francisco (two-person show
with Brad Killam)
Michelle Grabner and Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Anne Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
The Elegant Drawing Show, Drive-By, Boston, MA
Ornament and Crime (and Crime), Adds Donna, Chicago, IL
UND#6, Schwartz Gallery, London, UK
Newtonland: Orbits, Ellipses and other Planes of Activity, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO
Mother, NYU Steinhardt Commons Gallery, New York, NY
Art Scout, Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA
Borderland Abstraction, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
Don't Piss on Me and Tell Me it's Raining, curated by Bad at Sports, Apex Art, NY
Emerging from a New Known, New York, NY; curated by Douglas Melini
On Painting, Julius Caesar, Chicago, IL
My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble, La Station, Nice, France
2009 Halbjahresgaben, Tanzschule, Munich, Germany
SUBVISION, Hamburg, Germany
Constellations: Paintings from the MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Open House For Butterflies, MINUS SPACE Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
PS, The Highland Institute for Contemporary Art, Inverness, Scotland
Because the Night, curated by Sabina Ott, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman College, Los Angeles, CA
Wallgasm, Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Let's Leave It at That..., Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
of or relating to the sky or visible heavens, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
De-Centered Practice, curated by Jennifer Dudley, Ethan Greenbaum, Colleen Asper, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
PS 1999-2009, Kunstruimte09, Groningen, Holland
Trance, Chance, Dreams and the Unconscious, Southfirst, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Presents, curated by Milwaukee International, Rowley Kennerk, Chicago, IL
Sensory Overload: Forces of Light Sound and Motion, The Milwaukee Art Museum, WI
UND CROXHAPOX, Ghent, Belgium
NOLEFTOVERS, Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland
These Are The People In Your Neighborhood, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
2007 Maximinimalist, INOVA, The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI
Fast Forward: The School of the Art Institute in the 21st Century, Rockfort Art Museum, IL
2006 Eldorado: with Gaylen Gerber, Musee d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
Figures in the Field, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Outside Europe: From the Daimler art Collection, Stadtgalerie, Keil, Germany
The Believers, Franklin Hudson Gallery, New York, NY
Strange Days, Samuel P. Harn Museum, Gainsville, FL
Slowness, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 There's a City in My Mind, Southfirst, Brooklyn, NY
Summer Show, Marlborough Gallery, Madrid
Group Show, Marlborough Gallery Chelsea, New York, NY
Op-ish, Sampson Projects, Boston, MA
Good Vibrations, McKenzie Fine Art, New York, NY
Rocket at Paragraph, Paragraph, Kansas City, MI
Slow Down, University of Texas at Tyler, TX
2004 Minimalism and After III, DaimlerChrysler AG, Berlin, Germany
Group Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
Project, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Hubris, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Agnes Martin, Cheonae Kim, Michelle Grabner, Klein Gallery, Chicago, IL
Strange Days, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Apartment Series #4: A component of Jeremy Boyle's exhibition, Mattress Factory, PA
Books and Shelves, Gahlsberg Art Gallery, College of DuPage, IL
Summer Group Show, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 Michelle Grabner and Carla Arocha, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Clarity of Vision: Minimalist Prints and Drawings, Milwaukee Art Museum, WI
Michelle Grabner and Barbara Heath, Occasional Art, St. Paul, MN
The Undertones, Ten in One Gallery, New York, NY
Oak Park Home Works: Michelle Grabner and Brad Killam, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
2002 Pressing, object [...], Antwerp, Belgium
Loaded, Midway, Minneapolis, MN
Painting, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI
Home Work, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, England
Paper Products, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Works on paper, Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX
2001 Sound Video Images Objects, Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, IL
Reductive, Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Domestic Culture, Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Counting Color, Rocket Gallery, London, UK
Mary and Leigh Block Museum, Northwestern, Evanston, IL
Armory Show, New York, Ten in One Gallery
Post Hypnotic: Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida; Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth
2000 Compression, Feigen Contemporary. New York, NY
What's New, Lendl Eugen, Graz, Austria
Domestic Bliss, Rocket Gallery, London, UK
OIL, Standard Gallery, Chicago, IL
Factory Soiree, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Michelle Grabner and Robin Dash, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
Telesthesia and Amnescopic, Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Post Hypnotic: Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL; Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Minimal Pop, Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Out of Line, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
1999 Post Hypnotic: Illinois State Art Gallery, Bloomington, IL; The Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati; The MAC Dallas, TX
It Looks Easy, Gallery 400, UIC, Chicago, IL
Abstract Chicago, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL
Milwaukee Love, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Color Theory, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN
1998 Michelle Grabner/Jim Isserman, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
A Show, Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, IL
Chicago Hip, Rocket Gallery, London, UK
1997 Uncomfortable Show, TZ Art & Co., New York, NY
Some Young Fun, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Post-Pop, Post-Pictures, Smart Museum, University of Chicago, IL
Distraction, TBA Gallery, Chicago, IL
Cool Painting, Barat College, Chicago, IL
Wisconsin Art Since 1990: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Milwaukee Art Museum, WI
1996 Mist: Kay Rosen, Julia Fish, Carla Priess and Michelle Grabner, Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
1995 25 Americans: Paintings in the 90s, Milwaukee Art Museum, WI
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Michelle Grabner: The INOVA Survey" exhibition catalogue with contributions by Nicholas Frank, Molly Zuckerman Hartung, John Riepenhoff, published by Green Gallery Press and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2013
Sarah Trigg, Studio Life: Rituals, Collections, Tools, and Observations on the Artistic Process, Princeton Architectural Press, 2013
Griff Williams, "Celebrations, Broken Hearts and Autopsies: An Interview with Michelle Grabner," SFAQ, June 2013
Christina Schmid, Criticism on the Spot," Brooklyn Rail, May 3, 2013
Caroline Picard, "Embracing the Cliché: An Interview with Michelle Grabner," Art21.org March 26, 2013
Angela McManaman, "Many Curators are Called," UWM Alumni Magazine, Spring p. 22-23.
Julia Halperin, "26 Questions for Tondo Painter Michelle Grabner," ARTINFO, February 19, 2013
Jason Foumberg, "Artist Ascending: Chicago responds to Michelle Grabner's appointment as 2014 Whitney Biennial Co-Curator," New City, December 2, 2012.
Lauren Weinberg, "Michelle Grabner named Whitney Co-curator, Chicago Time Out, Dec 5, 2012
Carol Vogel, "For the Whitney Biennial, One show, Three Visions," New York Times, November 30, 2012
Mary Louise Schumacher, "Michelle Grabner named curator of Whitney Biennial," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 29, 2012.
"Art 50: Chicago's Artists' Artists," New City, September 19, 2012
Kat Murrell, "Michelle Grabner Looks Back and Moves On, Express Milwaukee, September 5, 2012
Judith Ann Moriarty, "Michelle Grabner, deja vu all over again," The Third Coast, August 5, 2012
Linda Yablonsky, The 4th "Annual Dallas Art Fair," Artnet, May 1, 2012
Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, "Visiting Artist" column, NewCity, April 5, 2012. p. 10
"In Conversation: Michelle Grabner and Barry Schwabsky," (cover image) The Brooklyn Rail, March 2012, pp. 24-27
Oliveria, Filipa, "The Indiscipline of Painting," Artforum.com, 2012
Schumacher, Mary Louise, Michelle Grabner at the Green Gallery, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 24, 2012
Moriarty, Judith Ann, "Michelle Grabner: Homespun Sophistication," ThirdCoast Digest, January 24, 2012
Martin Clark (Editor), Sarah Shalgosky (Editor), Daniel Sturgis (Editor), The Indiscipline of Painting, Tate Publishing, October 1, 2011
Boucher, Brian, "New York Gets Green, Milwaukee Style," Art in America Review, August 18, 2011
Women and Weaving, Southfirst, The New Yorker, July 15, 2011
Schmerler, Sarah, "Between This Light and That Space," Time Out New York, July 11, 2011
Canevet, Rozenn, "Chicago City Report, Art Press, July 2011, pp. 88-89
Cheh, Carol, "Lace's 'Unfinished Paintings' show Asks the Question: What Makes a Painting Unfinished," LA Weekly, June 22, 2011
Waxman, Lori, "An Alternative to Summer Reading List," Chicago Tribune, July 13, 2011
Neff, John, "On Chicago Abstraction: A Series," New American Painting / Blog February 17, 2011
Baker, Kenneth, Where collaboration Ends, San Francisco Chronicle, December 11, 2010
Vanderhyden, Philip. The Secret of My Success, Lobby catalogue, College of DuPage, 2010
Saltz, Jerry, "Critics Pick" New York Magazine, May 2010
Heti, Shelia, The Studio Reader, Bookforum, May 25, 2010
Viera, Lauren, "Suburban Makes Its Mark on Urban Scene," Chicago Tribune, Sept. 12, 2010
Sam, Sherman, Kultureflash, June 10, 2010
Michelle Grabner at Rocket, Abstract Painting England, June 9, 2010
Claudine Ise talks with Michelle Grabner about The Suburban, Art21.org, June 2010
"The Pragmatist: Michelle Grabner interviewed by Saul Ostrow," Art in America, March 2010
Bad at Sports podcast with Annika Marie, Richard Holland and Duncan McKenzie (episode 232), 2010
Weinberg, Lauren, "Constellations at the MCA," Art News, December 2009
Velez, Pedro, "Chicago Build Up," Artnet, March 2009
Cozzone, Francesca, "Attempting the Impossible," The Leader, March 26, 2009
Marie, Annika, "Michelle Grabner's Black Circle Paintings," catalogue essay, 2009
Elms, Anthony, "Michelle Grabner/The Suburban," Modern Painters, March 2008
Remain in Light, exhibition catalogue with essays by, Lane Relyea, Peter Ribic 2008
Marple, Mieke, "Interview with Michelle Grabner," The Highlights, March 2009
Rosen, Kay, ArtForum, Top 10 April 2007.
Nicholas Frank, "Paper Thin and Maximinimalism," Catalogue essay, INOVA 2007
Joanna Topor, "After Paschke," Chicago Magazine, April, 2007.
Vogt, Jess, "The Suburb," The Lawrentian, Appleton, WI, January 2007
Martini, Tiffany, Michelle Grabner makes a Good point," San Francisco Examiner, March 20, 2007
Artner, Alan, "Grabner's Solo Show Reveals Pop Influences," Chicago Tribune, January 19, 2007
Bad at Sports podcast with Gaylen Gerber and Duncan McKenzie (episode 93), 2007
Weinberg, Lauren, Michelle Grabner at Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago TimeOut, January 25-31, 2007, p. 67.
Schwabsky, Barry, "Michelle Grabner at Rocket" Artforum, fall 2006
Wayne Roosa, "The Pleasures of Merely Circulating," exhibition catalogue, 2006
Timeout, London, August 10, 2006
Hoare, Lottie, "1996-2006 Michelle Grabner Paintings," exhibition catalogue, Rocket Gallery, London
Bredin, Lucinda, The Week, London, July 22, 2006
Myers, Terry, "Time is on Our Side," exhibition essay, Slowness, Heaven gallery, 2006
Bad at Sports podcast with Richard Holland and Duncan McKenzie, 2005 and 2006
Arney, Steve, "Art for the Artist," The Pantagraph, March 2006
Rubi, Amalia, USA Hoy Pintura y escutura Norte Americana, El Punto, Julio 2005
Artner, Alan, Michelle Grabner at Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago Tribune, May 20, 2005
Ott, Sabina, "Michelle Grabner at Wendy Cooper" Stretcher, 2005
Seidel, Florian, Bauwelt, September 2004
Rundfunk, Bayerischr, BR-Online, September 2, 2004
Gotz, Henning, Go Munchen, September 19, 2004, p. 77
Schwarz, Franziska, SzeneMagazin, September 9, 2004
Dattenberger, Simone, Munchener Merkur, August 27, 2004
Huber, Cornelia, AZ Wochenende, August 22, 2004
Schneeberger, Ruth, Munchner Kultur, August 21, 22, 2004
Eisenack, Marco, SZ-Extra, August 2004, p. S1
Hannum, Terence, "Inner Positive," Artnet, April 15, 2004
Saunders, Gill, "Purl: Six Artists inspired by MoDA's Collection," Catalogue Essay, 2004
Workman, Michael, "Modest Minimalism," New City, February 25, 2004.
Miles, Christopher, "Tracking Patterns, Report from Santa Monica II," Art in America, February 2004, p. 80.
Van Proyen, Mark "Michelle Grabner and Brad Killam'" Gallery 16" Art in America, October 2003 pp. 144-145.
Kirk, Sarah, "The Path of Minimalism," Milwaukee Art Museum Publication, 2003
Van Dyke, Aaron, "The Good, The Bad, and The Beautiful," Occasional Art Publication, 2003
Stein, Lisa, "Artist Profile," Chicago Tribune, May 26, 2002
Artner, Alan "Paper Exhibition Breaks Out into a New Dimension" Chicago Tribune, March 21, 2002
Levin, Kim, Michelle Grabner, Village Voice, November 20, 2001
Thompson, Nato, "Michelle Grabner" FGA, 2001
Dailey, Meghan Michelle Grabner, TimeOut New York, November 20 - December 6, 2001
Campbell, Shane, "Sweetness and Light," catalogue essay, 2001
Frank, Nicholas, "Over The Rainbow: A Survey of Goodness," catalogue essay, 2001
Campbell, Shane, Sound Video Images Objects, Flash Art, July - September 2001 p. 70.
Glueck, Grace, "Art in Review: Compression," The New York Times, January 2, 2001
Waxman, Lori, "Electraslip Knife," New Art Examiner, November 2000
Cotter, Holland, "Surging into Chelsea," The New York Times, Friday, January 21, 2000, Section E, pp. 37 & 41
Naves, Mario, "Noguchi and Kelly Talk: Pollock's True Legacy," The New York Observer, February 14, 2000 p.14
Roch, Kate and Neal, Jennifer, "Chicago Headliners," AHEAD, Spring 2000
Bulka, Michael, "Electraslip Knife," New City, July, 6, 2000
Helfand, Glen, "Critics Choice: Minimal Pop," San Francisco Bay Guardian, May 3, 2000
Radio Interview with Victoria Lautmann, WBBZ, Chicago's NPR station, May, 11, 2000
Shane, Nicola, "Money Matters," Art Review, June, 2000 p. 6-7
Laridaer, Cheryl, "ROYGBIV," Post-Crescent, Sunday, February 27, 2000
Gustafson, John, "It Looks Easy: A Cross Section of Recent Painting in Chicago," New Art Examiner, December/January, pp. 49-50.
Lambrecht, Luk, "Kunstgrepen," Brussels Daily News, May 1999
Artner, Alan, "Grabner Homes in On Subject Matter," Chicago Tribune, May 27, 1999, sec. 2, p.2
Snodgrass, Susan, "Letter from Chicago," C, May-August, 1999, p. 21
Snodgrass, Susan, "Report from Chicago," Staying Alive, Art in America, April, 1999, pp. 81-87
Auer, James, "Work Added to Sesquicentennial Portfolio," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wed. May 12, 1999, Cue 3E
Brehmer, Debra, "Snow White," Metro Milwaukee Weekly, January, 1999
Radio Interview with Russell Panczenko, Wisconsin Public Radio, March 1999
Porges, Tim, "A Demolition Derby of Art," The Octopus, Bloomington, IL, January 15-21, 1999, p. 11
Bonettti, David, "Gallery Watch," San Francisco Examiner, Friday December 18, 1999
Baker, Kenneth, "At Home with Grabner and Isermann," San Francisco Chronicle, December 1999
Sans, Jerome, "Home Painting," exhibition catalogue, Rocket Gallery, London 1999
Bamberger, Tom "Where Have All the Artists Gone," Milwaukee Magazine, January 1999, pp. 45-53
Miller, Cliff, "Sesquicentennial Art Show Bear's Appleton's Signature: Prosse, Grabner Play Prominent Roles," Appleton Post-Crescent, December 3, 1998
Guha, Tania, "Michelle Grabner at Rocket Gallery," TimeOut London, August 26-September 2, 1998
Tan, Eugene, "Michelle Grabner," Contemporary Visual Arts, Issue 19 (Summer) 1998, p. 67
Lusher, Tim, "Michelle Grabner: Home Painting," Evening Standard, June 4, 1998, Hot Tickets, p. 43
Miller, Cliff, "Lasting Tribute," Appleton Post Crescent, July 27, 1998 pp. C1-C3
Mickelson, Sandy, "The Art of Intrigue," Oshkosh Northwestern, July 23, 1998, pp. C1-C2
Ullrich, Polly, "The Workmanship of Risk: The Re-emergence of Handicraft in Postmodern Art, New Art Examiner, April, 1998, pp. 24-29
Saltz, Jerry, "Uncomfortable," TimeOut New York, July 31-August 7,1998, p. 41
Smith, Courtenay, "Post-Pop, Post-Pictures," Smart Museum, University of Chicago (exhibition catalogue) 1997
Maldonado, Ed, Nadine Wasserman, and Tina Wasserman, Distraction, TBA Exhibition Space, Chicago (exhibition catalogue) 1997
Kind, Joshua, "Post-Pop, Post-Pictures," New Art Examiner, November 1997, pp. 54-55
Hawkins, Margaret, "Gen X Artists Flaunt Their Indifference," Chicago Sun-Times, September 5, 1997, p. 18
Auer, James, "Tracking the Rising Stars in Art, Music, Dance Theater," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sunday, August 24, 1997, p. Cue E5
Wasserman, Nadine, "Michelle Grabner at UWM Art Museum," New Art Examiner, October 1997.
Auer, James, "Painter's Work Takes a Deep, Concentrated look at Surfaces," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 28, 1997, p.2E
Iannaccone, Carmine, "Michelle Grabner at Richard Heller," Frieze, May/June 1997
Artner, Alan, "Distraction," Chicago Tribune, Friday, May 2, 1997 Tempo p. 2
Pagal, David, "Michelle Grabner at Richard Heller," Los Angeles Times, Thursday, January 20, 1997 Section F, p.1
Forgacs, Eva, "Michelle Grabner at Richard Heller," Art Issues, March/April 1997
Carley, Michal, "Michelle Grabner at Hermetic Gallery," Art Papers, March/April 1997
Frank, Nicholas, "If Walls Could Talk," Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee, exhibition catalogue 1997
Aukeman, Anastasia, "Small Budget, Large Ambition," Artnews (Special:The Cutting Edge,) October 1997 pp. 46-54
Auer, James, "State Wide Show Embraces Vast Array of Styles," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sunday, November 3, 1996 pp. 1 & 7
Taylor, Sue, "Michelle Grabner at Ten in One Gallery," Art in America, September, 1996 pp. 115-116
Yood, James, "Michelle Grabner at Ten in One Gallery," Artforum, Summer 1996 p. 112
Scarborough, James, "Michelle Grabner at Ten in One Gallery," New Art Examiner, April 1996 pp. 43-44
Porges, Timothy, "In With the Out Crowd," Dialogue, May-June 1996 pp. 14-15
Artner, Alan, "Domestic Turns Abstract in Grabner's Work," Chicago Tribune, March 22, 1996 Section 7, p. 22
Sobel, Dean, "25 Americans: Painting in the 90s," exhibition catalogue, Milwaukee Art Museum 1995
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
MUDAM - Musée d'Art Moderne Luxemburg
Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Daimler Contemporary, Berlin
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Artist Pension and Trust participant since 2004
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Mark Fox
Born 1963 in Cincinnati, Ohio
Lives and works in New York City
EDUCATION
1988 Stanford University, MFA
1985 Washington University, St. Louis, BFA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Not In This Fool's House, Staniar Gallery at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
2014 MRKPMQ, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
The Fields, SHAHEEN modern and contemporary art, Cleveland, OH
2013 Unaccustomed, Galeria Pilar, Sao Paulo, Brasil
If That Then This, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX
This Too, [ARTSPACE] at UNTITLED, Oklahoma City, OK
2012 Deep Seated, Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis, MN
2011 Outbread, Roanoke College, Salem, VA
Cut...ting Edge, Rochester Armory, Rochester, NY
Statue, Mark Moore Gallery, Culver City, CA
2010 MONSTR, Larissa Golston Gallery, New York, NY
2009 If therefore, SHAHEEN modern and contemporary art, Cleveland, OH
Whitney Museum of American Art, Art Party Featured Artist, New York, NY
2008 Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX
Dust, Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, TX
Paper Bulls, Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI
2007 The Peacock Flesh, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY
Dust, Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Cricket's Song, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2005 Fascia, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY
Inchmeal, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
Prints and Drawings, Clay St. Press, Cincinnati, OH
New Works on Paper, SHAHEEN modern and contemporary art, Cleveland, OH
2004 Dust, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, FL
2003 Dust, Drawing installations and video projections, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
2001 Downburst, Multi-media installation, Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2000 Six Degrees Of..., Mixed media sculpture, Artworks Sculpture Project, Federal Plaza, Cincinnati, OH
1998 Fallen Stages: Drawings, pages and chapters from Account Me Puppet, The Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
Recent Paintings, Hiestand Gallery, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Articles of Faith, Drawings and Performance Ephemera, Southern Ohio Museum of Art, Portsmouth, OH
1996 Images from Wurlitzer Voice, Teplitzky and Scott Fine Arts, Cincinnati, OH
1995 Verses and Tongues, Puppets and Performance Ephemera, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
1991 New Paintings, C.A.G.E. Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1989 Recent Works, Patricia Herrmann Gallery, Covington, KY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 Hoarding, Amassing and Excess, Northern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
Somewhere Between Creation & Destruction, Joseloff Gallery at University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson, WY
2013 5 Rooms, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
Summer Mixer, Josh Liner Gallery, New York, NY
Art for Art's Sake, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of ARt, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
Introduction, S & J Project(s), New York, NY
2012 Decade, Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Textual Attraction, Mary Ryan Gallery, New York, NY
Contemporary Watercolor, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Rainbow of Chaos, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Hiding Places: Memory in the Arts, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
The Ghost and the Whale, Cain Schulte Gallery, San Francisco, CA
January White Sale, curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody, Loretta Howard Gallery, New York, NY
MAGNA CARTA: Art/Paper, Cain Schulte Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Show, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY
Black & Blue, Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI
2010 Elements of Nature: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foudation, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
PaperCut, Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI
2009 On Paper, SHAHEEN modern and contemporary art, Cleveland, OH
Topographies, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Slash: Paper Under the Knife, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Unmistakable, HERE Art Center, New York, NY
Paper Trail, Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA
Talk Dirty to Me, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY
Just What Are They Saying... (curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody), Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2008 Long Time No See, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
I Won't Grow Up, Cheim and Read, New York, NY
Stable Scrawl, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Contemporary Art on Paper, Philadelphia Museum of Art,, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Analog Animation: Selections Spring 2006, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
2005 Portraits on Paper, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY
Underage, Clifford Chance E US LLP/Dinaburg Arts LLC, New York, NY
4, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
WOVEN, Gallery W52, New York, NY
Drawn Out, Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
2004 Itsy Bitsy Spider, Feature Inc., New York, NY
2003 Welcome, Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2002 Walk to Zet & Spiders from Zet, Drawing Installations and Video Projections, Jeleni Gallery, Foundation and Center for Contemporary Art, Prague
Summer Vacation, Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2001 Surface Active, The Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH
Journal of Being, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA
Accumulations, Kent State University, Akron, OH
Working Space, Drawing and Film Installation, NeuRathaus Gallery, Munich, Germany
Unit 2, What?, UNIT 2, Cincinnati, OH
1998 Stacked, The Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH
Small Works, Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1996 sortasorid, Dileia Contemporary, Cincinnati, OH
Evicted, High Street Gallery, Oxford, OH
PERFORMANCE/SAW THEATER
Mark Fox was the Creative Director of Saw Theater. Co-founded in 1993 with Anthony Luensman, Saw Theater was a non-profit contemporary puppet theater that conceived and produced original multi-media performances often in collaboration with artists and writers.
2001 and the movement of hearts came at me like a storm.., Intermedia Festival,The Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH
1999 Account Me Puppet
Theater for the New City, New York, NY
Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA
The Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta, GA
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Saw Theater Performance Space, Cincinnati, OH
The Kiss, Webcast in collaboration in conjunction with Franklin Furnace and Pseudo Programs, New York, NY
The Temper Ris'n
The Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
Intermedia Festival, The Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH
Faust, Creation and performance of two large-scale puppets for Charles Gounod's Faust, directed by Nicholas Muni, The Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati, OH
1998 and the movement of hearts came at me like a storm.., The Festival of International Puppet Theater, P.S. 122, New York, NY
A Criminal's Story, Saw Theater Performance Space, Cincinnati, OH
1997 Stain
Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY
The Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
Saw Theater Performance Space, Cincinnati, OH
The Ascension, The Contemporary Dance Theater, Cincinnati, OH
1996 Wulitzer Voice, Saw Theater Performance Space, Cincinnati, OH
1995 Verses and Tongues, (Created and performed in conjunction with solo exhibit), Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
1994 Ruins, Saw Theater Performance Space, Cincinnati, OH
A Great Storm, Saw Theater Performance Space, Cincinnati, OH
1993 puppetstory, in situ, Cincinnati, OH
Zorro, Shadow puppetry sequences commissioned in conjunction with The Ensemble Theater of Cincinnati Production.
FILM/VIDEO
1999 Toy, Super 8 Film; 20 minutes, Super Super 8 Film Festival, Toured the U.S., Canada, Europe and Japan
Oyster Project, Super 8 Film created in conjunction with a live performance by the rock band Oyster, The Contemporary Dance Theater, Cincinnati, OH
1998 Built, Film Loop Mechanism, Crash, Rike Center, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
Carousel Traces, Film Loop Mechanism (in collaboration with Andrea Sparks, 840 Gallery, College of Design, Architecture and Planning, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
1996 Filmworks, Screening of selected short animated films, Kaldis, Cincinnati, OH
FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS/AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2012 Versailles Foundation Munn Artists Program at Giverny
2002 Artist Residency, Foundation and Center for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic
The Jim Henson Foundation Project Grant
2001 Artist Residency, Working Space, Awarded by Kultureferat, Munich, Germany
Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship
2000 The Jim Henson Foundation Project Grant
Greater Cincinnati Foundation Award
1999 Artist Residency, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
Otto M. Budig Foundation Grant
The Fine Arts Fund of Cincinnati Fund
Cincinnati Arts Allocation Grant
Cinergy Foundation Grant
Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship
Ohio Arts Council Operation Support Grant
1998 Greater Cincinnati Foundation Award
The Jim Henson Foundation Project Grant
Cincinnati Arts Allocation Grant
Ohio Arts Council Individual Fellowship
1997 Puffin Foundation Grant
Cincinnati Arts Allocation Grant
Artist Residency, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
1995 Greater Cincinnati Foundation Award
1994 Cincinnati Arts Allocation Grant
1993 Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship
RECENT BIBLIOGRAPHY
2013 Glentzer, Molly. "Mark Fox Exhibits at Hiram Butler Gallery," Houston Chronicle (April, 26, 2013)
Kahn, Eve. "Art Imitates Indianapolis," The New York Times (January 16, 2013)
Considine, Austin. "Amidst Cuts, Indianapolis Museum Partners with Alexander Hotel," Art in America (March,
2013)
2011 Nataraj, Nirmala. "Mark Fox splatters, stains in art are intentional," San Francisco Chronicle (May 26, 2011)
2010 McClemont, Doug. "Mark Fox," ARTnews (September 2010)
"Mark Fox," The New Yorker (June 29, 2010)
Mann, C. Griffith. "Acquisitions 2009," Cleveland Art (March/April 2010)
2009 Klanten, Robert. Papercraft. Berlin, Die Gestalten Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, 2009
Tranberg, Dan. "Artist Mark Fox draws on accidental to create abstract drawings," The Plain Dealer (July 12, 2009)
"Overheard," Vogue (June 2009)
"Whitney Watchers," Art in America online (June 12, 2009)
2008 "artisti a New York", Corriere della Sera Io Donna (January 2008)
Kahn, Eve. "Extreme Art," ART + AUCTION (September 2008)
Schultze, Troy. "Rice Gallery Hosts Outrageous Window Installation Dust," HOUSTON PRESS (August 7, 2008)
Crawford, Lynn. "Mark Fox, Paper Bulls," The Brooklyn Rail (July 2008)
Johnson, Ken. "Some Shows for Escape, Some for Introspection," The New York Times (July 4, 2008)
2007 "Mark Fox," The New Yorker (November 12, 2007)
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You and the World, 2009
ink, watercolor, acrylic, marker, gouache, graphite pencil, colored pencil and crayon
22 5/8 x 28 3/4 inches