Biography
1962
Born in Boulder, Colorado
Lives and works in New York City
Education
1986
MFA Yale University, New Haven, CT 1984
BFA CArnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Solo Exhibitions
2003
"John Currin," Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
"John Currin," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, travels to Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
"John Currin: Works on Paper," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, travels to Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
2002
Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2001
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
2000
Monika Spruth / Philomene Magers
Sadie Coles HQ, London, England
1999
Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
1997
Sadie Coles HQ, London, England
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
1996
Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
1995
Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain, Limousin, France, catalogue
Donald Young, Seattle
Jack Hanley, San Francisco
1994
Jennifer Flay Galerie, Paris, France
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
1993
Ado Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium, "Critical Distance," curated by Luk Lambrecht, catalogue
Monika Spruth, Koln, Germany
1992
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
1989
White Columns, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2005
"Getting Emotional," Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
2003
"Inaugural Exhibition," Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2002
"The Honeymooners, John Currin and Rachel Feinstein," The Hydra Workshop, Hydra, Greece
"Lieber Maler, male mir...," Kunsthalle Wien
"Drawing Now: Eight Propositions," Museum of Modern Art Queens, New York
"American Standard, (Para)Normality and Everyday Life," Barbara Gladstone Gallery, organized by Gregory Crewdson
2001
"Drawings," Regen Projects, Los Angeles
"The Way I See It," Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France
2000
"00," Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
"Art on Paper 2000," curated by Ron Platt, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina
1999
"Art Lovers," Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool, London "Carnegie International," Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"John Currin and Elizabeth Peyton," Carpenter Center for Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA , curated by Peter Schjeldahl
"Salome Images of Women in Contemporary Art," Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, New York, catalogue
1998
"More Fake, More Real, Yet Ever Closer," Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, New York, catalogue
"The Risk of Existence,"Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York
"Young Americans 2; Part Two,"Saatchi Gallery, London
"From Here to Eternity: Painting in 1998," Max Protetch Gallery, New York
"Pop Surrealism,"Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, aldrich, CT, catalogue
"Now and Later," Yale University Art Gallery , New Haven, CT
1997
"Heart, Body, Mind, soul: American art in the 1990's; Selections From the Permanent Collection," The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
"The Tate Gallery Selects: American Realities. Views From Abroad, European Perspectives on American Art 3,"curated by Nicolas Serota & Sandy Nairne The Whitney Museum, New York
"Feminine Image"Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York, curated by Donald Kuspit
"Painting Project,"Basilico Fine Arts and Lehmann Maupin, New York
"Projects 60,"The Museum of Modern Art, New York
1996
"a/drift: Scenes from the Penetrable Culture," Bard College Center for Curatorial
Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, curated by Joshua Decter
"Figure," Taka Isii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"Pittura," Castello di Rivara, Torino, Italy
"Variations, op.96: Une Selection d' Oevres du Fonds regional d' Art Contemporain Poitou-Charentes"
"Answered Prayers," Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
"Controfigura," Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy
"Narcissism: Artists Reflect Themselves," California Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido, CA
"Screen," Friedrich Petzel Gallery, January 19 - February 24, curated by Joshua Decter
1995
"Wild Walls," Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland, travels to Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England
"25 Americans: Painting in the 90's," Milwaukee Museum of Art, Milwaukee, September 8 - November 5
"Collection, fin XXe, "Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain Poitou-Charentes, Augouleme, France,
White Columns Benefit, New York
"B-Movie, "Phoenix Hotel, San Francisco, Nicole Klagsbrun's Room, curated by Sarah Morris
1994
"A series of rotating installations," Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
"Summer Group Show," Donald Young Gallery, Seattle
"Up the Establishment," Sonnabend Gallery, New York, curated by Dan Cameron Gallery Galliani, Genoa, Italy
"Don't Postpone Joy or Collecting Can Be Fun!," Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria, curated by Rudi Molacek and Barbara Steffen; travels to Austrian Cultural Institute, NY
"Intercourse," Mustard, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Pedro Gomez and Daniel Carello "Passing Through," Walcheturm, Zurich, Switzerland, curated by Ugo Rondinone
1993
"Medium Messages," Wooster Gardens, NY, curated by Vik Muniz
"Look at the Window," Museum Het Kruithuis, Hertogenbosch, Holland, curated by Jose Lebrero Stals
"One of Us (Since You Stayed Here)," Kunsthal Rotterdam, Holland, curated by Mark Wilson and Cokkie Snoei
"Aperto 93," Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, section curated by Mike Hubert, "After the Event"
"Just what is it that makes today's home so different, so appealing?, "Jennifer Flay, Paris, France
"Project Unite Firminy," Unite D'Habitation Le Corbusier, Firminy, France, curated by Yves Aupetitalot
"Prospect 93," Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
"SOHO at Duke IV," Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina
1992
"Figurative Work from the Permanent Collection," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
"Double Identity," Johnen & Schottle, Koln, Germany
"Dead Cat Bounce," Robbin Lockett, Chicago
Galerie Rudiger Schottle, Munich, travels to Galerie Rudiger Schottle, Paris
1991
"Malerie," Johnen & Schottle, Koln, Germany "At Under 30," The FIAR Prize, organized by FIAR, Milan, Italy, travels to Rome, Paris, London, New York, Los Angeles
"Shared Skin: Sub-Social Identifiers," Dooley Le Cappellaine, New York, organized by Janet Biggs
"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Violence and Knowledge in Recent American Art," Ezra and Cecile Zikha, Wesleyan University, Wesleyan, MA., curated by Klaus Ottmann
"Gullivers Travels," Sophia Ungers Galerie, Koln, Germany
"7 Women," Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
"John Currin and Robin Kahn," Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
1990
"Total Metal," Simon Watson, New York, curated by Richard Phillips (catalogue)
"(not so) Simple Pleasures," MIT List Visual Arts Center, Boston, MA. (catalogue)
White Columns Benefit, New York
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
"White Columns Program Update," White Columns, NY (catalogue)
1989
"Amerikarma," Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York, curated by Dan Levine