John Currin
John Currin was born in Boulder, Colorado, in 1962, and obtained a B.F.A. from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, followed by an M.F.A. from Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Currin has exhibited widely internationally. John Currin: Works on Paper was presented by Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, in 2003 and toured to Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado, and Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Minnesota. Also in 2003, MoCA Chicago initiated a mid-career survey of his paintings which toured to the Serpentine Gallery, London, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. His work has also been included as part of What is Painting? - Contemporary Art from the Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2007 and Painting Now! - Back to Figuration, Kunsthal Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2007. A major monograph on John Currin was published by Rizzoli International in 2006. He lives and works in New York.