John Currin
1962
Born Boulder (CO)
1986
MFA, Yale University, New Haven (CT)
1984
BFA, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh (PA)
Solo Exhibitions
2009
Gagosian Gallery, New York (NY), USA
Works of Paper: A Fifteen Year Survey of Women, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York (NY), USA
2008
John Currin: New Paintings, Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
2006
Gagosian Gallery, New York (NY), USA
2003
Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, touring to Serpentine Gallery, London, UK; Whitney Museum of Art, New York (NY), USA (cat.)
John Currin: Works on Paper, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines (IA), touring to Aspen Art Museum, Aspen (CO); Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee (WI), USA
2002
Regen Projects, Los Angeles (CA), USA
The Honeymooners, Hydra Workshops, Greece (with Rachel Feinstein), July-Sept. (cat.)
2001
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York (NY), USA
2000
Monika Spruth Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
1999
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York (NY), USA
Regen Projects, Los Angeles (CA), USA
1997
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York (NY), USA
Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
1996
Regen Projects, Los Angeles (CA)
1995
Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York (NY), USA
Fonds Regional d’Art Contemporain, Limousin, Limoges, France (cat.)
Donald Young Gallery, Seattle (WA), USA
Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco (CA), USA
1994
Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York (NY), USA
1993
‘Critical Distance’ (curated by Luk Lambrecht), Ado Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium, (cat.)
Galerie Monika Spruth, Cologne, Germany
1992
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York (NY), USA
1989
White Columns, New York (NY), USA
Group Exhibitions
2010
Crash, Gagosian Gallery, London
2009
Slow Paintings, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Tears of Eros, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
Oscar Tuazon. That's Not Made For That, David Roberts Foundation, London, UK
2008
Bad Painting, Good Art, MUMUK, Museum of Modern Art, Vienna, Austria
2007
Old School, Hauser & Wirth Colnaghi, London; Zwirner & Wirth, New York (NY), USA
Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative (curated by Jens Hoffman), Thomas Dane Gallery, London, UK
Insight? Gagosian Gallery, Moscow, Russia
What is Painting? - Contemporary Art from the Collection, MoMa - Museum of Modern Art, New York (NY), USA
Zurück zur Figur - Malerei der Gegenwart, KunstHaus Wien, Vienna, Austria
News on Paper, Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann • Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
Rockers Island - Olbricht Collection, Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen, Germany
Timer 01, Triennale Bovisa, Milan, Italy
Painting Now! - Back to Figuration, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Jake & Dinos Chapman and John Currin, Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2006
In the Darkest Hour there may be light, Work’s from Damien Hirst’s Murderme Collection, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK (cat.)
Surprise, Surprise, ICA., London, UK
Zurück zur Figur: Marlerei der Gegenwart, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung,
Munich, Germany (cat.) touring to Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Painting Codes: I Codici della Pittura, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea di Monfalcone, Monafalcone, Italy (cat.)
Prints, Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
Dryden Goodwin - Portrait Perspectives, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
The Power of Women, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento, Trento, Italy
Back to the Figure: Contemporary Painting, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany
Sweets and Beauties, Fredericks and Freiser, New York (NY), USA
New York, New York, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco, France
2005
Girls on Film, curated by Kristine Bell, Zwriner and Wirth Gallery, New York (NY), USA
Drawing from the Modern, 1975-2005, Museum of Modern Art, New York (NY), USA
Idols of Perversity, Bellwether, New York (NY), USA
In Limbo. Victoria H. Myhren Gallery, University of Denver (CO), USA
Getting Emotional, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (MA), USA
Works of Paper, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills (CA), USA
The Figurative Impulse - Works from the UBS Art Collection, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Santurce, Puerto Rico
Fondos Regionales de Arte Contemporáneo Île-de-France y Poitou-Charentes, MAMBA - Museo de Arte Moderno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Syzygy, Shaheem Modern and Contemporary Art, Cleveland (OH), USA
2004
SITE, Sante Fe's Fifth International Biennal: Disparities and Deformations: Our Grotesque (curated by Robert Storr), Santa Fe Biennial, Santa Fe (NM), USA
She’s Come Undone, Artemis, Greenberg van Doren Gallery, New York (NY), USA
Now Is a Good Time, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York (NY), USA
Painting Now: Selections from the Permanent Selection, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego (CA), USA
15 year anniversary of Regen Projects, Regen Projects, Los Angeles (CA), USA
Selections from the Collection of William and Ruth True, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle (WA), USA
II Nudo: Fra Ideale e Realta, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
The Charged Image: From the Collection of Douglas S. Cramer, Joseloff Gallery, West Hartford (CT), USA
Projet Cône Sud, Museo De Arte de Lima, Peru; Centro Cultural Matucana 100, Santiago, Chile; Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay
2003
Inaugural Exhibition, Regen Projects, Los Angeles (CA), USA
20th Anniversary Show, Monika Spruth / Philomene Magers, Cologne, Germany
John Currin Selects, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
(MA), USA
An International Legacy: Selections from Carnegie Museum of Art, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City (OK), touring to Nevada Museum of Art, Reno (NV); Mobile Art Museum, Mobile (AL)
Supernova: Art of the 1990s from the Logan Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (CA), USA
Fast Forward (twenty years of white rooms), White Columns, New York (NY), USA
Reverie - Works from the Collection of Douglas S. Cramer, Speed Art Museum, Louisville (NY), USA
Pittura/painting: From Rauschenberg to Murakami, 1964-2003, Museo Correr, Venice, Italy
Trésors Publics: 20 Ans de Création dans les Fonds Régionaux d’Art Contemporain, Villa Greiner, Strasbourg, France
DC: Lily van der Stokker: Small Talk, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
As Time Goes By, Leo Koening, New York (NY), USA
Awakenings, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson (NY), USA
The Great Drawing Show, 1550-2003, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles (CA), USA
2002
Liebe Maler, male mir…Dear Painter, paint me…Cher peintre, peins-moi (curated by Alison Gingeras), Pompidou Centre, Paris, touring to Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany (cat.)
Drawing Now: Eight Propositions, Museum of Modern Art, New York (NY), USA (cat.)
American Standard (Para) Normality and Everyday Life, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York (NY), USA
The Honeymooners: John Currin and Rachel Feinstein, The Hydra Workshop, Hydra, Greece
Its Unfair!, Museum De Paviljoens, Almere, Spain
Art for Today, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis (IN), USA
...Curious Pictures..., Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annadale-on-Hudson, New York (NY), USA
Walk around Town: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (MN), USA
New York Renaissance: Masterworks from the Whitney Museum, Palazzon Reale, Milan, Italy
Les Vertus sont des Titres, Les Souffrances sont des Droits, Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporanian Poitou- Charantes, Angoulême, France
Cher Peintre: Peinture Figuratives depuis l'Ultime Picabia. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
American Standard: (Para) Normality and Everyday Life, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York (NY), USA
2001
Form Follows Fiction, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
Azerty, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
About Faces, C & M Arts, New York (NY), USA
Naked Since 1950, C & M Arts, New York (NY), USA (cat.)
The Way I See It, Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France
Drawings, Regen Projects, Los Angeles (CA), USA
Works on Paper from Acconci to Zittel, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
A Room of Their Own From Arbus to Gober, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles (CA), USA
New To the Modern: Recent Acquisitions from the Department of Drawings, The Museum of Modern Art, New York (NY), USa
2000
Kin, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
OO, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York (NY), USA
Innuendo, Dee/Glasoe Gallery, New York (NY), USA
Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (NY), USA
Couples, Cheim & Read, New York (NY), USA
Art on Paper 2000 (curated by Ron Platt), Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro (NC), USA
Of the Moment - Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco (CA), USA
Drawing on the Figure: Works on Paper of the 1990s from the Manilow Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago - MCA Chicago (IL), USA
CONTEMPORARY COLLECTORS XV, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego - MCASD La Jolla, La Jolla (CA), USA
State of the Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (MN), USA
1999
artLovers, Compton House, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK
I’m Not Here: Constructing Identity at the Turn of the Century, The Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg (PA), USA
Carnegie International 1999/2000, CI:99/00, The Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh (PA), USA
The Great Drawing Show: 1550 to 1999, Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles (CA), USA
Malerei, INIT-Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany
The Nude in Contemporary Art, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield (CT), USA (cat.)
Troublespot Painting, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwepren (MUHKA), Antwerp, Belgium
Examining Pictures: exhibiting paintings (curated by Francesco Bonami), Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, tour to Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (IL), USA (cat.)
Etcetera (curated by Tommaso Corvi-Mora), Spacex, Exeter, UK
John Currin and Elizabeth Peyton (curated by Peter Schjeldahl) Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge (MA), USA
Salome: Images of Women in Contemporary Art (curated by Katherine Gass), Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle (NY), USA
Positioning, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson (NY), USA
7 Women, 7 Years later, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York (NY), USA
1998
More Fake, More Real, Yet Ever Closer (curated by Robert Evren), Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle (NY), USA (cat.)
The Risk of Existence, Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York (NY), USA
“Young Americans 2; Part Two”, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK (cat.)
From Here to Eternity: Painting in 1998, Max Protetch Gallery, New York (NY), USA
Hungry Ghosts, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (cat.)
Portraits: People, Places and Things, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York (NY), USA
Pop Surrealism, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Aldrich (CT), USA (cat.)
Now and Later, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven (CT), USA
1997
Heart, Body, Mind, Soul: American Art in the 1990s, Selections from the Permanent Collection,The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (NY), USA
The Tate Gallery Selects: American Realities - Views from Abroad: European Perspectives on American Art 3 (curated by Nicolas Serota and Sandy Nairne), The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (NY), USA (cat.)
Painting Project, Basilico Fine Arts and Lehmann Maupin, New York (NY), USA (cat.)
Projects #60: Currin, Peyton, Tuymans (curated by Laura Hoptman), The Museum of Modern Art, New York (NY), USA
Feminine Image (curated by Donald Kuspit), Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor (NY), USA
1996
a/drift: Scenes from the Penetrable Culture ( curated by Joshua Decter) Bard College Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson (NY), USA (cat.)
Figure, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Pittura, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
Variations, op. 96: une selection d’oeuvres du Fonds Regional d’Art Contemporain, Poitou-Charentes
Musée de Cognac, Cognac, France
Answered Prayers, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
Sugar Mountain (curated by Paul Ha and Andrea Scott), White Columns, New York (NY), USA
Face to Face, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
Controfigura, Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy
narcissism: Artists Reflect Themselves, California Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido (CA) (cat.)
Screen (curated by Joshua Decter), Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York (NY), USA
1995
Wild Walls, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, tour to the ICA, London, UK (cat.)
25 Americans: Painting in the 90’s, Milwaukee Museum of Art, Milwaukee (WI), USA (cat.)
Collection, fin XXe, Fonds Regional d’Art Contemporain Poitou-Charentes, Angouleme, France (cat.)
White Columns Benefit, New York (NY), USA
B-Movie (curated by Sarah Morris), Phoenix Hotel, San Francisco (CA), USA
1994
A series of rotating installations: Week 1: John Currin and Andrea Zittel, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York (NY), USA
Summer Group Show, Donald Young Gallery, Seattle (WA), USA
Up the Establishment (Benefit sale for Independent Curators Incorporated) (curated by Dan Cameron)
Sonnabend Gallery, New York (NY), USA
Galleria Galliani, Genoa, Italy
Don’t Postpone Joy or Collecting Can Be Fun! (curated by Rudi Molacek and Barbara Steffen), Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria, tour to Austrian Cultural Institute, New York (NY), USA
Intercourse (curated by Pedro Gomez and Daniel Carello), Mustard, New York (NY), USA
Passing Through (curated by Ugo Rondinone), Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich, Switzerland
White Columns Benefit 1994, White Columns, New York (NY), USA
1993
Medium Messages (curated by Vik Muniz), Wooster Gardens, New York (NY), USA
Look at the Window (curated by Jose Lebrero Stals) Museum Het Kruithuis, Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands (cat.)
One of Us (Since You Stayed Here) (curated by Mark Wilson & Cokkie Snoei), Kunsthal Rotterdam, The Netherlands
After the Event (curated by Mike Hubert) Aperto 93, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (cat.)
Just what is it that makes today’s home so different, so appealing?, Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France
Project Unite Firminy (curated by Yves Aupetitalot), Unité D’Habitation Le Corbusier, Firminy, France (cat.)
Prospect ‘93: Eine Ausstellung des Frankfurter Kunstvereins im Steinernen Hans und der Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (cat.)
SOHO at Duke IV, Duke University Museum of Art, Durham (NC), USA
Aperto 93: Emergency / Emergenza. XLV Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1992
Figurative Work from the Permanent Collection, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (NY), USA
Double Identity, Johnen & Schottle, Cologne, Germany
Dead Cat Bounce, Robbin Lockett Gallery, Chicago (IL), USA
Galerie Rudiger Schottle, Munich, Germany, tour to Galerie Rudiger Schottle, Paris, France
Art under 30: FIAR International Prize (organized by FIAR Milan), New York (NY), USA
New Deal, Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
1991
Malerei, Johnen & Schottle, Cologne, Germany
Art Under 30, The FIAR International Prize, Milan, Italy, tour to Rome, Paris, London, New York, Los Angeles (cat.)
Shared Skin: Sub-Social Identifiers (organized by Janet Biggs), Dooley Le Cappellaine Gallery, New York (NY), USA
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Violence and Knowledge in Recent American Art (curated by Klaus Ottman), Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Wesleyan (MA), USA
Gulliver’s Travels, Sophia Ungers Galerie, Cologne, Germany
7 Women, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York (NY), USA
Andrea Rosen Gallery (two person exhibition with Robin Kahn), New York (NY), USA
1990
(not so) Simple Pleasures, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Boston (MA), USA (cat.)
Total Metal (curated by Richard Phillips), Simon Watson Gallery, New York (NY), USA (cat.)
White Columns Benefit, New York (NY), USA
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York (NY), USA
Program Update White Columns, White Columns, New York (NY), USA (cat.)
Update: 1980-1990. White Columns, New York (NY), USA
1989
Amerikarma (curated by Dan Levine) Hallwalls, Buffalo (NY), USA