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EDUCATION
1985 BA, State University of New York, Albany
1991 MFA, Hunter College, New York

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
Money is No Object, Sue Scott Gallery New York, NY (7 May – 19 June)
2009
Finishing Heaven, HBO (September)
Everything Must Go, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY (13 March – 12 April)
2007
Rock Iraq, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY (16 March – 16 April)
2004
Nickel Bags, PS1, Queens, NY (29 January – 1 May)
2003
Consumed, Eyewash at Jack the Pelican, NY (17 October – 15 November)
Nickel Bags, University at Albany, NY (13 March – 14 April)
2002
100,000 Holes, LiebmanMagnan, New York
2000
Nickel Bags, Lavanderia Funacio, Barcelona
1999
Control Freak, LiebmanMagnan, NY
1992
Repetitions, Test Site, Brooklyn, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
Day After Day, University Art Museum, University at Albany, Albany, NY (5 February – 6 April)
0-60: The Experience of Time Through Contemporary Art, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC (24 March – 11 August)
After School Special, curated by Ken Johnson, State University of New York, Albany (14 October – 10 December)
2012
Art on Paper, The Weatherspoon Museum of Art, Greensboro, NC (21 October – 13 January)
2011
Creative Accounting, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia (25 October – 25 November)
Jersey Bounce, curated by Mary Birmingham, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, New Jersey
Outer Space, Exit Art Benefit, Exit Art, New York, NY
Paper A-Z, Sue Scott Gallery, New York, NY (16 March – 22 April)
Now What?, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach Florida
Alarms and Excursions, Front Room, Brooklyn, NY (3 June – 26 June)
Williamsburg2000, curated by Larry Walzack, Gallery 101, Brooklyn NY (12 March – 17 April)
2010
Miami 7, Pierogi, Art Basel, Miami, Florida (30 November – 5 December)
Lush Life, Curated by Franklin Evans and Omar Lopez-Chahoud. Sue Scott Gallery, NY (17 June – 31 July)
Instructions Not Included, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY (2 July – 1 August)
I Wish I Was Dead, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA. (February)
Drawings, Big, Small and Casual, LIC, NY
The Armory Show 2010, (Pierogi), NY (4 March – 7 March)
Annual Benefit Auction, Dieu Donne, NY (23 September – 2 October)
2009
Everything Must Go, Pierogi at Basel Art Fair, Miami, Florida
Twin Twin, Big Small & Casual, LIC, NY
Annual Benefit Auction, Dieu Donne, NY
2008
Agency: At and Advertising, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH
Apocalyptic Summer, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY (27 June – 28 July)
2007
(Un)Natural Selection, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY (1 June – 13 August)
2006
Pierogi and Ronald Feldman Fine Arts in Miami, December 6-10.   Miami, FL
Heilige Geest 4, Voorkamer Gallery, Lier, Belgium.
2005
EAF05: Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Socrates Park, Long Island City, NY
Summer Salon, Frontroom, Brooklyn, NY
Momenta Art Benefit, Momenta, Brooklyn, NY
2004
Sellout, Voorkamer Gallery, Lier, Belgium
Crits Pix, Curated by Lilley Wei.  Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Open House, Working in Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Momenta Benefit  2004. White Columns, NY
2003
NADA Art Fair, Schroeder-Romero, Miami Beach, FL
Emerging 2003, Matthew Marks, NY
Summer Reading , Eyewash at Schroeder-Romero, Brooklyn, NY
2002
New Documentaries, Museum of Modern Art, NY
2001
The Armory Show 2001, Pier 90, LiebmanMagnan, NY
2000
Critic as Grist, White Box, NY
Selections, Eyewash, Brooklyn, NY
1999
Valentine 99, Eyewash, Brooklyn, NY
Gallery Artists / Group Show, LiebmanMagnan, NY
1998
Body Snatchers, LiebmanMagnan, NY
Wild/Hybro-Video, Exit Art, NY
Your Utopia, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
No Means Yes, Four Walls, Brooklyn, NY

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS/ BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010
Cotter, Holland, “Lush Life”, New York Times (July 9)
2009
New York Magazine, “Finishing Heaven”, “Highbrow-brilliant” in Approval Matrix
Cotter, Holland. “Everything Must Go”, New York Times (April 16)
Maine, Stephen, “Everything Must Go”, Art in America (March)
Sutton, Benjamin. “Wicked Artsy: Picturing Cultural Memory”, L Magazine (March 20)
2007
Cotter, Holland. “Rock Iraq”, New York Times (April 13)
Baker, R.C. “Best in Show: Rock Iraq”, Village Voice (April 4)
Karich, von Swantje. “Dieses Licht bleibt an,” Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung)
Baker, R.C. “Pulp Valhalla,” Village Voice (March 27)
2005
Kilgannon, Corey.  “Bicycle Remnants Clutter an Urban Landscape, This Time as Art”, New York Times (September 12)
Mendelsohn, Meredith. “Crits’ Pix”, Art News (January)
2004
Cotter, Holland.  “Sampling Brooklyn, Where Eclectic Flames Continue to Flicker”, New York Times (January 23)
McAdams, Shane.  “Crits Pix”, Brooklyn Rail, (July-August)
Lasell, Peter.  “Consumed” Flash Art.  (February)
Lash, Alex.  “One Man’s Trash,” Readymade Magazine, (March)
Gordon, A.L., “On The Town,” New York Sun, March 15
Dollar, Steve.  “Finding his inspiration in the streets” New York Newsday (February 7)
Kalm, James.  “Consumed”, The Brooklyn Rail, (January)
2003
Schwendener, Martha.  “Consumed” Time Out.  (November 13-20)
2002
“100,000 Holes”.  Short List: Galleries – Chelsea.  The New Yorker (March 4)
Levin, Kim, “Voices Choices” Short List (February 26)
“100,000 Holes” Short  List, Time Out (March 7)
2001
Cembalest, Robin.  “Canibal Magnatism,” ArtNews (March)
2000
“Barcelona Art” Time Out ( May 24-31)
DeKoff, Derek.  “Documentary: A Matter of Taste,” New York (6/5)
“Diario Visual,” Cataluna (May 11)
Kagan, Dick.  “Chelsea Dawning,” Art & Antiques (May)
Levin, Kim.  “Voice Choices,” The Village Voice (September 14)
Matthews, Jack.  “Docfest is keeping it real,” Daily News (May 31st)
Serra, Catalina.  “Altres Espais,” El Pais (May 11)
1999
Bayliss, Sarah.  “Art Talk:Soy It Ain’t So,”  ArtNews (October)
Berhard, Sarah.  “Swell Bred,” New York Magazine (October 18)
Levin, Kim.  “Voices Choices,”  The Village Voice (September 14)
“Making Art A Deux,” The New York Times (February 14)
Periz, Ingrid.  “Food for Thought,” World Art feature/cover article (Issue 20)
“Short List: Galleries-Chelsea,” The New Yorker (September 27)
“Short List: Galleries-Chelsea, “ with interview and Ben Katchor cartoon.  The New Yorker (October 11)
Viveros-Faune, Christian.  “Best of Manhattan,” NY Press  (September 22-28)
1998
“Body Snatchers.” Time Out New York (July16-23, Issue 147)
Fulcher, Dawn.  “Body Snatchers,” Contemporary Visual Arts (19)
Levin, Kim “Voice Choice,” The Village Voice (June 24-30)
Sillen, Kim.  “Body Snatchers” NY Arts Magazine (July/August)

AWARDS
2010
Nominated for Emmy, Outstanding Arts & Cultural Programming “Finishing Heaven”
2005
Socrates Sculpture Park 2005 Emerging Artist Fellowship
2001
Independent Spirit Award
IFC Truer Than Fiction Award, Best New Director
2000
Special Jury Award
International Documentary Festival, Amsterdam
Jury Award, Best Documentary Los Angeles Film Festival
Best Documentary Hamptons International Film Festival
Best Documentary Newport Film Festval