biography of John CURRIN (1962)

Personal data


Birth : 1962 - Boulder CO Colorado, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States

Address

New York NY New York, United States

Family relations

Husband of Rachel FEINSTEIN [ 1971 ]

Representatives

Andrea Rosen Gallery – 525 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
Galerie Sprüth Magers – Wormser Strasse 23 – Cologne, Germany
Regen Projects – 629 North Almont Drive – Los Angeles CA, United States


Education

1984 : Carnegie Mellon University – 5000 Forbes Avenue – Pittsburgh PA, United States
1986 : Yale University – 149 Elm Street – New Haven CT, United States

Professional data


Work and Life

Lives and works in New York NY, USA

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Oil/canvas

Subject

eroticism
women
female nude
portrait

Works

The Hobo
Date of creation : 1999
Medium : Oil/canvas
Subject : portrait
Size : 40 x 32 inch
 
The Bra Shop
Date of creation : 1997
Medium : Oil/canvas
Subject : portrait
Size : 122 x 97 cm
 
The Cripple
Date of creation : 1997
Medium : Oil/canvas
Subject : portrait
Size : 112 x 91 cm
 
Ann-Charlotte
Date of creation : 1996
Medium : Oil/canvas
Subject : portrait
Size : 122 x 97 cm
 
The Nursery
Date of creation : 1994
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 81 x 66 cm
 
Lovers in the country
Date of creation : 1993
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 132 x 102 cm
 
Happy Lovers
Date of creation : 1993
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 76 x 66 cm
 
Girl in Bed
Date of creation : 1993
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 95 x 120 cm
 
Ms. Omni
Date of creation : 1993
Medium : Oil/canvas
Subject : portrait
Size : 122 x 97 cm
 
The moved over lady
Date of creation : 1991
Medium : Oil/canvas
Subject : portrait
Size : 117 x 97 cm
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2003

Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
11/2003 – 02/22/2004

Serpentine Gallery – London, United Kingdom
09/2003 – 09/2003

Works on Paper
AAM Aspen Art Museum – Aspen CO, United States
05/23/2003 – 07/27/2003

MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago IL, United States
05/03/2003 – 08/24/2003

2002

Regen Projects – Los Angeles CA, United States
2002

2001

Andrea Rosen Gallery – New York NY, United States
2001

2000

Monika Sprüth Galerie – Cologne, Germany
11/2000 – 02/2001

1999

Regen Projects – Los Angeles CA, United States
01/1999 – 02/1999

Andrea Rosen – New York NY, United States
10/30/1999 – 12/04/1999

1998

Donald Young Gallery – Seattle WA, United States
05/1998

1997

Andrea Rosen – New York NY, United States
10/17/1997 – 11/22/1997

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2006

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Sadie Coles HQ – 35 Heddon Street – London, United Kingdom

2004

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Sadie Coles HQ – 35 Heddon Street – London, United Kingdom

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Regen Projects – 629 North Almont Drive – Los Angeles CA, United States

FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Andre Simoens Gallery – 128-130 Kustlaan – Knokke-Heist, Belgium

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Sadie Coles HQ – 35 Heddon Street – London, United Kingdom

The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Regen Projects – 629 North Almont Drive – Los Angeles CA, United States

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Faggionato Fine Arts – 49 Albemarle Street – London, United Kingdom

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Andrea Rosen Gallery – 525 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Regen Projects – 629 North Almont Drive – Los Angeles CA, United States

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Regen Projects – 629 North Almont Drive – Los Angeles CA, United States

The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Sadie Coles HQ – 35 Heddon Street – London, United Kingdom

2000

Art 31 Basel
Messezentrum Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/21/2000 – 06/26/2000
Represented by : Andrea Rosen Gallery – 525 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States


Group exhibitions

2007

Leve de Schilderkunst !
Kunsthal Rotterdam – Rotterdam, Netherlands
02/17/2007 – 05/06/2007

2004

Now is a Good Time
Andrea Rosen Gallery – New York NY, United States
01/22/2004 – 02/21/2004

2002

Drawing Now: Eight Propositions
MoMAQNS Museum of Modern Art Queens – New York NY, United States
10/17/2002 – 01/06/2003

American Standard (Para)Normality and Everyday Life
Barbara Gladstone Gallery – New York NY, United States
06/26/2002 – 08/30/2002

Art Downtown
New York NY, United States
06/14/2002 – 09/15/2002

Cher peintre – Peintures figuratives depuis l’ultime Picabia
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
06/12/2002 – 09/02/2002

2001

New to the Modern: Recent Acquisitions from the Department of Drawings
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
10/25/2001 – 01/08/2002

Works on paper from Acconci to Zittel
Victoria Miro Gallery – London, United Kingdom
2001

The Way I See it
Galerie Jennifer Flay – Paris, France
03/10/2001 – 04/21/2001

Painting at the edge of the World
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
02/10/2001 – 05/06/2001

2000

Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
03/23/2000 – 06/04/2000

Couples
Cheim & Read Gallery – New York NY, United States
01/06/2000 – 02/26/2000

1999

Carnegie International 1999/2000, n°53
Carnegie Museum of Art – Pittsburgh PA, United States
11/06/1999 – 03/26/2000

1998

John Currin, Felix Gonzales-Torres, Sean Landers, Ken Lum, Dan Peterman
Andrea Rosen Gallery – New York NY, United States
1998

Young Americans : New American Art in the Saatchi Collection Part II
Saatchi Gallery – London, United Kingdom
04/30/1998 – 07/12/1998

1997

Projects : Currin, Peyton, Tuymans
The Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
06/29/1997 – 09/09/1997

1996

A/drift:
Center for Curatorial Studies Museum – Bard College – Annandale-on-Hudson NY, United States
10/20/1996 – 01/05/1997

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Books

2002

Vitamin P – New Perspectives in Painting
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
Author: Collectif
2002
ISBN : 071484246X

Art Now
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
Author: Riemschneider Burkhard
2002
ISBN : 382281444X


Periodicals

2004

NAKAMURA Marie-Pierre – “Je peins ce que j’aime, sans me soucier de la tendance”
in: Art Actuel n° 30 p. 86
Paris, France
01/2004-02/2004

2002

BENHAMOU-HUET Judith – Marché, cotations, records,…
in: Art Press – Supplément Art 33 Basel
Paris, France
2002

STORR Robert – John Currin – Fecit/Anno Domini 2002
in: Art Press n° 280 p. 45
Paris, France
06/2002

2001

Guía de bolsillo para el coleccionista reciente
in: El Periodico del Arte n° 47 p. 43
Madrid, Spain
08/2001-09/2001

2000

KIRBY David – Beauty and the Bimbo
in: ARTnews n° 00-5
New York NY, United States
05/2000

1999

SALTZ Jerry – The Redemption of a Breast Man
in: The Village Voice
New York NY, United States
17/11/1999

1995

SEWAD Keith – John Currin : The Weirdest of the Weird
in: Flash Art n° 185 p. 78
Milan MI, Italy
11/1995-12/1995
ISBN : 03941493

Legals