biography of Gary SIMMONS (1964)

Personal data

Birth : 04/14/1964 - New York NY New York, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States

Address

New York NY New York, United States

Representatives

Metro Pictures – 519 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States

Education

1988 : SVA School of Visual Arts (BFA) – 209 East 23rd Street – New York NY, United States
1990 : California Institute of the Arts (MFA) – 24700 McBean Parkway – Valencia CA, United States

Professional data

Work and Life

Lives and works in New York NY, USA

Grants

1990

1990 : National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship , Interarts Grant – United States
Awarded by : NEA National Endowment for the Arts – 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW – Washington DC, United States

Work

Categorie and medium

Sculpture-Volume : Installation

Photography :

Drawing-Watercolor : Drawing

Works

Sky Drawings
Date of creation : 1998 Medium : Video installation

Black Chalkboard (Four Months)
Date of creation : 1993 Medium : Drawing

US & THEM
Date of creation : 1991 Medium : Object Technical data : Embroidered cotton robes

Ghost House
Date of creation : 19/05/2001 Medium : Performance Technical data : Project in a farmhouse uninhabited at Ruby Ranch: create drawings within an existing non-museum structure

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2002

Site Santa Fe – Santa Fe NM, United States
06/2002 – 08/2002

MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago IL, United States
02/16/2002 – 05/26/2002

2001

Metro Pictures – New York NY, United States
09/15/2001 – 10/20/2001

1998

Dana Arts Center – Colgate University – Hamilton NY, United States
02/05/1998 – 02/28/1998

1997

Wall Drawings
Kunsthaus Zürich – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
09/19/1997 – 11/02/1997

1996

Gary Simmons: Gazebo
MCA Museum of contemporary art San Diego in La Jolla – La Jolla CA, United States
1996

Metro Pictures – New York NY, United States
03/09/1996 – 04/13/1996

1995

Gary Simmons: Erasure Drawings
Lannan Foundation – Los Angeles CA, United States
1995

1994

Directions: Gary Simmons
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden – Washington DC, United States
11/17/1994 – 02/12/1995

1993

Galerie Philippe Rizzo – Paris, France
1993

1992

Jason Rubell Gallery – Miami FL, United States
1992

The Garden of Hate
Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris – New York NY, United States
1992

1990

White Columns – New York NY, United States
1990

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

Art shows / fairs

2007

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Simon Lee Gallery – 12 Berkeley Street – London, United Kingdom

2004

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Margo Leavin Gallery – 812 North Robertson Boulevard – Los Angeles CA, United States

sf6 San Francisco International Art Exposition
Fort Mason – San Francisco CA, United States
01/16/2004 – 01/19/2004
Represented by : Anthony Meier Fine Arts – 1969 California Street – San Francisco CA, United States

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Margo Leavin Gallery – 812 North Robertson Boulevard – Los Angeles CA, United States

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Metro Pictures – 519 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States

Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Anthony Meier Fine Arts – 1969 California Street – San Francisco CA, United States

The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Metro Pictures – 519 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Margo Leavin Gallery – 812 North Robertson Boulevard – Los Angeles CA, United States

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Metro Pictures – 519 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 : Margo Leavin Gallery – 812 North Robertson Boulevard – Los Angeles CA, United States

FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Metro Pictures – 519 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Metro Pictures – 519 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States

The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Metro Pictures – 519 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States

Group exhibitions

2003

Whiteness, a Wayward Construction
Laguna Art Museum – Laguna Beach CA, United States
2003 – 07/06/2003

2002

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

1999

Currents 80: Gary Simmons
Saint Louis Art Museum – Saint Louis MO, United States
12/10/1999 – 02/27/2000

1998

Drawings…Second Annual Invitational
Meyerson & Nowinski Art Associates – Seattle WA, United States
1998

The Campaign Against Living Miserably
Royal College of Art – London, United Kingdom
1998

1997

Coming Home Again
Visual Arts Gallery – New York NY, United States
1997

Trades Routes: History and Geography – Africus – The 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
Johannesburg, South Africa
10/12/1997 – 12/12/1997

No Small Feat: Investigations of the Shoe in Contemporary Art
Rhona Hoffman – Chicago IL, United States
09/12/1997 – 10/18/1997

1996

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

1994

Lousy Fear
Randolph Street Gallery – Chicago IL, United States
1994

1993

Whitney Museum of American Art Biennnial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1993

1992

The Big Nothing or Le Presque Rien
The New Museum of Contemporary Art – New York NY, United States
1992

1991

Interrogating Identity: The question of Black Art"
Grey Art Gallery – New York University – New York NY, United States
1991

1990

Membership Has Its Privileges
Lang & O’Hara Gallery – New York NY, United States
1990

Total Metal
Simon Watson Gallery – New York NY, United States
1990

Bibliography (Selected)

On the artist

Periodicals

2003

KERR Merrily – If these walls could talk
in: Flash Art n° 228 p. 98
Milan MI, Italy
01/2003-02/2003

2002

Gary Simmons
in: Guide Sourcebook to the U.S. Art World – Art in America n° 8 p. 33
New York NY, United States
2001-2002

1998

CAMPBELL Clayton – Gary Simmons
in: Flash Art p. 109
Milan MI, Italy
11/1998-12/1998
ISBN : 03941493

BHABHA Homi K. – The White Stuff
in: Artforum p. 21
New York NY, United States
05/1998

1997

DEL RE Gianmarco – Imagined Communities
in: Flash Art p. 63
Milan MI, Italy
01/1997-02/1997
ISBN : 03941493

SIRMANS M. Franklin – Remixing the Art World: Art in the Global Marketplace
in: Flash Art p. 69
Milan MI, Italy
05/1997-06/1997
ISBN : 03941493

Legals