biography of James SIENA (1957)

Personal data

Birth : 1957
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States

Address

New York NY New York, United States

Representatives

Cristinerose Gallery – 2nd Floor 529 West 20th Street – New York NY, United States
Gorney Bravin & Lee – 534 West 26th Street – New York NY, United States

Education

1979 : Cornell University (BFA) – 410 Thurston Avenue – Ithaca NY, United States

Professional data

Work and Life

Lives and works in New York, USA

Prizes

1999

1999 : Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennal Competion Award – New York NY, United States
Awarded by : The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation – c/o The American Federation of Arts 41 East 65 th Street – New York NY, United States

1977

1977 : Edward Durrell Stone Award – Ithaca NY, United States
Awarded by : Cornell University – 410 Thurston Avenue – Ithaca NY, United States

Awards

1979

1979 : Charles Goodwin Sands Memorial Medal – Ithaca NY, United States
Awarded by : Cornell University – 410 Thurston Avenue – Ithaca NY, United States

Work

Categorie and medium


Painting : Enamel/panel - Oil
Drawing-Watercolor :

Subject

composition
opposition/conformity

Works

Three Combs (Boustrophedonic)
Date of creation : 2001
Medium : Enamel/panel
Technical data : (aluminium)
Size : 19 x 15 inch
 
Four nesting Spirals
Date of creation : 1999
Medium : Pencil
Materials : pencil
Supports : cardboard
Size : 11 x 8 inch
 
Double Reverse Five Color Recursive Bivalve (third variaton)
Date of creation : 1999
Medium : Enamel
Supports : aluminium
 
Bracket Painting
Date of creation : 1998
Medium : Enamel/panel
Technical data : (aluminium)
Size : 19 x 15 inch
 
Upside Down Devil (second version)
Date of creation : 1997
Medium : Enamel/panel
Technical data : (aluminium)
Size : 29 x 23 inch
 
They are People
Date of creation : 1996
Medium : Enamel/panel
Technical data : (aluminium)
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2005

New Paintings
Pacewildenstein – New York NY, United States
11/18/2005 – 01/28/2006

2001

Gorney Bravin & Lee – New York NY, United States
10/12/2001 – 11/10/2001

2000

Gorney Bravin & Lee – New York NY, United States
03/18/2000 – 04/15/2000

Daniel Weinberg Gallery – Los Angeles CA, United States
2000

1998

Daniel Weinberg Gallery – San Francisco CA, United States
1998

1997

Painting
Cristinerose Gallery – New York NY, United States
11/20/1997 – 01/10/1998

1996

Pierogi 2000 – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
1996

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

Art shows / fairs

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Gorney Bravin & Lee – 534 West 26th Street – New York NY, United States

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Pace Prints – 3rd & 10th floors 32 East 57th Street – New York NY, United States

The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Gorney Bravin & Lee – 534 West 26th 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 : Galerie Anne de Villepoix – 43 rue de Montmorency – Paris, France

FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Galerie Anne de Villepoix – 43 rue de Montmorency – Paris, France

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Gorney Bravin & Lee – 534 West 26th 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 : Gorney Bravin & Lee – 534 West 26th Street – New York NY, United States

Group exhibitions

2004

Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
03/11/2004 – 05/30/2004

2001

By Hand: Pattern, Precision and Repetition in Contemporary Drawing
University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach – Long Beach CA, United States
07/30/2001 – 10/14/2001

2000

Greater New York: New Art in New York Now
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center – Long Island NY, United States
02/2000 – 05/2000

Art on Paper
Weatherspoon Art Gallery – Greensboro NC, United States
11/20/2000 – 01/14/2001

Mapping, Territory, Connexions
Galerie Anne de Villepoix – Paris, France
09/19/2000 – 10/18/2000

1999

New Work: Painting Today, Recent Acquisitions
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
1999

Cyber Cypher Either Or
Mario Diacono Gallery – Boston MA, United States
1999

Rage for Art
Pierogi 2000 – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
02/12/1999 – 03/15/1999

1998

The Risk of Existence
Phyllis Kind Gallery – New York NY, United States
1998

Interior Landscapes: From the Collection of Clifford Diver
Delaware Art Museum – Wilmington DE, United States
1998

1997

Current Undercurrent: Working in Brooklyn
BMA Brooklyn Museum of Art – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
07/25/1997 – 01/25/1998

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

Periodicals

2001

MAC ADAM Alfred – James Siena, Gorney Bravin + Lee
in: ARTnews p. 140
New York NY, United States
12/2001

JOHNSON Ken – West Side: The Armory Show on the Piers Just Keeps Growing
in: The New York Times p. E33
New York NY, United States
23/02/2001

2000

OTTMAN Klaus – Review: Works on Paper at Baron/Boisante
in: ARTnews n° 00-5 p. 232
New York NY, United States
05/2000

JOHNSON Ken – Reviews: Invitation Exhibition
in: The New York Times p. E35
New York NY, United States
31/03/2000

SIEGEL Katy – Review: Greater New York, PS1, NY
in: Artforum p. 174
New York NY, United States
05/2000

Working Proof: James Siena
in: Art on Paper p. 55
New York NY, United States
07/2000-08/2000

COTTER Holland – New york Contemporary, Defined 150 Ways
in: The New York Times p. E1
New York NY, United States
06/03/2000

1999

SMITH Roberta – Rage for Art at Pierogi 2000
in: The New York Times
New York NY, United States
19/02/1999

JOHNSON Ken – Trippy World at Baron/Boisante
in: The New York Times
New York NY, United States
22/10/1999

1998

AMY Michael – James Siena at Cristinerose Gallery
in: Art in America
New York NY, United States
11/1998

Legals