1954
Born, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1974–1975
Brown University, Rhode Island
1975–1977
University of California, Berkeley, B.A.
1982–1983
Whitney Museum Independent Study Program
Awards/Fellowships
2017
Residence at MacDowell Colony
Dieu Donne Workspace Artist
2015
Tree of Life Grant
2013
Alpert Award Ucross Residency
2005
Artist in Residence — Pilchuck
1995
New York Foundation Grant
1981
Residence at Yaddo
One Person Exhibitions
2025
Minimal/Maximal, Athens, New York, curated by Ed Rothfarb
2024
Beyond Face Value, Art Cake, Brooklyn, New York, curated by Lesley Heller
2023
Library, Tappeto Volante, Brooklyn, New York, curated by Glenn Goldberg
Rainbow Rococo, Kathryn Markel, New York, New York, curated by Marilla Palmer
Hyper-Materiality, Culture.Object, New York, New York, curated by Damon Crain
2022
Storytellers in the Post-Style Era, Culture.Object, New York, New York, curated by Damon Crain
At Home With Scallywags and Rapscallions, Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, New York
2019
Wide-Eyed and Open-Mouthed, Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, New York
2017
Studio 10, Brooklyn, New York
Automat, Philadelphia, PA, curated by Nadine Beauharnois
2015
Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, New York
2014
Pocket Utopia, New York, New York
curated by Austin Thomas
2011
Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, New York
2010
FXFowle Architects Gallery, New York, New York
2006
Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, New York
2003
Acme Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2001
Acme Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Vadstrup & Bie, Copenhagen, Denmark
1998
Vadstrup & Bie, Copenhagen, Denmark
1997
Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, Holland
Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Bravin Post Lee Gallery, New York, NY
1996
Bravin Post Lee Gallery, New York, New York
The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
Acme Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1995
Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, New York, project room
Lukacs Gallery, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut
1994
Foodhouse, Santa Monica, California
James Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri
1993
Germans Van Eck Gallery, New York, New York
1992
Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Los Angeles, California
John Post Lee Gallery, New York, New York
University of Rhode Island Gallery, Kingston, Rhode Island
1989
Sorkin Gallery, New York, New York
1984
Patty Aande Gallery, San Diego, California
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, California
Group Exhibitions
2022
Color Forms, Project Space, New York, New York, curated by Leslie Kerby and Michelle Weinberg
2020
Ho Hum All Ye Faithful (part 3), BravinLee Programs, New York, New York curated by John Lee and Karen Bravin
Assembled, Metrotech Center, New York, New York curated by Tom Kotik
2019
Quirk, Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, New York, curated by Fran Shalom
Mark Makers, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, New York, curated by Virginia Walsh
2018
Workspace Exhibition, Dieu Donné, Brooklyn, New York
2017
Gardens on Orchard, Lesley Heller Workspace, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Lesley Heller
2016
Fish Tank, LIU Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Matt Freedman & Laurence Hegarty
The Tide is High, Colonels Row, Governors Island, NY, curated by Michael Levinson, Chris Joy, and Jeffrey Mueller
Ways and Means, 1285 Avenue of the Americas Gallery, New York, New York, curated by Jason Andrew
Laughing Out Loud, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2015
OBJECT ‘HOOD, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, New York, curated by Gelah Penn and Inna Babaeva
Cosmicomics, Frosch & Portmann Gallery, New York, New York, curated by Vicki Sher
2014
Nature’s Knot, curated by John Monti, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, New York
Cut, Carve, Chisel and Sculpt, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, New York
Improvised Showboat, curated by Lauren Britton and Zachary Keeting, Brooklyn, New York
BRIC Biennial: Vol. I, Downtown Edition, Brooklyn, New York
MAC @ 20 Part One, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
Fragmented Realities, curated by Randy Gilmore, Delaware Community College, Media, Pennsylvania
Miniatures in the Window Gallery, Pocket Utopia, New York, New York
2013
Clouds, curated by Adam Simon, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, New York
Spiral Bound—Notebooks from Artists in New York, Castle Gallery at the College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, New York
X-tra, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, New York
Rock Street, Bushwick Open Studios Event, curated by Deborah Brown and Lesley Heller, Brooklyn, New York
Portraits of Fern, Norte Maar, Brooklyn, New York
Yard Sale, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, New York
ArtMrkt, Bridgehampton, New York
2012
Seating Arrangements, curated by Mary Heilmann, ILLE Arts, Amagansett, New York
Diversities of Sculpture/Derivations from Nature, curated by Bonnie Rychlak, LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, New York
2011
Spiral Bound — Notebooks by Artists from New York and San Diego, National University, La Mesa, CA
Twin Twin Postcard Edition, curated by Matt Freedman, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2010
No Plans For Today, curated by Vicki Sher, Fun Times Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
BKLYNYDESIGNS, Brooklyn, New York
Plant Body, Animal Body, Cavin Morris Gallery, New York, New York
2009
Twin Twin III, Artist Edition, Big & Small/Casual Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Drawer Show, Triple Candie, New York, New York
Beta Spaces, Norte Maar, Brooklyn, New York, curated by Jason Andrew
Mixed Greens Anniversary Show, Mixed Greens, New York, New York
DRAW: Vasari Revisited, Norte Maar, Brooklyn, New York
2008
Ebb and Flow, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, New York
Country Mouse/City Mouse, Norte Maar, Rouses Point, NY, curated by Jason Andrew
2007
In the Belly of the Whale, Tracy Williams Gallery, New York, New York, curated by Patrick Callery
I Died for Beauty, Newman-Popiashvilli Gallery, New York, New York, curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud
2006
Summer View, Feigen Contemporary, New York, New York
2005
Fall Vernisage 2005, Mary Dinaburg, New York, New York
2004
Elsewhere, Feigen Contemporary, New York, New York
If You Were Here, ArtsPlace Gallery, Lexington, Kentucky
Colored Pencil, KS Art, New York, New York
Hot + Cool * Summer, Gallery W 52, New York, New York
2003
Ball Point Inklings, KS Art, New York, New York
24, Eugene Binder Gallery, Marfa, Texas
2002
Flux and Transparencies, Galerie Filles du Calvaire, Brussels, Belgium, curated by Catherine Perret and Christine Buci–Glucksman
Minimal to Excess, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Cross Pollination, The Arboretum, LA, CA, curated by MeryLynn McCorkle and Susan Joyce (cd available)
2001
Perfect Plastic, <g-module> Jeff Gleich Gallery, Paris, France
Cross Pollination, Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, curated by MeryLynn McCorkle and Susan Joyce (cd available)
2000
Flux and Transparencies, Galerie Filles du Calvaire, Paris, France, curated by Catherine Perret and Christine Buci–Glucksman
Works on Paper, Geoff Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
“Small Abstraction,” Eugene Binder Gallery, Long Island City, New York
“Almost Something, Depictive Abstraction,” curated by Andrew Chesler, Catherine Moore Gallery, New York, New York
“Chromaform,” curated by Frances Colpitt
CSU Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
Santa Barbara Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
Mount Holyoke University, South Hadley, MA
Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
“Mealy Mouthed Materials, Charismatic Shapes and Other Funny Stories,” curated by Sally Gil and Dan Mills
The Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
The Biggen Gallery of Art, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
Acme Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sullivan/Genovese Gallery, Boston, MA
1999
AC Projects, New York, NY
“Chromaform,” curated by Frances Colpitt
Nevada Institute of Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, NV
Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA
“Mealy Mouthed Materials, Charismatic Shapes and Other Funny Stories,” curated by Sally Gil and Dan Mills
Roland Gibson Art Gallery, SUNY, Potsdam, NY
University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Rowe Arts Gallery, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
White Box, Philadelphia, PA, curated by Dick Torchia
De Chiara | Stewart Gallery, New York, NY
Twenty-fifth Anniversary of NYFA
1998
Bravin Post Lee Gallery, New York, NY — “Three Sculptors”
The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL — “Blunt Object,” curated by Courtenay Smith
“Chromaform,” curated by Frances Colpitt
University of Texas, San Antonio, TX
University of North Texas, Denton, TX
1997
AC Project Room, New York, NY
Drawings From The MAB Library, The Work Space, New York, NY
Sculptural Imagery, The Rosenberg Gallery, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Across Lines, curated by Dan Devine, James Schmidt Contemporary, St. Louis, Missouri
Graham and Sons, New York, New York
Islip Museum, Islip, New York
1996
Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Deven Golden Fine Arts, Ltd, New York, NY
Hot House, The Work Space, New York, NY, curated by Amanda Trager
Transformal, Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria
Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, California
My Friends in My Apartment, NY, NY, curated by Barbara Pollack
Apex Gallery, New York, New York
Feigen Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
James Schmidt Contemporary, St. Louis, Missouri
New Museum, NY, NY, Annual Gala Benefit
Sculpture Center, NY, NY, Benefit Show
White Columns, NY, NY, Benefit Show
1995
Bravin Post Lee, New York, New York — A Drawing
Feigen Gallery, Chicago, Illinois — New Works
Stark Gallery, New York, New York — Color, curated by Richard Kalina
E. S. Vandam Gallery, New York, New York — Works for a Funhouse, curated by Sue Canning, Saul Ostrow, Yvonne Muranushi
Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York, New York
E. S. Vandam Gallery, New York, New York — Tinkering and Delving, curated by Tom Butter
1994
Santa Monica Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, California, curated by Tom Rhoads
Bardamu Gallery, New York, New York
Jours Tranquilly à Clichy, Paris, France
Bravin Post Lee Gallery, New York, New York
1993
Shirley Fiterman Gallery, New York, New York
Madelain Jordan Gallery, New York, New York
The Living Room, Amsterdam, Holland — Jean Silverthorne, Peer Veneman, Daniel Wiener
Art Finds Gallery, East Hampton, New York — Hybrid Sculpture
Solo Impressions, Inc., New York, New York — Malta’s Cradle: Reflections on the Abyss of Time, curated by Peggy Cyphers, Palazzo Castanci, Trieste, Italy
Post-Dialectical Index, curated by Robert Morgan — Fiorella Lalumia Studio, Milan, Italy
Post-Dialectical Index, curated by Robert Morgan — Horodner Romley Gallery, New York, New York
1992
Germans Van Eck Gallery, New York, New York — The Play Between Fear and Desire
John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin — In Praise of Folly
Thread Waxing Exhibition Space, New York, New York — The Curio Shop, curated by Saul Ostrow
Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, Holland — A Marked Difference
Sculpture Center, New York, New York, Group Show
David Beitzel Gallery, New York, New York — Allusion
Montclair State Art Galleries, Montclair, New Jersey — Selections from The Curio Shop, curated by Saul Ostrow
Barbara Toll Gallery, New York, New York — Modeling, curated by Rafael Rubinstein
Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, New York
P.S. 1 Museum, Long Island City — Seven Rooms, Seven Shows: Four Walls at P.S.1
Germans Van Eck Gallery, New York, New York — Gallery Artists and Friends
1991
John Post Lee Gallery, New York, New York — Ornament
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York — Animation and Ornament, curated by Stephen Westfall
Art in General, New York, New York — Balancing
Carnegie Mellon Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — New Generation: New York, curated by Elaine King
Sculpture Center, New York, New York
1990
Potsdam College of the State University of New York, Potsdam, New York — Animation and Ornament
Cooper Union, New York, NY — Symbolism
Sorkin Gallery, New York — Body: Once Removed
Philip Staib Gallery, New York, New York
1988
Sculpture Center, New York, New York — Annual Small Works
John Good Gallery, New York, New York — Numerators
Aubes 3935 Galerie, Montreal, Canada — Living in New York
1986
Bard College, Croton-on-the-Hudson, New York — The Painted Readymade
1983
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Studio Marconi, Milan, Italy
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, New York
Santa Cruz Museum of Art, Santa Cruz, California
1982
Oakland Museum, Oakland, California — From the Sunny Side
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, California — Summer Show
Visual Arts Center, Anchorage, Alaska
Sun Gallery, Hayward, California
Video — New Media
2001
hairtoextraholly — a web animation presented by Dinaburg Arts LLC, NY, NY
Thaw01 Festival of Video, Experimental Film and New Media, www.uiowa.edu/~thaw, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Rhizome, www.rhizome.org
Public Collections
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California
Santa Cruz Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Cruz, California
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium
Peco Energy, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania