Carroll Dunham
Carroll Dunham

CV

B. 1949, New Haven, CT, USA
Works and lives in New York, NY, USA


Education

1972

Degree, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut


Awards

2004

Skowhegan Medal for Distinction in Painting


selected public collections

• Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria
• Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
• Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo, Norway
• British Museum, London, UK
• Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
• Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, USA
• Drammens Museum, Drammen, Norway
• Ellipse Foundation, Cascais, Ellipse Foundation, Cascais
• Fort Wayne Art Museum, Fort Wayne, Indiana Hudson Valley, USA
• Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, USA
• Inhotim Institute, Brumadinho, Brazilia
• The Judith Rothschild Foundation, New York, USA
• Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, USA
• Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
• Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
• Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, USA
• Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, USA
• Olbricht Collection, Essen, Germany
• Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA
• Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, USA
• Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
• Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA


Selected solo exhibitions

2023

Drawings. Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA
Carrol Dunham. Where am I? Prints 1985–2022. Nasjonalmuseet Oslo, Norway
Selected Drawings. Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany

2022

Carroll Dunham – Somatic Transmission & Qualiascope (Recent Paintings). Galerie Max Hetzler, Paris, France

2021

Carroll Dunham. Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland

2020

Carroll Dunham. Gladstone Gallery, New York City, USA
Carroll Dunham. Gladstone Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2019

Carroll Dunham – Recent Paintings. Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland

2018

Carroll Dunham. Gladstone Gallery, NY

2017

Carroll Dunham. Blum & Poe – Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 28 April – 17 June
Carroll Dunham. Gerhardsen Gerner – Oslo, Oslo, Norway. 1 March – 29 April
Discomposure. Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 7 July – 19 August

2016

Carroll Dunham – Monotypes, Galerie Eva Presenhuber at Löwenbräu Areal, Zurich
Carroll Dunham, Inigo Philbrick, London
Drawings 1982-96, Gladstone 64, New York

2015

Carol Dunham – Gladstone Gallery – New York, New York City, NY

2014

Carroll Dunham – Gerhardsen Gerner – Oslo, Oslo
Drawings: Carroll Dunham – Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Carroll Dunham – Fourteen Lithographs – Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX
Carroll Dunham – Diagonal Building, Maag Areal, Zurich

2012

Carroll Dunham, Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA
A Drawing Survey, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, USA
Carroll Dunham, Bernier / Eliades Gallery, Athens, Greece

2011

Carroll Dunham. Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin, Germany
Carroll Dunham. Gladstone Gallery, Brussels
Carroll Dunham. Patrick de Brock Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
Carroll Dunham. Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin, Germany
Carroll Dunham. Gladstone Gallery, Brussels
Carroll Dunham. Patrick de Brock Gallery, Knokke, Belgium

2010

Carroll Dunham: Paintings. Blum & Poe Gallery, Los Angeles
Carroll Dunham Prints: A Survey. University Art Gallery, State University of New York, Albany
Carroll Dunham: Paintings. Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, Colorado

2009

Carroll Dunham. Gladstone Gallery, New York
Carroll Dunham: Works on Paper. Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany

2008

Carroll Dunham Prints: A Survey. Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
Caroll Dunham: Recent Paintings. Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Carroll Dunham Paintings on Wood 1982-1987. Skartstedt Gallery, New York
Hydra Workshop, Hydra, Greece
Carroll Dunham: Painting and Sculpture 2004 – 2008. Millesgarden, Stockholm, Sweden

2007

Carroll Dunham Prints: A Survey. Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio
Carroll Dunham Monotypes. Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin

2006

Carroll Dunham. White Cube, London
Monotypien. Galerie Fred Jann, Munich
Small Drawings. Drammens Museum, Drammens, Norway Galeri MGM, Oslo

2005

Drawing. Judin Gallery, Zurich
Atle Gerhardsen Gallery , Berlin

2004

Composite Images: Paintings. Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Nolan / Eckman Gallery, New York
Prints. Atle Gerhardsen Gallery, Berlin
He, She, and It. Gladstone Gallery, New York

2003

White Cube, London
Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO

2002

Carroll Dunham. New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (catalogue)
Carroll Dunham: Drawings 1985-2002. Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York
Mesokingdom. Metro Pictures, New York
Drawings. Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich

2001

The Search for Orgone. Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York
The Search for Orgone. Atle Gherhardsen Gallery, Berlin
Carroll Dunham, New Paintings. Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
Carroll Dunham: Recent Prints and Related Works. Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich

2000

Atle Gerhardsen Gallery, Oslo
N.e.g., Milan

1999

Metro Pictures, New York
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
No Limits Events Gallery, Milan

1998

Nolan / Eckmann Gallery, New York (catalogue)
White Cube, London
London Projects, London
Atle Gerhardsen Gallery, Oslo

1997

Metro Pictures, New York

1996

Carroll Dunham: Paintings and Drawings 1990-1996. Guild Hall, Easthampton, NY; Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA; Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis

1995

Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Carroll Dunham: Selected Paintings 1990 – 1995. School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

1994

Works on Paper. Lemburg Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Sonnabend Gallery , New York

1993

Sonnabend Gallery , New York
Galerie Lehmann, Geneva
Nolan / Eckman Gallery, New York

1992

David Nolan Gallery, New York
Jablonka Galerie, Cologne
Carroll Dunham: Selected Paintings and Prints. Wiedner Gallery, Trinity College, Hartford , CT

1991

Carroll Dunham: Drawings. Gallery Mukai, Tokyo
Galerie Jahn und Fusban, Munich
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1990

Sonnabend Gallery , New York

1989

Jablonka Galerie, Cologne
Sonnabend Gallery , New York

1988

Selected Drawing. Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Elkins Park, PA
Drawings 1982 – 1983. Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich

1987

Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York

1986

Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston
Baskerville & Watson Gallery, New York

1985

Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Baskerville & Watson Gallery, New York

1981

Artists Space, New York

Selected group exhibitions

2024

Abject Anatomy. Tang Museum Saratoga Springs, New York, USA

2023

The sky is thin. Drawings. Standard, Oslo, Norway
Ugly Painting. Nahmad Contemporary, New York, USA
ROOM•MATE 2023: Living with Tang Art. Tang Museum, New York, USA
das gelbe Licht 6 Uhr nachmittags. Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
Strike Fast, Dance Lightly: Artists on Boxing. The Flag Art Foundation, New York, USA

2022

Mix & Match. Die Sammlung neu entdecken. Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
A Thing for the Mind. Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK
The Drawing Center Show. Le Consortium, Dijon, France
Obertura: Más allá de los mapas. Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Alicante (MACA), Alicante, Spain
Unrepeated: Unique Prints from Two Palms. David Zwirner, New York City, USA

2021

Closer to Life: Drawings and Works on Paper in the Marieluise Hessel Collection. Hessel Museum, New York City, USA
Carroll Dunham & Albert Oehlen. Galerie Max Hetzler, London, UK
and I will wear you in my heart of heart. FLAG Art Foundation, New York City, New York City, USA

2020

Drawing 2020. Gladstone Gallery, New York City, USA
Albert Oehlen / Carroll Dunham – Bäume / Trees. Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Artist’s Choice: Amy Sillman – The Shape of Shape. Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, USA
Moving Energies – 10 Years Me Collectors Room Berlin. me Collectors Room Berlin, Berlin, Germany

2019

Bäume / Trees. Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
Naturally Naked. Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Fresh, Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, USA
The Eighties, David Nolan Gallery, New York, USA

2018

Four Rooms, Blum & Poe, New York, USA
Paper, James Barron Art, Kent, USA
Out Of Control, Venus Over Manhattan, York City, USA

2017

Discomposure, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA
Unpacking: The Marciano Collection, Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles, USA
Hope and Hazard: A Comedy of Eros, Hall Art Foundation, Reading, USA
Vanishing Points, James Cohan Gallery – New York, New York City, USA
Drawing Island, The Journal Gallery, New York City, USA

2016

Taking Shape: Sculpture at the Addison – Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA USA
Drawing Room – David Nolan Gallery, New York City, NY USA
Comic Inspirations – Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York City, NY USA
The Sonnabend Collection: Meio Século De Arte Europeia E Americana. Part 1 – Museu Serralves – Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto
Mutated Reality, Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow
Painting 2.0: Malerei Im Informationszeitalter – Museum Brandhorst, Munich
Nice Weather – Skarstedt Fine Art, New York City, NY

2015


Works on Paper – Diagonal Building, Maag Areal, Zurich
Pretty Raw: After And Around Helen Frankenthaler – Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

2014


Drawings II – Russell Bowman Art Advisory, Chicago, IL
Disturbing Innocence – FLAG Art Foundation, New York City, NY
Feels Like Heaven – Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection – San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Vintage Violence – Monya Rowe, New York City, NY
Post-Picasso: Contemporary Reactions – Museo Picasso, Barcelona
Gallery Selectons – Russell Bowman Art Advisory, Chicago, IL
The Age Of Small Things – DODGEgallery, New York City, NY

2013


The Age of Small Things, Dodge Gallery, New York, USA
Hello Goodbye Thank You, Again, and Again, and Again, Castillo/Corrales, Paris, France
Summer Drawings, The Journal Gallery, New York, USA
Comic Future, Ballroom Marfa, Texas, USA
Reinventing Abstraction, Cheim & Read, New York, USA
Post Picasso: Contemporary Artists Responses to This Life and Art, Museu Picasso, Barcelona, Spain
Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection, Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, Florida, USA
This Will Have Been: Art, Love, and Politics in the 1980s, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, USA
Der Zweite Blick (The Second Chance), Stadtische Galerie, Nordhorn, Germany
Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
FULL HOUSE, Schönewald Fine Arts, Düsseldorf, Germany

2012

Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Twenty Days Later, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, USA
Group Shoe, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, USA
Print/Out, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Painting Now, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland

2012

Group Shoe. Curated by Joe Bradley
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York

2010

Nature. Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin
The Visible Vagina. David Nolan, New York
Your History is not Our History. Haunch of Venison, New York
Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Pastorale. Curated by Klaus Kertess, 80WSE, New York University

2009

Jr. and Son’s. Zach Feuer Gallery, New York
Collection: MOCA’s First Thirty Years. Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
15 th Anniversary Inaugural Exhibition. Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
Small Packages. The Art Production Fund Lab, New York
Listen Darling… The World is Yours. Ellipse Foundation, Alcoitão

2008

From nature. Carolina Nitsch Project Room, New York
Red Wind. Blum & Poe, Los Angeles

2006

XXL: Size Matters. Hudson Vallery Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York
Couples Discourse. Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, Pennsylvania
Group Show. Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York
Counterparts: Contemporary Painters and their Influences. CAC Virginia, Virginia Beach

2005

Remote Viewing. The Whitney Museum of American Art

2004

Fabulism. Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha
SITE Santa Fe Biennial

2003

Funny Papers. Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
We Love Painting. Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
160 Meisterzeichnungen. Oldenburger Kunsteverein, Germany

2002

Metro Pictures, New York
Bildmis und Figur. Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich

2001

Some Options in Abstractions. Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Pop & Post Pop (On Paper). Texas Gallery, Houston
Locating Drawing. Lawing Gallery, Houston
American Art. Galerie Rudolfinum, The Center for Contemporary Art, Prague

2000

End Papers. Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
Superorganic, Hydroponic Warfare: Carroll Dunham, David Dupuis, Alexander Ross. Derek Eller Gallery, New York
Art in America 2000. US Department of Art in Embassies Program, Washington, DC
Land & Houses, Two Sequences of Drawings. Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York
The Figure: Another Side of Modernism. Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, New York
00. Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
The Figure in the Landscape. Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York
Open Ends. Museum of Modern Art, New York
Olav Chr. Jensen, Sarah Morris, Carroll Dunham. Atle Gerhardsen Gallery, Berlin

1999

Drawn By… Metro Pictures, New York
Gorney, Bravin + Lee, New York
Art at Work: Forty Years of the Chase Manhattan Collection. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
American Century, Part II. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York <> Foskick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY
Examining Pictures. Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

1998

Young Americans 2: New Art in the Saatchi Collection. The Saatchi Gallery, London
Exterminating Angel. Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris
Pop Surrealism. Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Codex USA: Works on Paper by Ameican Artists. Entwistle, London
Now and Forever Part 1. Pat Hearn Gallery and Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
The New Surrealism. Pamela Auchincloss, New York
Art and the American Experience. Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, MO

1997

Now on View. Metro Pictures, New
Painting Project. Basillico Fine Arts and Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York
Abstract Painting. Carrie Hadad Gallery, Hudson, NY

1996

The Carpenter Center for Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
How the Chicken Crossed the Road. Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Nuevas Abstracciones. Museo Nacional Centro de Reina Sofia, Madrid

1995

The Whitney Biennial, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
New York Abstract. Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
Carroll Dunham, Lari Pittman. Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York
Contemporary Drawing: Exploring the Territory. The Aspen Art Museum, CO
Under Glass. Charles Cowles Gallery, New York

1994

Collectively Speaking: A Sampling of Private Collections. The Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, CA
What’s wrong with this Picture? Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Inc., Chicago
In the Spirit of Things. Stux Gallery, New York
Dysfunction. Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York
Summer Group Show. Baumgartner Galeries Inc., Washington, DC
Deadpan. The Work Space at Dolgenos Newman & Cronin, New York
Sonnabend Gallery, New York

1993

Projects. Betsey Senior Contemporary Prints, New York
What’s wrong with this Picture? Postmasters, New York
A Series of Anniversary Exhibitions: Part II. Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Group Show. Postmasters, New York
Extravagant: The Economy of Elegance. Russisches Kulturzentrum, Berlin
Drawings: 30 th Anniversary Exhibition. Leo Castelli Gallery, New York

1992

American Art of the ’80s. Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporani di Trento e Rovereto, Trento, Italy
Carroll Dunham + Nicola De Maria. Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston
Works on Paper. David Nolan Gallery, New York
Carroll Dunham and Mel Kendrick: A Selection a Recent Work. Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
Drawn in the ’90s. Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
Illinworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta Gallery of Art, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
Emerging New York Artists. Fine Arts Building, College of Fine Arts, Omaha, NE

1991

Carroll Dunham, Mike Kelley, Cindy Sherman. Metro Pictures, New York
Mel Bochner, Carroll Dunham, Barry Le Va. Galerie Faust, Geneva
Whitney Biennial. The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Paintings and Drawings. Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Fall & Winter: 1991–1992. Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Ralph Humphrey, Matthew Weinstein, and Carroll Dunham. Perry Rubinstein, New York

1990

With the Grain: Contemporary Panel Paintings. The Whitney Museum of American Art, Fairfield County, Stamford, CT; Whitney Museum of American Art at Phillip Morris, New York
Amerikanische Zeichnungen inden achtziger Jahren. Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Museum Morsbriosh, Leverkusen, Vienna
Galerie Faust, Geneva
Carroll Dunham and Terry Winters. Gallery Mukai, Tokyo
Waterworks. ULAE, New York
The Last Decade: American Artists of the ’80s. Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
Organic Abstraction. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO

1989

Horn of Plenty. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Flanders Contemporary Art, Minneapolis
Wiener Diwan: Sigmund Freud-heute. Museum des 20, Jahrunderts, Vienna
A Decade of American Drawing: 1980–1989. Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
First Impressions: Early Prints by Forty-Six Contemporary Artists. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
New Works by Gallery Artists. Sonnabend Gallery, New York
ULAE Prints. Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich

1988

NY Art Now: Part II. Saatchi Collection, London
Group Show: Carroll Dunham, Kenji Fujita, Peter Nadin, Laurie Simmons, Meyer Vaisman. Jablonka Galerie, Cologne
Vital Signs: Organic Abstraction from the Permanent Collection. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Altered States. Kent Fine Arts, New York
Scott Hanson Gallery, New York
Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston
Amerikanische Druckgraphik: Recent American Prints. Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich

1987

Drawing Acquisitions. Museum of Modern Art, New York
Schizophrenia. Josh Baer Gallery, New York
Coleccion Sonnabend. Centro de Art Reina Sofia, Madrid; CAPC, Centre d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, France, (catalogue); Art Köln, Cologne, West Germany; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, West Germany, Galleria Nazionale D’Arte Moderna, Rome; Museo D’ Arte Moderna e Contemporani, Trento; Musée Rath, Geneva; Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo; The Miyagi Museum of Art, The Fukuyama Museum, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

1986

Paintings & Sculpture: Recent Acquisitions. Museum of Modern Art, New York
Private and Public: American Prints Today. Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York
Intuitive Line. Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York
Paravision. Margo Leavin Gallery, curated by Collins and Millazzo, Los Angeles
Art on Paper. (22 nd Annual Exhibition), Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Reading, PA
Drawing: Carroll Dunham, John Newman, Terry Winters. Jeffrey Hoffeld & Co., New York

1985

Painting as Landscape. Parrish Art Museum, Southhampton, NY; Baxter Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Currents: Carroll Dunham. Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
International with Monument, New York
BAM Benefit. Mary Boone Gallery, New York
Whitney Biennial. The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Real Surreal. Lorence Monk Gallery, New York

1984

Brilliant Color. Baskerville & Watson, New York
Wedge Magazine Benefit Exhibition. Nature Morte Gallery, New York
Inner Vision: Drawing. Barbara Krakow, Boston
Drawing Show. Barbara Toll Gallery, New York
Summer International. Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Figure in Paint. Cable Gallery New York
New York I Dag. Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
10 Year Anniversary Exhibition. Artists Space, New York

1983

Nine Painters. Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
Carroll Dunham & Terry Winters. Jan Bernier Gallery, Athens, Greece
Tradition, Transition, New Vision. Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
New Biomorphism and Automatism. Patricia Hamilton Gallery, New York

1981

Four Painters. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
New Talent, New York. New Gallery, Cleveland; Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

1980

Watercolors. Institute for Art & Urban Resources / P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY

1979

Selector’s Choice. Baltimore Museum of Art

1979

Lineup. The Drawing Center, New York
Young American Artists. Schema Gallery, Florence