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 <
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