Works
CV
Born 1949, New Haven, Connecticut
Lives and works in New York
Education
Attended Trinity College, Harford, Connecticut
2004, Skowhegan Medal for Distinction in Painting
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008
Carroll Dunham, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover
2007
Carroll Dunham Paintings, Barbara Gladstone, New York
2006
In red space, White Cube, London
MGM, Oslo
Small Drawings 1991-2005, Drammens Museum, Drammen
Carroll Dunham, Fred Jahn Studio, Munich
2005
Dead Space, c/o Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Carroll Dunham. A Survey of Drawings 1984-2004, Galerie Judin, Zürich / Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York
2004
Prints, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Composite Images: Paintings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York
He, She and It, Gladstone Gallery, New York
2002
White Cube, London
Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO
Meso-kingdom, The Search for Orgone, c/o - Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin, D
The Paintings of Carroll Dunham, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
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
Carroll Dunham, New Paintings, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
Carroll Dunham: Recent Prints and Related Works, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
2000
c/o - Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo
N.e.g., Milan, Italy
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
Pink Planets, c/o - Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo
1997
Metro Pictures, New York, NY
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
Recent Drawings, Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York
Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
1995
Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Carroll Dunham: Selected Paintings 1990-95, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (cat.)
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 (cat.)
Carroll Dunham: Selected Paintings and Prints, Wiedner Gallery, Trinity College,
Hartford, CT
1991
Carroll Dunham: Drawings, Gallery Mukai, Tokyo (cat.)
Galerie Jahn und Fusban, Munich
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1990
Sonnabend Gallery, New York
1989
Jablonka Galerie, Cologne (cat.)
Sonnabend Gallery, New York
1988
Selected Drawings, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Elkins Park, PA
Carroll Dunham: Drawings 1982-1983, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich (cat.)
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, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007
Contemporary Painters and Their Influences, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach
2006
Ele-Mental, Nolan / Eckman Gallery, New York
Remote Viewing: Invented Worlds in Recent Painting and Drawing, cur. by Elisabeth Sussman, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis (cat.)
Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York
2005
Remote Viewing: Invented Worlds in Recent Painting and Drawing, cur. by Elisabeth Sussman, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (June 2 – October 9) (cat.)
2004
Art, Artists, and the Addison, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover
Arbeiten auf Papier, Sprüth Magers Projekte, München
Fabulism, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, curated by Klaus Kertess
Is One Thing Better Than Another?, Galerie Aurel Scheibler, Berlin
Visions of America, Sammlung Essl – Kunsthaus, Klosterneuburg (cat.)
Tear down this wall: Painting from the 1980s, MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles
SITE – Santa Fe´s Fifth International Biennial, International Biennial Exhibition Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe
2003
The Human Figure, Nolan / Eckman Gallery, New York
Sommerausstellung 2003 – 20 zeitgenössische Künstler, white8 Galerie Dagmar Alchholzer, Villach
Drawings, Metro Pictures Gallery, New York
Funny Papers, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
We Love Painting, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
160 Meisterzeichnungen, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Germany
2002
Metro Pictures, New York
c/o - Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin, D
Bildnis und Figur, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
Under Pressure - Prints from Two Palms Press, The University Gallery – Amherst, Amherst
Urgent Painting, Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris (cat.)
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 (catalogue)
Olav Chr. Jenssen - Sarah Morris - Carroll Dunham, c/o - Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin, D
2000
Arbeiten auf Papier, Michael Hasenclever, München
End Papers, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY (catalogue)
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
Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York
Selected Prints V, Brooke Alexander Editions, New York
1999
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 (catalogue)
Nolan / Eckman Gallery, New York
Drawing into Paint, Foskick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY
Drawn by…, Metro Pictures, New York
Gorney, Bravin + Lee, New York
Examining Pictures, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (catalogue)
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 (catalogue)
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 York
Painting Project, Basillico Fine Arts and Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York (cat.)
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; Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany; Museu d’Art Contemporani, Barcelona: Sandra Gehring, New York
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 Excellence, Russisches Kulturzentrum, Berlin
Drawings: 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Merce Cunningham Dance Company Benefit Art Sale, 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; Fine Art Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana; Illinworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta; College of Art, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL; Worcester, MS; Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire; University Art Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, California (cat.)
Emerging New York Artists, Fine Arts Building, College of Fine Arts, Omaha, NE
1991
Carroll Dunham, Mike Kelley, Cindy Sherman, Metro Pictures, New York
Sieben Amerikanische Maler, Bayerischen Staatgemaldesammlungen, Munich
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
The Thing, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York
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 in den achtziger Jahren, Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Museum Morsbriosh, Leverkusen, Vienna (catalogue)
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, Minnesota
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
Post-Abstract Abstraction, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Connecticut (cat.)
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 (22nd Annual Exhibition), Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Reading, PA
Drawing: Carroll Dunham, John Newman, Terry Winters, Jeffrey Hoffeld & Co., New York
Monumental Drawing: Works by 22 Contemporary Americans, The Brooklyn Museum, New York (cat.)
1985
Painting as Landscape, Parrish Art Museum, Southhampton, NY; Baxter Gallery, Pasadena, CA (curated by Klaus Kertess)
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, curated by Klaus Kertess, 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
1978
Lineup, The Drawing Center, New York
Young American Artists, Schema Gallery, Florence
Museum and Public Collections
Albertina Museum, Vienna
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Astrup Fearnley Museum for Modern Art, Oslo
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
Cleveland Center, Cleveland
Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt a. Main
Drammens Museum, Drammen
Fort Wayne Art Museum, Indiana
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Nordea Art Collection, Oslo
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
St. Louis Museum of Art, St. Louis, Missouri
Tate Gallery, London
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Whitney Museum of Art, New York