SAM DURANT

Born                     
Seattle, Washington 1961
 

Education                  
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, M.F.A.
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, B.F.A.

Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

One-Person Exhibitions

2011                                   
Propaganda of the Deed, Galleria Franco Soffiantino, Turin, Italy
Laissez Faire et Laissez Passer, Le Monde Va De Lui Même, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
Mirror Travels in Neoliberalism, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France

2010                 
Inquiring Eyes: Greensboro Collects Art, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
XIV International Sculpture Biennale of Carrara, Carrara, Italy. (curated by Fabio Cavallucci)
Larger than Life, Stranger than Fiction: 11th Fellbach Triennial of Small Scale Sculpture, Fellbach, Germany (curated by Ulrike Groos and Heike van den Valentyn)
History Never Ends, I Hate to Bother You, Sadie Coles, London, England
Dead Labor Day, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY

2009                                   
This is Freedom?, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA

2008                                   
Death Penalty, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France

2007                 
Scenes from the Pilgrim Story: Myths, Massacres and Monuments Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
Scenes from the Pilgrim Story: Natural History, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
Echoplex Joseph Beuys Ideas/Crash, Fat, Felt, Amerika, Politics, Recovery, Monument, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
Sadie Coles, London, England

2006                                   
Scenes from the Pilgrim Story: Goodbye Merry Mount, Galleria Emi Fontana, Milan, Italy
Scenes from the Pilgrim Story: Myth, Massacres and Monuments, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA (cat.)

2005                                   
Color Pictures, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
Presse Ne Pas Avaler, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
Proposal for White and Indian Dead Monuments Transposition, Washington D.C, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY (cat.)

2004                                   
Edward Said, The Suburban, Oak Park, IL
Involved, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
12 Signs: transposed and illuminated (with various indexes), Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium (cat.)
We Are All Outlaws in the Eyes of Amerika, Galleria Emi Fontana, Milan, Italy

2003                                   
We Are the People, Project Row House, Houston, TX
Walker Art Center Garden Project, Artist-in-Residence, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Union Projects, London, United Kingdom
Entropy in Reverse, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand (cat.)
The Wrong Gallery, New York, NY
Sam Durant, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany (cat.)

2002                 
Institute of Visual Arts, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Sam Durant, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (cat.)
Color Pictures, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
Sam Durant: 7 Signs; removed, cropped, enlarged and illuminated (plus index), Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT

2001
Knowledge, Dead Tree (part one), Galleria Emi Fontana, Milan, Italy
Consciousness Raising Historical Analysis, Pain plus Time Separated and Ordered with Emphasis on Reflection, Kunsthof Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

2000                                   
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Proposal for Monument in Friendship Park, Jacksonville, FLA, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA

1999                                   
Into the Black, Kapinos Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Altamont, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA

1998                                   
Ohio, (with Andrea Bowers), Dogenhaus Projekte/ Kapinos, Berlin, Germany

1997                                   
California Displacement Project: You Project is What You Get, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY
MDF, Particle Board, Projection, Confusion, Grid-Like Structuring, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA

1995                 
Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA  
Sam Durant, Roger Merians Gallery, New York, NY

1994                                   
Foodhouse, Santa Monica, CA

1992                 
Please Excuse Our Appearance..., Bliss Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Right Now, Richard Green Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Group Exhibitions

2012
Sweethearts: Artist Couples, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London
Collage, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Shake and Bake, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France

2011                 
Da Cartografia do Poder aos Itineráros do Saber, Museum of Science, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Mass Distraction & Cultural Decay, Mason Gross Galleries, Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ
I Am Still Alive: Politics and Everyday Life in Contemporary Drawing, Museum of Modern Art, NY
The Walls That Divide Us, Apexart, New York, NY
The Air We Breathe, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (exh. cat.)
Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Canada
Incidentes de viaje espejo en Yucatán y otros lugares (Incidents of Travel Mirroring the Yucatan and Elsewhere), Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico
The Object of Observation (Changes by Being Observed), Johnen Galerie, Berlin
The Workers, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA
Agitated Histories, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD; traveled to SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
The Artist’s Museum, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Inquiring Eyes: Greensboro Collects Art, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
The Workers: Contemporary Representations of Labor, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA (curated by Susan Cross and Carla Herrera-Prats)
The Narcissism of Minor Differences, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
To the Arts, Citizens!, Serralves Museu, Porto, Portugal
The Smithson Effect, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (curated by Jill Dawsey)

2010                 
The Artist’s Museum: L.A. Artists 1980-2010, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Inquiring Eyes: Greensboro Collects Art, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
XIV International Sculpture Biennale of Carrara, Carrara, Italy. (curated by Fabio Cavallucci)
11th Triennale für Kleinplastik (Triennial of small scale sculpture), Fellbach, Germany
Contemplating the Void, Guggenheim Museum, New York. Curated by Nancy Spector and David van der Leer (February 12-April 28, 2010)
First Nations / Second Nature, Audain Teaching Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. Curated by Candice Hopkins (February 5-April 2010)
Kurt, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA (May 13–September 6, 2010)
XIV International Sculpture Biennale of Carrara, Carrara, Italy. Curated by Fabio Cavallucci  (June-October 2010)
Larger than Life, Stranger than Fiction: 11th Fellbach Triennial of Small Scale Sculpture, Fellbach, Germany. Curated by Ulrike Groos and Heike van den Valentyn. (June 12-October 11, 2010)
Photography, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York.
Earthworks: Robert Smithson, Sam Durant, and Mary Brogger (co-organized by Michael Green and Diana Nawi), Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

2009                 
Collection: MOCA’s First 30 Years, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
Inaugural Group Exhibition, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles.
Commentary, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York.
1999, China Art Objects, Los Angeles.
Loaded, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Destroy Design, FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais, curated by Hilde Teerlinck (cat.)
Regift, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art, New York, curated by John Miller.
Rock – Paper – Scissors, Pop Music as a Material for Visual Art, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria.
The Old, Weird America, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA; Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA. Curated by Toby Camps (cat.)

2008                                   
Selective Knowledge, Institute for Contemporary Art and Thought, Athens, Greece
Zones of Conflict, Pratt Gallery, New York, NY (November 2008 – February 2009)
Ours: Democracy in the Age of Branding, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, organized by Parsons The New School for Design and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, New York, NY (October 15, 2008-February 1, 2009)
Crossroads: Interfaces between rock and contemporary art, Domus Artium Museum / Center of Contemporary Art of Salamanca, Spain
California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Orange County, CA (October 26, 2008 - March 15, 2009)
Index: Conceptualism in California from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA.
Proyecto civico / Civic Project, CECUT, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Mexico, (September 25, 2008 - February 2009) (curated by Lucia Sanromán and Ruth Estévez.)
8 Bienal de Arte de Panamá, 8th Panama Biennial, Panama (September 9 – October 21, 2008) (curated by Magali Arriola)
Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia (June 17 - September 7, 2008)
Close Encounters, American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC (September 13 - October 29, 2008)
Freedom, Stichting Den Haag Sculptuur, The Hague, Netherlands (June 6 – August 31, 2008)
Ohio, Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, curated by Brad Killam and Barb Wiesen
Peripheral vision and collective body, MUSEION, Bolzano, Italy (May 24 - September 21, 2008)
The Old, Weird America, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX (March 14 – May 11, 2008)
Since we last spoke about monuments, Stroom den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands, curated by Mihnea Mircan. (September 13 – November 9, 2008)
Jeremy Deller: Marlon Brando, Pocahontas, and Me, Aspen Art Museum. Aspen, Colorado (cat).
The Art of the Real, 10 Oud Vliegveld, OOstende, Belgium, organized by Bob Nickas.

2007
Been Up So Long It Looks Like Down To Me, Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Black Panther Rank and File, the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC, travels to the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Darling, take Fountain, Kalfayan Galleries, Athens, GREECE
Demolition, at Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna, Austria
Memorial to the Iraq War, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. (cat.)
MOCA Benefit Auction, Los Angeles, CA
Modelers and Makers: Works in Ceramic, Gladstone Gallery, New York 
Panic Room - Works from The Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation Centre For Contemporary Art, Athens Greece
Past Over, Steve Turner Contemporary, Beverly Hills, CA
Resistance is...,Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, NY 
Sculptors’ Drawings: Ideas, Studies, Sketches, Proposals, and More, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York,NY
Unmonumental, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
Words Fail Me, MoCAD, Detroit, Michigan, curated by Matthew Higgs

2006                                   
Black Panther Rank and File, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Busan Bienniale, Busan, Korea. (cat.)
Dark Places, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Draft Deceit, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Drawing and Drawn, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Norwalk, CA
Fallout, Cold War Culture, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
Good Vibrations Le arti visive e il Rock, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy
Monuments for the USA, White Columns, New York, NY (curated by Ralph Rugoff) (cat.)
Street Signs and Solar Ovens: Socialcraft in Los Angeles, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA

2005                 
Artists’ Books Re-Visited, Printed Matter, New York, NY.                                                                                          
Interstate, Nicole Klagsbrun, New York, NY (curated by Adam McEwen)           
Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists, University Art Museum, CAL State University Long Beach, Longbeach, CA (cat.)
Touch of Evil, Estacion Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
Think Blue, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
En/Of, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve, Germany (curated by Robert Meijer) (cat.)
Post No Bills, White Columns, New York, NY (curated by Matthew Higgs)
Faces in the Crowd -- Picturing Modern Life from Manet to Today, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
Echo/Anti Echo, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
Getting Emotional, ICA Boston, Boston, MA (cat.)
Moscow Biennale, former Lenin Museum, Moscow, Russia  (cat.)
Monuments for the USA, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, Logan Galleries, San Francisco, CA (cat.) 
Xiamen International Sculpture Exhibition 2005  
Outpost, Stephen D. Paine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
War is Over 1945-2005 La Libertà dell'arte, Galleria D’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo, Italy (cat.)

2004                       
Rear View Mirror, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, United Kingdom (cat.)
Communaute, Institut d’Art Contemporain Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
Raume, Hausler Contemporary, Munchen, Germany, curated by Martin Beck
100 Artists See God (2004-2006), organized and circulated by iCI (Independent Curators International), New York. Traveled to: The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA, March 7-June 27-2004; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA, July 31-October 3, 2004;  Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, November 19, 2004-January 9, 2005; Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, June 9-September 4, 2005; Albright College Freedman Art Gallery, Reading, PA, September 29-November 20, 2005; and Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN, February 4-April 16, 2006. (curated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston) (cat.)
Playlist, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France 
Through the Gates: Brown vs. the Board of Education, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA (cat.)
Baja to Vancouver, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA (cat.)
2004 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (cat.)
The Space of Writing, The Glassell School of Art of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Faces in the Crowd, Whitechapel, London, United Kingdom (travels to Castello di Rivoli d’ Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli, Italy in 2005)

2003                                   
Break it/Fix it, (with Monica Bonvicini), Secession, Vienna, Austria (cat.)
The Space of Writing, MKG Art Management, Houston, TX
Baja to Vancouver, Seattle Museum of Art, Seattle, WA (traveling) (cat.)
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
Dreams and Conflicts: The Viewer’s Dictatorship: Delays and Revolutions, The 50th International Exhibition of Visual Arts of the Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy (curated by Francesci Bonami and Daniel Birnbaum)
Somewhere Better Than This Place: Alternative Social Experience in the Spaces of Contemporary Art, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH (cat.)            

2002                                   
Rent-a-bench, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Jacob Fabricius) (cat.)
A Country Lane: Sam Durant, Tobias Hauser, Richard Hoeck, John Miller, Kerstin Engholm Galerie, Vienna, Austria
Air Guitar: Art Reconsidering Rock Music, Milton Keynes Gallery, United Kingdom (curated by Emma Mahony) (travels to Cornerhouse, Manchester Angel Row, Nottingham/Tullie House, Carlise, United Kingdom)
From the Observatory, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Robert Nickas) (cat.)
Artists Imagine Architecture, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA (cat.)
Out of Place: Contemporary Art and the Architectural Uncanny, The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL (traveled to the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida) (cat.)
Prophets of Boom: Werke aus der Sammlung Schurmann, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Switzerland (cat.)
Rock My World, CCAC, San Francisco, CA (curated by Ralph Rugoff) (cat.)
Concepts on Nature, Hausler Contemporary, Munich, Germany
The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum, Works on Paper, Los Angeles, CA

2001                 
9th Biennial of Moving Images, Center for Contemporary Images, Saint-Gervais, Geneva, Switzerland (cat.)
In Between: Art & Architecture, MAK Center for Art & Architecture, Los Angeles, CA (cat.)Playing Amongst the Ruins, Royal College of Art Galleries, London, United Kingdom (cat.)
You Don’t Have to Have Cows to be a Cowboy, Galerie Parkhaus, Berlin, Germany
Superman in Bed, Kunst der Gegenwart und Fotografie Sammlung Schurmann, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany
New Settlements, Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
Recent Acquisitions Featuring the Norton Gift, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
R. M. S., Pestorius Sweeney House, Brisbane, Australia
Record All-Over, Mamco, Geneva, Switzerland
Extra Art: A Survey of Artists’ Ephemera 1960-1999, CCAC Institute, San Francisco, CA (curated by Steven Leiber) (cat.)                 
Take Two/Reprise, The Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada (cat.)
Hemorrhaging of States, TENT, Rotterdam, Netherlands (cat.)

2000                 
All Things, Everything True, CRG, New York, NY (curated by Jessica Bronson)
ForwArt, L’Espace Cultural BBL, Brussels, Belgium (curated by Paul Schimmel) (cat.)
D, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Robert Nickas)
00: Drawings 2000, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY (cat.)
LAEX, Ileana Tounta, Athens, Greece                              

1999                 
What Your Children Should Know About Conceptualism, Neueraachenerkunst- verein, Aachen, Germany (cat.)
i me mine, Luckman Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA  (curated by Julie Joyce and Mike Mehring)                  
Matthew Antezzo, Sam Durant, Dave Muller, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
The Living Theatre, Salzburger Kunstverein, Germany (curated by Diana Thater) (cat.)
Other Narratives: Fifteen Years, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX (curated by Dana Friis-Hansen) (cat.)
1999 COLA Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (cat.)
Making History, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, NY
The Perfect Life, Artifice in L.A.1999, Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC (cat.)
Conceptual Art as Neurobiological Praxis, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY (curated by Warren Neidich)  
Proliferation, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Russell Ferguson)

1998                                   
Obviously 5 Believers, Action: Space, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Brian Olson)
L.A. or Lilliput?, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA (curated by Michael Darling) (cat.)
Angels Gate 8.16.98 dusk, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
Summary, Galerie Hoffman & Senn, Vienna, Austria
Fantastic Matter of Fact: L.A. On Paper 2, Galerie Krinzinger, Wien, Austria
Trash, Barnsdall Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
Slipstream, Center for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Urban Romantics, Lombard Freid, New York, NY
Entropy at Home, Ludwig Museum, Aachen, Germany (curated by Wilhelm Schurmann) (cat.)
Architecture & Inside, Paul Morris Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Kenneth L. Freed)
Family Viewing, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA  (curated by Russell Ferguson)

1997                                    
Chill, University of California Irvine, The Art Gallery, Irvine, CA (curated by Brad Spence)
Sam Durant & Anne Walsh, Four Walls, San Francisco, CA
Quartzose: 20 Los Angeles Artists, Galleri Tommy Lund, Odense, Denmark (curated by Michael Darling)
Blind Date, Ellen Birrell Studio, Los Angeles, CA, (curated by Steven Hull)
Scene of the Crime, Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Ralph Rugoff) (cat.)
Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles, Three Day Weekend, Malmø, Sweden (curated by Dave Muller) (travels to Jason & Rhodes, London, England & Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA)
Summer of Love, Fotouhi Cramer Gallery, New York, NY
Places that are elsewhere, David Zwirner, New York, NY (curated by Diana  Thater)
Next, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
Elusive Paradise: Los Angeles Art From the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

1996                                   
TRUE.BLISS., Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA (cat.)
The Power of Suggestion: Narrative and Notation in Contemporary Drawing, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Cornelia H. Butler) (cat.)
Open House, (with Andrea Bowers) Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Art and Design, Pasadena, CA (organized by John O’Brien) (cat.)
a/drift: Scenes from the Penetrable Culture, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, NY (curated by Joshua Decter) (cat.)
Just Past: The Contemporary in the Permanent Collection, 1975 - 96, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Ann Goldstein)                 
The Palace of Good Luck, Burnett Miller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
All Work - No Play, Acme, Santa Monica, CA
Modsquad, Spanish Box, Santa Barbara, CA
Real Goods, Manhattan Village Shopping Center, Manhattan Beach, CA

1995                 
Couldn’t Get Ahead, Independent Art Space, London, United Kingdom (cat.)
The Friendly Village, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI

1994                                    
Gone, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
Constructed Views, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA
Thanks, Three-Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA  
Thanks Again FOODHOUSE, Santa Monica, CA
The Game Show, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Le Temps d’un Dessin, Galerie de L’Ecole des Beaux Arts de Lorient, Paris, France
Utter Realities, Cerritos College, Cerritos, CA

1993                 
Germinal Notations, FOODHOUSE, Santa Monica, CA
Loose Slots, Temporary Contemporary Las Vegas, NV (organized by Richard Kuhlenschmidt)
Newport Harbor Biennial, Newport Beach Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA (cat.)
Heaven Missing, Jose Freire Gallery, New York, NY
Melancholic Consolation and Cynicism, Kunstlerhaus Bethanian, Berlin, Germany and Ruth Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
FOODHOUSE visits the Art Store, West Los Angeles, CA (organized by Randy Sommer)
Thank You, FOODHOUSE, Santa Monica, CA                                  

1992                                   
FAR Bazaar, Foundation for Art Resources, Federal Reserve Building, Los Angeles, CA (with Michael Coughlin, Kent Young and Andrea Bowers)
Good Design, Nomadic Site, Pasadena, CA
Afterthought, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

1991                                   
Window on LA, LA Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA, (organized by David Pagel)
4 Person Show, Parker Zanic Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Absentbury Show, Bliss Annex, Pasadena, CA (organized by Kent Riddle and Adam Ross)
Art Center, Pasadena, CA (organized by Pae White and Jennifer Steinkamp)
 

Bibliography

2012
DiQuinzio, Apsara, ed. The Air We Breathe: Artists and Poets Reflect on Marriage Equality. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2011, 16, 93-95. Texts by Eileen Myles, Martha C. Nussbaum, and Frank Rich.
Durant, Sam and Luis Camnitzer. “The Church of Ethical Cynicism.” Mousse, no. 32 (2012), 198-203.

2011                 
Mörtenböck, Peter and Helge Mooshammer, eds. Space (Re)Solutions: Intervention and Research in Visual Culture. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, 2011, 43-50.
Collection Vanmoerkerke. Brussels: Rispoli Books, 2011, 54-55.
Klanten, Robert, Matthias Hübner, Alain Bieber, Pedro Alonzo, and Gregor Jansen, eds. Art & Agenda: Political Art and Activism. Berlin: Gestalten, 2011, 268-271.
Nisbet, Peter. Carolina Collects: 150 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art from Alumni Collections. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Ackland Art Museum, 2011, 174-175.
Petry, Michael. The Art of Not Making: The New Artist/Artisan Relationship. London: Thames & Hudson, 2011, 178-179.
“Sam Durant: Porcelain Chairs.” O.K. Periodicals, no. 6 (2011): 74-75.

2010                 
Decter, Jushua. "Sam Durant Paula Cooper Gallery." Artforum. Summer 2010; p. 349-350                
Durant, Sam. Hans Haacke: The Power that Artists Have, Flash Art, January-February, 2010; p. 50-54

2009                 
Beradini, Andrew, 2008 California Biennial, Frieze, March 2009, p.150-151
Davies, Lillian. Stratégies Imparfaites, Roven, April 2009, p.14-21.
Knight, Christopher. It’s freedom, or something like it. Los Angeles Times, April 17, 2009, p. D14
Mizota, Sharon. Sam Durant: This is Freedom? At Blum&Poe, Art on Paper, September-October 2009, p.104-105.
Sorkin, Jenni, Ours, Frieze, (March 2009): 162-163.

2008                 
Anderson, Virginia Billeaud, ‘Old, Weird America’ explores American folklore, Houston Weekly, May 20, 2008
Biennale ‘controversial’, Australia World News, June 18, 2008
Duncan, Michael, “The Spectacular Wrath of Saul: Peter Saul’s History Paintings,” Peter Saul, 2008, p.59 [cat.]
Exhibit set to spark controversy, The West Australian, June 17, 2008
Gajkowski-Hill, Sarah, Visual Art Review: Old Weird America, Arts Houston, June 2008, p.44-45
Gardner, Anthony, Preview: Biennale of Sydney, Artforum, May 2008
Grabner, Michelle. Makers and Modelers: Works in Ceramic. X-tra, Spring 2008, p.54-57
Jasper, Adam, More Than Spin: Sydney Biennale, ArtReview, June 2008, p.38
Jinman, Richard, Controversy hangs around Biennale poster, Sydney Morning Herald, June 24, 2008
Klaasmeyer Kelly, How Bizarre: A CAMH exhibition unearths this country’s strangeness, Houston Press, June 26 – July 2, 2008.
Knight, Christopher, Don’t take it lying down, The Los Angeles Times, November 5, 2008, p.E1, E6
McKinnion, Kelsey. Culver City: Fresh Paint, C Magazine, April 2008, p. 28
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Sonnenborn, Katie, Makers and Modellers, Frieze, March 2008, p.182
Vogel, Carol, Inside Art: Finalists Named For Huge Boss Prize, New York Times, January 4, 2008
Webel, Scott, The Old, Weird America, Fluent~Collaborative, June 13, 2008
Wolin, Joseph R., Reviews: Unmonumental, Modern Painters, May 2008, p.88-89
Vogel, Carol, Palenstinian-American Wins Hugo Boss Prize, New York Times, November 14, 2008, p.C24

2007                  
Bogle, Allie. Sam Durant, Artillery, May 2007; P33
Bombelli, Ilaria, Sam Durant, Flash Art, n. 262, February-March 2007, pg. 110.
Burnham, Clint. Sam Durant. Akimbo AKIMBLOG, March 29, 2007
Castelli, Stefano,Sam Durant, Exibart.com, January 18, 2007
Darwent, Charles. Reviews: Makers and Modelers: Works in Ceramic, Crafts Magazine, November/December 2007, p.68
Dersken, Jeff. The Poetics of Bad History, Vancouver: CJ Press, 2007.
Dykk, Lloyd. A not-so-hokey look at the dark side of the Pilgrims. The Vancouver Sun, Friday, March 30, 2007.
Falconer, Morgan, Sam Durant, Time Out New York, April 19-25: pg 72
Gaines, Malik. Sam Durant: Shaping History. Art Review, February 2007/Issue 08, pg. 50-57.
Grayson, Kathy, ed. Panic Room: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Works on Paper Collection. July 2007. p.34, index [cat.]
Hanks, Robert. The Art of War: Bringing the Dead Home, The Independent, April 27, 2007, pg 2-4.
Harvey, Nicola, Reviews: Sam Durant, Frieze, November 2007
Keough, Jeffrey, Curator’s Foreword, Sam Durant: Scenes from the Pilgrim Story: Myths, Massacres and Monuments. Boston, MA: Massachusetts College of Art, 2007, pg 7-9 (cat).
Ketchum-Heap of Birds, Shanna. On Legitimizing the Body Politic: America’s Founding Myth Reconsidered, Sam Durant: Scenes from the Pilgrim Story: Myths, Massacres and Monuments. Boston: Massachusetts College of Art, 2007, pg 12-25 (cat).
Laurence, Robin, Been Up So Long It Looks Like Down To Me, Straight.com, September 9, 2007
Lindey, Christine. Iraq War: A vital theme, Morning Star, June 4, 2007.
Melrod, George, Plymouth Crock, Art Ltd., July 2007, p.24-31
Memorial to the Iraq War, Metro London, May 24, 2007.
Pagel, David. Exposing myths of the Pilgrims. Los Angeles Times, Friday, March 16, 2007.
Sam Durant. The New Yorker, April 30, 2007, pg 8.
Smith, Roberta. In Galleries, A Nervy Opening Volley, New York Times, November 30, 2007, p.B33, B4
Sonnenborn, Katie. Makers and Modellers, Frieze, March 2008, p.182

2006                 
Casavecchia, Barbara, Manichini e installazioni rovesciano I miti made in Usa, La Repubblica, November 25, 2006, pg. X.
Curcio, Seth, Sam Durant, Daily Serving, November 22, 2006
Delux, Bertrand, Sam Durant, 02, December 2006, pg. 62.
Johnson, Ken. He Reconstructs Dioramas to Deconstruct Historical Myths. Boston Globe, Living Arts, Wednesday, November 22, 2006.
Johnson, Ken. Notes from the Wunderground, and more. Boston Sunday Globe, Arts & Entertainment, Sunday, December 31, 2006.
Kurtz, Katie. Black Panther Rank and File. Art Papers, July / August 2006, pg. 46-47.
Morgan, Margaret. Regarding Beauty, A Companion to Contemporary Art since 1945, edited by Amelia Jones. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA, 2006. (cat.)
Park, Manu, ed. and the Busan Biennale Organizing Committee, Sam Durant. Contemporary Art Exhibition, Busan Biennale 2006,  Tale of Two Cities: Busan-Seoul / Seoul-Busan, Artbooks Publishing Corp., Korea, pg. 84-85. (cat.)
Travaglini, Cristina, Sam Durant, Mousse, n. 5, December 2006, pg. 6-9.

2005                                   
Casadio, Mariuccia. Sunset Rising, Vogue (Italia), January 2005, Pg. 370-376
Casadio, Mariuccia. Artists On Art In 2005 (Sam Durant-Dee Williams), Vogue (Italia), February 2005, P. 342                 
Coles, Alex.  Design Art, Tate Publishing, London, 2005, pg. 116-117
Gaines, Malik. Sam Durant, Moscow Biennial of Contemporary Art: Dialectics of Hope, Moscow: ArtChronika, 2005,  pg 106-109 (cat.).
Honour, Hugh and John Fleming, A World History of Art.  7th Ed.  London: Laurence King, 2005, pg. 903
Johnson, Ken.  Reviews: Sam Durant.  The New York Times, October 28, 2005, pg. B28
Kline, Christina. Reviews: Sam Durant, Art Papers, January/February 2005, pg 54.
Kraus, Chris (ed.) et al.  Sam Durant.  LA Artland, Black Dog Publishing, London 2005, pg. 170-171
Laubard, Charlotte.  Dossier Alterminimal.  02 Revue D'Art.  No. 34, 2005, pg. 22
McFadden, Jane.  Los Angeles: Then and Now, Here and There.  LA Artland, Black Dog Publishing, London 2005.  pg. 40-57                 
Outpost, Stephen D. Paine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA (cat.)
Pagel, David.  A lens and a mirror.  Los Angeles Times, September 7, 2005, pg E3.
Saltz, Jerry.  Blood Monument.  The Village Voice, October 19-25, 2005, pg 76.
Schwendener, Martha.  Reviews: Sam Durant.  Time Out New York, October 20-26, 2005, pg 71.
Scott, Andrea. Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing, London: Phaidon, 2005,  pg 86-89.
Unsigned.  Goings On About Town: Sam Durant.  The New Yorker, October 24, 2005, pg. 20
Wagner, Alex.  Re-Visionist: Sam Durant's American History, Fader, July/August 2005,pg. 50

2004                   
Baldessari, John and Meg Cranston. 100 Artists See God, Independent Curators International, New York, p.17 (cat.)
Bourriaud, Nicolas. Playlist, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, February 2004, p. 48
Burke, Greg. Entropy in Reverse, Sam Durant: Entropy in Reverse. New Plymouth, New Zealand: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, 2004, pg 5-6 (cat).
Higgs, Matthew. Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists, CCA Wattis Institute, Independent Curators International, February 2004, p. 45 (cat.)
Carter, Holland. Art; Duck! It’s Whitney Biennial Season Again, The New York Times, March 7, 2004, p. AR 29
Dambrot, Shana Nys. Sam Durant at Blum & Poe, Artweek, December 2004/January 2005, pg. 17-18
Danto, Arthur. The Kids Are Alright, The Nation, May 17, 2004, pg. 32-36
Diez, Renato. Alla Bienale del Whitney: Torna la Pittura, Arte, April 2004, pg.104-111
Doroshenko, Peter. Interview with Sam Durant, Sam Durant: 12 Signs, Transposed and Illuminated (with various indexes). Ghent, Belgium: S.M.A.K. (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst), 2004, pg 64-68 (cat.).
Fisher, Elizabeth and Michael Harrison. Rear View Mirror, Cambridge, United Kingdom: Kettle’s Yard University of Cambridge, pg 3-8 & cover (cat.).
Flatley, Jonathan. The Agency of Letters, Afterall, Issue 10, pg. 92-98
Foster, Hal. An Archival Impulse, October, vol 110, Fall 2004, pg 3-22.
Herrmann, Matthias. Monica Bonvicini/Sam Durant, Camera Austria, 86/2004, pg. 29-39
Higa, Karin. Interested In Signs: Sam Durant In Conversation, Wrong Times, Summer 2004, p. 8
Higgs, Matthew. Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists, New York: Independent Curators International and CCA Wattis Institute, February 2004, pg 45 (cat.).
Kimmelman, Michael. Touching All Bases At the Biennial, The New York Times, March 12, 2004, pg. B25, B36
Knight, Christopher. Binary days at the Biennial, Los Angeles Times, April 11, 2004, p. E43
Knight, Christopher. Coastal Confluence, Los Angeles Times, February 1, 2004, pg. E41, E48, E49
Leclere, Mary. Speaking of Others, Afterall, Issue 10, pg. 82-91
Leclere, Mary. The Time of the Now, Sam Durant: 12 Signs, Transposed and Illuminated (with various indexes). Ghent, Belgium: S.M.A.K. (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst), 2004, pg 50-62 (cat.)
Martín, Patricia. Edén, Ghent, Belgium: Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, N.V., April 2004, pg 121 (cat.).
Pagel, David. Solidarity in rock throwing, Los Angeles Times, September 24, 2004, pg. E28-E29         
Plath, Nils. Rewinding Histories, Artful Disassembling: views of works by Sam Durant,
Sam Durant: Entropy in Reverse. New Plymouth, New Zealand: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, 2004, pg 9-25 (cat).
Probst, Ursula Maria. Break It/ Fix It, Derive, 15/2004, p. 27
Smith, Roberta. Emerging Talent, And Plenty of It, The New York Times, March 12, 2004, pg. B25, B30
Studio, Israeli Art Magazine, May/June 2004, pg.12-17
Tumlir, Jan. Review: Sam Durant, Artforum, December 2004, p. 202
What the world needs now…Art and Politics: 22 artists respond, frieze, November/December 2004, pg. 76-89
Wilshire, Mark. Review: Rear View Mirror, Art Monthly, November 2004, pg. 281

2003                 
Art Review, July/August 2003, p. 47                 
Berwick, Carly. Sam Durant, Vogue Hommes International, Spring/Summer 2003, pg. 150-151
Collins, Thom. Sam Durant, Somewhere Better Than This Place, Cincinnati, Ohio: Contemporary Arts Center, 2003, pg 114-115 (cat.).
Deller, Jeremy. Strange Fruit, Dazed and Confused, October 2003, Vol. 2, Issue 6, pg 140-147.                                    
Fox, Dan. Like a rolling stone, Frieze, April 2003, pg. 70-73
Gaines, Malik. Sam Durant, Tema Celeste, February 2003, pg. 64-69
Higgs, Matthew. Sam Durant, Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast and Contemporary Art, San Francisco: CCA Wattis Institute, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Seattle Art Museum, and Vancouver Art Gallery, 2003, pg 48-49 (cat.).
Hofleitner, Von Johanna. Den Raum buchstablich zerlegen, Die Presse, November 29-30, 2003
Joselit, David. Sam Durant at Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles,
Artforum, January 2003, pg. 130-132
Mittringer, Markus. Sprache und Architektur in ratlosem Gegenuber, Der Standard, November 28, 2003, p. 26
Rattemeyer, Christian. Die Neue Referenzklasse Sam Durant in Los Angeles und Dusseldorf, Texte Zur Kunst, June 2003, pg. 209-214 

2002                                   
Baume, Nicholas. Sam Durant: Following the Signs, Sam Durant/Matrix 147: 7 Signs; removed, cropped, enlarged and illuminated (plus index), Wadsworth                   Atheneum, Hartford, CT (exhibition brochure)
Darling, Michael. Sam Durant’s Riddling Zones, Sam Durant, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles/Hatje Cantz Publishers, October 2002, pg. 11-53 (cat.)
Greenlee, Gina. Like, Man, What is This Sign Trying to Tell Me?, The Hartford Courant, July 16, 2002, p. A9
Harvey, Doug. Sam & Dave: The Politics of Mixology, LA Weekly, October 18-24, 2002, pg. 32-33
Kerr, Merrily. From the Observatory at Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, Flash Art, May/June 2002, p. 82
Kersting, Rita. Interview With Sam Durant, Sam Durant, The Museum of Conte- mporary Art, Los Angeles/Hatje Cantz Publishers, October 2002, pg. 57-79 (cat.)
Knight, Christopher. In a Distinctly American Groove, Los Angeles Times, November 2, 2002, pg. E1, E10, E11
Mahony, Emma. Anyone can play guitar, Air Guitar: Art Reconsidering Rock Music, Milton Keynes Gallery, Central Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, pg. 7-11
Molon, Dominic. Deceptive Spaces, Dysfunctional Places, Out of Place: Contemporary Art and the Architectural Uncanny, The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, June 2002, pg. 9
Morgan, Jessica. Artists Imagine Architecture Essay, Artists Imagine Architecture, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, 2002, pg. 4-46 (cat.)
Nickas, Bob. Preview Fall 2002: Sam Durant at The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Artforum, September 2002, pg. 72-73
Rosoff, Patricia. Sign Language, The Hartford Advocate, July 25, 2002, p. 21
Schürmann, Wilhelm, Sam Durant: Re-cycled Upside-Down and Backward, Prophets of Boom: Werke aus der Sammlung Schürmann. Baden-Baden, Switzerland: Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Summer 2002, pg 70-81.
Young, Kevin. Cover Song, Sam Durant, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles/ Hatje Cantz Publishers, October 2002, pg. 83-109

2001                                   
Coles, Alex. Revisiting Robert Smithson in Ohio: Tacita Dean, Sam Durant and Renee Green, Parachute 104, Fall 2001, pg. 128-137
Comer, Stuart. Sam Durant Interviewed by Stuart Comer, Untitled, Spring 2001, pg. 7-9                 
Sam Durant at Emi Fontana, Flash Art, August-September 2001, pg. 97-98
Kern, Kristine. Kritisk kunst, Politiken, March 31, 2001
Pagel, David. Exhibition Accents a Modern Masterpiece, Los Angeles Times, March 24, 2001, p. F18

2000                                   
Campbell, Clayton. Sam Durant at Blum & Poe, Flash Art, January/February 2000, p. 118
Hettig, Frank-Alexander. Sam Durant, Metropolis M, June-July 2000, pg. 50-53                  
Ichihara, Kentaro. Sam Durant, Bijutsu Techo, March 2001, pg. 146-152
Meyer, James. Impure Thoughts: The Art of Sam Durant, Artforum, April 2000, pg. 112-117                 
Pagel, David. Durant’s Pretend Theme Park Sends History Rockin’, Rollin’, Los Angeles Times, November 3, 2000, p. F24
Relyea, Lane. Less a Review Than a Long Digression On Sam Durant’s Show At Blum & Poe, Xtra, Volume 3, Issue 2, pg. 8-10
Russell, John. The Proliferation of New Ways to Draw, The New York Times, August 18, 2000
Tumlir, Jan. Baldessari’s Urn:’90’s Art in Los Angeles, artext, November 2000 - January 2001, pg. 42-51
Schimmel, Paul.  Entropy Made Visable, ForwArt: a choice, Belgium: Cultural BBL. 2000, p 35-39.                                

1999                 
Bonik, Manuel. ‘Entropy at Home’, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Flash Art, March/April 1999, p. 44
Janssen, Gregor. Zum Sleep-In auf dem Holzschuppen, die tageszeitung, September/November 1999, pg. 72-73
Joyce, Julie. Sam Durant at Blum & Poe, Art issues, November/December 1999, p. 45
Knight, Christopher. Publicly Funded Artists Rise to Challenge, Los Angeles Times, June 4, 1999, p. F16
Labelle, Charles. Escape Trajectory, Mike Davis’s latest book, Ecology of Fear, envisions Los Angeles as a disaster-prone city of suspicion, World Art, Issue 20, pg. 40-45
Miles, Christopher. Sam Durant, Blum & Poe, Artforum, November 1999, p. 148
Pagel, David. Sam Durant Takes a Look Back(ward) at Social History, Los Angeles Times, September 24, 1999, p. F26                 
Romer, Stefan. What Your Children Should Know About Conceptualism, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Kunstforum, December/January 1999-2000, p. 348
Schollhammer, Georg. A Living Theater, Springerin, September/November 1999, pg. 72-73 

1998                 
Auerbach, Lisa Anne. ‘Trash’ at L.A. Municipal Art Gallery, LA Weekly, April 3-9, 1998, p. 55
Baltin, Brian. Small is Psychedelic, Los Angeles under a microscope, LA Weekly, November 27 - December 3, 1998, p. 47
Miles, Christopher. Sam Durant: Going With the Flow, Art/Text, November 1998 - January 1999, no. 63, pg. 48-53
Wilson, William. ‘Lilliput’: Small Art in the Big City of L.A., Los Angeles Times, November 24, 1998, pg. F10-F11

1997                                   
Auerbach, Lisa Anne. LA Weekly, December 27 - January 2, 1997, p. 40                  
Butler, Cornelia H., Power of Suggestion, The Power of Suggestion: Narrative and Notation in Contemporary Drawing, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA & Smart Art Press, Santa Monica, CA, p. 11
Curtis, Cathy. The Cold Shoulder, Los Angeles Times, October 17, 1997, p. F2
Greene, David A. Artissues, January - February 1996, p. 46
Hainley, Bruce. The Power of Suggestion, Artforum, February 1997, p. 82
Helfand, Glen. Sam Durant and Anne Walsh at Four Walls, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, October 1-7, 1997, p. 31
Kim, Soo Jin. Some Models, Xtra, Spring 1997, pg. 7-8
Melrod, George. Sam Durant, Art & Auction, February 1997, p. 30
Pagel, David. Finding Ways to Break Out of a Box of Conformity, Los Angeles Times,February 21, 1997, p. F28
Schmerler, Sarah. Sam Durant at Curt Marcus, Artnews, November 1997, p. 226
Sheikh, Simon. L.A. From the Sunny Side, Information, September 12, 1997 

1996                                   
Auerbach, Lisa Anne. Artforum, January 1996, p. 89
Greene, David A. LA Story, Art Monthly, February 1996, pg. 8-10                                   
Greene, David A, ed. Art & The Home; Sam Durant: Project, Art & Design,November/December 1996, pg. 23-32                 
Knight, Christopher. Can Artists Run Their Own Spaces and Find True.BLISS, Los Angeles Times, December 27, 1996, pg. F1, F38
Knight, Christopher. Drawing the Conventional Conceptualist’s Conclusions, Los Angeles Times, November 12, 1996, p. F3
Pagel, David. Los Angeles Times, July 11, 1996, p. F5
Pagel, David. Los Angeles Times, July 25, 1996, p. F13
Wilson, William. Los Angeles Times, November 22, 1996, p. F24

1995                                   
Barrett, David. frieze, Summer 1995
Craddock, Sacha. London Times, April 9, 1995
Feaver, William. Strange Habits and Sharp Practice, London Observer, April 23, 1995
Grabner, Michelle. The Friendly Village, Art Muscle, October/November 1995, pg. 13-22
Kandel, Susan. Grouped Together to Stand Apart, Los Angeles Times, January 12, 1995
Kastner, Jeffrey. Frieze, Summer 1995
Kent, Sarah. Art Review, Time Out, April 1995
Knight, Christopher. Deconstruction, Los Angeles Times, October 28, 1995, p. F6
Marino, Melanie. Art in America, July 1995
McEwan, John. Critic’s Choice, Sunday Telegraph, April 23, 1995  
O’Reilly, John. Art for Bart’s Sake, Modern Review, April 10, 1995
Klabin, Karen.  Safe as Houses, Detour, November 1995, pg.135                                  

1994                                   
Jarrell, Joe. Sculpture, July/August 1994
Pagel, David. Self-Help Culture Skewered at FOODHOUSE, Los Angeles Times, April 21, 1994, p. F7
Walker, Hamza, James Scarborogh, Brad Killam, Kathryn Hixson and Joe Jarrell. Sculpture, July/August 1994.                

1993                                   
Crosby, Gregory. The Professor’s Guide to Vegas Kulcher, SCOPE, October 1993
Curtis, Cathy. Painting Pictures, Los Angeles Times and Orange County Register, October 14, 1993
Devine, Rory. Heaven Missing, Picturebook #4, 1993
Littlefield, Kinney. A Check of Contemporary Art, Orange County Register, October 1, 1993
Pincus, Robert. Showcase of an Art Generation has few Flashes of Brilliance, San Diego Union Tribune, October 17, 1993
Wilson, William. Biennial Uses Humorous Paradox to Tackle Issues, Los Angeles Times, October 9, 1993
Wilson, William. Private Thoughts Go Public at Newport Harbor, Orange County Register,
October 6, 1993
Smith, Roberta. New York Times, September 10, 1993

1992                                   
Pagel, David. Overdose of Vagueness, Los Angeles Times, May 15, 1992

Publications

2010
Gilman, Claire. Marking Politics: Drawing as Translation in Recent Art, Art Journal, Fall 2010, Vol. 69, no.3.

2009                 
DIY: ID 517 Spring 2009, edited and introduction with Nancy Buchanan, Lulu, 2009.  (A project with students of CalArts)

2008                                   
ID 517: Special Topics in Art and Politics: A Not So Simple Case for Torture, edited and introduction with Nancy Buchanan, Paris: One Star Press, 2008.  (A project done with thestudents of CalArts) 

2007                 
Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas, editor and Introduction, New York: Rizzoli International Publishers, 2007.
Production Notes, Artforum, October 2007, XLVI, No. 2, pg 335.

2005                 
Notes on Drift, Monuments: For Robert Smithson, L.A. MOCA October 2004, Drift, New York: GAS Gigantic ArtSpace, 2005.
Proposal for White and Indian Dead Monument Transpositions, Washington, D.C.,  
Proposal for White and Indian Dead Monument Transpositions, Washington, D.C., New York: Paula Cooper Gallery, 2005, pg 5-9 (cat).
Proposal for White and Indian Dead Monument Transpositions, Washington, D.C.,  
Monuments for the USA, San Francisco: California College of the Arts, 2005, pg 54-57 (cat.).

2004                                   
What the world needs now…Art and Politics: 22 artists respond, frieze, November/December 2004, pg 76-89.          

2002                 
Text on the Double Woodshed, Prophets of Boom: Werke aus der Sammlung Schürmann. Baden-Baden, Switzerland: Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Summer 2002, pg 154.
Roots, V Magazine, November/December 2002.
Top Ten, Artforum, November 2002, pg 71.                                   

2001                                   
Saving Graces, Artforum, May 2001, XXXIX, No. 9, pg 151-152.

Curatorial Projects

2009                                   
Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas, The New Museum, New York
The Permanent Record of Newjack_Rasputin, Tucker Stilley,
Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2008                 
All Power to the People: The History and Legacy of the Black Panther Party Film Festival, Roy and Edna Disney/ CalArts Theater, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles. 

2007                                   
Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas, MOCA

2006                 
Eat the Market, Los Angeles Contemporary Museum of Art

2005                 
Touch of Evil, Estación Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico

2004                 
War! Protest in America, 1965-2004, film series co-organized with Chrissie Isles, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, REDCAT/CalArts Theater, Los Angeles, CA

1999                                   
Not Photography, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA                                                 

1994                                   
The Power of Positive Thinking, FOODHOUSE, Santa Monica, CA                 
Paranoid, M.Y.T.H. Series, Los Angeles, CA (co-organized with Andrea Bowers)
 

Conferences and Panel Discussions

2009                  
Workshop: Art and Community Engagement, with Transforma Collective (with Rick Lowe and Jessica Cusic), UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.

2008                 
Word: Spoken, Snug, Seen, Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Parsons New School for Social Research, New York
Proyecto Cívico, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Baja, Mexico
Artists and Activists, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
University of Southern California, Los Angeles (with Rick Lowe)
In Dialogue with Emory Douglas, San Francisco Art Institute, CA.

2007                 
This Must Be The Place, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Eat the Market, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  Los Angeles, CA.
Black Panther Rank and File, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD.

2006                                   
Institutional Critique, Yale University, New Haven, CT

2005                                   
InSite, University of California, San Diego, CA

2004                                   
NAFTA, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
War! Protest In America, 1965-2004, REDCAT/CalArts Theater, Los Angeles, CA

2001                                   
Wild Walls Symposium, Berlin/Los Angeles Film Festival of Architecture
And Urbanism, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Take Two/Reprise: Symposium, The Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada

2000                                   
Practical Criticism: Art and Theory in the 90s, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA (organized by Charles Gaines and Russell Ferguson)

1997                                   
Fake Estate: Where Art and Architecture Meet, Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, CA (moderated by Cornelia H. Butler)
 

Public Collections

Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia
Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
The Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Institut d’Art Contemporain Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Project Row Houses, Houston, TX
Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Tate Modern, London, England
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (promised gift)
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
The Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Public Commissions

2005                                   
Public Prosecutors’ Office, City of Arnhem, the Netherlands

2003                                   
Project Row Houses, Houston, TX
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
 

Grants and Awards

2008                                   
Hugo Boss Finalist, Solomon R.  Guggenheim Foundation and Hugo Boss Prize, New York
Smithsonian Artist Research Fellow, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

2006                                   
United States Artists Fellow, USA Foundation, New York

2005                                   
The Ordway Prize Finalist, Penny McCall Foundation, New York

2002-2003                 
Walker Art Center Artist in Residence, Minneapolis, MN

1999                                   
Individual Artist Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles

Other Projects 

2007                 
Founding member of transforma Projects, a cultural rebuilding collective in New Orleans

2006                                   
Harlem Postcards Summer 2006, Studio Museum Harlem, New York

2005                 
The Other Side/ El Otro Lado (Regionalism, Nationalism, Imperialism), artist multiple, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas