1955 Born in Framingham, Massachusetts
Lives in Stamford, Connecticut
Works in Brooklyn and Stamford
Education
1982 M.F.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1978 B.F.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009 Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Beirut, Lebanon
2007 University of California San Diego, CA
2006 New Paintings, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2004 Christopher Grimes Gallery, South Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany
2002 Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Parfum Raum, ArtBasel Unlimited
2001 Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna, Austria
2000 Galerie Limmer, Freiburg, Germany Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg
1999 Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Galerie Sfier-Semler, Kiel, Germany
1998 Galerie Barbera Farber/Rob Jurka, Amsterdam Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna, Austria Galerie Jousse-Seguin, Paris, France Galerie Limmer, Freiburg, Germany
1997 Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Galerie Sfier-Semler, Kiel, Germany
1996 Galerie Limmer, Cologne,Germany (catalogue) Galerie Pierre Nouvion, Monaco Galerie Ludwig, Krefeld, Germany (catalogue)
1995 Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Art and Public, Geneva, Switzerland Galerie Jousse-Seguin, Paris, France
1994 Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Galerie Limmer, Freiburg, Germany Galerie Ludwig, Krefeld, Germany
1993 Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Galerie Jousse–Seguin, Paris, France American Fine Arts Co., New York, NY Galerie Limmer, Freiburg, Germany Galeria Grita Insam, Vienna, Austria Perfume Performance, Cafe Stein, Vienna, Austria
1992 Sophia Ungers Gallery, Cologne, Germany Galerie Ludwig, Krefeld, Germany
1991 Marc Jancou Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland American Fine Arts Co., New York, NY Palm Beach Community College Projects Gallery, Museum of Art, Palm Beach, FL
1990 Galerie Ryszard Varisella, Frankfurt, Germany
1989 American Fine Arts, Co., New York, NY
1988 American Fine Arts, Co., New York, NY
1987 American Fine Arts, Co., New York, NY
1986 American Fine Arts, Co., New York, NY
1982 A.R.C./Raw Space, Chicago, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2003 TransAtlantico, group project SITE magazine
2001 Fear Itself ..., Lance Fung Gallery, New York, NY curated by Koan
Baysa
1999 Eye Candy, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA Ruth Benzacar Galerie de Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina Ultra Buzz, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
1998 Galerie Conrads, Dusseldorf, Germany
1997 Le Songe de Constantin, Curated by Eric Mangion, Villa Noailles,
Hyeres, France Bilde Raume, Schloss Salzau, Landeskultur Centrum Schlesinig-
Holstein, Salzau, Germany Women’s Work: Examining the Feminine in Contemporary
Painting Curated by Jeff Fleming, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne, Germany This is It, Musee d’Art Contemporain Geneve, Curated by John
Armleder, Geneva, Switzerland
1996 Trans/Inter/Post: Hybrid Spaces, University of California, Irvine, CA Screen, Curated by Joshua Decter, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York,
NY (video catalog) Scratch, Organized by Mel Chin, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY Positions II, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany (catalog)
1995 Pittura/Immedia: Malerie in den 90er Jahren, Neue Galerie, Graz,
Austria Painting Outside Painting, The Corcoran Biennial Exhibition, Curated
by Terrie Sultan, Washington, D.C. ...wie gemalt, Curated by Renate Puvogal, Neuer Aachen Kunstverein,
Aachen, Germany Standards in Painting, Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany New York - Recent Positions in Painting, Kunst Museum
Leverkusen, Germay Garbage! Curated by Anne Pasternak and Ellen Salpeter, Thread
Waxing Space, New York, NY
1994 Jet Lag, Galerie Martina Detterer, Frankfurt, Germany
Adieu Les Frontiers! Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland
1993 Irony and the Ecstasy, Curated by Klaus Ottmann, Salama–Caro
Gallery London, England The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, Galerie Jousse–Seguin, Paris,
France Travel Logue/Reisetagebuch, Curated by Jackie McAllister, Heiligen
Kreuzerhof, Vienna, Austria Suddenly There is a Time When Everything is Possible, Curated by
Udo Kittelman, Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, Germany
1992 Painting Today/Peinture Aujour d’hui, Galerie Pierre Huber,
Geneva, Switzerland Basel Art Fair, Curated by Bob Nickas, Basel, Switzerland Julien Preto, New York, NY
1992 Documenta IX, Kassel, Germany 1968, Curated by Bob Nickas, Dijon Consortium, Dijon, France Gegen den Strich/Against the Grain, Curated by Klaus Ottmann,
Galerie Thereutzbaer, Vienna, Austria Whiter Shade of Pale, Curated by Udo Kittelman, Galerie Sophia
Ungers, Cologne, Germany Fuer die Galerie – Dealing with Art Kunsterwerkstatt
Lothringerstrasse Munich, Germany Slow Painting, P.S.1, Long Island City, New York, NY
1991 Bildlicht. Malerei zwischen Material und Immaterialitaet, Museum
Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria
1990 The (Un) Making of Nature, Whitney Museum Downtown, New York Tanja Grunert Gallery, Cologne, Germany
1989 Chaos, Curated by Klaus Ottmann, Chicago, IL Buena Vista, Curated by Collins & Milazzo, John Gibson Gallery,
New York, NY
1988 Coup de Coeur, Pierre Huber Gallery, Curated by Robert Nickas,
Geneva, Switzerland Primary Structures, Curated by Robert Nickas, Gilbert Brownstone
Gallery, Paris, France Photomannerism, Curated by Klaus Ottmann, Lawrence Oliver Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA
1987 True Pictures, Curated by Klaus Ottmann, John Good Gallery,
New York, NY The Art of the Real, Curated by Robert Nickas, Pierre Huber Gallery,
Geneva, Switzerland
1986 Ultrasurd, Curated by Collins & Milazzo, S.L. Simpson Gallery,
Toronto, Canada Supermannerism, Curated by Klaus Ottmann, Davies–Long Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA Paravision II, Curated by Collins & Milazzo, Margo Leavin Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA MASS, Curated by Group Material, The New Museum of
Contemporary Art, New York, NY Spiritual America, Curated by Collins & Milazzo, CEPA, Buffalo, NY
1985 Betaville, Inroads Gallery, New York, NY
1983 Whose Woods... Video Installation, Madison Arts Center, Madison, WI
Selected Bibliography
2007 ArtScene, January, 2007. Vol. 26, No. 5.
2004 Frank, Peter, “Art Pick of the Week”, LA Weekly, August 20-26, 2004
1999 Thorson, Alison. "High Art," Kansas City Star, Feb 28: K1.
1997 Le Songe De Constantin, Exhibition catalog, Villa Noailles, Hyeres, France Bilde Raume, Exhibition catalog, Schloss Salzau, Landeskultur Centrum Schlesinig-Holstein,Salzau, Germany Maren, Kruse. Kieler Nachrichten, April 25:23. Women's Work: Examining the Feminine in Contemporary Painting, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
1996 Curtis, Cathy. "Distinguishing Marks," Los Angeles Times, Tuesday, October 22 Smith, Roberta. "Testing Limits at the Corcoran," New York Times, January 6
1995 Ottman, Klaus. "Beyond Painting," Painting Outside Painting, Exhibition catalogue, The Corcoran Biennial, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Lewis, Jo Ann. "Painting Outside the Lines," The Washington Post, December 23 Shaw-Eagle, Joanna. "Painting Beyond Traditional Limits," The Washington Times, December 24 Shioya, Yoko. "Garbage!" Nikkei Newspaper, April 4
1994 Tracy, Tammy and Godvin, Tara. Interview, Re:Visioning the Familiar, Exhibition catalog, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT Blankenburg, Viola. Radio interview: Suedfunk 2, "S2 Kultur," Broadcast May 3
1994 Zimmer, William. "Everything I Say is Art is Art," The New York Times, May 1 Ronnau, Jens. "Painting made in New York," Kunstforum, No. 126, March/June: 370-71
1993 Urbaczka, Annett. "Cola Auf der Baustelle: Bilder Ohne zu Malen," Rheinische Post, November 7 Nyffenegger, Francine. "Sage, La Fiac Fete spm Vingtieme Anniversaire," Tribune de Geveve, October 11 Kunz, Martin. Kunstforum, No. 119: 170, 446 Hahn, Clarisse. "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly," Artpress, October Kandel, SCAn. "Beautiful Deception," Los Angeles Times, Thursday, November 11: F7 Smolik, Noemi. Flash Art, January
1992 Graw, Isabelle. Texte Zur Kunst, June: 155–6 Documenta IX, Exhibition catalogue, Kassel, Germany Decter, Joshua. Flash Art, January/February: 132 Weinstein, Matthew. Artforum, January: 104
1990 Vogel, Sabine. Artscribe, September/October: 95 Zinsser, John. "Peter Hopkins at American Fine Arts, Co.," Art in America, February: 171
1989 Smith, Roberta. "Peter Hopkins," The New York Times, November 24 Sundell, Margaret. "Peter Hopkins," 7 Days, November 24 Nickas, Robert. "Entropy and the New Objects," El Paseante, October Marincola, Paula. "Photomannerism," Artforum, February
1987 Ottmann, Klaus. Bijutsu–Techno, October Ottmann, Klaus. "Photomannerism," Flash Art, November/December "Neo Konzeptionalismus," Noema, No. 11 Muchnic, Suzanne. "Paravision II," The Los Angeles Times, July 26 Knight, Christopher. "The L.A. Invasion of 'It'," The Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Sunday, August 10
1986 Relyea, Lane. "Hot Commodities," L.A. Weekly, Vol. 8, No. 38, August 15–21: 21 Westfall, Stephen. "The Synthetic Sublime," L.A.Weekly, Vol. 8, No. 38, August 15–21 McGill, Douglas C. "The Lower East Side's New Artists," The New York Times, Tuesday, June 3
Selected Public Collections
Progressive Collection, Cleveland, Ohio
Foundation Goetz, Munich, Germany
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Sprint Corporation, Overland Park, KS
U.C.L.A. Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
University of San Diego Museum, San Diego, CA
Tang Art Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY