David Altmejd - Biography

Born in Montréal, Canada, 1974
Lives and works in New York

EDUCATION

2001
MFA, Columbia University, New York, NY
1998
BFA, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011
Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Greenwich, CT, November 5 – September 2012
Galerie de l'UQAM, Montreal, Canada, "Conte crépusculaire [Twilight Tale]," with composer-performer Pierre Lapointe, May 4 – 7
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, March 18 - April 23

2010
Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium, "Le guide", April 23 –June 3
Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, Belgium, "Colossi", April 2010 - February 2011
Exhibition continued April 29, 2011 – March 2012

2009
Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France, curated by Pascal Pique, May 14 - August 31
Magasin – Centre National d'Art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble, France, January 31 - May 3

2008
Gallery Met at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY, October
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, May 3 - June 14

2007
Fundació La Caixa Museum, Barcelona, Spain, "David Altmejd 'Stages,'" curated by Sílvia Sauquet, June 21 - September 9 (brochure)
Canadian Pavilion, 52nd Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, "David Altmejd: The Index," June 10 - November 21, commissioned by Louise Déry (catalogue)
Oakville Galleries, Gairloch Gardens, Ontario, Canada, "David Altmejd. Métamorphose /Metamorphosis," curated by Louise Déry, January 26 - March 25
Travels to: Galerie de l'UQAM, Montréal, Canada; May 10 - July 8
Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Canada, September 13 - October 27 (catalogue)

2006
Stuart Shave | Modern Art, London, England

2005
Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium

2004
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY

2003
Galerie Optica, Montréal, Canada, "David Altmejd: Sculpture," October 31 - December 13
Galerie SKOL, Montréal, Canada, "Sarah Altmejd," February 22 - March 29

2002
Ten in One Gallery, New York, NY, "Clear Structures for a New Generation", October - November

1999
Galerie B-312, Montréal, Canada, "Modèles d'esprit et jardins intérieurs" (brochure)

1998
Galerie Clark, Montréal, Canada, "Jennifer," Nov. 19 - Dec. 20
Galerie SKOL, Montréal, Canada, "Table n°2," February 14 - March 15 (brochure)


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012
Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN, "Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination," curated by Mark Scala, February 24 - May 28 forthcoming
Travels to: Art Gallery of Winnipeg, June 15 - September 9
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, September 28 - January 2, 2013

2011
Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg, "Mondes inventés - Mondes habités" (Invented Worlds - Inhabited Worlds), curated by Marie-Noëlle Farcy and Clément Minighetti. October - January 2012 (forthcoming)
Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN, "Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination" January–May
Haus Der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany, "Der Traum vom Fliegen - The Art of Flying", curated by Britta Heinrich, March 3 - May 8, 2011

2010
High Museum of Art, Wieland Pavilion Skyway Galleries, Atlanta, GA, "Surrealist Conspiracy" curated by Michael Rooks September 18, 2010 – January 9, 2011
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada, "It is what it is. Recent Acquisitions of New Canadian Art," October 29 2010 - February 13, 2011
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Canada, "The Visceral Body' February 6 – May 2
Les Abattoirs, France, "Ten Year Permanent Collection," March 26
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, "Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection," curated by Jeff Koons, March 3-June 6
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, "Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum Rotunda", February 19–May 31
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Canada, The Visceral Body' February 6 – May 2

2009
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY, "Between Spaces," curated by Tim Goossens and Kate McNamara, October 25-? (forthcoming)
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Sobey Art Award 2009, September 5, 2009 – November 8, 2009 (forthcoming)
Nantes, France, "Saint-Nazaire Biennale", curated by Adam Budak and Laurence Gateau, June 6 -
October 4
Mas d'Azil Prehistoric Cave, Toulouse, France, "DreamTime, Caves, contemporary art and transhistory",
curated by Pascal Pique, May 13 - November 11
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada, "Emporte-moi/Sweep-me off my Feet", curated by
Nathalie de Blois and Frank Lamy, May 7-September 5, 2010 (forthcoming)
Travels to: Musée d'art contemporain du Val de Marne, France, March - June 2010
Reg Vardy Gallery, Sunderland, United Kingdom, "Everyday Above Ground is a Good One: Reflections of the Underworld, Fall

2008
Art Gallery of Toronto (AGO), Canada, Fall
Tate Liverpool, UK, Liverpool Biennial, curated by Laurence Sillars, September 18 - November 30, 2008
Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany, "Freeway Balconies," curated by Collier Schorr, July 5 - September 21
Fundament Foundation, Tilburg, The Netherlands, "Lustwarande 08-Wanderland," June 28 - September 28, 2008
Château et dans les Fabriques du Domaine Départemental de Chamarande, France "Legende" May 25 - September 28, 2008
Musée D'Art Contemporain de Montréal, "Triennial of Québec Art," May 24 - September 8, 2008
Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain, "Installations: Selections from the Guggenheim Collections," April 27 - January 5, 2009
Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Canada, "Intrus/Instruders," curated by Mélanie Boucher, April 24 - September 28, 2008 (catalogue)
Hessel Museum of Art & CCS Galleries, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, "Second Thoughts," March 16 - May 25, 2008

2007
Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO, "Star Power: Museum as Body Electric," curated by Cydney Payton, October 28 - May 11, 2008 (catalogue)
Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL, "The New Authentics: Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation," curated by Staci Boris, November 30 - April 13, 2008 (catalogue)
Travels to: The Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, May 9 - July 13, 2008
Birch Libralato, Toronto, Canada,"David Altmejd, Renate Anger, and Eric Cameron," curated by Micah Lexier, October 20 - November 17
Athens, Greece, "Fractured Figure - Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection," September 6, 2007 - March 29, 2008 (catalogue)
Rivington Arms, New York, NY, "To Build A Fire," curated by Yuri Masnyj, April 13 - May 12
Walter Vanhaerents Collection, Belgium, "Disorder in the House," March 24 - March 31, 2009

2006
Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland, "Six Feet Under: Autopsy of Our Dealing With the Dead," November 2 - January 21, 2007 (catalogue)
Travels to: Stiftung Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden, Germany, September 21 - March 30, 2008
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany, "The Eighth Square," August 19 - November 16 (catalogue)
Kunsthalle Bonn, Bonn, Germany, "The Guggenheim Collection," July 21 - January 7, 2007 (catalogue)
Andrea Rosen Gallery, Amagansett, NY, "The Dining Room Show," July 21 - July 23
James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY, "A Brighter Day," June 9 - July 26 (catalogue)

2005
Lewis Glucksman Gallery, University College, Cork, Ireland, "Blake & Sons. Alternative Lifestyles and Mysticism in Contemporary Art," curated by René Zechlin, October 16 - January 29, 2006 (catalogue)
Galerie Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montréal, Canada, "L'écho des limbes," curated by Nathalie de Blois, October 14 - November 19 (catalogue)
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, "The Zine UnBound: Kults, Werewolves and Sarcastic Hippies," October 7 - December 30 (catalogue)
Stuart Shave | Modern Art, London, England, "The The," July 8 - August 7
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, "Ideal Worlds. New Romanticism in Contemporary Art," curated by Max Hollein and Martina Weinhart, May 26 - August 28 (catalogue)
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France, "David Altmejd, Mathew Cerletty, Kirsten Everberg, Alisa Margolis and Sophie Van Hellermann," April 23 - June 20

2004
Fondation Dosne - Biblioteque Thiers, Paris, France, "Noctambule," organized by D'Amelio Terras, NY, June 24 - July 10
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, "Whitney Biennial 2004," curated by Chrissie Iles, Shamim M. Momin, Debra Singer, March 11 - May 30 (catalogue)
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, "Scream," curated by Fernanda Arruda and Michael Clifton, January 15 - February 14 (catalogue)

2003
LFL Gallery, New York, NY, "Material Eyes," December 11 - January 17, 2004
Art Forum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, "Licht," organized by Optica, Montréal,Canada, October 31 - December 13
Istanbul, Turkey, 8th Istanbul Biennial, curated by Dan Cameron, September 20 - November 16
Maison de la Culture Côte-des-Neiges, Montréal, Canada, "Détournements," curated by Pascal Beaudet, April 3 - May 11,
D'Amelio Terras Gallery, New York, NY, "Now Playing: Daniel Reich Gallery, John Connelly Presents, K48," July 1 - August 8
Apartment 5BE Gallery, "Life/Like," New York, NY, April - May

2002
Artist Space, New York, NY, "Demonclownmonkey," curated by Matthew Ritchie, March 21 - May 11
Sculpture Center, Deitch Projects, New York, NY, "Lucky Draw"

2001
Sculpture Center, New York, NY, "Interval: New Art for New Space," September - October
Ten in One Gallery, New York, NY, "How I learned to stop worrying and love the recession," June - July
Galerie de l'UQAM, Montréal, Canada, "Point de chute," curated by Louis Déry, March 2 - March 31 (catalogue)
Travels to: Centre d'Art Contemporain, Brussels, Belgium, November 14 - December 21, 2002

1998
Maison de la Culture Frontenac, Montréal, Canada, "Stimuli," curated by Nicolas Baier and Emmanuel Galland, July - August (catalogue)
Saidye Bronfman Art Center, Montréal, Canada, "Artifice 98," June 18 - August 23
Galerie Clark, Montréal, Canada, "Les Bricolos," March 26 - April 26