José Lerma - Biography

Born in Seville, Spain, 1971
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

EDUCATION

2004
CORE Residency Program, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
2003
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
Fortaleza 302 Residency Program, San Juan, PR
2002
MFA Painting, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2001
MA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
1998
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1995-97
University of Wisconsin School of Law, Madison, WI
1994
BA, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, "I am sorry I am Perry," December 10 – January 22
Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain, "Spanish Revival" September 9 - October 29

2009
Galerie Loock/Wohnmaschine, Berlin, Germany, "El Pendejo" September 12 – October 24
Green Gallery East, Milwaukee, WI, "Back Room" March 14 – April 11

2007
ARARIO Gallery, Seoul, Korea, "Cheonan-si Chungman," May 25 - June 17 (catalogue)
Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX, "New Prints by José Lerma" March 30 – May 5

2006
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, "The Golden Sea," April 1 - 29

2005
Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
Galleria Il Capricorno, Venice, Italy

2004
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, "Folklore of Our Times," April 8 - May 15

2003
Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, "Two Beats Off," September 19 - November 2
Galeriá Comercial , San Juan, PR, "As if Accepting Defeat"


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011
The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, "A Person of Color/A Mostly Orange Exhibition" curated by José Lerma, January 22 – February 27
The Hogar Collection, Brooklyn, NY, "Go Figure," December 17, 2010 – February 7, 2011

2010
Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY, "Lush Life," curated by Franklin Evans and Omar Lopez-
Chahoud, July 8 – Aug 13
Can Xalant, Barcelona, Spain, "Museos Portátiles. Parking 101," May 15 – June 15
Apex Art, New York, NY, "Don't Piss on Me and Tell Me It's Raining," curated by Bad At
Sports, April 7 – May 22
Don't Projects, Paris, France, "From NY With Love," curated by Glorimarta Linares, March 23 – May 7
Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, "One For All," curated by Jessica Halonen

2009
Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, "The Green Gallery's Wallgasm," curated by John
Riepenhoff, September 26 – November 7
Porter Butts Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, "Good News," curated by Amanda Schmitt, June 5 – July 21
Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany, "Dark Fair," curated by Scott Reeder and Tyson Reeder, April 23 - 26
Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL, "Rattled by the Rush," May 16 – July 11
Space 1028, Chicago, IL, "Cadaver Corpse," curated by Tessa Perutz, July 3 – July 31
Golden Age, Philadelphia, PA, "Cadaver Corpse," curated by Tessa Perutz, May 2 – May 23
Galeria Candela, San Juan, Puerto Rico, "From NY With Love," curated by Glorimarta Linares, April 15 – June

2008
Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, Puerto Rico, "En sus marcas," curated by Rebeca Noriega, October 2 – December 12 (catalogue)
Instituto Cervantes, New York, "N.Y. Motion 1.0," curated by Paco Cano, September 23 – January 2, 2009 (catalogue)
Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden, "The Ice Cream Show," April 11 – May 25
Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. "Selected Works," March 28 – April 27, 2008.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, "Learning by Doing: 25 Years of the Core Program,"
curated by Alison de Lima Greene, March 8 – June 29, 2010. (catalogue)
Milwaukee Art Museum "Selections of the Permanent Collection," January – April
Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, San Juan, Puerto Rico, "En Sus Marcas," curated by Rebeca Noriega. (catalogue)
Alogon Gallery, Chicago, IL, "Alogon," curated by Gaylen Garber
Samson Projects, Boston, MA, "It's Not What You Know, It's Who You Know (Neutral Capital Collection)"

2007
El Museo del Barrio, New York, "5th Bienal, The (S) Files / The Selected Files," curated by Elvis Fuentes, July 25 – January, 2008 (catalogue)
2 Ocean View Lane, Amagansett, Long Island, "Dining Room Show", July 21 - July 22, 2007
Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit. "Stuff: International Contemporary Art from the Collection of Burt Aaron," May 12 – July 29, 2007
Ziehersmith, New York, NY, "Someday Never Comes," curated by Eddie Martinez, January 17 – February 17
Museum of Contempoary Art, San Diego, CA, "Cerca Series (With Neutral Capital Collection)" Traveled to: Lui Velazquez Gallery, Tijuana, Mexico
Leroy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY, "New Labor (with Neutral Capital Collection)"
the Xchange, New York, NY "Passport to the Arts, Sponsored by the New Yorker"

2006
Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, Valencia, Spain, "VAC colección Valencia arte contemporáneo," December 21 - February 11, 2006 (catalogue)
Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, "Farwell to Icon," curated by Karl Haendel and Maya Schindler, November 4 - December 22
Deste Foundation Center for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece, "Panic Room: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection," curated by Jeffrey Deitch and Kathy Grayson, February 2 - April 14, 2007
Centro Cultural Español, Miami, FL, "Constant Disturbance," curated by Jean Moreno
Espacio 1414, Santurce, Puerto Rico, "Berezdivin Collection," curated by Julieta Gonzalez

2005
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, "Looking at Words: Formal Use of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper," November 2 - January 4, 2006
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
McClain Gallery, Houston, TX, "Monster Painting" (catalogue)
The Glassell School of Art of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, "2005 Core Artists in Residence" (catalogue)
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, "Curvaceous," July 8 - July 9

2004
Mixture Contemporary Art, Houston, TX, "Summer Drawings and Some Are Not"
The Glassell School of Art of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, "2004 Core Artists in Residence" (catalogue)
Glandier & Byrnes, Paris, France, "Peter Saul, José Lerma & Charles Andriessen"
Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, "Sadie Hawkins Dance," May 21 - July 4

2003
EX Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, Mexico, "No Pasa Un Dia…," curated by Guillermo Santamarina
Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, "Lives of the Obscure," with Ellen Takata, curated by Amalia Culp, March 8 - April 20
Seven Three Split, Chicago, IL, "Please Don't Distort What We Had," with Scott Roberts, February 15 - March 12
Los Medeos College, San Francisco, CA, "Dinosaurs; Artists Look Back Into the Future"
Galeriá Comercial, San Juan, PR, "Ensayo"
Seven Three Split and M&M Proyectos, Chicago, IL, "Stray Show"

2002
M&M Proyectos, San Juan, PR, "PR02 [En Ruta]," October 6 - 13
Fortaleza 302, San Juan, PR, "Primeras Obra"

2000
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL, "Artists of the New Millennium"
NFA/Sportsman Bodybuilder, Chicago, IL, "Multiples 4"
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, "Peaceable Kingdom"
Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison, WI

1999
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI, "Wisconsin Triennial"
Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI, "Secrets about Goo," curated by Scott Speh


CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2011
The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, "A Person of Color/A Mostly Orange Exhibition" curated by José Lerma, January 22 – February 27

2007Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY, "Famous Adults as Children, Famous Children as Adults", curated by José Lerma, June 28 - July 27