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

2007
ARARIO Gallery, Seoul, Korea, "Cheonan-si Chungman," May 25 - June 17 (catalogue)

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

2007
2 Ocean View Lane Amagansett, Long Island, "The Second Annual Dining Room Show", July 21 - 22, 2007
El Museo del Barrio, New York, "5th Bienal, The (S) Files / The Selected Files," curated by Elvis Fuentes, July 25 - January, 2008
Zieher Smith, New York, NY, "Someday Never Comes," curated by Eddie Martinez, January 17 - February 17

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

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