Sean Landers - Biography

Born 1962, Palmer, Massachusetts
Lives and works in New York City

EDUCATION

1986
MFA, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
1984
BFA, Philadelphia College of Art, PA


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, April 27 - June 16

2006
Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, June
greengrassi, London, March 1 - April 1

2005
Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin, September 10 - October 8

2004
China Art Objects, Los Angeles, September 18 - October 16
Sister, Los Angeles, September 18 - October 16
Kunsthalle Zurich, Switzerland, August 27 - October 31
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, February 26 - April 3

2003
Greengrassi, London, England, June 3 - July 31

2002
Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, June 1- June 29
Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens, Greece, March 13 - May 10

2001
Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France, September 8 - October 27
Andrea Rosen Gallery, NYC, April 12 - May 19

2000
Greengrassi, London, England, June 16 - September 9
Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, April 1- May 6

1999
Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany, May 12 - June 19
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, April 16 - May 22
Gallery Presenca, Porto, Portugal, January 30 - March 6

1998
Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, March 20 - April 18
Crown Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, March 12 - April 28

1997
Andrea Rosen Gallery, NYC, April - May
Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy, January - February

1996
Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany, Dec. 13 - Jan. 25, 1997
Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens, Greece, June 1 - July 20
Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, February 17 - March 23

1995
Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France, September 16 - October 28
Andrea Rosen Gallery, NYC, April 13 - May 20
Galerie Birgit Kung, Zurich, Switzerland, February 23 - May 6

1994
Bruno Brunnet, Berlin, Germany, September 30 - November 1
Jay Jopling/White Cube, London, England, May 13 - June 25
Stuart Regen Project, Los Angeles, CA, March 5 - April 9

1993
Andrea Rosen Gallery, NYC, October 22 - November 27
Galerie Esther Schipper, Cologne, Germany, April - May
Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France, April - May

1992
Andrea Rosen Gallery, NYC, February - March

1991
Robbin Lockett Gallery, Chicago, IL, October - November
Marc Jancou Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland, March

1990
Postmasters Gallery, NYC, November - December
Postmasters Gallery, NYC, January

1989
Tom Solomon's Garage, Los Angeles, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007
Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Late Picasso & Contemporary Painters," (curated by Max Henry), March 3 - April 28

2006
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY, "Defamation of Character," (organized by Neville Wakefield) Oct. 22 - Jan. 8, 2007
Serpentine Gallery, Longon, England, "From Damien Hirst's Murderme Collection: In the Darkest Hour There Will Be Light," November 25, 2006 - January 28, 2007 (catalogue)
Berlin Bienniale, Berlin, Germany. "Happiness," (curated by Martin Germann for 'Gagosian Gallery Berlin'), March 23 - April 18
Bortolami-Dayan Gallery, New York, NY, "Survivor" (curated by David Rimanelli), March 11 - April 1 (catalogue)
The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, "And Therefore I Am," February 11 - September 10
Contemporary Art Galleries, , University of Connecticut, "Test-Formed Drawing," November 6 - December 13

2005
China Art Objects, Los Angeles, Ca, "Welead Beshty, Sean Landers, Eriea Maneros, JP Munro and Andy Ouchi, and Michael Wetzel, May 7 - 28
Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin, Germany, "ON STAGE: Jamie Isenstein, Sean Landers, Charlemagne Palestine, Sue Tompkins," April 1 - 29, 2005
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, "Playtime," March 11 - July 10, 2005.
Andrew Mummery Gallery, London, England, "Take It FURTHER" (Part II), curated by Gyonata Bonvicini, September 16 - October 15.

2004
Casa del Mantegna, Mantova, Italy, "Guardare, Pensare, Raccontare, Conservare," September 2 - November 15, 2004
Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA,"Land of the Free," August 5 - 28, 2004.
sister, Los Angeles, CA, "Jason Meadows," June 19 - July 14, 2004.
Cheim & Read, New York, NY, "I Am the Walrus," June 10 - July 31, 2004.(brochure)
Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, "Tenth Anniversary Exhibition," June 5 - July 3, 2004.
Todd Madigan Gallery, California State University, Bakersfield, CA, "Nature Study", April 2 - May 1, 2004.

2003
John Connelly Presents, "Today's Man", July 19 - September 13, 2003
Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, "Rendered", June 17 - August 1, 2003
China Art Objects, Los Angeles, "Drop Out", May 10 - June 14, 2003
MIT Visual Arts Center, Boston, MA, "Influence, Identity and Gratitude" (Toward an understanding of trans-generational dialogue as a gift economy), May 8 - July 6, 2003, curated by Bill Arning
Blue Gallery, London, England, "Thatcher", curated by Tara Howard, April 15 - May 17, 2003
Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, "Face/Off: A Portrait of the Artist", curated by Simon Groom, November 9, 2002 - January 5, 2003, traveling to Towner Art Gallery and Local Museum, Eastbourne, UK, March 8 - May 5, 2003 (catalogue)
Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, "Gallery Artists", January 31 - March 1, 2003
Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, "Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation", January 18 - March 21, 2003, curated by Vicky A. Clark and Barbara J. Bloemink, organized by Pamela Auchincloss,; travels to Armory Center for the Arts, Old Padadena, CA, June 27 - August 15, 2004 . (catalogue)
Traveled to:
Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, April 11 - June 15, 2003
University Art Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, August 25 - October 31, 2003
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, November 23, 2003 - January 25, 2004
Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, April 5 - May 29, 2004
Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA, June 26 - August 15, 2004.
Art House, Austin, TX, September 10 - October 31, 2004

2002
Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, "Face Off: A Portrait of the Artist", November 9, 2002- January 5, 2003
Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annendale-on-Hudson, NY, "Center for Curatorial Studies Tenth Anniversary", September 29 - December 13, 2002
Logan Galleries, CCAC San Francisco Campus, San Francisco, CA, "To Whom It May Concern", September 5 - October 26, 2002
Ruth Horowitz, NY, "Copy", May 2 - June 22, curated by Neville Wakefield
LOW, Los Angeles, CA, "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now", April 26 - May 25

2001
Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA, "Desire Admiration Acquire", November 9 - December 18
Kunsthalle Vienna, Vienna, Austria, "Tele(visions)", October 18 - January 6, 2002, curated by Joshua Decter (catalogue)
Logan Galleries, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA, "Extra Art: A Survey of Artists' Ephemera, 1960-1999", October 12 - December 8, curated by Steven Leiber (catalogue)
Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT, "Alumni Choice: An Exhibition of Work on Paper", October 1 - 28 (catalogue)
Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France, "Soyez réaliste, demandez l'impossible!", June 9 - July 28
Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France, "The way I see I: Chantal Joffe, Karen Kilimnik, Sean Landers and Lisa Milroy", March 10 - April 21
Jumex Centro de Distribucion, Mexico City, Mexico. "La Coleccion Jumex", March 3 - April

2000
Delfina Project Space, London, England, "Salon", November 11 - December 17
Galeria Leyendecker, Canary Islands, Spain, "2000 Anos Luz", October 16 - November 24, curated by Angel Luis de la Cruz (catalogue)
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, "Kin", July 14 - September 2, curated by Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, NYC, "00", July 6 - August 31 (catalogue)
Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France, "Body Beautiful", June 15 - July 21
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, "Selections from the Permanent Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art", June 3 - December 17
Loggetta Lomnardesca, Ravenna, Italy, "Arte Americana, Ultimo Decennio", April 8 - June 28, curated by Claudio Spadoni (catalogue)
Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens, Greece, "Group Exhibition of Gallery Artists", March 21 - May 12
University of California Los Angeles, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, "Examining Pictures: exhibiting paintings", February 6 - April 2, 2000, curated by Francesco Bonami and Judith Nesbitt (catalogue) traveling exhibition

1999
GreeneNaftali, NYC, "A Place Called Lovely", September 9 - October 2, curated by Sima Familant
Contemporary Fine Arts at Sadie Coles HQ, London, England, "Gallery Swap", July 1 - July 30
Vaknin Schwartz, Atlanta, GA, "Self Evident", June 25 - November 1
Spacex, Exeter, England, "Etcetera", May 15 - June 26, curated by Alex Farquharson
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England, "Examining Pictures: exhibiting paintings", May 7 - June 27, curated by Francesco Bonami and Judith Nesbitt; travels to Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL. July 24 - September 19 (catalogue)
Museo de Arte Carillo Gil, San Angel, Mexico. "Colección Jumex", April 21 August 8, 1999. (catalogue)
Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, "Positioning", February 7 - 21
Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, "Hello Mr. Soul", January 25 - March 6

1998
Turner & Runyon Gallery, Dallas, TX, "encyclopedia 1999", December 10 - January 16, 1999
Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, "Word Perfect", September 1 - October 23
Galeria Camargo Vilaça, Sao Paolo, Brazil, "Hanging", May 6 - 30, curated by Márcia Fortes (catalogue); travels to Paco Imperial, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, July 15 - August 23; Museum of Modern Art, Recife, Brazil, September 1 - October 2 (catalogue)

1997
Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC, "Heart, Body, Mind, Soul: American Art in the 1990's, Selections from the Permanent Collection", December 3 - January 4
Arcate Art Fabrica, Torino, Italy, "Tanti Video", September 27 - October 4
Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, IL, "From a Whisper to a Scream", July 11 - August 2
Sudwestdeutsche Landesbank Forum, Stuttgart, Germany, "Kunst..Arbeit", November 14, 1997 - January 11, 1998

1996
Bard College Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, "a/drift: Scenes from the Penetrable Culture", October 20 - December 22, curated by Joshua Decter (catalogue)
Galerie Declercq, Knokke, Belgium, September 20 - November 17
Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, England, "Against: Thirty Years of Film and Video", September 18 - October 18
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, "So you want to be a rock and roll star: Artists "sing" on screen", August 30 - November 1, curated by Dominic Molon
art initiatives, 148 Gallery, New York, NY, "Let Me Bring You Down", June 28 - July 13, curated by Two Dollar Guitar (Tim Foljahn and Steve Shelley)
Kunstsammlung zu Weimar, Weimar, Germany, "nach weimar", June 21 - July 28 (catalogue)
Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, "wunderbar", May 22 - August 11
Athens Fine Art School, "the factory", Athens, Greece, "push-ups", May 20 - July 20, curated by Emily Tsingou (catalogue)
Galleri Campbells Occasionally, Copenhagen, Denmark, "Toons", April 26 - May 26, curated by Jacob Fabricius
Kunstsammlung Gera, Germany, "Sammlung Volkmann zeigt: Faustrecht der Freiheit", April 13 - May 27, travels to Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany, June 22 - September 15
Thread Waxing Space, NYC, "Incestuous", March 29 - April 27, curated by Tiong Ang and Carter Kustera
White Columns, NYC, "Sugar Mountain", March 29 - May 12, curated by Paul Ha and Andrea Scott
MK Expositieruimte, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, "Rotterdam on Line", March 9 - April 16
Saatchi Gallery, London, England, "Young Americans: New American Art in the Saatchi Collection: Part I", January 25 - March 3 (catalogue)

1995
Deutsches Haus, Columbia University, NYC, "I'm Writing in Lacanian Ink", October 26 - November 23, curated by Richard Foreman and Josephina Ayerza
Postmasters, NYC, "Raw", October 14 - November 11
M.I.T. List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA, "Next of Kin: Looking at the Great Apes", October 7 - December 10 (catalogue)
Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, PA, "Word for Word", September 14 - October 25
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL, "Scribble", September 10 - October 7, organized by Deborah Wilk
Art Metropole, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, "New Acquisitions: An Exhibition of Artists' Books and Multiples", August 11 - September 20
Le Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain, Auvergne, France, "Histoire de l'Infamie" (History of Infamy), July 8 - October 1
Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark, "I Confess", June 23 - August 19
International Festival of Films on Art, Knokke, Belgium, May 24 - May 27, organized by Art Faces Art
Brooke Alexander Editions, NYC, "KOMIX", May 20 - July 1
White Columns, New York, Auction Benefit, February 17 - March 4
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, "Narcissistic Disturbance", February 4 - April 1, curated by Michael Cohen (catalogue)

1994
Andrea Rosen Gallery, NYC, "A series of rotating installations" (Week 5: November 22-26: Sean Landers and Muriel Brown George), October 26 - November 26
Bard College Center for Curatorial Studies, Anandale-on-Hudson, NY, "Recent Acquisitions from the Rivendell Collection", October 22 - December 23
Galerie Drantmann, Brussels, Belgium, "Noritoshi Hirakawa, Sean Landers, Jan Vos, Jeanne Dunning", October 14 - November 19, 1994
Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA, "David's Friends", October 11 - November 5, curated by Timothy Fichtner and David Zin
Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria, "esprit d'amusement", October 1 - 30 (catalogue)
Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, "Das Jahrhundert des Multiple Von Duchamp bis zur Gegenwart (The Century of the Multiple)", September 2- October 30 (catalogue)
Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France, "Exposition", June 11 - July 13
Inter Nos and Galerie Pasquale Leccese, Milan, Italy, "Arte in Video: 22 Inches", May 26 - June 2, curated by Tommaso Corvi Mora
Josh Baer Gallery, NYC, "Sea Change: Franklin Furnace Benefit", May 19 - June 4
Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover, Germany, "Die Orte der Kunst", May 4 - September 11 (catalogue)
Paris School of Design, Paris, France, "Auto-Eeroticism", May 4, video screening organized by Nicolas Trembley for A Bao A Qou
The Museum of Contemporary Art, The Beyerd in Breda, Holland, "Can you believe your eyes?", April 18 - May 29, curated by Stichting con Rumore
Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria, "Don't Postpone Joy or Collecting Can Be Fun!", March 18 - April 24, curated by Rudi Molacek and Barbara Steffen; travels to Austrian Cultural Institute, NYC, May 26 - June 24
White Columns, NYC, "Benefit 1994", February 19 - March 4
Mustard, "Brooklyn, NY, "Intercourse", February 17, curated by Pablo Gomez and Daniel Carello
Kunstverein in Hamburg, Germany, February 15 - March 6
Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland, "Backstage", February 4 - April 4
Kasper Konig, Koln, Germany, "Volkmann Collection", March 19 - July 2
Thread Waxing Space, NYC, "Don't Look Now", January 22 - February 26, organized by Joshua Decter
Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich, Switzerland, "Passing Through", January 13 - February 26, curated by Ugo Rondinone

1993
Tavelli Gallery, Aspen, CO, December 7 - April 30
Vera Vita Gioia, Naples, Italy, "Audience 0.01 ", December 4 - January 29, 1994, curated by Helena Kontova; travels to Trevi Flash Art Museum of Contemporary Art, Trevi, Italy, April 10 - June 30 (catalogue)
New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC, "Auction Benefit", April
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark, "Into the Lapse", December 4 - 14, curated by Brian Butler
Galerie Daniel Buchhoz, Koln, Germany, Unfair booth #26, "Phenylovethylamour", November 11 - 15, curated by Lothar Hempel and Carsten Holler
Galerie Esther Schipper, Koln, Germany, "November", November 11 - 17
Gallery 400 at The University of Illinois at Chicago, "influx", November 1 - December 4
Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, "Backstage", September 10 - October 24 (catalogue)
Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria, "Die Sprache der Kunst (The Language of Art)", August 27 - October 17; travels to Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany, December 4 - February 20, 1994 (catalogue)
Galerie Esther Schipper, Koln, Germany, "Summer Group Show", July 15 - August 7
Friesenwal 120, Koln, Germany, "Word of Mouth", July - August, curated by Ana de Portella; travels to Dogenhaus Galerie, Leipzig, September - October, curated by Ana de Portella, Brian Butler and Stefan Dillemuth; Palais Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium, December - January, 1994
Mondrian Hotel, West Hollywood, CA, "TranceseX: A State of Mystical Absorption", July, curated by Les Ayre, Erika Knerr and Amanda M. Obering
Tom Cugliani Gallery, NYC, summer group show, July
"Aperto 1993", in conjunction with the Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, June - October, section curated by Nicholas Bourriaud, "Standards" (catalogue)
Yale University Art Gallery, "Yale Collects Yale", New Haven, CT, April 30 - July 31 (catalogue)
Jurgen Becker, Hamburg, Germany, "Sean Landers, Raymond Pettibon, Richard Prince", April 3 - June 12
Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC, "SOHO at Duke IV", March 19 - May 30
Liz Koury Gallery, NYC, "Confessional, February 6 - 27, curated by Andrea Scott

1992
Kim Light Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, "The Anti-Masculine (Overlapping, but not corresponding to the feminine), December 5 - January 7, 1993, curated by Bill Arning (essay)
Usdan Gallery at Bennington College, Vermont, "Transgressions In The White Cube: Territorial Mappings", November 17 - December 21, curated by Joshua Decter
Galerie Metropol, Vienna, Austria, "Under Thirty", November 7 - December 5, curated by Erik Oppenheim (catalogue)
Bruno Brunnet, Berlin, Germany, "New Deal", October - November
Magasin - Centre National D'Art Contemporain De Grenoble, France, "I, Myself and Others", September - November (catalogue)
Vered Gallery, East Hampton, New York, "Third Annual Exhibition of Collector's Choice of American Artists", September
"Paradise Europe", Copenhagen, Denmark, July, billboard project and video installation at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, organized by Bizart and curated by Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York; Daniel Buchholz, Koln; Galerie Maquina Espanola, Madrid; Stalke Out of Space, Copenhagen; and Galleria Paolo Vitolo, Rome (catalogue)
1301, Santa Monica, CA, "Into the Lapse" (Program 1), July 23 - 29, curated by Jean Rasenberger and Brian D. Butler
Stuart Regen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, May - June
Galerie Esther Schipper, Cologne, Germany, April - May
Centre d'Art Contemporain, Martigny, Switzerland, "Free Lunch", February, organized by Erik Oppenheim
White Columns, NYC, Benefit Exhibition, February
Name Gallery, Chicago, IL, Benefit Exhibition, February

1991
John Post Lee, NYC, "Ornament: Ho Hum All Ye Faithful", December - January 1992
La Galerie du Mois, Paris, France, "L'Esprit Biblioteque", November
Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York, "Pleasure," September - December curated by Steven Saltzman
Christine Burgin Gallery, NYC, "Letters," July - August
Robbin Lockett Gallery, Chicago, IL, "Videos and a Film About Some Schmoes Who Are Trying to Conform (yet miss)", June - July
Sophia Ungers Gallery, Cologne, Germany, "Gulliver's Travels", April (catalogue)
Wright State University, University Art Galleries, Dayton, Ohio, "Words & #'s", April - May (catalogue)
Thomas Solomon's Garage, Los Angeles, CA, "5 Days", January
Name Gallery, Chicago, IL, March
White Columns, NYC, "LYRIC- Uses of Beauty in the 90's"

1990
New Jersey State Museum, Newark, NJ
Andrea Rosen Gallery, NYC, "Work in Progress? Work?"
Simon Watson Gallery, NYC, "Total Metal"
Paula Allen Gallery, NYC, "Drawings"
Postmasters Gallery, NYC, summer group show
White Columns, NYC, Benefit Exhibition
The New Museum, NYC, Benefit Exhibition

1989
Holly Solomon Gallery, NYC, "Outer Limits"
Islip Art Museum, East Islip, Long Island
American Fine Arts Co., NYC

1988
Sculpture Center, NYC, small works show
White Columns, NYC, "Sculpture"
Creative Times, Queens, NYC, "Art on the Beach"

1986
Organization of Independent Artists, Staten Island, NYC, "South Beach III"
Vanguard Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, "Mutual Respect"