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JASON FOX BIOGRAPHY

 


Born in Yonkers, New York, in 1964
Lives in New York City


Education


1988    Columbia University, New York; MFA
1986    Cooper Union, New York; BFA


One-Person Exhibitions

2007    “Sunrise at the Bottom of the Ocean,” Mario Diacono at Ars Libri, Boston

2006    Alexander Pollazzon Ltd., London


2005    Feature Inc., New York
             “The Year of Who Knows When,” Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto

2004    Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City
             M du B, F, H & g, Montreal

2003    Feature Inc., New York (catalogue)

2001    Feature Inc., New York

2000    Museo de las Artes de la Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
             M du B, F, H & g, Montreal

1998    A.N. Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan

1997    Feature Inc., New York
             Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam

1996    Cabinet Gallery, London

1995    Feature Inc., New York

1994    “Desonicator and Sleeping Bags,” Feature Inc., New York

1993    Cabinet Gallery, London (catalogue)
             “Sleeping Bags and Desonicator,” Kim Light Gallery, Los Angeles

1991    “Druidyssey,” Feature Inc., New York


Selected Group Exhibitions

2007    “Kim Light Gallery: Early 90s,” Kim Light Gallery, Los Angeles
             
“Every Revolution Is a Roll of the Dice,” Ballroom Marfa, Texas; curated by Bob Nickas
             “RAW – Among the Ruins,” Marres Center for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, Netherlands;
                       curated by Lisette Smits and Alexis Vaillant (accompanying book)
             “Shark & Hall – KLAT Featuring Jason Fox,” Batiment 59, Artamis, Geneva; curated by KLAT
             “Feed Your
Head,” Heskin Contemporary, New York; curated by Andrew Chesler (catalogue)
             
“Thoughts,” Feature Inc., New York
              “Automatic,” Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York; curated by Chris Churchill

2006    “The Inhumane Society,” Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
             “Drawing III (Selected),” g-module, Paris
             “An Ongoing Low-Grade Mystery,” Paula Cooper Gallery, New York; curated by Bob Nickas
             “Exquisite Corpse—Cadavre Exquis: A game played between Mitchell Algus and Bob Nickas,”
 
                      Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York
             “Clarissa Dalrymple’s Exhibition of Young Artists to Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Arts,”
                      Bortolami Dayan, New York; curated by Clarissa Dalrymple

2005    “Drunk vs. Stoned 2,” Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York; curated by Elysia Borowy-Reeder,
                      Gavin Brown, Corinna Durland, Scott Reeder, and Tyson Reeder
             ”Dual Vision,” Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago; curated by John McKinnon
             “The sun rises in the evening.,” Feature Inc., New York
             “Greater New York 2005,” P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY (catalogue)
             “Behind the Wall of Sleep,” Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto

2004    “Versus: Huma Bhabha and Jason Fox,” Arena Mexico, Arte Contemporaneo, Guadalajara,
                      Mexico
             “The Four-Color Pen Show,” Locust Projects, Miami; The General Store, Milwaukee, WI; curated
                      by Elysia Borowy and Heather Hubbs
             “Radicales Libres,” Central de Arte WTC, Guadalajara, Mexico; curated by Ruben Mendez
             “Beat the Reaper!” Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston; curated by Joe Bradley
             “Drunk vs. Stoned,” The General Store, Milwaukee, WI, in association with GBE @ Passerby,
                      New York; curated by Elysia Borowy, Gavin Brown, Corinna Durland, and
                      Emily Speers Mears
             “Dum Dum Grown-Up Art,” HERE Art Center, New York; curated by Josh Kil

2003    “Lumpenedlyness,” Lump Gallery/Projects, Raleigh, NC; curated by Hudson
             “The Melvins,” Anton Kern Gallery, New York; curated by Bob Nickas
             “The Burnt Orange Heresy,” Space 101, Brooklyn, NY; curated by David Hunt
             “transnational monster league,” Derek Eller Gallery, New York; curated by Banks Violette

2002    “GtT2,” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco; curated by ANP (catalogue)

2001    “Not a. Lear,” Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York; Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston; Galerie S. & H.
                      de Buck, Ghent, Belgium
             “Dear Dead Person,” Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY; curated by Banks Violette
             “Blondies and Brownies,” Aktionsforum Praterinsel, Munich; curated by Rafael von Uslar

2000    “Blondies and Brownies,” Torch, Amsterdam; curated by Rafael von Uslar
             “Hairy Forearm’s Self-Referral,” Feature Inc., New York
             “Not a. Lear,” Torch, Amsterdam; Art Process, Paris; curated by ANP

1999    “Drawings: Jason Fox and Chris Hammerlein,” Feature Inc., New York
             “Pleasure Dome,” Jessica Fredericks Gallery, New York
             “Xthetic,” Stefanelli Exhibition Space, New York; curated by Giles Lyon
             “Cookie Snow Feature,” Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam
             “Drawings,” Feature Inc., New York
             “Loaf,” Baumgartner Galleries, New York
             “Xthetic,” Angstrom Gallery, Dallas; curated by Giles Lyon

1998    “Sociable Realism,” Stephen Friedman Gallery, London; curated by Paul Noble
             “Spectacular Optical,” Thread Waxing Space, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, North
                      Miami, FL; CU Art Galleries, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; curated by Lia Gangitano
                      (catalogue)
             “Paintings,” M du B, F, H & g, Montreal
             “Ketchup (a project by KLAT),” Forde Espace d’art contemporain, Geneva; curated in association
                      with Fabrice Stroun
             “WOp: Works on/of paper,” ANP, Antwerp, Belgium
             “Yoyogaga,” Feature Inc., New York

1997    “Bring Your Own Walkman,” W139, Amsterdam; curated by Jack Jaeger
             “gnarleyand,” Feature Inc., New York
             “Supastore de Lux,” Up & Co., New York; curated by Susan Stanton
             “Popocultural II,” Southampton Art Gallery, Southampton, England; curated by Cabinet Gallery
             “Microcosmic Cryptozoic,” HERE Art Center, New York; curated by Melissa Zexter

1996    “Tekenen/Drawing ’96: Rotterdam on Line,” Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam
             “Escape Attempts” (video screening), Christiania, Denmark; organized by Jack Jaeger
             “The Paranoid Machine,” Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; curated by Michael Cohen
             “Popocultural,” South London Gallery, London; curated by Cabinet Gallery

1995    “It’s Only Rock & Roll,” Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ; curated by David Rubin (catalogue)
             “Gaze a Gazely Stare,” Feature Inc., New York, NY
             “Smells Like Vinyl,” Roger Merians Gallery, New York, NY; curated by Sarah Seager and
                      Thaddeus Strode
             “Crystal Blue Persuasion,” Feature Inc., New York, NY
             “21 Days of Darkness,” Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland

1994    “Surface de Réparation,” FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon, France; curated by Eric Troncy (catalogue)
             “Body Language,” Tavelli Gallery, Aspen, CO
             “Please Don’t Hurt Me!” Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam; Cabinet Gallery, London; curated by
                      Jack Jaeger
             “S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain),” Satellite Gallery, New York

1993    “Arachnosphere,” Ranmarine Gallery, Long Island City, NY
             “Outside Possibilities,” The Rushmore Festival, Woodbury, NY; curated by Bill Arning
             “Some artists I’ve been thinking about that fall under the title of: Wouldn’t it be more pluralistic to
                      embrace turmoil and/or violence?” Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
             “The Return of the Cadavre Exquis,” Drawing Center, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art,
                      Washington, DC; Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO; Fundación para el Arte
                      Contemporáneo, Mexico City; Santa Monica Art Museum, Santa Monica, CA; curated by
                      Ann Philbin and Ingrid Schaffner (catalogue)

1992    “Seven Rooms/Seven Shows,” P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY; curated by
                      Kathleen Cullen
             Kim Light Gallery, Los Angeles
             “The Red Light Show,” Stichting Casco, Utrecht, Netherlands; curated by Jack Jaeger
             “The Mud Club, Winchester Cathedral & Lake Nairobi,” Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage,
                      Glen Ellyn, IL; curated by Hudson (catalogue)
1991    “Office Party,” Feature, New York
             “Louder,” Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago; curated by Tony Tasset and Kathryn Hixson


Selected Bibliography

2007    USA Today, exhibition catalogue, Saatchi Gallery, London (frontispiece)

2006
   Lafreniere, Steve. Interview with Hudson, Index, November/December, 34–41 (reproduction)
             Lillington, David. Review, Frog, no. 4 (Autumn/Winter), 46–49 (reproductions)
             “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?,” Vellum, no. 4 (Fall/Winter), 32–35 (reproductions)

2005
   Greater New York 2005, exhibition catalogue, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City,                       NY, 156–157
             Faust, Lily. Review, M/The New York Art World, vol. 8 no. 6 (February), 8 (reproduction)
             Manning, Sean. Review, New York Press, 9–15 February, 44 (reproduction)
             Nusser, Madeline. “The Four-Color Pen Show,” Time Out Chicago, 3–10 March, 52 (reproduction)
             Reed, John. Review, Time Out New York, 3–9 February, 59 (reproduction)
             Saltz, Jerry. Review, Village Voice, 2–8 February, 74
             Vincent, Steven. Review, Art in America, June/July, 179–180 (reproduction)

2004
   Lehmann, Henry. “Variations On Nature of Reality,” Montreal Gazette, 31 January, Weekend                       section, 3 (reproductions)
             Saltz, Jerry. “Blotto, Meet Buzzed,” Village Voice, 19–25 May, 89

2003
   Cotter, Holland. Review, New York Times, 28 February, E45

2001
   Cotter, Holland. Review of “Dear Dead Person,” New York Times, 25 May, E29
             Smith, Roberta. “As Chelsea Expands, a Host of Visions Rush In,” New York Times, 1 June, E33

1999
   Collings, Matthew. It Hurts: New York Art from Warhol to Now, 21 Publishing, London
             Ivy, Angus. Review of “WOp,” Zingmagazine 10 (Summer), 229–230
1998
   Cotter, Holland. Review of “Yoyogaga,” New York Times, 20 November, E43

             Mahoney, Robert. Review of “Spectacular Optical,” Time Out New York, 18 June
             Reid, Calvin. Review, Art in America, July, 100 (reproduction)
             Sciaccaluga, Maurizio. “Chiamatelo Godzilla,” Tema Celeste, October–December, 42–51, 98–101                       (reproduction)
             Smith, Roberta. Review of “Spectacular Optical,” New York Times, 3 July, E33

1997
   Freedman, Carl. Review of “Popocultural II,” Frieze, May, 75 (reproduction of artwork only)

1995
   Goings On About Town, New Yorker, 13 November, 22
             Greeven, Christina. Review of “The Return of the Cadavre Exquis,” Manhattan File, May, 64–69                       (reproduction)

1994
   Cotter, Holland. Review, New York Times, 14 January, C29
             Levin, Kim. “S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain),” Village Voice, Choices, 28 July
             Levin, Kim. Village Voice, Art in Brief, 8 February, 72
             Lillington, David. Review, Metropolis M, April, 50 (reproduction)
             Lillington, David. Review, Time Out London, 19 January, 46 (reproduction)
             Saltz, Jerry. “A Year in the Life: Tropic of Painting,” Art in America, October, 90–101 (reproduction)
             Yehya, Naief. “La Caligrafia Criminal de Jason Fox,” Rock & Pop, July, 75–76 (reproduction)

1993
   Cameron, Dan. “The Critical Edge: Arranging Things,” Art & Auction, January
             Fox, Marisa. “Rock Kulture,” Option, November/December, 83–85
             Holmqvist, Karl. Interview, Pig, no. 6 (Summer)

1992
   Bekkering, Peter. “Let’s Talk About Sex,” Culture Magazine WOAR, October, 11
             Bernardi, David. Review, Flash Art, May/June, 149 (reproduction)
             Bonami, Francesco. “U.S. Pain,” Flash Art, May/June, 100–102 (reproduction)
             Figee, Thea. “Bedrijvige Piemels en Borsten bij CASCO,” Utrechts Nieuwsblad, 1 October
             Hagemans, Arno. “Riskant Erotiek, Maar Geen Porno in ‘The Red Light Show,’” Utrechts                       Nieuwsblad, 16 September
             Hoenjet, Frank. “De Sinaasappelhuid van de Erotiek,” Univeriteitsblad Utrechts, 24 September
             Marrs, Jennifer. “Simple Style with a Complex Meaning,” Courier, 2 October, 15, 18

1991
   Review of “Feature Creatures,” Flash Art, November/December


Selected Projects, Publications, and Reproductions of Artwork

2006    Soft Targets 1, no. 1, 213–216 (portfolio)
2004
   “Installation: Selected by Dana Schutz,” Modern Painters, Autumn, 66 (reproduction of artwork)
2003
   “Models and Monsters,” Open City 17 (summer), 1, 51–58 (reproductions of artworks)
             Manual, edited by Alexandre Estrela and Scott Harrison, Litographia Amorim, Lisbon, 77, 87                       (reproduction of artwork)
1996
   “Jason Fox,” Documents sur l’Art, Spring, 12 (reproduction of artwork)
             Tijdschrift, no. 3, Salle de Bains, Rotterdam, 44–45 (reproduction of artwork)
1995
   “Comfortably Numb: Drawings by Jason Fox,” Chemical Imbalance, Winter
1994
   “Working Conditions: A Forum on Art and Everyday Life by Younger Artists,” Julia Jacquette and                       Lawrence Lipkin, guest editors, M/E/A/N/I/N/G, no. 16, 12–13
1993
   ABeSea, May, 16 (artist’s project)
             L’endroit idéal (Ideal Place), edited by Eric Troncy, L’Ile du Roy, Centre d’Art et Jardin, Val due                       Reuil, France, 66–67 (artist’s project)
             Snake Eyes, no. 3, inside back cover (reproduction of artwork)


Awards and Honors

2006    Champagne Perrier-Jouët Prize for Best Artist at Zoo Art Fair




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