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David Altmejd    (Canadian, 1974)

 David Altmejd - Figure (Sculptures) h: 143 x w: 45 x d: 40 in / h: 363.2 x w: 114.3 x d: 101.6 cm
David Altmejd
Figure 2008
 
 David Altmejd - Installation View, Canadian Pavilion, 52nd Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (Installations) h: 131 x w: 510.5 x d: 363.2 in / h: 332.7 x w: 1296.7 x d: 922.5 cm
David Altmejd
Installation View, Canadian Pavilion, 52nd Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy 2007
 
 David Altmejd - The Cave (Sculptures) h: 187 x w: 36 x d: 36 in / h: 475 x w: 91.4 x d: 91.4 cm
David Altmejd
The Cave 2008
 
 David Altmejd - The Spiderman (Sculptures) h: 153 x w: 72 x d: 68 in / h: 388.6 x w: 182.9 x d: 172.7 cm
David Altmejd
The Spiderman 2008
 
 David Altmejd - Untitled (Installations) h: 178 x w: 164 x d: 134 in / h: 452.1 x w: 416.6 x d: 340.4 cm
David Altmejd
Untitled 2007
 
 David Altmejd - Untitled (Installations) h: 148 x w: 54 x d: 40 in / h: 375.9 x w: 137.2 x d: 101.6 cm
David Altmejd
Untitled 2007
 
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Biography
1974 Born in Montréal, Canada
1998 BFA, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Canada
2001 MFA, Columbia University, New York, NY

Exhibitions
2009 Magasin, Grenoble (solo)
2008 Lustwarande 08 - Wanderland, De Pont, Tilburg, Netherlands (solo)
2008 Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany, “Freeway Balconies,” curated by Collier Schorr, July 5 – September 21 forthcoming
2008 Château et dans les Fabriques du Domaine Départemental de Chamarande, France “Legende” May 25 – September 28, 2008 forthcoming
2008 Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain, “Installations: Selections from the Guggenheim Collections," April 27 – January 5, 2009
2008 Gallery Met at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY, October 13 - November forthcoming (solo)
2008 Art Gallery of Toronto (AGO), Canada, Fall forthcoming
2008 Tate Liverpool, UK, Liverpool Biennial, curated by Lawrence Sillars, September 18 – November 30, 2008 forthcoming
2008 Fundament Foundation, Tilburg, The Netherlands, “Lustwarande 08-Wanderland,” June 28 – September 28, 2008 forthcoming
2008 Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, May 2 – June 14
2008 Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
2008 Musée D’Art Contemporain de Montréal, “Triennial of Québec Art,” May 24 – September 8, 2008 forthcoming
2008 Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Canada, “Intrus/Instruders,” curated by Mélanie Boucher, April 24 – September 28, 2008 forthcoming (catalogue)
2007 Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO, “Star Power: Museum as Body Electric,” curated by Cydney Payton, October 28 – May 11, 2008 (catalogue)
2007 Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL, "The New Authentics: Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation,” curated by Staci Boris, November 30 – April 13, 2008 forthcoming
2007 Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland, “Six Feet Under: Autopsy of Our Relation to the Dead,” Sep. 22, 2007- Mar. 30, 2008 Travels to: The Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, May 9 - July 13, 2008
2007 Birch Libralato, Toronto, Canada,"David Altmejd, Renate Anger, and Eric Cameron," curated by Micah Lexier, October 20 - November 17
2007 Athens, Greece, "Fractured Figure - Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection", September 6, 2007 - March 29, 2008
2007 Rivington Arms, New York, NY, "To Build A Fire,” curated by Yuri Masnyj, April 13 - May 12
2007 Walter Vanhaerents Collection, Belgium, "Disorder in the House,” March 24 – March 31, 2009
2007 Fundació La Caixa Museum, Barcelona, Spain, "David Altmejd 'Stages,'" curated by Sílvia Sauquet, June 21 – September 9 (brochure)
2007 Canadian Pavilion, 52nd Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, "David Altmejd: The Index", June 10 – November 21, commissioned by Louise Déry (catalogue)
2007 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
2007 Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Canada, September 13 – October 27 (catalogue)
2006 Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland, "Six Feet Under: Autopsy of Our Dealing With the Dead,” November 2 - January 21, 2007 Travels to: Stiftung Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden, Germany, September 21 - March 30, 2008
2006 Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany, "The Eighth Square,” August 19 - November 16
2006 Kunsthalle Bonn, Bonn, Germany, "The Guggenheim Collection,” July 21 - January 7, 2007
2006 Andrea Rosen Gallery, Amagansett, NY, "The Dining Room Show", July 21 - July 23
2006 The Eighth Square, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (catalogue)
2006 The Guggenheim Collection, Kunsthalle Bonn, Bonn, Germany (catalogue)
2006 A Brighter Day, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)
2006 Stuart Shave | Modern Art, London, England
2005 L’écho des limbes, Galerie Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montréal (catalogue)
2005 The Zine UnBound: Kults, Werewolves and Sarcastic Hippies, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (catalogue)
2005 The The, Stuart Shave | Modern Art, London, England
2005 Ideal Worlds. New Romanticism in Contemporary Art, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
2005 Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
2004 Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Galerie Optica, Montreal, Canada
2003 Sarah Altmejd, Galerie SKOL, Montreal, Canada
2002 David Altmejd, Clear Structures for a New Generation
2002 Demonclownmonkey, Artists Space (curated by Matthew Ritchie), New York
2002 Interval, Sculpture Center, New York
2002 Pointe de chute at Galerie de l'UQAM, Montreal

Literature
2008 Buck, Louisa, Vogue, Extraordinary, p.173-175
2008 Saltz, Jerry, Artnet.com, Statuary Story, June
2008 Hong, Catherine, W Magazine, Beyond Tomorrow, November, p. 212-214
2007 Altmejd, David, V Magazine, David Altmejd: Canadian Pavilion, Fall, p. 161
2007 Bagatavicius, Christina, Canadian Art, Giardini Birdland, Summer, p. 56-61
2007 Artkrush.com, One to Watch: David Altmejd, July 11
2007 O’Keefe, Alice, New Statesman, The Art of a Good Time, June 21
2007 CBC Arts Online, Altmejd’s Werewolves, Birdmen Create Buzz at Venice Biennale, June 11
2007 Goddard, P, The Toronto Star, Reviews, June 9
2007 Higgins, Charlotte, The Guardian, Pick of the Pavilions: Fake Loos, Baghdad Holidays and Birdmen, June 9
2007 Kennedy, Randy, The New York Times, Venice Biennale: Revenge of the Raptors, June 6
2007 Gleadell, Colin, The Daily Telegraph, Behind the Venetian Mask, June 5
2007 Saatchi Gallery Online, David Altmejd at the Canadian Pavilion, June
2007 , J.J., Art Review, David Altmejd: Shapeshifter, June
2007 Milroy, Sarah, The Globe and Mail, Art with Fur and Big Teeth, January 30
2007 Higgins, Charlotte, The Guardian, Emin Tops Artistic Bill as a Dozen Brits Make Grand Tour to Venice, May 2
2007 Goddard, Peter, Toronto Star, David Altmejd’s Metamorphosis, January 27
2006 Alessandrelli, Ir’met Zucca, Flash Art, Exquisite Corpse, July-September
2006 CBC Arts Online, Montreal Sculptor Will Represent Canada at 2007 Venice Biennale, July 11
2006 Gronlund, Melissa, i-D Magazine, David Altmejd: Art Star, May
2006 Sumpter, Helen, Time Out London, Reviews: David Altmejd, April 19
2006 Larson, Kay, ARTnews, Beautiful Mutants, February
2006 Cook, Roger, Miser & Now, A Sense of the Tact: Zurich, Berlin and London, Issue 8
2005 Neil, Jonathan T.D., Modern Painters, Emerging Artists: David Altmejd, November
2005 Velasco, David, Art Papers, Monsters in the Closet: Learning to Love David Altmejd, July-August
2005 Duplat, Par Guy, La Libre Belgique. Le sculpteur de loups-garous, March 30, p. 32
2005 Spaid, Sue, Art US, David Altmejd, March-April, p. 41
2005 Armetta, Amoreen, Contemporary, New York: Andrea Rosen Gallery: David Altmejd, March, p. 75-76
2005 Schmerler, Sarah, Art in America, David Altmejd at Andrea Rosen, March, p. 132-133
2005 Miles, Christopher, Frieze, David Altmejd, January-February, p. 98
2005 Kastner, Jeffrey, ArtForum, David Altmejd, January, p. 180
2005 Wiley, Kehinde, ArtForum, Top Ten, April, p. 82
2005 Lawrence, James, Burlington Magazine, Reviews: Contemporary Art, New York, January
2004 Sillman, Nick, The Brooklyn Rail. David Altmejd at Andrea Rosen Gallery, November
2004 Enright, Robert, Border Crossings, Learning from Objects, Issue 92, p. 66-75
2004 Glueck, Grace, The New York Times, Reviews: David Altmejd, November 26, p. E41
2004 Tsai, Eugenie, Time Out New York, Reviews: David Altmejd, November 11-17, p. 65
2004 Lee, Chris, Black Book, Death Becomes Them, Fall, p. 190-192
2004 Heartney, Eleanor, Art in America, The Well-Tempered Biennial, June-July, p. 70-71
2004 Bankowsky, Jack, ArtForum, This is Today, May, p. 233
2004 Beyer, Charles G, Flash Art, Scream, March-April, p. 60
2004 Dunn, Melissa, Flash Art, Whitney Biennial 2004: A Good-Looking Corpse, May-June, p. 63
2004 Johnson, Ken, The New York Times, Is Sculpture Too Free for Its Own Good?, May 7, p. E36
2004 Johnson, Ken, The New York Times, Scream, February 13, p. E36
2004 Flash Art, New York, New York: Art Fragments from the Big Apple, March-April, p. 59-63
2004 Kimmelman Michael, The New York Times, Touching All Bases At The Biennale, March 12, p. E27
2004 Lee, Pamela M., ArtForum, Crystal Lite, May, p. 174-175
2004 McCormack, Derek, The Look, Hairy Winston, Summer, p. 30
2004 Saltz, Jerry, The Village Voice, The OK Corral, March 17-23, p. 80
2004 Saltz, Jerry, The Village Voice, Modern Gothic, February 4-10, p. C85
2004 Sholis, Brian, Flash Art, David Altmejd: Hideous Progeny, March-April, p. 100-102
2004 Sundell, Margaret, Time Out New York, The Today Show, March 25 – April 1, p. 56-57
2004 Johnson, Ken, The New York Times, Material Eyes, January 9, p. E44
2004 Scott, Andrea K., Time Out New York, David Altmejd, Dana Schutz and Kirsten Stoltmann: Material Eyes, January 1-8, p. 52
2002 Johnson, Ken. The New York Times, Demonclownmonkey, April 19
2002 Saltz, Jerry. Village Voice, Arts. Something Else, May 7
2002 The New Yorker. David Altmejd, November 25, p.17
2002 Smith, Roberta. The New York Times. Clear Structures for a New Generation, November 29, 2002, p. E36
2001 Ninacs, Anne-Marie , Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal, Point de chute (exhibition catalogue)
1999 Crevier, Lyne, Ici, Perles du diable, May 13
1999 Mavrikakis, Nicolas, Vior. Perle rar, May 27
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