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Thom Merrick    (American, 1963)

 Thom Merrick - Desert Metamorphosis (Paintings) h: 60.5 x w: 72.5 in / h: 153.7 x w: 184.2 cm
Thom Merrick
Desert Metamorphosis 2005
 
 Thom Merrick - Elephant #2 (Sculptures) h: 2 x w: 2 x d: 1 in / h: 5.1 x w: 5.1 x d: 2.5 cm
Thom Merrick
Elephant #2 2008-2009
 
 Thom Merrick - Falcon (Sculptures) h: 5.5 x w: 2.5 x d: 2.5 in / h: 14 x w: 6.4 x d: 6.4 cm
Thom Merrick
Falcon 2008-2009
 
 Thom Merrick - Horse (Sculptures) h: 6 x w: 6 x d: 2 in / h: 15.2 x w: 15.2 x d: 5.1 cm
Thom Merrick
Horse 2008-2009
 
 Thom Merrick - Landscape with Figures Inside (Paintings) h: 72 x w: 60 in / h: 182.9 x w: 152.4 cm
Thom Merrick
Landscape with Figures Inside 2006-2007
 
 Thom Merrick - Lion (Sculptures) h: 14 x w: 21.6 x d: 6.4 in / h: 35.6 x w: 54.9 x d: 16.3 cm
Thom Merrick
Lion 2008-2009
 
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Biography
1963 Born in Sacramento, California
1985 - 1986 A.I.C.A. New York Studio Program
1986 B.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute
2001 Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY, March-April
2002 Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY, Aug.-Sept.
2002 - 2003 Pollock/Krasner Award (painting)
Lives and works in the Mojave Desert, California

Exhibitions
2009 Olivier Mosset & Thom Merrick, Christopher Grimes Gallery
2009 Hommage an Steven Parrino, KunstMuseum St. Gallen
2008 HDTS and 2008 California Biennial Nov., 7, 2008, Orange County Museum of Art, and High Desert Test Sites
2007 Without Sun, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, curated by Carole Ann Klonarides
2007 Kim Light/ Lightbox Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein
2007 Das Kapital, erster Teil. Bluechips & Masterpieces, Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK) Frankfurt, Franfurt am Main
2007 working drawings 1990 - 1997 / Quartz Mouvement, Galerie Susanna Kulli, Zurich (solo)
2006 Thom Merrick: Installation/Painting, Galerie Susanna Kulli, Zurich (solo)
2006 Smoke and Mirrors, Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles
2006 HDTS: High Desert Test Sites 5, Joshua Tree, organized by Andrea Zittel, Shaun Caley-Regen, John Connell, Lisa Anne Auerbach, Andy Stillpass
2005 Sweet Temptations, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
2005 L'Idiotie, Experience Pommery #2, Domaine Pommery, Reims, France, curated by Jean-Yves Jounnais
2005 Thom Merrick, Kunsthalle Göppingen zeigt im C 1, Göppingen (solo)
2004 HDTS: High Desert Test Sites 4, Joshua Tree, organized by Andrea Zittel, Shaun Caley-Regen, John Connell, Lisa Anne Auerbach, Andy Stillpass
2003 DA SEIN: Positionen zeitgenössischer Kunst aus der Sammlung Reinking, Ernst Barlach Museum, Wedel
2003 Perpetuum mobile - 40 years Gallery Rolf Ricke, curated by Günter Umberg
2003 New Paintings, Kenny Schachter conTEMPorary, New York (solo)
2002 New Paintings, Galerie Martina Detterer, Frankfurt (solo)
2002 Kleine Formate, Galerie Martina Detterer, Frankfurt/Main
2002 Armory Show, New York, Galerie Susanna Kulli, St.Gallen
2002 farbwerk, Former Leonische Drahtwerke, Nürnberg
2001 New Paintings, Galerie Susanna Kulli, St. Gallen (solo)
2001 New Paintings / Cut-aways, Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne (solo)
1999 Composition In Green and White, PS1 Center of Contemporary Art, New York (solo)
1999 Advertisementcreatures, Künstlerwerkstatt Lothringerstrasse, Munich (solo)
1998 Centre d’Art Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel (solo)
1998 Galerie Susanna Kulli, St.Gallen (solo)
1996 Galerie Susanna Kulli, St.Gallen (cat.) (solo)

Literature
2006 Kittelmann, Udo and Gorner, Klaus, What's New Pussycat?-Die Neuerwerbungen / New Acquisitions 2002-2005 Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main / Museum For Modern Art, Frankfurt
2006 Chaplin, Julia, April 21, Art Blooms in the California Desert, The New York Times
2005 Yves Aupetitallot, Private View 1980-2000: Collection Pierre Huber, JRP/Ringier
2005 Merrick, T., July/ August Vol.24 No.6 Working with Rolf Ricke, Sculpture Magazine International
2005 Jounnais, J.Y., Idiocy: The Exhibition, Beaux Arts Magazine/hors`serie, Jeu de Paume, pp. 9-12
2002 Busse, G.-M., November 18, Poesie des Profanen, Frankfurter Main Echo
2001 Gaug, Y., May 22, Tiere aus dem virtuellen Raum. St. Galler Tagblatt, p. 53
2001 Johnson, K., February 23, Under Pressure, The New York Times, p. 37
2000 Levin, K., February 20, Under Pressure, The Village Voice
2000 Beausse, P., January, Mayday, Art Press
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