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John Tremblay    (American, 1966)

 John Tremblay - Building a Better Mushroom (Paintings) h: 160 x w: 193 cm / h: 63 x w: 76 in
John Tremblay
Building a Better Mushroom 2007
 
 John Tremblay - Lives of the Planets (Paintings) h: 191 x w: 165 cm / h: 75.2 x w: 65 in
John Tremblay
Lives of the Planets 2007
 
 

Biography
1966 Born in Boston, MA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Exhibitions
2008 “Deformalismes,” curated by Vincent Pécoil, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France (5/24-7/19/08)
2008 Centre d’art la Chapelle Jeanne d’Arc, Musée Henri Barré, Château d’Oiron, Oiron, France (6/28-10/19/08) (solo)
2008 Centre d’art la Chapelle Jeanne d’Arc, Thouars, France (6/28/08-10/19/08) (solo)
2008 Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY (3/29-4/24/08) (solo)
2008 'YOU SAID HE SAID SHE SAID', Seiler + Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, Zürich Switzerland
2007 Paik Hae Young Gallery, Seoul, Korea (5/29 – 6/30/07)
2007 Purple Words on a Grey Background, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France (4/24-5/19/07)
2007 “Wu-Tang/googolplex Show (Congress),” New York Is Dead Dot Biz, New York, NY (9/25- 10/13/07)
2007 “Lines,” Texas Gallery, Houston, TX (8/7-9/1/07)
2007 “The Freak Show,” curated by Olivier Vadrot, Vincent Pécoil and Lionel Mazelaygue, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France (6/8-8/5/07)
2007 “Painting as Fact – Fact as Fiction,” organized by Bob NIckas, de Pury & Luxembourg, Zürich, Switzerland (4/13-5/26/07)
2007 “The Melvins,” curated by Bob Nickas, The Mandrake, Los Angeles, CA (2/17 - 3/2/07)
2007 “Compulsive,” presented by Jalouse at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (3/1-3/4/07); originated at IAP Art, Miami, Florida, (12/9/06)
2007 “Half Square, Half Crazy – A moitié carré, à moitié fou,” curated by Vincent Pécoil, Lili Reynaud-Dewar, Elisabeth Wetterwald, Villa Arson, Centre national d’art contemporain, Nice, France (2/9-5/27/07)
2006 Available Surfaces, Part II, Emon Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (6/20-7/8/06)
2006 “Black/White & Chewing Gum,” curated by Gerold Miller, Krobath Wimmer, Vienna, Austria (6/9-7/29/06)
2006 “Mid-Life Crisis,” Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, organized by Tara Subkoff, New York, NY (6/2-6/23/06)
2006 “Uncertain States of America – American Art in the 3rd Millennium,” in collaboration with Nate Lowman, exhibition curated by Gunnar B, Kvaran, Daniel Birnbaum and Hans Ulrich Obrist, The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (6/24-9/10/06)
2006 “Hot Off the Press: New Prints of 2006,” curated by Janice Oresman, Grolier Club, New York, NY, (12/12/06-2/3/07)
2006 “I go out walking…,” Cinema Zero, Kunsthaus Baselland, Switzerland and Centre d’art d’Ivry le Credac, France, 2/22-2/25/06
2006 “Axis of Praxis,” curated by Nate Lowman in collaboration with John Tremblay, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN (4/8-5/20/06)
2006 “An Ongoing Low-Grade Mystery,” organized by Bob Nickas, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY (5/6-6/30/06)
2006 “Slow Burn,” curated by Jonah Freeman, Galerie Edward Mitterand, Geneva, Switzerland, (1/26-3/11/06)
2006 Kunsthaus Baselland and Centre d’art d’Ivry le Credac, I go out walking…, Muttenz/Ivry sur Seine
2006 Galerie Edward Mitterand, Slow Burn, Geneva
2006 Paula Cooper Gallery, An Ongoing Low-Grade Mystery, New York
2005 Galerie van Gelder, Wintery Cold, Amsterdam
2005 Champion Fine Art, The Feraliminal Lycanthropizer, Los Angeles (cat.)
2005 Performa Radio, WKCR Columbia University, Performa ’05 (org. Anthony Huberman Broadcast), New York
2005 Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Life On The Screen (org. Vincent Pécoil), Brussels (cat.)
2005 Mario Diacono at Ars Libri, John Tremblay, Boston (solo)
2005 Paula Cooper Gallery, New York (solo)
2005 The Painted World, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY
2005 Biennale d'Art Contemporain de Lyon 2005, Lyon, France
2005 Extreme Abstraction, Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York
2005 L’oeil Moteur, Art Optique et Cinetique/1950-1975, Musee d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France
2005 Minimal Pop, organized by Petra Bungert, Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris, France
2004 Nouvelle Galerie, Grenoble, France (solo)
2004 Surrounding, Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern (solo)
2004 Lamping, video screening, Art 35 Basel, Basel (solo)
2004 John Tremblay Video Retrospective, Velan Center for Contemporary Art, Turin, Italy (solo)
2004 Le Crédac: Centre d'Art d'Ivry, La partie continue2, Ivry sur Seine
2004 Swiss Institute, None of the above, New York
2004 F.R.AC. Franche-Comté, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dole, La Lettre Volée, Dole (cat.)
2004 DaimlerChrysler Contemporary, Minimalism and After III, Berlin (cat.)
2004 P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Curious Crystals of Unusual Purity, Long Island City, NY
2003 Team Gallery, My People Were Fair and Had Cum in their Hair (but Now They’re Content to Spray Stars from your Boughs), New York
2003 Anton Kern Gallery, Melvins, New York
2003 Riva Gallery, Specificity, New York
2003 Galeria Javier Lopez, JRP EDITIONS, Madrid
2003 Flieshmann's in association with Gavin Brown's Enterprise, Surrealestate (cur. Rob Pruitt and Jonathan Horowitz), New York
2003 Chateau des Ducs de Bretagne, Les 20 ans des FRAC, Nantes
2003 Galerie Heimer und Partner, Berlin (solo)
2003 Paula Cooper Gallery, NY (solo)
2003 Gallery M, 3-2-1 (with John Miller and Richard Hoecke), New York
2003 Kunsthalle Palazzo Liestal, Never Mind Your Step, Liestal/Basel
2003 galeries contemporaines des musees de Marseille, Mouvments de Fonds, Marseilles
2002 Artists Space, Painting as Paradox, New York
2002 John Connelly Presents, Machine Man, New York
2002 Gallerie Simonne Stern, Optical Optimism, New Orleans
2002 Sixteen Corners, Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern (solo)
2001 Tirana Biennale 1, Tirana (cat.)
2001 Sandra Gering Gallery, Perfect 10:ten years in Soho, New York
2001 Natural Wonders, with Lisa Beck, Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern (solo)
2000 Hello Professor!, Richard Telles Fine Art Los Angeles, CA (solo)
2000 Magma, Reali Arte Contemporanea Brescia, Italy (solo)
2000 Forde, Sex in the Country, Geneva
2000 Hex Education Hour by the Fall. Curator: Bob Nickas, Team Gallery New York, NY
1999 Camouflage, Galerie Yvon Lambert Paris, France
1999 Minty, Richard Telles Los Angeles, CA
1999 Galerie Yvon Lambert, Camouflage, Paris
1999 The Entire Movie/Quickest Way to the Airport, Sandra Gering Gallery New York, NY (solo)
1999 Possible Utopias, Galerie Jousse Seguin Paris, France (solo)
1999 Look me in the eyes, Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam
1998 Oops, Le Magasin Grenoble, France
1998 Bathroom, Galerie Thomas Healy New York, NY
1998 Painting, Stalke Galleri Copenhagen, Denmark
1998 Galerie Sandra Gering New York, NY (solo)
1997 504. Curator: John M. Amleder, Hochsule fur Bildende Kunste Braunschweig
1997 Des Histoires en Formes, Centre National d'Art Contemporain de Grenoble Grenoble, France
1997 Margarete Roeder Gallery New York, NY
1997 Galerie Jousse-Seguin Paris, France (solo)
1997 Art 28'97, Basel, Art & Public stand, Basel (solo)
1997 L’Elac, Oops, Lausanne
1996 Magasin, Des Histoires en Formes, Grenoble (cat.)
1996 Galerie Sandra Gering, New York, NY (solo)
1996 AbFab!, Feature Gallery New York, NY
1996 Drawings, Spring 1996, Sandra Gering Gallery New York, NY (solo)
1995 Notes on Print: With and After Robert Morris, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva
1995 Pittura/Immedia, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum Graz, Graz, Austria
1995 Art & Public, Targets, Geneva (solo)
1994 Art 25'94, Basel, Ecart Stand Basel (cat.) (solo)
1993 John Gibson Gallery, Nineties, New York
1993 Nineties, John Gibson Gallery New York, NY
1992 Water Bar, New York

Literature
2006 White, Roger, The Painted World, The Brooklyn Rail, January 2006
2006 Brooks, Adams, Time After Time, in: Art in America, February 2006, p. 60
2006 Higgs, Matthew, Themed Shows, in: Frieze, London, January 2006, p. 117
2005 Johnson, Ken, Painted World, in: New York Times, review, 11.11.2005, p. E33
2005 Lavrador, Judicael, Zoom Arrière, in: Les Inrockuptibles, 13.-19.07.2005, p. 76–77
2005 Pecoli, Vincent, Abstraction and Appropriation, in: Art Monthly, April 2005, p. 7–10
2005 Pécoil, Vincent, John Tremblay, Editions Sujet-Objet and Editions Jean-Michel Place, Paris, 2005 (cat.)
2005 Turcat, Raphael, La Biennale de Lyon Sous Acide, in: Teckniart, September 2005, p. 54
2004 John Tremblay: Torino, in: Urban, #26, 01.03.2004
2004 Castagno, Arianna, Tra Op e Pop: L’Opera di John Tremblay, in: Corriere dell’Arte, 28.02.2004, p. 4
2004 Minimalism and After III, DaimlerChrysler Contemporary, Berlin, 2004, p. 14, p. 62–63 (cat.)
2004 Parola, Lisa, Nostalgia della Op Art, in: TorinoSette, February 27–March 4, 2004, p. 69
2004 Smith, Roberta, Summertime at P.S.1: Where Opposites Like Hands On/Hands Off Attract, in: The New York Times, 16.07.2004, p. E28
2003 Hainley, Bruce, Best of 2003, in: Artforum, New York, December 2003, p. 136
2003 Pécoil, Vincent. Pop, in: 02, No. 28, Hiver 2003/2004, p. 8–11
2003 Smith, Roberta, John Tremblay at Paula Cooper Gallery, in: The New York Times, 28.02.2003, p. E45
2003 Wolfe, Charles. T, The Plasticity of Perception, in: The Flash Art, July–September, 2003, p. 63–64
2002 Cattelan, Maurizio; Funcke, Bettina; Gioni, Massimillano; Subotonick, Ali, in: Charley 01, p. 370
2002 Dailey, Megan, Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting, Phaidon Press Ltd., London 2002, p.328–331 (cat.)
2002 de Laubadere, Bruno, Gris Nuage, in: AD, May 2002, p. 156–163
2002 Gauthier, Michel, Cibles en Crise, Bulles en Pile (John Tremblay dans l’ambiance), in: Art Presence, October–December, 2002, p. 14–21
2002 Hainley, Bruce, Trust Buster, in: Artforum, May 2002, p. 165–166
2002 Kerr, Merrily, review, in: Flash Art, May 2002
2002 News & Around, in: Tema Celeste, November/December 2002, p. 111
2002 Painting as Paradox, in: Tema Celeste, November/December 2002, p. 111
2002 Perret, Mai-Thu, review, in: Frieze, London, January/February, p.104
2001 Hainley, Bruce, Best of 2001, in: Artforum, Nwe York, December 2001, p. 104
2001 Boyer, Marie-France, Disco Tech, in: The World of Interiors, August 2001, p. 90–93
2001 Moreno, Gean, review, in: New Art Examiner, April 2001, p. 58
2001 Nickas, Robert, People Make Paintings to Prove They Exist, in: Live Free or Die, les presses du réel, Paris, 2001, p. 122 (cat.)
2000 David, Joshua, Capsule Collection, in: Wallpaper, n° 29, June 2000, p. 67
2000 Hainley, Bruce, review, in: Artforum, summer 2000, p. 188
2000 Princenthal, Nancy, John Tremblay, in: Art In America, April 2000, p. 154
2000 Nickas, Robert, John Tremblay, in: Purple, n° 5, p. 314
2000 Tremblay, John, Top Ten John Tremblay, in: Art Forum, October 2000, p. 46
2000 Tremblay, John, I Love a Building, in: Made in USA, Spring 2000, p. 28
2000 Tremblay, John, Travelogue: Cuba, in: index, April/May 2000, p. 68
1999 Tremblay, John, the index playlist, in: index, March/April 1999, p. 106
1999 Brennan, Michael, Painter’s Journal, in: ArtNet, www.artnet.com
1999 Nickas, Robert, Le persone fanno quadri per provare che esistono, in: Tema Celeste, March/April 1999, p. 66–73
1997 Brennan, Michael, Issues of Abstraction at Margarete Roeder, in: Art Net, www.artnet.com
1996 Hainley, Bruce, John Tremblay at Sandra Gering Gallery, in: Frieze, September/October, p.86–87
1996 Troncy, Eric, Les chocolats de l’Ambassadeur, in: Documents sur l’Art, n°11, p. 146
1995 Bovier, Lionel; Cherix, Christophe, L’Action en Peinture, in: Documents sur l’Art, n°7, 1995
1995 Cherix, Christophe, in: Flash Art, summer 1995, p. 136
1994 Levy, Joe, Village Voice, in: Listings, 02.08.1994, p. 65
1994 Tremblay, John, All His Fingers are Middle Fingers, in: blur, volume 3, #10, p. 22
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