|
|
Tom Otterness Biography
|
 |
 |
|
1952 |
|
Born in Wichita, Kansas
|
|
1970 |
|
Arts Students League, New York
|
|
1973 |
|
Independent Study Program, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
|
|
1977 |
|
Founding member of Collaborative Projects, Inc., New York
|
|
2003 |
|
“Art Achievement Award,” 2003 Biennial Exhibition of Public Art. Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York
|
|
2005 |
|
Honored by New York City’s Municipal Art Society for Tom Otterness on Broadway
|
|
|
|
The artist lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
|
|
|
| Selected Exhibitions |
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Wit & Whimsy, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, March 6 - 31
|
|
2007
|
|
Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, June 6 – August
|
|
2007
|
|
Sobre el Humor, Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain, June 28 – September 8
|
|
2007
|
|
Tom Otterness: The Public Unconscious, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, October 4 – November 3. (solo)
|
|
2006
|
|
Tom Otterness in Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, California (solo)
|
|
2006
|
|
Tom Otterness, Marlborough Monaco, Monaco, March 24 – May 12 (solo)
|
|
2006
|
|
Tom Otterness in Grand Rapids: The Gardens to the Grand, Frederick Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, June 1 – September 10, 2006. (solo)
|
|
2006
|
|
Summer Group Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, June 22 – September 5
|
|
2005
|
|
Salamanca ciudad de la escultura, Salamanca, Spain, May 13 - August 28
|
|
2005
|
|
Works on Paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York
|
|
2005
|
|
Tom Otterness on Broadway, New York, New York (solo)
|
|
2005
|
|
Tom Otterness in Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana (solo)
|
|
2004
|
|
Get Off! Exploring the Pleasure Principle, The Museum of Sex, New York, New York
|
|
2004
|
|
Several Strange Objects, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Tom Otterness on Broadway, from Columbus Circle to 168th Street in New York City, NY; organized by Marlborough Gallery, the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, and the Broadway Mall Association
|
|
2003
|
|
BOMBEATER, Skoto Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
|
|
2002
|
|
Free Money and Other Fairy Tales, Marlborough Gallery Chelsea, New York, NY (solo)
See No Evil, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
|
|
2001
|
|
Sculpture, Drawing and Works on Relief, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Lighten Up: Art with a Sense of Humor, De Cordova Museum Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
|
|
2000
|
|
Drawings and Photographs, Matthew Marks Gallery, organized by the foundation for Contemporary Performance Art, New York, NY
Imaginary Beings, Exit Art, New York
DNCart, A project for the Democratic National Committee, New York
Monte-Carlo International Sculpture festival: Contemporary American Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
|
|
1999
|
|
Tom Otterness, Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain (catalogue)
Tom Otterness: Gold Rush, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
|
|
1998
|
|
Tom Otterness: The Marriage of Real Estate and Money and Other Redent Projects, Palm Beach Community College Museum of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, FL
Stages of Creation: Public Sculptures by National Academicians, National Academy, NY
Pop Surrealism, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield
An Exhibition for Children, 242, New York
|
|
|
1997
|
|
Otterness’ World, Marlborough Gallery, New York (catalogue)
Life Underground, Battery Park City, New York (temporary installation through Spring 1998)
American Academy Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
Contemporary Sculpture: The Figurative Tradition, Woodson Art Museum, Wasau, WI
The Private Eye in Public Art, LaSalle Lobby Gallery, NationsBank Plaza, Charlotte, NC
Wit, Whimsy, and Humor, College of New Rochelle Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, NY
Socrates Sculpture Park, 10th Anniversary, New York
Structures: Buildings in American Art 1900-1997, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
|
|
|
1996
|
|
Tom Otterness: Marriage of Real Estate and Money, Motel Fine Arts, New York, NY
1996-97 The PaineWebber Collection, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN; San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, FL
The Gun, Icon of the Twentieth Century, Ubu Gallery, New York
A Century of American Drawing from the Collection, the Museum of Modern Art, New York
Twentieth Century American Sculpture at the White House, Exhibition IV, Washington, D.C.
|
|
1995
|
|
Tom Otterness, On the Commons: Recent Sculptures, MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY; a project of the Public Art Fund
Tom Otterness: The Tables, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
Tom Otterness: Drawings and New Sculpture, Brooke Alexander, New York
Tom Otterness: Recent Sculpture, Doris Freedman Plaza, New York; a project of the Public Art Fund
|
|
1994
|
|
Otterness: Recent Drawings and Small Objects, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL (catalogue)
|
|
1993
|
|
Galerie Weber, Münster, Westfalen, Germany
Tom Otterness: New Sculpture, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
Tom Otterness: The Tables, the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
|
|
|
|
|
| Links to further information |
|
|
|
|
|