David Altmejd (Canadian, )

Timeline

1974
Born in Montréal, Canada
1998
BFA, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Canada
2001
MFA, Columbia University, New York, NY
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Exhibitions

2013
Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
2013
Zach Feuer Gallery and Untitled, New York, NY, "Jew York", June 20 –
2013
Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, Belgium, My Little Paradise, curated by Hans Op de Beeck and Sara Weyns, May 26 – September 15
2013
Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel, Theatrical Gestures, January 26 – April 20
2012–2013
L’Institut Culturel Bernard Magrez, Bordeaux, France, “La Belle et la Bête,” October 13 – January 27
2012
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON “Builders: Canadian Biennial 2012,” November 2 – January 20
2012
Stuart Shave | Modern Art, London, England
2012
MOCA Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, “Inside Out and from the Ground Up,”
2012
The Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, “Misled by Nature,” organized by the National Gallery of Canada, September
2012
Musée Goya de Castres, Tarn, France, “Hybrides & Chimères: La Conquête d’un Rêve Êveillé,”
2012
“Pothole,” Salon 94 Bowery, New York, NY
2012
Musée d’art contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, Canada, “Zoo,” curated by Marie Fraser
2012
Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland, “Figury/Figures,” curated by Agnieszka Tarasiuk and Fabio Cavalluci
2012
Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN, "Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination," curated by Mark Scala
2012
Art Gallery of Winnipeg, Canada
2012
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada
2011
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2011
Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal, Canada, “Conte crépusculaire [Twilight Tale],” with composer-performer Pierre Lapointe
2011
"Mondes inventés - Mondes habités" (Invented Worlds - Inhabited Worlds), curated by Marie-Noëlle Farcy and Clément Minighetti, Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2011
“Barroco Nova, Site 3: The Fold and Possible Worlds,” Museum London, London, Ontario, Canada
2011
“HabiteR / Collection Frac Midi-Pyrénées,” Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
2011
“Night Scented Stock,” Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
2011
“The House Without the Door,” David Zwirner, New York, NY
2011
“Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture,” aatchi Gallery, London, UK
2011
“Everything You Can Imagine is Real…,” Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
2011
"Der Traum vom Fliegen - The Art of Flying,” curated by Britta Heinrich, Haus Der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
2010
Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium, “Le guide,”
2010
"Surrealist Conspiracy" curated by Michael Rooks High Museum of Art, Wieland Pavilion Skyway Galleries, Atlanta, GA
2010
"It is what it is. Recent Acquisitions of New Canadian Art,"National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
2010
"The Visceral Body" Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Canada
2010
“Ten Year Permanent Collection,” Les Abattoirs, France
2010
“Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection,” curated by Jeff KoonsNew Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, “Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection,” New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, “Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection,” New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, “Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection,” New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, “Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection,” New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
2010
"Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum Rotunda,” Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
2010
“ALPHA OMEGA: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection,” DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
2009
Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France, curated by Pascal Pique
2009
Magasin, Centre National d’Art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble, France(solo)
2008
Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
2008
Lustwarande 08 - Wanderland, De Pont, Tilburg, Netherlands (solo)
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)
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
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)
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
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
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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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