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John Tremblay Biography
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Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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Wait for Me at the Bottom of the Pool, curated by Bob Nickas, Jose Martos Gallery, Sagaponack, NY
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2010
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Le carillon de Big Ben, Centre d'art contemporain d'Ivry (CREDAC), France
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2010
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Pictures about Pictures: Discourses in Painting from Albers to Zobernig, curated by Dr.Renate Wiehager, Daimler Art Collection, MUMOK, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiflung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria
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2010
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Portrait de lʼartiste en motocycliste, Musée des beaux-arts de La Chaux-de-Fonds, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
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2010
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Permanent Trouble, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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2009
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Just what is it that makes todayʼs painting so different, so appealing? Gering & López Gallery, New York, NY
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2009
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Cave Painting, organized by Bob Nickas, Greshamʼs Ghost, New York, NY
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2009
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Chasing Napoleon, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
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2009
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Portrait de lʼartiste en motocycliste, Magasin, Centre National dʼArt Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
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2009
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Gallery Side 2 (with Jun Fujita), Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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2009
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I Am By Birth A Genevese, Forde, Geneva, Switzerland
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2009
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Top 10 Allegories, curated by Hard Hat, Geneva, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zürich, Switzerland
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2009
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I Am By Birth A Genevese, Vegas Gallery, London, England
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2009
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Transitions: Painting at the (other) end of art, Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy, sponsored by Max Mara
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2009
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Learn to Communicte Like a Fucking Normal Person, Art Production Fund, New York, NY
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2008
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The Line is a Lonely Hunter: Drawings in New Jersey, curated by Daniel Bauman, New Jersey, Basel, Switzerland
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2008
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REINVENTED: Study and Play, Galerie Jan Wentrop, Berlin, Germany
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2008
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Presque Rien II, curated by Cedric Christie and Gavin Turk, Laure Genillard, London, UK
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2008
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Born to Be Wild – Hommage to Steven Parrino, Kunst Museum St. Gallen
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2008
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Deformalismes, curated by Vincent Pécoil, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
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2008
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Centre d’art la Chapelle Jeanne d’Arc, Musée Henri Barré, Château d’Oiron, Oiron, France (solo)
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2008
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Centre d’art la Chapelle Jeanne d’Arc, Thouars, France (solo)
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2008
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Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2008
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YOU SAID HE SAID SHE SAID, Seiler + Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland
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2007
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Paik Hae Young Gallery, Seoul, Korea
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2007
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Purple Words on a Grey Background, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France
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2007
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Wu-Tang/googolplex Show (Congress), New York Is Dead Dot Biz, New York, NY
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2007
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Lines, Texas Gallery, Houston, TX
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2007
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The Freak Show, curated by Olivier Vadrot, Vincent Pécoil and Lionel Mazelaygue, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France
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2007
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Painting as Fact – Fact as Fiction, organized by Bob NIckas, de Pury & Luxembourg, Zürich, Switzerland
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2007
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The Melvins, curated by Bob Nickas, The Mandrake, Los Angeles, CA
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2007
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Compulsive, presented by Jalouse at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France; originated at IAP Art, Miami, FL
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2007
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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
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2006
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Available Surfaces, Part II, Emon Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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2006
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Black/White & Chewing Gum, curated by Gerold Miller, Krobath Wimmer, Vienna, Austria
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2006
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Mid-Life Crisis, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, organized by Tara Subkoff, New York, NY
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2006
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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
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2006
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Hot Off the Press: New Prints of 2006, curated by Janice Oresman, Grolier Club, New York, NY
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2006
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I go out walking…, Cinema Zero, Kunsthaus Baselland, Switzerland and Centre d’art d’Ivry le Credac, France
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2006
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Axis of Praxis, curated by Nate Lowman in collaboration with John Tremblay, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN
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2006
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An Ongoing Low-Grade Mystery, organized by Bob Nickas, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
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2006
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Slow Burn, curated by Jonah Freeman, Galerie Edward Mitterand, Geneva, Switzerland
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2006
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Kunsthaus Baselland and Centre d’art d’Ivry le Credac, I go out walking…, Muttenz/Ivry sur Seine
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2006
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Galerie Edward Mitterand, Slow Burn, Geneva
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2006
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Paula Cooper Gallery, An Ongoing Low-Grade Mystery, New York, NY
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2005
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Galerie van Gelder, Wintery Cold, Amsterdam
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2005
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Champion Fine Art, The Feraliminal Lycanthropizer, Los Angeles
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2005
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Performa Radio, WKCR Columbia University, Performa ’05 (org. Anthony Huberman Broadcast), New York, NY
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2005
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Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Life On The Screen (org. Vincent Pécoil), Brussels
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2005
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Mario Diacono at Ars Libri, John Tremblay, Boston (solo)
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2005
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Paula Cooper Gallery, New York (solo)
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2005
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The Painted World, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY
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2005
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Biennale d'Art Contemporain de Lyon 2005, Lyon, France
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2005
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Extreme Abstraction, Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York, NY
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2005
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L’oeil Moteur, Art Optique et Cinetique/1950-1975, Musee d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France
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2005
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Minimal Pop, organized by Petra Bungert, Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris, France
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2004
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Nouvelle Galerie, Grenoble, France (solo)
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2004
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Surrounding, Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern (solo)
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2004
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Lamping, video screening, Art 35 Basel, Basel (solo)
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2004
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John Tremblay Video Retrospective, Velan Center for Contemporary Art, Turin, Italy (solo)
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2004
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Le Crédac: Centre d'Art d'Ivry, La partie continue2, Ivry sur Seine
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2004
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Swiss Institute, None of the above, New York
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2004
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F.R.AC. Franche-Comté, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dole, La Lettre Volée, Dole
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2004
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DaimlerChrysler Contemporary, Minimalism and After III, Berlin
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2004
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P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Curious Crystals of Unusual Purity, Long Island City, NY
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2003
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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, NY
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2003
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Anton Kern Gallery, Melvins, NY
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2003
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Riva Gallery, Specificity, New York, NY
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2003
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Galeria Javier Lopez, JRP EDITIONS, Madrid, Spain
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2003
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Flieshmann's in association with Gavin Brown's Enterprise, Surrealestate (cur. Rob Pruitt and Jonathan Horowitz), New York, NY
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2003
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Chateau des Ducs de Bretagne, Les 20 ans des FRAC, Nantes, France
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2003
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Galerie Heimer und Partner, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2003
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Paula Cooper Gallery, NY (solo)
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2003
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Gallery M, 3-2-1 (with John Miller and Richard Hoecke), New York, NY
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2003
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Kunsthalle Palazzo Liestal, Never Mind Your Step, Liestal/Basel
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2003
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galeries contemporaines des musees de Marseille, Mouvments de Fonds, Marseilles, France
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2002
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Artists Space, Painting as Paradox, New York, NY
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2002
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John Connelly Presents, Machine Man, New York, NY
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2002
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Gallerie Simonne Stern, Optical Optimism, New Orleans
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2002
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Sixteen Corners, Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern (solo)
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2001
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Tirana Biennale 1, Tirana (cat.)
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2001
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Sandra Gering Gallery, Perfect 10:ten years in Soho, New York, NY
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2001
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Natural Wonders, with Lisa Beck, Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern (solo)
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2000
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Hello Professor!, Richard Telles Fine Art Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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2000
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Magma, Reali Arte Contemporanea Brescia, Italy (solo)
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2000
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Hex Education Hour by the Fall. Curator: Bob Nickas, Team Gallery New York, NY
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2000
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Forde, Sex in the Country, Geneva
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1999
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Galerie Yvon Lambert, Camouflage, Paris, France
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1999
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Camouflage, Galerie Yvon Lambert Paris, France
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1999
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Minty, Richard Telles Los Angeles, CA
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1999
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The Entire Movie/Quickest Way to the Airport, Sandra Gering Gallery New York, NY (solo)
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1999
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Possible Utopias, Galerie Jousse Seguin Paris, France (solo)
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1999
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Look me in the eyes, Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam
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1998
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Oops, Le Magasin Grenoble, France
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1998
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Bathroom, Galerie Thomas Healy New York, NY
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1998
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Galerie Sandra Gering New York, NY (solo)
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1998
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Painting, Stalke Galleri Copenhagen, Denmark
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1997
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504. Curator: John M. Amleder, Hochsule fur Bildende Kunste Braunschweig
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1997
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Galerie Jousse-Seguin Paris, France (solo)
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1997
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L’Elac, Oops, Lausanne
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1997
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Art 28'97, Basel, Art & Public stand, Basel (solo)
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1997
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Des Histoires en Formes, Centre National d'Art Contemporain de Grenoble Grenoble, France
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1997
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Margarete Roeder Gallery New York, NY
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1996
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AbFab!, Feature Gallery New York, NY
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1996
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Galerie Sandra Gering, New York, NY (solo)
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1996
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Magasin, Des Histoires en Formes, Grenoble
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1996
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Drawings, Spring 1996, Sandra Gering Gallery New York, NY (solo)
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1995
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Art & Public, Targets, Geneva (solo)
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1995
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Notes on Print: With and After Robert Morris, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva
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1995
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Pittura/Immedia, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum Graz, Graz, Austria
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1994
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Art 25'94, Basel, Ecart Stand Basel (solo)
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1993
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John Gibson Gallery, Nineties, New York, NY
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1993
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Nineties, John Gibson Gallery New York, NY
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1992
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Water Bar, New York, NY
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, USA
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Cabinet des Estampes du Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland
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DaimlerChrysler AG, Berlin, Germany
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Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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FRAC Poitou-Charente, Angoulême, France
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| Literature |
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2006
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White, Roger, The Painted World, The Brooklyn Rail, January 2006
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2006
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Brooks, Adams, Time After Time, in: Art in America, February 2006, p. 60
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2006
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Higgs, Matthew, Themed Shows, in: Frieze, London, January 2006, p. 117
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2005
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Johnson, Ken, Painted World, in: New York Times, review, 11.11.2005, p. E33
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2005
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Lavrador, Judicael, Zoom Arrière, in: Les Inrockuptibles, 13.-19.07.2005, p. 76–77
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2005
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Pecoli, Vincent, Abstraction and Appropriation, in: Art Monthly, April 2005, p. 7–10
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2005
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Pécoil, Vincent, John Tremblay, Editions Sujet-Objet and Editions Jean-Michel Place, Paris, 2005 (cat.)
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2005
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Turcat, Raphael, La Biennale de Lyon Sous Acide, in: Teckniart, September 2005, p. 54
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2004
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John Tremblay: Torino, in: Urban, #26, 01.03.2004
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2004
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Castagno, Arianna, Tra Op e Pop: L’Opera di John Tremblay, in: Corriere dell’Arte, 28.02.2004, p. 4
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2004
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Minimalism and After III, DaimlerChrysler Contemporary, Berlin, 2004, p. 14, p. 62–63 (cat.)
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2004
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Parola, Lisa, Nostalgia della Op Art, in: TorinoSette, February 27–March 4, 2004, p. 69
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2004
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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
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2003
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Hainley, Bruce, Best of 2003, in: Artforum, New York, December 2003, p. 136
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2003
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Pécoil, Vincent. Pop, in: 02, No. 28, Hiver 2003/2004, p. 8–11
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2003
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Smith, Roberta, John Tremblay at Paula Cooper Gallery, in: The New York Times, 28.02.2003, p. E45
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2003
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Wolfe, Charles. T, The Plasticity of Perception, in: The Flash Art, July–September, 2003, p. 63–64
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2002
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Cattelan, Maurizio; Funcke, Bettina; Gioni, Massimillano; Subotonick, Ali, in: Charley 01, p. 370
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2002
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Dailey, Megan, Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting, Phaidon Press Ltd., London 2002, p.328–331 (cat.)
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2002
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de Laubadere, Bruno, Gris Nuage, in: AD, May 2002, p. 156–163
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2002
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Gauthier, Michel, Cibles en Crise, Bulles en Pile (John Tremblay dans l’ambiance), in: Art Presence, October–December, 2002, p. 14–21
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2002
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Hainley, Bruce, Trust Buster, in: Artforum, May 2002, p. 165–166
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2002
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Kerr, Merrily, review, in: Flash Art, May 2002
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2002
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News & Around, in: Tema Celeste, November/December 2002, p. 111
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2002
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Painting as Paradox, in: Tema Celeste, November/December 2002, p. 111
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2002
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Perret, Mai-Thu, review, in: Frieze, London, January/February, p.104
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2001
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Hainley, Bruce, Best of 2001, in: Artforum, Nwe York, December 2001, p. 104
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2001
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Boyer, Marie-France, Disco Tech, in: The World of Interiors, August 2001, p. 90–93
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2001
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Moreno, Gean, review, in: New Art Examiner, April 2001, p. 58
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2001
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Nickas, Robert, People Make Paintings to Prove They Exist, in: Live Free or Die, les presses du réel, Paris, 2001, p. 122 (cat.)
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2000
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David, Joshua, Capsule Collection, in: Wallpaper, n° 29, June 2000, p. 67
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2000
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Hainley, Bruce, review, in: Artforum, summer 2000, p. 188
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2000
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Princenthal, Nancy, John Tremblay, in: Art In America, April 2000, p. 154
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2000
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Nickas, Robert, John Tremblay, in: Purple, n° 5, p. 314
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2000
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Tremblay, John, Top Ten John Tremblay, in: Art Forum, October 2000, p. 46
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2000
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Tremblay, John, I Love a Building, in: Made in USA, Spring 2000, p. 28
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2000
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Tremblay, John, Travelogue: Cuba, in: index, April/May 2000, p. 68
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1999
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Tremblay, John, the index playlist, in: index, March/April 1999, p. 106
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1999
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Brennan, Michael, Painter’s Journal, in: ArtNet, www.artnet.com
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1999
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Nickas, Robert, Le persone fanno quadri per provare che esistono, in: Tema Celeste, March/April 1999, p. 66–73
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1997
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Brennan, Michael, Issues of Abstraction at Margarete Roeder, in: Art Net, www.artnet.com
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1996
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Hainley, Bruce, John Tremblay at Sandra Gering Gallery, in: Frieze, September/October, p.86–87
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1996
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Troncy, Eric, Les chocolats de l’Ambassadeur, in: Documents sur l’Art, n°11, p. 146
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1995
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Bovier, Lionel; Cherix, Christophe, L’Action en Peinture, in: Documents sur l’Art, n°7, 1995
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1995
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Cherix, Christophe, in: Flash Art, summer 1995, p. 136
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1994
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Levy, Joe, Village Voice, in: Listings, 02.08.1994, p. 65
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1994
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Tremblay, John, All His Fingers are Middle Fingers, in: blur, volume 3, #10, p. 22
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