Anthony Pearson


BIOGRAPHY
Born 1969, Los Angeles
Lives and works in Los Angeles


EDUCATION
1999 MFA University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles
1996 BFA California College of the Arts, Oakland


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Minneapolis, Midway Contemporary Art, Fall 2008, September 6 -­ November 1, 2008 (catalogue)

2007
Los Angeles, David Kordansky Gallery, December 15, 2007 – February 2,
2008
Chicago, Shane Campbell Gallery, February 17 - March 24, 2007

2003
Oak Park, IL, Shane Campbell Gallery, Wooden Glass


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Riverside, CA, California Museum of Photography, Photography as Sculpture, July 26 - October 25, 2008
London, Herald Street, The Possible Document, March 1 – April 6, 2008

2007
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Project Space: William J. O'Brien/Anthony Pearson, November 14 – December 8, 2007
Chicago, Shane Campbell Gallery, Seriality, November 10 – December 15, 2007
Los Angeles, Domestic Setting, Mar Vista, November 3 – December 8, 2007
Venice, CA, The Balmoral, One Foot High and Rising, October 27 - November 24, 2007, curated by Pentti Monkkonen
Los Angeles, Cherry and Martin, Radiant City, June 30 - August 11, 2007
Detroit, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Stuff: International
West Hollywood, Distinctive Messengers, May 19, 2007 – June 10, 2007, curated by Simon Watson and Craig Hensala of Scenic
Contemporary Art from the Collection of Burt Aaron, May 12 - July 29, 2007
New York, Bellwether Gallery, Aspects, Forms, and Figures, February 8 – March 10, 2007, curated by João Ribas and Becky Smith

2006
Chicago, Shane Campbell Gallery, Modern Primitivism, September 16 –
November 4, 2006

2005
Morgantown, WV, Paul Mesaros Gallery, West Virginia University, The Disillusion of Illusion, Curated by Shane Campbell

2004
Houston, Mixture Contemporary Art, Group Exhibition
Miami, Lemon Sky Projects, Brown Constructions, Organized by Amir Zaki
Los Angeles, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, 8 Artists

2001
Los Angeles, The Project, A Show that Will Show…, Curated by Jens Hoffman

1999
Los Angeles, Roberts & Tilton Gallery, Bloodlines
Los Angeles, New Wight Gallery UCLA, Thesis Exhibition #2

1996
Vienna, Charim Klocker Gallery, Transfiction I
Oakland, CA, Oliver Art Center CCA, The Face of Home


PROJECTS
2008
Minneapolis, Midway Contemporary Art, Process Pictures, organized by Anthony Pearson

2007
Oak Park, IL, Shane Campbell Gallery, Material Photographs, organized by Anthony Pearson

2005
Riverside, CA, Museum of Photography, Artificial Collections, curated and organized by Anthony Pearson


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008
Harvey, Nicola, "The Possible Document," Frieze.com, March 2008
Bernadini, Andrew, "Critic's Pick," artforum.com, January 2008

2007
Kessler, Sarah, "Critic's Pick," artforum.com, November 2007
Burgher, Elijah, "Anthony Pearson," Art US, Issue 18, May/June 2007
Cotter, Holland, "Art in Review: Aspects, Forms, and Figures," The New
York Times, E30, March 2, 2007
"Intangible Forms at NYC's Bellwether," Artinfo, February 16, 2007

2006
Elms, Anthony. "Modern Primitivism." Time Out Chicago, November 2, 2006.

2003
Artner, Alan. "Kay Rosen at the Suburban, Anthony Pearson at Shane Campbell." Chicago Tribune, Arts section, December 13, 2003.


COLLECTIONS
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles