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
2010
Los Angeles, David Kordansky Gallery, December 11, 2010 – February 5, 2011
Chicago, Shane Campbell Gallery, September 10- October 9, 2010
2009
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, September 2009
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
2011
Miami, Art Basel Miami Beach: Art Public, in collaboration with the Bass Museum of Art, Collins Park, curated by Christine Y. Kim
Palm Beach, Gavlak Gallery, Sentimental Education, November 19, 2011 – January 7, 2012
Aspen, CO, Aspen Art Museum, The Anxiety of Photography, May 13 – July 17, 2011. Travels to Austin, TX, Arthouse at the Jones Center, September 9 – December 30, 2011
New York, Greater L.A., May 14 – June 18, on view at 483 Broadway, 2nd Fl.
New York, Untitled Gallery, Anthony Pearson and Jonas Wood, April 10 – May 13th, 2011
Milan, Brand New Gallery, The Shortest Distance Between 2 Points is Often Intolerable, curated by Andrew Berardini, January 13 – February 26, 2011
2010
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, At Home/Not at Home: Works from the Collection of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg, June 26 - December 19, 2010
Chicago, Shane Campbell Gallery, Terminus Ante Quem, Shane Huffman, Barbara Kasten, Anthony Pearson and Erin Shirreff, organized by Anthony Pearson, May 1 - June 12, 2010
2009
Madrid, Gallería Marta Cervera, Ostras Voces Otros Ámbitos, June 4-July 18
Oak Park, IL, Shane Campbell Gallery, White Columns Xerox Prints, May 3 - July 26, 2009
Los Angeles, China Art Objects Galleries, Alex Hubbard, Charlemagne Palestine, Anthony Pearson, Jon Pestoni, 2009
Brussels, Almine Rech Gallery, Constructivismes, January 22 – February 27, 2009
New York, Harris Lieberman, A Twilight Art, January 17 - February 28, 2009
New York, Lisa Cooley Fine Art, Mark Barrow, Blinky Palermo & Anthony Pearson, January 14 – February 8, 2009
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 Contemporary Art from the Collection of Burt Aaron, May 12 – July 29, 2007
West Hollywood, Distinctive Messengers, May 19, 2007 – June 10, 2007, curated by Simon Watson and Craig Hensala of Scenic
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
2010
Chicago, IL, Shane Campbell Gallery, Terminus Ante Quem, with Shane Huffman, Barbara Kasten, Anthony Pearson and Erin Shirreff, 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
CATALOGUES
2010
Anthony Pearson, text by Liz Kotz, Los Angeles: David Kordansky Gallery, 2010.
At Home/Not at Home: Works from the Collection of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg, curated by Matthew Higgs, New York: CCS Bard Hessel Museum, June 26 – December 19, 2010.
Terminus Ante Quem, Chicago, Shane Campbell Gallery, 2010.
2009
Solarizations. Minneapolis: Midway Contemporary Art, 2009.
2008
Stallings, Tyler. Truthiness: Photograph as Sculpture. Riverside, California: California Museum of Photography, 2008.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011
Pearson, Anthony, "Set Pieces," Frieze, issue 143, November-December 2011, pp. 114-119
Binlot, Ann, "Culture+Travel: When in London for the Frieze Art Fair,"Art+Auction, October 2011, pp. 92-93
Trigg, Sarah, "Secrets of the Artist's Studios: Unexpected Talismans of the Artistic Process, from Rashid Johnson's Cup to Carol Bove's Forbidden Fault,"Artinfo.com, July 19, 2011
Hewitt, Christopher, "The 'Anxiety' of Photography," The Aspen Business Journal, May 30, 2011
Heinrich, Will, "Los Angeles's Off-Center Art Scene Decentralizes Lower Broadway," The New York Observer, May 24, 2011
Anthony Pearson, text by Liz Kotz, Los Angeles: David Kordansky Gallery, 2011
Douglas, Sarah, "L.A. on the Hudson," Modern Painters, May 2011, pp. 24-26
The Anxiety of Photography, texts by Matthew Thompson, Anne Ellegood and Jenelle Porter, Aspen: D.A.P, 2011
Rosenberg, Karen, "Rising and Regrouping on Lower East Side," The New York Times, April 22, 2011, p. C28
Miller, Leigh Anne, “California Dreams in Soho”, Art in America, March 7th, 2011
Rosenberg, Karen, “Rising and Regrouping on Lower East Side”, The New York Times, April 21st, 2011
DiMichele, David, "ABEX Returns: The Sequel in LA - It's Not Just About the Paint Anymore," Artillery, volume 5, issue 4, March/April 2011
Berardini, Andrew, "Anthony Pearson," Art Review, Issue 48, March 2011, p. 130
2010
Golden-McNerney, Regan, Anthony Pearson/Shane Campbell Gallery, Newcity Art, October 3, 2010
Art & Patronage: The Middle East, edited by Hossein Amirsadeghi and Maryam Homayoun Eisler, texts by Layla Diba, Anthony Downey, Hans Ulrich Obrist, London: TransGlobe Publishing, 2010
2009
Kotz, Liz. "The Medium and the Messages," Artforum, October, 2009
"Words Without Pictures", Edited by Alex Klein, LACMA. p 207-212. p 333-335.
Coburn, Tyler, "Mark Barrow, Anthony Pearson, and Blinky Palermo", Art Review, Issue 31, April 2009, p. 95
Schwendener, Martha. "Paul Graham and and Harris Lieberman's 'A Twilight Art' Confront the Future", The Village Voice, February 2009.
Rawls, Will. "Retooling," ARTslant, February 1, 2009, http://www.artslant.com/ny/articles/picklist#p4402
2008
Bedford, Christopher. "Catherine Opie," Frieze, September 2008, p.189
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
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis