BIOGRAPHY
Born 1946
Lives and works in Baltimore, MD
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
Houston, McClain Gallery, March 15 – April 14, 2011
2011
New Orleans, LA, Arthur Roger Gallery, John Waters, June 4 – July 11, 2011
2010
San Francisco, Rena Bransten Gallery, May 28 – July 3, 2010
Baltimore, MD, C. Grimaldis Gallery, January 20, 2010
2009
Provincetown, MA, Albert Merola Gallery, Neurotic, August 14 – September 15, 2009
Los Angeles, Gagosian Gallery, Rear Projection, April 11 – May 23, 2009
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Rear Projection, April 3 – May 2, 2009
2008
St. Louis, MO, Laumeier Sculpture Park, Artistically Incorrect: The Photographs and Sculpture of John Waters, October 11, 2008 – January 11, 2009
2007
San Francisco, Rena Bransten Gallery, John Waters, July 12 – August 18, 2007
2006
New Orleans, Arthur Roger Gallery, John Waters: Eat Me, October 7 – 28, 2006
Louisville, KY, 21c Museum Hotel, John Waters, October 6 - December 16, 2006
Provincetown, MA, Albert Merola Gallery, John Waters, June 16 – July 6, 2006
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, and Zurich, de Pury & Luxembourg, John Waters: Unwatchable, April 21 – May 20, 2006
Birmingham, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, The Visual Arts Gallery, John Waters, March 3 – April 1, 2006
2005
Provincetown, MA, Albert Merola Gallery, Condemned, June 17 – July 7, 2005
New Orleans, Arthur Roger Gallery, John Waters: Greatest Hits 1994-2004, January 8 –
February 26, 2005
2004
Seattle, Greg Kucera Gallery, Last Call, April 1 – May 8, 2004
New York, New Museum of Contemporary Art, Change of Life, February 7 – April 15, 2004 Traveled to Switzerland, Fotomuseum Winterthur, May 29 – August 22, 2004, Pittsburgh, PA, The Warhol Museum, May 21 – September 4, 2005, Newport Beach, CA, The Orange County Museum of Art October 30, 2005 – January 15, 2006
2003
San Francisco, CA, Rena Branston Gallery, Flop, November 20, 2003 – January 3, 2004
Hamburg, Germany, Jurgen Becker Gallery, John Waters
Santa Fe, Portfolio Group-Salon Privé Santa Fe, Hair In The Gate July 10 – August 15, 2003
Provincetown, MA, Albert Merola Gallery, Hair In The Gate, June 18 – July 6, 2003
New York, American Fine Arts, Co., Hair In The Gate, February 21 – March 22, 2003
2002
Baltimore, MD, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Straight to Video, November 1 – December 1, 2002
Seattle, Greg Kucera Gallery, Low Definition: Photographs and Sculpture, June 6 – June 29, 2002
San Francisco, Rena Branston Gallery, Straight to Video, February 14 – March 16, 2002
New Orleans, Arthur Roger Gallery, John Waters, June 1 – July 19, 2002
Milan, Galleria Emi Fontana, John Waters, February 25 – May 4, 2002
2001
Paris, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, John Waters, December 8, 2001 – January 19, 2002
Madrid, Galeria Marta Cervera, John Waters, June 21 – July 31, 2001
2000
"Straight to Video," American Fine Arts, Co., New York, November 17 – December 30, 2000
Vienna, Georg Kargl Gallery, John Waters, June 11 – July 31, 2000
New Orleans, Arthur Roger Gallery, John Waters, April 1 – 29, 2000
1999
Tokyo, Parco Gallery, Low Definition, December 10, 1999 – January 10, 2000
Provincetown, MA, Albert Merola Gallery, Low Definition," June 18 – July 1, 1999
Columbus, OH, Wexner Center for the Arts, John Waters: Photograph, June 2 –
August 21, 1999
Paris, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Director's Cut, June 5 – July 31, 1999
Brussels, Aeroplastics Contemporary, My Little Movies, May 5 – June 19, 1999
1998
New York, American Fine Arts, Co., Low Definition, November 7 – November 28, 1998
New York, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, Marks, June 18 – July 31, 1998
1997
Los Angeles, PaceWildensteinMacGill, Director's Cut, June 20 – July 26, 1997
New Orleans, Arthur Roger Gallery, John Waters, June 7 – 30, 1997
Milan, Galleria Emi Fontana, John Waters, March 20 – May 24, 1997
Cologne, Galerie Christian Nagel, My Little Movies, April 26 – May 31, 1997
1996
New York, American Fine Arts, Co., Director's Cut, November 9 – November 30, 1996
1995
New York, American Fine Arts, Co., My Little Movies, April 22 – May 20, 1995
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
New York, Benrimon Contemporary, Word Up!, September 8 – October 22, 2011
Richmond, VA, University of Richmond Museum, Art=Text=Art: Works by Contemporary Artists, August 17 – October 16, 2011
Birmingham, AL, Beta Pictoris Gallery, PULP: Work on Paper/Works with Paper, July 29 – September 30, 2011
Minneapolis, MN, Walker Art Center, Absentee Landlord: Curated by John Waters, June 11, 2011 – July 29, 2012
New York, Invisible Exports, Notes on Notes on Camp, April 2 – May 8, 2011
Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art, Seeing Now: Photography Since 1960, February 20 – May 15, 2011
2010
Pittsburgh, PA, Carnegie Museum of Art, Ordinary Madness, October 15, 2010 – January 9, 2011
Baltimore, MD, American Visionary Art Museum, What Makes Us Smile, October 9, 2010 – September 4, 2011
San Francisco, A440, A Total Trash Show, August 15 – September 30, 2010
Sheboygan, WI, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Funny Bones: Humor in Contemporary Art, June 20 – September 26, 2010
Provincetown, RI, Albert Merola Gallery, Night, June 25 – July 15, 2010
Los Angeles, Beverly Hills Municipal Gallery, Photos and Phantasy: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, May 5 – July 11, 2010
Palm Beach, FL, Gavlak Gallery, Think Pink, curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody, February 13 – April 3, 2010
2009
Pittsburgh, PA, The Andy Warhol Museum, Unnatural Rubber, October 17, 2009 – January 31, 2010
San Francisco, Rena Bransten Gallery, Decline and Fall, July 2 – August 8, 2009
Baltimore, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Summer ’09, July 1 – August 22, 2009
Frankfurt, Germany, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, The Making of Art, May 29 – August 30, 2009
Austin, TX, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Practice, Practice, Practice, May 2 – June 27, 2009,
curated by Jay Sanders and Mike Smith
New York, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York, REGIFT, February 18 – April 4, 2008, curated by John Miller
2008
McMinnville College, Oregon, Linfield Gallery/Linfield College, .meta, curated by TJ Norris
2007
Zurich, de Pury & Luxembourg Gallerie, Season's Greetings - Contemporary Photography, December 3, 2007 - January 27, 2008
New Brunswick, NJ, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, A New Reality: Black-and-White Photography in Contemporary Art, September 1 – November 18, 2007
Provincetown, MA, Albert Merola Gallery, Eliminate, June 15 – July 7, 2007
Budapest, Ludwig Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Dialogues & Attitudes, April 27 – June 10, 2007
Scottsdale, AZ, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Celebrity, January 20 – April 29, 2007
2006
New York, P.S. 1 MoMA, Defamation of Character, October 29, 2006 – January 15, 2007
Honolulu, The Contemporary Museum, Situation Comedy: Humor in Recent Art,
September 9 – December 31, 2006. (curated by Dominick Molon and Michael Rooks) Chicago, Chicago Cultural Center, Situation Comedy: Humor in Recent Art, February 4 – April 9, 2006
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Situation Comedy: Humor in Recent Art, June 10 – September 10, 2006; Fort Lauderdale, FL Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Situation Comedy: Humor in Recent Art, June 1 – September 3, 2007
Charlottesville, VA, University of Virginia Art Museum, Complicit! Contemporary American Art and Mass Culture, September 1 – October 29, 2006
New York , Paul Kasmin Gallery, Not Gay Art Now, June 8 – August 12, 2006. (Curated by Jack Pierson)
Los Angeles, Walter Maciel Gallery, As Good As Your Next Gig, March 18 – April 22,
2006
Sao Paulo, Fortes Vilaça Gallery, Hollywood Boulevard, January 19 – March 11, 2006
Baltimore, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Through the Lens II, January 4 – 28, 2006
2005
New Orleans, Arthur Roger Gallery, The Comeback Exhibition, November 19 – December 24, 2005
Reading, PA, Albright College, Freedman Art Gallery, September 30, 2005 – November 20, 2005;
Virginia Beach, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, 100 Artists See God, June 9 – September 4, 2005
New York, White Columns, POST NO BILLS, June 17 – July 23, 2005
Hamburg, Jürgen Becker, Photographic Works, April 8 – June 11, 2005
Vienna, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Waters and Watercolours, January 20 – February 26, 2005
2004
New York, American Fine Arts CO., Election, October 22 – November 18, 2004
New York, Passerby at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, Drunk vs. Stoned, August 4 – September 7, 2004 (curated by The General Store)
Laguna, CA, Laguna Art Museum, 100 Artists See God, August 1 – October 3, 2004;
London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, 100 Artists See God, November 19, 2004 – January 9, 2005; Nashville, Cheekwood Museum of Art, 100 Artists See God, February 4 – April 16, 2006.
Bregenz, Austria, Bregenzer Kunstverein, Planet B, July 18 – September 5, 2004
Santa Fe, Site Santa Fe, Disparities and Deformations: Our Grotesque, July 18, 2004
– January 9, 2005 (curated by Robert Storr)
New York, Cheim and Read, I Am The Walrus, June 10 – July 31, 2004 (curated by Jan Avgikos)
Baltimore, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Summer ’04, July 15 – August 20, 2004
Santa Fe, Portfolio Group-Salon Privé, Summer Group Show, July 15 – September 6, 2004
San Francisco, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, 100 Artists See God, March 7 – June 27, 2004 (curated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston).
2003
New York, Team Gallery My People Were Fair And Had Cum In Their Hair (But Now They’re Content to Spray Stars From Your Boughs), October 18 – November 15, 2003 (curated by Bob Nickas)
New York, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, January 11 – February 8, 2003
2002
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Something, Anything, July 2 – August 16, 2002 (curated by Nayland Blake)
New York, 25 Broad Street, Art Downtown, (curated by Richard Marshall)
Neuchåtel, Switzerland, CAN-Centre d’Art Neuchåtel, Sans Consentement, June 16-August 18, 2002
Brooklyn, Momenta Art, Enough About Me, April 26 – May 26, 2002 (organized by
Deborah Kass)
New York, Adam Baumgold Gallery, Hair Stories, April 19- May 24, 2002, (curated by Ruth Marten)
Toyko, Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito, Screen Memories, (curated by Takayo Iida) April 13-June 9,2002
2001
New York, Exit Art, Boomerang (Collector’s Choice Series), November 10 – January 1, 2002
New York, American Fine Arts, Co. at PHAG, 2001
Madrid, Galeria Marta Cervera, John Waters, June-July, 2001
Provincetown, MA, Albert Merola Gallery, 2001
Brooklyn, Winkleman Gallery, Skank, May 4 – June 3, 2001
2000
London, Hallway Gallery, A Two Year Old Girl Choked To Death Today On An Easter Egg, 2000
Provincetown, MA, Albert Merola Gallery, 2000
1999
New York, American Fine Arts, Co., Dope. An XXX-Mas Show, December 22, 1999 – January 8, 1999
Baltimore, Focus, Thomas Segal Gallery, Photographs by Painters, Sculptors and a Filmmaker, 1999
1998
Vienna, Kunstlerhaus, Ghost Story, 1998
Glasgow,UK, Center for Contemporary Art, When Worlds Collide, 1998, (curated by Tanya Leighton)
Ridgefield, CT, The Aldrich: Art Contemporary Museum, Pop-Surrealism, June 7 –
August 30, 1998 (curated by Richard Klein, Dominique Nahas, Harry Philbrick and Ingrid
Schaffner)
Atlanta, Vaknin Schwartz, Peep Show, 1998
1997
Lyon, France, 4th Lyon Biennial of Contemporary Art Edith Has a Fit, 1997,(curated by Harold Szeemann)
Paris, Passage de Retz, Essence d’un sens (Sentir du regard), 1997
Cincinnati, Contemporary Art Center Cincinnati, Photo-Op, April 5 – June 8, 1997 (curated by Charles Desmarais and David Brown)
New York, David Zwirner Gallery, Someone Else With My Fingerprints, January 31 – March 15, 1997 (touring Switzerland and Germany through 1998) (curated by Wilhelm Schurmann)
1996
New York, American Fine Arts, Co., Summer Group Show, 1996
Toyko, Spiral Garden 1F, Art at Home, Ideal Standard Life, 1996 (curated by Takayo Iida)
Paterson, NJ, Paterson Museum, Current Trends in Cross-Over Art, December 2 – 23, 1996
1995
New York, American Fine Arts, Co., Summer Group Show, July 8 – July 29, 1995
1992
New York, Aperture Gallery, Our Town, 1992 (curated by Melissa Harris)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011 “Goings on About Town: Galleries – Downtown”, The New Yorker, May 9, 2011, p. 13
“Role Models”, Art Review, April 2011, p 59.
Combs, Marianne, “No, it’s no joke – John Waters to lord over Walker”, MPRnews, April 1, 2011, http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/state-of-the-arts/archive/2011/04/no-its-no-joke---john-waters-to-lord-over-walker.shtml.
Artcetra, “John Waters to flood Walker Art Center’s galleries with tacky weirdness”, Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 1, 2011, http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/blogs.
Smith, Tim. “’Seeing Now’ is a potent and powerful tour of American photography,” The Baltimore Sun, February 17, 2011.
2010
Mollet, John. “John Waters: The Icon,” Whitewall, Fall 2010, p. 74 - 77
“John Waters,” Artforum, December 2010, pp 43
Hood, John. “John Waters on Art & the 9/11 Dinner Party,” BlackBook, November 19, 2010.
Rugarber, Laura A. “John Waters on Role Models, Baltimore and Why Pornography is Art,” The Wall Street Journal, October 7, 2010.
Piepenburg, Erik. “Loving the Lowbrow (It has its own hall of fame)” New York Times, September 2, 2010.
Nocciolo, Noel. “John Waters,” JUXTAPOZ, August 10, 2010.
Scholz, Zachary R., “John Waters: Rush,” KQED Arts, June 29, 2010.
Yardley, Jonathen “John Water’s “Role Models” reviewed by Jonathen Yardley” The Washington Post, June 20, 2010.
“Role Models” The Washington Post, June 2, 2010.
Greene, Tamsen “Outsider Porn: The Photographs of David Hurles,” Artinfo, June 10, 2010.
Sragow, Michael “ The Education of John Waters,” The Baltimore Sun, May 20, 2010.
Waters, John. “Role Models,” TimeOut New York, May 20-26, 2010.
Giuliano, Mike. “Visual Arts: Navigating Murky Waters at C. Grimaldis,” Howard County Times, February 11, 2010
Wexler, Laura. “Artist Provocateur,” Style Magazine, February, 2010
McCauley, Mary Carole. “In artwork, John Waters is still out to outrage,” The Baltimore Sun, January, 2010
Shukur, Natalie, “The Pope of Trash,” Russh, January-February 2010.
2009
Levi, Lawrence. "Inside Man," Modern Painters, September, 2009
Maul, Tim. "John Waters," Art in America, June/July, 2009
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Kley, Elisabeth. "Gotham Art and Theater," artnet, April 24, 2009
Gartenfeld, Alex. "Now Water-Based," Interview, April 8, 2009
Walters, Ben. "When John Waters met the art grannies," The Guurdian, April 9, 2009
2008
Bonetti, David. "Waters' campy humor is not for weat stomachs," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 12, 2008
Bonetti, David. "Deep Waters in the Lou: John Waters is Always On," St. Louis Post- Dispatch, October 10, 2008
Kasper, Matt. "Waters, Waters Everywhere," Riverfront Times, October 9 – 15, 2008
Beckert, Nicole. "Waters Under the Bridge?" Riverfront Times, October 9 – 15, 2008
Black, Ezrha Jean. "Gothan Grove," Artillery, May/June 2008, pp. 18, 25
2007
Waters, John. "Best of 2007: Film," ArtForum, December 2007, pp.61
Payne, James. "The Prince of Trash," Garageland, Issue V, December 2007, pp.10-15
Waters, John. "Guest Lecture," Artillery, September 2007, pp. 28-29
Messing, Nicholas. "John Waters: Everything is Eliminated," Provincetown Magazine, June 14, 2007
2006
Sonnenborn, Katie Stone. "John Waters Artiste-Directeur," Pitch, Fall 2006, pp. 16-19
Kramer, Elizabeth. "Spotlight on: John Waters," The Louisville Eccentric Observer, September 6, 2006.
Baker, R.C. "Laugh Till You Cry," The Village Voice, May 10-16, 2006
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Robinson, Andrew. "Shocking, Awful Delights," Gay City news, May 4-10, 2006.
Valdez, Sarah. Reviews, Paper Magazine, April 2006, p. 140
Gleason, Mat. "John Waters; Holiday in Orange County," Coagula, February, 2006.
Guiliano, Mike. "Grimaldis 'Lens' patrons a second eyeful," Baltimore Messenger, January
26, 2006, p. 10
Bowers, J. "Hocus Focus," City Paper (Baltimore), January 11, 2006
Nguyen, Catherine. "OCMA Presents 'John Waters: Change of Life'," New University Newspaper (UC Irvine, CA), January 10, 2006
2005
Wyszpolski, Bondo. "John Waters: Change of Life," The Easy Reader (Los Angeles), December 8, 2005
"Camp and Circumstance: John Waters on Parade," Coast Magazine (Los Angeles), December, 2005
Goldner, Liz. "The Irrepressible John Waters," OC Metro (Los Angeles), November 24, 2005
Reynolds, Christopher. "Newport Beach loves that dirty Waters," San Francisco Chronicle, November 11, 2005
Knight, Christopher. "Waters' stills do run deep," Los Angeles Times, November 6, 2005, p. E59
Powers, Ella. "The artist on display," Daily Pilot (Los Angeles), November 3, 2005, front page
Brown, David J. "John Waters Fabulous Adventures in Bad Taste," Juxtapose, November/December 2005, pp. 68-73
Sokol, Robert. "Still Life: Bridging Art and Film Leaves an Untroubled Waters," Pink, Fall 2005
Moore, Caitlin. "Change of Life," ISM (Los Angeles), November 2005
Infusino, Divina. "John Waters Runs Deep," Lifescapes (Los Angeles), November 2005, pp. 36-38
Reynolds, Christopher. "Provocateur Waters charms the O.C.," Los Angeles Times, October 31, 2005
Chang, Richard. "another side," Orange County Register, October 30, 2005, pp. 1, 7
Schoenkopf, Rebecca. "Michael Jordan Playing Baseball," OC Weekly (Los Angeles), October 28, 2005
Stacy, Greg. "The Pope of Trash: John Waters and the Art of Sleaze," OC Weekly (Los Angeles), October 28, 2005
Hamilton, Megan. "John Waters' other life," Style Baltimore, May/June 2005
Strohl, Mike. "Life After Trash," Metropolitan Magazine, May/June, 2005
2004
Cotter, Holland. "Review: Election," The New York Times, October 19, 2004
Pollack, Barbara. "John Waters at the New Museum," Art in America, September 2004
"Paper's Top 20," Paper Magazine, September 2004
Kelsey, John. "John Waters, New Museum of Contemporary Art," Artforum, Summer 2004
Garrison, Matthew. "New York: John Waters at The New Museum," Circa, Summer 2004
Bois, Yve-Alain. "Black Box Theater: Minimalism Revisited," Artforum, Summer 2004
Cohn, Michael. "John Waters: Change of Life," NYArts, May/June 2004
Hammerli, Thomas. "Mein Gott! Ein Unfall!," Sonntags Zeitung, May 30, 2004
Spinelli, Claudia. "Kunst: Ekelhaft Gut," Die Weltwoche, May 27, 2004
Hackett, Regina. "Movie director John Waters' art is in the spotlight at Greg Kucera," Seattle Post Intelligencer, April 9, 2004
Hackett, Regina. "In the Galleries," Seattle Post Intelligencer, April 9, 2004
Calderone, Michael. "Filmmaker John Waters brings photographic art to Soho," Downtown Express, March 5-11th, 2004
Interview by Dennis Cooper. Bomb, March 2004
Interview by Selma Blair. "John Waters: the den mother of society's weird and wonderful outcasts gets a hanging." Interview, March 2004
Phillips, Tony. "Indie Film's Bad Boy John Waters Talks About His Foray Into the Art World," IndieWire, March 2004
Guggenheimer, M. "Art Review: John Water's "Change of Life" Bringing out the stalker in every fan, t he pervert in every prude." Loosie.Com, March 2004
Phillips, Tony. "John Waters Embraces Life's Changes," Gay City News, February 26 – March 3, 2004
Stern, Steven. "Camp in Session: John Waters's photographs give bad taste a good name at The New Museum," Time Out New York, February 19-26, 2004
Camhi, Leslie. "Still Waters: As a photographer, the filmmaker continues to make deliciously perverse 'little movies'," The Village Voice, February 13, 2004
Udovitch, Mim. "Cuts Off the Heads Loves the Elbows," The New York Times, February 8, 2004
"Essence of John Waters: Shock," The New York Times, February 6, 2004
Cotter, Holland. "In Photos as Well as Films, John Waters Blithely Puts His Worst Foot
Forward," The New York Times, February 6, 2004
Yablonsky, Linda. "Splice of Life: Cult director John Waters has become an artist. That's divine says Linda Yablonsky," ArtReview, Edition V2N2, February 2004
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2003
Rimanelli, David. "Brush Stroke, David Rimanelli on John Waters and Bruce Hainley," Artforum, November 2003
Hastreiter, Kim. "Booty Call: Dinner Is Served," Paper Magazine, September 2003
Schoettler, Carl. "Hometown Flair: What the artworks in the 'Charmopolis' exhibit lack in taste, they more than make up for in attitude." The Baltimore Sun, July 16, 2003
Slonim, Jeffrey. "Waters' Edge," Paper Magazine, May 2003
Torem Craig, Caroline. Paper Magazine, Cultural Sushi On-Line, May 2003
Chang, Chris. "John Waters," Film Comment, May 2003
Patel, Alpesh. "Curators Pick: John Waters" New Museum.org, April 2003
Saltz, Jerry. "Film Comment: At the Movies With John Waters" The Village Voice & Artnet, March 12, 2003
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Lawson, Whitney. The Thing.Net, March 5, 2003
The New Yorker, March 10, 2003
Rozdeba, Suzanne and Widdiecombe, Ben. The Daily News, March 4, 2003
McCormick, Carlo. "Hot Waters," Paper Magazine, February 2003
2002
Dawson, Jessica. "The Low Road to High Art: John Waters's Stills-Lifes," The Washington Post,
November 14, 2002
McNatt, Glenn. "Waters plays with images in serious ways. Of course, there is a trash motif, too," The Baltimore Sun, November 12, 2002
Giuliano, Mike. "Must See TV: Finally, it's Baltimore's Turn to See the Show John Waters Stole from Television," City Paper, November, 6, 2002
Juxtapose, November 2002
Rousuck, Wynn J. "John Waters photos," The Baltimore Sun, October 31, 2002
MacCash, Doug. "Picture Imperfect: John Waters' funny photos strip away the glamour from Hollywood," The Times-Picayune, June 7, 2002
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City Milano, April 3, 2002
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Il Giornae dell'ARTE, March 2002
The Art Newspaper, What's On, March 2002
Hamlin, Jesse. "Film director John Waters' photography expands scope of his satire," San Francisco Chronicle, February 20, 2002
Bonetti, David. "John Waters' still images at Bransten are simply divine," San Francisco Chronicle, February 16, 2002
Stoilas, Helen. "John Waters, Straight," Art & Auction, January 2002
2001
Cotter, Holland. "Skank," The New York Times, June 1, 2001
Rothbart, Daniel. NY Arts Magazine, February 2001
"John Waters Photographer," Photo France, January/February 2001
Zorn Caputo, Kim. Blind Spot, Issue 18, 2001
2000
Aletti, Vince. The Village Voice, December 12, 2000
The New Yorker, December 11, 2000
"Photography: Still Waters," New York Magazine, December 4, 2000
Wehr, Anne. Time Out New York, November 16, 2000
"Chambers Runs Waters's Stills," New York Magazine, August 21, 2000
The New Yorker, August 21, 2000
Suzuki, Fumiko. Ryukotsushin, March 2000
Kouchi, Taka. Spur, February 2000
Geijutsushincho, February 2000
Sweet, February 2000
BRUTUS, February 2000
Caz, January 10, 2000
Capa, January 2000
Request, January 2000
Vogue Nippon, January 2000
Yoso, January 2000
Kokokushincho, January 2000
Shimada, Junko. Studio Voice, January 2000
Men's Nonno, January 2000
Shoki, Reiko. Gyozu, January 2000
1999
Spa, December 29, 1999
Olive, December 18, 1999
Decapo, December 15, 1999
Hanako, December 15, 1999
Saison Jornal, December 15, 1999
Pia, December 13, 1999
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Tatsuta, Atsuko. Figaro, October 2, 1999
Henry, Clare. The Herald, June 18, 1999
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Lorent, Claude. La Libre Belgique, June 1999
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Aubron, Herve. "La cerise sur le scato," Liberation, May 31, 1999
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Ledent, Phillipe. Le Matin, May 1999
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1998
Aletti, Vince. The Village Voice, December 1, 1998
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Waters, John. "John Waters Top 10," Artforum, October 1998
Subotnick, Ali. "Watermarks," ArtNews, September 1998
Yablonsky, Linda. "John Waters "Marks"," Time Out New York, July 16-23, 1998
Keeter, Nicole. "Painting the Town: Re-mark-able," Time Out New York, July 2-9, 1998
Sunday Times, June 14, 1998
Gibb, Eddie, The Scotsman WeekEnd, June 13, 1998
Miller, Phil. The Glaswegian, June 1998
Zorn Caputo, Kim. Blind Spot, Issue 14, 1998
Hoberman, J. "Director's Cut," Artforum/Bookforum, March1998
Fisher, David Marc. LIT (New Literary Supplement), February 26, 1998
Eldredge, Richard L. "Director Tests Waters with show," Atlanta Journal, January 16, 1998
Straussbaugh, John. "And Johnly," New York Press, January 14-20, 1998
Das Magazin, January 1998
1997
Beatrice, Luca. "John Waters," Blue, December 1997
Shelley, Jim. "Divine madness," The Guardian Weekend, November 8, 1997
Rian, Jeff. "Biennale de Lyon," Flash Art, October 1997
Buzzweekly, July 18, 1997
Frank, Peter. "Art Picks of the Week," LA Weekly, July 11-17, 1997
Review. Los Angeles Times, June 27, 1997
Waddington, Chris. Lagniappe, June 6, 1997
Amadasi, Giovanna. "Analisi di un eclettico (ex)trash," Duel, June 1997
"Montagen, Filter und seltsamer Kult," Kolner Stadt-Anzeiger Roo, May 13, 1997
Malanga, Paola. "Trashgressivo e contento," CIAK, May 1997
Hitz, Walter and Sahini, Ashkan. "Kunst wird," Amica, May 1997
"Director's Cut," Stadt Revue Koln, May 1997
Hermes, Manfred. "Face Lifting," SPEX, May 1997
Planca, Elisabetta. "Il papa del trash porta il cinema in galleria," Arte, May 1997
H.S., H. "Hier ist Kunst für den Arsch," Express, April 25, 1997
"Photographie Detailsucht," SZ Magazin, April 25, 1997
Ciocca, Sabrina. "John Waters é divino," Zero2, April 14-27, 1997
K, D. "Kunst-Kacke," Coolibri Kino, April 10, 1997
"John Waters: My little movies," Prinz Koln, April 1997
Marco, Giusti. "Come ai bei tempi della regina Divine," L'Expresso, March 28, 1997
Macri, Teresa. "John Waters: L'arte del divino trash," Il Manifesto, March 27, 1997
Fava, Isabelle. "John Waters, il profeta del 'trash' si dà all'arte," L'Unita, March 23, 1997
Catacchio, Antonello. "Mondo Waters," Il Manifesto, March 22, 1997
Turner, Grady. "Review – John Waters at American Fine Arts," Art in America, March 1997
Nikitin, Nikolaj. "Cool Waters," Der Schnitt, March 1997
Goldin, Nan. "Best of 1996," The Village Voice, January 7, 1997
Interview with Peter Halley and Bob Nickas. Index, January 1997
DeLand, Colin. "A Conversation with John Waters," Parkett, No. 49, 1997
1996
"John Waters," The New Yorker, December 3, 1996
"New York Letter Bomb," Coagula, December 1996
Halle, Howard. "John Waters" Time Out New York, November 28, 1996
Pedersen, Victoria. "The World According To Waters," Paper, November 1996
Fried, Daisy. Philadelphia City Paper, July 12-18, 1996
1995
Hainley, Bruce. "John Waters," Artforum, September 1995
"John Waters," The New Yorker, May 22, 1995
"Galleries: Downtown," New York Press, May 10, 1995
Aletti, Vince. "Photo: John Waters," The Village Voice, May 9, 1995
1994
Interview by David Hockney, Interview, April 1994
Lieberman, Rhonda and Rimanelli, David. "Gore Girl! – Interview with John Waters," Artforum, March 1994
CATALOGUES AND PUBLICATIONS
2003
Heiferman, Marvin and Lisa Phillips. John Waters: Change of Life. New York: New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2003.
Art - A Sex Book by John Waters and Bruce Hainley. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003
Leighton, Tanya and Pavel Büchler. Saving the Image – Art After Film. "John Waters," Interview by Bill Horrigan and Sarah Rogers. Glasgow: Centre for Contemporary Arts, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2003
2002
Iida, Takayo. Screen Memories. Edited by Eriko Osaka and Yuka Kotakemori. Tokyo: Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito, 2002
2001
Waters, John. Literatur Beaux-Arts Filosofia, "Whatever Happened to Showmanship," February 2001
Exit, Image and Culture: Off Screen - Fuera De Escena "My Little Movies (The Director's Cut) – Mis pesqueñas peliculas (la versión del director)," Interview by Juan Guardiola. Madrid: Olivares and Associates, 2001
1999
Waters, John. 12 Assholes and a Dirty Foot. Toronto: Little Cockroaches Press 13, April 1999
1998
Transcript – A Journal of Visual Culture, Vol. 3, Issue 3 "The Only Thing in a Movie Scene That You Are Not Supposed to See, John Waters," Interview by Robert Hill (transcript). Scotland: School of Fine Art, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, June 1998
Horwath, Alexander and Bert Rebhandl. Ghost Story – Afterimages of Film. Vienna: Kunstlerhaus, 1998
1997
Abrams, Janet, ed. Rethinking Design 4: Medium. "John Waters: Director's Cut." Designed by Pentagram, Mohawk Paper Mills, October 1997
John Waters- Director's Cut. Zurich: Scalo, 1997