Tom Burr

New Haven, Connecticut, 1963 -

BiographyBiographyBorn in New Haven 1963Lives and works in Norfolk, CT and New York, NY Education1987-1988 Whitney Independent Study Program, New York1982-1986 School of Visual Arts, New York Residencies/TeachingCritic in Sculpture, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 2009-2010Artist in Residence, Randolph Cliff, Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland, 2010 Selected Solo Exhibitions2013Dressage, Parcours, Art Basel2012Cloud in Trousers, Citta della Pieve, Umbria, Italydeep wood drive, Bortolami Gallery, New York2011Promiscuous Pleats, Franco Noero, TorrinoHead Ache, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, LondonNew York, Sommer Gallery, Tel-Aviv, IsraelFelt Under Fingers, Almine Rech Galerie, BrusselsGravity Moves Me FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, France2010Murmur, MD72, BerlinFour Sides to Myself, Bortolami Gallery, NY2009Sentence, Bortolami Gallery, New YorkBonvicini/Burr, with Monica Bonvicini, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau, Munich, travelling to Museum für Gegenwartskunst, BaselStuart Shave/Modern Art, London2008Descending, Galleria Franco Noero, TurinAddict – Love, Sculpture Center, New YorkBlack and Blue, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris2007Anxiety – A Showcase, Schinkel Pavillon, BerlinSwiss Institute, New York (with Walter Pfeiffer)Moods, Secession, Vienna2006Extrospective, Museé Cantonal des Beaux-Arts de LausanneRelapse, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London2005Complete Breakdown, Galerie Neu, BerlinPrivy, Please, The Norfolk Library, Norfolk (Connecticut)The Complete Stories of Truman Capote, romaromaroma, Rome2004Our Lady of the Flowers, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin2003Gone, Gone, American Fine Arts, New YorkDie Stalle/The Stalls, Galerie Christian Nagel, CologneThe Screens, Institute for Visual Culture, Cambridge2002Piscine, Galerie Almine Rech, ParisDeep Purple, Whitney Museum of American Art, New YorkDog Days, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York2001Brutalism, Galerie Neu2000Low Slung, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig1999Black Box, Artforum Berlin, Galerie Neu, BerlinPrivate Property: Anti-Public Sculpture, Galerie Almine Reich, Paris1998Surface, Galerie Neu, BerlinThe Medical Show, Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid1997Stainless, American Fine Arts, New York199542nd Street Structures, American Fine Arts, New York1994American Fine Arts, New York1992White Columns, New York Group exhibitions2013Notes on Neo-Camp, Curated by Chris Sharp, Office Baroque Gallery, Antwerp, BelgiumNotes on Neo-Camp, Curated by Chris Sharp, Studio Voltaire, LondonPivot Points: 15 Years & Counting, Museum of Contemporary Art North Miamiopen spaces :: secret places. Works from the SAMMLUNG VERBUND, MdM MÖNCHSBERG, Salzburg, AustriaCatch as Catch Can: Curated by Fionn Meade, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PAThe Black Mirror: Curated by James Welling and Diane Rosenstein, Diane Rosenstein Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA2012MOCA’s 15th Anniversary Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL“More Light”, Curated by Alexander Schröder & Thilo Wermke, Avlskarl Gallery, Copenhagen, DenmarkCellblock II, An Essay in Exhibition Form, Curated by Robert Hobbs, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NYOnly parts of us will ever touch parts of others, curated by Timothée Chaillou, Gallery Thaddeus Ropac, Parisnow I am quietly waiting for the catastrophe of my personality to seem beautiful again, and interesting, and modern, curated by Tom Burr, Bortolami Gallery, NYDrawing a Blank(On Forgetting, Refusal, Censorship and Impotence), curated by Matthew Brannon and Jan Tumlir, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CAEveryday Abstract – Abstract Everyday, curated by Matthew Higgs, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NYMigros Meets Museion, Curated by Letizia Ragaglia in collaboration with Heike Munder and Judith Welter, Museion, Bolzano, ItalyThe Quality of Presence, curated by Dmitry Komis, The Chelsea Hotel, New York, NY,relocated, Galerie Neu, Berlin, GermanyUtopia Gesamtkunstwerk, 21er Haus, Belvedere Museum, Vienna, Austria2011Verschiebungsersatz, curated by David Rimanelli, Kimmerich, New YorkDecember: Organized by Howie Chen, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New YorkVERSCHIEBUNGSERSATZ, curated by David Rimanelli, Kimmerich, New YorkAfter images, curated by Fionn Meade, Jewish Museum of Belgium, BrusselsFive Easy Pieces, Galleria Franco Noero, Torino12th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, TurkeySchnitte im Raum, Sculptural Collagen, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, GermanyThe Smithson Effect, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake CitySHAPES, Sammlung-Haubrok, Berlin,Germany2010Missing Beat, Sommer Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Isreal“…”, Galerie Neu, BerlinABOUT US, Johann König, Berlin, GermanyCumulus, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CAForced Exposure, Team Gallery, New York, NYThe New Décor, The Hayward Gallery, London, UKMixed Use, Manhattan: Photography and Related Practices 1970s to the present, Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, SpainThe Page, Kimmerich Gallery, New York, NYLight Breaks Where No Sun Shines, Bortolami Gallery at The Webster, Miami BeachWall & Floor, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France2009Moby Dick, Curated by Jens Hoffman, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, September- December 2009The World is Yours, Louisiana Museum, Denmark, September- DecemberRachel Harrison: Consider the Lobster and other Essays, Center for Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College (CCS Bard), Annendale-on Hudson, New York, June- December 2009Saints and Sinners, curated by Laura Hoptman, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, BostonThe Station curated by Shamim Momin & Nate Lowman Miami, FloridaAbstract America: New Painting and Sculpture, Saatchi Gallery, LondonPolitical/Minimal curated by Klaus Biesenbach Kunst-Werke Berlin e.V. – KW Institute for Contemporary Art, BerlinRecollection curated by Gianni JetzerBarriera, Turin, ItalyNov. 2008-Jan. 2009La Fête Est Permanente / The Eternal Network FRAC – Champagne-Ardenne, Reims2008The Eternal Flame. On the Promise of Eternity, Kunsthaus Baselland, MuttenzNot So Subtle Subtitle, Casey Kaplan Gallery, New YorkMarc Camille Chaimowitz, …In The Cherished Company of Others…, De Appel,Amsterdam/PMMK, OostendeSammlung/Collection 1978–2008, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, ZurichFais en sorte que je puisse te parler/Mache, dass ich zu dir sprechen kann/Act so that I can speak to you, Kamm, BerlinA new High in Getting Low (NYC), John Connelly Presents, New YorkPhotos and Phantasy: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation,Carnegie Art Museum, OxnardUne Saison à Bruxelles, Dépendance, Brussels2007Walk!, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, BerlinOh Girl, It’s a Boy!, Munich Kunstverein, MunichBody Politicx, Witte de With, RotterdamAt Home, Curated by Mario Testino, Yvon Lambert project space, New YorkThe Happiness of Objects, Sculpture Centre, Long Island, New YorkUnmonumental: Falling to Pieces in the 21st Century, Curated by Richard Flood, Laura Hoptman and Massimiliano Gioni, The New Museum, New YorkOMNIA VANITAS: VANITY IS ALL, Gavlack Gallery, Los AngelesPale Carnage, Arnolfini, Bristol, travelling to; Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee2006Wieder und Wider, Performance, MUMOK, ViennaThe Eighth Square, Museum Ludwig, CologneThe Name of This Show Is Not GAY ART NOW, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, curated by Jack PiersonWarum etwas zeigen, was man sehen kann, Galerie fur Zeitgenossische Kunst, Leipzig2005HaubrokShows. B Sharp, Xantener Strasse 7, BerlinDown the Garden Path: The Artist’s Garden After Modernism, Queens Museum of Art, New YorkNolens Volens, Galerie Neu, BerlinEXILE New York is a good Hotel, Broadway 1602, New YorkResidence, MICA Foundation, New York

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