BIOGRAPHY GEORGE CONDO
BORN
1957
Concord, New Hampshire, US. Lives and works in New York.
EDUCATION
1976/78
Lowell University, Massachusetts.
AWARDS
1999
Receives the Academy Award in Art from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
TEACHING POSITION
2004
Visiting Lecturer on Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
FILM
2000
“Condo Painting,” directed by John McNaughton.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
“The Lost Civilization”, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Zurich, Switzerland.
2009
“Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Art (But Were Afraid to Ask)”, Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy.
“George Condo”, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium.
“George Condo: The Lost Civilization”, Fondation Dina Vierny-Musée Maillol, Paris, France.
2008
“George Condo: Drawings”, Sprüth Magers, Berlin, Germany.
“George Condo”, Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
“Christ: The Subjective Nature of Objective Representation”, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY, USA.
2007
“George Condo – New Works”, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Zurich, Switzerland.
“George Condo”, Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK.
“George Condo: Paintings from the Last Ten Years”, Nicholas Robinson Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
2006
Wrong Gallery, Tate Modern, London, UK.
“George Condo: Existential Portraits”, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY, USA.
“George Condo: Existential Portraits”, Xavier Hufkens Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
2005
“George Condo: Sculptures”, Skarstedt Fine Art, New York, NY, USA.
“George Condo”, Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, Munich, Germany.
“Disassembled Objects”, Power House Memphis, TN, USA.
“One Hundred Women”, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany.
2004
“George Condo. Paintings From the Eighties”, Biggs Robinson Gallery, New York, NY.
“Religious Paintings”, Curator Simon Lee, Sprüth Magers Lee Gallery, London, UK.
“George Condo”, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, Greece.
“George Condo - Memories of Manet and Velazquez“, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, France.
“George Condo”, Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, Cologne, Germany.
2003
“Not Afraid”, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL, USA.
“George Condo: Sculpture. Expanded Portraits, Extended Forms and Jazz Sculptures”, Caratsch de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich, Switzerland; travelled to: Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland.
“George Condo”, The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge, MA, USA.
2002
George Condo, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY, USA.
George Condo, Garten-Landschaft Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Schlosspark, Wendlinghausen, Dörentrup, Germany.
2001
“Physiological Abstraction”, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, France.
“George Condo”, Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, Munich, Germany.
2000
Portraits, 11 Duke Street, London, UK.
Mental States, Patrick Painter, Inc., Santa Monica, CA, USA.
1999/00
“George Condo: Jazz Paintings”, Pace Wildenstein, New York, NY, USA.
“Portraits Lost In Space”, Deitch Projects, New York, NY, USA.
“George Condo: Silkscreen Paintings”, Pace Wildenstein, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
“George Condo”, Texas Gallery, Houston, TX, USA.
“New Paintings”, Galerie Monika Sprüth, Cologne, Germany.
“George Condo: New Paintings”, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland.
1999/98
“George Condo: Televised Silkscreens”, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
1998/97
William Burroughs George Condo Collaborations 1988-1996, Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY, USA
“Collage Paintings”, Pace Wildenstein, 142 Greene Street, New York, NY, USA.
Pages de Garde/End Papers, Pace Wildenstein, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Pages de Garde/End Papers, Pace Wildenstein, New York, NY, USA.
“George Condo”, Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne, Germany.
“The Horse and the Cardinal: George Condo and William Burroughs Collaborative Works 1988-1996”, Pat Hearn, New York, NY, USA.
1997
“Collage Abstractions”, Pace Wildenstein, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
1996
“Drawings 1976-1996,” Pace Wildenstein, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
IT Park Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan.
1995
Palais des Congrčs de Paris, Paris, France.
“Zeichnungen”, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland.
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France.
“Paintings and Drawings,” Pace Wildenstein, New York, NY, USA.
1995/94
McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX, USA; Travelled to: Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston,
TX, USA.
1994
“Recent Paintings,” Pace Wildenstein, New York, NY, USA.
1993
Galeria Fernando Latorre, Zaragoza, Spain.
“Skulpturen”, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland.
1993/92
Galeria Salvador Riera, Barcelona, Spain.
1992
Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne, Germany.
“Obra 1990-1992”, Galería Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid, Spain.
Stuart Regen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
“Neue Bilder”, Galerie Pfefferle, Munich, Germany.
“Gravats”, Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona, Spain.
1991
“Recent Paintings”, The Pace Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
1990
Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
“Peintures récentes 1989-90”, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France.
“Drawings”, Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland.
“Paintings, Drawings, Prints,” Michael Maloney Contemporary Art, Inc., Santa Monica, CA, USA.
Galerie de Poche, Paris, France.
Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne, Germany.
1989
Waddington Galleries, London, UK.
1988
“Neue Arbeiten”, Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne, Germany.
“Paintings and Drawings”, The Pace Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
“Works on Paper”, Vrej Baghoomian Inc., New York, NY, USA.
1988/97
Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne, Germany.
1987
“Neue Bilder”, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland.
Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne, Gemany.
“Gemälde/Paintings 1984-1987”, Kunstverein, Munich, Germany.
“Paintings 1983-1987”, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Nagoya, Japan.
1985
Schilderijen en Tekeningen, Galerie ‘t Venster, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
“Neue Arbeiten”, Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne, Germany.
“Major New Works”, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland.
“Paintings”, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
“Recent Paintings,” Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
1985/84
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
1984
Galería Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
“Bilder – Zeichnungen”, Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne, Germany.
1983
“Paintings and Works on Paper”, Ulrike Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITONS
2009
“Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Painting So Different, So Appealing?”, Gering & López Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
“Portraits, Faces & People”, Katz Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland.
“Images et (re)présentations, années 80, second volet”, Magasin, Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France.
2008
“Against all Odds: Keith Haring in the Rubell Family Collection”, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA, USA.
“It’s Not Over Yet”, Invisible-Exports, New York, NY, USA.
“God & Goods: Spirituality and Mass Confusion”, Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary Art, Passariano-Codroipo, Italy.
“How to Cook a Wolf: Part One”, Dinter Fine Art, New York, NY, USA.
“The Luxury of Love”, Vanina Holasek, New York, NY, USA.
“Summer Exhibition”, Skarstedt Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
“Wall Rockets”, curated by Lisa Dennison, The Flag Art Foundation, New York, NY, USA.
2007
“The Beholder’s Eye”, The Salmagundi Club of New York, New York, USA.
“Create your own Museum: Highlights from a Private Collection”, Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
“Fractured Figure”, DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece.
“Negotiating Reality: Recent Works from the Logan Collection”, University of Denver Victoria H. Myhren Gallery, Denver, CO, USA.
“Meet the Artists”, Deitch Projects, New York, NY, USA.
“Small is Beautiful”, Seomi & Tuus Gallery, Seoul, Korea.
“Still Life and Kicking: a project with Vogue”, curated by Dodie Kazanjian, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, USA.
“Köln Skulptur 4”, Skulpturen Park Köln, Germany.
2006
“Color Aside”, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY, USA.
Group exhibition, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium.
“Infinite Painting. Contemporary Painting and Global Realism”, curated by Francesco Bonami & Sarah Cosulich Canarutto, Villa Manin Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Codroipo, Italy.
“Vous ętes ici (You are here)”, FRAC (Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain d’Auvergne), France.
2005
“Self Portraits”, Skarstedt Fine Art, New York, NY.
“East Village USA”, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, USA.
“Happy Birthday!”, Galerie Jerome de Noirmont, Paris, France.
“Post Modern Portraiture”, The Logan Collection Vail, CO, USA.
“48th Corcoran Biennial: Closer to Home”, Curator Stacey Schmidt, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
2004/05
“Perspectives @ 25. A Quarter Century of New Art in Houston”, Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX, USA.
2004
”...As Time Goes By”, Leo Koenig Inc. & Gordian Weber Kunsthandel, Leo Koenig Inc., New York, NY, USA.
2004/03
“Malerei 7”, Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, Cologne, Germany.
2003
“Splat Boom Pow! The Influence of Cartoons in Contemporary Art,” Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, TX; travelled to: Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA and Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH, USA.
“Not Afraid”, Rubell Familly Collection, Miami, FL, USA.
2002
“Paintings 1993-2001”, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO, USA.
“Ahead of the 21st Century. The Pisces Collection”, Donaueschingen, Germany.
“New York Expression”, Bergen Art Museum, Bergen, Norway.
2001
Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, Munich, Germany.
1999
“Bad Bad – That Is a Good Excuse”, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany.
1997
“Premier MARCO 1996”, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico.
1995
“Collection in Context: Picassoid”, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY,
USA.
1994
“Modern Drawings II”, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
“U.S. Painting in the 1980’s”, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland.
1993
“Salon de Los 16”, Palacio de Velasquez, Madrid, Spain.
1992
“Allegories of Modernism: Contemporary Drawing”, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA.
“Le Portrait dans I’Art Contemporain”, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Nice, France.
1991
“The 1980’s: Selections from the Permanent Collection”, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, USA.
“Contemporary Art from the Collection of Jason Rubell”, Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina.
“Myth and Magic in the Americas: The Eigthies”, Museo de Arte Contemporanoe de Monterrey, Mexico.
1990
“Academy-Institute Invitational Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture”, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY.
“Le Visage dans l’art contemporain”, Musee Des Jacobins, Toulouse; travelled to Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, France.
“Pharmakon’90”, Nippon Convention Center, Makuhari Messe, International Exhibition Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
“The Last Decade: American Artists of the 80’s”, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
“Drawings of the Eighties: Part II”, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA.
1989
“1979-1989 American, Italian, Mexican Art from the Collection of Francesco Pellizzi”, Hofstra Museum, Hempstead, New York, NY, USA.
“I triennal de Dibuix - Joan Miro”, La Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain.
“Sculpture by Painters”, The Pace Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
“Exposition Inaugurale”, Fondation Daniel Templon, Musee Temporaire, Frejus, France.
“Summer Installation”, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, USA.
“Aldo Crommelynck Master Prints with American Artists”, Whitney Museum of American Art at the Equitable Center, New York, NY, USA.
“Painting Beyond the Death Of Painting”, Koznetzky Most Exhibition Hall, Moscow, Russia.
1988
“Recent Drawings”, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, USA.
1987
“Biennial Exhibition”, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, USA.
1986/87
“Drawings”, Knight Gallery, Charlotte, NC, USA.
1984
“East Village Painters”, Artists Space, New York, NY, USA.
1983
“Terminal Show”, Artists Library, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
The Pisces Collection, Donaueschingen, Switzerland.
The Broad Art Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
Citigroup Art Advisory Service Collection
Dakis Joannou Collection Foundation
Doron Sebbag Art Collection, ORS Ltd.
Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Ministčre de la Culture, Paris, France.
Fonds Regional d’Art Contemporain, Ile de France, Paris, France.
Museu d’Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain.
Norton Gallery, Palm Beach, FL, USA.
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
The Judith Rothschild Foundation
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, USA.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY, USA.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, USA.
