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Adam Fuss

Biography

Born 1961 in London
Lives and works in New York City

  • Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2008
    Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
  • 2006
    Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, ”Focus: Adam Fuss”
    ”Ark And Other Works”, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
  • 2005
    Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm, ”Ark”
    Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK
    Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO, “Adam Fuss: Mask”
  • 2003
    Cheim & Read, New York, NY
  • 2002
    Xavier Hufkins, Brussels, Belgium, “Adam Fuss: My Ghost”
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Foster Gallery "Adam Fuss" travels to: Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany
    Fraenkel Gallery: Works 1985-2002, San Francisco
  • 2001
    Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA “Adam Fuss: My Ghost”
    Viewing Room, yotsuya/Yumiko Chiba Associates, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo,“Adam Fuss - My Ghost,”
    Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany
    Galerie Karsten Greve , Paris, "Adam Fuss"
  • 2000
    Galerie Karsten Greve, Milan, Italy
    Martin Browne Gallery, Sydney, Australia
    “My Ghost”, Galeri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1999
    “My Ghost,” Cheim & Read, New York
    “Details of Love,” Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
    “Adam Fuss,” FotoMuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland; traveled to Umea, Sweden
  • 1998
    “Pinhole Photographs”, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
    “Adam Fuss”, Glenn Horowitz Booksellers, East Hampton, NY
    “Snake Powder, Spore & Mucus Prints”, Fraenkel Gallery
  • 1997
    “Adam Fuss: Fotogramme”, Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich, Germany
    “My Ghost”, Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1996
    “Mary and Love Machine”, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
    “Pinhole Photographs,” Baumgartner Galleries, Washington DC, catalogue available
  • 1995
    Robert Miller Gallery, New York
    Charlotte Lund, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1994
    Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
    “In Between”, Laura Carpenter, Santa Fe, NM
    Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris
  • 1993
    "Details of Love", Robert Miller Gallery, New York
  • 1992
    Robert Miller Gallery, New York
    Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
    Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
    Tom Solomon's Garage, Los Angeles, CA
    National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
  • 1990
    Thomas Soloman's Garage, Los Angeles, CA
    Robert Miller Gallery, New York
    Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York
  • 1989
    Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York
  • 1988
    Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York
  • 1985
    Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York
  • Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2010
    ”Surface Tension: Contemporary Photographs from the Collection”, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
    ”Shadow Catchers”, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
  • 2008
    ”The Sum of Its Parts”, Cheim & Read, New York
    ”Depth of Field: Modern Photogarphy at the Metropolitan”, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • 2007
    ”I Am As You Will Be”, Cheim & Read, New York
    ”Wallflowers”, Danziger Projects, New York
    ”Pretty Baby”, The Modern Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth
  • 2006
    "Alchemy", The Terrace Gallery and All Saints' Church, Harewoord House, Leeds
    ”Immaterial World”, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles
    ”Several Exceptionally Good Recently Acquired Pictures XVIII”, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco
  • 2005
    “In Focus” North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
    ”Louise Bourgeoise, Vija Celmins, Adam Fuss, Thomas Ruff and James Siena”, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
    “Closer to Home”, 48th Corcoran Biennial, Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC
  • 2004
    ”12 from Cheim & Read”, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta
    ”Group Show”, Hamiltons, London
    ”Fall Group Show: Painting, Photography and Sculpture”, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen,
    CO
  • 2003
    ”Now Showing III”, Houldsworth, London
    ”A Simple Plan”, James Cohan Gallery, New York
    ”Imaging the Abstract”, Kinz, Tillou + Feigen, New York
    ”Abstraction in Photography”, Von Lintel Gallery, New York
    ”Intricacy”, ICA, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2002
    “The Antiquarian Avant-garde”, Sarah Morthland Galery, New York
    “Fiat Lux”, Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA
    “Visions of America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art 1940-2001”
  • 2001
    “Affecting Invention: The Manipulated Photograph”, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
    “White Light”, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, travelled to 1926 Exhibition Space (School of Art Institute Chicago)
  • 2000-01
    “Beyond Borders,” Coninx Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
    “Chorus of Light: Photographs from the Collection of Sir Elton John,” High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
    “Abstrakte Fotogrfie” (Abstract Photography), Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany
  • 2000
    “Déjà vu: Reworking the Past,” Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
    “Photography About Photography,” Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
    “Now! Modern Photographs from the Permanent Collection,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • 1999-00
    “Tomorrow Land,” Alan Koppel Gallery, Chicago, IL
    “I’m Not Here: Constructing Identity at the Turn of the Century,” Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
  • 1999
    “This is not a Photograph,” Pace University Gallery, New York
    traveling to University Art Gallery, University of California at San Diego; Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
  • 1998
    “Still Life: 1900-1998”, Marlborough Gallery, New York
    “In Site 98 - Mysterious Voyages: Exploring the Subject of Photography”, the Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
    “Color”, Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York
    “Adam Fuss”, Glenn Horowitz
  • 1997
    “Lynda Benglis, Adam Fuss, David Salle & Serge Spitzer,” Cheim & Read, NY “The Quiet in the Land: Everday Life, Contemporary Art & the Shakers”, Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
  • 1996
    “Prospect 96,” Curated by Peter Weiermair, Frankfurt, Germany
    “What’s Love Got To Do With It?” Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
    “Kingdom of Flora,” Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
  • 1995
    “Bloom”, Cristinerose Gallery, NY
    “In the Garden” Ehlers Caudill Gallery, Chicago, IL
    “Content and Discontent in Today’s Photography”, ICI, NY, British Museum, Greenwich, CT and Pritchard Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
  • 1994
    Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, "Experimental Vision: The Evolution of the Photogram Since 1919"
    Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX, "The Light Fantastic"
    Friends of Photography, San Francisco, CA, "The Abstract Urge"
  • 1993
    Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Group Photography Exhibition
    Laura Carpenter Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, “Image First: Eight Photographers for
    the 90's”
  • 1992
    Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, "Abstraction in the '90's"
    Wooster Gardens, New York, NY, "Healing," (Travelled to the
    Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA).
    Fisher Landau Center, Long Island City, NY,
  • 1991
    Robert Miller Gallery, New York, "Portraits on Paper"
    Tavelli Gallery, Aspen, CO, "Photography 1980-1990"The New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY, "The Interrupted Life"
  • 1990
    Fundacio Caixa de Pensions, Barcelona, Spain, "Javier Baldeon and Adam Fuss"
    Fucares Gallery, Madrid, Spain
  • 1989
    Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., "Abstraction in Contemporary Photography," curated by Jimmy De Sana, (travelled to Anderson Gallery, School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.), catalog with essays
  • 1988
    Damon Brandt Gallery, New York
    Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, N.Y., (travelled to Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts, Roanoke, VA).
  • 1987
    Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York, "Adam Fuss, Mark Morrisroe, The Starn Twins"
  • 1986
    Stux Gallery, Boston, MA
    Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York
  • 1985
    Alternative Museum, New York (catalog with essay by Alan I. Ludwig).
    Ledel Gallery, New York
    Simon Cerigo Gallery, New York

Collections
Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH.
Albright-Knox, NY
Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia.
Camera Works, Inc.
Chase Manhattan Bank, NY.
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO.
Fisher Landau Center, Long Island City, NY.
George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.
Hallmark Photographic Collection
The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Israel Museum, Israel.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
U.S. Trust Company, New York, NY.
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England.
Vienna Moderner Kunst Museum
Mr. Paul Walter, New York, NY.
Mr. Thomas Walther, New York, NY/Germany.
Whitney Museum of American Art, NY.
Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, VT

Awards
Sixteenth Annual ICP Infinity Award for Art, 2000.

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