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Andres Serrano

Biography

Born 1950 in New York

  • Education

  • 1967-69
    Brooklyn Museum Art School, NY
  • Awards
    Gold Medal,
    Art Directors Club 79th Annual Awards, 2000
    Silver Medal, Art Directors Club 79th Annual Awards, 2000
    Merit Award, The Society of Publication Designers, 2000
    New York State Council on the Arts, Sponsored Project. 1990
  • Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2008
    "A History of Sex",
    Alingsås Konsthall, Alingsås
    “Shit”, Yvon Lambert New York, New York
  • 2007
    "Russia",
    Galleri Charlotte Lund,
    Stockhom (4/19-5/26/07)

    “A History of Sex,”
    Kulturen, Lund,
    Sweden (9/23 -12/31/07)

    “Andres Serrano:
    El dedo en la llaga",
    PhotoEspaña Festival,
    Madrid (6/19-7/22/07)
  • 2006
    "Andres Serrano: La Part Maudite", Collection Lambert, Musée d'Art Contemporain,
    Avignon, France
    (11/18/06-2/11/07)

    “Andres Serrano,” PAC, Padiglione d’Arte
    Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
    (10/15-11/26/06)
  • 2005
    "Andres Serrano: Lectures in Photography", Ferguson Theater, Columbia College, Chicago
    "Russia-America", Moscow House of Photography, Moscow, Russia
    "Andres Serrano: Enthüllungen/Revelations", C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • 2003
    “America,”
    Paula Cooper Gallery,
    New York
    (12/10/03-1/31/04)

    “Works 1985-2002”,
    Andre Simoens Gallery,
    Belgium (4/20-4/27/03)

    “America”,
    Chac Mool Gallery,
    Los Angeles
    (01/17/03 – 02/01/03)

    “Ekthesi Photographias”, Kalfayan Gallery,
  • 2000
    “Andres Serrano:
    Lectures in Photography,”
    Ferguson Theater;
    Columbia College,
    Chicago (11/17/2005)

    “Andres Serrano:
    Enthüllungen
    / Revelations,”
    C/O Berlin,
    Berlin, Germany
    (10/8/05- 12/4/05)

    “The Americans,”
    Galleria Ugo Ferra
  • 2002
    “America,”
    Gimpel Fils, London,
    England
    Traveling Exhibition, MEO, Budapest, Hungary (Az idö és a gonosz helye)
    “Andres Serrano,” Reali Arte Contemporarea, Brescia, Italy, Feb 2002.
    “Andres Serrano’s Via Crucis,” Ex Church S. Marta/Rome
  • 2001
    “World Without End,”
    The Cathedral of Saint
    John The Divine,
    New York, NY (2/28 - 4/15/01)

    “Objects of Desire,”
    Andre Simoens Gallery,
    Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
  • 2000
    “Body and Soul,” Traveling Exhibition, Bergen Art Society, Bergen, Norway, Rogaland Kunst Museum, Stavanger, Norway, Tromsø Art Society, Tromsø, Norway; Stenersenmusett, Olso, Norway; Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland,
  • 1999
    “Andres Serrano”
    David Perez-MacCallum
    Arte Contemporaneo,
    Guayaquil, Ecuador

    “Andres Serrano: Immersions & Fluid Abstractions” Andre Simoens Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
  • 1998
    “Andres Serrano:
    A History of Sex”
    Photology, Milan, Italy
    (9/15-11/10/98),
    Photology, London,
    England (5/28-7/17/98)

    “Andres Serrano: Fluids”
    Galerie Yvon Lambert,
    Paris (4/25 - 5/30/98)
  • 1997
    “Andres Serrano”
    National Gallery
    of Victoria, Melbourne,
    Australia
    (10/10 - 10/12/97)

    “Andres Serrano” PROA,
    Buenos Aires, Argentina
    (7/12 - 8/30/97)

    "A history of Sex",
    Galleri Charlotte Lund,
    Stockholm
  • 1996
    “Andres Serrano”
    Museum of Contemporary
    Art, Zagreb, Croatia
    (10/17 - 11/10/96)

    "Andres Serrano"
    Mokka, Reykjavik,
    Iceland (6/3 - 7/8/96)
  • 1994
    "Andres Serrano: Works 1983-93,"
    Institute for Contemporary Art,
    University of Pennsylvania,
    Philadelphia (11/10/94-1/15/95),
    travelling toThe New Museum
    of Contemporary Art, New York
    (1/27 - 4/9/95);
    Center for the Fine Arts,
    Miami
  • 1993
    "The Morgue,"
    Paula Cooper Gallery,
    New York (1/23/93 - 2/20/93)
  • 1992
    "The Morgue,"
    Yvon Lambert Gallery,
    Paris (10/17/92 - 11/18/93),
    travelled to:
    La Tete d'Obsidienne,
    Fort Napoleon,
    la Seyne-sur-Mer,
    France (3/20/93 - 4/93);
    Palais du Tau, Reims
    (5/5/93 - 5/30/93);
    Grand Hornu, Mons, Belgium
  • 1991
    "Nomads,"
    Denver Museum of Art,
    Denver, CO
  • 1990
    The Seibu Museum of Art,
    Tokyo, Japan
  • 1989
    Stux Gallery, New York
  • 1986
    "The Unknown Christ,"
    Museum of Contemporary
    Hispanic Art, New York
  • 1985
    Leonard Perlson Gallery,
    New York
  • Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2009
    ”DARKSIDE II - Fotografische Macht und fotografierte Gewalt, Krankheit und Tod”, Fotomuseum Winterthur
    ”Explicit Material”, Galerie Sollertis, Toulouse
    ”Hors Jeux”, Galerie de la Médiathèque, Beauvais

  • 2008
    “Street & Studio: An Urban History of Photography,” Tate Modern, London, England; traveling to Folkwang Essen
  • 2007
    “Dedica – 1986-2006
    Twenty Years from Galleria
    Alfonso Artiaco,”
    curated by Julia Draganovic,
    PAN, Palazzo delle Arti
    Napoli, Naples, Italy
    (12/16/06-3/17/07)
  • 2006
    “Figures de l’Acteur,”
    curated by Éric Mézil,
    Collection Lambert en Avignon,
    Avignon, France
    (7/8-10/15/06)

    “Portraiture Now,”
    Smithsonian Institute,
    National Portrait Gallery,
    Washington, DC
    (7/1/06 – 1/7/07)
  • “Down by Law,”
    Whitney Biennial 2006,
    organized by the Wrong Gallery
    and curated by Cecilia
    Alemani and Jenny Moore,
    New York, NY (1/21-5/21/06)
    "Minding Traditions,"
    The Museum of Biblical Art,
    New York (12/8/06 - 2/25/07)
  • 2005
    “Man & Woman: Love’s
    Wonderous Ways,” Museum
    of New Art in Parnu,
    Estonia (6/1- 8/30/05)
  • 2003-2004
    “Corpus Christi:
    Representations of Christ
    in Photography, 1850 – 2001,”
    International Haus Der
    Photographie – Deichtorhallen
    Hamburg, Germany
    (12/19/03-4/12/04)
  • “Only Skin Deep: Changing
    Visions of The American Self,”
    International Center of
    Photography, New York
    (12/12/03-2/29/04)
  • 2002
    "Pandemic: Imaging AIDS,"
    MACBA (Museo de Arte Contemporaneo)
    and FAD (Fomento de las Artes
    Decorativas), Barcelona, Spain
    (7/15 - 8/1/02); Pretoria Art Museum,
    Pretoria, South Africa (8/27 - 10/27/02);
    The United Nations, New York, NY
  • 2001
    “Because Sex Sells:
    Part II,” Nikolai Fine Art,
    New York (1/9 - 2/10/01)

    “Give & Take,”
    Serpentine Gallery,
    Victoria and Albert Museum,
    London (1/30/01-4/1/01)

    “Full Frontal, Photographic
    Portraits,”
    Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas,
    MO
  • 2000
    “Faith: The Impact of
    Judeo-Christian Religion on
    Art at the Milennium,”
    The Aldrich Museum of
    Contemporary Art, Ridgefield,
    Connecticut (1/24/00 - 5/00)
    “Picturing the Modern Amazon,”
    New Museum of Contemporary Art,
    New York, New York
  • 1999
    “Pure Essence and Presumed
    Innocence,” Marella Arte
    Contemporanea, Sarnico,
    Italy(11/14/99 - 1/15/00)
  • 1997
    “In Visible Light: Photography
    and Classification in Art,
    Science and the Everyday”
    The Museum of Modern Art,
    Oxford, England (3/16 - 7/6/97);
    Harris Museum and Art Gallery,
    Preston, England
  • 1996
    "Radical Images" 2nd Austrian
    Triennial on Photography,
    Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum
    Joanneum and Kunstlerhaus,
    Graz, Austria (6/14 - 7/28/96)
  • 1995
    "Art as Witness,"
    1st Kwangju International
    Biennale, Seoul, Korea
    (9/20 - 11/20/95)
    "Critiques of Pure
    Abstraction," Organized
    by ICI, New York,
    Blaffer Gallery, University
    of Houston, Texas
    (1/27 - 3/26/95)
  • 1994
    "Black Male: Representations
    of Masculinity in Contemporary
    American Art," Whitney Museum
    of American Art, New York
    (11/8/94 - 3/5/95) and UCLA at
    the Armand Hammer
    Museum of Art and Cultural Center,
    Los Angeles (4/25 - 6/18/95)
  • 1993
    "Abject Art: Repulsion
    and Desire in American Art,"
    Whitney Independent
    Studies Program,
    Whitney Museum of American Art,
    New York (6/23/93 - 8/29/93)
    "Aperto '93,"
    curated by Berta Sichel,
    Venice Biennale,
    45th International Art Exhibition
  • 1992
    "Andres Serrano,
    Lee Jaffe, Genevieve Cadieux,"
    ICA Amsterdam (4/10/92 - 5/24/92)
  • 1991
    "Beyond the Frame:
    American Art, 1960-1990,"
    curated by Lynn Gumpart,
    Setagaya Art Museum,
    Tokyo, Japan, travelled
    to National Museum of Art,
    Osaka, Fukuoka Art Museum,
    Fukuoka
  • 1990
    "AIDS," Real Art Ways,
    Hartford, CT
    "Die zehn Kunstler an die
    ich am 3 Mai 1990 um 19.00
    Uhr gedeacht habe,"
    Witte de Withe Center for
    Contemporary Art, Rotterdam,
    curated by Georg Dokoupil
  • 1989
    The Photography of Invention,"
    Smithsonian Institute National
    Museum of Art, Washington, D.C.
  • 1988
    "AIDS in Democracy,"
    Dia Art Foundation, New York
  • 1987
    "The Castle,"
    Group Material Installation,
    Documenta 8, Kassel
  • 1986
    "The Law and Order Show,"
    John Weber Gallery, New York
  • 1985
    "Seeing is Believing?"
    Alternative Museum, New York

Public Collections
University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama
Institute of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, Holland
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
capc musée d'art contemporain,Bordeaux, France
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain, Cluny, France
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas
Israel Museum. Jerusalem, Israel
Spencer Museum of Art Lawrence, Kansas
Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid Spain
Cintas Foundation,Miami, Florida
Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Allen Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio
Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla, Spain
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia

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