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SUE WILLIAMS
 

 
Biography

1954               Chicago Heights
1972               California Institute of the Arts, BFA
1973               Cooper Union
1975-1976    California Institute of the Arts, BFA

Lives and works in Brooklyn
 
Solo Exhibitions (Selection)

2008
David Zwirner, New York

2006
Regen Projects, Los Angeles
Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich

2005
303 Gallery, New York

2004
Bernier / Eliades Gallery, Athens
Kukje Gallery, Seoul
Addison Gallery of American Art Andover, MA

2003
Regen Projects, Los Angeles
Carpenter Center, Harvard, Cambridge, MA
Galleria Il capricorno, Venice, Italy
Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, Valencia

2002
Secession, Vienna
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Zurich
303 Gallery, New York                                          
Palm Beach ICA, Palm Beach

2001
Gallery Side 2, Tokyo
Jean Bernier Gallery, Athens

2000
Jean Bernier Gallery, Athens
303 Gallery, New York
Galerie Joan Prats, Barcelona
Galeria Il Capricorno, Venice

1999
Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Zurich

1998
303 Gallery, New York
Neue Galerie Graz/Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
Künstlerhaus Graz, Graz
Galerie Jean Bernier, Athens
Sadie Coles, London

1997
Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, Geneva
Galleria Il Capricorno, Venice
Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne

1996
303 Gallery, New York
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris
Galerie Jean Bernier, Athens
Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Modulo Gallery, Lisboa

1995
Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Galerie Metropol, Vienna

1994
303 Gallery, New York
Galleria Il Capricorno, Venice
Modulo Gallery, Lisboa
Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich
Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco

1993
Galerie Rizzo, Paris
Editions Julie Sylvester, New York
Vera Vitagioia, Naples
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco

1992
303 Gallery, New York
Stuart Regen Gallery, Los Angeles
Gallery 210, University of Missouri, St. Louis

1991
Amy Lipton Gallery, New York

1989
Loughelton Gallery, New York


 
Group Exhibitions (Selection)

2008

Kunstmuseum Luzern, 'Blasted Allegories. Werke aus der Sammlung Ringier', Luzern
Johnen + Schöttle, We Are Stardust, We Are Golden (Women at Johnen + Schöttle since 1984), Cologne
Palazzo delle Papesse, ZA young art from South Africa, Siena
CCCB Barcelona, APARTHEID - The South African Mirror, Barcelona

2007
Palais de Toyko, 'The Third Mind', Paris
Contemporary Art Galleries, University of Connecticut, 'Jacksons', Storrs/ CT
Palais de Tokyo, 'The Third Mind', curated by Ugo Rondinone, Paris
House Eva Presenhuber, 'Jubilee Exhibition', Vnà, Switzerland
MACRO al Mattatoio, 'Into Me/Out of Me', Rome
Dallas Museum of Art, 'Fast Forward: Collections for the Dallas Museum of Art', Dallas
University Gallery, University of Delaware, 'InWords: The Art of Language', Newark/DE
Museum of Modern Art, 'Comic Abstraction: Image Breaking, Image Making, New York
Gagosian, Madison Ave, 'Beneath the Underdog', New York
Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. 45 Years of Art and Feminism', Bilbao

2006
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, 'Defamation of Character', New York
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, 'Into Me/Out of Me', New York (itinerary: Kunst-Werke, Berlin: MARCO Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Roma, Rome)
Grimaldi Forum, 'New York, New York: Fifty Years of Art, Architecture, Film, Music, and Video', Monaco
P.S. 122 Gallery, 'Bearings: The Female Figure', New York
Modern Art, 'Lara Schnitger, Lily van der  Stokker, Sue Williams', London
SITE Santa Fe, 'Still Points of the Turning World: SITE Santa Fe's Sixth International Biennial', Santa Fe/NM

2005
Art Metropolis, 'Artist's Books revisited', Toronto (itinerary: Printed Matter, Inc., New York)
BA-CA Kunstforum, 'Willem de Kooning’, Vienna
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, ‘Extreme Abstraction’, Buffalo
Nicole Klagsbrun, 'Interstate', New York

2004
Staatsgallerie Stuttgart, 'Funny Cuts: Cartoons und Comics in der Zeitgenössischen Kunst’, Stuttgart
The Parrish Art Museum, ’North Fork/South Fork: East End Art Now’, South Hampton
The American Academy of Art and Letters, 'American Academy Invitational Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture', New York
Castello Buoncompagni Ludovisi di Vignola, 'Diversità & Contrasti: Opere Contemporanea da uns Collezione Privata^, Modena
Kukje Gallery, 'Ghad Amer, Shirazeh Houshiary, and Sue Williams', Seoul

2003
Texas Gallery, ’Size Matters’, Houston
G Gallery, ’Drawing’, Washington DC
University of Santa Barbara, ’Social Strategies: Redefining Social Realism’, Santa Barbara (itinerary: Univresity Galleries, Normal/IL; Richard Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle/IN; The Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans)
Lehman Maupin Gallery, 'Unframed First Look', New York

2002
Carnegie Mellon University, ’Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation’, Pittsburgh
Seattle Art Museum, ’Contemporary Art Project’, Seattle
Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, ’art in the toon age’, Michigan

2001
Palm Beach ICA, 'Brooklyn!', Lake Worth/FL
Victoria Miro Gallery, ‘Works on Paper From Acconic to Zittel‘, London
Museum of Modern Art, ‘Collaboration With Parkett: 1984 to NOW‘, New York
Texas Gallery, ‘Pop & Post-Pop [On Paper]‘, Houston
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, 'Some Options in Abstraction', Cambridge/MA
Lawing Gallery, ‘Locating Drawing‘, Houston

2000
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, ‘Drawings 2000‘, New York
Museum of Modern Art, ‘Open Ends‘, New York
Österreichischen Galerie Belvedere, ‘There Is Something You Should Know: EVN Sammlung‘, Vienna
Palais des Beaux-arts, cur. Thierry de Duve, Bruxelles

1999
American Academy Invitational, New York
Luciano Inga-Pin, ‘Bad Women‘, Milan
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, ‘Looking at ourselves: Works by Women Artists from the Logan Collection‘, San Francisco
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘The American Century: Art & Culture 1900-2000‘, New York
The Jack S. Blantom Museum of Art (University of Texas), ‘Negotiating Small Truths‘, Austin

1998
Institute of Contemporary Arts, ‘Bad Girls‘, London
Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Austria
Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, ‘Unbearable Laughter‘, cur. Anne Ellegood, Annandale-on-Hudson
Landesgalerie Oberöstereich, ‘Skulptur Figur Weiblich‘, Linz
Pat Hearn and Matthew Marks Gallery, ‘Painting: Now and Forever‘ (Part I), New York
Bricks & Kicks, ‘Submit‘, Vienna
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Pop Surrealism‘, Ridgefield
Emory University, ‘Connections, Contradictions‘, Atlanta

1997
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘1997 Biennial Exhibition‘, cur. Lisa Philips, Louise Neri, New York
Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, ‘Multiple Identity: Works from the Whitney Museum of American Art‘, Barcelona
Kunsthaus Zürich, ‘Birth of the Cool‘, cur. Bice Curiger, Zurich
Deichtorhallen, ‘Birth of the Cool‘, cur. Bice Curiger, Hamburg
Basilico Fine Arts and Lehmann Maupin, ‘Painting Project‘, New York
Elizabeth Harris Gallery, ‘Alive & Well: New Painting‘, New York
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, ‘Art on Paper‘, cur. Amy Cappellazzo, Greensboro
Rooseum, Center for Contemporary Art, ‘A House Is Not a Home‘, cur. Bo Nilsson, Malmo

1996
Spiral Wacoal Art Center, ‘Ideal Standard Life‘, Tokyo
Johnen & Schöttle, ‘Sue Williams and Wiebke Siem‘, Cologne
Galerie Andreas Binder, ‘The Comic Depiction of Sex in American Art‘, Munich
Freidrich Petzel Gallery, ‘Screen‘, cur. Joshua Dector, New York
Adam Baumgold Fine Art, ‘Comic Inspirations‘, New York
Simon Capstick-Dale Fine Art, ‘Comic Inspirations‘, New York
Claudia Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea, ‘Nudo and Crudo‘, Milan
Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, ‘a/drift: Scenes from a Penetrable Culture‘, Annandale-on-Hudson
Sprengel Museum, ‘Sex & Crime: Von den Verhältnissen des Menschen‘, Hannover

1995
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘1995 Biennial Exhibition‘, cur. Klaus Kertess, New York
Milwaukee Art Museum, ’25 Americans: Painting in the 90‘s‘, cur. Dean Sobel, Milwaukee
Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, ‘Imperfect‘, Amherst
Communune di Padova, ‘Oltre La Normalita Concentrica‘, cur. Gianni Romano, Padova
Musée National d’Art Moderne Centre Georges Pompidou, ‘fémininmasculin, le sexe de l’art‘, Paris
Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum Graz, ‘Pittura Immedia: Malerei in den 90er Jahren‘, Graz
Kunsthalle im Museumsquartier, ‘Auf den Leib geschrieben‘, Vienna

1994
Centre d’Art Contemporain, ‘Miriam Cahn, Marlene Dumas, Kiki Smith, Sue Williams‘, Geneva
Galerie Analix, ‘Uncertain Identity‘, Geneva
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, ‘Coicido y Crucido‘, Madrid
Galleria Galliani, ‘Sue Willliams, Lorna Simpson, Tony Oursler, John Currin, Kathe Burkhart‘, Geneva
Galerie Walcheturm, ‘Sue Williams/Wendy Jacobs‘, Zurich
Galerie im Taxispalais, ‘Group Show‘, Innsbruck
New Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Bad Girls‘, New York
Voltare, ‘Furor‘, Geneva

1993
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘1993 Biennial Exhibition‘, New York
Arthur Roger Gallery, ‘Regarding Masculinity‘, New Orleans
Institute of Contemporary Art/Center for Contemporary Arts, ‘Bad Girls‘, London/Glasgow
Kunsthalle Wien, ‘The Art of Language‘, Vienna
Frankfurter Kunstverein, ‘The Art of Language‘, Frankfurt
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘The Subject of Rape‘, New York
Venice Bienniale, ‘Aperto‘, Venice
Galerie Walcheturm, ‘Gallery Group Show‘, Zurich
Nathalie Karg, ‘Playing House‘, New York
Haines Gallery, ‘Body Parts‘, San Francisco
Kunstverein München, ‘Die Arena des Privaten‘, Munich
Exit Art, ‘1920, The Subtelty of Subversion, The Continuity of Intervention‘, New York
Documentario, ‘Privacy‘, cur. Gianni Romano, Milan
Kaanert Art Museum, ‘Out of Town‘, Illinois
San Francisco Art Institute, ‘They Eat Shit‘, San Francisco

1992
Galerie Rizzo, ‘Ainsi font, font, font...‘, Paris
Akademie der Künste und Wissenschaften, ‘Spielhölle‘, cur. Kasper König, Robert Fleck, Frankfurt
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, ‘Getting to know you‘, Berlin
Jack Hanley Gallery, ‘Drawings‘, San Francisco
Stuart Regen Gallery, ‘Works on Paper‘, Los Angeles
Arthur Roger Gallery, ‘Fear of Painting‘, cur. Dan Cameron, New York
The Drawing Center, ‘Darkness Visible‘, New York
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, ‘How It Is‘, cur. Jonathan Seliger, New York
Diane Brown Gallery, ‘Dysfunction on the Family Album‘, cur. David Humphrey, New York

1991
Berland/Hall, ‘A Paper Trail‘, New York
303 Gallery, ‘Ashley King, Lauren Szold, Sue Williams‘, New York
Charles Cowles Gallery, ‘Drawings‘, New York
Fiction/Non Fiction, ‘Painting Culture‘, cur. Deborah Kass, New York
The Hyde Collection, ‘What Is It That Makes Today’s Home So Different, So Appealing?‘, cur. Dan Cameron, Glens Falls
Carnegie Mellon Art Gallery, ‘New Generations: New York‘, cur. Elaine King, Pittsburgh
Simon Watson Gallery, ‘The Abortion Project‘, cur. Kathe Burkhart, Chrysanne Stathacos, New York
Real Art Ways, ‘The Abortion Project‘, cur. Kathe Burkhart, Hartford
Sue Spaid Fine Art/Parker Zanic Gallery, ‘Ovarian Warriors vs. The Knights of Crissum‘, Los Angeles
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, ‘Presenting Rearwards‘, cur. Ralph Rugoff, Los Angeles

1990
303 Gallery, ‘Karen Kilimnik, Gavin Brown, Sue Williams‘, New York
Loughelton Gallery, ‘Re-Framing Cartoons‘, New York
White Columns, ‘Brut 90‘, New York
Susan Cooper Gallery, ‘Group Show‘, Woodstock
Thomas Solomon’s Garage, ‘Racing Thoughts‘, Los Angeles
Loughelton Gallery, ‘Gallery Artists‘, New York

1989
White Columns, ‘Hard Life‘, New York

1988
Loughelton Gallery, ‘Gallery Artists‘, New York

1987
M-13 Gallery, ‘Lust‘, New York
Loughelton Gallery/Art Against AIDS, ‘The Double Bind‘, New York

1985
Cable Callery, ‘Sex Show‘, New York

1984
Kenkeleba House, ‘Chill Out New York‘, New York
Hudson Center, ‘Group Show‘, New York

1983
Patrick Fox Gallery, ‘Vincent Gallo, Sue Williams‘, cur. Edit Deak, New York

1980
Grand Palais, ‘Americans‘, Paris
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, ‘Interiors‘, New York


Performance

1986
The New Museum, ‘Damaged Goods‘ with Andrea Fraser ‘Docent Tour‘, New York


 
Performance

1986
The New Museum, ‘Damaged Goods‘ with Andrea Fraser ‘Docent Tour‘, New York

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