Weiser, Garth
E D U C A T I O N
2003-2005 MFA, Columbia University of the Arts, New York, NY
1999-2003 BFA, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY
H O N O R S A N D A W A R D S
2004 Ellen Gelman Fellowship Fund
2004 Hayman Visual Arts Gift
2004 M. Roche Scholarship and General Scholarship
S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S
2011 Casey Kaplan, New York
2010 Norma Mangione, Torino, Italy
White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO
Francesca DiMattio and Garth Weiser, The Suburban, Oak Park, IL
Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Casey Kaplan, New York, NY
2008 Drawings, Casey Kaplan, New York, NY
2007 Garth Weiser, Gallery lI, Casey Kaplan, New York, NY
Paintings from 2007, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
2005 Folk Machine, Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S
2011 Nothing Beside Remains, curated by Shamim Momin, Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND), Marfa, TX
Minimal Optical, Conduits, Milan, Italy
Seeing is a Kind of Thinking: A Jim Nutt Companion, curated by Julie Rodrigues Widholm, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
Expanded Painting International, curated by Giancarlo Politi, Helena Kontova, and Nicola Trezzi, Prague Biennial, Czech Republic
2010 Pull My Daisy, Galerie Lisa Ruyter, Vienna, Austria
Big New Field: Artists in the Cowboys Stadium Art Program, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Informal Relations, curated by Scott Grow, Indianapolis Museum of
Contemporary Art, Indiana*
Before and After, curated by Bill Cournoyer, BaliceHertling, Paris, France
Billboard Project, curated by Lauri Firstenberg and Cesar Garcia,
PortugalArte10, Portugal, Spain
Personal Freedom, curated by Johannes Van Der Beek, PortugalArte10,
Portugal, Spain
Reflection: 15 Years, Casey Kaplan, New York, NY
They Knew What They Wanted, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA and John
Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
…and then there was X, Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SEEING VOICES: The Visual Voice 2010, Stedman Gallery, Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts, Camden, NJ
The Triumph of Painting; Abstract America 2, Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2009 Constellations: Paintings from the MCA Collection,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Autumn curated by Emma Balazs, Gallery at the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University, New York, September 3 - 30, 2009
Words and Pictures, Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Skin Jobs, curated by Chris Dorland, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
Changing light bulbs in thin air, curated by Summer Guthery, Hessel Museum of Art & CCS Galleries, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
On From Here, Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
One Loses one’s classics, curated by Matthew Strauss, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO
2008 Not so Subtle Subtitle, curated by Matthew Brannon, Casey Kaplan, New York, NY
Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Imaginary Realities, Max Wigram Gallery, London, United Kingdom*
It’s Gouache & Gouache Only, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Blackberrying, Christina Wilson Galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark
First Hand Steroids, Andreas Melas Presents, Athens, Greece (part of "ReMap KM," offsite exhibitions for “Destroy Athens,” Athens Biennial of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece)
Post Retro, Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY
2006 The Difficult Shape of Possible Images, ZieherSmith, New York, NY
The Manhattan Project, Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
2005 Hunch and Flail, curated by Amy Silman, Artists Space, New York, NY
Greater New York, PS1 MoMA, Long Island City, NY
2004 Succeeding Where the Hippies Failed, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, New York, NY
And One For Grandma, Capsule Gallery, New York, NY
First Year Exhibition, curated by Ali Subotnick, Mariam and Eli Wallach Gallery, New York, NY
2003 New Paintings, Coos Bay Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
Arrivederci, The Houghton Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Native, The House Gallery, Miami, FL
Collector's Choice, The Nelson Fine Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
C U R A T E D E X H I B I T I O N S
2010 Gradation, PortugalArte10, Portugal, Spain
P E R M A N E N T C O L L E C T I O N
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Naples Art Museum, Naples, FL
Hobart and Williams Smith College, Geneva, NY
de Young Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA
Dallas Museum of Art, TX
P U B L I C A T I O N S
Pagel, David, Cowboys Stadium: Architecture, Art, Entertainment in the Twenty-First Century,
New York: Rizzoli International Publication, 2010, p. 102-103
Weiser, Garth, I wouldn’t have worn mascara if U know I was going to be taking a trip down memory lane 2008, Paris: Onestar Press, 2008.
Younger Than Jesus Artist Directory. New Museum, Phaidon Press, New York 2009.
Henry, Max. Abstract America. London: Jonathan Cape in association with the Saatchi Gallery, 2008.
Wagner, Gretchen L. “Garth Weiser.” Greater New York Book New York: P.S.1/MoMA, 2005.
Grow, Scott, Informal Relations, Indianapolis: Indianapolis Museom of Contemporary Art, 2010B I B L I O G R AP H Y
Halle, Howard, “Best of New York Gallery Week, Fri 6-Sun 8: TONY’s picks for the art world’s big open house,” Time Out New York, May 2, 2011, <http://newyork.timeout.com/artsculture/art/1293121/best-of-new-york-gallery-week-fri-6%E2%80%93sun-8>
Spangl, Ezara, “On Pull My Daisy at,” Applause Exhibition, December 5, 2010, <http://applauseexhibition.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/on-pull-my-daisy-at-%E2%80%A2/>
Duncan, Jenna. “PHX > NYC, Vol. 1,” Java, April 2001, p. 11
Cooper, Ivy. “Review: Garth Weiser packs a punch,” St. Louis Beacon, September 23, 2010. < http://stlbeacon.org/arts-life/visual-arts/105063>
McGrath, Daniel. “Paint and Rain: Garth Weiser at White Flag Projects.” St. Louis Magazine, September 13, 2010.<http://www.stlmag.com/Blogs/Look-Listen/September-2010/Paint-and-Rain-Garth-Weiser-at-White-Flag-Projects/>
Baker, Kenneth. “Four shows: How can we know ‘What They Wanted’?,” San Francisco Gate, July 10, 2010
Jancar, Ava. “Logocentric,” Art Slant Online. March 1, 2010.
<http://www.artslant.com/sf/articles/show/14773>.
Trezzi, Nicola. “Craft,” Flash Art. Vol. XLII. No. 267 July-September 2009, 58-61.
Carey-Kent, Paul, “Armory Week: quantitive pleasing,” April/May 2009, 118-119.
“Garth Weiser,” The New Yorker, March 23, 2009, p. 12.
Sharp, Chris, “Garth Weiser,” Frieze online, February 24, 2009.
<www.frieze.com/shows/review/garth_weiser/>.
“Artist’s Dictionary,” Flash Art, January/February, 2009, 81.
Morton, Tom, Gina Buenfeld, “Imaginary Realities: Constructed Worlds in Abstract and Figurative Painting,” Max Wigram Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 2008.
Rosenberg, Karen, “Art in Review: Sarah Dornner, Garth Weiser, Davis Rhodes.” The New York Times, 9 November 2007, p. E37.
Kerr, Merrily, “Portraits,” Time Out New York, Issue 632, 8 Nov. 2007 – 14 Nov. 2007: 69.
“Garth Weiser,” London: Saatchi Gallery. Nov. 2007,
<http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/ garth_weiser.htm>.
Artner, Alan G., “Weiser’s Solo Show Offers Unique Filter.” Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2007: Section 7, p. C22.
Glisson, James, “Garth Weiser,” Time Out Chicago. 26 Apr. – 2 May 2007: 68.
Biensenbach, Klaus, Heiss, Alanna, and Glenn D. Lowry. Greater New York, exh. cat. PS1
Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY, 2005, p. 346-34
