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DAN ATTOE | Artist Bio
Born in Bremerton, Washington, 1975, Lives and works in Portland, Oregon
Education:
MFA, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 2004
BFA, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1998
Solo Exhibitions:
2009
Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
"I'm done worryin' about shit.” Peres Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2008
“American Dreams,” curated by Tania Pardo, MUSAC, Leon, Spain (forthcoming)
“Simple Thoughts and Complicated Animals,” Peres Projects Berlin
2006
“Loaded, Nailed, short on Cash,” Peres Projects, LA
“You have more freedom than you are using,” Peres Projects, Berlin
2005
Vilma Gold, London, UK
404 Arte Contemporanea, Naples, Italy
2004
“Some of the best things I know,” Peres Projects, Los Angeles
2003
“Paintings and Tents,” Western Exhibitions, Chicago
“Dan Attoe: Tents and Paintings” CSPS / Legion Arts, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2009
"Minneapolis," Peres Projects, Los Angeles, CA
“Rock Opera," CAPC, Museum of Contemporary Art, Bordeaux, France
"Until the End of the Worlds," curated by Max Henry, AMP, Athens, Greece, 2009
"Breakfast of Champions," curated by Chloe Vaitsou, Yinka Shonibare Space, London, UK
"A Fragile Reality," Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR, 2009
Group Show, Galleria Maria De Cardenas, Milan, Italy, 2009
"The Gainsborough Packet, &c," 176 / Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
2008
"The Unforgiven", Stellan Holm Gallery, New York, 2008
"Lightness of Being," Initial Access, Wolverhampton, UK, 2008
"Discover the Landscape," Orangery Museum, Gera, Germany, 2008
“Contemporary Northwest Art Awards,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
“Shape of Things to Come,” Saatchi Gallery, London, UK (forthcoming)
“Legend,” curated by Alexis Vaillant, Domaine Departemental de Chamarande, France
“Several Landscapes” Western Exhibitions, Chicago
"Important If True (Hootenanny in E.)," Burnet Art Gallery at Chambers, the Luxury Art Hotel, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2007
“Gravity’s Rainbow,” Peres Projects, Athens, Greece
“8th Northwest Biennial,” Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
2006
“Phantasmania,” Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri
“1627 – 2007,” artnews projects, Berlin
“Let’s go camping,” John Connelly Presents, NY
“Eigenheim, everything but the kitchen sink,” Kunstverein Goettingen, Germany
“The Classics: Dan Attoe, Elliott Hundley, Raqib Shaw,” Peres Projects, Los Angeles
“Montezuma’s Revenge,” Nicole Klagsbrun, New York
2005
“New Monastery,” St. Paul’s Church Gallery, London, UK
“The Zine UnBound: Kults, Werewolves and Sarcastic Hippies,”
Oct 7—Dec 30, 2005, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
“Fast Forward: A Passion for the New,” House of Campari, Venice, CA
“Growing Up Absurd”, Hebert Read Gallery, Kent, UK
“Sunset in Athens”, Vamiali’s, Greece
“The Common Room”, Wilkinson Gallery, London, UK
“New Figuration”, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, Denmark
“Growing Up Absurd”, Kent Institute of Art & Design, curated by Alun Rowlands & Matt Williams, Kent, UK
2004
“Axxxpresssunizm” Vilma Gold, London, UK
“Young Americans,” Galerie Hof & Huyser, Amsterdam, NL
“Fictional Wonders / Real Hallucinations: Works by Dan Attoe and Tammy
Mercure,” curated by Chris Cook, Sioux City Art Center, Iowa
“Cave Canem,” John Connelly Presents, New York, NY
“New Space: figurative, abstract, and literal” Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL
(two-person exhibition with Jered Sprecher)
2003
“Rules Everyone Will Follow From This Day Forth” Peres Projects, Los Angeles
“Today’s Man,” Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“Today’s Man,” John Connelly Presents, New York, NY
“Summer Jam,” Peres Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2002
“Iowa Artists 2002,” Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA (catalog)
“Pretending I'm In the Forest,” Eve Drewelowe Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2001
“Glad to Be Here,” Byron Burford Gallery, Iowa City, IA
“Mixed Bag,” Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison, WI
1999
“Secrets of Goo,” Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI (catalog)
“The Walker Valise,” Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
1998
“Appel Artist of the Year Show,” Wausau, WI (catalog)
Publications:
2008
Honigman, Ana Finel, “Dan Attoe: Peres Projcets Berlin,” Artforum.com
Magnuson, Ann. “Dan Attoe at Peres Projects Berlin” PAPER, May 6
2007
Campbell, Clayton, “Los Angeles: Peres Projects Dan Attoe: Loaded, Nailed,
and Short on Cash”, Contemporary, no 90 2007
2006
Pagel, David, “Dan Attoe’s neon sculptures at Peres Projects,” LA Times, Nov. 24, 2006
Garcia, Kathryn, “Dan Attoe,” Artforum.com Critics Picks, Nov. 2006
Gray, Emma, “Knight Rider: Dan Attoe,” Art Review, Vol. 5, Nov. 2006
“You have more freedom than you’re using,” (in conjunction with Peres Projects exhibition)
2005
Drake, Cathryn, “Dan Attoe / 404 Contemporanea / Naples, Art Forum, Summer 2005, XLIII, No. 10
2004
Magnuson, Ann, “ L.A. Woman: I went for the scene but stayed for the art,” Paper, June-July, p.44.
Nelson, Arty, “Hunters and Gatherers,” LA Weekly, May 28-June 3
2003
Cook, Chris, “Fictional Wonders / Real Hallucinations” Sioux City Art Center, Iowa (catalogue)
Cotter, Holland, “By and About Men, and They’re Running With It,” New York Times, Friday, August 8, 2003, Art Review – “Today’s Man”back to Attoe index