Born 1976 Indianapolis, IN. Lives and works in San Francisco, CA.
EDUCATION:
1998 BFA Sculpture: Rhode Island School of Design
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2006 MFA Sculpture: Bard College Milton Avery Graduate School
GRANTS & AWARDS:
2009 Headlands Center For the Arts Resdiency
2007 Artadia Award San Francisco Bay Area
Eureka Fellowship Award, Fleishhacker Foundation
Alternative Exposure Grant for 667Shotwell, Southern Exposure Granting Award
2002 Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, Berkeley Art Museum Purchase Award http://artistregistry.artadia.org/registry/admin/artist/viewimages.php
1998 Skowhegan Fellowship; Skowhegan School and the RI School of Design
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2010 2929: A Double Take, A New Museum, San Francisco, CA
2009 Arthur Allan, with Brion Nudah Rosch, 667 Shotwell, San Francisco, CA
2007 Locked Bike, Keys That Fit, Oakland, CA
2006 Accumulative Dissipation, Southern Exposure, SF, CA
2004 Come Walk With Me, Suite 106, New York, New York
Bjorn Again, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
2003 Bjorn Again, Suite 106, NADA Fair, Miami, FL
2002 Urban Evidence: SF.LA.CA, Sesnon Art Gallery University of CA, Santa Cruz, CA
We’re Waiting w/ Mads Lynnerup, Suite 106, New York, New York
2001 We’re Waiting w/ Mads Lynnerup, New Langton Arts, SF, CA
2000 Recent Video, Parlour Projects, Brooklyn,NY
1999 Landscapes, Art Node, Aurlander International Airport, Stockholm, Sweden
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2009
AND FOR ALL THIS, NATURE IS NEVER SPENTr, Pelham Art Center; Pelham, NY
Cartographic Imagination, Fine Arts Gallery, SF State University; San Francisco, CA
2008
Democracy in America: Convergence Center, Creative Time, Park Armory, NY, NY
E.P.A. (Environmental Performance Actions), Exit Art, NY, NY
Eureka, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Edit: The Uncertain States of America, curator Petra Bibeau, Maniac Gallery, Oakland, CA
Panopti[con], curator Martin Durazo, Bank, Los Angeles, CA
E.P.A. (Environmental Performance Actions), MoMA, New York, NY
2007
The Innocent Gaze, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Grown-ups of the Corn, Kottie P’s, San Francisco, CA
Collective Foundation: Collecitve ICA, Yerba Buena Museum, San Francisco, CA
Kottie’s 2nd Annual,Kottie P’s, San Francisco, CA
2006
Listening: Tokyo-San Francisco Art Festival, The Lab, SF, CA
Detourned Menu, curator Briana Toth, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
Haunted, curator Pat Rock, Disjecta, Portland, OR
Tokyo-San Francisco Art Festival, Tokyo, Japan
Malleable, curator Sanford Biggers, Ohio State University, OH
Not For Sale, curator Nancy Meyer, Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Old Habits Die Hard, Trafo, House of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary
Skowhegan at 60, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
Recent Acquisitions, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
2005
We Are All Together: Media(ted) Performance, curator Marisa Olson, Artist Space, NY, NY
A Single Channel Video Show, Glendale College, Glendale, CA
Cross Cuts (Telling: Recent Video Art from San Francisco), Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Old Habits Die Hard (w/ Instant Coffee) Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, AUS
112 Mercer, Suite 106, New York, New York
2004
Multiplex, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
Your Heart Is No Match For My Love, curator Rob Blackson, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
Piñata Party, w/ Sean Garrison, It Can Change at GBE at Passersby, NY, NY
Plugged in Fest, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME
2003
Free Spirits Artist Lounge, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Beach, FL
Recent Videos, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
Connections, Balazo Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Subtle Sight, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
2002
Fast Foward II, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
Clothing Project: ShadowCabinets, It Can Change Kunsthall Friedericianum, Kassel, GER
Eye Candy, Ron Judish Gallery, Denver, CO
Video Sho, E g o P a r k, Oakland, CA
2001
Anxiety Disorder, curator: Irena Popiashvilli, Voges&Deisen Gallery, Frankfurt, GER
Screen, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY
Please Disturb Me, curator: Simon Tegala, Great Eastern Hotel, London, UK
No Where Here, curator: James Bewley, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Oakland, CA
2000
Fuzzy Logic, juror: Tom Finkelpearl, Southern Exposure, SF, CA
Dialogue: Encounter, curator: Dean Daderko, PR:00; San Juan, Puerto Rico
Placecards, Mercer Union, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Closed Circuit, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
1999
The Choice – Nari Ward Choice, Exit Art, New York, NY
1998
Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS at Kenny Schacter's Gallery, NY, NY
Bank Holiday, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
Experiments in Content, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
1997
Love, curator: Rob Blackson, Providence Arcade, Providence, RI
PERFORMANCES:
2009
Open Futures:Spinning Marinetti’s Wheels; in collaboration with OPEN Restaurant; VIDEO Chris Sollars Sound Matt Volla; SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA CA
2007
Tiger Wack, Playing with Tigers - Kottie Paloma, New High Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Flavour of Democracy: Detourned Menu, curator Briana Toth, The Lab, SF, CA
Tokyo-San Francisco Art Festival, Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo-San Francisco Art Festival, San Francisco, CA
Follow the Leader w/ Alison Pebworth, Mark Shunney, & Jerome Waag, Instant Coffee’s Bass Bench, Yerba Buena Museum, San Francisco, CA
2005
Pile of Trash, San Francisco, CA
2003
SF LA, The Big Oaks, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Come Walk With Me Tour, San Francisco, CA
Pile of Trash, L7 Project, San Francisco, CA
You have 3 minutes to get out, curators: Pat Rock & Jackie Sumel, Balazo Gallery SF, CA
2001
We’re Waiting w/ Mads Lynnerup, New Langton Arts, SF, CA
Bing Bang Boom, curator: Shawn Hall, Mermaid Lounge, New Orleans, LA
2000
15 minutes, curators by Brian Storts & Kathryn Williamson, The Lab, San Francisco,CA
1999
March 1, 21st Amendment, San Francisco, CA
SCREENINGS:
2009
SUPERCASUALFRAGILISTIC; An evening of videos from San Francisco; BONGOUT GALLERY, Berlin, Germany
Non-Narrative: Video Art from the US; ATOPIA; curated by Madeline Djerejian, Oslo, Norway
2008
C RED BLUE J, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
C RED BLUE J, MonkeyTown w/ HARKNESS AUDIOVISUAL, Brooklyn, NY
C RED BLUE J, Mission Creek Music Festival, San Francisco, CA
C RED BLUE J, The 30th Annual Big Muddy Film Festival
C RED BLUE J, 10th D.C. Indy Film Festival, Washington D.C.
C RED BLUE J, Vidéothèque, 30th CINEMA DU REEL Film Festival
2007
Traveling Theater Oshima, Oshima Japan
2006
Pile of Trash, Platz, Berlin, Germany
2005
Busy Signals: Telephonic Art in Motion, Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
2004
Perform, Works San Jose, San Jose, CA
Plugged in Fest, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME
2000
Unwashed Unwed-Alternative Routes, curator: Tom Holmes, College of Fine Arts, UV of AZ,
CURATORIAL:
2001- 2008
Director and Curator of 667Shotwell
667Shotwell is a non-commercial, experimental space for artists in the home of artist Chris Sollars. Projects range from installations to performances that are documented and posted on the web: http://www.667shotwell.com/Projects.html
2003
Connections, Balazo Gallery, San Francisco, CA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
Fogg Art Museum Print Collection, Cambridge, MA
Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
CATALOGUES:
2008
Thompson, Nato; “A Guide to Democracy in America”; Creative Time Books; 2008
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art; “Eureka: 2005-2007 Fellowship Awards”; Fleishhacker Foundation; 2008
Bibeau, Petra; “Edit: The Uncertain States of America”; Maniac Gallery; 2008
2007
Pugh, Dina; “The Innocent Gaze”; Jack Hanley Gallery; 2007
Shotgun-Review; “100 Shotgun Reviews Publication”; Collective Foundation; March 1, 2007
2006
Le Duc, Aimee; “Chris Sollars Accumulative Dissipation”; Southern Exposure; Vol. 1, No. 6; 2006
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
2009
Scholz, Zachary Royer; “Arthur Allan” Brion Nuda Rosch and Chris Sollars 667Shotwell; Issue 4 Situations; Art Practical; Dec 2009
Warner, Emily; “Making Space”; NYFA Current the Magazine for Artists; July 29, 2009
2008
Cotter, Holland; “With Politics in the Air, a Freedom Free-for-All Comes to Town”; New York Times; Fine Arts & Leisure, Art in Review, September 23 2008, Vol. CLVIII no.54442, Pages B1 & B6
Harmanci, Reyhan; “Home is Where the Art Is: Underground art galleries serve a special niche”; SF
Chronicle; Sept 4, 2008; Pg E1 & E6
Martini, Tiffany; “High Five: Chris Sollars”; SF Examiner, Vol. CXLIII No 66; Aug 27, 2008; Pg 14
Le Duc, Aimee; “The Liminal Art Space”; There is always a machine between us; Camerawork: A Journal of Photographic Arts; Vol. 35, No. 1; Spring/Summer 2008
2006
Ysohinori, Niwa; “Chris Sollars Interview”; Tokyo-San Francisco Art Times, Vol. 1, No. 4; 2006
“Kimono News”; Cinra Magazine, Vol. 11; Oct 20, 2006
Moore, Kurt; “Malleable on Display at OSUM”; The Marion Star; Feb 4 2006
Miller, James; “Art and Opera on Campus”; The Marion Star; Feb 3 2006
Lebuhn, Henrik; “Follow the Leader”; Links Log; Feburary 3 2006
Lebuhn, Henrik; “Trashbags irritating San Francisco”; Links Log; Feburary 3 2006
Trippe, John; “Accumulative Dissipation”; Fecal Face; January 13 2006;
Kroth, Maya; “Talkin Trash”; SF Weekly; January 11-17 2006; `Vol. 24, No.50, Page 21
2005
Orden, Abraham; “Aperto San Francisco”; Flash Art; July September 2005; Vol XXXVIII No.243; Pages 69-70
Buckner, Clark; Critic’s Choice: “Cross Cuts” Southern Exposure; Bay Area Gaurdian; June 1 - 7 2005 `Vol. 39, No.35 Page
Olson, Marisa "Video Personalities"; SOMA Magazine; February, 2005; Vol. 19 Issue 1; Page 86
2004
Cotter, Holland; “Multiplex”; New York Times; Fine Arts & Leisure, Art in Review, February 20, 2004, Vol. CLIII no.52765, Page B32
DeVaney, Scott "Globetrotting T-shirts"; The Wave Magazine; June 30 – July 13, 2004; Vol. 4 Issue 14; Page 8
Marr, Madeline; “Putting it Together: with Cheryl Hartup, Associate Curator, Miami Art Museum”; Miami Herald; Style Section; Wednesday June 23, 2004
Tang, Jo-ey; "Art Project: The Shirt That Gets Around"; BlackBook Magazine; Summer 2004; Issue No. 33; Page 62
Buesing, Nicole and Klaas, Heiko; "Before opening sells off... A gallery round course in New York - more police instead of art demanded"; Die Welt; Culture; Art Market; March 27, 2004
Robinson, Walter; "Weekend Update"; Art Net; Magazine Reviews; March 17, 2004
Andresen, Kristen; "Medium Rare Rockport festival highlights Maine's emerging digital, Web and art scene"; Bangor Daily News; Arts & Leisure; Friday March 12, 2004
Gershman, Jacob; "Cultural Affairs Chief Defends City’s Support of Pornography Exhibition"; New York Sun; Tuesday March 9, 2004
Gershman, Jacob; "City is Funding Porn Display in DUMBO Show – Generous Support For Soft-Core Exhibit"; New York Sun; Monday March 8, 2004, Front Page; Page 1
Terros, Louis; "Letter to the Editor – Bjorn Again"; New York Sun; April 1, 2004,
Maine, Stephen; "Dateline Brooklyn"; Art Net; Magazine Reviews; February 2004
Westerbeke, Julia; "First Exit to Brooklyn"; Time Out New York; February 26 – March 4, 2004; Issue No. 439; Page 67
2003
Morse, Eric; “Mobile Phone“; Trampoline Magazine, Volume 1/Number 1; August 2003
Beeler, Monique; "California Impressions: Early artists explore people, places close to home"; Oakland Tribune; Arts & Leisure; Tuesday February 18, 2003
2002
Cotter, Holland; "Cinema à la Warhol, With Cowboys, Stillness and Glamour"; New York Times ; Fine Arts & Leisure; Friday April 5, 2002, Vol. CL1 no.52079, Page B29
Porter, William; "Endless Summer Love, Flower Power Tours Revisit Haight-Ashbury"; Denver Post; Travel; Sunday September 29, 2002, Page 1T, 4T, & 5T
Woods, Micheal; "News: New York"; Contemporary Magazine; June- Aug 2002, Pg 47-48
Storts, Brian; "Words from 7 artists in San Francisco"; NY Arts Magazine; Vol.7 No.6 June 2002, Page 40-46
Lewczuk, Margrit; "Naked @ 667Shotwell"; NY Arts Magazine; Vol.7 No.5 May 2002, Page 95
Chen, Vivian; "Urban Evidence"; City on a Hill Press; UC Santa Cruz; Vol 36 Issue 23;April 18, 2002; Page 25
2001
Cook, David; Art Picks “We’re Waiting” New Langton Arts; SF Weekly; September 19- 25 2001; `Vol. 20, No.35
2000
Westbrook, Lindsey; Over There: visual arts “Closed Circuit” New Langton Arts; East Bay Express; March 3, 2000 Vol. 22, No.21
Helfand, Glen; Critic’s Choice: art “Closed Circuit” New Langton Arts; Bay Area Gaurdian; Febuary 23 - 29 2000 `Vol. 34, No.21
RADIO:
WNYC RADIO: Armory Show Explores 'Democracy in America' by Siddhartha Mitter:
http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/110199
Arts in Review w/ Lee Montgomery; KALX Radio, Feb 16, 2006
Home Galleries; San Francisco Ed. #3 w/ Tania Ketenjian; WPS1 Radio, Jan 10-17 2005
667Shotwell; Definitely Not the Opera; CBC Radio, Jan 8 2005
Holder Overnight: Montreal CJAD 800 AM w/ Peter Anthony Holder; June 11, 2004
Magic 98.1 Atlanta: Afternoon Show w/ Benji June 9, 2004
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