WAYNE GONZALES Born: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1957 Lives and works in New York Education BA, 1985, University of New Orleans One-person exhibitions 2008 Stephen Friedman Gallery, London 2007 Paula Cooper Gallery, New York 2006 Mason Gross Galleries, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ QED, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2005 Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, DC, USA Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY, USA 2004 Patrick de Brock, Knokke, Belgium Galerie Almine Rech, Paris 2003 Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY, USA Mario Diacono, Boston, MA, USA 2002 Le Consortium, Dijon, France 2001 Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY, USA 2000 Reali Arte Contemporanea, Brescia, Italy 1998 Mary Boone Gallery (Small Gallery), New York, NY, USA Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY, USA 1997 Lauren Wittels Gallery, New York, NY, USA 1995 Galerie Art & Public (Guest Room), Geneva, Switzerland Group exhibitions 2007 Maramotti Collection, Reggio Emilia, Italy A Roll of the Dice Will Never Abolish Chance, Marfa Ballroom, Marfa, TX People Take Pictures of Each Other, Lamontagne Gallery, Boston, MA Remix – The Collection, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY Resistance Is, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY Neonoir, Howard House of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA Painting as Fact – Fact as Fiction, de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich, Switzerland Very Abrstract and Hyper Figurative, curated by Jens Hoffmann, Thomas Dane Gallery, London, UK I drank the kool-aid: (The Experiment Requires That You Continue), Anna Kustera, New York, NY 2006 The Gold Standard, organized Bob Nickas and Walead Beshty, P.S. 1 Contemporary Arts, Queens, NY Adrian Piper, Eric Baudelaire, Josephine Meckseper, Wayne Gonzales, Elizabeth Dee, New York, NY An Ongoing Low-Grade Mystery, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY 2005 The Last Generation, curated by Max Henry, Apex Art, New York, NY, USA; traveling to Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France Superstars: From Warhol to Madonna, Kunstforum/Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria The Painted World, P.S.1 Center for Contemporary Art, Long Island City, New York The Disasters of War: From Goya to Golub, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, CT Post No Bills, curated by Matthew Higgs, White Columns, New York, NY Helga’s Art Collection, Museo Extremeno e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporaneo, Badajoz, Spain The Art of Aggression: Iraqi Stories and Other Tales, curated by Jean Cruthchfield and Robert Hobbs, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA 2004 Editions Fawbush: A Selection, Sandra Gehring Gallery, New York, NY, USA Last one on is a soft Jimmy, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY Bill Adams, Wayne Gonzales, Cameron Martin: Paintings, KS Art, New York, NY Word of Mouth, A Selection: Part 1, Dinter Fine Art, New York, NY La Lettre Volée, F.R.A.C. Franche-Comté Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dole, France The Freedom Salon, Deitch Projects, New York, NY Bush League, Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, New York, NY Painting (Wayne Gonzales, Roger Metto, Jason Middlebrook, Cristian Rieloff), Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm 2003 Parallax Views: Art and The JFK Assassination (Ant Farm & T.R. Uthco, Wayne Gonzales, Eric M. Jensen), Hallwals Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York 150 artists make 150 T-Shirts, Daniel Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY Cartoon, Riva Gallery, New York, NY Melvins, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY 2001 The Presidential Suite, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY Gravity Over Time, curated by John Pilson, 1000 Eventi, Milan, Italy From the Observatory,” Paula Cooper Gallery, New York Subject Matters, curated by Norman Dubrow, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York; Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, DC. How is everything? Everything is going to be alright, Elizabeth Cherry Gallery, Tucson, AZ, curated by Bob Nickas Fresh: Recent Acquisitions, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY Works on Paper From Acconci to Zittel,” Victoria Miro Gallery, London Next Wave Prints v. 2.0, Elias Fine Art, Allston. MA New Paintings, Wayne Gonzales, Jacqueline Humphries, Jonathan Lasker, Blake Rayne, Dan Walsh, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, FL 2000 Drawings & Photographs, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York “What’s So Funny About Color,” Elias Fine Art, Boston, MA Glee: Painting Now, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, Fl (Organized by Amy Cappellazzo and Jessica Hough) PICT: Digital Image Painting, Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada (Curated by Yvonne Force and Carmen Zita) Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, with R. Grosvenor, R. Lichtenstein, R. McBride and D. Walsh, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo Hex Enduction Hour, Team Gallery, New York (Curated by Bob Nickas) (212), Gary Tatintsian Gallery, New York (Organized by Irena Popiashvili, catalogue with essay by Christine Kim) Bit By Bit: Painting & Digital Culture, Numark Gallery, Washington, D.C. 1999 Sweet & Sour, Galerie Art & Public, Geneva, Switzerland Digital Sites, Numark Gallery, Washington, D.C. 1998 Brite Magic, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York, New York (Curated by Carolanna Parlatto) 1997 Diamond Dogs, Team Gallery, New York, New York Super Body, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo 1996 Face and Figure in Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachussets AbFab, Feature, New York, New York Mutate/Loving the New Flesh, Lauren Wittels Gallery, New York, New York (Curated by Michael Cohen) Supastore de Luxe, UP & Co., New York, New York (Curated by Sarah Staton) 1995 Lauren Wittels Gallery (Two-person with Lauren Lesko), New York, New York Momenta Art, Brooklyn, New York Three Paintings, Lauren Wittels Gallery, New York, New York Collections! Galerie Art & Public, Geneva, Switzerland 1994 Dysfunction, U.S.A., Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana (Curated by Peter Halley and Bob Nickas) Introductions ‘94, TERRAIN, San Francisco, California Pain, Here, New York, New York (Curated by Steven Overman and Shauna Sampson) 1993 Wayne Gonzales, Robert Levine, Eric Magnuson, TRI Gallery, Los Angeles, California NICAF, Yokohama, Japan (Curated by Christian Leigh) 1992 Twisted Vision/Version, Four Walls, Brooklyn, New York (Organized by Trudie Reiss) 1988 Louisiana Abstraction, Windows, New Orleans, Louisiana (Curated by Peter Frank) 1987 Louisiana Arts and Sciences Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Juried by Lowery Sims) Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (Curated by William Fagaly) Galerie Simone Stern, New Orleans, Louisiana Journals and Magazines 2006 Helmer, Etienne, The Last Generation, ParisArt, art.com/lieu_detail- 3123.html, May 2006, illus. Georgievska-Shine, Aneta, Wayne Gonzales, artUS, March 2006, p. 16, illus. White, Roger. The Painted World, The,Brooklyn Rail, http://www.thebrooklynrail.org/archives/DEC05/ART/paintedworld.html, January 2006 Dawson, Jessica, Wayne Gonzales at Conner, The Washington Post, Saturday, December 3, 2005, p. C02 Schmerler, Sarah, The Last Generation, TimeOut New York, p. 80, January 5-11, 2006, illus. 2005 Nichols, Matthew Guy, Wayne Gonzales at Paula Cooper, Art in America, October 2005, p. 173-174, illus. Wilson, Michael, Post no Bills: White Columns, Artforum, October 2005, p. 275-276 Nickas, Bob, Painting is Photography, Influence, Issue 2, 2004, p. 94-6, illus. Amy, Michael, You talking to me?: Violence in Contemporary Art, DITS: Violence, Winter-Spring 2005, p. 18-31 Gardiner, Virginia, What We Saw: Art Basel Miami, dwell, April/May 2005 p. 92, 94 & 95, illus. Henry, Max, Art: Reviews: Wayne Gonzales, Time Out New York, April 14-20, 2005, p. 64, illus. 2004 Colard, Jean-Max, Wayne Gonzales, Galerie Almine Rech, Artforum, November 2004, p. 233, illus. La Rocco, Ben, Bush League, The Brooklyn Rail, September 2004. Open City, #19, 2004, cover illus. & illus. on p. 76-77 Robinson, Walter, Reviews: Weekend Update, artnet.com, September 7, 2004, illus. Smith, Roberta, Caution: Angry Artists at Work The New York Times, August 27, 2004, p. E23 & E25, illus. 2003 Huntington, Richard, Assassination becomes focal point of attack on media, The Buffalo News (www.buffalonews.com), November 23, 2003. Pécoil, Vincent. Pop, 02, No. 28 Hiver 2003/2004, p. 8-11, illus. 2002 Amy, Michaël. Wayne Gonzales, Tema Celeste, January – February 2002 p. 81, illus. Farronato, Milovan. Gravity Over Time, Tema Celeste, October 2002, p.107 Nickas, Bob, Best of 2002, Artforum, December 2002, p. 110, illus. 2001 Cotter, Holland. Wayne Gonzales, The New York Times, Friday May 25, 2001, p. E30 Fresh: Recent Acquisitions, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY http://www.albrightknox.org/fresh/main.html, illus. Kantor, Jordan, Wayne Gonzales, Artforum, December 2001, p. 120, illus. Lowe-Bailey, Charlotte, Exhibit by 7 New Yorkers is visionary, challenging, Arizona Star, Caliente, Online, available at www.azstarnet.com/caliente/ Nickas, Bob, impact, Dutch, January/February 2001, p. 15, illus. Robinson, Walter. Baselmania, www.Artnet.com, June 15, 2001, illus. Wayne Gonzales, The New Yorker, May 21, 2001, p. 18 Wayne Gonzales, Working Proof,” Art on Paper, July – August 2001, p. 63, illus. 2000 Dailey, Meghan, Glee: Painting Now, Artforum, December 2000, p. 149-50. Group Show; The New Yorker, June 5, 2000, p. 17 Hex Enduction Hour By the Fall; The New Yorker, January 24, 2000, p. 14 Luke, Megan, Two new Aldrich Museum exhibits showcase new and traditional media, Press, Ridgefield, Conn., Sept. 21, 2000 Merkling, Frank, Exhibitions offer choice: ethnic or electronic?, The News-Times Weekend, November 10, 2000, p. C1 Noè, Paola, “Wayne Gonzales,” Tema Celeste, July-August 2000, p. 98, illus. Off the Street (and Far Out), artsMEDIA Boston, October 15, 2000, p. 12. Villareal, Yvonne Force, A Month with Yvonne Force Villareal, Onview.com, February 2000, illus. Zimmer, William, Serious Abstract Paintings With a Nonserious Message, The New York Times, December 31, 2000 Zinnser, John, Painter Journal, Artnet.com, June 6, 2000 1999 Wayne Gonzales, Tema Celeste, May-June 1999, p. 40-43, illus. Hoban, Phoebe, The Mod Squad; New York, January 11, 1999, p. 30-37, illus. Nickas, Bob, Le persone fanno quadri per provare che esistono; Tema Celeste, March- April 1999, pp. 66-73, illus. Saltz, Jerry, Heat Seekers; The Village Voice 1998 Schmerler, Sarah, Wayne Gonzales + Marsha Cottrell TimeOut NY, May 14-21, 1998, p. 53 illus. Schwendener, Martha, Planet Hollywood; Time Out New York, July 9-16, 1998, p. 62 1997 Nassau, Lawrence, Diamond Dogs; New York Arts, July 1997, illus. Schwendener, Martha, Diamond Dogs; Time Out New York, July 10-17, 1997, p. 49 Wayne’s Whirl, TimeOut New York, May 15-22, 1997, p. 49, illus. 1996 A strazione Ridefinita; Tema Celeste, Autumn 1996, p. 54-61, pp. 109-113, illus. Moody, Tom, AbFab; Art Papers, November/December 1996, p. 56. 11-18, 1996, p.34, illus. Span, Paula, The Art of the Game - To Be a New York Art Player, You Have to Know the Rules; The Washington Post, February 18, 1996, p. G1, G6 Teaching 2005 Visiting Artist, Cooper Union, New York 2004 Visiting Artist, Cooper Union, New York Visiting Assistant Professor Graduate Program, Hunter College, New York 2003 Visiting Assistant Professor, Graduate Program, Hunter College, New York Visiting Artist and Lectures 2003 Hunter College, Graduate Program School of Visual Arts, New York, Graduate Program 2002 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Graduate Program, Columbia University, New York School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Graduate Program 2001 Schoool of Visual Arts, New York, Graduate Program Columbia University, New York, Graduate Program 1999 University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, Graduate Program of New Orleans New Orleans, LA Public Collections Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX Maramotti Collection, Reggio Emilia, Italy Microsoft Art Collection, Redmond, Washington Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY