Mark Handforth
1969 Born Hong Kong
Lives and works in Miami, FL
Education
1988-92 The Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London, UK
1990-91 Staatliche Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste, Stadelschule, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Solo Exhibitions
2011
"Rolling Stop," Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (curated by Bonnie Clearwater)
Hessel Museum of Art and CCS galleries, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
2010
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland
2009
Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (with Urs Fischer and Georg Herold)
2008
Galerie Almine Rech, Paris
Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
2007
Platz, Galerie Eva Presenhuber/Tessinerplatz, Zurich
Concentrations 51: Mark Handforth, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
2006
Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
The Modern Institute, offsite, Glasgow, Scotland
2005
Stroom, The Haghe, Netherlands
Galerie Almine Rech, Paris
Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence, France (cat.)
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
Kunsthaus, Zurich (cat.)
2004
Roma Roma Roma, Rome
The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland
2003
Le Consortium, Dijon, France
Lamppost, a Public Art Fund commission, New York, NY
2002
UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (brochure)
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy
2000
free bird, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY
1998
Gavin Brown's enterprise (with Dara Friedman), New York, NY
1997
Miami Arts Project, four bus shelters for Metro-Dade Art in Public Places,
Miami, FL
1996
she is stupid I am worried (with Dara Friedman), Frederic Snitzer Gallery,
Miami, FL
not from where I'm standing, Project Room, Museum of Contemporary Art,
Miami, FL
1994
cheap, Jason Rubell Gallery (with Adam Kuczynski), Miami Beach, FL
1991
Galerie Krieg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Group Exhibitions
2011
"Painting Show," Eastside Projects, Birmingham, United Kingdom
2010
"Born in Dystopia," Rosenblum Collection, Paris, France
At Home/Not at Home, Hessel Museum of Art, New York
"Ghost Colour," Collection Vanmoerkerke, Oostende, Belgium
2009
Tonite, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland
2008
Pivot Points: Defining MOCA’s Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
The Freak Show, Musee de la Monnaie, Paris, France
The Complexity of the Simple, L & M Arts, New York
2007
Château de Tokyo/Tokyo Redux, Ile de Vassivière, France
From Site to Site: Light Art in Parks, Villas, and Museums, Internationale Lichttage Winterthur, Switzerland
The Freak Show, Musee d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon
2006
The Uncertainty of Objects and Ideas, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC (cat.)
5 Milliards d’Annees, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
La Force de l’Art, Le Grand Palais, Paris
Optik Schröder, Sammlung Alexander Schröder, Kunstberein Braunschweig
Boomrang, Swiss Institute, New York
2005
Light Art from Artificial Light, ZKM Museum for Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany (cat.)
Lotissement de Cimaises, Villa Arson, Nice, France (cat.)
2004
Never Never Landscape, Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin, curated by Kirsty Bell
Terminal 5, JFK Airport, New York, NY (cat.)
Regen Projects, Los Angeles
It’s all an Illusion, Migros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France
Keep Your Head to the Sky, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
Genesis Sculpture, Domaine de Pommery, Reims, France (cat.)
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (cat.)
2003
Inaugural Group Exhibition, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
Coollustre, Collection Lambert en Avignon, Avignon, France, curated by Eric Troncy (cat.)
It Happened Tomorrow, Lyon Biennale, Lyon, France (cat.)
Breathing the Water, Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
20th Anniversary- Welcome home, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
2002
My head is on fire but my heart is full of love, Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark (cat.)
2001
Humid., The Moore building, Miami, FL, curated by Dominic Molon (cat.)
Lokalzeit, Johanniterbrucke, Basel, Switzerland
2000
Making Art in Miami: Travels in Hyperreality, MoCA, Miami, FL
Deja-Vu, Art Miami, Miami, FL, curated by Amanda Cruz
1999
Heads-up, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Leftover Festivities , Nature Morte, Delhi, India, curated by Clarissa Dalrymple
1998
new art: south florida, MoCA, Miami, FL (cat.)
Oriental Nights performance at Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY
1997
Bobois, Galerie Krinzinger, Art Miami, Miami, FL
1996
Joint Venture, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
1993
Jason Rubell Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
1991
Zwischen Durer und Holbein, Stadel, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Bibliography
2012
"L'art se deploie le long des rails," JDD, April 1
"Mark die Suvero and Mark Handforth," Mousse, issue 32
Green, Tyler, "The Modern Art Notes Podcast: Mark Handforth," ARTINFO, February 3
Basciano, Oliver, "Off-Space Travels," Art Review, January
2011
Nielsen, Kirk, "MOCA Sets the Tone for Art Basel 2011," Ocean Drive, December
Rosenberg, Karen, "Art Fair: Business Over Activism," The New York Times, December 2
Weist, Nicholas, "Mark Handforth Did the Un-Basel During Basel," Art in America, December 6
Wollenweber, Heike, "Streching Physical Limitations of Art," Aesthetica, December 19
Suarez De Jesus, Carlos, "North Miami's Mark Handforth makes a 'Rolling Stop' at MOCA," Miami New Times, December 22
Douglas, Sarah, "Lit Up," New York Observer, December 12
Trigg, Sarah, "Mark Handforth," Modern Painters, December
"Mark Handforth," Art in America, Summer
Ellegood, Anne, "Mark Handforth: Rolling Stop," Artforum, Summer
Thomas, Mike, "A Welcoming Look," Chicago Sun Times, July 8
"Mark Handforth: Rolling Stop," On View Magazine, October/November
"MCA Chicago Plaza Project: Mark Handforth," CBS Chicago, September 19
2010
Kotze, Talitha, Review, The List, July
Moira, Jeffrey, Scotsman News, June 29
2009
Frieze Art Fair Yearbook, "Mark Handforth"
2008
Sheets, Hilarie, Critic’s Pick, ArtNews, November 2008
Cairns, Steven, MAP Magazine, Summer 2008
Feinstein, Roni, “Handforth’s Fallen Angels,” Art in America, May, p. 180-183
The New Yorker, March 31
Baker, R.C., Best in Show, Village Voice, March 25
Rosenberg, Karen, Review, New York Times, March 21
Kerr, Merrily, Review, Time Out New York, March 19-25
Knowles, David, “Miami Minimal,” Men’s Vogue, Feburary, p. 184-187
2007
Gayer, John, “The Uncertainty of Objects and Ideas; Review,” Art Papers, March/April, pp. 46-47 (illus.)
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2006
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2005
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p. 1
Ribas, Joao, Review, Time Out, May 12 – 18, p. 74
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‘Work in Progress,’ photo by Jason Schmidt, V Magazine, April, p. 106
2004
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Diez, Renato, “Alla Biennale del Whitney,” Arte, May, pp. 104-111
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Kimmelman, Michael, “The Whitney’s Heavy Lifters Look Back,” The New York Times, May 30, p. 22 (Ill.)
Heartney, Eleanor, “The Well-Tempered Biennial,” Art in America, June/July, p.70-77
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2003
de Brugerolle, Marie, “It Happened Tomorrow: Lyon Biennale,” Flash Art, November-December, pp. 41, 50
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Troncy, Eric, Coollustre, published by Les Presses du Réel, Dijon
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2002
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2001
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1999
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1998
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1996
Busse, Bettina, 'Joint Venture', Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria, October (cat.)
Cantor, Judy, 'Techno Trashing', New Times, July 18
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1994
Kohen, Helen, 'Revenge of the Artists', The Miami Herald, April 15
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1993
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Selected collections
Dallas Museum of Art
Le Consortium
FRAC Centre
Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Francois Pinault Collection
Rachofsky Collection
Rubell Family Collection
Whitney Museum of American Art