Uri Aran
Born in 1977
Lives and works in New York
Education
Columbia University, MFA Visual Arts 2007
Bezalel Academy, B.Des 2004
The Cooper Union, 2003
Solo Exhibitions
2012
Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland (forthcoming)
Untitled (Ticket Shack), Frieze Projects, Frieze, New York
by foot, by car, by bus, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York
2011
A To Q, Art Statements, Basel, with Mother’s Tankstation
2010
Doctor, Dog, Sandwich, Mother’s Tankstation, Dublin, Ireland
2008
Geraniums, Rivington Arms, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2012
Beautiful Potential, Mother's Tankstation, Dublin, Ireland (forthcoming)
Tommy Hartung & Uri Aran, White Flags Projects, St. Louis (forthcoming)
2011
Screening Room: Cologne, Kolnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
Heads with Tails, Harris Lieberman, New York
Commercial Break, Curated by Neville Wakefield, Venice
A Hole is to Dig, Office Baroque, Antwerp Belgium
Partoftheprocess4, Galleria Zero, Milan, Italy
After images, curated by Fionn Meade, Jewish Museum Of Belgium, Brussels
No More Presence 2, With Liam Gillick, The Artist's Institute, New York, NY
2010
Painting and Sculpture: To Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY
It’s All American, New Jersey MoCA, Asbury Park
Wait For Me at the Bottom of the Pool, Organized by Bob Nickas,
Sagaponack, NY
The Coke Factory, Ritter/zamet, London
1848!!! With Liam Gillick, Esther Schipper, Berlin, Germany
Greater New York, PS1, New York, NY, with Tommy Hartung
Knight’s Move, Curated by Fionn Meade, Sculpture Center,
New York, NY (catalogue)
5 Videos, screening at West Street Gallery, New York, NY
No More Presence, With Liam Gillick, Gresham’s Ghost, New York, NY
Gr0up Sh0w, Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY
Manamal, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel
2009
The Living And The Dead, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY
The Kings County Biennial, James Fuentes & Kidd Yellin, Brooklyn, NY
TIME – LIFE 2, Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY
Circular File Channel, Curated by Josh Kline, PERFORMA, New York, NY
PRUESSPRESS 2, Ritter/Zamet, London
The Fuzzy Set, LA><ART, LA
“Odeon”, Ritter/Zamet, London
“Video”, Selected by Benjamin Godsill, The New Museum, New York, NY
“Made in the USA”, Philip Deely & Kalika Farmer, Great Barrington, MASS
“On From Here”, Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
2008
Closer Now, Rivington Arms, New York, NY
Controversy of The Common Experience, SOIL, Seattle, WA
SINGULAR FRIENDS, 41 Wooster, New York, NY
FRIENDLY, a video night at CRG Gallery
New Work, Mesler & Hug, LA
YES, AR/Contemporary, Milan
PRUESSPRESS 1, Rental, New York, NY
Sunshine, Ritter/Zamet Gallery at Rental, New York, NY
CRG Open Video Series, CRG Gallery, New York, NY
On Paper, Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Loot from Wars of Nationalist Aggression, Curated by Darren Bader, Passerby, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY
Wu tang/Googolplex show, Curated by Darren Bader, Passerby, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY
Dutch Elm Disease, Curated by Darren Bader, Passerby, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY
Artists' Cinema, curated by Ronnie Bass, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
New Misunderstandings: Return of the Same, with Jeremy Eilers, Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY
Beyond the Pale, Curated by Candice Madey & Tairon Bastien, Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY
Bibliography
2012
Gat, Orit, "Portfolio: Uri Aran," Modern Painters, April
Review, The New Yorker, February
Meade, Fionn, The Assistants, Mousse, February
Tipton, Gemma, Review, Artforum.com, February
Uri Aran, Top TEN, Artforum, January
2011
Alemanu, Cecilia, Uri Aran, Interview Magazine, December
Gartenfeld, Alex, Uri Aran, Art in America, December
Bartholomew, Ryan, Constructive Autism, Kaleidoscope, October
Fionn Meade, After Images, exhibition catalogue, Jewish Museum of Belgium
2010
Alemani Cecilia, I Believe in Mimicry, MOUSSE #26, December
Fite-Wasslek Chris, Doctor Dog Sandwich, ArtPapers, November
Herbert Martin, Dispatches, ArtReview, October
Fionn Meade, Knight’s Move exh. Cat, Sculpture Center, New York
2009
Coxhead Gabriel, Odeon, Time Out London, May.
Gillick, Liam, “Future Greats”, ArtReview, March.
Smith Roberta, "Uri Aran", Art in Review, The New York Times, January 23
Warner Emily, "Uri Aran: Geraniums," The Brooklyn Rail, February
2008
Westcott James, Project Space interview, ArtReview.com, March 4
2007
Saltz Jerry, Beyond the Pale, The Village Voice, February