Verne Dawson
Born 1961, Meridianville, AL
Lives and works in New York
Education:
1980 The Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY.
1978 Art Student's League of New York, NY.
Solo Exhibitions:
2011
Evan Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
2009
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
2008
‘The Paradise,’ Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2007
‘Paintings,’ Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich
2006
Le Consortium, Dijon
‘Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday,’ Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
Victoria Miro Gallery, London
2005
Camden Art Center, London (brochure)
2004
‘The Days of the Week and other paintings,’ Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (cat.)
2003
‘Wheel of Fortune’ Victoria Miro Gallery, London
‘Aerialists’, Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Zurich
2002
Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich (cat.)
2001
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
2000
Monica de Cardenas, Milan, Italy
1999
Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY
1997
Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY
1995
Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY
1989
Viafora Gallery, New York, NY
1985
The Portrait Studio, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions:
2011
"Our Magic Hour," Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama, Japan
2010
“In The Company of Alice,” Victoria Miro Gallery, London
"At Home/Not at Home," Hessel Museum of Art, New York
“2010: Whitney Biennial,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, curated
by Francesco Bonami and Gary Carrion-Murayari
2009
“We are sun-kissed and snow-blind,” Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris with Galerie Eva Presenhuber
“Cave Painting: Installment #1,” Gresham’s Ghost, New York, curated by Bob
Nickas and Ajay Kurian
“Hello, Mrs. MacGruder,” Benson Keyes Arts, Southampton, NY, curated by
Michele Maccarone
“Cave Painting,” PSM Gallery, Berlin curated by Bob Nickas
2008 “Future Tense: Reshaping the Landscape,” Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, NY
Gallery Hyundai/doART Seoul, Korea
Gallery Hyundai/doART Beijing, China
ESTRATOS Art Festival, Murcia, Spain
2007
‘The Third Mind,’ Palais de Tokyo, Paris curated by Ugo Rondinone (cat.)
‘Painting as Fact – Fact as Fiction’ de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich, organized by Bob Nickas (cat.)
2006
‘Panic Room,’ Deste Foundation, Athens
2005
‘Down by Law,’ Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
‘Translation,’ Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Lyon Biennale, Lyon, France (cat.)
‘Interested Painting,’ Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
2004
‘Huts’ Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2003
‘Game Over,’ Grimm Rosenfeld, Munich
‘Utopia Station,’ Venice Biennial, Venice (cat.)
‘Breathing Under Water,’ Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber Galerie, Zurich
‘Dirty Pictures,’ The Approach, London
‘20th Anniversary- Welcome home,’ Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
2002
‘Five Years’, Jousse Entreprise, Paris
‘From the Observatory’, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, curated by Bob Nickas (cat.)
‘Urgent Painting’, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris (cat.)
2001
‘Best of the Season’, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, CT
‘Works on Paper from Acconci to Zittel’, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
‘Extended Painting’, Monica de Cardenas, Milan, Italy
‘Nvisible Museum’, Memphis, TN
Victoria Miro Gallery, London
‘How is Everything? Everything’s going to be…Alright.’ Elizabeth Cherry Fine Arts, Tucson, AZ, curated by Bob Nickas
2000
‘Ghosts’, Invisible Museum, Memphis, TN
‘Cosmobiology’, Bellweather, Brooklyn, NY
'There is no Spirit in Painting', Le Consortium, Dijon, France
‘Collected (in Mind)’, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Bob Nickas
1999
'Another Country', Lawrence Rubin Greenberg Van Doren Fine Art, New York, NY
'Titles for Drawings', AC Project Room, New York, NY
1998
'Pets', Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY
1997
'Landscape USA', Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, N.Y
1996
Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, N.Y
1996
AC Project Room, New York , N.Y
1993
‘Little Things” Fesek (Municipal Art Gallery of the Artists’ Union of Budapest), Budapest, Hungary
Art in General, New York, NY
Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago
Delta Axis Center, Memphis, TN
1990
Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
1987
Ridge Street Gallery, New York, NY
1986
Ridge Street Gallery, New York, NY
1985
The Portrait Studio, New York, NY
1984
Sharpe Gallery, New York, NY
King Street Gallery, New York, NY
1983
Olson Gallery, New York, NY
1982
Olson Gallery, New York, NY
1981
The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC.
Greenville Art Museum, Greenville, SC
Bibliography
2011
“Procession of the Equinoxes Paintings 1994-2010,” les presses du réel
2009
Johnson, Ken, Review, New York Times, June 12
Halle, Howard, Review, Time Out New York, June 11
2006
Williams, Eliza, Review, Flash Art, May–June, p. 128
Adams, Brooks, “Report from Lyon: Time After Time,” Art in America, February, pp. 56-63
2005
“Translation: A commemorative publication by M/M (Paris) celebrating the exhibition ‘Translation’ published by The Deste Foundation, Athens
“News and Around: Biennale de Lyon”, Tema Celeste, July-August, p. 96
Herbert, Martin, “Round and round again,” Time Out, London, May 25 – June 1, p. 66 Hutchinson, John, and Tal R, “Huts” published by The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
Vincent, Steven, Review, Art in America, April 2005, pp.142-43
2004
Nickas, Bob, “People Take Pictures of Each Other,” Influence, Issue 2, pp. 90-109
Westcott, James. Review, Art Review, Dec/Jan Vol. LIV, p.105
Dawson, Verne, “432, “ published by The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Dunne, Aidan, ‘Scene Stealing?”, The Irish Times, April
Ford, Felecity, Review, CIRCA Art Magazine March/May
Iremonger, Anne, Review, The Dubliner May
McKeith, Eimear, “Everyday Art,” The Event Guide March/April
White, Barry, “A round of golf on the moon- The Art of Verne Dawson,’’ Trinity News, April 13
Reust, Hans Rudolf, Review, Artforum, May, p. 221
Hase, Bettina von, “A Monument to passion”, ArtReview, Volume 2 Number 6
p. 90-93
2003
Denny, Ned, “Infinitely Fabulous,” New Statesman, March 10
Hubbard, Sue, Review, The Independent, February 25
Guner, Fishun, Review, Metro London, February 19
Nickas, Bob ‘From the Observatory’, published by Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, 2003
Campbell-Johnson, Rachel, “Best London Exhibitions,” The Times, February 15
Finel Honigman, Ana, Review, Time Out London, March 19.
Ratcliff, Carter, “Prehistory Man,” Tate, January/February, pp.34-41
2002
Ruf, Beatrix, “Verne Dawson, Heaven and Earth: Twenty-One Paintings,” published by Kunsthalle Zurich, 2002
Obrist, Hans-Ulrich, Vitamin P, Phaidon Press, London, pp. 76-79
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Montague, Jemima, ‘Urgent Painting,’ Frieze. April 2002, pp. 88-89
2001
Nickas, Bob, ‘Eternal Returns’, Artforum, November, pp. 132-135
Saltz, Jerry, ‘Primordial Seasonings’, Village Voice, June 19, p. 61
Paper, Review, June, p. 104
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Yablonsky, Linda, Time Out New York, Review, May 31- June 7
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2000
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1999
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1990
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1989
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1983
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