Rodney McMillian
Succulent, 2010. Mixed media installation, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist
Untitled, 2010. Vinyl and thread, 14 x 20 x 28 feet. Photo Robert Wedemeyer
BIOGRAPHY
Born: Columbia, South Carolina, 1969
Resides: Los Angeles, California
Education: California Institute of the Arts (M.F.A., 2002); School of the Art Institute of Chicago (B.F.A., 1999)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010
"Succulent," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles.
2009
"Sentimental Disappointment," Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. "Rodney McMillian," Haubrokshows, Berlin.
2008
The Kitchen, New York.
2007
"Jutta Koether / Rodney McMillian," Susanne Vielmetter Berlin Projects, Berlin.
"Neuer Aachener Kunstverein," NAK, Aachen, Germany.
Adamski Galerie, Aachen, Germany.
2006
"Odes," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, California.
2005
"Untitled (ellipses) III," Triple Candie, New York.
"Rodney McMillian – Untitled," Galleria Estro, Padua, Italy.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012
"30 Americans," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
"Blues," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
2011
"Shapes," Sammlung Haubrok, Berlin.
"Human Nature," Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
"Agitated Histories," Contemporary Museum, Baltimore. Traveled.
2010
"The Artist's Museum: Los Angeles Artists 1980– 2010," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
"About Us," Johann Koenig, Berlin.
"Round 33: Seventh House," Project Row Houses, Houston.
2009
"The Moving Image: Scan to Screen, Pixel to Projection II," Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California.
"MONITAUR," Aspen Art Museum, Colorado.
"30 Americans," The Rubell Collection, Miami.
"Rodney McMillian and Caroline Bergvall," UCLA Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles.
2008
"California Biennial 2008," Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California.
"Index: Conceptualism in California from the Permanent Collection," The Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
"2008 Whitney Biennial," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Catalogue.
"BLACK IS, BLACK AIN'T," The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago.
"Thing: New Sculpture from Los Angeles," UCLA Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles.
"Frequency," Studio Museum in Harlem, New York.
Selected Bibliography
2010
Miles, Chris. "Rodney McMillian at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects," LA Weekly (February 11).
2009
Sholis, Brian. "Rodney McMillian: The Kitchen," Artforum (January).
2008
Copeland, Huey. "The Blackness of Blackness," Artforum (October).
Mizota, Sharon. "World in Upheaval," Los Angeles Times (February 10).
Schjeldahl, Peter. "Lessness: The Whitney Biennial," The New Yorker (March 17).
2007
Finkel, Jori. "A Reluctant Fraternity: Thinking Post-Black," The New York Times (June 10).
"2nd Moscow Biennale," FlashArt Online News (January/February).
2006
Kastner, Jeffrey. "Frequency," Artforum (January).
Kenning, Dean. "Uncertain States of America," Art Monthly (October).
Smith, Roberta. "More Than You Can See: Storm of Art Engulfs Miami," The New York Times (December 9).