Oscar Tuazon
Steel, oak post, office chair, 2011. Steel, oak, and chair, 60 1/2 x 56 x 32 3/4 inches
People, 2012. Concrete, oak tree trunk, basketball hoop, and lamps, 360 x 216 x 45 inches, installed in Brooklyn Bridge Park
BIOGRAPHY
Born: Seattle, Washington, 1975
Resides: Los Angeles, California
Education: The Cooper Union (2002–2003);
Whitney Independent Study Program (2001–2003);
The Cooper Union (B.A., 1999)
Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2014
"Alone in an Empty Room," Ludwig Museum, Cologne.
"A Home," Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich.
2013
"deLpendence," deLpendence, Brussels.
"Spasms of Misuse," Schinkel Pavilion, Berlin.
"White Walls," Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen,
Rotterdam.
2012
"People," Public Art Fund, Brooklyn Bridge Park.
"SHAMAN/SHOWMAN," with Karl Holmqvist, Galerie
Chantal Crousel, Paris.
"Working Drawings," Centre d'Edition Contemporaine,
Geneva.
"Scott Burton," Fondazione Guiliani, Rome.
"Towards A Vernacular Architecture," Forde,
Espace d'Art Contemporain, Geneva.
"Manual Labor," Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich.
2011
"America Is My Woman," Maccarone, New York.
"Steel, Pressure-Treated Wood, Oak Post, Office
Chair, Induction Stovetop, Alumninum," Standard
Gallery, Oslo.
"Die," Power Station, Dallas.
2010
"SexBoozeWeedSpeed," with Gardar Eide Einarsson,
Rat Hole Gallery, Tokyo.
"My Mistake," Institute of Contemporary Arts, London.
"Oscar Tuazon," Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland.
"My Flesh to Your Bare Bones," Maccarone, New York.
"One of My Best Comes," Parc Saint LeLger, Centre d'Art
Contemporain, Pougues-les-Eaux, France.
"Sex," Jonathan Viner Gallery, London.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013
"Hello Goodbye Thank You, Again, And Again, And
Again," Castillo/Corrales, Paris.
"Dialogues," MAK Center for Art and Architecture,
Los Angeles.
"Beyond the Object," Brand New Gallery, Milan.
"From Triple X to Birdsong (In Search of the
Schizophrenic Quotient)," Kayne Griffin Corcoran,
Los Angeles.
2012
"Fruits of Passion," Project for Contemporary Art,
Centre Pompidou, Paris.
"Minimal Myth," Museum Boijmans van Beuningen,
Rotterdam.
"Deftig Barock," Kunsthaus Zurich.
"2012 Whitney Biennial," Whitney Museum of
American Art, New York.
"Monochrome," S.A.L.T.S., Birsfelden, Switzerland.