Stewart Uoo
Untitled (San Quentin Drawing I) verso, 2012. Graphite on paper San Quentin Prison envelope, 4 x 9½ inches
Untitled (San Quentin Drawing I) verso, 2012. Graphite on paper San Quentin Prison envelope, 4 x 9½ inches
Untitled (Thicket), 2015. Archival pigment print on cotton paper, salvaged, plywood, and latex paint, 96 x 48 x 1 inches
Untitled (Roof), 2015. Archival pigment print on cotton paper, salvaged, plywood, and latex paint, 96 x 48 x 1 inches
BIOGRAPHY
Born: Napa, California, 1985
Resides: Brooklyn, New York
Education: Meisterschule, Städelschule HFBK (2012); California College of the Arts (B.F.A., 2007)
Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2016
"Curtains," 47 Canal, New York (January 16-February 14).
2015
"Viva La Juicy," Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo.
2014
"No Tears in Rain," Galerie Buchholz, Berlin.
2013
"Outside Inside Sensibility," with Jana Euler, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
2012
"Life Is Juicy," 47 Canal, New York.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015
"Greater New York," MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York.
"Grand Opening Reception," km temporaer, Berlin.
"An Interior that Remains an Exterior? Künstlerhaus," Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz, Austria.
"Mirror Effect," The Box, Los Angeles.
"Looks," Institute of Contemporary Arts, London.
"Inhuman," Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany.
2014
"Burning Down the House," Gwangju Biennale, South Korea.
"Rockaway!," MoMA PS1, Fort Tilden and Rockaway Beach, New York.
"AIRBNB Pavilion," Venice Architecture Biennale.
"Abandon the Parents," SMK Museum, Copenhagen.
2013
"Nail Us," M/L Artspace, New York.
"Prodigal in Blue," Laura Bartlett Gallery, London.
"Freak Out," Greene Naftali Gallery, New York.
2012
William, New York.
2011
"The Anti-Social Majority," Kunsthall Oslo.
"Papos VIP," Arte BA, Buenos Aires.
"Mobile Device," Bodega, Philadelphia.
2010
"179 Canal/Anyways," White Columns, New York.
"Avatar 4D," Noma Gallery, San Francisco.
"Is a Rusted Petticoat Enough to Bring it Down to Earth?," Jack Hanley Gallery, New York.
2009
"Performa 09: Betteraves Club," 179 Canal, New York.
"ABCyz," Silvershed, New York.
2008
"Pisces Party," Black Diamond, Los Angeles.
"FUNBOX," Playspace Gallery, San Francisco.
Selected Performances
2016
"It's Get Better III," MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York (March 6).
2014
"It's Get Better II," Artists Space, New York.
2013
"It's Get Better," Artists Space, New York.
2011
"47 Canal: Throw Up," 47 Canal, New York.
2010
"Professor Eilers: 4 Hour Fundamental," MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York.
"The Collective Show," Participant Inc., New York.
"Stage," Bodega, Philadelphia.
Selected Bibliography
2016
Duval, Cyril. "'Curtians' by Stewart Uoo," Document online (January).
2015
"2015 30 Under 30: Art & Style," Forbes (January).
2014
"Forming the Shape in Lightness. Markues Über Stewart Uoo in Der Galerie Buchholz, Berlin," Texte Zur Kunst (July 1).
Scrimgeour, Alexander. "Stewart Uoo Galerie Buchholz," Artforum (Summer).
Ladyfag. "Discovering 11:11 New York Nightlife Is Dead. Long Live New York Nightlife," Style.com (June).
McGarry, Kevin. "A Satellite Show at the Venice Architecture Biennale, Hosted Through (and Inspired by) Airbnb," T Magazine (June 4).
McGarry, Kevin. "The Art World Eyes a New Destination: Gwangju, South Korea," T Magazine (May 15).
2013
Beck, Martin. "Forum," Camera Austria International (September).
"Work in Progress," V (July).
Kuo, Michelle. "1000 Words," Artforum (Summer).
Pollack, Maika. "'Punk: Chaos to Couture' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art," New York Observer (May 14).
Huxtable, Juliana. "Avatars, Empty Forms and Self- projection," Mousse (May).