Brian Tolle

Eureka, 2001. Styrofoam, urethane, acrylic paint, 15 x 40 x 3 feet.

Alice and Job, 2000. Hand-carved Styrofoam, aquaresin, acrylic, sand, and robotic components,
14 1/2 x 10 x 6 feet each. Courtesy Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica

BIOGRAPHY

Born: New York, 1964
Resides: New York
Education: Yale University School of Art (M.F.A., 1994); Parsons School of Design (B.F.A., 1992); State University of New York at Albany (B.A., 1986)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2000
“Llano del Rio,” Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, California.

1999
“Llano del Rio,” Parsons School of Design, New York.

1998
Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis.
“Common Consent,” Basilico Fine Arts, New York.

1996
“Overmounted Interior,” Basilico Fine Arts, New York.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2003
“Metrospective,” New York City Hall Park, New York.
“Pursuit of Happiness,” Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Catalogue.
“Éire|Land,” McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Catalogue.

2002
“I Bienal Ceará América,” Fortaleza-Ceará, Brazil. Catalogue.
“The Presidential Suite,” Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York.
“Whitney Biennial,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Catalogue.

2001
“Alumni Choice,” Yale School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut. Catalogue.
“Sonsbeek 9: LocusFocus,” Sonsbeek, Arnhem, Netherlands. Catalogue.
“Crossing the Line,” Queens Museum of Art, New York. Catalogue.
“Pictures, Patents, Monkeys, and More . . . on Collecting,” Western Washington University, Bellingham. Traveled. Catalogue.

2000
“Over the Edges: The Corners of Ghent,” Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium. Catalogue.
“Innuendo,” Dee Glasoe, New York.
“Never Never Land,” University Galleries at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton. Traveled.

Selected Bibliography

2003
Cardwell, Diane. “Yes, It’s Art, But to Santa, a Trip to the Chiropractor,” The New York Times (January 19).
Kimmelman, Michael. “A Seasonal Migration of Cultural Scope,” The New York Times (August 8).
Richardson, Lynda. “Like Potato Fields, His Memorial Lies Fallow,” The New York Times (May 14).
Tobler, Konrad. “Auf der Suche nach dem Glück,” Berner Zeitung (Bern, Switzerland, January 24).

2002
Baird, Daniel. “The 2002 Whitney Biennial,” The Brooklyn Rail (early summer).
Frankel, David. “Hunger Artist,” Artforum (summer).
Klinkenborg, Verlyn. “The Great Irish Hunger and the Art of Honoring Memory,” The New York Times (June 21).
Princenthal, Nancy. “Whither the Whitney Biennial?” Art in America (June).
Schama, Simon. “Pangs a Patch of Earth,” The New Yorker (August 19-26).
Smith, Roberta. “A Memorial Remembers the Hungry,” The New York Times (July 16).

2001
De Keyzer, Laurens, and Rony Heirman. Jan Hoet LXV. Ghent, Belgium: Ludion/Vrienden van het S.M.A.K.
Eleey, Peter. “A Quiet Incursion in Queens,” The Brooklyn Rail (October-November).
Kaizen, William R. “Brian Tolle,” BOMB Magazine (summer).
Kruk, Liedeke. Nice To Meet You: Portrait of Sonsbeek 2001. Arnhem, Netherlands: n.p.
Simpson, Bennett. “Crossing the Line,” frieze (October).
Wehr, Anne. “Queens Sized,” Time Out New York (August 16-23).

2000
Blackwell, Josh. “Brian Tolle at Shoshana Wayne,” Art issues (summer).
Comte, Béatrice. “De l’art . . . ou du cochon,” Le Figaro (April 21).
“Goings on About Town: Innuendo,” The New Yorker (July 3).