Joe Scanlan
Expansion Drawing, 2007. Yellow paper, metal wire, hot glue, 144 strands, dimensions variable.
Ad, 2005. Duratran, aluminum, plexiglas, and fluorescent light, 60 x 44 inches.
BIOGRAPHY
BORN
1961 in Circleville, Ohio. Lives in New York City
EDUCATION
1984 BFA, The Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Diversification, Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris
Red Flags, castillo/corrales, Paris
Change of Season, Galerie de Expeditie, Amsterdam
2008 Creative Destruction, Traveling Salesman, Circular Economy, Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna
2007 SOLONGSOLSOLONG, Institut d'Arte Contemporain, Villeurbanne
Passing Through, K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
Donelle Woolford: A Narrative, Chez Valentin, Paris
2005 Entropy For Sale, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp
Thingsthatfall, Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris
Massachusetts Wedding Bed, Galerie de Expeditie, Amsterdam
2004 Pay Dirt, Museum d'Art Moderne Grand Duc Jean, Luxembourg
2003 Pay For Your Pleasure (reprise), Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Pay Dirt, IKON Gallery, Birmingham, England
Dirty, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp
Mieses to Pieces, Raum Aktuellerkunst Martin Janda, Vienna
2002 Do It Yourself Dead On Arrival Pay For Your Pleasure (reprise), Insitut d'Art Contemporain,Villeurbanne
2001 Store A, D'Amelio Terras, New York
Sidewalk Sale, Store A, Brooklyn
Frank, Joe & Co., (with Frank Gehry), Kunstmuseum Herford, Germany
2000 Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp
Raum Aktueller Kunst Martin Janda, Vienna
Sic Transit Gloria, The Jewish Museum, New York
1999 Product no. 2, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles
Invention, D'Amelio Terras, New York
1998 Les Moules, FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier, France
Pay For Your Pleasure (reprise), Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
1997 D'Amelio Terras, New York
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp
1996 Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany
1995 Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris
Yard Sale, 1838 Wolcott Street, Chicago
1994 Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp
1993 Galerie Tanja Grunert, Cologne
1991 Fairly Recent Work, Robbin Lockett Gallery, Chicago
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Gaylen Gerber and Joe Scanlan, Wallspace, New York
2008 Double Agent, ICA, London
Can Art Do More?, ArtFocus 2009, Jerusalem
2007 Still Life, The 8th Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2006 Celebration Park, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
Hyper Design, The Shanghai Biennial, Shanghai
Broken Lines, Printemps du Septembre, Toulouse
Tina B, The Prague Contemporary Art Festival, Prague
2005 BMW, The IX Baltic Triennial, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius
2004 BUY AMERICAN, Galerie Chez Valentin, ParisCurious Crystals of Unusual Purity, P.S. 1, Queens, New York
2003 About We, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, Holland
2002 No Ghost, Just a Shell, Kunstalle Zürich, Zürich
2000 Worthless (Invaluable), Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, SloveniaAgainst Design, Institute of Comtemporay Art, Philadelphia
1999 Waste Management, Art Gallery of Ontario
1998 12th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney Australia
1995 Aperto, Le Nouveau Musée, Institute d'Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne
1993 Oppositions and Sister Squares, Wiener Secession, Vienna
1992 Documenta IX, Kassel, Germany