Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt
Saint Avatar of Novocain, 2011. Mixed media, 14 x 11 x 2 inches.
Courtesy the artist
The Anchorite, 2009. Mixed media, 131 ⁄2 x 11 x 2 inches. Courtesy the artist
BIOGRAPHY
Born: Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1948
Resides: New York, New York
Education: The School of Visual Arts (1967); Pratt Institute (1965–66)
Select Solo Exhibitions
2010
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis.
"Tenement Symphony," Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York.
2006
"Placemats & Potholders (Memory & Desire)," Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York.
2004
"Inaugural Exhibition: Stapled to the Soul," Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York.
1998
"Hidden Treasure," Holly Solomon Gallery, New York.
1988
"Half Way to Paradise," Holly Solomon Gallery, New York.
1986
"A Theology of Glitter: An Aesthetic of Poverty," The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
1984
"Childhood Memories," Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
1983
"The Preying Hands," Holly Solomon Gallery, New York.
1973
"Panis Angelicus," 98 Greene Street Loft, New York.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2006
"The New Collage," Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York.
2005
"The Downtown Show," Grey Art Gallery, New York University.
1999
"The American Century: 1900–2000," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Catalogue.
1995
"In a Different Light," University Museum, University of California at Berkeley.
1994
"1969: A Year Revisited," Grey Art Gallery, New York University.
1991
"1991 Whitney Biennial," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Catalogue.
1988
"100 Years: A Tradition of Social and Political Art on the Lower East Side," P.P.O.W., New York.
1987
"Americana," Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands.
1986
"Sacred Images in Secular Art," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Catalogue.
1984
"Arte, Ambiente, Scena," International Pavilion, 41st Venice Biennale.
1983
"Twentieth Century Art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Selected Recent Acquisitions," Queens Museum of Art.
1982
"The Crucifix Show," Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York.
1980
United States Pavilion, 39th Venice Biennale. "Les Nouveaux Fauves," Ludwig Museum, Aachen, Germany.
Selected Bibliography
2011
Davis, Kate. American Experience: Stonewall Uprising. Film. Directed by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner. WGBH Boston/PBS. Reed, Christopher. Art and Homosexuality: A History of Ideas. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2007
Kalm, James. "Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt," The Brooklyn Rail (February).
2006
Pepe, Sheila. "Still Life as Practice, Subject, and Lens at Monya Rowe," Gay City News (March 30).
2005
Baynard, Ed. "Going for Baroque," Modern Painters (April).
Belasco, Daniel. "Jerry Jofen and Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt at Pavel Zoubok," Art in America (February).
1998
Cotter, Holland. "Art in Review: Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt," The New York Times (October 23).
1997
Weinstein, Jeff. "Art in Residence," Artforum (March).
1996
Cotter, Holland. "Art in Review: 1996 Contemporary Arts Annual," The New York Times (August 2).
1992
Smith, Roberta. "Art in Review: Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt," The New York Times (April 24).
1989
Atkins, Robert. "The Center Show," The Village Voice (June 13).
1986
Brenson, Michael. "They Seek Spiritual Meaning in an Age of Skepticism," The New York Times (May 11).
1985
Brenson, Michael. "From Young Artists, Defiance Behind a Smiling Facade," The New York Times (September 29).
Glueck, Grace. "Religion Makes an Impact in Today's Art," The New York Times (April 7).
Raynor, Vivien. "Art: Blue-Collar Lanigan-Schmidt," The New York Times (November 13).