William J. O'Brien

Installation at The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, 2011. Mixed media on table, dimensions variable. Photo Tom Van Eynde

BIOGRAPHY
Born: Cleveland, Ohio, 1975

Resides: Chicago, Illinois

Education: School of the Art Institute of Chicago (M.F.A., 2005); Loyola University Chicago (B.A., 1997)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2011

The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago.

2010

Shane Campbell Gallery, Oak Park, Illinois.

2009

Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York.

Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Detroit.

2008

"Death Rattle," World Class Boxing, Miami.

2007

"The Axis Mundi," Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago.

2006

"When Your Heart Is on Fire, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," Locust Projects, Miami.

2005

"12 x 12: William J. O'Brien," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.

"A Fairy Tale," Ingalls and Associates, Miami.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011

Lisa Cooley Gallery, New York.

Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

2010

"The Maginot Line," David Castillo Gallery, Miami.

"New Icon," Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago.

"At Home/Not at Home: Works from the Collection of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg," Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.

"L'AUR'AMARA," Gallery MC, New York. Traveled.

2009

"An Expanded Field of Possibilities," Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, California.

"In Stitches," Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York.

"Selected Works from the MCA Collection," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.

2008

"Base: Object," Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York.

Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna.

"Now You See It," Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado.

"Jesuvian Process," Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York.

2007

"Makers and Modelers," Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York.

"Project Space: William O'Brien/Anthony Pierson," Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York.

Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago. "So Wrong, I'm Right," Blum & Poe, Los Angeles.

2006

"Modern Primitivism," Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago.

Western Exhibitions, Chicago.

"Pathetisize," Open End Gallery, Chicago.

"Champagne," Nina Menocal Projects, Mexico City.

"Cluster," Participant Inc, New York.

2005

"Certain People I Know," Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York.

"We Created a Monster," Nina Menocal Projects, Art Basel, Miami Beach, Florida.

"CoDependent," The Living Room for Art Basel, Miami Beach, Florida.

"Drawn Out," Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago.

"M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition," Gallery 2, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

"Take My Hand," Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico City.

2004

"Night of 1,000 Drawings," Artists Space, New York.

"Click Formation," Open End Gallery, Chicago.

"G2 Group Show," School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

"Abracadabra," Rocket Projects, Miami.

2003

"La Superrette," Deitch Projects and Participant Inc, New York.

"100% Cotton," Glasgow School of Art, Scotland.

"White Haute," Shaff Gallery, Chicago.

Selected Bibliography

2009

Smith, Roberta. "Make Room for Video Performance and Paint," The New York Times (December 31).

2008

Vogel, Sabine B. "Andy Coolquitt, Frank Haines, William J. O'Brien at Krinzinger Projekte," Artforum (May).

2007

Fry, Naomi. "Critics' Picks," Artforum (October 2).

Smith, Roberta. "It's Just Clay, But How About a Little Respect?" The New York Times (September 7).

Yood, James. "William J. O'Brien: Shane Campbell Gallery," Artforum (December).

2006

Moreno, Gean. "William J. O'Brien," Art Papers (March/April).