Tom Burr

Works

2011. Aluminum, steel, glass and hardware 70.87 x 141.73 x 2.17 inches, 180 x 360 x 5.5 cm
Patinated bronze, electrical cord and light bulb; 184.25 x 152.76 x 98.43 inches 468 x 388 x 250 cm
Patinated bronze, electrical cord and light bulb; 184.25 x 152.76 x 98.43 inches 468 x 388 x 250 cm
Patinated bronze, electrical cord and light bulb; 184.25 x 152.76 x 98.43 inches 468 x 388 x 250 cm
Patinated bronze, electrical cord and light bulb; 184.25 x 152.76 x 98.43 inches 468 x 388 x 250 cm
Wood and paper framed in Plexiglas 18.9 x 18.9 inches 48 x 48 cm
natural wood, hinges, postcard, soil 18 x 136 inches (when flat) 45.7 x 345.4 cm (when flat) 80 x 45.7 x 245 cm 31.5 x 17.99 x 96.46 inches
cast iron, radiator painted, plywood base, nylon stockings 48 x 36 x 36 inches 121.9 x 91.4 x 91.4 cm
Installation shot
Installation shot
Antique door, black paint, men's overcoat 80 1/2 x 32 x 5 inches 204.5 x 81.3 x 12.7 cm
Wood, steel hinges, mirrored Plexiglas, five copies of "Doctor Make Me Beautiful" 47 3/4 x 62 x 22 inches 121.3 x 157.5 x 55.9 cm
Plywood, black paint, steel poles, assorted hangers, men's overcoat 72 1/5 x 155 1/2 x 36 inches 191.8 x 393.7 x 91.4 cm
Wood, yellow Plexiglas, men's sneakers 48 1/2 x 12 x 12 inches 123.2 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm 38 x 12 x 12 inches 96.5 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm
Wood, white paint, men's pajamas, antique mirror, push pins 39 x 24 x 138 inches 99.1 x 61 x 350.5 cm
Newspaper clippings, magazine pages, album sleeves, plastic record protectors, stockings, push pins, on dyed board each: 24 x 48 inches 61 x 121.9 cm
Tom Burr 12 Steps to Hell, 2009 Metal ladder and white parachute
wood, white paint, steel poles, vintage headphones, Plexiglas, newspaper, magazines, assorted printed matter 72 1/2 x 48 x 36 inches 184.2 x 121.9 x 91.4 cm
wood, steel poles, black paint, vintage stools, vintage black headphones, wine glasses 72 1/2 x 48 x 36 inches 184.2 x 121.9 x 91.4 cm
Wood, metal brackets and bolts, carpeting, mirrored tile 66 1/2 x 96 x 96 inches 168.9 x 243.8 x 243.8 cm

Biography

Born in New Haven 1963
Lives and works in Norfolk, CT and New York, NY

 

Education

1987-1988 Whitney Independent Study Program, New York

1982-1986 School of Visual Arts, New York

 

Residencies/Teaching

Critic in Sculpture, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 2009-2010

Artist in Residence, Randolph Cliff, Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland, 2010

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2012

Cloud in Trousers, Citta della Pieve, Umbria, Italy

deep wood drive, Bortolami Gallery, New York

2011

Promiscuous Pleats, Franco Noero, Torrino

Head Ache, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London

New York, Sommer Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Felt Under Fingers, Almine Rech Galerie, Brussels

Gravity Moves Me FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, France

2010

Murmur, MD72, Berlin

Four Sides to Myself, Bortolami Gallery, NY

2009

Sentence, Bortolami Gallery, New York

Bonvicini/Burr, with Monica Bonvicini, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau, Munich, travelling to Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel

Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London

2008

Descending, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin

Addict – Love, Sculpture Center, New York

Black and Blue, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris

2007

Anxiety – A Showcase, Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin

Swiss Institute, New York (with Walter Pfeiffer)

Moods, Secession, Vienna

2006

Extrospective, Museé Cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne

Relapse, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London

2005

Complete Breakdown, Galerie Neu, Berlin

Privy, Please, The Norfolk Library, Norfolk (Connecticut)

The Complete Stories of Truman Capote, romaromaroma, Rome

2004

Our Lady of the Flowers, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin

2003

Gone, Gone, American Fine Arts, New York

Die Stalle/The Stalls, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne

The Screens, Institute for Visual Culture, Cambridge

2002

Piscine, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris

Deep Purple, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Dog Days, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York

2001

Brutalism, Galerie Neu

2000

Low Slung, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig

1999

Black Box, Artforum Berlin, Galerie Neu, Berlin

Private Property: Anti-Public Sculpture, Galerie Almine Reich, Paris

1998

Surface, Galerie Neu, Berlin

The Medical Show, Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid

1997

Stainless, American Fine Arts, New York

1995

42nd Street Structures, American Fine Arts, New York

1994

American Fine Arts, New York

1992

White Columns, New York

 

Group exhibitions

2013

The Black Mirror: Curated by James Welling and Diane Rosenstein, Diane Rosenstein Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

2012

MOCA’s 15th Anniversary Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL

“More Light”,Curated by Alexander Schröder & Thilo Wermke, Avlskarl Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

Cellblock II, An Essay in Exhibition Form, Curated by Robert Hobbs, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY

Only parts of us will ever touch parts of others, curated by Timothée Chaillou, Gallery Thaddeus Ropac, Paris

now I am quietly waiting for the catastrophe of my personality to seem beautiful again, and interesting, and modern, curated by Tom Burr, Bortolami Gallery, NY

Drawing a Blank(On Forgetting, Refusal, Censorship and Impotence), curated by Matthew Brannon and Jan Tumlir, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Everyday Abstract – Abstract Everyday, curated by Matthew Higgs, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY

Migros Meets Museion, Curated by Letizia Ragaglia in collaboration with Heike Munder and Judith Welter, Museion, Bolzano, Italy

The Quality of Presence, curated by Dmitry Komis, The Chelsea Hotel, New York, NY,

relocated, Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany

Utopia Gesamtkunstwerk, 21er Haus, Belvedere Museum, Vienna, Austria

2011

Verschiebungsersatz, curated by David Rimanelli, Kimmerich, New York

December: Organized by Howie Chen, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York

VERSCHIEBUNGSERSATZ, curated by David Rimanelli, Kimmerich, New York

After images, curated by Fionn Meade, Jewish Museum of Belgium, Brussels

Five Easy Pieces, Galleria Franco Noero, Torino

12th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey

Schnitte im Raum, Sculptural Collagen, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany

The Smithson Effect, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City

SHAPES, Sammlung-Haubrok, Berlin,Germany

2010

Missing Beat, Sommer Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Isreal

“…”, Galerie Neu, Berlin

ABOUT US, Johann König, Berlin, Germany

Cumulus, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA

Forced Exposure, Team Gallery, New York, NY

The New Décor, The Hayward Gallery, London, UK

Mixed Use, Manhattan: Photography and Related Practices 1970s to the present, Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain

The Page, Kimmerich Gallery, New York, NY

Light Breaks Where No Sun Shines, Bortolami Gallery at The Webster, Miami Beach

Wall & Floor, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France

2009

Moby Dick, Curated by Jens Hoffman, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, September- December 2009

The World is Yours, Louisiana Museum, Denmark, September- December

Rachel Harrison:  Consider the Lobster and other Essays, Center for Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College (CCS Bard), Annendale-on Hudson, New York, June- December 2009

Saints and Sinners, curated by Laura Hoptman, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Boston

The Station curated by Shamim Momin & Nate Lowman Miami, Florida

Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture, Saatchi Gallery, London

Political/Minimal curated by Klaus Biesenbach Kunst-Werke Berlin e.V. – KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin

Recollection curated by Gianni JetzerBarriera, Turin, ItalyNov. 2008-Jan. 2009

La Fête Est Permanente / The Eternal Network FRAC – Champagne-Ardenne, Reims

2008

The Eternal Flame. On the Promise of Eternity, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz

Not So Subtle Subtitle, Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York

Marc Camille Chaimowitz, …In The Cherished Company of Others…, De Appel,

Amsterdam/PMMK, Oostende

Sammlung/Collection 1978–2008, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich

Fais en sorte que je puisse te parler/Mache, dass ich zu dir sprechen kann/Act so that I can speak to you, Kamm, Berlin

A new High in Getting Low (NYC), John Connelly Presents, New York

Photos and Phantasy: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation,

Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard

Une Saison à Bruxelles, Dépendance, Brussels

2007

Walk!, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin

Oh Girl, It’s a Boy!, Munich Kunstverein, Munich

Body Politicx, Witte de With, Rotterdam

At Home, Curated by Mario Testino, Yvon Lambert project space, New York

The Happiness of Objects, Sculpture Centre, Long Island, New York

Unmonumental: Falling to Pieces in the 21st Century, Curated by Richard Flood, Laura Hoptman and Massimiliano Gioni, The New Museum, New York

OMNIA VANITAS: VANITY IS ALL, Gavlack Gallery, Los Angeles

Pale Carnage, Arnolfini, Bristol, travelling to; Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee

2006

Wieder und Wider, Performance, MUMOK, Vienna

The Eighth Square, Museum Ludwig, Cologne

The Name of This Show Is Not GAY ART NOW, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, curated by Jack Pierson

Warum etwas zeigen, was man sehen kann, Galerie fur Zeitgenossische Kunst, Leipzig

2005

HaubrokShows. B Sharp, Xantener Strasse 7, Berlin

Down the Garden Path: The Artist’s Garden After Modernism, Queens Museum of Art, New York

Nolens Volens, Galerie Neu, Berlin

EXILE New York is a good Hotel, Broadway 1602, New York

Residence, MICA Foundation, New York

2004

Trafic d’influence: Art & Design, Collection Frac Nord Pas-de-Calais, Dunkerque

Election, American Fine Art, Colin de Land Fine Art, New York

When the lights go out…, Cohan & Leslie, New York

The Future Has a Silver Lining, Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Zurich

Braunschweig Parcours 2004, Braunschweig

Whitney Biennial 2004, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Beginning Here: 101 Ways, Visual Arts Gallery, New York

Strange Weather, Modern Art, London

It’s all an Illusion, Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Zurich

Flowers Observed, Flowers Transformed, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh

2003

Le Rayon Noir, Circuit-Assossiation d’Art Contemporain, Lausanne

New Space! Group Show!, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin

2002

Grey Gardens, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles

My head is on fire but my heart is full of love, Charlottenborg Udstillings-bygning, Copenhagen

Xeros, Ecole du Magasin, Center National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble

2001

Deliberate Living, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York

Parttnerschaften – Unterbrochene Karrieren, Neue Gessellschaft fur Bildende Kunst, Berlin

American Fine Arts, New York

2000

Quiet Life, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal-Unterowisheim, curated by Michael Neff

Sightings, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, curated by Jeffrey Walkowiak

Space Open 2000, Space studios, London

1998

Model, Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria

I Hate Movies, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, curated by Tom Borgese

Parasite, The Drawing Center, New York

1997

Sans Titre, Froment + Putman, Paris

1996

Disappeared, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago

American Fine Arts, New York

Ideal Standard Life, Spiral Garden, Tokyo

Gramercy International Art Fair, New York

1995

Birgit Kung, Zurich

_Architectures of Display _with architect Toshiko Mori, organized by Minetta Brook, New York

Platzwechsel (with Ursula Biemann, Mark Dion, Christian Philipp Muller), Kunsthalle Zurich und Schweizer National – museum, Zurich

Mapping: A Response to MOMA, American Fine Arts, New York

1994

Architecture and Display, Architectural League of New York and Minetta Book, New York (with Toshiko Mori)

Lace, Los Angeles, California

The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York

1993

Kontext Kunst, Kunstlerhaus Graz, Austria

What Happened to the Institutional Critique, curated by James Meyer, American Fine Arts, New York

Social Subjects, YYZ, Toronto, Ontario

Sonsbeek 93, Arnheim

Projet Unité, Firminy

1992

White Columns, New York (Catalogue)

American Fine Arts, New York

1989

Paula Allen Gallery, New York

American Fine Arts, New York

1988

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York

Whitney Independent Study Program,Open Studios , New York