Tom Burr (American, born )

Timeline

1963
Born in New Haven, Connecticut, USA
1982–1986
School of Visual Arts, New York
1987–1988
Whitney Independent Study Program, New York
2009–2010
Critic in Sculpture, Yale Univer sity, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
2010
Artist in Residence, Randolph Cliff, Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland
Lives and works in Norfolk, CT and New York, NY

Exhibitions

2014
Tom Burr Exhibitions in 2014:

Drunk Emily, Galleria Franco Noero, Torino, ITALY (solo exhibition)
Collection and Contact, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA
Space & Reality: New Acquisitions & Gifts, mumok, Vienna, AUSTRIA
30/60 Works from the Collection of the FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Marino Marini Museum, Florence, ITALY
Klotz am Bein – Sculptures from the Grässlin Collection, Raumefür Kunst (Spaces for Art), St. Georgen, GERMANY
Displayed, Anton Kern, New York, New York, USA
Galerie Neu at Gladstone, Gladstone Gallery, New York, New York, USA
Soft Matter, WALLSPACE, New York, New York, USA
Deviance Credits, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA
Take It or Leave It: Institution, Image, Ideology, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California, USA
A Chromatic Loss, Curated by Jeffrey Uslip, Bortolami Gallery, New York, New York, USA
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, GERMANY
2013
Tom Burr Exhibitions in 2013:

Dressage, Parcours, Art Basel, SWITZERLAND (solo exhibition)
Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London, UK (solo exhibition)
Pommery Experience # 11: “An odyssey: 30 Years of frac Champagne-Ardenne”, Curated by Florence Derieux, Frac Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, FRANCE
Relocation, Reallocation, Stockholm, Curated by Stefania Bortolami, McCabe Fine Art, Stockholm, SWEDEN
Outside the Lines, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, USA
My Crippled Friend, Columbus College of Art and Design, Ohio, USA
Migros Meets Museion, Museion, Bolzano, ITALY
Anamericana, curated by Vincenzo de Bellis, co-organized by the Depart Foundation Collection, American Academy, Rome, ITALY
Notes on Neo-Camp, Curated by Chris Sharp, Office Baroque Gallery, Antwerp, BELGIUM
Notes on Neo-Camp, Curated by Chris Sharp, Studio Voltaire, London, UK
Pivot Points: 15 Years & Counting, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida, USA
open spaces | secret places. Works from the SAMMLUNG VERBUND, MdM MÖNCHSBERG, Salzburg, AUSTRIA
Catch as Catch Can, Curated by Fionn Meade, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
The Black Mirror, Curated by James Welling and Diane Rosenstein, Diane Rosenstein Fine Art, Los Angeles, California, USA
Vertical Club, Curated by Will Benedict, Bortolami, New York, New York, USA
2012
Tom Burr Exhibitions in 2012:

Cloud in Trousers, Citta della Pieve, Umbria, ITALY (solo exhibition)
deep wood drive, Bortolami Gallery, New York, New York, USA (solo exhibition)
Promiscuous Pleats, Galleria Franco Noero, Torino, ITALY (solo exhibition)
No Desaster, Haukbrok Collection at Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, GERMANY

Stretching the Limits: Fibers in Contemporary Painting, SCAD Museum of Art, Savanah, Georgia, USA
MOCA’s 15th Anniversary Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida, USA
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, New York, USA
2011
Tom Burr Exhibitions in 2011:

Head Ache, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London, UK (solo exhibition)
New York, Sommer Gallery, Tel-Aviv, ISRAEL (solo exhibition)
Felt Under Fingers, Almine Rech Galerie, Brussels, BELGIUM (solo exhibition)
Gravity Moves Me, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, FRANCE (solo exhibition)
Verschiebungsersatz, curated by David Rimanelli, Kimmerich, New York, New York, USA
December: Organized by Howie Chen, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, New York, USA
VERSCHIEBUNGSERSATZ, curated by David Rimanelli, Kimmerich, New York, New York, USA
After images, curated by Fionn Meade, Jewish Museum of Belgium, Brussels, BELGIUM
Five Easy Pieces, Galleria Franco Noero, Torino, ITALY
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, Utah, USA
SHAPES, Sammlung-Haubrok, Berlin, GERMANY
2010
Tom Burr Exhibitions in 2010:

Murmur, MD72, Berlin, GERMANY (solo exhibition)
Four Sides to Myself, Bortolami Gallery, New York, New York, USA (solo exhibition)
Missing Beat, Sommer Gallery, Tel-Aviv, ISRAEL
..., Galerie Neu, Berlin, GERMANY
ABOUT US, Johann König, Berlin, GERMANY
Cumulus, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, California, USA
Forced Exposure, Team Gallery, New York, New York, USA
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, New York, USA
Light Breaks Where No Sun Shines, Bortolami Gallery at The Webster, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Wall & Floor, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, FRANCE
The World is Yours, Louisiana Museum, DENMARK
2009
Tom Burr Exhibitions in 2009:

Sentence, Bortolami Gallery, New York, New York, USA (solo exhibition)
Bonvicini/Burr, with Monica Bonvicini, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau, Munich, GERMANY travelling to Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, SWITZERLAND (solo exhibition)
Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London, UK (solo exhibition)
Moby Dick, Curated by Jens Hoffman, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, California, USA
Rachel Harrison: Consider the Lobster and other Essays, Center for Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College (CCS Bard), Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA
Saints and Sinners, curated by Laura Hoptman, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
The Station,curated by Shamim Momin & Nate Lowman Miami, Florida, USA
Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Political/Minimal, curated by Klaus Biesenbach, Kunst-Werke, Berlin e.V. - KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, GERMANY
Recollection, curated by Gianni Jetzer Barriera, Turin, ITALY
La Fête Est Permanente / The Eternal Network, FRAC –Champagne - Ardenne, Reims, FRANCE
2008
Tom Burr Exhibitions in 2008:

Descending, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, ITALY (solo exhibition)
Addict – Love, Sculpture Center, New York, New York, USA (solo exhibition)
Black and Blue, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, FRANCE
The Eternal Flame. On the Promise of Eternity, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz, SWITZERLAND
Not So Subtle Subtitle, Casey Kaplan Gallery, NewYork, New York, USA
Marc Camille Chaimowitz, ...In The Cherished Company of Others..., De Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands /PMMK, Oostende, BELGIUM
Sammlung/Collection 1978–2008, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, SWITZERLAND
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, GERMANY
A New High in Getting Low (NYC), John Connelly Presents, New York, New York, USA
Photos and Phantasy: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, California, USA
Une Saison à Bruxelles, Dépendance, Brussels, BELGIUM
2007
Tom Burr Exhibitions in 2007:

Anxiety – A Showcase, Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin, GERMANY (solo exhibition)
Swiss Institute, New York, New York, USA (solo exhibition)
Moods, Secession, Vienna, AUSTRIA
Walk!, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, GERMANY
Oh Girl, It’s a Boy!, Munich Kunstverein, Munich, GERMANY
Body Politicx, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The NETHERLANDS
At Home, Curated by Mario Testino, Yvon Lambert project space, New York, New York, USA
The Happiness of Objects, Sculpture Centre, Long Island, New York, New York, USA
Unmonumental: Falling to Pieces in the 21st Century, Curated by Richard Flood, Laura Hoptman and Massimiliano Gioni, The New Museum, New York, New York, USA
OMNIA VANITAS: VANITY IS ALL, Gavlack Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
Pale Carnage, Arnolfini, Bristol, travelling to; Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, UK
2006
Tom Burr Exhibitions in 2006:

Extrospective, Museé Cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, SWITZERLAND (solo exhibition)
Relapse, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London, UK (solo exhibition)
Wieder und Wider, Performance, MUMOK, Vienna, AUSTRIA
The Eighth Square, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, GERMANY
The Name of This Show Is Not GAY ART NOW, Curated by Jack Pierson, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, New York, USA
Warum etwas zeigen, was man sehen kann, Galerie fur Zeitgenossische Kunst, Leipzig, GERMANY
2005
Tom Burr Exhibitions in 2005:

Complete Breakdown, Galerie Neu, Berlin, GERMANY (solo exhibition)
Privy, Please, The Norfolk Library, Norfolk, Connecticut, USA (solo exhibition)
The Complete Stories of Truman Capote, romaromaroma, Rome, ITALY
HaubrokShows. B Sharp, Xantener Strasse 7, Berlin, GERMANY
Down the Garden Path: The Artist’s Garden After Modernism, Queens Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA
Nolens Volens, Galerie Neu, Berlin, GERMANY
EXILE New York is a good Hotel, Broadway 1602, New York, New York, USA
Residence, MICA Foundation, New York, New York, USA
2004
Tom Burr Exhibitions in 2004:

Our Lady of the Flowers, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, ITALY (solo exhibition)
Trafic d’influence: Art & Design, Collection Frac Nord Pas-de-Calais, Dunkerque, FRANCE
Election, American Fine Art, Colin de Land Fine Art, New York, New York, USA
When the lights go out..., Cohan & Leslie, New York, New York, USA
The Future Has a Silver Lining, Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, SWITZERLAND
Braunschweig Parcours 2004, Braunschweig, GERMANY
Whitney Biennial 2004, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, USA
Beginning Here: 101 Ways, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, New York, USA
Strange Weather, Modern Art, London, UK
It’s all an Illusion, Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, SWITZERLAND
Flowers Observed, Flowers Transformed, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
2003
Tom Burr Exhibitions in 2003:

Gone, Gone, American Fine Arts, New York, New York, USA (solo exhibition)
Die Stalle/The Stalls, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, GERMANY (solo exhibition)
The Screens, Institute for Visual Culture, Cambridge, UK (solo exhibition)
Le Rayon Noir, Circuit-Assossiation d’Art Contemporain, Lausanne, FRANCE
New Space! Group Show!, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, ITALY
2002
Tom Burr Exhibitions in 2002:

Piscine, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, FRANCE (solo exhibition)
Deep Purple, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, USA (solo exhibition)
Dog Days, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, New York, USA (solo exhibition)
Grey Gardens, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
My Head Is On Fire But My Heart Is Full of Love, Charlottenborg Udstillings-bygning, Copenhagen, DENMARK
Xeros, Ecole du Magasin, Center National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, FRANCE
2001
Tom Burr Exhibitions in 2001:

Brutalism, Galerie Neu, Berlin, GERMANY (solo exhibition)
Deliberate Living, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, New York, USA
Parttnerschaften – Unterbrochene Karrieren, Neue Gessellschaft fur Bildende Kunst, Berlin, GERMANY
American Fine Arts, New York, New York
2000
Tom Burr Exhibitions in 2000:

Low Slung, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, GERMANY (solo exhibition)
Quiet Life, curated by Michael Neff, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal-Unterowisheim, GERMANY
Sightings, curated by Jeffrey Walkowiak Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA
Space Open 2000, Space studios, London, UK
1999
Tom Burr Exhibitions in 1999:

Black Box, Artforum Berlin, Galerie Neu, Berlin, GERMANY (solo exhibition)
Private Property: Anti-Public Sculpture, Galerie Almine Reich, Paris, FRANCE (solo exhibition)
1998
Tom Burr Exhibitions in 1998:

Surface, Galerie Neu, Berlin, GERMANY (solo exhibition)
The Medical Show, Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, SPAIN (solo exhibition)
Model, Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, AUSTRIA
I Hate Movies, curated by Tom Borgese, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Parasite, The Drawing Center, New York, New York, USA
1997
Tom Burr Exhibitions in 1997:

Stainless, American Fine Arts, New York, New York, USA (solo exhibition)
Sans Titre, Froment + Putman, Paris, FRANCE
1996
Tom Burr Exhibitions in 1996:

Disappeared, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
American Fine Arts, New York, New York, USA
Ideal Standard Life, Spiral Garden, Tokyo, JAPAN
Gramercy International Art Fair, New York, New York, USA
1995
Tom Burr Exhibitions in 1995:

42nd Street Structures, American Fine Arts, New York, New York, USA (solo exhibition)
Birgit Kung, Zurich, SWITZERLAND
Architectures of Display with architect Toshiko Mori, organized by Minetta Brook, New York, New York, USA
Platzwechsel (with Ursula Biemann, Mark Dion, Christian Philipp Muller), Kunsthalle Zurich und Schweizer National –museum, Zurich, SWITZERLAND
Mapping: A Response to MOMA, American Fine Arts, New York, New York, USA
1994
Tom Burr Exhibitions in 1994:

American Fine Arts, New York, New York, USA (solo exhibition)
Architecture and Display, Architectural League of New York and Minetta Book, New York, New York, USA
Lace, Los Angeles, California, USA
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York
1993
Tom Burr Exhibitions in 1993:

Kontext Kunst, Kunstlerhaus Graz, AUSTRIA
What Happened to the Institutional Critique, curated by James Meyer, American Fine Arts, New York, New York, USA
Social Subjects, YYZ, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
Sonsbeek 93, Arnheim, NETHERLANDS
Projet Unité, Firminy, FRANCE
1992
Tom Burr Exhibitions in 1992:

White Columns, New York, New York, USA (solo exhibition)
White Columns, New York, New York, USA
American Fine Arts, New York, New York, USA
1989
Tom Burr Exhibitions in 1989:

Paula Allen Gallery, New York, New York, USA
American Fine Arts, New York, New York, USA
1988
Tom Burr Exhibitions in 1988:

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York, USA
Whitney Independent Study Program, Open Studios , New York, New York, USA

Public Collections

MuMOK, Vienna
New York Public Library, New York
Sammlung Grassin, Germany
Sammlung Verbund, Vienna
Il Giardino dei Lauri, Italy
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Lenbachhaus Museum, Munich
Ludwi g Museum, Koln
MART Museum, Italy
Musée cantonal des Beaux - Arts, Lausanne
M useum of Contemporary Art , Miami, Florida
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida
Migros Museum, Zurich
MOCA, Los Angeles
A ÏSHTI Foundation, Lebanon
Baltimore Museum , Baltimore
Berezdivin Collection, Espacio 1414
Collezione La Gaia, Italy
Depart Foundation, Italy
Enea Righi Collection, Museion Bolzano, Italy
FRAC, Champagne Ardenne , France
FRAC, Nord - Pas de Calais, France
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