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Tom Otterness
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American
, born 1952)
Tom Otterness
Woman with Oil Barrel,
2007
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Timeline
1952
Born in Wichita, Kansas
1970
Arts Students League, New York
1973
Independent Study Program, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1977
Founding member of Collaborative Projects, Inc., New York
2003
“Art Achievement Award,” 2003 Biennial Exhibition of Public Art. Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York
2005
Honored by New York City’s Municipal Art Society for Tom Otterness on Broadway
The artist lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Exhibitions
2017
Tom Otterness Selected Exhibitions in 2017:
Tom Otterness: Tipping Point
, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States (solo exhibition)
2015
Tom Otterness Selected Exhibitions in 2015:
Metal on Paper: Silverpoint, Copperpoint, and Steelpoint Drawings
, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States (solo exhibition)
Makin Hay
, Ulrich Museum, Wichita, Kansas, United States
2014
Tom Otterness Selected Exhibitions in 2014:
Gulliver
, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, New York, United States (solo exhibition)
Tom Otterness: Creation Myth
, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States (solo exhibition)
2013
Tom Otterness Selected Exhibitions in 2013:
Makin’ Hay
, Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Bentonville, Arkansas (solo exhibition)
2012
Tom Otterness Selected Exhibitions in 2012:
The Fashion Moda Stores, 1982: Selections from Documenta 7
, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, New York, United States
To the Stars on the Wings of an Eel
, The Gowanus Ballroom, Brooklyn, New York, United States
2011
Tom Otterness Selected Exhibitions in 2011:
Tom Otterness: Animal Spirits
, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States (solo exhibition)
Summer Group Exhibition
, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States
2009
Tom Otterness Selected Exhibitions in 2009:
10 ans deja
, Marlborough Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Summer Exhibition
, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States
La Escultura en la Colección del IVAM, Institut Valencia d’Art Modern
, Centro Julio Gonzalez, Valencia, Spain
2008
Tom Otterness Selected Exhibitions in 2008:
Group Show
, Marlborough Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Shanghai Art Fair 2008
, Shanghai Art Fair Culture Art Development Co., ltd, Shanghai, China. (with Marlborough Gallery)
Tom Otterness: The Public Unconscious, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, October 4 – November 3. (solo)
Sobre el Humor, Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain, June 28 – September 8
2007
Wit & Whimsy, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, March 6 - 31
Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, June 6 – August
2006
Tom Otterness in Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, California (solo)
Tom Otterness, Marlborough Monaco, Monaco, March 24 – May 12 (solo)
Tom Otterness in Grand Rapids: The Gardens to the Grand, Frederick Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, June 1 – September 10, 2006. (solo)
Summer Group Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, June 22 – September 5
Amorphophallus Titanum, New York Botanical Gardens, Bronx, New York (solo)
Tom Otterness on Broadway, New York, New York (solo)
Tom Otterness in Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, The Indianapolis Cultural Development Commission, the Arts Council of Indianapolis, the Deborah Joy Simon Charitable Trust and Marlborough Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana (solo)
2005
Salamanca ciudad de la escultura, Salamanca, Spain, May 13 - August 28
Works on Paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York
2004
Life Underground, 14th Street Subway Station ACEL Lines, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York, New York (solo)
Untitled, sculpture, Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Museum Foundation, Scheveningen, The Netherlands (solo)
Get Off! Exploring the Pleasure Principle, The Museum of Sex, New York, New York
Several Strange Objects, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Tom Otterness on Broadway, from Columbus Circle to 168th Street in New York City, NY; organized by Marlborough Gallery, the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, and the Broadway Mall Association
2003
BOMBEATER, Skoto Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Free Money on Park Avenue, Park Avenue and 57th Street, New York, New York (solo) (solo)
2002
Free Money and Other Fairy Tales, Marlborough Gallery Chelsea, New York, NY (solo)
See No Evil, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Tom Otterness, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York (solo)
2001
Sculpture, Drawing and Works on Relief, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Lighten Up: Art with a Sense of Humor, De Cordova Museum Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
2000
Time and Money, sculpture, Public Art Fund, Hilton Times Square, Hilton Hotel Corporation, New York, New York (solo)
Drawings and Photographs, Matthew Marks Gallery, organized by the foundation for Contemporary Performance Art, New York, NY
Imaginary Beings, Exit Art, New York
DNCart, A project for the Democratic National Committee, New York
Monte-Carlo International Sculpture festival: Contemporary American Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
1999
Tom Otterness, Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain (catalogue)
Tom Otterness: Gold Rush, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998
Tom Otterness: The Marriage of Real Estate and Money and Other Redent Projects, Palm Beach Community College Museum of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, FL
Stages of Creation: Public Sculptures by National Academicians, National Academy, NY
Pop Surrealism, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield
An Exhibition for Children, 242, New York
1997
Otterness’ World, Marlborough Gallery, New York (catalogue)
Life Underground, Battery Park City, New York (temporary installation through Spring 1998)
American Academy Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
Contemporary Sculpture: The Figurative Tradition, Woodson Art Museum, Wasau, WI
The Private Eye in Public Art, LaSalle Lobby Gallery, NationsBank Plaza, Charlotte, NC
Wit, Whimsy, and Humor, College of New Rochelle Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, NY
Socrates Sculpture Park, 10th Anniversary, New York
Structures: Buildings in American Art 1900-1997, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996
Tom Otterness: Marriage of Real Estate and Money, Motel Fine Arts, New York, NY
1996-97 The PaineWebber Collection, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN; San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, FL
The Gun, Icon of the Twentieth Century, Ubu Gallery, New York
A Century of American Drawing from the Collection, the Museum of Modern Art, New York
Twentieth Century American Sculpture at the White House, Exhibition IV, Washington, D.C.
1995
Dreamers Awake, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas (solo)
Tom Otterness, On the Commons: Recent Sculptures, MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY; a project of the Public Art Fund (solo)
Tom Otterness: The Tables, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
Tom Otterness: Drawings and New Sculpture, Brooke Alexander, New York
Tom Otterness: Recent Sculpture, Doris Freedman Plaza, New York; a project of the Public Art Fund (solo)
1994
Otterness: Recent Drawings and Small Objects, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL (catalogue)
The Second Parrish Art Museum Design Biennial: Mirrors, The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York (solo)
1993
Galerie Weber, Münster, Westfalen, Germany
Tom Otterness: New Sculpture, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
Tom Otterness: The Tables, the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA (solo)
1991
Tom Otterness - The Tables, Sculptures and Drawings, Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia, Spain. Traveled to Portikus/Senckenbergmuseum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Haags; Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands (solo)
1988
Aperto 88, XLIII Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy (solo)
1985
Projects: Tom Otterness, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York (solo)
Nouvelle Biennale de Paris XIIIe, La Villette, Paris, France (solo)
1984
The Human Condition: Biennial III, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California (solo)
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Public Collections
Arts Council of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
The Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai, Japan
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
The Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, New York
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Palm Beach Community College Museum of Art, Lake Worth, Florida
Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York
Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico
Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Kemper Art Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, Center Julio Gonzalez, Valencia, Spain
Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New JerseyHunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Gateway Foundation, St. Louis, Missouri
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Eli Broad Family Foundation, Santa Monica, California
Beelden Aan Zee Museum, The Hague, Netherlands
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
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