George Condo

(American, born 1957)

the maid by george condo

George Condo

The Maid, 2017

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Biography

Timeline

1957
Born in Concord, MA
1976 - 1978
Studied Art History and Music Theory at University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA
1999
Academy Award in Art, American Academy of Arts and Letters
2000
Release of Condo Painting, a feature film directed by John McNaughton
2004
Visiting Lecturer on Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2005
Francis J. Greenberger Award
2008
Annual Artist’s Award from ArtsConnection, New York
Anderson Ranch National Artist Award
Lives and works in New York, NY

Exhibitions

2013
Intimate Distance, Arario Gallery, Seoul, Korea
55th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Paintings & Sculpture, Sprüth Magers London, London, England
Paintings & Sculpture, Sprüth Magers Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Inner Journeys, Maison Particulière Art Center, Brussels, Belgium
2012
Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapore
George Condo, Schim Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
George Condo, Mental States, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
2011
Drawing Paintings, Skarstedt Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
George Condo, Mental States, New Museum, New York, USA (solo) (travelled to Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Hayward Gallery, London, England; and Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany)
Drawings, Sprüth Magers, London, England (solo)
George Condo: a collection of etchings, Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, USA (solo)
George Condo, Mental States, New Museum, New York, USA (solo)
George Condo, Boijmans van Beuingen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
George Condo, Hayward Gallery, London, England (solo)
2010
Cartoon Abstractions, Galerie Jérome de Noirmont, Paris, France (solo)
Beauty is Diamond, Laleh June Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
Family Portraits, Sprüth Magers, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
The Lost Civilization, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
2009
Wall Rockets: Contemporary Artisits and Ed Ruscha, FLAG Art Foundation, Berlin, Germany
George Condo, Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan, Italy (solo)
KolnSkulptur 4, Skulpturenpark Koln, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Just what is it that makes today's painting so different, so appealing?, Gering & López Gallery, New York, USA
George Condo, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
La Civilisation Perdue, Musée Maillol, Paris, France (solo)
2008
George Condo: Drawings, Sprüth Magers, Berlin, Germany (solo)
George Condo, Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Inc., Moscow, Russia (solo)
Against All Odds: Keith Haring in the Rubell Family Collection, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, USA
It’s Not Over Yet, Invisible-Exports, New York, USA
God & Goods: Spirituality and Mass Confusion, Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary Art, Passariano, Codroipo, Italy
How to Cook a Wolf: Part One, Dinter Fine Art, New York, USA
The Luxury of Love, Vanina Holasek, New York, USA
Summer Exhibition, Skarstedt Gallery, New York, USA
Wall Rockets, The Flag Art Foundation, New York, USA
Blasted Allegories, Werke aus der Sammlung Ringier, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland
Out of Shape: Stylistic Distortion of the Human Form in Art, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, USA
Live Undead, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Christ: The Subjective Nature of Objective Representation, Luhring Augustine, New York, USA (solo)
Artificial Realism, Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow, Russia (solo)
2007
Nicholas Robinson Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
The Beholder’s Eye, The Salmagundi Club of New York, New York, USA
Create your own Museum: Highlights from a Private Collection, Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Inc., Moscow, Russia
Negotiating Reality: Recent Works from the Logan Collection, University of Denver Victoria H. Myhren Gallery, Denver, USA
Meet the Artists, Deitch Projects, New York, USA
Still Life and Kicking: a project with Vogue, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, USA
...Und immer fehlt mir was, und das qualt mich, Werkstadt Graz, Graz, Austria
Hold the line, Ferenbalm - Gurbru Station, Karlsruhe, Germany
My sweet sixteen party, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
Effigies, Modern Art Inc. and Stuart Shave/ Modern Art, London, England
Fractured Figure, Works from the Dakis Jannou Collection, Deste Foundation - Center for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
Block Party II, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, New York, USA
Automatic, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, USA
Contemporary and Modern Masters, Richard Gray Gallery, New York, USA
The Present: The Monique Zajfen Collection, Stedelijik Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Zuruch zer Figur - Malerei der Gegenward, KunstHaus Wien, Vienna, Austria
Rockers Island: Olbricht Collection, Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen, Germany
Poetics Country, Ferenbalm-Gurbru Station, Karlsruhe, Germany
Contemporary Art, Skarstedt Fine Art, New York, USA
Simon Lee, London, England (solo)
New Works, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
2006
Wrong Gallery, Tate Modern, London, England (solo)
Existential Portraits, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
Existential Portraits, Luhring Augustine, New York, USA (solo)
Infinite Painting, Villa Manin Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, Codroipo, Udine, Italy
Zurück zur Figur. Malerei der Gegenwart, Kunsthalle der Hypo Kulturstiftung, München, Germany
Surrealism: Then and Now, Paul Kasmin Gallery & Edelmann Arts, Inc., New York, USA
Memento Mori, Mireille Mosler Ltd., New York, USA
Color Aside, Luhring Augustine, New York, USA
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
2005
George Condo: Sculptures, Skarstedt Fine Art, New York, USA (solo)
George Condo, Monica Spruth Philomene Magers, Munich, Germany (solo)
Disassembled Objects, Power House, Memphis, USA (solo)
One Hundred Women: Retrospective, Museum of Modern Art, Salzburg, Austria (solo)
2004
George Condo: Paintings From the Eighties, Briggs Robinson Gallery, New York, USA
George Condo, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, Greece
George Condo: Memories of Manet and Velazquez, Galerie Jerome de Noirmont, Paris, France
George Condo, Monika Spruth / Philomene Magers, Cologne, Germany
Religious Paintings, Sprueth Magers Lee, London, England
…As Time Goes By, Leo Koenig Inc. & Gordian Weber Kunsthandel, Leo Koebig Inc., New York, USA
Malerei 7, Monika Spruth Philomene Magers, Cologne, Germany

Public Collections

Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Ministére de la Culture, Paris, France
Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain, Ile de France, Paris, France
Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain
Norton Gallery, Palm Beach, FL, USA
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, USA
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, USA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, USA
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, NY, USA

Literature

2007
George Condo, Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK
2006
Existential Portraits, New York: Luhring Augustine & Gottingen, Germany: Steidl.
Over the Limit, Christopher Wool & George Condo. Athens: Portalakis Collection, Athens, Greece Over the Limit”, Christopher Wool & George Condo. Athens: Portalakis Collection, Athens, Greece Over the Limit”, Christopher Wool & George Condo. Athens: Portalakis Collection, Athens, Greece (exhibition catalog)
Richer, Francesca and Matthew Rosenzweig, No.1: First Works by 362 Artists, d.a.p., New York, NY.
Vous êtes ici (You are here), Auvergne: FRAC (Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain d’Auvergne), (exhibition catalog), pp. 86-89
2005
Kellein, Thomas, George Condo - One Hundred Women, Hatze Cantz Publishers, Germany
2004
Fleissig, Peter, George Condo, Memories of Manet and Velazquez, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris
Kellein, Thomas, George Condo : sculptures, Galerie Bischoffberger, Caratsch, De Pury, Luxembourg, Zurich
2002
Splat Boom Pow! The Influence of Cartons in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, p. 93
Rugoff, Ralph. The Imaginary Portraits of George Condo, Fall 2002, Power House Books