Exhibitions

2013

The Drawing Center, New York, Drawing Time, Reading Time, November 15–January 12, 2014, curated by Claire Gilman (catalogue)

Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK, Aquatopia: The Imaginary of the Ocean Deep, July 20–September 22, 2013, curated by Alex Farquarson. Travels to: Tate St. Ives, St. Ives, UK, October 12–January 26, 2014 (catalogue)

The Hole, New York, NY, Summer Reading, July 18–August 24

Messe Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Unlimited, June 13–June 16, curated by Gianni Jetzer (catalogue)

The Future Moyhihan Station, New York, NY, DSM-V, May 7 – June 4, curated by David Rimanelli

The High Line, New York, NY, Busted, April 18–April 24, 2014, curated by Cecilia Alemani

New Museum, New York, NY, NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star, February 13–May 26, curated by Massimiliano Gioni, Gary Carrion-Murayari, Jenny Moore and Margot Norton (catalogue)

Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld, Merci Mercy, January 24–February 17, co-curated by Christine Messineo and Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld

Seventeen Gallery, London, UK, A Plea for Tenderness, Januay 12–February 25, curated by David Raymond Conroy

Boo-Hooray Gallery, New York, NY, Artists’ Book Not Artists’ Book, January 18–February 12, curated by Johan Kugelberg and Jeremy Sanders (catalogue)

Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York, NY, Spelling the Image, January 26–March 3

Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy, Pittura (1995–2009), April 11–May 31, 2012

Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, It’s Always Summer on the Inside, July 10–August 24, organized by Dan McCarthy (catalogue)

Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Looking Back for the Future, June 9–17

La Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin, Italy, Freedom not Genius: Works from Damien Hirst’s Murderme Collection, November 10–March 10, 2013, curated by Elena Geuna (catalogue)

Patricia Low Contemporary, St. Moritz, Switzerland, The Man Who Would Be King, December 27–February 2, 2013, curated by Max Henry

Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels, Belgium, November 8–December 21, Longmore greengrassi, London, UK, April 26–June 16 (solo)

2012

Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium, November 8–December 21(catalogue) (solo)

Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY, The Feverish Library, September 6–October 20, organized in cooperation with Matthew Higgs

2011

Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY, Sean Landers: A Midnight Modern Conversation, April 21–June 18 (catalogue) (solo)

Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY, Sean Landers: Around the World Alone, May 6–June 25 (solo)

Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL, Syntax: Text and Symbolism for a New Generation: Works from the Hadley Martin Fisher Collection, July 9–September 25

Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium, Sorry We’re Closed booth, The Big Clown Show, April 28–May 1

Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY, 1:1, April 5–June 25 (Sean Landers: Around the World Alone: Ancient Mariner, May 6–14)

Hessel Museum of Art, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, CLAP, March 27–May 22, 2011, curated by Nova Benway, Michelle Hyun, Nathan Lee and Dylan Peet, in collaboration with Tom Eccles

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, Midnight Party, March 19–February 23, 2014, curated by Joan Rothfuss apexart, New York, NY, Let It End Like This, March 9–May 14, curated by Todd Zuniga

Galerie Niels Borch Jensen, Berlin, Germany, Alles Berliner, June 12–July 31

International Studio and Curatorial Program, Brooklyn, NY, An Act of Mischievous Misreading, April 17–19, curated by Anna Gritz

Ditch Projects, Springfield, OR, Beside Himself—Exhibiting Male Anxiety, May 8–30, curated by Terri C. Smith

Feature Inc., New York, NY, Tom of Finland and Then Some, June 25–July 31

Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, She Awoke with a Jerk, May 8–June 26, curated by Nigel Cooke

Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY, Re-Dressing, September 15–November 6

2010

Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, Sean Landers: 1991–1994, Improbable History, January 22–April 11, curated by Laura Fried and Paul Ha (catalogue) (solo)

Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton, NY, Peter Saville: Accessories to an Artwork, August 14–September 26

China Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA, The Inauguration of China Art Objects in Culver City, September 18–October 23

2009

Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton, NY, Sean Landers: Art, Life and God, October 24– January 10, 2010, curated by Jeremy Sanders (publication) (solo)

Greengrassi, London, UK, June 24–August 1 (solo)

Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, Sean Landers: Sadness Racket, March 14–April 7 (solo)

Open Air Screening Room, Athens, Greece, Remap 2: Midsummer Night’s Dream: Intercessions, June 16–July 26, curated by Marina Fokidis and organized by ReMap KM

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA, This Is Killing Me, May 23– April 26, 2010, organized by Diana Nawi (brochure)

Lewis Glucksman Gallery, University Gallery Cork, Cork, Ireland, Grin and Bear It: Cruel Humor in Art and Life, March 20–July 5, curated by Claire Feeley and Matt Packer

Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, Jean-Luc Blanc: Opera Rock, March 5–June 14, curated by Alexis Vaillant

Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY, Talk Dirty to Me . . . , February 26–March 28, curated by Matvey Levenstein

Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin, Germany, Floors/Walls, February 14–March 21, curated by Matthew Higgs

Vanmoerkerke Collection, Oostende, Belgium, You Will Never Wake up from This Beautiful Dream, January 4–April 15, curated by Johan Vansteenkiste

Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, The Making of Art, May 29–August 30, curated by Dr. Martina Weinhart (catalogue)

Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY (solo)

Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin, Germany, May 2 – June 14 (solo)

Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, Slightly Unbalanced, organized by the Independent Curators International, curated by Susan Hapgood, January 26 - April 13

2008

Swiss Institute, New York, NY, THE WHY OF LIFE, April 9 to May 22

2007

China Art Objects, Lost Angeles, CA, September 8 – October 20 (solo)

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX, "Superconscious, Automatisms Now," curated by Paola Morsiani, December 14, 2007 - March 9, 2008

Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY, The Office, November 30 - December 22

Hessel Museum of Art, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, "Exhibitionism: An Exhibition of Exhibitions of Works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection, curated by Matthew Higgs

1st Athens Biennial, Athens, Greece, “Destroy Athens,” curated by Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, Poka-Yio, and Augustine Zenakos, September 9 – December 2

Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY, Post-Retro, September 14 - October 28

Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, No context, June 30 – July

Kantor/Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Warhol &…, June 28 – August 18

Landesmuseum Linz, Linz, Austria, “Failure,” curated by Gabriele Spindler, June 21 – August 19

Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York (solo)

Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark, “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Late Picasso & Contemporary Painters,” (curated by Max Henry)

“Survivor,” Bortolami-Dayan Gallery, New York, NY (curated by David Rimanelli)

“Test-Formed Drawing,” Contemporary Art Galleries, University of Connecticut

“And Therefore I Am,” The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

“Happiness,” Berlin Bienniale, Berlin, Germany (curated by Martin Germann for ‘Gagosian Gallery Berlin’)

Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, June (solo)

“Defamation of Character,” P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY (organized by Neville Wakefield)

Andrea Rosen Gallery, late fall (solo)

“From Damien Hirst's Murderme Collection: In the Darkest Hour There Will Be Light,” Serpentine Gallery, Longon, England (catalogue)

2006

greengrassi, London, March 1 – April 1 (solo)

2005

China Art Objects, Los Angeles, Ca, “Welead Beshty, Sean Landers, Eriea Maneros, JP Munro and Andy Ouchi, and Michael Wetzel, May 7 - 28, 2005 (group)

Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin, Germany, “ON STAGE: Jamie Isenstein, Sean Landers, Charlemagne Palestine, Sue Tompkins,” April 1 – 29, 2005 (group)

Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, “Playtime,” March 11 – July 10, 2005 (group)

Andrew Mummery Gallery, London, England, “Take It FURTHER” (Part II), curated by Gyonata Bonvicini, September 16 – October 15, 2005 (group)

Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin, September 10 – October 8 (solo)

Todd Madigan Gallery, California State University, Bakersfield, CA, “Nature Study”, April 2 – May 1, 2004. (group)

Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, “Tenth Anniversary Exhibition,” June 5 – July 3, 2004. (group)

Cheim & Read, New York, NY, “I Am the Walrus,” June 10 – July 31, 2004.(brochure) (group)

sister, Los Angeles, CA, “Jason Meadows,” June 19 – July 14, 2004. (group)

Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA,”Land of the Free,” August 5 – 28, 2004. (group)

Casa del Mantegna, Mantova, Italy, “Guardare, Pensare, Raccontare, Conservare,” September 2 – November 15, (group)

Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, February 26 – April 3 (solo)

Kunsthalle Zurich, Switzerland, August 27 – October 31 (solo)

Sister, Los Angeles, September 18 – October 16 (solo)

2004

China Art Objects, Los Angeles, September 18 – October 16 (solo)

2003

John Connelly Presents, “Today’s Man”, July 19 – September 13, 2003 (group)

Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, “Rendered”, June 17 – August 1, 2003 (group)

China Art Objects, Los Angeles, “Drop Out”, May 10 – June 14, 2003 (group)

MIT Visual Arts Center, Boston, MA, “Influence, Identity and Gratitude” (Toward an understanding of trans-generational dialogue as a gift economy), May 8 – July 6, 2003, curated by Bill Arning (group)

Blue Gallery, London, England, “Thatcher”, curated by Tara Howard, April 15 – May 17, 2003 (group)

Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, “Face/Off: A Portrait of the Artist”, curated by Simon Groom, November 9, 2002 – January 5, 2003, traveling to Towner Art Gallery and Local Museum, Eastbourne, UK, March 8 – May 5, 2003 (catalogue) (group)

Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, “Gallery Artists”, January 31 – March 1, 2003 (group)

Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, “Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation”, January 18 – March 21, 2003, curated by Vicky A. Clark and Barbara J. Bloemink, organized by Pamela Auchincloss,; travels to Armory Center for the Arts, Old Padadena, CA, June 27 – August 15, 2004 . (catalogue) (group)

Greengrassi, London, England, June 3 – July 31 (solo)

Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens, Greece, March 13 – May 10 (solo)

2002

Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, June 1- June 29 (solo)

2001

Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France, September 8 - October 27 (solo)

Andrea Rosen Gallery, NYC, April 12 – May 19 (solo)

2000

Greengrassi, London, England, June 16 – September 9 (solo)

Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, April 1- May 6 (solo)

1999

Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany, May 12 – June 19 (solo)

Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, April 16 – May 22 (solo)

Gallery Presenca, Porto, Portugal, January 30 – March 6 (solo)

1998

Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, March 20 – April 18 (solo)

Crown Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, March 12 – April 28 (solo)

1997

Andrea Rosen Gallery, NYC, April - May (solo)

Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy, January - February (solo)

Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, February 17 - March 23 (solo)

Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens, Greece, June 1 - July 20 (solo)

1996

Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany, December 13 - January 25, 1997 (solo)

1995

Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France, September 16 - October 28 (solo)

Andrea Rosen Gallery, NYC, April 13 - May 20 (solo)

Galerie Birgit Kung, Zurich, Switzerland, February 23 - May 6 (solo)

1994

Bruno Brunnet, Berlin, Germany, September 30 - November 1 (solo)

Jay Jopling/White Cube, London, England, May 13 - June 25 (solo)

Stuart Regen Project, Los Angeles, CA, March 5 - April 9 (solo)

1993

Andrea Rosen Gallery, NYC, October 22 - November 27 (solo)

Galerie Esther Schipper, Cologne, Germany, April - May (solo)

Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France, April - May (solo)

1992

Andrea Rosen Gallery, NYC, February - March (solo)

1991

Robbin Lockett Gallery, Chicago, IL, October - November (solo)

Marc Jancou Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland, March (solo)

Postmasters Gallery, NYC, January (solo)

1990

Postmasters Gallery, NYC, November - December (solo)

1989

Tom Solomon's Garage, Los Angeles, CA (solo)