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David Altmejd

(Canadian, born 1974)

David Altmejd

Untitled 4 (Rabbit Holes), 2013

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David Altmejd

Le secret, 2016

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David Altmejd

Le choc, 2017

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David Altmejd

To Understand, 2020

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David Altmejd

La pause, 2016

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Biography

Timeline

1974: Born in Montréal, Canada
1998: Received BFA, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Canada
2001: Received MFA, Columbia University, New York, NY
2009: Received the Sobey Art Award
2015: Awarded the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec

Exhibitions

2016: David Altmejd Exhibitions in 2016:
Giants, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium (solo exhibition)
L’air, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
Solid Liquids: Internationale Tendenzen der Skulptur in der Gegenwartskunst, Kunsthalle Münster, Münster, Germany
Theories of Modern Art, Stuart Shave | Modern Art, London, United Kingdom
Everybody is Crazy, But Me, Maison Particulière asbl, Brussels, Belgium
Human Figure, Riva Project, Brussels, Belgium
A Material Legacy: The Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Collection of Contemporary Art, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC
2015: David Altmejd Exhibitions in 2015:
The Flux and the Puddle, Louisiana Museum, Denmark (solo exhibition)
Galerie René Blouin, Montréal, Canada (solo exhibition)
Faces, Stuart Shave | Modern Art, London, United Kingdom (solo exhibition)
Possible Collection, Honolulu, Zürich, Switzerland
A Brief History of the Future, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
The Art of Our Time, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Rock Hound Swap Meet, organized by Randy Wray, Junior Projects, New York, NY
2014: David Altmejd Exhibitions in 2014:
Flux, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France; Musée d'art moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg; Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Canada (solo exhibition)
Juices, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
The Grace of a Gesture: Fifty Years of Gifts, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Love Story - Anne & Wolfgang Titze Collection, Belvedere Museum, Vienna, Austria,
Hybrides, curated by Tatyana Franck, Galerie Sophie Scheidecker, Paris, France
Man in the Mirror, The Walter Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, Belgium
Lone Tree, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
Homecoming, Galerie Division, Montréal, Canada
Elevated: Contemporary Art in the AGO Tower, The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Astralis, Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
Misled by Nature, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada
States of Mind, Maison Particulière, Brussels, Belgium
David Altmejd, Roni Horn, Didier Vermeiren, Dahn Vo, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
The Body Metonymic, Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester, MI
2013: Zach Feuer Gallery and Untitled, New York, NY, "Jew York", June 20 – July 26
: Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, Belgium, My Little Paradise, curated by Hans Op de Beeck and Sara Weyns, May 26 – September 15
: Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel, Theatrical Gestures, January 26 – April 20
: Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
2012 - 2013: L’Institut Culturel Bernard Magrez, Bordeaux, France, “La Belle et la Bête,” October 13 – January 27
: Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada
: Art Gallery of Winnipeg, Canada
: Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN, "Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination," curated by Mark Scala
: Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland, “Figury/Figures,” curated by Agnieszka Tarasiuk and Fabio Cavalluci
: Musée d’art contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, Canada, “Zoo,” curated by Marie Fraser
: The Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, “Misled by Nature,” organized by the National Gallery of Canada, September
: Musée Goya de Castres, Tarn, France, “Hybrides & Chimères: La Conquête d’un Rêve Êveillé,”
: MOCA Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, “Inside Out and from the Ground Up,”
: Stuart Shave | Modern Art, London, England
2012: National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON “Builders: Canadian Biennial 2012,” November 2 – January 20
: “Pothole,” Salon 94 Bowery, New York, NY
: “The House Without the Door,” David Zwirner, New York, NY
: "Der Traum vom Fliegen - The Art of Flying,” curated by Britta Heinrich, Haus Der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
: “Everything You Can Imagine is Real…,” Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
: “Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture,” aatchi Gallery, London, UK
: “Night Scented Stock,” Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
: “Barroco Nova, Site 3: The Fold and Possible Worlds,” Museum London, London, Ontario, Canada
: "Mondes inventés - Mondes habités" (Invented Worlds - Inhabited Worlds), curated by Marie-Noëlle Farcy and Clément Minighetti, Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg
: Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal, Canada, “Conte crépusculaire [Twilight Tale],” with composer-performer Pierre Lapointe
2011: Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
: “HabiteR / Collection Frac Midi-Pyrénées,” Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
: “Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection,” curated by Jeff KoonsNew Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, “Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection,” New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, “Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection,” New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, “Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection,” New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, “Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection,” New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
2010: Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium, “Le guide,”
: "Surrealist Conspiracy" curated by Michael Rooks High Museum of Art, Wieland Pavilion Skyway Galleries, Atlanta, GA
: "It is what it is. Recent Acquisitions of New Canadian Art,"National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
: "The Visceral Body" Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Canada
: “Ten Year Permanent Collection,” Les Abattoirs, France
: "Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum Rotunda,” Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
: “ALPHA OMEGA: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection,” DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
2009: Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France, curated by Pascal Pique
: Magasin, Centre National d’Art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble, France(solo)
: Fundament Foundation, Tilburg, The Netherlands, “Lustwarande 08-Wanderland,” June 28 – September 28, 2008 forthcoming
: Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, May 2 – June 14
: Tate Liverpool, UK, Liverpool Biennial, curated by Lawrence Sillars, September 18 – November 30, 2008 forthcoming
: Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Canada, “Intrus/Instruders,” curated by Mélanie Boucher, April 24 – September 28, 2008 forthcoming (catalogue)
: Musée D’Art Contemporain de Montréal, “Triennial of Québec Art,” May 24 – September 8, 2008 forthcoming
: Art Gallery of Toronto (AGO), Canada, Fall forthcoming
: Lustwarande 08 - Wanderland, De Pont, Tilburg, Netherlands (solo)
: Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain, “Installations: Selections from the Guggenheim Collections," April 27 – January 5, 2009
: Château et dans les Fabriques du Domaine Départemental de Chamarande, France “Legende” May 25 – September 28, 2008 forthcoming
: Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany, “Freeway Balconies,” curated by Collier Schorr, July 5 – September 21 forthcoming
: Gallery Met at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY, October 13 - November forthcoming (solo)
2008: Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
: Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Canada, September 13 – October 27 (catalogue)
: Oakville Galleries, Gairloch Gardens, Ontario, Canada, "David Altmejd. Métamorphose / Metamorphosis,” curated by Louise Déry, January 26 – March 25 Travels to: Galerie de l’UQAM, Montréal, Canada; May 10 – July 8
: Canadian Pavilion, 52nd Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, "David Altmejd: The Index", June 10 – November 21, commissioned by Louise Déry (catalogue)
: Fundació La Caixa Museum, Barcelona, Spain, "David Altmejd 'Stages,'" curated by Sílvia Sauquet, June 21 – September 9 (brochure)
: Walter Vanhaerents Collection, Belgium, "Disorder in the House,” March 24 – March 31, 2009
: Athens, Greece, "Fractured Figure - Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection", September 6, 2007 - March 29, 2008
: Birch Libralato, Toronto, Canada,"David Altmejd, Renate Anger, and Eric Cameron," curated by Micah Lexier, October 20 - November 17
: Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland, “Six Feet Under: Autopsy of Our Relation to the Dead,” Sep. 22, 2007- Mar. 30, 2008 Travels to: The Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, May 9 - July 13, 2008
: Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL, "The New Authentics: Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation,” curated by Staci Boris, November 30 – April 13, 2008 forthcoming
2007: Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO, “Star Power: Museum as Body Electric,” curated by Cydney Payton, October 28 – May 11, 2008 (catalogue)
: Rivington Arms, New York, NY, "To Build A Fire,” curated by Yuri Masnyj, April 13 - May 12
: The Guggenheim Collection, Kunsthalle Bonn, Bonn, Germany (catalogue)
: A Brighter Day, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)
: Stuart Shave | Modern Art, London, England
: The Eighth Square, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (catalogue)
: Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany, "The Eighth Square,” August 19 - November 16
: Kunsthalle Bonn, Bonn, Germany, "The Guggenheim Collection,” July 21 - January 7, 2007
2006: Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland, "Six Feet Under: Autopsy of Our Dealing With the Dead,” November 2 - January 21, 2007 Travels to: Stiftung Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden, Germany, September 21 - March 30, 2008
: Andrea Rosen Gallery, Amagansett, NY, "The Dining Room Show", July 21 - July 23
2005: L’écho des limbes, Galerie Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montréal (catalogue)
: The Zine UnBound: Kults, Werewolves and Sarcastic Hippies, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (catalogue)
: The The, Stuart Shave | Modern Art, London, England
: Ideal Worlds. New Romanticism in Contemporary Art, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
: Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
2004: Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
2003: Galerie Optica, Montreal, Canada
: Sarah Altmejd, Galerie SKOL, Montreal, Canada
: Interval, Sculpture Center, New York
2002: David Altmejd, Clear Structures for a New Generation
: Demonclownmonkey, Artists Space (curated by Matthew Ritchie), New York
: Pointe de chute at Galerie de l'UQAM, Montreal

Public Collections

: Musée d’art moderne Grand-Duc Jean (MUDAM), Luxembourg
: Long Museum, Shanghai
: Les Abattoirs, Toulouse
: K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong
: Israel Museum, Jerusalem
: Galerie de L’UQAM, Montréal
: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas
: Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
: Whitney Museum, New York
: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
: Sishang Art Museum, Beijing
: Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
: National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
: Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver
: Musée des beaux-arts du Québec
: Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
: Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
: Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris

Literature

2015: Prentnieks, Anne. Jason Kotara ed. David Altmejd: The Flux and the Puddle. New York, NY: David Altmejd Studio
: Venero, Isabel and Amy Ontiveros eds. 25 Years Of Andrea Rosen Gallery. New York, NY: Andrea Rosen Gallery
: Prentnieks, Anne. Jason Kotara ed. David Altmejd: The Flux and the Puddle. New York, NY: David Altmejd Studio
: Venero, Isabel and Amy Ontiveros eds. 25 Years Of Andrea Rosen Gallery. New York, NY: Andrea Rosen Gallery
: Belisle, Josee “David Altmejd: Flux” Magazine of the Musee d’art contemporain de Montreal, Summer 2015: cover, inside cover, 4-5.
: Bruneau, Benjamin “Fetishizing Potential” Magenta Magazine June 2015
: Granjon, Émilie. David Altmejd: Faire Flotter les Choses, Vie des Arts, No. 239, 2015, pg. 16-21.
: Hampton, Chris “In Flux” The Walrus, July/August 2015
: Shapiro, Alyssa “David Altmejd: Artist, Fetishist, and Avid Bird Watcher (on Instagram)” Blackbook, June 2015
: Enright, Robert & Meeka Walsh “Seductive Repulsions: Interview with David Altmejd” Border Crossings, May 2015: 51-63
: Cashdan, Marina. “Maximum Potential.” Surface Feb. 2014: 56.
: Frank, Priscilla. "Artist Perfectly Explains Why No Other Art Form Can Accomplish What Sculpture Does." Huffington Post Online Feb. 10: 2014.
: Altmejd, David. Interview by Ashton Cooper. “24 Questions for Sculptor and Poodle Lover David Altmejd.” Blouin Artinfo Feb. 6, 2014.
: Halle, Howard. “Art” Timeout New York Feb. 6-12, 2014:34
: Ross, Christine “Historical Time Ecologized” Esse No.81, Spring 2014: 66-74.
: Prentnieks, Anne “World Of Pure Imagination” Wall Street Journal Magazine, October 2014: 37-38
: Ebony, David. "David Altmejd's Strange "Juices"." Art in America Online Feb. 11, 2014. "Mosters, Inc." Totonto Life Feb. 2014: 90-91
: “Galleries Chelsea: David Altmejd” New Yorker, March 10 2015: 09.
: Bradley, Paige “David Altmejd: Andrea Rosen” May 2014: 166
: Palmerton, Elwyn “Dark Star” Artillery, July-August 2014: 48
: Herbert, Martin “Previewed” ArtReview October 2014: 35-40.
2014: Baumgardner, Julie “David Altmejd” Whitewalls Winter 2015: 107-115
: Pollack, Barbara “Reviews: New York, David Altmejd” Artnews, March 2014: 90.
2013: Barliant, Claire. “Dream Weaver.” Frame Magazine Nov. 2013: 103-111.
: Kinsella, Eileen. “The Next Most Collectible Artists.” Art + Auction Jun. 2013: 121.
: Litt, Steven. “Inside Out and From the Ground Up.” ARTnews Jan. 2013: 102.
: Pohl, John. “Every little step predicts the next one.” The Montreal Gazette 11 Jan. 2013.
2012: Bernshausen, Sara, ed. VI5IONS: 15 Years Deutche + Guggenheim. Frankfurt am Main: Deutsche Bank AG, New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation,
: Bernshausen, Sara, ed. VI5IONS: 15 Years Deutche + Guggenheim. Frankfurt am Main: Deutsche Bank AG, New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation,
: Hong, Catherine, W Magazine, Beyond Tomorrow, November, p. 212-214
: Saltz, Jerry, Artnet.com, Statuary Story, June
: Buck, Louisa, Vogue, Extraordinary, p.173-175
2008: Dalton, Trinie. "David Altmejd Talks About the Warewolf." Mythtym. Brooklyn, NY: Picture Box, 2008. 150-57.
: Dalton, Trinie. "David Altmejd Talks About the Warewolf." Mythtym. Brooklyn, NY: Picture Box, 2008. 150-57.
: Driessen, Chris, Heidi van Mierlo, eds. Wanderlust: Excursions In Contemporary Sculpture. Tilburg: Fundament Foundation,
: Driessen, Chris, Heidi van Mierlo, eds. Wanderlust: Excursions In Contemporary Sculpture. Tilburg: Fundament Foundation,
: Gleadell, Colin, The Daily Telegraph, Behind the Venetian Mask, June 5
: Goddard, Peter, Toronto Star, David Altmejd’s Metamorphosis, January 27
: Higgins, Charlotte, The Guardian, Emin Tops Artistic Bill as a Dozen Brits Make Grand Tour to Venice, May 2
: Milroy, Sarah, The Globe and Mail, Art with Fur and Big Teeth, January 30
: Saatchi Gallery Online, David Altmejd at the Canadian Pavilion, June
: Kennedy, Randy, The New York Times, Venice Biennale: Revenge of the Raptors, June 6
: , J.J., Art Review, David Altmejd: Shapeshifter, June
: Goddard, P, The Toronto Star, Reviews, June 9
: CBC Arts Online, Altmejd’s Werewolves, Birdmen Create Buzz at Venice Biennale, June 11
: O’Keefe, Alice, New Statesman, The Art of a Good Time, June 21
: Higgins, Charlotte, The Guardian, Pick of the Pavilions: Fake Loos, Baghdad Holidays and Birdmen, June 9
: Artkrush.com, One to Watch: David Altmejd, July 11
: Bagatavicius, Christina, Canadian Art, Giardini Birdland, Summer, p. 56-61
2007: Altmejd, David, V Magazine, David Altmejd: Canadian Pavilion, Fall, p. 161
: Cook, Roger, Miser & Now, A Sense of the Tact: Zurich, Berlin and London, Issue 8
: Larson, Kay, ARTnews, Beautiful Mutants, February
: Sumpter, Helen, Time Out London, Reviews: David Altmejd, April 19
: CBC Arts Online, Montreal Sculptor Will Represent Canada at 2007 Venice Biennale, July 11
2006: Alessandrelli, Ir’met Zucca, Flash Art, Exquisite Corpse, July-September
: Gronlund, Melissa, i-D Magazine, David Altmejd: Art Star, May
: Miles, Christopher, Frieze, David Altmejd, January-February, p. 98
: Lawrence, James, Burlington Magazine, Reviews: Contemporary Art, New York, January
: Wiley, Kehinde, ArtForum, Top Ten, April, p. 82
: Kastner, Jeffrey, ArtForum, David Altmejd, January, p. 180
: Schmerler, Sarah, Art in America, David Altmejd at Andrea Rosen, March, p. 132-133
: Spaid, Sue, Art US, David Altmejd, March-April, p. 41
: Duplat, Par Guy, La Libre Belgique. Le sculpteur de loups-garous, March 30, p. 32
: Velasco, David, Art Papers, Monsters in the Closet: Learning to Love David Altmejd, July-August
2005: Neil, Jonathan T.D., Modern Painters, Emerging Artists: David Altmejd, November
: Armetta, Amoreen, Contemporary, New York: Andrea Rosen Gallery: David Altmejd, March, p. 75-76
: Kimmelman Michael, The New York Times, Touching All Bases At The Biennale, March 12, p. E27
: Johnson, Ken, The New York Times, Material Eyes, January 9, p. E44
: Sundell, Margaret, Time Out New York, The Today Show, March 25 – April 1, p. 56-57
: Scott, Andrea K., Time Out New York, David Altmejd, Dana Schutz and Kirsten Stoltmann: Material Eyes, January 1-8, p. 52
: Sholis, Brian, Flash Art, David Altmejd: Hideous Progeny, March-April, p. 100-102
: Saltz, Jerry, The Village Voice, Modern Gothic, February 4-10, p. C85
: Saltz, Jerry, The Village Voice, The OK Corral, March 17-23, p. 80
: McCormack, Derek, The Look, Hairy Winston, Summer, p. 30
: Lee, Pamela M., ArtForum, Crystal Lite, May, p. 174-175
: Flash Art, New York, New York: Art Fragments from the Big Apple, March-April, p. 59-63
: Glueck, Grace, The New York Times, Reviews: David Altmejd, November 26, p. E41
: Johnson, Ken, The New York Times, Is Sculpture Too Free for Its Own Good?, May 7, p. E36
: Johnson, Ken, The New York Times, Scream, February 13, p. E36
: Enright, Robert, Border Crossings, Learning from Objects, Issue 92, p. 66-75
: Tsai, Eugenie, Time Out New York, Reviews: David Altmejd, November 11-17, p. 65
: Lee, Chris, Black Book, Death Becomes Them, Fall, p. 190-192
2004: Sillman, Nick, The Brooklyn Rail. David Altmejd at Andrea Rosen Gallery, November
: Bankowsky, Jack, ArtForum, This is Today, May, p. 233
: Beyer, Charles G, Flash Art, Scream, March-April, p. 60
: Dunn, Melissa, Flash Art, Whitney Biennial 2004: A Good-Looking Corpse, May-June, p. 63
: Heartney, Eleanor, Art in America, The Well-Tempered Biennial, June-July, p. 70-71
2002: Johnson, Ken. The New York Times, Demonclownmonkey, April 19
: Saltz, Jerry. Village Voice, Arts. Something Else, May 7
: The New Yorker. David Altmejd, November 25, p.17
: Smith, Roberta. The New York Times. Clear Structures for a New Generation, November 29, 2002, p. E36
2001: Ninacs, Anne-Marie , Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal, Point de chute (exhibition catalogue)
1999: Crevier, Lyne, Ici, Perles du diable, May 13
: Mavrikakis, Nicolas, Vior. Perle rar, May 27

David Altmejd

(Canadian, born 1974)

David Altmejd

David Altmejd

David Altmejd

David Altmejd

David Altmejd

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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