BIOGRAPHY EDUCATION University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, and Art (1975-1977) Schule für Gestaltung, Basel Switzerland (1978-1983) Member of Gran Fury and co-founder of Bureau 2002-2003 Guggenheim Fellow SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2008 “CANDY.CRY.STINKER.HUG. (some drawings concerning absorption, reflection, inversion, and progression)” Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY 2004 Brent Sikkema, New York, NY "Young Americans , Part 2" Neue Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Switzerland "BAD BLOOD Stage One," Plug-In, Basel Switzerland Mapping New Territories – Swiss Media Art, Neue Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Switzerland 2003 "Marlene Olive - June 21, 1975," Istanbul Biennial 2002 "Poltergeist, Girls at Home," American Fine Arts, New York, NY "Young Americans, Part 2," Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY 2001 "Young Americans," Sandroni.Rei, Venice, CA. 1993 Metro Pictures, New York, NY 1992 "Mund Verkehr: In die Hose gegangen," Marlene McCarty, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin (ex. cat.) 1991 Metro Pictures, New York GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2009 UN-SCR-1325 curated by Jan Van Woensel at the Chelsea Art Museum 2008 "Expenditure," Busan Biennale 2008. Curators: Michael Cohen, Nancy Barton, Tom Morton, Francine Méoule, Azumaya Takashi. Busan, Korea. "Dark Continents," Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida. Curated by Ruba Katrib. 'Just Different!' Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, June 14- Sept 21 2007 "Silicone Valley," P.S.1 MOMA, Queens, New York, Curated by Nick Stillman. February 11, 2007 - April 9, 2007 "between 2 deaths," ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany. Curated by Felix Ensslin and Ellen Blumenstein. (exhibition catalog) May 12- August 19 "Gegen den Strich," Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin. "Eliminated," Provincetown, Mass. Curated by John Waters. "she was born to be my unicorn," amy smith stewart gallery. New York. Curated by Amy Kellner. 2006 "The Eigth Square: Gender, Life and Desire in the Arts since 1960," Museum Ludwig, Koln, Germany, August 19- November 12, 2006 "Die Jugend von Heute", Schirn Kunsthaller, Frankfurt ,Germany. Curated by Matthias Ulrich. With Tracy Emin, Sue de Beer, Philip-Lorca diCorcia and others. 2005 Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY, September 17- October 22 Kritische Gesellschaften Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany 2004 "When I think about you I touch myself: An Exhibition on the Sociability of Artworks," The New York Academy of Art, curated by David Humphrey, April 9- May 10, New York, NY "Other Aristocrats," Alexander and Bonin, New York, NY "Premaculture," Secondary School, Hydra, July 3- Sept 6, 2004 2003 Group show with Tom Burr, Kelly Walker, Wade Guyton and others, Circuit, Lausanne, Switzerland Curated by Mai-Thui Perret "Fast Forward,"White Columns, New York "Influence, Anxiety and Gratitude," MIT List Visual Arts Center, Boston, Mass. Curated by Bill Arning. 2002 "Violence the True Way," Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich, Switzerland. Curated by Rita Ackerman, Liz Bougatsos and Chloe Sevigny 2001 "Stand Fast Dick & Jane," The Project, Dublin, Ireland "Spiritual America," Audiello Fine Art, NY "Dear Dead Person," Momenta Art, New York, Curated by Banks Violette "Desire and Pursuit of the Whole," Pro Arte Contemporary Art Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia 2000 "Death Race 2000," Thread Waxing Space, New York 1999 "Dope," American Fine Arts, New York "Billboard," MASS MoCA, No. Adams, Massachusetts (Gran Fury contribution) 1998 "Wahlverwandschaften" Appenzell, Switzerland. Curator: Annette Schindler "Where is Your Rupture?" The Swiss Institute, New York, Curated by Annette Schindler and Liz Kotz "Portrait-Human Figure" Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich, Switzerland "Art on Paper 1998," Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Curated by Amy Capalazzo 1996 "Sexual Politics: Judy Chicago's Dinner Party and Feminists in Art History," UCLA Armand Hammer Gallery, Los Angeles, California "Real Fake," Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College State University of New York "Mixing Messages," The Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York (exhibition catalog) 1995 "In a Different Light," University Art Museum, Berkley, California "Word for Word," The Art Gallery, Beaver College, Glenside, Pennsylvania 1994 "Don't Look Now," Thread Waxing Space, New York "Bad Girls West," UCLA Wight Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California "The Use of Pleasure," Terrain, San Francisco, California (exhibition catalog) "Die Neunzigen," Weiner Secession, Vienna, Curated by Martin Prinzhorn. (exhibition catalog) "New Voices 94," Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College (exhibition catalog) "Cocido y Crudo," Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, Curated by Dan Cameron. (exhibition catalog) 1993 "Four Walls Project: Small Talk," Postmasters Gallery, New York "Intransit," New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York "1920. The Subtlety of Subversion. The Continuity of Intervention," Exit Art, New York "The Art of Self-Defense and Revenge," Momenta Art, New York "Open Air," Bremen, Germany (exhibition catalog) "Serial," Zürich, Switzerland 1992 "How It Is," Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York "Between the Sheets," P.P.O.W., New York "Object Choice," Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York (exhibition catalog) "Dissent Difference and the Body Politic," Portland Museum of Art; Otis School of Art, Los Angeles 1991 "John Lindell / Marlene McCarty," Simon Watson Gallery, New York "Something Pithier or More Psychological," Simon Watson Gallery, New York "1991 Biennial Exhibition," Group Material: AIDS Timeline installation, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (exhibition catalog) 1990 White Room, "Bend Over I'll Drive" White Columns, New York "Selections 50," The Drawing Center, New York "Shut Up, You Shut Up," Wessel O'Connor Gallery, New York "Eros/Thanatos - Desire and Death," Tom Cugliani Gallery, New York "Aperto," 1990 Vienice Biennale, Gran Fury contribution BIBLIOGRAPHY 2009 Lowenstein, Kate. ‘Public Eye,’ Time Out New York, Jan 29- Feb 4, 2009 NYLON. Dec/Jan 2009. "Rogue's Gallery" 2008 Catalogue for Busan Biennale: Busan Biennale 2008: Expenditure. Catalogue for DARK CONTINENTS Gilbert, Alan. "Marlene McCarty at Sikkema Jenkins & Co.," Modern Painters, July- August The New Yorker, Goings On About Town, May 5, 2008 “It feels good to be in Love again,” Legendsonly.blogspot 4-27-08 Kazakina, Katya. “Human Moms Nurse Baby Baboons as Nudes Frolic in Soho: Hot Art.” Bloomberg.com April 21, 2008 Bartley, Chris. “CANDY.CRY.STINKER.HUG. at Sikkema Jenkins & Co.” V.Magazine.com April 24, 2008 "Wade in the Water." VICE magazine. Volume 15 no. 3. (The Neanderthalensis Issue) pp. 50-53. (Cover Image) Eric Bryant. "Marlene McCarty, Sikkema Jenkins." ArtNews. June 2008 2007 Creativity Now. Tokion Kellner, Amy. “She was born to be my unicorn.” Vice Magazine Volume 14 #8 Hubl, Michael. Between two Deaths (review), Frieze.com, September 2007 McGinley, Ryan. “High Art,” The Advocate, August 14, 2007 Blumenstein, Ellen and Ensslin, Felix. Between Two Deaths, (Exhibition Catalogue) c. 2007 Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe; Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern. Germany Myers, Holly, "Considering affairs of the Heart," Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2007 2006 "The Youth of Today," Edited by Max hollein and Matthias Ulrich. Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt. Preface by Max Hollein "Das Achte Feld," Museum Ludwig. Hatje Verlag Germany. Edited by Frank Wagner and Kasper Kønig "Who Cares," Creative Time Felix Ensslin and Sue de Beer, "Girls, Girls, Girls!," Plazm (Portland Oregon)., Nr. 28 Kritsche Gesellschaften, Badischer Kunstverein, Verlag fur Moderne Kunst, Nurnberg No. 1:First Works of 362 Artists, by Francesca Richer and Matthew Rosenzweig 2005 "Mapping New Territories," Bundesamt fur Kultur/[Plug.in]/Neue Kunst Halle St. Gellen, ISBN 3-85616-238-0, c. 2005 Kushner, Rachel, "Postmortem: Bad Blood: An Interview with Marlene McCarty," ArtUS, Issue 9, July- September 2005, pp. 24-28 2004 Reed, John. "Marlene McCarty at Brent Sikkema," Artforum.com, February 12 The New Yorker, Goings on About Town, February 9, p. 12 Levin, Kim., Short List/Voice Choices, The Village Voice, February 4-10, p. 52 Morris, Catherine. "Marlene McCarty at Brent Sikkema," Time Out New York, January 29- February 5, p. 66 Smith, Roberta. "Marlene McCarty at Brent Sikkema," The New York Times, January 23 Von Lillien, Titus. "Bombs over Barbieland," Quest Magazine (Germany) Issue No. 14, May-June, pp. 132-153 (English Translation: Alan Foulcon) 2003 Dan Cameron, Feminism 9 Viewpoints, Artforum, October ART: A Sex Book by Bruce Hainley and John Waters. Thames & Hudson. Cover for Flaunt Magazine. March 2002 Joy Press, Girl Crazy, Vogue, September, pp. 486-488. Cathy Liebowitz / Josefina Ayerza, Marlene McCarty, lacanian Ink 20, pp.114-123. Melissa Brookhart, Marlene McCarty at American Fine Arts/ Bronwyn Keenan, Tema Celeste, volume 91 Laurence A. Rickles, Marlene McCarty at Sandroni.Rey, Artext, Summer Michael Cohen, Marlene McCarty at Bronwyn Keenan and American Fine Arts, Flash Art, March Holland Cotter, Marlene McCarty at American Fine Arts and Bronwyn Keenan Galleries, The New York Times, February 22 Bruce Hainley, Marlene McCarty at Sandroni. Rei, Artforum, February Hilton Als, Goings on About Town -Art, "Teen Beat," The New Yorker, January, 28. pg. 17 Leah Ollman, "Galleries: The Seen and Unseen," Los Angeles Times, January 11 2001 Medb Ruane, "Outer Limits," The Sunday Times, (Dublin, Ireland) July 15 Aiden Dunne, Taking Art to the Edges of Life and Death," The Irish Times, (Dublin, Ireland) July 4 Holland Cotter, "Dear Dead Person," The New York Times, May 25 2000 List Magazine, premiere issue, Spring/Summer Michael Cohen, "The Love Mechanics," Flash Art, Vol.xxxiii, Summer 1999 Shonagh Adelman, "Where is Your Rupture?" Freize, Issue 44, February Laura Frost, "Where is Your Rupture?," Art on Paper, Vol.3, No.3, January- February 1998 Facts, Switzerland No.15, "Mordkunst," April 9, p.153 Liz Kotz and Annette Schindler, Where's Your Rupture?, Swiss Institute, (exhibition brochure) Bill Arning, Preview, Time Out New York, Sept.10-17, 1998, Issue 155 Linda Yablonsky, "Impolitic," Paper Magazine, November 1997 Liz McQuiston, Suffragettes To She-Devils, Phaidon Press, London. pgs. 150, 151, 154, 158, 162. 1996 Real Fake, Neuberger Museum of Art (exhibition brochure) 1995 Richard Prince, Adult Comedy Action Drama, Scalo. 1995. pgs. 40, 119 Robert Atkins, "Very Queer Indeed," The Village Voice, January 31, p. 69 In A Different Light, edited by Nayland Blake, Lawrence Rinder, Amy Scholder, San Francisco: City Lights Books, published with University Art Museum, Berkley, California. 1994 Maud Lavin, "What's so Bad About ‘Bad Girl' Art?, Ms., March/April, pp.80-83 Thema: AIDS, Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagan (exhibition catalog) Renate Puvogel, "Kein Platz in Bremen," Kunstforum, March-June Barry Schwabsky, "Confessions of a Male Gaze: The Sublime, The Beautiful, The Gender of Painting," New Art Examiner, April, p. 21 Douglas Utter, "New Voices" (review), New Art Examiner, Nov., p. 48 Cocido Y Crudo, essays by Dan Cameron et al., Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain (exhibition catalog) 1993 Pamela Hammond, "Marlene McCarty, Linda Cathcart Gallery," Artnews, February, p. 121 Michael Rock, "The I.D. Forty," I.D. Magazine, Jan/Feb, pp. 48-49 Elizabeth Hess, "Twisted Sisters," The Village Voice, March 17, p. 86 J. Abbott Miller, "Word Art," Eye, November, pp. 34-47 Roberta Smith, "Marlene McCarty, Metro Pictures," The New York Times, March 19, p. C22 Dissent Difference and the Body Politic, Portland Art Museum (exhibition catalog) Andrew Perchuk, "Marlene McCarty at Metro Pictures," Artforum, March, pp. 104-105 Maud Lavin, "Marlene McCarty at Metro Pictures," Art in America, July Claudia Acklin, "Soziale Avantgarde, weiblich," Tagesanzeiger, Zürich, Switzerland Andrea Codrington, "The Writing on the Wall," Elle, December, p. 59 Catriona Moore, Cunts with Attitude: Acting out in the Gallery," Art and Text, September, #46, pp. 34-37 "Hose runter für die Kunst," Der Spiegel, #46, p. 283 1992 Stephen Gøtz, "American Artists in their New York Studios," Daco Verlag Gunter Blase Elizabeth Hess, "Between the Sheets,"at P.P.O.W. The Village Voice, May 12, p. 91 Tip Magazin, No. 13, Berlin, p. 96 Mund Verker: In die Hosen gegangen, Marlene McCarty, essays by Laura Cottingham, "Playing Around," and Tom Kalin, "She Wanted Her Own Mouth, Teeth Intact," NGBK Berlin, Germany (exhibition brochure) Object Choice, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY (exhibition catalog) 1991 Paul Taylor, Interview with Marlene McCarty, Interview, April, p. 28 Nancy Jones, "Getting Graphic," New York Woman, April, p. 16 "Goings on About Town," The New Yorker, April 29, pp.16-17 Jan Avigkos, "Marlene McCarty at Metro Pictures," Artforum, October, p.124 Laura Cottingham, "Marlene McCarty at Metro Pictures," Flash Art, October. pp. 139-140 Gretchen Faust, "New York in Review: Marlene McCarty," Arts, Sept., pp.79-80 "John Lindell/Marlene McCarty," essay by Laura Cottingham, Simon Watson Gallery, New York (exhibition brochure) 1990 Elizabeth Hess, "Gutter Politics," The Village Voice, July 3 Roberta Smith, "The Group Show as Crystal Ball," The New York Times, July 6 TEACHING AND LECTURES 2009 "Artists at the Institute" lecture at the Fine Arts Institute. New York University. Cooper Union, Adjunct Professor for Advanced Drawing. 2008 PS1: Protest and Survive: The Legacy of Collective Action. In conjunction with WACK! Cooper Union, Adjunct Professor for Advanced Drawing. 2007 NYU. Graduate Projects. Co-teach with Kathleen Hanna. Cooper Union, Adjunct Professor for Advanced Drawing. 2006 CalArts, Visiting Artist Workshop. University of Alabama at Birmingham. Visiting Artist workshop. NYU Visiting Artist and adjunct professor for Advanced drawing. Cooper Union, Adjunct Professor for Advanced Drawing. Cranbrook, Visiting Artist. College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Visiting Artist. Atlantic Center for the Arts, Master Class workshop and residency. 2004-05 Cooper Union, Adjunct Professor for Advanced Drawing. 2003 Cooper Union, Visiting Artist for the Spring Semester 2003. 2002 NYU, Adjunct Professor for Drawing (1999-2001). Pro-Arte, St.Petersburg Russia. The School of The Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass. 1999 The Walker Art Institute (Bureau) 1997 The Art Institute Of Chicago, Visiting Artist Lecture Series Aiga National Conference, New Orleans 1996 Cooper Union, Visiting Artist Lecture Series Yale University, Graduate School of Art, Visiting Artist Series Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum, Mixing Messages: Symposium 1995 Princeton University, School of Architecture, Lecture Series (Bureau) 1994 The Whitney Museum of American Art, Minimalism: Panel Discussion Cooper Union, Dialogues Series 1993 Houston Museum of Fine Arts, The Glassel School, Visiting Artists Harvard University, Roos Lecture Series (Bureau) Cooper Union, Visiting Artist Lecture Series The New School, "Pop and Porn," Panel Discussion 1992 Otis Parsons, L.A., Visiting Artist 1991 Yale University, Department of Graphic Design. AIGA National Conference, Chicago. (Gran Fury) Rhode Island School of Design, Visiting Artist Series New York University, Fine Arts Graduate Studies GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES 2007 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 2006 Atlantic Center for the Arts Master Residence 2004 The American Center Foundation Grant Sitemapping Stupendium / Bundesamt für Kultur Schweiz 2002-2003 Guggenheim Fellow. 1993 Eidgenössischer Kunststipendium - Freie Kunst (Switzerland) go to top