T. J. WILCOX
Born 1965, Seattle, Washington; lives and works in New York
Attended School of Visual Arts, New York (BFA 1989); Art Center College of Design Pasadena, California (MFA 1995)
Selected One-person Exhibitions:
2007
Metro Pictures, New York
"A Fair Tale & Garland One," Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
"A Fair Tale," Sadie Coles, London
2006
"Garlands," Galerie Meyer Kainer, Viena
"T.J. Wilcox," Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
"The Funeral of Marlene Dietrich," Museum Ludwig, Cologne (screening accompanied "The Worlds Most Photographed")
2005
"Archiv & Erzahlung: John Stezaker und T.J. Wilcox," Kunstverein Munich, Munich, Germany
"T.J. Wilcox: Garlands," Metro Pictures, New York
"T.J. Wilcox," Museum Ludwig, Cologne (screening)
Museum of Modern Art, New York (screening)
"T.J. Wilcox: Garlands," Frankfurter Kunstverein, Munich
"T.J. Wilcox," Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan
2004
"A Garland for Ireland," Temple Bar Outdoors, Dublin, Ireland
2003
"Garlands," Sadie Coles HQ, London; China Art Objects, Los Angeles
"T.J. Wilcox," Tate Modern, London (screening and discussion with the artist)
2002
"Oh my GR-DVM5, oh oh, GR-DVM5," Metro Pictures, New York
"Smorgasbord," MATRIX 198, UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA (cat.)
"T.J. Wilcox: The Little Elephant," Transmission Basement, Glasgow (screening)
2001
Sadie Coles HQ, London
Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria
"T.J. Wilcox," The Lux, London (screening)
2000
"T.J. Wilcox," Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York
Kunsthaus, Glarus, Switzerland
1999
"T.J. Wilcox: The Funeral of Marlene Dietrich," Galerie Neu, Berlin
Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York
Sadie Coles HQ, London
Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
1998
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (cat)
1997
Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
"The Death and Burial of the First Emperor of China," Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York
1996
Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2007
"Cine y Casi Cine," Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
"Chelsea to Caochangdi," Chambers Fine Art, Bejing
"Passage du Temps: Selections from the François Pinault Foundation," Tri Postal, Lille, France
"Talking Pictures," K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
"NeoIntegrity," Derek Eller Gallery, New York
"Omnia Vanitas: Vanity is ALL," Gavlak Projects, West Palm Beach, Florida
2006
"Flaming June (VI)," Spanierman Modern, New York
"The World's Most Photographed," The Museum Ludwig, Cologne
"Gifts of Sound and Vision," 20 St Andrews Street, Glasgow, Scotland
2005
"May You Live in Interesting Times," Cardiff Festival of Creative Technology, Wales
"Superstars: From Warhol to Madonna," Kunsthalle Wien and Kunstforum Wien, Vienna, Austria (cat.)
"Gifts of Sound and Vision," Glasgow International Festival of Comtemporary Visual Art, Glasgow
"Deriva Mental," Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo, Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico (screening)
Restaurant Georges Costes, Centre Pompidou, Paris (screening)
2004
"Whitney Biennial," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (cat.)
"North Fork/South Fork," Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York
"Geneologies of Glamour: The Future Has A Silver Lining," Migros Museum fur gegenwartskunst, Zurich
"Concert In The Egg," The Ship, London
2003
"Drawings," Metro Pictures, New York
"Today's Man," John Connelly Presents," New York; Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo (cat.)
"My People Were Fair and had Cum in Their Hair (but now they're content to spray stars from your boughs)," Team, New York
"Fast Forward: Media Art Sammlung Goetz," KZM, Karlsruhe, Germany (cat.)
"Somewhere Better Than This Place," Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati (cat.)
2002
"Confiture demain…", Centre Regional d'Art Contemporain, Languedoc Roussillon, France (cat.)
Metro Pictures, New York
"Rapture," Barbican Gallery, London (cat.)
2001
"W," Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dole, France (cat.)
Metro Pictures, New York
"The Americans- New Art," Barbican Art Gallery, London (cat.)
2000
"Greater New York," PS1, Long Island City, New York
"The American Century - Art & Culture 1900-2000," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1999
"Moving Images," Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on Hudson, New York
1998
"El Nino," Museum Abteiberg, Moenchengladbach, Germany
"Dialogues," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota (with Sam Easterson) (brochure)
1997
XLVII Venice Biennale
"Sunshine and Noir, Art in Los Angeles, 1960-1997," Louisiana Museum of Art, Denmark; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany; Castello di Rivoli, Italy; UCLA at The Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles
"Whitney Biennial," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1996
"Studio 246," Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles
"Hollywood," LACE, Los Angeles
Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, Los Angeles
"Persona," Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland; The Renaissance Society, The University of Chicago, Illinois (cat.)
"Affairs," The Institute for Contemporary Art Vienna, Austria
"Studio 246," Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
"Sampler II," David Zwirner Gallery, New York
"Contemporary Collections," L.A.C.P.S., Los Angeles
1995
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
"The Big Night," Bradbury Building, Los Angeles
"Fabrication," The Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, California
1994
"Crack babies," Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
"Tom Tiddler's Ground," Pasadena Plaza, Pasadena, California
Selected Bibliography:
2007
David Frankel, "T. J. Wilcox: Metro Pictures," Artforum, November, pp. 364
Anne Wehr, "T. J. Wilcox," Time Out New York, October 10, Issue #627, pp. 79
Karen Rosenberg, "Art in Review: T. J. Wilcox," The New York Times, September 28, pp. E3
2006
No. 1, Francesca Richer and Matthew Rosenzweig (ed.), D.A.P., New York, pp. 406
T.J Wilcox (ed.), T.J. Wilcox Films, jrp ringier, Zurich, Switzerland
Superstars: von Warhol bis Madonna, Kunsthalle Wien & BA-CA Kunstforum
2005
James Quandt, FILM BEST OF 2005, ARTFORUM International, December, p. 57
Kirsty Bell, "T.J. Wilcox," Afterall, London & Los Angeles, October, Issue 12, pp. 37-44.
Bettina Funcke, "T.J. Wilcox: From Dusk till Dawn," Afterall, London & Los Angeles, October, Issue 12, pp. 45-52.
Sophie Fels, "Garlands," Time Out New York, February 10 – 16, pp. 72
Merrily Kerr, "TJ Wilcox – Metro Pictures," Flash Art, Milan, March/April, pp. 117
Roberta Smith, "Art in Review, TJ Wilcox: 'Garlands,'" New York Times, February 11
Elizabeth Hamilton, ed., The Blake Byrne Collection, MOCA, Los Angeles, p. 77
Michael Amy, "T.J. Wilcox at Metro Pictures," Art in America, New York, October pp. 180-181
Charles LaBelle, "T.J. Wilcox," Frieze, London, April
Johanna Burton, "T.J. Wilcox," Artforum, New York, April
Scott Rothkopf, "T.J. Wilcox Curates," Artforum, New York, April
Katy Siegel, "All Together Now: crowd Scenes in Contemporary Art," Artforum, New York, January
2004
Malik Gaines, "TJ Wilcox at China Art Objects Galleries," artUS, January – February, issue 1
"Whitney Bound," V, Issue 28, Spring
Helen A. Harrison, "Unforeseen Irises and a Meteor Asking Big Questions – North Fork/ South Fork," The New York Times, May 30, pp. 9
Scott Rothkopf, "Subject Matters," Artforum, New York, May, pp. 176-7, 233
Dan Cameron, Dan Fox, Jennier Higgie, Matthew Higgs, Katy Siegel, Roberta Smith, and Neville Wakefield, "American Pie," Frieze, London, May, pp. 64-69
Reena Jana, "The Recovery of Memory," Tema Celeste, Milan, September/October, Issue 105, pp. 54-59
Katy Siegel, "All Together Now, Crowd Scenes in Contemporary Art," Artforum, January, pp. 166-171
The Future Has A Silver Lining, Tom Holert and Heike Munder (ed.), Migros Museum fur gegenwartskunst Zurich & JRP/Ringier, Zurich, pp. 81 96, 97 (cat)
"The Artists' Artists," Artforum, New York, December
Reneto Diez, "Alla Beinnale de Whitney, Torna la Pittura," Arte, Milan, April
2003
Stephan Urbaschek, "Fast Forward: Media Art Sammlung Goetz," Kunstverlag Ingvild Goetz & Sammlung Goetz, Munich
"Somewhere Better Than This Place," Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati
Martin Herbert, "TJ Wilcox at Sadie Coles HQ," Time Out London, June 18 – 25
Eliza Williams, "Reviews: TJ Wilcox at Sadie Coles HQ," Tema Celeste, Milan, Issue 99, pp. 92
2002
Holland Cotter, "Cinema à la Warhol, With Cowboys, Stillness and Glamour, The New York Times, April 5, pp. E31
Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson & Phyillis Wattis, Smorgasbord, Berkeley Art Museum, University of California
Massimiliano Gioni, "Drama Queen," Flash Art, Milan, May/ June, pp. 80
Uta Grosenick & Burkhard Riemschneider (ed.), Art Now, Taschen, Cologne, pp. 536-9
Christ Townsend, Rapture: Art's Seduction by Fashion Since the 1970s, Barbican Gallery, Thames & Hudson, London, pp. 86-9
Maurizio Cattelan, Massimiliano Gioni, & Ali Subotnick (eds.), Charley 02, Les Presses du Réel, Dijon, France
Katy Siegel, "Best of 2002– T.J. Wilcox," Artforum, New York, December, pp. 126-7
Terry R. Myers, "The Americans: New Art," Artext, Spring
2001
Michael Archer, "T.J. Wilcox- Sadie Coles HQ," Artforum, April, pp. 149-50
Charles Ruas, "T.J. Wilcox at Gavin Brown's Enterprise," Art in America, June, pp. 126-7
Sarah Gavlak, "A Queer Sensibility," Pride, pp. 56
Dan Fox, "Straight to Video," frieze, October, pp. 68-71
Mark Sladen (ed.), The Americans - New Art, Barbican Art Gallery, London, pp. 84-91
Sarah Kent, "Altered States," Time Out London, London, December 28, pp. 60
Amanda Sharp, "The Americans," Arena Homme +, London, Autumn
Bob Nickas (ed.), W, Musée des Beaux Arts de Dole, Dole, France, pp. 28
Richard Cork, Play, November 27
Nick Hackworth, "Puddles, Plants and One Small Joy," Evening Standard, London, November 6
Chris Mugan, "Along Came a Spider," Evening Standard, London, October 24
Jonathan Jones, "The Age of Anxiety," The Guardian, London, October 23
TJ Wilcox, "Cultural Tourism – The Carlyle Hotel," Frieze, London, September
Daniel Birnbaum, "The Americans: New Art," Artforum, New York, September
Paul Clark, "Review," Evening Standard, London, March 2
Mark Currah, "Review," Time Out, London, February 14 – 21
Jessica Lack, "T.J. Wilcox," The Guardian, London, January 27
"Art: T.J. Wilcox," Evening Standard, London January 24
2000
Holland Cotter, "T.J. Wilcox," The New York Times, November 10, pp. E37
1999
Dale McFarland, "T. J. Wilcox¬– ICA, London," frieze, London, January- February, pp. 81
Martin Herbert, "Review", Flash Art, Milan, October, pp. 117
Lawrence A. Rickels, "The Loss Generation", Art/Text, Los Angeles, no. 64, pp. 32-5
Sarah Kent, "Review", Time Out, London, June
Robin Dutt, "T.J. Wilcox: The Funeral of Marlene Dietrich," What's On, London, June 16, pp. 24
1998
TJ Wilcox, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Sarah Kent, "Review", Time Out, London, October 21-28, pp. 43
Amra Brooks, "A Conversation with T.J. Wilcox", Zingmagazine, New York, Summer, pp. 88-95
Bill Arning, "Review", Art in America, New York, April, pp. 116
Dialogues: Sam Easterson, T.J. Wilcox, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
1997
Robin Updike, "Area artist's images score a N.Y. coup," Seattle Times, May 25
X-TRA, Los Angeles, vol. 1, no. 3, Fall
1996
Persona, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
Selected Writings by the Artist:
2001
"Cultural Tourism- The Carlyle Hotel," frieze, September, pp. 77
Museum and Public Collections:
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
La Coleccion Jumex, Mexico
Frac Haute, Normandy, France
Goetz Collection, Munich
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Pinault Collection, Palazzo Grassi, Venice
Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Judith Rothschild Foundation, New York
Parrish Art Museum, New York
Migros Museum, Zurich
21c Museum Foundation, Louisville
Tragedy (Sissi at the Sala Terrena), 2007
Archival inkjet print with watercolor and collage on watercolor paper
47.5 in. x 33.5 in.
From the Death and Burial of the First Emperor of China, 2006
Gouache, graphite, collage & acetate on handmade paper
40.5 in. x 26 in.
La Comtesse de Castiglione, 2005
Watercolor, graphite and collage on paper
20 in. x 16 in.
Escape of Marie Antoinette, 2006
Gouache, graphite, collage and acetate on handmade paper
14 in. x 10 in.
La Comtesse de Castiglione, 2005
Watercolor, graphite and collage on paper
10 in. x 14 in.
The Funeral of Marlene Dietrich, 2006
Collage on paper
8.5 in. x 11.5 in.
Tragedy (Sissi at the Great Gallery II), 2007
Archival inkjet print on watercolor paper with watercolor and collage
59.5 in. x 62.75 in.
Rapture (Jerry, Cherries in the Snow), 2007
Archival inkjet print on watercolor paper with watercolor and collage
62 x 52.75 in.