BRAD KAHLHAMER [ARTIST]

Born 1956 in Tuscon, Arizona
Lives and works in ???????,
USA

Biography
1956 Born in Tucson, Arizona.
1967 Moves with family to Mayville, Wisconsin.
1976-82 Attends University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac and Oshkosh; receives B.F.A. 1982.
Works as a road musician in the midwest.
1982 Moves to New York, New York.
1983-93 Works as an art director for The Topps Company.
1993-94 Founds and directs Hess Modern, an alternative space in Chelsea.
1995 Receives The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation studio grant
2001 Receives The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award in painting
2002 Commissioned by the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian to write score for the silent fi lm Red Skins, 1929 (Paramount, 81 minutes); National Braid (Kahlhamer and violinist Laura Ortman) performs score at Native Cinema Showcase, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2002; Febio Fest, Prague, 2003; Tribeca Film Festival, New York, 2003; and 22nd Pordenone Silent Film Festival, Sacile, Italy, 2003.
2004 Participates in the invited-artist program at The LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University, New York.

Solo Exhibitions:
2006
Girls & Skulls, Deitch Projects, New York
Brad Kahlhamer & Aaron Spangler, Kantor/Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2005
Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden
2004
“Let’s walk west”, Scottsdale Contemporary Museum of Art, Phoenix AZ, September 30, 2004 – January 23, 2005
“Skull Project,” Galleria Francesca Kaufmann, Milan, 27 May - 31 July.
2003
“Apache Junction USA,” Modern Art Inc., London, 17 January – 23 February.
2002
Almost American, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 9 August - 25 October.
“Almost American,” Galerie Drantmann, Brussels, 9 November - 21 December.
2001
“Almost American,” Deitch Projects, New York, 5 May - 30 June.
Galleria Francesca Kaufmann, Milan, 22 November - 20 December.
2000
Brad Kahlhamer: Almost American, Madison Art Center (now Madison Museum of Contemporary Art), Wisconsin, 3
December 2000 - 11 February 2001. Organized with and traveled to Aspen Art Museum, Colorado, 1 June - 22 July 2001.
Catalog, essays by Laura Hoptman and Sara Krajewski.
Galleria Francesca Kaufmann, Milan, 7 June - 31 July.
“Almost American,” Modern Art Inc., London, 9 November - 16 December.
1999
Friendly Frontier, Deitch Projects, New York, 14 October - 6 November. Catalog, texts by Jeffrey Deitch and Peter Fleissig; Deitch Projects, New York, 14 October - 6 November. Catalog, texts by Jeffrey Deitch and Peter Fleissig; Frontier
interview by Margaret Archuleta.
1998
KTNN, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, 25 April - 6 June.
1996
Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, 12 October - 16 November.
1994
Project Room, Thread Waxing Space, New York, 17 November - 22 December. Brochure, text by Melinda Gellman, Ph.D.

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2006
NEW, Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke, Belgium
I’m Sorry, Pilar Para & Romero Galeria de Arte, Madrid, Spain
Block Party, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
2004
Dessins et des autres, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, 22 January - 28 February.
Lewis and Clark Territory: Contemporary Artists Revisit Place, Race and Memory, Tacoma Art Museum, Washington, 12 February - 6
June. Catalog, texts by Thomas Haukaas and Rock Hushka.
Monument to Now, Deste Foundation: Center for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece, 22 June - 31 December. Catalog, texts by Deste Foundation: Center for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece, 22 June - 31 December. Catalog, texts by Now
Dan Cameron, Jeffrey Deitch, Alison M. Gingeras, Massimiliano Gioni and Nancy Spector.
2003
Supernova, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, December 13, 2003 – May 23, 2004
Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, Regina Gouger Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, 18 January - 21 March. Catalog, texts by Vicky A. Clark, Barbara J. Bloemink, Ana Merino, Rick Gribenas
and George D. Wallace. Traveled to Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana; University Art Gallery, University
of North Texas, Denton; University of Arizona Museum of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson; Western Gallery, Western
Washington University, Bellingham; Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California; Art House, Austin, Texas.
2002
Art on Paper 2002, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 17 November - 19 January
2003.
Contemporary Art Project, Seattle Art Museum, 20 December – 6 April 2003. Catalog, texts by Lisa Corrin and Tarra Reddy Young.
Five Years of the Altoids Curiously Strong Collection 1998-2002, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, 23 October - 30
November.
New Visions of the West, Nassau County Museum of Art, New York, 17 February - 28 April. Nassau County Museum of Art, New York, 17 February - 28 April. West
RETROSPECTACLE: 25 Years of Collecting Modern & Contemporary Art, Denver Art Museum, 16 November - 3 August 2003. Denver Art Museum, 16 November - 3 August 2003. Art Catalog, text by Diane Perry Vanderlip.
2001
Best of the season: Selected Works from the 2000-2001 Manhattan Exhibition Season, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum,
Ridgefi eld, Connecticut. Catalog, text by Richard Klein.
Ghost World, Cais Gallery, Seoul, 9 October - 3 November. Catalog, text by Michael Cohen.
Issues of Identity in Recent American Art, Gibson Gallery, State University of New York at Potsdam, 12 March - 22 April. Traveled to Gibson Gallery, State University of New York at Potsdam, 12 March - 22 April. Traveled to Art
University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal. Catalog, text by Dan Mills.
Spiritual America, Audiello Fine Art, New York, 11 May - 16 June.
Waterworks: U.S. Akvarell 2001, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn, Sweden, 20 May – 2 September. Catalog, texts by Kim
Levin and Berndt Arell.
2000
Endpapers, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, 30 January - 23 April.
Catalog, text by Judy Collischan.
Greater New York: New Art in New York Now, P.S.1 MOMA, Long Island City, New York, 27 February - 14 May 2000. CD-ROM P.S.1 MOMA, Long Island City, New York, 27 February - 14 May 2000. CD-ROM Now
catalog with booklet.
ID/Y2K: Identity at the Millennium, Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, New York, 30 January - 24 March.
Lost, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England, 16 February - 2 April. Catalog.
1999
The Constructed Landscape, Brent Sikkema Gallery, New York, 8 June - 3 July.
1998
PETS, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, 16 July - 14 August.
Solo Painting: Voices in Contemporary Abstraction, The North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, 8 March - 26 April.
Wall Paper, Nicholas Davies Gallery, New York, 2 June - 2 July. Nicholas Davies Gallery, New York, 2 June - 2 July. Paper
1997
Basically Black and White, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, 21 September - 18
January 1998.
Landscape USA, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, 20 November - 24 December.
Road Show ’97, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, 15 February - 15 March. Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, 15 February - 15 March. 97
Stepping Up, Andrew Mummery Gallery, London, 18 September - 25 October.
Structures, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, 10 July - 13 September.
1996
The Art Exchange Show, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, 7 June - 15 June. Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, 7 June - 15 June. Show
Red River Crossings: Ten Contemporary Native American Artists Respond to Peter Rindisbacher (1806-1834), Swiss Institute, New York, 1 November - 14 December. Catalog, texts by Margaret Archuleta, Henry E. Bovay and Gregory Sholette.
Square Bubbles, Mandeville Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, New York,
7 March - 21 April. Catalog, text by Mikhail Iossel.
Sweat, Exit Art, New York, 15 June - 13 July. Exit Art, New York, 15 June - 13 July. Sweat
Wish You Were Here, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, 1 March - 30 March.
1995
Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York (two-person show with Michael Ashkin), 6 October - 4 November.
Extremely Refrigerated, Meatlocker, New York, 5 October - 28 October.
Obsession, Chassie Post Gallery, New York, 21 July - 4 September.
Pop Up, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, 21 May 1995 - March 1996.
1994
The Garden of Sculptural Delights, Exit Art, New York, 12 March - 27 May.
…It’s How You Play the Game, Exit Art, New York, 5 November 1994 - 28 January 1995.
1993
Markets of Resistance, White Columns, New York, 8 October - 7 November.
Simply Made in America, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefi eld, Connecticut, 24 January - 2 May. Traveled to
Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; Palm Beach Community
College of Art, Florida; Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington. Catalog, text by Barry A. Rosenberg.
W139-NY, Gallerie W139 Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 23 October - 21 November. Gallerie W139 Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 23 October - 21 November. NY
1992
Sculpture: The Day after Today, Thread Waxing Space, New York, 16 January - 28 February. Catalog, text by Christian Thread Waxing Space, New York, 16 January - 28 February. Catalog, text by Christian Today
Leigh.

Public Collections
Altoids Curiously Strong Collection at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
Denver Art Museum
Deutsche Bank Collection, Munich
Goldman Sachs, New York
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Wisconsin
Milwaukee Art Museum
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Neuberger Berman Art Collection, New York
Sammlung Goetz, Munich
Seattle Art Museum
Weatherspoon Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Selected Bibliography:
Catalogs:
Archuleta, Margaret, Henry E. Bovay, and Gregory Sholette, with artists’ statements. Red River Crossings: Contemporary Native
American Artists Respond to Peter Rindisbacher (1806-1834). New York: Swiss Institute, 1996.
Archuleta, Margaret, Jeffrey Deitch, and Peter Fleissig. Brad Kahlhamer: Friendly Frontier. New York: Deitch Projects, 1999.
Benezra, Neal, Dan Cameron, Madeleine Grynstejn, Kent Logan, Jessica Morgan, Ralph Rugoff, Amada Cruz and Katy Siegel.
Supernova: Art of the Nineties from the Logan Collection. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2003.
Bloemink, Barbara, Vicky A. Clark, Rick Gribenas, Ana Merino and George D. Wallace. Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New
Generation. Pittsburgh: Regina Gouger Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, 2003.
Cameron, Dan, Jeffrey Deitch, Alison M. Gingeras, Massimiliano Gioni and Nancy Spector. Monument to Now. Athens, Greece:
Deste Foundation: Center for Contemporary Art, 2004.
Cohen, Michael. Ghost World. Seoul: Cais Gallery, 2001.
Collischan, Judy. Endpapers: drawings 1890-1900 and 1990-2000. Purchase, New York: Neuberger Museum, Purchase College,
State University of New York, 2000.
Corrin, Lisa and Tara Reddy Young. Seattle Art Museum Collection: Contemporary Art Project. Seattle Art Museum Collection: Contemporary Art Project. Young Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 2002.
Diehl, Matt, Matt Freedman, Martha McPhee, and Darcey Steinke. KTTN
(CD-ROM with brochure). New York: Full Pelt (CD-ROM with brochure). New York: Full Pelt Productions and Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, 1998.
Garrels, Gary, et. al. The Logan Collection: Portrait of Our Times. Vail, Colorado: The Logan Collection, 2002.
Gellman, Melinda. Brad Kahlhamer. New York: Thread Waxing Space, 1994.
Haukaas, Thomas and Rock Hushka. Lewis and Clark Territory: Contemporary Artists Revisit Place, Race and Memory. Tacoma,
Washington: Tacoma Art Museum with University of Washington Press, Seattle, 2004.
Hoptman, Laura and Sara Krajewski. Brad Kahlhamer: Almost American. Madison, Wisconsin: Madison Art Center and Aspen Art Museum, 2000.
Iossel, Mikhail. Square Bubbles. Schenectady, New York: Mandeville Gallery, Union College, 1996.
Leigh, Christian. Sculpture: The Day After Today. New York: Thread Waxing Space, 1992.
Levin, Kim and Berndt Arell. Waterworks: U.S. Akvarell 2001. Skärhamn, Sweden: Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, 2001.
Mills, Dan. Issues of Identity in Recent American Art. Potsdam, New York: Gibson Gallery, State University of New York at Potsdam, 2001.
Rosenberg, Barry A. “The World As We Find It,” in Simply Made in America. Ridgefi eld, Connecticut: The Aldrich Contemporary
Art Museum, 1992.
Articles:
Amer, Ghada “Nine Painters.” Modern Painters 15, no. 2 (summer 2002): 70-80.
“Brad Kahlhamer.” The New Yorker, 29 October 1999, 36.
“Brad Kahlhamer.” The New Yorker, 4 June 2001, 20.
“Greater New York.” The New Yorker, 13 March 2000,14.
“Group Show: Leonardo Drew/Lisa Hoke/Brad Kahlhamer.” The New Yorker, 24 February 1992, 13.
Camhi, Leslie. “Accounts Paid.” Village Voice, 17 December 1996, 86.
Carson, Andrea. “Brad Kahlhamer: Apache Junction USA.” Canadian Art
20, no. 2 (summer 2003): 90. 20, no. 2 (summer 2003): 90. Carver, Jon. “Brad Kahlhamer: Almost American.” The Magazine (October 2002): 47.
Casadio, Mariuccia. “2 Ways of…. “Casa Vogue supplement 620, no. 11 (April 2002): 183 ff.
Cohen, Michael. “Brad Kahlhamer, Prairie Rock.” Flash Art
34, no. 219 (July- September 2001): 85-87. 34, no. 219 (July- September 2001): 85-87. Cohen, Michael. “Brad Kahlhamer.” Flash Art
33, no. 210 (January-February 2000): 115. 33, no. 210 (January-February 2000): 115. Collins, Tom. “Almost American. “ Albuquerque Journal, 16 August 2002, 4-6.
Cotter, Holland. “Art in Review: Red River Crossings.” The New York Times, 29 November 1996, late edition E-39.
Cotter, Holland. “Art in Review: Brad Kahlhamer.” The New York Times, 29 October 1999, late edition E-39.
Dailey, Meghan. “Brad Kahlhamer.” Artforum 38, no. 5 (January 2000): 116.
Ebony, David. “Brad Kahlhamer at Bronwyn Keenan.” Art in America, no. 7 (July 1997): 94.
Faust, Gretchen. “Reviews: Leonardo Drew/Lisa Hoke/Brad Kahlhamer.” Arts Magazine 66, no. 8 (April 1992): 94-95.
Grabner, Michelle. “Brad Kahlhamer.” New Art Examiner
28, issue 8/9 (May-June 2001): 95-96. 28, issue 8/9 (May-June 2001): 95-96. Heartney, Eleanor. “Brad Kahlhamer, Lisa Hoke and Leonardo Drew at the Thread Waxing Space.” Art in America, no. 5 (May
1992): 137.
Heiss, Alanna. “Brad Kahlhamer.” Connaissance des Arts XX, no. XX (September 2000): 126-127.
Hoptman, Laura. “Brad Kahlhamer.” Interview (October 1999): 326-327.
Johnson, Ken. “Art Guide: Brad Kahlhamer.” The New York Times, 14 May 1998, late edition, E-36.
Johnson, Ken. “Almost American.” The New York Times, 15 June 2001, 34.
Judge, John. “Brad Kahlhamer: Bronwyn Keenan.” zingmagazine 2, issue 7 (fall 1998): 255-56.
Larson, Kay. “The Garden of Sculptural Delights.” New York Magazine, 28 March 1994, page.
Letmark, Petre. “Med våldet som ständig följeslagare” Dagens Nyheter (September 29, 2005).
Levin, Kim. “Voice Choices: Leonardo Drew/Lisa Hoke/Brad Kahlhamer” The Village Voice, 3 March 1992, 69.
Levin, Kim. “Voice Choices: The Garden of Sculptural Delights.” The Village Voice, 5 April 1994, 73.
Morsiani, Paola. “Leonardo Drew, Lisa Hoke, and Brad Kahlhamer.” Juliet Art Magazine (April 1992): 65.
Nakamura, Marie-Pierre. “Brad Kahlhamer,” Art Actuel
1086, no. 15 (May 2001): 83 ff. 1086, no. 15 (May 2001): 83 ff. Pohl, Uscha. “Brad Kahlhamer: Bronwyn Keenan Gallery.” zingmagazine [pre- volumes], issue 4 (summer 1997): 232.
Nilsson, Åse-Marie. “Konstnär söker sin stam” Svenska Dagbladet (September 27, 2005).
Olofsson, Anders. “Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm: Brad Kahlhamer” (October 2005)
Pointurier, Marie. “Une question d’identité.” French Vogue, no. 842 (November 2003): 232-35.
Steinberg, Michael. “A New York Mosaic.” Modern Painters 11, no.1 (spring 1998): 114-115.
Testa, Gemma de Angelis. “Non c’è pace per l’apache, Vernissage.” Il fotogiornale dell’Arte 50 (June 2004): 8.
Tiselius, Henric. “Att teckna är so matt skapa musik” Stockholm City (September 30, 2005.
Verber, Nicholas. “Natural Phenomenon.” Dazed and Confused 98 (February 2003): 52-53.
Vincent, Steven. “The Temporary Contemporary of Linda Farris.” Art and Auction 23, no. 5 (April 2000): 38.
Wallach, Amei. “An Exuberant Celebration of Life.” Newsday, 1 April 1994, B-17.
Weideman, Paul. “Brad Kahlhamer’s Loaded Paintbrush.” The Santa Fe New Mexican, 16 August 2002, Pasatiempo-74 ff.
Wilson-Lloyd, Ann. “Building the Story of a Life Lived Between Worlds.” The New York Times, 13 May 2001, Arts-25.
Zimmerman, Mark. “The Stillness of Painting.” PAJ, A Journal of Performance and Art
23, no. 3 (September 2001): 70-77. 23, no. 3 (September 2001): 70-77.

Music CD-ROMS
Brad Kahlhamer: KTNN (with Scott Hill, Jane Scarpantoni, Kevin Sparke, Mahoney Harris). Full Pelt Productions, 1998, in conjunction the exhibition of the same title at Bronwyn Keenan Gallery.
National Braid (with Laura Ortman). Full Pelt Productions, 2002

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