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David Altmejd

Born in Montreal 1974
Lives and works in New York

Education

2001

• MFA, Columbia University, New York, NY

1998

• BFA, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Canada

Solo Exhibitions

2009

• Magasin, Grenoble

2008

• Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
• Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York

2007

• The Index, Canadian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice
• David Altmejd, Fundació “la Caixa”, Barcelona
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, Colorado
• David Altmejd, Oakville Galleries in Gairloch Gardens, Oakville, Ontario, Canada traveling to; Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal, Canada; Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta

2006

• Metamorphosis, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal
• University de Quebec, Montreal
• Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London

2005

• Xavier Hufkens, Brussels

2004

• Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York

2003

• Galerie Optica, Montreal
• Sarah Altmejd, Galerie SKOL, Montreal

2002

• Clear Structures for a New Generation, Ten in One Gallery, New York

1999

• Modèles d’esprit et jardins intérieurs, Galerie B-312, Montreal

1998

• Jennifer, Galerie Clark, Montreal
• Table n°2, Galerie SKOL, Montreal

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009

• Dream Time, Les Abbatoirs & The mas d’Azil cave, Toulouse

2008

• Tate Liverpool, Liverpool Biennale
• Lustwarande 08 – Wanderland, De Oude Warande, Tilburg
• Freeway Balconies, Curated by Collier Schorr, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin
• Musee National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec (Triennial), Quebec
• Quebec Triennial, Musee D’Art Contemporain de Montreal, Canada
• Legend, Domaine de Chamarande, Chamarande
• Six Feet Under: Autopsy of Our Relation to the Dead, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Also traveling to: The Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

2007

• Star Power: Museum as Body Electric, MCA Denver, Colorado
• Effigies, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
• The Fractured Figure, Deste Foundation, Athens
• Disorder in the House, Walter Vanhaerents Collection, Brussels

2005

• Ideal Worlds. New Romanticism in Contemporary Art, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt

2004

• Noctambule, Fondation Dosne – Biblioteque Thiers, Paris, France (organized by D’Amelio Terras, NY)
  2004 Whitney Biennial of American Art, New York
• SCREAM, Anton Kern Gallery, New York

2003

• Material Eyes, LFL Gallery, New York, NY
• 8th Istanbul Biennial, curated by Dan Cameron, Istanbul
• Détournements, Maison de la Culture Côte-des-Neiges, Montreal
• Corporate Profits vs. Labor Costs, curated by John Connelly, D’Amelio Terras Gallery, New York
• LIFE/LIKE, Apartment 5BE Gallery, New York

2002

• Point de chute, curated by Louis Déry, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Brussels
• Demonclownmonkey, curated by Matthew Ritchie, Artist Space, New York
• Lucky Draw, benefit for Sculpture Center, Deitch Projects, New York

2001

• Interval, Sculpture Center, New York
• How I learned to stop worrying and love the recession, Ten in One Gallery, New York
• Point de chute, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal

2000

• Stimuli, Maison de la Culture Frontenac, Montreal
• Artifice 98, Saidye Bronfman Art Center, Montreal
• Les Bricolos, Galerie Clark, Montreal

Publications

2009

• Davies, Lillian, Vitamin 3-D: New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation, Phaidon Press, London, p. 24-27

2007

• Dery, Louise, David Altmejd: The Index, Canada Pavillion, 52nd Venice Biennale, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal

2006

• Dery, Louise, David Altmejd, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal (exhibition catalogue)

Selected Bibliography

2008

• Buck, Louisa, Vogue, Extraordinary, p.173-175
• Saltz, Jerry, Artnet.com, Statuary Story, June
• Hong, Catherine, W Magazine, Beyond Tomorrow, November, p. 212-214

2007

• Altmejd, David, V Magazine, David Altmejd: Canadian Pavilion, Fall, p. 161
• Bagatavicius, Christina, Canadian Art, Giardini Birdland, Summer, p. 56-61
• Artkrush.com, One to Watch: David Altmejd, July 11
• O’Keefe, Alice, New Statesman, The Art of a Good Time, June 21
• CBC Arts Online, Altmejd’s Werewolves, Birdmen Create Buzz at Venice Biennale, June 11
• Goddard, P, The Toronto Star, Reviews, June 9
• Higgins, Charlotte, The Guardian, Pick of the Pavilions: Fake Loos, Baghdad Holidays and Birdmen, June 9
• Kennedy, Randy, The New York Times, Venice Biennale: Revenge of the Raptors, June 6
• Gleadell, Colin, The Daily Telegraph, Behind the Venetian Mask, June 5
• Saatchi Gallery Online, David Altmejd at the Canadian Pavilion, June
• Charlesworth, J.J., Art Review, David Altmejd: Shapeshifter, June
• Milroy, Sarah, The Globe and Mail, Art with Fur and Big Teeth, January 30
• Higgins, Charlotte, The Guardian, Emin Tops Artistic Bill as a Dozen Brits Make Grand Tour to Venice, May 2
• Goddard, Peter, Toronto Star, David Altmejd’s Metamorphosis, January 27

2006

• Alessandrelli, Ir’met Zucca, Flash Art, Exquisite Corpse, July-September
• CBC Arts Online, Montreal Sculptor Will Represent Canada at 2007 Venice Biennale, July 11
• Gronlund, Melissa, i-D Magazine, David Altmejd: Art Star, May
• Sumpter, Helen, Time Out London, Reviews: David Altmejd, April 19
• Larson, Kay, ARTnews, Beautiful Mutants, February
• Cook, Roger, Miser & Now, A Sense of the Tact: Zurich, Berlin and London, Issue 8

2005

• Neil, Jonathan T.D., Modern Painters, Emerging Artists: David Altmejd, November
• Velasco, David, Art Papers, Monsters in the Closet: Learning to Love David Altmejd, July-August
• Duplat, Par Guy, La Libre Belgique. Le sculpteur de loups-garous, March 30, p. 32
• Spaid, Sue, Art US, David Altmejd, March-April, p. 41
• Armetta, Amoreen, Contemporary, New York: Andrea Rosen Gallery: David Altmejd, March, p. 75-76
• Schmerler, Sarah, Art in America, David Altmejd at Andrea Rosen, March, p. 132-133
• Miles, Christopher, Frieze, David Altmejd, January-February, p. 98
• Kastner, Jeffrey, ArtForum, David Altmejd, January, p. 180
• Wiley, Kehinde, ArtForum, Top Ten, April, p. 82
• Lawrence, James, Burlington Magazine, Reviews: Contemporary Art, New York, January

2004

• Sillman, Nick, The Brooklyn Rail. David Altmejd at Andrea Rosen Gallery, November
• Enright, Robert, Border Crossings, Learning from Objects, Issue 92, p. 66-75
• Glueck, Grace, The New York Times, Reviews: David Altmejd, November 26, p. E41
• 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
• Heartney, Eleanor, Art in America, The Well-Tempered Biennial, June-July, p. 70-71
• 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
• 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
• Flash Art, New York, New York: Art Fragments from the Big Apple, March-April, p. 59-63
• Kimmelman Michael, The New York Times, Touching All Bases At The Biennale, March 12, p. E27
• Lee, Pamela M., ArtForum, Crystal Lite, May, p. 174-175
• McCormack, Derek, The Look, Hairy Winston, Summer, p. 30
• Saltz, Jerry, The Village Voice, The OK Corral, March 17-23, p. 80
• Saltz, Jerry, The Village Voice, Modern Gothic, February 4-10, p. C85
• Sholis, Brian, Flash Art, David Altmejd: Hideous Progeny, March-April, p. 100-102
• Sundell, Margaret, Time Out New York, The Today Show, March 25 – April 1, p. 56-57
• Johnson, Ken, The New York Times, Material Eyes, January 9, p. E44
• Scott, Andrea K., Time Out New York, David Altmejd, Dana Schutz and Kirsten Stoltmann: Material Eyes, January 1-8, p. 52

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