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Dan ATTOE
(b. 1975, Bremerton, Washington, US)
Lives and works in Portland, Oregon

Current Group Exhibition:
Secret Societies, Musée d'art Contemporain
de Bordeaux - CAPC, Bordeaux, FR (Touring exhibition)
November 09, 2011 - February 26, 2012
capc-bordeaux.fr

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2011
Lights Flickering in the Dark, Peres Projects Mitte, Berlin, DE

2009
I'm done worryin' about shit., Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
Dan Attoe, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, US

2008
American Dreams, curated by Tania Pardo, Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Castilla y Leon (MUSAC), Leon, ES
Simple Thoughts and Complicated Animals, Peres Projects Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE

2006
Loaded, Nailed, and short on Cash, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
You have more freedom than you are using, Peres Projects Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE

2005
You Get What You Deserve, Vilma Gold, London, UK
New Paintings, 404 Arte Contemporanea, Naples, IT

2004
Some of the best things I know, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US

2003
Paintings and Tents, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, US
Dan Attoe: Tents and Paintings, curated by Chris Cook CSPS / Legion Arts, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2011
Secret Societies, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, DE
Sight Unseen, Mark Wolfe Contemporary, San Francisco, US
BigMinis, CAPC Musée d'art Contemporain, Bordeaux, FR

2010
Vivere Country, curated by Nonna Bruna, Grimmuseum, Berlin, DE
Point to the end, which is always present, Small A Projects, New York, US

2009
All Creatures Great and Small, curated by Maria Brewińska, Zacheta National Gallery, Warsaw, PL
Le Petit Objet, Royale Projects, Indian Wells, US
PAINTALLICA, Country Club, Los Angeles, US
Access All Areas, curated by Tanja Wagner and Arturo Herrera, Max Hetzler, Berlin, DE
Minneapolis, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
Breakfast of Champions, curated by Chloe Vaitsou, Yinka Shonibare Space, London, UK
Until the End of the Worlds, curated by Max Henry, AMP, Athens, GR
Reality Sandwiches, curated by Margherita Belaief, Artnews Projects, Berlin, DE
Rock Opera, CAPC, Museum of Contemporary Art, Bordeaux, FR
Play, Galleria Maria De Cardenas, Milan, IT
A Fragile Reality, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon, US
The Gainsborough Packet, &c, 176 / Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK

2008
War Party, TBA Fest, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon, US
The Unforgiven, Stellan Holm Gallery, New York City, US
OPEN: Neon as a medium, Royale Projects, Indian Wells, US
Lightness of Being, Initial Access, Wolverhampton, US
Discover the Landscape, Orangery Museum, Gera, DE
Several Landscapes, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, US
Important If True (Hootenanny in E.), Burnet Art Gallery at Chambers, the Luxury Art Hotel, Minneapolis, US
Contemporary Northwest Art Awards, Portland Art Museum, Portland, US
Shape of Things to Come, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Legend, curated by Alexis Vaillant, Domaine Departemental de Chamarande, FR

2007
Gravity's Rainbow, Peres Projects Athens, GR
8th Northwest Biennial, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington, US

2006
Demolition Crew, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, US
Phantasmania, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, US
1627 – 2007, Artnews Projects, Berlin, DE
Let's go camping, John Connelly Presents, New York City, US
There's no fooling you (the classics), Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
Eigenheim, everything but the kitchen sink, Kunstverein Goettingen, DE
The Classics: Dan Attoe, Elliott Hundley, Raqib Shaw, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
Montezuma's Revenge, Nicole Klagsbrun, New York City, US
New Monastery, St. Paul's Church Gallery, London, UK

2005
The Zine UnBound: Kults, Werewolves and Sarcastic Hippies, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, US
Fast Forward: A Passion for the New, House of Campari, Venice, IT, US
Growing Up Absurd, Hebert Read Gallery, Kent, UK
Sunset in Athens, Vamiali's, GR
The Common Room, Wilkinson Gallery, London, UK
New Figuration, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, DK
Growing Up Absurd, curated by Alun Rowlands & Matt Williams, Kent Institute of Art & Design, Kent, UK

2004
Axxxpresssunizm, Vilma Gold, London, UK
Young Americans, Galerie Hof & Huyser, Amsterdam, NL
Fictional Wonders / Real Hallucinations: Works by Dan Attoe and Tammy
Mercure,,
curated by Chris Cook, Sioux City Art Center, Iowa, US
Cave Canem, John Connelly Presents, New York City, US
New Space: figurative, abstract, and literal , Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago, US

2003
Rules Everyone Will Follow From This Day Forth , Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
Today's Man, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, JP
Today's Man, John Connelly Presents, New York City, US
Summer Jam, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US

2002
Iowa Artists 2002, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, US
Pretending I'm In the Forest, Eve Drewelowe Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, US

2001
Glad to Be Here, Byron Burford Gallery, Iowa City, US
Mixed Bag, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison, US

1999
"Secrets of Goo," Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, US
"The Walker Valise," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, US

1998
Appel Artist of the Year Show, Wausau, US


Dan ATTOE has been featured in Art Forum, The L.A. Times, Art Review, The Journal, Flash Art, Berlin Art Journal, PAPERMAG, and The New York Times.