Dan Colen
(b. 1979, New Jersey)
Lives and works in New York City
Recent solo exhibitions:
"I Live there…," Gagosian Gallery, London UK, 2008
"NO ME" Peres Projects, Berlin, 2006
"Secrets and Cymbals, Smoke and Scissors (My Friend Dash's Wall in the Future)," Peres Projects, Los Angeles (traveled to Deitch Projects, New York), 2006
"Potty Mouth, Potty War, Pot Roast, Pot is a Reality Kick," Gagosian Gallery, New York, 2006
"Seven Days Always Seemed Like A Bit Of An Exaggeration," Rivington Arms, New York, 2003
Recent group exhibitions
"Wet Pain, Step Brother," Dan Colen & Nate Lowman," A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia, Italy, 2008
"The Unforgiven", Stellan Holm Gallery, New York, 2008
"Closing Down Sale," Dan Colen & Nate Lowman, Michelle Maccarone, New York, 2008
"Substraction," Deitch Projects, New York, 2008
"Sack of Bones," Asia Song Society, New York, 2008
"Meet Me Around the Corner – Works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection,"
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway, 2008
"Nest," Dan Colen and Dash Snow, Deitch Projects, New York, NY, 2007
"Pop Art is:" Gagosian Gallery, London, UK, 2007
"Unholy Truths," Initial Access, Frank Cohen Collection, Manchester, UK, 2007
"Generation," Art Gallery of Alberta, Canada, 2007
"Fractured Figure," works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, curated by Jeffrey Deitch, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece, 2007
"Beyond Zero," Peres Projects, Athens, Greece, 2007
"Sweet Bird of Youth," Arndt & Partner, Zurich, Swizterland, curated by Hedi Slimane, 2007
"Last Attraction Next Exit," Max Wigram Gallery, London, UK, curated by Neville Wakefield, 2007
"Absent Without Leave," Victoria Miro Gallery. London, UK, 2007
"Beneath the Underdog," Gagosian Gallery, NY, 2007
"Fantastic Politics," The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway, 2006
"USA Today," Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 2006
"Survivor," curated by David Rimanelli, New York, 2006
"Defamation of Character," Curated by Neville Wakefield, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY, 2006
"Mid-Life Crisis," Curated by Ivana Salander and Tara Subkoff, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York, NY, 2006
"Axis of Praxis," Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, Minn., April 8 – May 20th, 2006, curated by Nate Lowman, 2006
"Infinite Painting," Villa Manin – Centre for Contemporary Art, Passariano, Codroipo, Italy, April 9 – September 24, 2006, curated by Francesco Bonami and Sarah Cosulich Canarutto
Whitney Biennial 2006, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Dan Colen is in the permanent collection of The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York and The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo Norway.
Colen has been featured in New York Magazine, Dazed & Confused, Flash Art, The New York Times, Modern Painters, Monopol, and i-D Magazine.