Sack of Bones (Los Angeles) Biography / Peres Projects

Dan Colen
(b. 1979, Leonia, New Jersey, US)
Lives and works in New York City

Current Group Exhibition:
Grisaille, Part I, Luxembourg & Dayan, London, UK
October 9 - December 23, 2011
luxembourgdayan.com

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2011
Trash, Gagosian Gallery, Rome, IT
Oh God!, part of Three Amigos exhibition series, curated by Massimo De Carlo, Palazzo Rospigliosi, Rome, IT
Come Out Come Out Wherever You Are, dedicated to Dash Snow, Carlson Gallery, London, UK
Unpainted Paintings, Luxembourg & Dayan, New York, US
Peanuts, curated by Gunnar B. Kvaran, Hanne Beate Ueland and Grete Arbu, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, NO

2010
Poetry, Gagosian Gallery, New York City, US
Karma, Massimo de Carlo, Milan, IT

2008
I Live there…, Gagosian Gallery, London, UK

2006
NO ME, Peres Projects Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE
Secrets and Cymbals, Smoke and Scissors (My Friend Dash's Wall in the Future), Peres Projects, Los Angeles (traveled to Deitch Projects, New York City), US
Potty Mouth, Potty War, Pot Roast, Pot is a Reality Kick, Gagosian Gallery, New York City, US

2003
Seven Days Always Seemed Like A Bit Of An Exaggeration, Rivington Arms, New York City, US

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2011
Post 9-11, Oh Wow, Los Angeles, US
Unpainted Paintings, Luxembourg & Dayan, New York City, US
Don't Do It Etc, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger AG, Zurich, CH

2010
The Coke Factory, Ritter/Zamet, London, UK
Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection, curated by Jeff Koons, The New Museum, New York City, US

2009
New York Minute, curated by Kathy Grayson, Macro Future Museum, Rome, IT
Minneapolis, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

2008
Wet Pain, Step Brother, Dan Colen & Nate Lowman, A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia, IT
The Unforgiven, Stellan Holm Gallery, New York City, US
Closing Down Sale, Dan Colen & Nate Lowman, Michelle Maccarone, New York City, US
Substraction, Deitch Projects, New York City, US
Sack of Bones, Asia Song Society, New York City, US
Meet Me Around the Corner – Works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection,
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, NO

2007
Nest, Dan Colen and Dash Snow, Deitch Projects, New York City, US
Pop Art is:, Gagosian Gallery, London, UK
Unholy Truths, Initial Access, Frank Cohen Collection, Manchester, UK
Generation, Art Gallery of Alberta, CA
Fractured Figure, curated by Jeffrey Deitch, works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation, Athens, GR
Beyond Zero, Peres Projects, Athens, GR
Sweet Bird of Youth, curated by Hedi Slimane, Arndt & Partner, Zurich, CH
Last Attraction Next Exit, curated by Neville Wakefield, Max Wigram Gallery, London, UK
Absent Without Leave, Victoria Miro Gallery. London, UK
Beneath the Underdog, Gagosian Gallery, New York City, US

2006
Fantastic Politics, The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, NO
USA Today, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Survivor, curated by David Rimanelli, New York City, US
Defamation of Character, curated by Neville Wakefield, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, US
Mid-Life Crisis, curated by Ivana Salander and Tara Subkoff, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York City, US
Axis of Praxis, curated by Nate Lowman, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, US
Infinite Painting, curated by Francesco Bonami and Sarah Cosulich Canarutto, Villa Manin – Centre for Contemporary Art, Passariano, Codroipo, IT
Whitney Biennial 2006, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, US

2005
Bridge Freezes Before Road, curated by Neville Wakefield Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York City, US

Dan COLEN is in the permanent collection of The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City and The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway.

Dan COLEN has been featured in New York Magazine, Dazed & Confused, Flash Art, The New York Times, Modern Painters, Monopol, New Order Magazine and i-D Magazine.