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SEAN DUFFY

Born: San Diego, 1966


EDUCATION

1992
MFA Studio Art - University of California at Irvine

1988
BA Studio Art & BA Political Science - University of California at San Diego

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007
The Grove, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Group Show part 3, Howard House, Seattle
Group Show part2, Susanne Vielmetter Berlin Projects
The Grove, Luckman Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles

2006
Group Show, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

2005
Casual Friday, 101 California Street Lobby, San Francisco

2004
Temporary Worker, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

2003
Sorry Entertainer, Howard House, Seattle, WA
Greatest Hits, Volume II, Suzanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, LA, CA
Cream, Suzanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, LA, CA

2000
mod2, Howard House, Seattle
mod3, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles

2000
Endless Sunday, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Miramar Artist Project Space
Game Over, George's, Los Angeles, CA
mod, Irvine Fine Arts Center

1999
First Wave, Quotidian Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1998
Teach Me To Love, Deep River, Los Angeles, CA

1995
Living Plan B; Go Captain Baby Vol. 2, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions

1994
The Real Captain Commander; Go Captain Baby Vol. 1, Lemoyne Kennels, Los Angeles

1992
Lump-o-coal, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions Bookstore


SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2007
SightRhythems: Sound and Light in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston,

2005
Cut, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Drive Time, Wignal Museum ar Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Lost in Music, JCCC Gallery, Overland Park Kansas

2004
The Realm of the Senses, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
Black Belt, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport, CA
"kurzdavordanach", Photographische Sammlung / SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, Germany
New, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

2003
BlackBelt, Studio Museum, Curated by Christine Kim, Harlem, NY
Hot Summer in the City, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
ArtBasel Miami Beach, Suzanne Vielmetter Projects
The Armory Show, New York, Suzanne Vielmetter Projects
ArtForum, Berlin, Suzanne Vielmetter Projects

2002
ArtChicago, Howard House and Suzanne Vielmetter Projects
21 Paintings from LA, Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, CalState, San Bernadino, CA,
curated by James Gobel

2001
LISTE 01, Basel, Suzanne Vielmetter Projects, Switzerland
Art Frankfurt, Suzanne Vielmetter Projects, Germany
Painting Beyond Painting, Cristinerose Gallery, New York

2000
For Example, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles

Bestiary, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena
The Spurgeon Experience 2, Raid Projects, Santa Ana
Pleasure Seekers, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver
One Night Stand, Park Plaza Lodge Hotel, Los Angeles

1999
for the kids? Quotidian Gallery, San Francisco
Game Show, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington
What On Earth, Nevada Institute for Contemporary Arts, Las Vegas
Day Dreaming, George's, Los Angeles
Happy Trails, College of Creative Studies, UC Santa Barbara
The Touch, Action;Space, Los Angeles
Real Deal, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange

1998
More More More, Action;Space, Los Angeles
Tweeners, Spanish Kitchen, Los Angeles
Time Travel, While U Wait, DMV Hollywood

1996
Make a Move, Lemoyne Kennels, Los Angeles
Echo Park Arts Festival, bus bench, Echo Park

1995
Neotoma, Otis Gallery, Los Angeles

1994
Second Anniversary Fashion Show, Food House, Santa Monica
Playfield, Rio Hondo College Art Gallery

1993
Germinal Notations, Food House, Santa Monica

1992
Hands, Venice Art Walk
Diverse Discourses Converge, DA Gallery, Claremont
Visual Exchange, Otis Parsons, Los Angeles

CURATORIAL PROJCETS

1999
Annual Juried Student Show (Judge), Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange

1997

Work and Progress, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions

1996
LACE hearts Hollywood Festival, Los Angeles ContemporaryExhibitions

1995
Chalk Truck, Lemoyne Kennels, Los Angeles

1992
Kinetic Art Drag Races, 3030 Orange, Santa Ana

REVIEWS

2006
Chris Balaschak, “Sean Duffy; Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, USA”, Frieze (September)
Emma Gray, “L.A. Confidential”, artnet (May 2006)
Christopher Knight, “One artist enough for the 'group'”, Los Angeles Times (April 21)

2005
Micheal Duncan, “Sean Duffy at Suzanne Vielmetter LA Projects”, Art in America (September)
Neha Choksi, “An Ode to the Universal Worker”, X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly (Volume 7, Number 4)
Kristina Newhouse, “Experiencing the California Biennial”, X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly (Volume 7, Number 3)
Jan Tumlir, “California Biennial”, Artforum (Febuary )

2004
Suzanne Muchnic, “No more coasting for OCMA”, Los Angeles Times (October 24)
Johanna Di Blasi, “Dem Bild unter den Rock geschaut”, Koelner Stadtanzeiger (October 23)
Christopher Knight, “Biennial arrives, and so does a museum”, The Los Angeles Times (October 13)
Richard Chang, “The Art of the New”, The Orange County Register (October 10)
Christopher Bollen, “Sculpture Culture - Sean Duffy”, VMAN (Issue #3, Fall/Winter)


2003
Tony Stasiek, “Wall to Wall”, The Bellingham Harold (October 2, 2003)
Emily Hall, “Do This” The Stranger” (August 21, 2003)
Mat Gleason, “Sean Duffy: Greatest Hits Volume II” Modern Painters (Summer 2003)

Gopnik, Blake, "Standouts in a Crowd: A Select Sampling of N.Y. Armory Show
Sean Duffy at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects", The Washington
Post, March 13
ArtScene, preview, March

2002
Schleuter, Christian, Frankfurter Rundschau, September 27
Rump, Gerhard Charles, Die Welt, September 26
Berliner Morgenpost, September 26
Sean Duffy / Susanne Vielmetter LA Projects", Bijutsu Techo 6, Vol. 54 No. 821, pg. 103
Lunenfeld, Peter, "Anthropomorphometric", artext, spring issue
LaBelle, Charles, "Sean Duffy at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects",Bijitsu Techo Magazine, Vol. 54 No.814, January

2001
Knight, Christopher, "Art History and Pop Culture: Just a Couple of His Targets",
Los Angeles Times (November 2)
Harvey, Doug, "Synthetics - Sean Duffy, Stephen Heer at Susanne Vielmetter
LA Projects", LA Weekly, November 16 - 22
Mastbaum, Blair, "Sean Duffy: cream", www.digitalcity.com, November 13
Katie Kurtz, "It's a 'mod' world of art and furniture", The Seattle Times (March 23)
Frances DeVuono, "Sean Duffy at Howard House", Artweek, May,Vol. 32, issue 5


2000
Duncan, Michael, "L.A. Confidential" Artnet.com (July 13, 2000)
Frank, Peter, "Picks of the Week" LA Weekly (August 11, 2000)
Ise, Claudine/ Lombino, Mary-Kay, "Bestiary" (Armory Center for the Arts, 2000)
Figuls, Carl, "Pumpkinheads" Los Angeles Times (October 28, 1993)

1999
Hall, Emily, "The Art of Play" The Stranger (December 12, 1999)
Harvey, Doug, "Non-Museum Top 10 - 1998 Year in Review" LA Weekly (January 8, 1999)
Knight, Christopher, "Imaginative 'Daydreaming' Alters FamiliarNarratives" Los Angeles Times (August 20, 1999)

1998
Harvey, Doug, "Sean Duffy at Deep River" Art Issues (Summer 1998)
Moore, Boothe, "Culture Watch" Los Angeles Times (February 15, 1998)

1996
Hansson, Bobby, "The Fine Art of the Tin Can" (Lark Books, 1996), 56.