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Born 1970, Ann Arbor, lives and works in Detroit.
Scott Reeder is an artist whose work has been exhibited widely including solo shows at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, L.A.C.E., Los Angeles, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, NY, Kavi Gupta, Berlin, 356 Mission, Los Angeles, and Pat Hearn Gallery, NY.
Reeder’s other recent projects include running a tiny performance venue; Club Nutz—the world’s smallest comedy club, and recently completing a feature length film titled Moon Dust. Set 100 years in the future, Moon Dust tells the absurd and sometimes heartbreaking story of a failing resort on the moon. Moon Dust has screened at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Anthology Film Archive, NY, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and is scheduled to screen at Kunsthall Stavanger, Norway in 2018. It will be screened at the Louisiana Museum in Denmark in September 2018.
Recent Exhibitions:
EDUCATION
1998
MFA, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1996
Visva Barhati University, Santiniketan, India
1995
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, New York, New York 1994 BFA, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1993
Yale/Norfolk Summer Program
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2020
Didactic Sunsets, Canada, New York, NY
2019
B-Side of the Moon, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2018
KUDDLEMUDDLE, with Michelle Segre, Reyes Projects, Birmingham, MI
2015
Context Burger, Retrospective, Hudson, NY
Put The Cat On The Phone, Kavi Gupta, Chicago
More Work, Natalia Hug, Cologne
It Gets Beta, Marlborough Chelsea, NY (with Andrew Kuo)
2014
Moon Dust, 356 Mission Road, Los Angeles, California
2013
People Call Me Scott, Lisa Cooley, New York
The Future is Stupid, Green Gallery, Milwaukee, (with Ken Kagami)
Paintings of Things, Kavi Gupta, Berlin, Germany
Scott Reeder, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, Illinois
2011
Scott Reeder, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
Scott Reeder, Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2010
Scott Reeder, Luce Gallery, Torino, Italy
2008
Didactic Sunset, Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
Scott Reeder and Tyson Reeder, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York
Nohl Fellowshio Exhibition, Inova at the Peck School of the Arts, Milwaukee
2006
Scott Reeder: New Works, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York
Scott Reeder: French Thoughts, Jack Hanley, San Francisco, California
2005
Scott Reeder – Moon Museum (Scene 51: Shots 1-2), Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Intelligent Design, Gavin Brown’s enterprise 620A, New York (with Tyson Reeder)
2003
Moon Dust, Gallery 400, Chicago, Illinois
2002
Scott Reeder: Flowers, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York
The Suburban, Oak Park (with Tyson Reeder)
Deluxe Projects, Chicago (with Milhaus)
2001
Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York (in association with Daniel Reich Gallery)
Pretty Funny: Scott Reeder and David Robbins, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston
2000
China Art Objects, Los Angeles (with Laura Owens)
Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, Texas (with Cameron Martin)
1999
Pat Hearn Gallery, New York
L.A.C.E., Los Angeles (with Michelle Lopez)
1998
Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Inaugural Exhibition, Gavlak, Los Angeles, CA
Canada b/w Drag City, Soccer Club, Chicago, IL
IDEA SALE, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
2017
Unobstructed Views, Library Street Collect & MoCAD, Hawkins Ferry House, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI
UNDERCOVER BOSS, Reyes Projects, Birmingham, MI
99 Cents or less, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), Detroit, MI
30th Anniversary Exhibition, Attics of My Life, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Gilding The Lolly, curated by Brian Bellot, Gavin Brown’s enterprise
2015
Laugh-In: Art, Comedy, Performance, curated by Jill Dawsey, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California comedie concrète, Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, Japan
International Currency, curated by Noah Barker, Lodos Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
Mexico Call and Response, Gavin Brown Enterprise, New York
Eagles II, Galeria Marlborough Madrid, Madrid, Spain
White Columns Print Portfolio, Frieze Art Fair, New York
Condensed Matter Community, curated by Evan Gruzis, Synchrotron Radiation Center, Stoughton, Wisconsin
COPS, TOPS Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
I Dropped The Lemon Tart, Lisa Cooley, New York
RE(A)D, curated by Ryan Steadman, Nathalie Karg, New York
Occupational Therapy, curated by Kelly Shindler, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Missouri
2014
Early Man, The Hole, New York
Ducks, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
People’s Biennial, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit
Summer & sUMMER, Michael Jon Gallery, Detroit
Another Look at Detroit: Parts 1 and 2, Marianne Boesky Gallery and Marlborough Chelsea, New York
Purple States, Andrew Edin Gallery, New York
Awkward Phase, 65 Maspeth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
2013
Paint Off, Paint On, Halsey McKay, East Hampton, New York
A Study in Midwestern Appropriation, curated by Michelle Grabner, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago,
Draw Gym, 247365 & Know More Games, Brooklyn, New York
Please Come to my Show, Part II (1980 - Now), organized by David Senior, Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Summer Reading, The Hole, New York
2012
Spaced, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York Portrait of a Generation, The Hole, New York
Liminal Boundaries, Luce Gallery, Torino, Italy “...”, The Hole, New York
2011
Abstract America, Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2010
Holes, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York
Little Worlds, Luce Gallery, Torino, Italy
Tuesday Afternoon in a Cage, L.T.D., Los Angeles, California
More Mergers and Acquisitions, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia
2009
Constellations, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
Rob Pruitt’s Fruit Market, The Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
Top Ten, New Jerseyy Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
Wallgasm, Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles, California
There, There, Inova-Peck School of the Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2008
Pretty Ugly, Gavin Browns Enterprise, New York
I Won’t Grow Up, Cheim & Read, New York
Tales of the Grotesque, Karma International, Zurich, Switzerland
2007
Liste International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, Switzerland
Space is a Place, curated by Rob Halverson, for Fake Space, curated by Kristan
Kennedy, Time-Based Art Festival, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon
Mantua Festival, Dublin, Ireland
Rob Pruitt’s Flea Market, GBE, Frieze International Art Fair, London,
Jail City, Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2007
Ceramics Show, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Fast Forward, Rockford Museum of Art, Rockford, Illinois
WuTang Googleplex, curated by Darren Bader, Gavin Browns at Passerby, New York
Big Secret Cache, Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles, California
High Desert Test Sites (organized by Andrea Zittell), Joshua Tree, California
Three Degrees of Francis Bacon, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2006
Action Adventure, Canada, New York
60 Second Video Festival, Fugitive Projects, Nashville, Tennessee
On Platforming, Locust Projects, Miami, Florida
Art Institute of Chicago Benefit Auction, Chicago, Illinois
White Columns Benefit Auction, New York
The Art of the Artist Statement, Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois
Kids of the Black Hole, Stalke Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005
Drunk vs Stoned 2, Gavin Brown Enterprise, New York
One Minute Rave, Canada Gallery, New York
The Four Color Pen Show – Chicago, Van Harrison Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2004
Strange Animal, L.A.C.E., Los Angeles, California
The Four Color Pen Show, Locust Projects, Miami, Florida
Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? (curated by Katherine Bernhardt), Champion Fine Arts, Los Angeles, California
The Infinite Fill Group Show (curated by Cory and Jamie Arcangel), Foxy Production, New York
Sticke Project, Wrong Gallery, New York
Drunk vs Stoned, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise/General Store, New York
Yard Sale, Track House, Oak Park, Illinois
Under the Sun, Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada
What’s Up With Milwaukee, Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, New York
Spacemakers, The Suburban/Lothringer Dreizen, Munich, Germany
Make Your Own Fun, Guild and Greyshkul, New York
2003
Going West, Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, Texas
Symbolic Space, The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York
The Birdman Returns, D'Amelio Terras, New York
Now Playing, D’Amelio Terras, New York
Karaoke Death Machine, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York
The Burnt Orange Heresy, Space 101, New York
Utopia Station, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
General Store, Milhaus booth at The Stray Show, Chicago, Illinois
Milhaus vs. Forcefield, Mixture Contemporary Arts, Houston, Texas
Amfar 2 x 2, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Sculpture Show, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, Texas
K-48 Kult Show, Scope Art Fair, New York, New York
The Party, Joymore, Chicago, Illinois
2002
Version 02, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
Canceled Art Fair, China Art Objects, Los Angeles, California Tasty Dog, Krems (with Milhaus), Austria
Realm of the Lair, Joymore, Chicago, Illinois
Plat & Form, Portable Hermetic & Foster Gallery
2001
Mortal, The Betty Rymer Gallery, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Memorial Show (part three), Pat Hearn Gallery, New York
More, more, more, Chicago Project Room, Los Angeles, California
The Armory Show, Pat Hearn Gallery, New York
2000
Factory Soiree, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Next Wave: New Painting in Southern California, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, California
1999
Painting: fore and aft, ACME, Los Angeles, California
1998
Oriental Nights, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York
Yeah, Loyola Arts Research Center, Chicago, Illinois
Vienna Beef, Bricks and Kicks, Vienna, Austria
1997
Harry Karry Show, Diverse Works, Houston, Texas
1996
The Speed of Painting, Pat Hearn Gallery, New York
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2007
Mary L. Nohl Individual Artist Fellowship
2006
Selected Artist, Artist Pension Trust, New York, NY
2002
Visiting Artist, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
2001
Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
1999
Visiting Artist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1993
Ellen Battell Stockel Fellowship, Yale University
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. Kadist Art Foundation
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Altlanta, GA