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Richard Aldrich (b. 1975 in Hampton, Virginia) Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York
Education
1998 Ohio State University, OH, BFA
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Misako and Rosen, Tokyo, Japan 2018 Enter the Mirror, Bortolami, New York, NY 2017 Adrian Rosenfeld Gallery, San Francisco, CA Fun House, dépendance, Brussels, Belgium 2016 MDD, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium Misako and Rosen, Tokyo, Japan Time Stopped, Time Started, Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY 2015 Ten Years of Richard Aldrich from the Collection of Bob Nickas, White Columns, New York, NY 2014 dépendance, Brussels, Belgium Gladstone Gallery, Brussels, Belgium 2013 Twins, Misako and Rosen, Tokyo, Japan The Words of Tuck Tuck Tuck, Karma, New York, NY Forget Your Dreams, All You Need is Love / A Day in the Life, Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY 2012 Half of What I Say, dépendance, Brussels, Belgium 2011 New Work: Richard Aldrich, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA Once I Was…, Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY Museo, Corvi-Mora, London, United Kingdom Richard Aldrich and the 19th Century French Painting, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St Louis, MO (cat) 2010 Slide Paintings, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA Misako and Rosen, Tokyo, Japan 2009 dépendance, Brussels, Belgium Art Statement, Art I 40 I Basel, Switzerland Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY
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2008 Narrative with 5 Characters, Corvi-Mora, London, United Kingdom 2007 Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA Paintings, Roger Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden 2006 Corvi-Mora, London, United Kingdom 2004 Oliver Kamm/5BE Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 Abstraction: Aspects of Contemporary Art, National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan Richard Aldrich, William Carlos, Williams, No Moss:, Parapet Real Humans, St. Louis, MO Another Music In a Different Kitchen: Studio Recordings & Records by Artists, Karma Bookstore, New York, NY United Brothers Fukushima Android Series Franchise, Green Tea Gallery, Paris, France 2018 The Scent of Images – Works of the colección OLOR VISUAL, Barcelona, Kunst und Kulturstiftung Opelvillen Rüsselsheim, Rüsselsheim am Main, Germany Herald St, London, United Kingdom Inherent Structures, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH The Myriad Forms of Visual Arts: 196 Works with 19 Themes, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan Doyers, New York, NY Let’s See Action, curated by MISAKO & ROSEN, Pollock Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 2017 Children’s Games, ADN Collection, Bolzano, Italy The Collectors Home, Avlskarl, Copenhagen, Denmark 2021, Sydney, Sydney, Australia University of Disasters, Bortolami, New York, NY Condo 2017, dépendance at Maureen Paley, London, United Kingdom 2016 Art is Not a Competition, (Kaiga no tabi’06-’16), Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA Painters’ Painters, Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom Nice Weather, Skarstedt, New York, NY The Lasting Concept, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR Galierie Natalie Seroussi at Dépendence, Dépendence, Brussels, Belgium 2015 Teoría del Duende, Centro Federico Garcia Lorca, Granada, Spain Works on Paper, Greene Naftali, New York, NY The Radiants, curated by Jacob King and UNITED BROTHERS, Bortolami, New York, NY New Acquisitions, The University of Manchester, The Whitworth, Manchester, United Kingdom
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2014 The Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Hypothesis for an Exhibition, Dominique Lévy, New York (cat) Biennale of Painting: The Touch of the Painter, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium Abstract Possibilities 2, Bjorkholmen Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden The Hawker, Carlos/Ishikawa, London, United Kingdom Stars + Stripes: American Art of the 21st Century from the Goldberg Collection, touring 2014 – 2016, Museum & Galleries of NSW, New South Wales, Australia Outside the Lines, Contemporary Art Museum of Houston, Houston, TX 2013 My Crippled Friend, Columbus College of Art and Design, Ohio Why Not Live For Art? II, Tokyo City Opera, Tokyo, Japan Roving Signs, Mathew Marks, New York, NY 10 Years, Wallspace, New York, NY Inevitable Figuration, Pecci Center for Contemporary Art, Prato, Italy (cat) LAT. 41° 7' N., LONG. 72° 19' W, Martos Gallery, East Marion, NY 2012 Out Of The Blue, Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY Twenty Years After, Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden September, Misako and Rosen, Tokyo, Japan If There Would Be a Face, This Would Be a Cat, dépendance, Brussels, Belgium Soundworks, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, United Kingdom How Do It Know, Essex Street, New York, NY Contemporary Painting, 1960 to the Present: Selections from the SFMoMA Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA Risk + Reward, Foster Gallery at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI 2011 The 2011 Bridgehampton Biennial, Martos Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY Straw, Hannah Barry Gallery, London, United Kingdom Catalogue of the Exhibition, Triple V Gallery, Paris, France Time Again, Sculpture Center, New York, NY (cat) With One Color, Van de Weghe Fine Art, New York, NY Provisional Painting, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London, United Kingdom Five Easy Pieces, Galeria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy Creating the New Century: Contemporary Art From the Dicke Collection, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH (cat) Rational Abstraction, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (cat) 2010 Painting Extravaganza, Cardi Black Box, Milan, Italy Re-Dressing, Bortolami, New York, NY New Work From New York, Golden Gallery, Chicago, IL Gradation, Portugal Arte 10, Lisbon, Portugal Next Generation, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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Le Tableau, Cheim and Read, New York, NY Exhibition #3, The Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, NY Feint Art, Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany Whitney Biennial 2010, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (cat) Off The Wall, Gustavsbergs Konsthall, Gustavsberg, Sweden (cat) 2009 Doors, Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain Besides, With, Against, and Yet: Abstraction and The Ready-Made Gesture, The Kitchen, New York, NY Cave Painting Installment #1, Gresham's Ghost, New York, NY Richard Aldrich, Zak Prekop, Lesley Vance, Roger Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden My Summer Show, Galerie Lelong, New York, NY Abstractionists Unite! Who Give You Just Enough To Last a Lifetime, The Glendale College of Art Gallery, Glendale, CA Cave Painting, PSM Gallery, Berlin, Germany Collection of… White Columns, New York, NY Strip/Stripe, The Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, NY House Call, Three's Company, New York, NY 2008 Sphinxx, Modern Art, London, United Kingdom Catawampus (for H.D.), Midway Contemporary Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (cat) Here's Why Patterns, Here's Why Patterns, Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, Japan Bob Nickas -Recent Acquisitions, Gifts and Works from Various Exhibitions 1985-2008, White Columns, New York, NY Black Noise, Centre National Édition Art Image, Chatou, France 2007 Black Noise, MAMCO, Geneva, Switzerland Catawampus (for H.D.), Shane Campbell, Chicago, IL People Take Pictures of Each Other, LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, MA Laying Bricks, Wallspace, New York, NY Bastard Creature, Palais De Tokyo, Paris, France Abstract Paintings and a Sculpture, Fireplace Project, East Hampton, NY Richard Aldrich & Meredyth Sparks, Elizabeth Dee, New York, NY Beneath the Underdog, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY Painting as Fact, Fact as Fiction, de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich, Switzerland (cat) M R A I T C T H A A N M D Y, The Mandrake, Los Angeles, CA The Back Room, Celda Contemporánea, Mexico City, Mexico 2006 Bunch Alliance and Dissolve, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH (cat) Music is a Better Noise, P.S.1, New York, NY Flesh Records, Haswellediger, New York, NY An Ongoing Low-Grade Mystery, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York NY Endless Summer, West London Projects, London, United Kingdom Audio, Cabinet des Estampes, Geneva, Switzerland Surfing the Surface, Galleria Paolo Bonzano, Rome, Italy
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Supports, Roger Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA 2005 Richard Aldrich + Paul-Aymar Mourgue d’Algue, Galleria Paolo Bonzano, Rome, Italy Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA Lesser New York, Fia Backstrom Production, Brooklyn, NY Greater New York 2005, P.S.1, New York, NY (cat) KA/VH:RA/AG, Oliver Kamm/5BE Gallery, New York, NY Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA 2003 The Club in the Shadow, Kenny Schachter Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Performances
2013 An American Tuk Tuk in Paris, Green Tea Gallery, Paris, France 2012 A Ridding, Regina Rex, Brooklyn, NY 2011 Mandolin, Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Bibliography
2018 “Richard Aldrich’s Elliptical Paths Through Language”, Natalie Haddad, Hyperallergic, April 2018 “Richard Aldrich: Enter The Mirror”, David Rhodes, The Brooklyn Rail, April 2018 2016 “Painters’ Painters,” Martin Gayford, Saatchi Gallery, November 2016 “Terry Winters,” interviewed by Richard Aldrich, Matthew Marks Gallery, November, 2016 “Richard Aldrich on the Plurality of Painting,” Calum Sutherland, The Japan Times, April 2016 “What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week,” Roberta Smith, The New York Times, March 2016 2015 “The Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World,” Aran H. Merjan, Frieze, April, 2015 “Painting Now,” Suzanne Hudson, Thames & Hudson, 2015 “Formal Attires,” David Geers, “Frieze, March 2015 “Seeing it Now,” Mary Ann Caws, The Brooklyn Rail, March 2015 “Forever Now Tomorrow,” Barbara Rose, The Brooklyn Rail, March 2015 “Structure Rising: On MoMA’s Painting Survey,” David Salle, ArtNews, March 2015 “In The Studio: Richard Aldrich,” Ross Simonini, Art in America, February 2015 2014 “The Paintbrush in the Digital Era,” Roberta Smith, The New York Times, December 11, 2014 “The Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World,” Laura Hoptman. MoMA, New York, 2014
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“The Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World,” Margaret Ewing. MoMA, New York, 2014 “It’s Not About What This Painting Does,” Richard Aldrich, Mousse Magazine, December 2014 “Goings On About Town,” The New Yorker, July 21, 2014 “Hypothesis for an Exhibition,” Begum Yasar, Dominque Lévy, 2014 “Painting is a Painting is a Painting,” Ben Eastham, Elephant, spring, 2014 “Richard Aldrich,” Cynthia Nadelman, Artnews, February 2014 2013 "The Inevitable Figuration," Davide Ferri, Silvana Editoriale, 2013 “Goings On About Town,” The New Yorker, August 12, 2013 “Bull Tongue,” Thurston Moore, Byron Coley, Arthur Magazine, April 2013 “Richard Aldrich and Josh Brand,” Andrew Long, Doingbird, winter 2013 2012 "September," Satoru Nagoya, Flash Art, November, 2012 "Progression of Forms: The Art of Daan Van Golden," Richard Aldrich, Artforum, summer 2012 "Neo-Modern," David Geers, October, Winter 2012 2011 "Vitamin P2," Jonathon Griffin, Phaidon, 2011 "Catalogue of the Exhibition 1984-2011," Bob Nickas, 2nd Cannons Publications, 2011 “Richard Aldrich ‘Once I Was…’ at Bortolami…", Will Heninrich, NY Observer, September 27, 2011 "Richard Aldrich," Mark Prince, Art in America, September, 2011 "Time Again," Katie Kitamura, Art Monthly, July-August, 2011 "Time Again," Roberta Smith, New York Times, July 7, 2011 "Despite Their Dissimilar Features," Forrest Nash, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, 2011 "Painting and Silence (Waving My Arms in the Air)," Laura Fried, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, 2011 "Abstraccion Racional," Mariano Navarro, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, 2011 "Dear Picasso," Ann Landi, Art News, May, 2011 "Provisional Painting," Martin Coomer, Time Out London, May, 2011 "Time Again," Fionn Meade, Sculpture Center, 2011 Critics Pick, Jerry Saltz, New York Magazine, April 25, 2011 Critics Picks, Anne Thompson, Artforum.com, 2011 "Creating the New Century: Contemporary Art from the Dicke Collection," Ellie Bronson, Dayton Art Institute, 2011 2010 "New Abstract Painting," Joanna Fiduccia, Michael Ned, Kaleidoscope, Winter, 2010 "Richard Aldrich,” Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Artforum, November, 2010 Christopher Knight, LA Times, October 1, 2010 "Focus: Richard Aldrich," Natalie Haddad, Frieze, October, 2010 "Le Tableau: French Abstraction and Its Affinities," Roberta Smith, New York Times, June 2, 2010 "Ready-Made Painting," Barbara Buchmaier, Spike Art Quarterly, Summer, 2010 "Besides, With, Against, and Yet: Abstraction and the Ready-Made Gesture," Caroline Busta, May, Issue 03, 2010 "There Is No Such Thing as 'Painting,” Isabelle Graw, Achim Hochdorfer, Texte Zur Kunst, Issue 77, March, 2010
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"Besides, With, Against, and Yet," Morgan Falconer, Frieze, March, 2010 "Change We Can Believe In,” Jerry Saltz, New York Magazine, March 8, 2010 "Whitney Biennial 2010,” Fionn Meade, Whitney/Yale, 2010 “Besides, With, Against, and Yet,” Suzanne Hudson, Artforum, February, 2010 "MicroTate,” Tate Etc., Issue 18-Spring, 2010 2009 "The Artists' Artist," Artforum, December, 2009 "Painting Abstraction: New Elements in Abstract Painting," Bob Nickas, Phaidon, 2009 "Provisional Painting," Rubinstein Raphael, Art in America, May 2009 Kai Turner, ArtNews, May 2009 "Coming From Many Places," interview by Alessandro Rabottini, Mousse, April/May, 2009 "Reviews Marathon, New York," Joshua Mack, Art Review, April, 2009 "Openings: Richard Aldrich," Scott Rothkopf, Artforum, April, 2009 "Richard Aldrich," Michael Wilson, Artforum, March, 2009 Roberta Smith, The New York Times, February 6, 2009 The Brooklyn Rail, Nora Griffin, February, 2009 “Goings On About Town,” The New Yorker, January 26, 2009 "Week in Review: January 18, 2009," Contemporary Art Daily, contemporaryartdaily.com, January 18, 2009 "Richard Aldrich is Serious!," Alex Gartenfeld, Interviewmagazine.com January 8, 2009 "New York Artists Dictionary Part 1," Flash Art, January/February, 2009 "Reviews Marathon, London," Martin Herbert, Art Review, January/February, 2009 2008 "Buoys, Props and Signs: Richard Aldrich & Lisa Williamson," Michael Ned Holte, Artlies.org, Winter 2008 "The Best of 2008," Michael Ned Holte, Artforum, December, 2008 "Qu'est Que La Peinture Aujoud'hui?" Judicael Lavrador, Beaux Arts Editions, 2008 Kitamura, Katie, Frieze.com, November 17, 2008 "Looking Back: Emerging Artists,” Connie Butler, Frieze, January/February, 2008 2007 "Our Favorite Shows and Artifacts," Amra Brooks, LA Weekly, December 26, 2007 Must See Art, Amra Brooks, LA Weekly, December 12, 2007 Critic's Picks, Christopher Bedford, Artforum.com, 2007 "Introducing," Nuit Banai, Modern Painters, December 2007 "I Heart Information," Anthony Huberman, Afterall, Autumn/Winter 2007 "Steven Parrino,” Bob Nickas, Artforum, September 2007 "In These Shows, the Material is the Message," Roberta Smith, The New York Times, August 10, 2007 "Build it High: Laying Bricks," Tyler Cobum, Art Review, July and August 2007 "In the Borderland Between Abstraction and Figuration," Joanna Persman, Svenska Dagbladet, June 2, 2007 "A Show With Chutzpah," Jennifer Landes, The East Hampton Star, May 2007 "Music is a Better Noise," Mark Beasley, Frieze, April 2007 “Bunch Alliance and Dissolve," Jennie Klein, Art Papers, March/April 2007 "Non-Specific Objects," Jerry Saltz, Modern Painters, March 2007
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"Viva," Modern Painters, March 2007 2006 "Menace, Glitter and Rock in Visions of Dystopia," Roberta Smith, The New York Times, December 29, 2006 "Musical Chairs," Sarah Kessler, Art Krush, December 13, 2006 "Raoul De Keyser," Roberta Smith, The New York Times, November 17, 2006 "Richard Aldrich," Lupe Nunez-Fernandez, Saatchi Gallery, June 2006 "In Absence of the Figure," Alissa Bennett, Michael Clifton, Issue Magazine, March 2006 "UT Artist in Residence Biennial 2006," Joe Fyfe, Catalog essay, 2006 2005 “Greater New York 2005,” Sarah Lewis, Catalog essay, 2005 “Dire Diary,” Jerry Saltz, The Village Voice, April 25, 2005 “Don't Miss: Lesser New York,” Andrea Scott, Time Out New York, April 7, 2005 “Local Heroes,” Andrea Scott, Time Out New York, March 31, 2005 “KA/VH:RA/AG,” Roberta Smith, New York Times, March 18, 2005 “DJ Funnywalk,” interview by Sabrina Geshwandter, Knit Knit, 2005 “Beers for peers,” Michael Wilson, Artforum Diary, March 16, 2005 Critics' Picks, Michael Ned Holte, Artforum.com, 2005 2004 Andrea Scott, Time Out New York Magazine, July 7, 2004 Roberta Smith, The New York Times, July 2, 2004 “Panorama Pittura,” Andrea Bellini, Flash Art Italia, April 2004 “Dictionary of New York Painters,” Andrea Bellini, Sonia Campagnola, Flash Art Italia, April 2004
Collections Museum of Modern Art, New York San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Whitney Museum of American Art The Whitworth Art Gallery Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens National Museum of Art, Osaka
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