GEORGE CONDO

Born in Concord, New Hampshire, 1957
Lives and works in New York

EDUCATION

1976-78 Lowell University, Massachusetts

AWARDS

1999 Receives the Academy Award in Art from the American Academy of Arts and Letters
2005 Francis J. Greenburger Foundation Award
2008 ArtsConnection Annual Artist’s Award
Anderson Ranch National Artist Award

TEACHING POSITIONS

2004 Visiting Lecturer on Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard, Boston, MA

FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS

2012 George Condo, Mental States, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 George Condo, Mental States, New Museum, New York, US (exh. cat). This exhibition travelled to Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Hayward Gallery, London, UK; and Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany (2012)
Drawings, Sprüth Magers, London, UK
George Condo: a collection of etchings, Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, US
2010 The Lost Civilization, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Zurich, Switzerland
Cartoon Abstractions, Galerie Jérome de Noirmont, Paris, France
Family Portraits, Sprüth Magers, Berlin, Germany
2009 George Condo, Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan, Italy
George Condo, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
KolnSkulptur 4, Skulpturenpark Koln, Cologne, Germany
La Civilisation Perdue, Musée Maillol, Paris, France
2008 Drawings, Sprüth Magers, Berlin, Germany
Christ: The Subjective Nature of Objective Representation, Luhring Augustine, New York, US
Artificial Realism, Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow, Russia (exh. cat)
2007 George Condo, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Zürich, Switzerland
George Condo, Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK (exh. cat)
George Condo: Paintings from the Last Ten Years, Nicholson Robinson Gallery, New York, US
2006 George Condo, Wrong Gallery, Tate Modern, London, UK
George Condo: Existential Portraits, Luhring Augustine, New York. US (exh. cat)
George Condo: Existential Portraits, Xavier Hufkens Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2005 George Condo: Sculptures, Skarstedt Fine Art, New York, US
George Condo, Sprüth Magers, Munich, Germany
Disassembled Objects, Power House, Memphis, US
One Hundred Women, Museum of Modern Art, Salzburg, Austria (exh. cat). This exhibition travelled to Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefield, Germany
2004 George Condo. Paintings from the Eighties, Biggs Robinson Gallery, New York, US
Religious Paintings, curated by Simon Lee, Sprüth Magers Lee Gallery, London, UK
George Condo, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, Greece
Memories of Manet and Velazquez, Galerie Jerome de Noirmont, Paris, France (exh cat.)
George Condo, Sprüth Magers, Munich, Germany
2003 Not Afraid, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, US
George Condo: Sculpture, Expanded Portraits, Extended Forms and Jazz Sculptures, Caratsch de Pury, Luxembourg (exh. cat)
George Condo: Sculpture, Expanded Portraits, Extended Forms and Jazz Sculptures, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland
George Condo, The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge, UK
2002 George Condo, Luhring Augustine, New York, US
George Condo, Garten-Landschaft OstWestfalenLippe, Schlosspark Wendlinghausen, Dörentrup, Germany
2001 Physiological Abstraction, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, France (exh. cat)
George Condo, Sprüth Magers, Munich, Germany
2000 Portraits, 11 Duke Street, London, UK
Mental States, Patrick Painter, Inc., Santa Monica, US
1999 George Condo: Jazz Paintings, PaceWildenstein, New York, US
Portraits Lost in Space, Deitch Projects, New York, US (exh. cat)
George Condo: Silkscreen Paintings, PaceWildenstein, Los Angeles, US
George Condo, Texas Gallery, Houston, US
New Paintings, Sprüth Magers, Cologne, Germany
George Condo: New Paintings, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland
George Condo: Televised Silkscreens, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, US
1998 Collage Paintings, PaceWildenstein, 142 Greene Street, New York, US (exh. cat)
Pages de Garde/End Papers, PaceWildenstein, Los Angeles and New York, US (exh. cat)
George Condo, Sprüth Magers, Cologne, Germany
The Horse and the Cardinal: George Condo and William Burroughs Collaborative Works, 1988-1996,
Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, US
1997 Collage Abstractions, PaceWildenstein, Los Angeles, US
1996 Drawings 1976-1996, PaceWildenstein, Los Angeles, US
George Condo, IT Park Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1995 Palais des Congrès de Paris, Paris, France.
Zeichnungen, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland.
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
Paintings and Drawings, PaceWildenstein, New York, US
McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Contemporary ArtsMuseum, Houston, US 
1994 Recent Paintings, PaceWildenstein, New York, US 
1993 Galeria Fernando Latorre, Zaragoza, Spain.
Sculpturen, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland.
Galeria Salvador Riera, Barcelona, Spain 
1992  George Condo, Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Obra 1990-1992, Galería Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid, Spain (exh. cat)
George Condo, Stuart Regen Gallery, Los Angeles, US
George Condo, Galeria Salvador Riera, Barcelona, Spain (exh. cat)
Neue Bilder, Galerie Pfefferle, Munich, Germany
Gravats, Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona, Spain
1991  Recent Paintings, The Pace Gallery, New York, US
1990 George Condo, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Peintures récentes 1989-90, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
Drawings, Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Michael Maloney Contemporary Art, Inc., Santa Monica, US
George Condo, Galerie de Poche, Paris, France
George Condo, Monika Sprüth Gallerie, Cologne, Germany
1989  George Condo, Waddington Galleries, London, UK (exh. cat)
1988 Neue Arbeiten, Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Paintings and Drawings, The Pace Gallery, New York, US
George Condo, Galeria Leyendecker, Tenerife, Spain
Works on Paper, Vrej Baghoomian Inc., New York, US
George Condo, Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne, Germany
1987 Neue Bilder, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland
George Condo, Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne, Gemany
Gemälde/Paintings 1984-1987, Kunstverein Munich, Munich, Germany (exh. cat)
Paintings, 1983-1987, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
1986 Paintings, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (exh. cat)
Recent Paintings, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, US (exh. cat)
George Condo, Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, US
George Condo, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, US
1985  Schilderijen en Tekeningen, Galerie ‘t Venster, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Neue Arbeiten, Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Major New Works, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland (exh. cat)
George Condo, Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, US
1984 George Condo, Galería Leyendecker, Tenerife, Spain (exh. cat)
Bilder – Zeichnungen, Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Paintings and Works on Paper, Ulrike Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles, US

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITONS

2010 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, US
2008 Against all Odds: Keith Haring in the Rubell Family Collection, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, US
How to Cook a Wolf: Part One, Dinter Fine Art, New York, US
The Luxury of Love, Vanina Holasek, New York, US
Wall Rockets: Contemporary Artists and Ed Ruscha, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, US. This exhibition travelled to FLAG Art Foundation, Berlin, Germany (2009)
It’s Not Over Yet, Invisible-Exports, New York, US
Blasted Allegories – Werke aus der Sammlung Ringier, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland
God and Goods, Villa Manin, Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, Codroipo, Italy (exh. cat)
Out of Shape: Stylistic Distortions of the Human Form in Art, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art
Center, Poughkeepsie, US (exh. cat)
Live Undead, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, UK
2007 …Und immer fehlt mir was, und das qualt mich, Werkstadt Graz, Graz, Austria
The Beholder’s Eye, Salmagundi Club of New York, New York, US
Create Your Own Museum: Highlights of a Private Collection, Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Inc., Moscow, Russia (exh. cat)
Negotiating Reality: Recent Works from the Logan Collection, Victoria H. Myren Gallery, Denver, US (exh. cat)
Meet the Artists, Deitch Projects, New York, US (exh. cat)
Still Life and Kicking: A Project with Vogue, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, US
Hold the line, Ferenbalm – Gurbru Station, Karlsruhe, Germany
My sweet sixteen party, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
Effigies, Modern Art Inc. and Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London, UK
Fractured Figure – Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation – Center for
Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
Block Party II, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, US
Radar: Selections from the Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan, Denver Art Museum, Denver, US (exh. cat)
Automatic, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, US
Contemporary and Modern Masters, Richard Gray Gallery, New York, US
The Present – The Monique Zajfen Collection, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Rockers Island – Olbricht Collection, Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen, Germany
Impulse: Works on Paper from the Logan Collection, The Logan Collection, Vail, US (exh. cat)
Poetics Country, Ferenbalm-Gurbru Station, Karlsruhe, Germany
Contemporary Art, Skarstedt Fine Art, New York, US
Comic Abstraction, Image-Breaking, Image-Making, Museum of Modern Art, New York, US (exh. cat)
2006 Memento Mori, Mireille Mosler Ltd., New York, US
The Food Show – The Hungry Eye, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, US
This is not America, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
Color Aside, Luhring Augustine, New York, US
Six Feet Under: Autopsies unseres Umgang mit Toten, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Busy going Crazy – The Sylvio Perlstein Collection, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
Zuruck zur figure, Malerei der Gegenwart, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Switzerland. This exhibition travelled to Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany; KunstHaus Wein, Vienna, Austria (2007)
40 ans, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France (exh. cat)
Over the Limit: Christopher Wool & George Condo, Portalakis Collection, Athens, Greece (exh. cat)
Surrealism: Then and Now, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, US
Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie Machael Haas, Berlin, Germany
Infinite Painting: Contemporary Painting and Global Realism, curated by Francesco Bonami, Villa Canarutto, Manin Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, Codroipo, Italy (exh. cat)
Vous êtes ici (You are here), FRAC, Auvergne, France. (exh. cat)
Negotiating Reality: Recent Works from the Logan Collection, Victoria H. Myhren Gallery, Denver, US
Redefined, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, US
2005 Self Portraits, Skarstedt Fine Art, New York, US
East Village USA, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, US
Happy Birthday!, Galerie Jérome de Noirmont, Paris, France
Post Modern Portraiture, The Logan Collection, Vail, US (exh. cat)
48th Corcoran Biennial: Closer to Home, curated by Stacey Schmidt, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, US (exh. cat)
Perspectives @ 25: A Quarter Century of New Art in Houston, Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, US (exh. cat)
2004 A New Modernism for a New Millennium: Abstraction and Surrealism Are Reinvented in the Internet Age, The Logan Art Museum, Vail, US (exh. cat)
East Village USA, The New Museum, New York, US (exh. cat)
...As Time Goes By, Leo Koenig Inc., New York, US
2003 Malerei 7, Sprüth Magers, Cologne, Germany (exh. cat)
Splat, Boom, Pow! The Influence of Cartoons in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, US (exh. cat). This exhibition travelled to Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, US; and Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, US
Not Afraid, Rubell Familly Collection, Miami, US
2002 Paintings, 1993-2001, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, US
Ahead of the 21st Century: The Pisces Collection, Fürstenberg Sammlungen, Donaueschingen, Germany (exh. cat)
New York Expression, Bergen Art Museum, Bergen, Norway
2001 Mythic Proportions. Painting in the 1980’s, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, US (exh. cat)
Televised Silkscreens, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, US (exh. cat)
2000 00: Drawings 2000 at Barbara Gladstone Gallery, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York (exh. cat)
Babylon, Sprüth Magers, Munich, Germany
1999 Bad Bad – That Is a Good Excuse, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany
1997 Premier MARCO 1996,” Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico
1996 Myths and Magical Fantasies, California Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido, US (exh. cat)
1995 Collection in Context: Picassoid,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, US
1994 Modern Drawings II, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, US
U.S. Painting in the 1980’s, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
1993 Imagen y Concepto: Un Recorrido por el Arte Contemporáneo Internacional, Galería Namia Mondolfi, Caracas, Venezuela (exh. cat)
Drawing the Line Against AIDS, American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR) at Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Venice, Italy (exh. cat)
Salon de Los 16, Palacio de Velasquez, Madrid, Spain
1992 Allegories of Modernism: Contemporary Drawing, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, US (exh. cat)
Ars Pro Domo, Gesellschaft für Moderne Kunst am Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (exh. cat)
Le Portrait dans I’Art Contemporain, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Nice, France (exh. cat)
1991 The 1980’s: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, US (exh. cat)
Ghost of a Chance, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, US (exh. cat)
Contemporary Art from the Collection of Jason Rubell, Duke University Museum of Art, North Carolina, US
Myth and Magic in the Americas: The Eigthies, Museo de Arte Contemporanoe de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico (exh. cat)
1990 Academy-Institute Invitational Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, US
Le Visage dans l’art contemporain, Musee Des Jacobins, Toulouse. This exhibition travelled to Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, France
Pharmakon’90, Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall, Chiba, Japan
The Last Decade: American Artists of the 80’s, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, US
Drawings of the Eighties: Part II, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, US
1989 1979-1989 American, Italian, Mexican Art from the Collection of Francesco Pellizzi, Hofstra Museum, Hempstead, US
I triennal de Dibuix - Joan Miro, La Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain.
Sculpture by Painters, The Pace Gallery, New York, US
Exposition Inaugurale, Fondation Daniel Templon, Musee Temporaire, Frejus, France
Summer Installation, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, US
Aldo Crommelynck Master Prints with American Artists, Whitney Museum of American Art at the Equitable Center, New York, US (exh. cat)
Painting Beyond the Death of Painting, Kuznetsky Most Exhibition Hall, Moscow, Russia
1988 Recent Drawings, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1987 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, US
1986 Drawings, Knight Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina, US
1984 East Village Painters, Artists Space, New York, US
1983 TerminalShow, Artists Library, Brooklyn, US

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

FRANCE Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Ministère de la Culture, Paris, France
Fonds Regional d’Art Contemporain, Ile de France, Paris, France
SPAIN Museu d’Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain
USA Norton Gallery, Palm Beach, US
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, US
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, US
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, US
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, US
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, US