DANICA PHELPS
Born April 26, 1971, New York, NY, lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
EDUCATION
1995 MFA, Rhode Island School of Design
1994 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
1993 Hampshire College, Amherst, Mass
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Drawings about the present quickly become works about the past, Galleria Glance, Turin, Italy
Now and Then, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
Saving Time, Galeria Nieves Fernandez, Madrid, Spain
Getting Ready, Dina4Projekte, Munich, Germany
Stripe Factory, Sister, Los Angeles, CA
Material Recovery, Zach Feuer, New York, NY
Danica Phelps: This Time Last Year, Ritter/Zamet, London, England
Saving Time, Thirty Seven Degrees, Sydney, Australia
2007
Stripe Factory, Rotwand, Zurich
2006
Drawing Flowers, Dina4Projekte, Munich, Germany
Stretch, Sister, Los Angeles, CA
Two Takes with Debi Ray-Chaudhuri, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
India: Two Views, project room with Debi Ray-Chaudhuri, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005
Wake, Zach Feuer Gallery (LFL), New York, NY
Integrating Sex Into Everyday Life, Galerie Schütte, Essen, Germany
Staub gfzgk*, Zurich, Switzerland
Getting My Money's Worth, Ritter/Zamet, London, UK
2 D.s - w/ Debi Ray-Chaudhuri, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004
Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
Writers Trade, Falconer Gallery, Grinnell, IA
Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA
Sister, Los Angeles, CA
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria
Art House, Austin, TX
2003
Integrating Sex into Every Day Life, LFL Gallery, New York
Ten Day Trade, OR Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2002
Walking 9-5 Amsterdam, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
New Drawings, Galerie Schutte, Essen,Germany
Artist, Collector, Curator, Spy, LFL Gallery, New York, NY
2001
Trade Two, LFL Gallery, New York, NY
2000
From Barcelona to Krems, Galerie Stadpark, Krems, Austria
2nd Generation, Herter Gallery: UMASS, Amherst, MA
Bill Trip, Maine Center for Contemporary Art Rockport, ME
Bill Trip, Project Room, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA
Walking: From Los Angeles to San Fransisco, Michael Martin Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998
Funny Money, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
1994
A Housewife at Work, Sol Koffler Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Sign/Age: Lost in the Supermarket, Armand Bartos Fine Art, New York, NY
When a clock is seen from the side it no longer tells the time, Johan Konig, Berlin, Germany
The Enterprise of Art, Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, Naples, Italy
Linear Perspectives, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
Collecting & Collectivity, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
Slightly Unbalanced, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL; Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, Lafayette, LA; Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, Virginia
A Matter of Time, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Perspectives 159: Superconscious, Automatisms Now, Contemporary Museum of Art, Houston, TX
Skirting the Line: Conceptual Drawing, The New Center for Contemporary Art, Louisville, KY
Drawing is a verb, Coleccao Madeira Corporate Services, Porta 33, Itha da Porta, Portugal
The Price of Everything... Perspectives on the Art Market, City University of New York Graduate Center, New York, NY, curated by the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program
Ceci n'est pas... (this is not...), Sara Melltzer Gallery, New York, NY
Tease, MNireille Mosler, Ltd., New York, NY
Warhol & ..., Kantor/Feuer, Los Angeles, CA
Summer Group Show, Galleria Glance, Turin, Italy
Minimalism and Applied, DaimlerChrysler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
Don't Look: Contemporary Drawings from an Alumna's Collection, Martina Yamin, Class of 1958, Davis Museum and Cultural Center at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
A Great Delicacy, Taylor De Cordoba Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Out of Line: Drawings from the Collection of Sherry and Joel Mallin, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithica, NY
I'm Busy, GAK Gesellschaft fur Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, Germany
Particulate Matter, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
Walking & Falling, Magasin 3 Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Skirting the Line: Conceptual Drawing, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
Group show, Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy
2005
The General's Jamboree, Guild and Greyshkul, New York, NY
Dating Data, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, NY
Linien Zeichnung, Dina4Projekte, Munich, Germany
22 Anniversary, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
2004
Emotions, Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
Wiener Linien, Wien Museum, Vienna, Austria
Dessin et Des Autres, Catherine Bastide, Brussels, Belgium
California Earthquakes, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, NY
Erotic Drawings, Aldrich Museum of Art, Ridgefield, CT
Self Evidence: Identity in Contemporary Art, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Open, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Home, D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
Art As Autobiography, Rare Gallery, New York, NY
Sexy Beast, Ethan Cohen Fine Art, New York, NY
9th Drawing Invitational, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria
Neoqueer, Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, OR
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Farnsworth Museum of Art, Rockland, ME
2003
I'm nothing with out you, Platform Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Frankenstein, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY
Fresh Meat, Cepa Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Living Inside the Grid, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
For the Record: Drawing Contemporary Life, Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada
Walking Rhetorics, Galerie Hubert Winner, Vienna Austria
New York Drawings, Samuel Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Subscribe, Bard Center for Curatorial Studies, Annadale, NY
2002
Bootleg Identity, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York
Special Needs, Verein fur Bildende Kunst, Graz, Austria
2001
Domestic Culture, ICA at MECA, Portland, ME
Contemporary Narratives, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Brooklyn!, ICA at Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Fl
Going:, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
No where Fast, Lizebeth Oliveria Gallery, Oakland, CA
In Transit, Vacancy Gallery, Bronx, NY
Inside the City, Gallery 400, UIC, Chicago, Ill.
Another Cusp, Gallery of Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Let's Get to Work (travel), Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
2000
Vida Politica, (cat.) SALA MONTCADA "la Caixa", Barcelona, Spain
To Be Continued..., Art in General, Bellwether, Parlor Projects, Brooklyn, NY
1999
Time and Duration, Angels Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
100 Drawings, PS1, New York, NY
Gallery Artists, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
Document, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
1998
Inventory, White Columns, New York, NY
1995
The Body Politic, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME (2 person show)
Subjectifying Objects, Mobilizing Objects, (2 person show) Artemesia Gallery
These Fantasies are Normal, HERE Gallery, New York, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY (Reviews)
2008
O'Neill-Butler, Lauren. "Danica Phelps," Artforum, October, 2008, p. 385.
Rosenberg, Karen. "Danica Phelps," The New York Times, July 11, 2008.
Churner, Rachel. "Critics Picks: Danica Phelps," artforum.com, July 2008.
Killeen, Michael. "Art by the Inch," Bloomberg.com, July 1, 2008.
Cohan, David. "The Erotic, the Political, and the Personal," The New York Sun, June 26, 2008, p. 25.
Pelczer, Eva. "Danica Phelps: Painted," NY Arts, July/August 2008.
Ollman, Leah. "Danica Phelps at Sister," Art in America, June/July 2008, p. 203.
Coburn, Taylor. "Details: Danica Phelps," Artreview, June 2008.
Gordon, Ginny. "Danica Phelps: Saving Time," Time Out Sydney, June 4-10, 2008.
Hapgood, Susan. "Slightly Unbalanced," Slightly Unbalanced Catalogue, Independent Curators International, 2008, pp. 44-45, 68.
Falconer, Morgan. "Zach Feuer," Art World, April/May 2008.
Ollman, Leah. "Danica Phelps reveals life's details in stripes," Los Angeles Times, March 7, 2008
Friedrich, Kristin. "The 'Don't Miss' List," Los Angeles Downtown News, Feb 18, 2008.
2007
Noah Simblist and Charissa N. Terranova. "Collecting and Collectivity," Art Lies, Winter 2007, p. 66 - 71.
Starry LeBlanc, Caroline. "Superconscious, Automatisms Now," Houstonist, December 13, 2007.
Von Burg, Dominique. "Zurich: Danica Phelps in der Galerie Rotwand," Kunstbulletin, December 2007.
Douglas, Sarah. "Show Me the Money," Art+Auction, Nov. 2007, pp. 212-217.
Steele, Robin. "'Starving Artist' keeps tabs on her dinner and her art," Brown Daily Herald, September 28, 2007.
2006
Ollman, Leah. "The Art of Credits and Debits," Los Angeles Times, May 5, p. E26.
2005
Cohen, David. "Gallery-Going," The New York Sun, September 22.
Glueck, Grace. "Airborne Sex and Wicked Wallpaper: Sensual Samplings," The New York Times, July 29.
Hill, Christine. "Artists on Artists: Christine Hill on Danica Phelps", Bomb, Spring, No. 91, pp. 14-15.
Roberts, Bryony. "Splish Splash", The L Magazine, Sept 28 - Oct 11, p. 57.
Saltz, Jerry. "Ups and Downs", The Village Voice, September 23.
Smith, Roberta. "Danica Phelps", The New York Times, September 9.
"The Autumn Art Scene; Top 10 shows to see right now", The L Magazine, Sept 28-Oct 11, p 63.
2004
Cohen, David, "As Sprawling as Brooklyn Itself", New York Sun, April 22.
Foster, Catherine, "Her art is out of the ordinary", The Boston Globe, February 13.
Giuliano, Charles, "Making Their Mark", Maverick Arts, issue 128, February 22.
"Kunst Raum: Galerie Hubert Winter: Leib", Die Presse.com, October 28, p. 39.
Leffingwell, Edward, "Danica Phelps at LFL", Art in America, April, pp. 127-128.
Snider, Suzanne, "Interview: Danica Phelps", The Believer, July, Vol. 2, No. 7.
Streitfeld, L.P., "Business not as usual at Uconn", The Advocate & Greenwich Time, January 11.
Lopata, James A., "Who Are You? Who? Who? Who? Who?", newsweekly, Boston, February 18, pp. 26-27
Loveless, Natalie, "Danica Phelps at Allston Skirt Gallery", Big Red & Shiny, Issue 02, February.
McLaughlin, Nina, "The Artist As Actuary", The Boston Phoenix, February 6-12.
Ode, Susan, "Words without Varnish", Review (Faulconer Gallery magazine), September, p. 57.
Saltz, Jerry, "Termite Theory", The Village Voice, June 23-29, p. 89.
Schedlmayer, Nina, "Galerie Hubert Winter: Danica Phelps", Art Magazine Kunstnet.at, Nov. 3.
Scheyerer, Nicole, "Kunst Kurz", Falter 44/04, p. S39.
"Self-Evidence: Identity in Contemporary Art", Artdaily.com, April 8.
Siegel, Katy and Mattick, Paul, "Art Works: Money", (London: Thames & Hudson, 2004).
2003
Anderson, Leslie, "Illustrating a Journey and saving the receipts," The Boston Globe, pg. Cal-1, July 3.
Cohen, David, "Gallery-Going", The New York Sun, September 11, p. 17
"Galleries - Chelsea", The New Yorker, September 29, p. 26.
Genocchio, Benjamin, "Biting the Hand That Feeds Them", The New York Times, December 7, (CT ed.)
Harris, Jane, "Danica Phelps", Time Out New York, September 18-25, p. 58.
Levin, Kim, "Voice Choices", The Village Voice, September 3-9, p. 51
Phelps, Danica. "Lunch with the Editor", Cabinet, March, Subscription Card
Richard, Frances, "Danica Phelps", Artforum, November, p. 192
Smith, Roberta, "When Exhibitions Have More to Say Than to Show", New York Times, April 13, p. 31
2002
Cattelan, Gioni and Subotnick, "Charley 02", Les Presses du Reel, Dijon France.
Cotter, Holland. "Danica Phelps", The New York Times, E33, April 26.
Dannatt, Adrian. "Free art-as in unpaid", The Art Newspaper, pg. 18 April.
Dressler, Christiane. "Die Kunst der Nachten Tatsachen", November, pg. WES 05
Editors "Train to Essen", Coolibri, December, pg. 68.
Editors, Neue Ruhr Zeitung, December 4.
Gioni, Massimiliano. "New York Cut Up", Flash Art, pg. 79, June.
Heartney, Eleanor. "Brooklyn! at Palm Beach ICA", Art in America, April, pg. 157.
hms. "Danica Phelps". Heinz Essen, November, pg. 42.
Levin, Kim. "Voice Choices, The Village Voice, April 30, p. 78.
Levin, Kim. "Voice Choices: Bootleg Identity", The Village Voice, July 23, p. 76.
Linke, Rosalija. "Danica Phelps". Sterz, November, pg. 34-37.
Moore, Alan. "Materialist Memoranda" Artnet.com, May 6.
Rosenberg, Karen, "Copy Cat", The Village Voice, May 7, p. 63.
Speh, Scott. "Hot Commodities". Issue 15, Spring .
Valdez, Sarah. "Bootleg Identity". Time Out New York, June 27.
Vidal, Juame. "Dos Exposiciones en la Sala Montcada Penetran en lo Privado", El Pais, February 10.
2001
Caniglia, Julie. "Danica Phelps at LFL Gallery", Artforum, May, p. 179.
Fels, Sophie. "Goings on About Town", The New Yorker, March 26, p. 22.
Thompson, Chris. "Domus Operandi", The Portland Phoenix, March 16.
2000
Cotter, Holland, "For Hikers Seeking Art, Brooklyn is a Left Bank", The New York Times, Dec 15.
Hoff, James. "The Art is in the Details", Daily Hampshire Gazette, February 17.
Vidal, Juame. "El Arte de la Normalidad", Arte, February 2, p. 50.
1999
Smith, Roberta. "Conceptual Art: Over And Yet Everywhere", The New York Times, April 25.
Volk, Gregory. "Danica Phelps at Jack Tilton", Art in America, July, p. 96.
1998
Cotter, Holland. "A Tour Through Chelsea, The New Center Of Gravity", The New York Times, May 15.
Halle, Howard. "Danica Phelps, Funny Money", Time Out New York, Dec 17-31, p.106.
Johnson, Ken. "Danica Phelps, Funny Money", The New York Times, Dec 11.
Levin, Kim. "Voice Choice: Danica Phelps", The Village Voice, December 18-25.
EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
Augaitis Daina "For the Record: Drawing Contemporary Life" Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada.
Cameron, Dan New York, NY "Living Inside the Grid" New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York.
Ingrid Chu, "Danica Phelps: Artist, Collector, Curator, Spy," in Subscribe: Recent Art in Print, Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, New York, 2003: pp. 76-88.
Nahas and Rush , Palm Beach, FL. Institute for Contemporary Art. "Brooklyn". 2001.
Torres, David. Barcelona, Fundacio "la Caixa". "Danica Phelps, Aleksandar Ilic, Ivana Keser". 2000.
Koransky , Leah Saratoga Springs, NY. Skidmore College."Contemporary Narratives". 2001.
Everyday Life, Grinnell College, 2005
Book of Ds, Volume and Zach Feuer Gallery, 2005
AWARDS
2001 New York Foundation for the Arts: Individual Artists Grant
1998 Rema Hort Mann emerging artist grant
1994 Zorach Fellowship to attend Skowhegan
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Coleccao Madeira Corporate Services, Itha de Porta, Portugal
Daimler Art Collection, Berlin, Germany
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
Magasin 3 Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Wien Museum, Vienna, Austria