PETER HOPKINS BIOGRAPHY


1955

Born in Framington, Massachussetts
Works in Brooklyn, New York


EDUCATION

1982

M.F.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

1978

B.F.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2004

Christopher Grimes Gallery, South Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany

2002

Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Parfum Raum, ArtBasel Unlimited

2001

Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna, Austria

2000

Galerie Limmer, Freiburg, Germany
Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany

1999

Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Galerie Sfier-Semler, Kiel, Germany

1998

Galerie Barbera Farber/Rob Jurka, Amsterdam
Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna, Austria
Galerie Jousse-Seguin, Paris, France
Galerie Limmer, Freiburg, Germany

1997

Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Galerie Sfier-Semler, Kiel, Germany

1996

Galerie Limmer, Cologne,Germany (catalogue)
Galerie Pierre Nouvion, Monaco
Galerie Ludwig, Krefeld, Germany (catalogue)

1995

Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Art and Public, Geneva, Switzerland
Galerie Jousse-Seguin, Paris, France

1994

Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Galerie Limmer, Freiburg, Germany
Galerie Ludwig, Krefeld, Germany

1993

Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Galerie JousseöSeguin, Paris, France
American Fine Arts Co., New York, NY
Galerie Limmer, Freiburg, Germany
Galeria Grita Insam, Vienna, Austria
Perfume Performance, Cafe Stein, Vienna, Austria

1992

Sophia Ungers Gallery, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Ludwig, Krefeld, Germany

1991

Marc Jancou Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
American Fine Arts Co., New York, NY
Palm Beach Community College Projects Gallery, Museum of Art, Palm Beach, FL

1990

Galerie Ryszard Varisella, Frankfurt, Germany

1989

American Fine Arts, Co., New York, NY

1988

American Fine Arts, Co., New York, NY

1987

American Fine Arts, Co., New York, NY

1986

American Fine Arts, Co., New York, NY

1982

A.R.C./Raw Space, Chicago, IL


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2004

25th Anniversary, The LA Years, Part II, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2003

TransAtlantico, group project SITE magazine

2001

Fear Itself ... , Lance Fung Gallery, New York, NY

1999

Eye Candy, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Ruth Benzacar Galerie de Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ultra Buzz, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS

1998

Galerie Conrads, Dusseldorf, Germany

1997

Don't Do It, Musee d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Perfume Waterfall, Schloss Salzau, Salzau, Germany
Jacci Den Hartog, Michael Gonzalez, Peter Hopkins, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Le Songe de Constantin, Curated by Eric Mangion, Villa Noailles, Hyeres, France
Bilde Raume, Schloss Salzau, Landeskultur Centrum Schlesinig-Holstein, Salzau, Germany
Women's Work: Examining the Feminine in Contemporary Painting, Curated by Jeff Fleming, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
Galerie Michael Jansonn, Cologne, Germany
Funny Painting, Galerie Hachmeister, Munster, Germany
This is It, Musee d'Art Contemporain Geneve, curated by John Armleder, Geneva, Switzerland

1996

Trans/Inter/Post: Hybrid Spaces, University of California, Irvine, CA
The Tailor's Dummy, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Screen, Curated by Joshua Decter, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY (video catalog)
Cutting Edge, Christopher Grimes Gallery at A.R.C.O., Madrid, Spain
Scratch, Organized by Mel Chin, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY
Positions II, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany (catalog)
Alem De Agua/Beyond the Water, Public Art Project, Guadiana River, Spain/Portugal, GRATIS Collective

1995

Pittura/Immedia: Malerie in den 90er Jahren, Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria
Painting Outside Painting, The Corcoran Biennial Exhibition, Curated by Terrie Sultan, Washington, D.C.
...wie gemalt, Curated by Renate Puvogal, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany
Alchemy,curated by Harvey Quaytman, Proctor Hall, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Standards in Painting, Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany Modesty, Galerie Sfier-Semler, Kiel, Germany
New York - Recent Positions in Painting, Kunst museum Leverkusen, Leverkusen, Germany (catalog)
Garbage! Curated by Anne Pasternak and Ellen Salpeter, Thread Wax Space, New York, NY

1994

Jet Lag, Galerie Martina Detterer, Frankfurt, Germany
Adieu Les Frontiers! Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland
Re:Visioning the Familiar, Curated by Klaus Ottman, Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
New York Painting Now, Galerie Sfier-Semler, Kiel, Germany
Garbage! Curated by Anne Pasternak and Ellen Salpeter, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Benefit Auction, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

1993

Single Frame, John Good Gallery, New York, NY
Young Americans, Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany
Irony and the Ecstasy, Curated by Klaus Ottmann, SalamaöCaro Gallery, London, England
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, Galerie JousseöSeguin, Paris, France Galerie SfeiröSemler, with Suzanne McClelland and Fabian Marcaccio, Kiel, Germany
Skin Deep, Curated by Alice Yang, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Travel Logue/Reisetagebuch, curated by Jackie McAllister, Heiligen Kreuzerhof, Vienna, Austria
Suddenly There is a Time When Everything is Possible, Curated by Udo Kittelman, Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Art Alumni Invitational, University of Massachusetts Gallery, Amherst, MA American Fine Arts, Co., New York, NY
Benefit Auction, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Panorama, Martina Detterer Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
Scent et Sensibilite, Curated by Ami Borak, Centre D'Art Contemporaine Montpelier, France
Jet Lag, Curated by Gert Rappenecker, Galerie Martina Detterer, Frankfurt, Germany

1992

Painting Today/Peinture Aujour d'hui, Galerie Pierre Huber, Geneva, Switzerland
Basel Art Fair, curated by Bob Nickas, Basel, Switzerland
Julien Preto, New York, NY
Documenta IX, Kassel, Germany
1968, Curated by Bob Nickas, Dijon Consortium, Dijon, France
Gegen den Strich/Against the Grain, Curated by Klaus Ottmann, Galerie Thereutzbaer, Vienna, Austria
Whiter Shade of Pale, Curated by Udo Kittelman, Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany
Fuer die Galerie ö Dealing with Art, Kunsterwerkstatt\Lothringerstrasse, Munich, Germany
Standard, Sophia Ungers Gallery, Cologne, Germany
Slow Painting, P.S.1, Long Island City, New York, NY

1991

Bildlicht. Malerei zwischen Material und Immaterialitaet, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria
Gulliver's Travels, Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany

1990

The (Un) Making of Nature, Whitney Museum Downtown, New York, NY
Tanja Grunert Gallery, Cologne, Germany

1989

Chaos, Curated by Klaus Ottmann, Chicago, IL
Buena Vista, Curated by Collins & Milazzo, John Gibson Gallery, New York, NY

1988

Craig Cornelius Gallery, New York, NY
Coup de Coeur, Pierre Huber Gallery, Curated by Robert Nickas, Geneva, Switzerland
Primary Structures, Curated by Robert Nickas, Gilbert Brownstone Gallery, Paris, France
Photomannerism, Curated by Klaus Ottmann, Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
23 New York Artists, ACE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1987

True Pictures, Curated by Klaus Ottmann, John Good Gallery, New York, NY
American Fine Arts, Co., Curated by Colin de Land, New York, NY
The Art of the Real, Curated by Robert Nickas, Pierre Huber Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland

1986

Ultrasurd, Curated by Collins & Milazzo, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Supermannerism, Curated by Klaus Ottmann, DaviesöLong Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Paravision II, Curated by Collins & Milazzo, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
MASS, Curated by Group Material, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
American Fine Arts, Co., New York, NY
Spiritual America, Curated by Collins & Milazzo, CEPA, Buffalo, NY

1985

Betaville, Inroads Gallery, New York, NY

1983

Installation, Madison Arts Center, Madison, WI

1980

Founded "Group Red"


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2004

Frank, Peter, “Art Pick of the Week”, LA Weekly, August 20-26, 2004

1999

Thorson, Alison. "High Art," Kansas City Star, Feb 28: K1.\

1997

Le Songe De Constantin, Exhibition catalog, Villa Noailles, Hyeres, France
Bilde Raume, Exhibition catalog, Schloss Salzau, Landeskultur Centrum Schlesinig-Holstein,Salzau, Germany
Maren, Kruse. Kieler Nachrichten, April 25:23.
Women's Work: Examining the Feminine in Contemporary Painting, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC

1996

Curtis, Cathy. "Distinguishing Marks," Los Angeles Times, Tuesday, October 22
Smith, Roberta. "Testing Limits at the Corcoran," New York Times, January 6

1995

Pittura/Immedia: Malerei in den 90er Jahren, Exhibition catalog, Neue Galerie am Landes Museum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
Ottman, Klaus. "Beyond Painting," Painting Outside Painting, Exhibition catalogue, The Corcoran Biennial, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
"Bescheidene Malkunt - New Yorker Maler in der Galerie Sfeir-Semler," Kieler Nachrichten, N. 115, May 18
Lewis, Jo Ann. "Painting Outside the Lines," The Washington Post, December 23
"Kunst im Schloss," Westdeutsche Zeitung, April 8
"Ein Kunstverein ubt Senkrechstart," (Feuilleton), Westdeutsche Zeitung, April 8
Shaw-Eagle, Joanna. "Painting Beyond Traditional Limits," The Washington Times, December 24
Shioya, Yoko. "Garbage!" Nikkei Newspaper, April 4
Kastner, Jeffrey. "Garbage," Art Monthly, April
Klein, Monika. "Seiben New Yorker Mahler stellen in der Studiogalerie aus," Rheinishe Post, March 21
Runkel, Ingeborg. "Knollbuntes aus New York," Koelner Stadt-Anzeiger, leverkusen, March 21

1994

Rappenecker, Gert. Jet Lag, Exhibition catalogue, Galerie Martina Detterer, Frankfurt, Germany
"Frage nach `schoenem Bild' beatwortet," Westdeutsche Zeitung, September 8
"Lippenstift und Nagellack als aesthetisches Element," Theinische Post, September 16
Tracy, Tammy and Godvin, Tara. Interview, Re:Visioning the Familiar, Exhibition catalog, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Blankenburg, Viola. Radio interview: Sudfunk 2, "S2 Kultur," Broadcast May 3
Zimmer, William. "Everything I Say is Art is Art," The New York Times, May 1
McNally, Owen. "Art is Swilling Out All Over," The Hartford Courant, April 6: D1-D3
Ronnau, Jens. "Painting made in New York," Kunstforum, No. 126, March/June: 370-71
Ronnau, Jens. "Painting made in New York," Flensbang Nachrichten, March 2
"New York in Spotlight," Kieler Nachrichten, January 1

1993

Engler, Martin. BadischeöZeitung (interview), May 14
Art Presence, #7, November/December: 23
Urbaczka, Annett. "Cola Auf der Baustelle: Bilder Ohne zu Malen," Rheinische Post, November 7
Nyffenegger, Francine. "Sage, La Fiac Fete spm Vingtieme Anniversaire," Tribune de Geveve, October 11
Kunz, Martin. Kunstforum, No. 119: 170, 446
Hahn, Clarisse. "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly," Artpress, October
Kandel, Susan. "Beautiful Deception," Los Angeles Times, Thursday, November 11: F7
Koeniger, Maribel. "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly," Kunstforum, #123
"Kulturtips," Observer, Vienna, March 31
Exhibition catalogue, Galerie JousseöSeguin, Paris, France
Smolik, Noemi. Flash Art, January
Ottmann, Klaus. Irony and the Ecstacy, Exhibition catalogue, SalamaöCaro Gallery, London, England
McAllister, Jackie. Travel Logue / Reisetagebuch, Exhibition catalogue, Heiligen Kreuzerhof, Vienna, Austria
Art Alumni Invitational, Exhibition catalogue, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

1992

Graw, Isabelle. Texte Zur Kunst, June: 155ö6
Nickas, Robert. Basel Art Fair, Exhibition catalogue, Basel, Switzerland
Documenta IX, Exhibition catalogue, Kassel, Germany
Ottmann, Klaus. Gegen den Strich / Against the Grain, Exhibition catalogue, Galerie Thereutzbaer, Vienna, Austria
Exhibition catalogue, Kuensterwerkstatt Lothringerstrasse, Munich, Germany
Exhibition catalogue, Galerie Ludwig, Krefeld, Germany
Vogel, Sabine. Kunstbulletin (interview), No. 5
Smolik, Noemi. Koelner Stadtanzeiger, May 22
Decter, Joshua. Flash Art, January/February: 132
Weinstein, Matthew. Artforum, January: 104

1991

Bildlicht. Malerei zwischen Material und Immaterialitaet, Exhibition catalogue, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria

1990

Vogel, Sabine. Artscribe, September/October: 95
Yee, Lydia. "The Illusion of Control," The (Un)Making of Nature, Exhibition catalogue, The Whitney Museum of American Art, Downtown Branch: 12
Adams, Brooks. "Shock of the Mundane," Vogue, March
Gookin, Kirby. "Peter Hopkins," Artforum, February: 135
Zinsser, John. "Peter Hopkins at American Fine Arts, Co.," Art in America, February: 171

1989

Smith, Roberta. "Peter Hopkins," The New York Times, November 24
Sundell, Margaret. "Peter Hopkins," 7 Days, November 24
Nickas, Robert. "Entropy and the New Objects," El Paseante, October
Marincola, Paula. "Photomannerism," Artforum, February

1987

Ottmann, Klaus. BijutsuöTechno, October
Sozanski, Edward. "Photomannerism," Philadelphia Enquirer, October 29
Ottmann, Klaus. "Photomannerism," Flash Art, November/December
"Neo Konzeptionalismus," Noema, No. 11
Ottmann, Klaus. Flash Art, October
Nickas, Robert."Peter Hopkins: Notes from the Capitol Project," The Art of The Real, Exhibition catalogue, Geneva
Ottmann, Klaus. "True Pictures," Flash Art, February/March
Grenville, Bruce. "Ultrasurd," Parchute, December/January/February

1986

McKenna, Kristine. "Supermannerism," The Los Angeles Times, August 29
Anderson, Michael. "Supermannerism," L.A. Weekly, August 22ö8
Ottmann, Klaus. "Supermannerism," Flash Art, April
Muchnic, Suzanne. "Paravision II," The Los Angeles Times, July 26
Knight, Christopher. "The L.A. Invasion of 'It'," The Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Sunday, August 10
Relyea, Lane. "Hot Commodities," L.A. Weekly, Vol. 8, No. 38, August 15ö21: 21
Hume, Christopher. "Exhibit Abounds With A Messy Vitality," The Toronto Star, Friday, October 3
Westfall, Stephen. "The Synthetic Sublime," L.A.Weekly, Vol. 8, No. 38, August 15ö21
McGill, Douglas C. "The Lower East Side's New Artists," The New York Times, Tuesday, June 3

1985

Collins, Tricia, and Milazzo, Richard. Ultrasurd, Exhibition catalogue, S.L. Simpson Gallery Toronto, October



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