John Tremblay

Born in 1966 in Boston, MA, USA

Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Solo Exhibitions

2008

Centre d’art la Chapelle Jeanne d’Arc, Musée Henri Barré, Château d’Oiron, Oiron, France

Centre d’art la Chapelle Jeanne d’Arc, Thouars, France

Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY

2005

'Mario Diacono at Ars Libri, John Tremblay', Boston

Paula Cooper Gallery, New York

2004

Nouvelle Galerie, Grenoble, France

'Surrounding', Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern

'Lamping, video screening', Art 35 Basel, Basel

'John Tremblay Video Retrospective', Velan Center for Contemporary Art, Turin, Italy

2003

Galerie Heimer und Partner, Berlin

Paula Cooper Gallery, NY

2002

'Sixteen Corners', Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern

2001

'Natural Wonders', with Lisa Beck, Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern

2000

'Hello Professor!', Richard Telles Fine Art Los Angeles, CA

'Magma', Reali Arte Contemporanea Brescia, Italy

1999

'The Entire Movie/Quickest Way to the Airport', Sandra Gering Gallery New York, NY

'Possible Utopias', Galerie Jousse Seguin Paris, France

1998

Galerie Sandra Gering New York, NY

1997

Galerie Jousse-Seguin Paris, France

'Art 28'97', Basel, Art & Public stand, Basel

1996

'Drawings', Spring 1996, Sandra Gering Gallery New York, NY

Galerie Sandra Gering, New York, NY

1995

'Art & Public', Targets, Geneva

1994

'Art 25'94', Basel, Ecart Stand Basel (cat.)

Group Exhibitions

 

2008

‘Deformalismes,’ curated by Vincent Pécoil, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France

'YOU SAID HE SAID SHE SAID', Seiler + Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, Zürich Switzerland

2007

Paik Hae Young Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Purple Words on a Grey Background, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France

‘Wu-Tang/googolplex Show (Congress),’ New York Is Dead Dot Biz, New York, NY

‘Lines,’ Texas Gallery, Houston, TX

‘The Freak Show,’ curated by Olivier Vadrot, Vincent Pécoil and Lionel Mazelaygue, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France

‘The Melvins,’ curated by Bob Nickas, The Mandrake, Los Angeles, CA

‘Painting as Fact – Fact as Fiction,’ organized by Bob NIckas, de Pury & Luxembourg, Zürich, Switzerland

‘Half Square, Half Crazy – A moitié carré, à moitié fou,’ curated by Vincent Pécoil, Lili Reynaud-Dewar, Elisabeth Wetterwald, Villa Arson, Centre national d’art contemporain, Nice, France

2006

Available Surfaces, Part II, Emon Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

‘Black/White & Chewing Gum,’ curated by Gerold Miller, Krobath Wimmer, Vienna, Austria

‘Mid-Life Crisis,’ Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, organized by Tara Subkoff, New York, NY

‘Uncertain States of America – American Art in the 3rd Millennium,’ in collaboration with Nate Lowman, exhibition curated byGunnar B, Kvaran, Daniel Birnbaum and Hans Ulrich Obrist, The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

‘Hot Off the Press: New Prints of 2006,’ curated by Janice Oresman, Grolier Club, New York, NY,

‘I go out walking…,’ Cinema Zero, Kunsthaus Baselland, Switzerland and Centre d’art d’Ivry le Credac, France

‘Axis of Praxis,’ curated by Nate Lowman in collaboration with John Tremblay, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN

‘An Ongoing Low-Grade Mystery,’ organized by Bob Nickas, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY (5/6-6/30/06)

‘Slow Burn,’ curated by Jonah Freeman, Galerie Edward Mitterand, Geneva, Switzerland, (1/26-3/11/06)

Kunsthaus Baselland and Centre d’art d’Ivry le Credac, I go out walking…, Muttenz/Ivry sur Seine

Galerie Edward Mitterand, Slow Burn, Geneva

Paula Cooper Gallery, An Ongoing Low-Grade Mystery, New York

2005

Galerie van Gelder, Wintery Cold, Amsterdam

Champion Fine Art, The Feraliminal Lycanthropizer, Los Angeles (cat.)

'Performa Radio', WKCR Columbia University, Performa ’05 (org. Anthony Huberman Broadcast), New York

Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Life On The Screen (org. Vincent Pécoil), Brussels (cat.)

'The Painted World', P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY

'Biennale d'Art Contemporain de Lyon 2005', Lyon, France

'Extreme Abstraction', Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York

'L’oeil Moteur', Art Optique et Cinetique/1950-1975, Musee d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France

'Minimal Pop,' organized by Petra Bungert, Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris, France

2004

'Le Crédac: Centre d'Art d'Ivry, La partie continue2', Ivry sur Seine

Swiss Institute, None of the above, New York

'F.R.AC. Franche-Comté', Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dole, La Lettre Volée, Dole (cat.)

'DaimlerChrysler Contemporary', Minimalism and After III, Berlin (cat.)

'P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center', Curious Crystals of Unusual Purity, Long Island City, NY

2003

'Team Gallery, My People Were Fair and Had Cum in their Hair (but Now They’re Content to Spray Stars from your Boughs)', New York

Anton Kern Gallery, Melvins, New York

Riva Gallery, Specificity, New York

Galeria Javier Lopez, JRP EDITIONS, Madrid

'Flieshmann's in association with Gavin Brown's Enterprise', 

'Surrealestate (cur. Rob Pruitt and Jonathan Horowitz)', New York

'Chateau des Ducs de Bretagne, Les 20 ans des FRAC', Nantes

Gallery M, 3-2-1 (with John Miller and Richard Hoecke), New York

'Kunsthalle Palazzo Liestal', Never Mind Your Step, Liestal/Basel

galeries contemporaines des musees de Marseille, Mouvments de Fonds, Marseilles

2002

'Artists Space', Painting as Paradox, New York

'John Connelly Presents', Machine Man, New York

Gallerie Simonne Stern, Optical Optimism, New Orleans

2001

'Tirana Biennale 1', Tirana (cat.)

Sandra Gering Gallery, Perfect 10:ten years in Soho, New York

2000

'Forde', Sex in the Country, Geneva

'Hex Education Hour by the Fall'. Curator: Bob Nickas, Team Gallery New York, NY

1999

'Camouflage', Galerie Yvon Lambert Paris, France

'Minty', Richard Telles Los Angeles, CA

Galerie Yvon Lambert, Camouflage, Paris

'Look me in the eyes', Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam

1998

'Oops', Le Magasin Grenoble, France

'Bathroom', Galerie Thomas Healy New York, NY

'Painting', Stalke Galleri Copenhagen, Denmark

1997

'504'. Curator: John M. Amleder, Hochsule fur Bildende Kunste Braunschweig

'Des Histoires en Formes', Centre National d'Art Contemporain de Grenoble Grenoble, France

Margarete Roeder Gallery New York, NY

'L’Elac', Oops, Lausanne

 

1996

'Magasin', Des Histoires en Formes, Grenoble (cat.)

'AbFab!', Feature Gallery New York, NY

1995

'Notes on Print: With and After Robert Morris', Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva

'Pittura/Immedia', Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum Graz, Graz, Austria

1993

'John Gibson Gallery', Nineties, New York

1992

'Water Bar', New York

Press

2008

“John Tremblay” Beaux Art Editions: Qu’est-ce que la peinture aujourd’hui 2008, pp. 166-167

“Paintings,” The New York Sun, April 17, 2008. 18; illus.

Emmanuelle Lequeux, “Suivez la piste de John Tremblay,” Le Monde 2, August 15, 2008, illus.

Lavrador, Judicael. “Quelle Place pour la peinture aujourd’hui? Surface/Surface,” Beaux Arts, Mars 2008, pp. 52-63; illus.

2007

Huberman, Anthony. “Toaster’s Choice: A Nouvelle Vague of Exhibition Premises,” Modern Painters, December-January 2007, pp. 48-50.

Half Square, Half Crazy, exhibition catalogue, Centre National d’Art Contemporain de la Villa Arson Nice, 2007.

The Freak Show, exhibition catalogue, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, 2007.

Moulène, Claire. “The Freak Show,” Artforum, November 2007, pp. 379-380.

Pécoil, Vincent. “The End of Perspective?,” Tate Etc., Issue 7, January, 2007,

http://www.tate.org.uk/tateetc/issue7/endofperspective.htm; illus.

Black Noise, artist book, JRP | Ringier, Zürich, 2007.

2006

Minimalism and After: Tradition and Tendencies of Minimalism from 1950 to the Present, exhibition catalogue, DaimlerChrysler Collection, HatjeCantz Verlag, Berlin, 2006, pp. 67,    135, 505, illus.

Weekly Live and Style, September 11, 2006, p. 58; illus.

White, Roger. “The Painted World,” The,Brooklyn Rail,

http://www.thebrooklynrail.org/archives/DEC05/ART/paintedworld.html January 2006.

Brooks, Adams. “Time After Time,” Art in America, February, 2006, p. 60.  Higgs, Matthew. “Themed Shows,“ frieze, January 2006, p. 117.

Soft Targets, Vol. 1, 2006. pp. 241-244, cover, illus.

2005

Johnson, Ken.  “Painted World,” New York Times, review, November 11, 2005,  p. E33.

Lavrador, Judicael. “Zoom Arrière,” Les Inrockuptibles (France) July 13-19,   2005, pp. 76-77, illus.

Pecoli, Vincent. “Abstraction and Appropriation,” Art Monthly (UK), April 2005,  p. 7-10, illus.

Pécoil, Vincent. John Tremblay, Editions Sujet-Objet and Editions Jean-Michel Place, Paris, France, 2005.

Turcat, Raphael. “La Biennale de Lyon Sous Acide,” Teckniart (France), September 2005, p. 4, illus.

2004

“John Tremblay: Torino,” Urban (Italy), #26, March 1, 2004.

Castagno, Arianna.  “Tra Op e Pop: L’Opera di John Tremblay,” Corriere     dell’Arte (Italy), February 28, 2004, p. 4, illus.

Minimalism and After III, exhibition catalogue, DaimlerChrysler

Contemporary, Berlin, Germany, 2004, p. 14, 62-63, illus.

Parola, Lisa.  “Nostalgia della Op Art,” TorinoSette (Italy), February 27- March4, 2004, p. 69, illus.

Smith, Roberta. Summertime at P.S.1: Where Opposites Like Hands On/Hands Off Attract, The New York Times, July 16, 2004, p. E28.

2003

Hainley, Bruce. Best of 2003, Artforum, December 2003, p. 136, illus.

Pécoil, Vincent. Pop, 02, No. 28 Hiver 2003/2004, p. 8-11, illus.

Smith, Roberta. John Tremblay at Paula Cooper Gallery, The New York Times, February 28, 2003, p. E45.

Wolfe, Charles. T.. The Plasticity of Perception, The Flash Art, July- September, 2003, p. 63-64, illus

2002  

Cattelan, Maurizio, Funcke, Bettina, Gioni, Massimillano, Subotonic, Ali, ed. Charley 01 (ill)  pg. 370

Dailey, Megan. Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting, Phaidon Press Ltd., 2002, p. 328-331, ills.

de Laubadere, Bruno, Gris Nuage, AD, May, (ill.) p.156-163

Gauthier, Michel. Cibles en Crise, Bulles en Pile (John Tremblay dans l’ambiance). Art Presence, Oct. – Nov – Dec, 2002, p. 14-21, ills.

Hainley, Bruce, Trust Buster, Artforum, May, (ill.) p165-166

Kerr, Merrily, Flash Art, review, May

News & Around, Tema Celeste, November-December 2002, p. 111.

Painting as Paradox, Tema Celeste, Nov/Dec, p.111

Perret, Mai-Thu, Frieze, review, January / February, (ill.) p.104

2001

Hainley, Bruce, Best of 2001, Artforum, December, (ill.) p104

Boyer, Marie-France, Disco Tech, The World of Interiors, August, (ill.) p.90-93

Moreno, Gean, New Art Examiner, review, April, p.58

Nickas, Robert, People Make Paintings to Prove They  Exist, in Live Free or Die, les presses du réel, p.122

2000

David, Joshua, Capsule Collection, Wallpaper n˚ 29, June, p. 67

Hainley, Bruce, Artforum, review, summer, p. 188

Princenthal, Nancy, John Tremblay, Art In America, April, p. 154

Nickas, Robert, John Tremblay, Purple n˚ 5, p.314

1999

Brennan, Michael, Painter’s Journal, ArtNet, www.artnet.com

Nickas, Robert, Le persone fanno quadri per provare che esistono, Tema Celeste, March-April, p.66-73

Blain, Fancoise-Aline, Tribeca n˚ 75, January, p.9

Pohl, Uscha, Haut Decorateur Gerald Shmorl, Very, p.24 (ill.)

Vaillant, Alexis, Univers transfert, Kunst-Bulletin, September, p.26-27

John Tremblay, Abaton Book Company, NJ (cat.)

Midi Sous Terre, collaboration with Vidya Gastaldon and Jean-Michel Wicker

1996

Hainley, Bruce, John Tremblay at Sandra Gering Gallery, Frieze, September

October, p.86-87

Johnson, Ken, Art Guide, New York Times, Friday, March 11

Stroun, Fabrice, Stroboscope, Documents sur l’Art n˚ 11, p.5

Troncy, Eric, Les chocolats de l’Ambassadeur, Documents sur l’Art n˚11, p.146

Chayet, Stéphanie, Les officines du bon goût, L’art aussi, Le Point nº1332,p.82 (ill.) Technikart nº24, p.85

1997

Brennan, Michael, Issues of Abstraction at Margarete Roeder, Art Net,  www.artnet.com

Magasin Grenoble (exh. cat.), interview with the artist

Jalouse, (ill.), p.56

1995

Notes on Print (exh. cat.), published for the show at Cabinet des Estampes, Geneva

Pittura/Immedia, (exh. cat.)

Purple Prose (ill.)

Cherix, Christophe, Flash Art, summer, p.136

Grandjean, Emmanuel, Tribune de Geneve

Bovier, Lionel and Cherix, Christophe, L’Action en Peinture, Documents sur l’Art n˚7

Silver, catalog with an essay by Lionel Bovier and Christophe Cherix with an interview of John Armleder by Parker Williams, JRP publication

1994

Levy, Joe, Village Voice, Listings August 2nd,p.65

 

Published Writings

2007

This is Tomorrow, Wonderland Magazine, December 2007/January 2008, pp.140-147.

2000

Top Ten John Tremblay, Art Forum, October, p46

I Love a Building, Made in USA, Spring,p28

Travelogue: Cuba, index, April/May, p68

1999

the index playlist , index, March/April, p106

1994

All His Fingers are Middle Fingers, blur, volume 3, #10, p22

Lectures and Talks

2004

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, February 9, 2004.