Galleri Faurschou

Michael Bevilacqua 迈克尔·白维拉克

Born in 1966
Lives and works in New York City

EDUCATION:
1988-1991
Long Beach State University, Long Beach, CA, USA
1988-1992
Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
1986
Cambridge College of Art and Technology, Cambridge, Great Britain

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2009:
Corrosion of Conformity, The Flat - Massimo Carasi,Milan, italy
Corrosions of Conformity, Gering Lopez, New York

2008:
Fatasiamnesia, Faurschou Beijing, China

2007:
Remains of the Day, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Poison Apple, Massimo Carasi/The Flat, Milan, Italy
Drawing under the influence: Fables of the reconstruction. Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA

2005
Michael Bevilacqua, Louisiana Contemporary. Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
”Black Studio”, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
”Surface to Air”, Deitch Projects, New York, USA

2004
“Beyond and Back”, Deitch Projects, New York, USA

2003
“Vinyl Distraction”, Colette, Paris, France
“Happy Nightmare Baby”, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark

2002
“Homegrown”, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2001
“High-Speed Gardening”, Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York City, USA

1999
“Urban Hymns”, Jessica Fredericks Gallery, New York City, USA

1997
“What Is It That Is The Worm Inside of You?”, Jessica Fredericks Gallery, New York City,

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2008

Whatever is Whatever, Hydra Project, Curated by Dimitrios Antonitsis, Hydra, Greece

2007

POPcentric, Gering Lopez Gallery, New York, New York
Dark Victory, Ileana Tounta Contemporary, Athens, Greece

2006
"Songs for Sale", Deitch Projects, New York, USA

2005
“Looking at Words”, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, USA
“Translation”, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
“New York City Bling Bling”, Cinema a Luci Rosse, Modena, Italy
“Still”, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, USA

2004
“Monument to Now”, Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
“Crosscurrents at the Century's End: Selections from the Neuberger Berman Art Collection”, various sites
“Commodities Celebrities Death & Disaster”, Salina Art Centre, Salina, Kansas, USA

2002
“The Passion of the Good Citizen”, ex art c.p., New York, USA
“The Dubrow Biennial”, Kagan Martos Gallery

2001
“New Acquisitions from the Dakis Joannou Collection”, Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece

2000
“Drawings and Photographs”, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, USA
“Reconfiguration”, Danese Gallery, New York, USA

1999
“Pleasure Dome”, Jessica Frederiks Gallery, New York, USA

1998
“Accelerator”, Southhampton City Art Gallery/Arnolfini, Bristol/Oldham Art Gallery, GB
“Painting, Now and Forever Part I”, Matthew Marks Gallery and Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, USA
“Pop Surrealism”, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT, USA
“More Fake, More Real, Yet Even Closer”, Castle Gallery (curated by Robert Evren), College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, USA
“21st Anniversary Benefit Art Auction”, The New York Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA

1997
“New American Talent: The Thirteenth Exhibition”, The University of North Texas Art Gallery
(chosen by Robert Storr), Denton, USA

1996
“The Most Important Thing in The World”: Oasis vs. Blur and the Artists Who Rock The
Alternative Arts Fair (curated by Bill Arning), New York, USA

1995
“It’s Only Rock and Roll”, The Phoenix Art Museum (curated by David Rubin), Phoenix, USA

1994
“Page 5”, 450 Broadway Gallery (curated by Elizabeth Olbert), New York, USA

1993
“Friendly (with Friends)”, Dooley Le Capellaine Gallery, New York, USA

1992
“Industrial Heroes”, Vernon Space (curated by Laura Howe), Los Angeles, USA


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

Louisiana, Humlebaek, Denmark
Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway
Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, USA
Neuberger Berman LLC, New York, USA
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California, USA
Orange County Museum of Art, California, USA
Mitsuni Collection Tokyo, Japan


BIBLIOGRAPHY:

“Michael Bevilacqua. Drawing Under the Influence. Fables of the Reconstruction”, ed. Manon Slome, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, 2007
“Bevilacqua”, ed.: Michael Juul Holm, Louisiana, Denmark 2005
“Bevilacqua. Vinyl Distraction”, Colette/Deitch Projects, Paris/New York 2003
“Bevilacqua”, The New Yorker, February 19 & 26, 2001
Brown, Cecily, “Painting Epiphany”, Flash Art, May-June, 1998
Caniglia, Julie, “Openings”, Artforum, May, 1999
Connelly, Kevin, “Logocentric”, The New Yorker, December 28, 1998 & January 4, 1999
Ebony, David, “Michael Bevilacqua at Jessica Fredericks”, Art in America, June 1998
Ebony, David, “David Ebony’s New York Top Ten”, ArtNet, September 1997
Farquaharson, Alex, “Accelerator”, Frieze, June/July/August, 1999
Franck, Elisabeth, “Mr. Dubrow’s Biennial”, The New York Observer, March 18, 2002
Fox, Marisa, “Rock Kulture: Low-brow, High-Art”, Option, Nov/Dec., No. 53., 1993
Gregos, Katerina, “New York Now”, Contemporary Visual Arts, Issue #34, 2001
Grifin, Tim, “Michael Bevilacqua: What Is It That Is The Worm Inside of You?”, Time Out, September 11-18, 1997
Henry, Max, “Ouverture”, Flash Art, May/June, 1999
Humphrey, David, “New York e-mail”, Art Issue, Summer 2001
Johnson, Ken, “Art Briefs”, The New Yorker, September 19, 1997
Kelly, Christina, “Pop Culture Fanatic Makes Trippy Art”, Jane, February, 2000
Long, Andrew, “Openings: Pop Goes The Easel”, Art & Antiques, Dec., 1998
Mack, Bob, “Kiss Alive IV: The Gene Simmons/Joseph Beuys Connection (Keep It Simple Stupid)”, Grand Royal, Winther, 1993
Maxwell, Douglas F., “High Speed Gardening”, Reviewny.com, February 15., 2001
McConaughty, Claire,“Art for the Masses”, Pretty Decorating, September 1994
Moreno, Gean, “High Noon in Desire County”, Art Papers, May/June, 2000
Naves, Mario, “A Lot To Look At…”, The New York Observer, March 19, 2001
Newhall, Edith, “A Few of My Favorite Things”, New York, March 5, 2001
Ortoleva, Peppino, ”Colors of the Media, Colors of Fashion”, The Style Engine: Spectacles,
Identity, Design, and Business: How the Fahion Industry Uses Style to Create Wealth”, edited by Giannino Malossi, The Monacelli Press, 1998
Porte, Charlie, “Be Here Now”, Esquire (GB), February 1999
Rimanelli, David, “Art”, The New Yorker, September 22, 1997
Shave, Stuart, “Accelerator”, I-D magazine, January/February, 1999
Smith, Roberta, “Painting: Now and Forever Part I”, The New York Times, July 24, 1998
Smith, Roberta, “Bevilacqua at Fredericks”, The New York Times, January 8, 1999
Smith, Roberta, “The Passion of the Good Citizen”, The New York Times, May 3., 2002
Turner, Gracy, “Beautiful Dramers: Emerging Painters, Circa 2000”, Flash Art, Jan.-Feb., 2000
Valdez, Sarah, Art in America, February 2005
Valdez, Sarah, “Bevilacqua at Fredericks Freiser”, Time Out, March 15-22, 2001
Wildman, David, “A Kiss is Still a Kiss”, Boston Sunday Globe, October 3., 1993
Yablonsky, L., “What Makes a Painting a Painting?”, Artnews, April 2005
Yablonsky, L., “Downtown Armory: Surviving the Growing Pains”, Art & Auction, April, 2001
Zimmer, W., “7 Artists Integrate Color and Rudeness”, The New York Times, January 10., 1999
Zoo, Issue 3, Purple Press, London, England, 1999