About David Dupuis

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    Born in 1959 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, David Dupuis currently lives and works in New York. He received a BFA in Art and Theatre at the University of Washington in Seattle in 1982, and that same year studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.

    He has exhibited widely throughout United States and Europe, and his work has been collected by numerous museums including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The New Museum of Contemporary Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

    Group Exhibitions

    2010
    "Salad Days", The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
    "Consider the Oyster," curated by Ingrid Dinter, James Graham and Sons, New York, NY

    2009
    "The Tree", James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai, China
    "Blue, Blue", Maloney Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
    "Salt Peanuts," Inman Gallery, Houston, TX

    2008
    "Other People: Portraits form Grunwald and Hammer Collections," Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
    "How To Cook A Wolf: Part One," Dinter Fine Art, New York, NY
    "Perverted by Theater, apexart, New York
    "Summer Group Exhibition," Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
    "David Dupuis, Dan McCarthy, Jack Pierson," The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
    "Private Domains," Judy Goldman Fine Art, Boston, MA

    2007
    "a spectral glimpse," curated by Jim O'Donnell, Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA
    "Don't Look." Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
    "Written on the Wind: The Flag Project", Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY
    "death & love in MODERN TIMES", Dinter Fine Art, New York, NY
    "NeoIntegrity", curated by Keith Mayerson, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

    2006
    "Momento Mori", Mireille Mosler, Ltd., New York, NY
    "Likeness (Portraits from All Angles)", Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
    "Art on Paper 2006", Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
    "Twice Drawn", The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
    "Block Party: An Exhibition of Drawings", Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    "Summer Group Exhibition", Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
    "The Name of This Show is Not GAY ART NOW", curated by Jack Pierson, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
    "Drawn", Dinter Fine Art, New York, NY
    "Variegated Radiant Dream Plot", Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
    "Inaugural Group Exhibition", Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

    2005
    "The General's Jamboree/2nd Annual Watercolor Exhibition", Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
    Seriality, Axel Raben Gallery, New York, NY

    2004
    "Pencil Me In", Geoffrey Young Gallery Great Barrington, MA
    "Under the Sun", Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ontario
    "Colored Pencil", KS Art, New York, NY
    "Happy", OH+T Gallery, Boston, MA

    2003
    "Anywhere But Here", Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
    "Drawings", Derek Eller Gallery , New York, NY
    "Rendered", Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY

    2002
    Guide to Trust #2", Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
    "Nina Bovasso, David Dupuis, Andrew Masullo", Derek Eller Gallery, NY, NY

    2001
    "Accumulations", Kent State University, School of Art Gallery, Kent, OH
    "Not a. Lear", Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York, NY
    "Boxy", Dee/Glasoe, New York, NY
    "Not a. Lear", galerie s& h de buck, Gent, Belgium
    "Waterworks", Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skarhamn, Sweden
    "Fresh", The Altoids Collection, New Museum, New York, NY
    "Locating Drawing", Lawing Gallery, Houston, TX
    "Figstract Explosionism", Curated by Tom Burckhardt, Bridgewater, Lustberg & Blumenfeld Gallery, New York, NY

    2000
    "Drawings & Photographs", Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY
    "Back to Nature", Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
    "Lemon Tree Hill", Asprey Jacques, London, England
    "Nina Bovasso, David Dupuis, Kate Shepherd", Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
    "Group Show", Brent Sikkema, New York, NY
    "Almost Something", Catherine Moore Fine Art, New York, NY
    "Greater New York", P.S.1, Long Island City, NY
    "Superorganic Hydroponic Warfare" (w/ Carroll Dunham, Alexander Ross)
    Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
    "The Circle Show", bona fide, Chicago, IL

    1999
    "Free Coke", GreeneNaftali inc., New York, NY
    "Parallel Lines: Mix and Match", Karen McCready Fine Art, New York, NY

    1998
    Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
    Pelavin Fine Art, New York, NY

    1997
    Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA

    1996
    Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO

    1995
    Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
    "Mary Beyt & David Dupuis", Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
    "In A Different Light", University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA

    1994
    "Paint Royale", Ed Thorpe Gallery, New York, NY
    "Circumscribed Imagination on the Ruins of Tradition", Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston, MA
    Works on Paper, John Good Gallery, New York, NY

    1993
    "In Consequence", 107 Mercer, Curated by Natalie Rivera, New York, NY
    Works on Paper, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
    Summer Group Exhibition, Rubenstein/Diacono, New York, NY
    "Concrete Abstraction", Howard Yezerski, Boston, MA
    "Italia-America L'Astrazione Redefinita", National Gallery of Art, San Marino, Italy

    1992
    Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
    Summer Show, Rubenstein/Diacono, New York, NY
    "Contextures and Constructures", Rubenstein/ Diacono, New York, NY
    Karsten Schubert, Ltd., London, England
    Drawing Group Show, Stuart Regan, Los Angeles, CA
    "Primal Abstraction", Mario Diacono, Boston, MA
    Turner & Byrne Gallery, Dallas, TX

    1991
    Act Up Benefit, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
    Turner & Byrne Gallery, Dallas, TX
    "Drawing Show", Aurel Scheibler, Cologne, Germany
    "David Dupuis, Dan Flavin, Rachael Whiteread", Karsten Schubert, Ltd., London, England
    Thomas Solomon's Garage, Los Angeles, CA
    "Synthesis", John Good Gallery, New York, NY

    1990
    Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
    "Black, White & Grey", Petersberg, Gallery, New York, NY
    "Recent Acquisitions", Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY

    1989
    "Outer Limits", Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY
    Laurie Rubin Gallery, New York, NY
    White Columns Gallery, New York, NY

    Bibliography

    2009
    Britt, Douglas, "Salt Peanust strikes idiosyncratic chord," Houston Chronicle, April 8
    Smith, Roberta, "How to Cook a Wolf: Part One," The New York Times, Listings: Chelsea, Jan 9

    2007
    "David Dupuis," Goings on About Town, The New Yorker, Nov 19
    Graves, Jen. "A Spectral Glimpse," The Stranger, Seattle October 26
    Smith, Roberta. "Going the Way of All Flesh, Artistically," The New YorkTimes, October 10, p. E5

    2006
    Patterson, Tom. "A Profusion of Pleasure", Winston-Salem Journal, Visual Art, p. F3, Sunday, Dec. 31
    Heuer, Megan. "David Dupuis", ARTnews, Summer, p. 185
    "Variegated Radiant Dream Plot at Gregory Lind Gallery", Art on Paper, March-April 2006
    Roberta Smith, "Art in Review: David Dupuis, Jessica Jackson Hutchins", The New York Times, March 3
    "Don't Miss", Time Out New York, February 9-15, p.70

    2004
    Julie Caniglia, "David Dupuis", Artforum, January, p.155

    2003
    Mario Naves, "David Dupuis: Live From Deluth", The New York Observer, November 10

    2002
    Chris Moylan, "Nina Bovasso, David Dupuis, Andrew Masullo", artcritocal.com, January

    2001
    Douglas Max Utter, "Accumulations", New Art Examiner, p. 76
    Kim Levin, "David Dupuis", The Village Voice, March 6
    Edith Newhall, "Face Time", New York Magazine, March 5, p. 84
    Goings on About Town, "David Dupuis", The New Yorker, March 5, p. 24

    2000
    Katy Siegel, "Greater New York", Artforum, May, p. 174
    Ken Johnson, "Almost Something: Depictive Abstraction", The New York Times, Art Guide, April 28, E39
    Jerry Saltz, "Greater Expectations", The Village Voice, March 14, p.67
    Holland Cotter, "New York Contemporary, Defined 150 Ways". The New York Times, Art review, March 6, E1
    Goings on About Town, "Superorganic Hydroponic Warfare", The New Yorker, March 6, p. 17

    1999
    Holland Cotter, "David Dupuis", The New York Times, Art in Review, Jan. 29

    1997
    Smith, Roberta, "Art in Review: 'Fandom' at White Columns", The New York Times, November 14
    Michael Brennan, "David Dupuis at White Columns", Art Net
    Jerry Saltz, "David Dupuis",Time Out, November 13-20, Issue 112, p.44

    1995
    Nayland Blake, Lawrence Rinder, Amy Scholder, "In a Different Light", p.88, Cat. illus.

    1994
    Tom Moody, "David Dupuis", Artforum, November, p.91, illus.
    Janet Kutner, "Abstract Art that stays in touch", The Dallas Morning News, February 19, illus.

    1993
    Demetrio Papardini, "Italia-America, L'Astazione Redefinita", September, pp.52-55, illus.

    1992
    Jane Tyson, "Small Exhibit Makes Larger Statement", Fort Worth Start-Telegram, March 2, illus.
    Stephan Gotz, "American Artists In Their New York Studios", pp.52-57, illus.
    Roberta Smith, The New York Times, October 2, p.C27
    Tom Moody, Artforum, "The Vertical Flatbed Picture Lane", p.123 (illus.)

    1991
    John Zinsser, Tema Celeste, Autumn, "Geometry and its Discontents", pp.72-76, illus.
    Gloria Amann, Cover Magazine, Art Review, February, Vol. 5, no. 2
    Roberta Smith, The New York Times, January 18

    1989
    Alexandra Anderson, Smart, September/October, p.69, illus.
    Robert Mahoney, "New York in Review", Arts Magazine, July, Vol. 64, no.7, 112

    Selected Public Collections

    Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
    Davis Museum, Wellesley College
    New Museum of Contemporary Art
    The New School for Social Research
    San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
    Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University
    The Whitney Museum of American Art

    Sources:
    Heritage Fine Art
    Eller Gallery

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