Joseph Montgomery
Born 1979 Northampton, MA
Lives and works in New York, NY
EDUCATION
2007
MFA, Hunter College, New York, NY
2001
BA, Yale University, New Haven, CT
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014
Doll Index, Peter Blum Gallery, New York, NY (Through December 6, 2014)
Heads, Calves, Laurel Gitlen, New York, NY (Through December 21, 2014)
2013
Five Sets Five Reps, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
2012
Velveteen, Laurel Gitlen, New York, NY
2010
Lie lay lain; Lay laid laid, Laurel Gitlen, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014
Black/White, LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, MA
OK Great Thanks This Is So Ridiculous, ACME, Los Angeles, CA
Roving Room, Habersham Mills, Demorset, GA
2013
Painter Painter, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
An annotated exhibition, Hilary Crisp Gallery, London, United Kingdom
DNA: Strands of Abstraction, Loretta Howard Gallery, New York, NY
The Made-up Shrimp Hardly Englihtens Some Double Kisses, Laurel Gitlen, New York, NY
2012
Creature from the Blue Lagoon, curated by Bob Nickas, Martos Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
What is the use of being a boy if you are going to grow up to be a man, curated by Alexander Mayhew, Annie Gentils Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Into the Surface, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
2011
The 2011 Bridgehampton Biennial, curated by Bob Nickas, Bridgehampton, NY
Curating the Contemporary: Joseph Montgomery and Ned Vena, organized by Kathrin Beer and Samuel Leuenberger in cooperation with Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland
2010
Looking Back: The Fifth White Columns Annual, curated by Bob Nickas, White Columns, New York, NY
Meet Me at the Bottom of the Pool, Martos Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
2009
Cave Painting 2, New York, NY
To the left of the rising sun, Laurel Gitlen (offsite), Greenwich, NY
2007
Wu-Tang/Googolplex, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise @ Passerby, New York, NY
Unfathom, Max Prototech, New York, NY
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY
2004
The Litho Show, Fort 508, Albuquerque, NM
Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Katrina Lasko Gallery, Bernalillo, NM
2002
Black and White, South Wing Gallery, Cleveland, Oh
2001
Thesis Exhibition, Green Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT
SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2009
Don’t Perish, Leo Koenig Inc., New York, NY
Rose Colored Glasses, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise @ Passerby, New York, NY
SELECTED TEXTS
2014
Michael Rutherford, “Joseph Montgomery: Interview,” Painter’s Bread: Visual Sustenance, 20 January.
2013
Eric Crosby, “Joseph Montgomery: Modeling Abstraction in 3D,” Untitled (Blog), The Walker Art Center, 25 June.
Sebastian Smee, “Beauty, brilliance at Mass MoCA” (review), The Boston Globe, 15 June.
Charles Bonenti, “Art born from everyday at Mass MoCA,” The Berkshire Eagle, 24 May.
John Seven, “Joseph Montgomery: The art of work,” North Adams Transcript, 24 May.
“Joseph Montgomery at MASS MoCA,” Kolaj no. 4, Spring. 6.
Mary Abbe, “Painters return to Walker in a new show” (review), Star Tribune, 8 February.
Ted Lodos, “Art: Playing Field,” Vogue, January. 58.
2012
Christina Travaglini, “Painter Painter,” interview with Eric Crosby and Bartholomew Ryan, Kaleidoscope 17, Winter 2012/2013.
“The Art of Collage by Joseph Montgomery,” Lancia Trendvisiions, 30 August.
Will Heinrich, “Joseph Montgomery, Velveteen” (review), Art in America, April. 118.
Linnea Kniaz, “Joseph Montgomery, Velveteen” (review), The Brooklyn Rail, 1 February.
Anne Doran, “Joseph Montgomery, Velveteen” (review), Time Out New York, 27 January – 2 February.
Gabrielle Radujko, “Joseph Montgomery, Veveteen” (review), Artcards.cc, 20 January.
“Critics’ Picks: Joseph Montgomery, Velveteen,” Time Out New York, 19-26 January.
Leigh Anne Miller, “The Lookout,” Art in America.com, 19 January.
2011
Bob Nickas, ed., The 2011 Bridgehampton Biennial, Martos Gallery, New York.
Daniel Morgenthaler, “Aus Trash ward plötzlich Sprache,” Baslter Zeitung, 14 June.
Daniel Morgenthaler, “Wandflimmern: ‘Curating the Contemporary’ nistet sich temporär im Kunsthaus Baselland ein,” Basler Zeitung, 12 May. 46.
2010
Will Heinrich, “Curation’s Onslaught: White Columns Annual and Larry Poons,” New York Observer, 14 December.
Andrew Russeth, “Joseph Montgomery, Lie lay lain; Lay laid laid” (review), 16 Miles of String.com, 23 June.
2009
Nicole Caruth, “Gastro-Vision: Breaking Bread,” Art 21 Blog, 22 October.
2008
Michael Wilson, “First Supper,” Artforum.com Diary, 4 February.