Meredyth Sparks

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EDUCATION
MFA, Hunter College, New York, NY
BFA, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
Striped Bare, VeneKlasen/Werner, Berlin

2010
Extraction, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York

2009
Everything we have loved is lost., Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris
There’s one in every crowd, Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels
Gudrun Constructed, Projects in Art and Theory, Cologne

2008
We were strangers for too long., Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York

2006
We’re treating each other just like strangers., Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl, curated by Trevor Schoonmaker, The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham
Mixtapes: popular music in contemporary art, The Lewis Glucksman Gallery, University College Cork
I am a cliché, curated by Emma Lavigne, Les Recontres d’Arles Photographie, Arles
CAPC, ou la vie saisie par l'art, Bordeaux CAPC Museum of Contemporary Art, Bordeaux, France
Never Can Say Goodbye, No Longer Empty, New York, NY
Sur Le Dandysme Aujourd’hui: Del maniquí en el escaparate a la estrella mediática / From Shop Window Mannequin to Media Star, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

2009
Collection Art Foundation Mallorca, CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
The Importance of Daydreams, World Class Boxing, Miami, FL
White Noise, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
Sound of Music, Turner Contemporary Project Space, Kent, England
Otras Voces, Otras Ambitos, Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid

2008
A New High In Getting Low II, John Connelly Presents, New York
Amy Granat, Nate Hylden and Meredyth Sparks, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago
In Repose, The Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, curated by Lori Mertes, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia
The Object is the Mirror (Part II), curated by Max Henry, Wilkinson Gallery, London
Recent Acquisitions, Gifts and Works from Various Exhibitions 1985-2008, curated by Bob Nickas, White Columns, New York
Sound of Music II, Frac, Nord- Pas de Calais, Tri Postal, Lille, France

2007
A New High In Getting Low, curated by John Connelly, artnews projects, Berlin
Cosmic Dreams, curated by Friederike Nymphius, Kunsthalle Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca
Cut, Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York
Dracularising, curated by Matthew Williams, Galerie Neue alte Brüecke, Frankfurt
Elizabeth Dee Gallery, with Richard Aldrich, New York (two-person)
Just Kick It Till It Breaks, curated by Debra Singer and Matthew Lyons, The Kitchen, New York
The Object is the Mirror, curated by Max Henry, Layr Wuestenhagan, Vienna
9 or 10 works I used to like, in no order, curated by Luca Lo Pinto, Monitor Gallery, Rome, Italy
2nd Moscow Biennale, invited by Nicolas Bourriaud, Moscow, Russia
(the) Melvins@ (the) Mandrake, curated by Bob Nickas, Los Angeles, CA

2006
Deaf: From the Audible to the Visible, Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris, France
Music is a Better Noise, curated by Bob Nickas, PS 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
Thank You For the Music (London Beat), curated by Johannes Fricke-Waldthausen, Sprüth, Magers Lee, London, UK
This Ain’t No Karaoke, curated by Max Henry, Haas & Mayer, Zürich, Switzerland
VA4398UV, Memphis, TN

2005
Lords, Notes on Vision, Tart, San Francisco, USA (two-person)
Meeting of the Minds, with performance by Franklin County, Knoxville, TN, USA
Sound Clash, PH Gallery, New York, NY, USA

2004
First Look Photography, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York

2003
It wasn’t midnight. It wasn’t snowing., Hunter College Times Square Gallery, New York, NY, USA (solo)

1999
Summer Show, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY, USA

1998
Bowie, Rupert Goldsworthy Gallery, New York, NY, USA

1996
I Will Sleep Like a Baby, Roll Over Like a Pussycat, A-1, Knoxville, TN, USA


CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2004
Skull Turner, year, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Two Enter and One Leaves, year, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Capitals and Constructs, year, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Four Projects, year, Brooklyn, NY, USA

2003
All That Was Not Then, year, Brooklyn, NY, USA


BIBLIOGRAPHY

2011
Heinevetter, Nele. "Eine Künstlerin auf Streifzug," Zeit Online, 05/17/2011
Balenciaga/Guggenheim, Artist Portfolio, Artist Portfolio, p.212

2010
Dodor, Francis. “Le punk se shoote á Arles,” Les Inrockuptibles, June 30-July 6, p. 3, 44-49
Heavy Duty & Razor Sharp: Les Rencontres d’Arles Photography 2010, exhibition catalog, p. 182-185
Smith, Roberta. "Meredyth Sparks," New York Times, April 9, C28
“Decoding Images,” Art in America, March 2010

2009
Bourriaud, Nicolas, “Meredyth Sparks,” 20 Hoxton Square, October
Colard, Jean-Max, “Meredyth Sparks: Everything we have loved is lost.,” les inrockuptibles, October, No. 724
Launay, Aude, “Liz Deschenes, Rebecca Quaytman, Meredyth Sparks,” 02, Hiver 2009/2010,     No. 52, p.32-37
Davies, Lillian, “Artforum Online Critics Picks,” Artforum online
Meredyth Sparks, with essays by Nicolas Bourriaud and Robert Hobbs, published by Monografik Editions, Galerie Frank Elbaz, Elizabeth Dee Gallery
Licht, Alan, “White Noise,” Artforum, October, p. 236
Delos, Soline, “Arty Sparks Attraction,” Elle, No. 3326, September 25, p. 40
Imdahl, Georg, “Gudrun und der ominöse Plattenspieler,” Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Nr. 58, Dienstag, 10. März, p. 31
Knöfel, Ulrike, “Jahresrückblick 2008,” ART das Kunstmagazin, January
Licata, Christine, “Meredyth Sparks: We were strangers for too long, at Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York,” Art on Paper, January/February

2008
Sound of Music: Collection Frac Nord-Pas de Calais, exhibition catalog, p. 94-97
Beck, Graham T., “Meredyth Sparks,” Frieze, Issue 119, November/December
Singer, Debra and Matthew Lyons (edited by), Just Kick It Till It Breaks, exhibition catalog, The Kitchen, New York, p. 22-23
Anderman, Joan, “The Permanent Revolution,” The Boston Globe, Nov. 16th

2007
Alemani, Cecilia, “Cut,” artforum.com, December 13th
Ventrella, Francesco, “9 or 10 Lavori Che Mi Piacevano, In Nessun Ordine,” Flash Art Italy, August/September
“Dress Art Project,” Another Magazine, Spring-Summer 2007, p. 180
Doingbird, # Twelve, p. 50-51
Lissoni, Andrea, “Puro piacere critico,” Rolling Stone, Italy, July
Barliant, Claire “2nd Moscow Biennale,” Modern Painters, May
“Just Kick It Till It Breaks,” The New Yorker, April 30, p. 20
Cotter, Holland, “Just Kick It Till It Breaks,” The New York Times, April 13, p. E34
Beasley, Mark, “Music is a Better Noise,” Frieze, Issue 106, April
Molok, Nikolai (ed), “Footnotes on Geopolitics, Market, and Amnesia,” 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, pp. 120-121
Bourriaud, Nicolas, “Stock Zero, or the Icy Water of Egotistical Calculation,” in 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art: Footnotes on Geopolitics, Market, and Amnesia, p. 90
Bors, Chris “Report From Paris,” artnet.com
Kapi’lian, Nelly, Rock & Literature,” Les Inrockuptibles, March 6
“Dress Art Project,” Another Magazine, Spring/Summer
Garcia, Fabienne, “Enfant du Rock,” Le Figaro, January 11
Beckwith, Naomi “Meredyth Sparks,” Artkrush, January 24

2006
Smith, Roberta, “Menace, Glitter and Rock in Visions of Dystopia,” New York Times, December 29
Sumpter, Helen, “Thank you for the music”, TimeOut London, July 14
Speers Mears, Emily, “Cover Bands,” V Magazine, Spring, pp. 138-139
Sennert, Kate, “The Art of Noise,” V Magazine, Fall
Bailly, Berenice, “Deaf,” Le Monde, April 1
Genies, Bernard, “Musiques attitudes,” Le Nouvel observateur, March 23
Lequeux, Emmanuelle, “Deaf, From the Audible to the Visible,” Rendez-Vous, March 22
Posnic, Emmanuel, “Deaf, From the Audible to the Visible”, paris-art.com
Posnic, Emmanuel, “We’re treating each other just like strangers” paris-art.com

2004
“Top Ten,” for year, ArtForum, April, p.60

2001
K-48 Magazine, two images

1998
NY Arts, #27, December, p.46-47
Turner, Grady T.,”Bowie,” Review Magazine, December, p.24

  • Elizabeth Dee at The Armory Show and LISTE 08 10 Mar 2008
    From March 27 − 30, 2008, Elizabeth Dee will be participating in The Armory Show at Pier 94 (12th Avenue at 55th Street) in New York. Located in Booth 1107, the gallery will be presenting a solo exhibition of works from the 1970s, 80s and 90s by Adrian Piper.

    Elizabeth Dee will also be participating in LISTE 08 in Basel, Switzerland between June 3 - 8, 2008. At LISTE, the Elizabeth Dee booth will feature works by both Meredyth Sparks and Mika Tajima.

  • Meredyth Sparks

    Texts by Nicolas Bourriaud & Robert Hobbs

    Softcover: 127 pages
    Publisher: Monografik Editions (September, 2009)
    Language: English/French
    ISBN 978-2-916545-19-6

    To order please contact the gallery

  • Masterpieces: CAPC musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux

    by Louis Nègre (Author), Bruno Boidron (Author), Frédéric Delpech (Author), Vittorio Santoro (Author), Collectif (Author)

    Features Meredyth Sparks 

    Hardcover: 237 pages
    Publisher: Cinq Sens (October 25, 2007)
    Language: French
    ISBN-10: 2952623945
    ISBN-13: 978-2952623940

    To order please visit Amazon France

  • 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art (Catalogue)

    Second Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art: Footnotes about Geopolitics, Markets and Amnesia, curated by Joseph Backstein, Daniel Birnbaum, Nicolas Bourriaud, Fuliya Erdemchi, Gunnar B. Kvaran, Rosa Martinez and Hans Ulrich Obrist

    Features Josephine Meckseper and Meredyth Sparks

    Unlike the First Moscow Biennale, the international team of curators presented a number of shows produced by individual curators or groups of curators instead of a common collective project. All these projects shared the common theme of FOOTNOTES on Geopolitics, Market, and Amnesia, and presented the works of more than 80 artists. The organizers believed that the structure of the main project, which can be figuratively compared to a book divided into chapters, helped spectators review the issues that will be presented from various points of view.
    The catalogue of the 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art consists of three books:
    Biennale's Main Project "Footnotes on geopolitics, market and amnesia" (Russian version)
    Biennale's Main Project "Footnotes on geopolitics, market and amnesia" (English version)
    Biennale's Special Projects (Russian and English versions)

    To order please contact 2nd.moscowbiennale.ru