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1968
- Born in Los Angeles, California.
1992 - Bachelor of Fine Arts - Acting, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia,
California.
1997 - Master of Fine Arts - Post Studio Art, Art Center College of Design,
Pasadena, California.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
“Speech Model from 'The Flies', Fruits of Crime, Goose Fair.”
Collaboration with Lisa Lapinski, Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna, 2003.
“‘Tis Pity She's a Fluxus Whore."
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford; Galerie Catherine Bastide, Art
Statement, Basel, 2003.
“Five Economies (big hunt/little hunt).”
Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, UCLA Armand Hammer Museum,
Rubell Family Foundation, Miami, 2002. Metro Pictures, New York; Centre D’Art
Contemporain Fri-Art Kunsthalle, Friibourg, Switzlerland, 2003.
“Unspoken Evil III - Rites of Ascension and Obscurity.”
Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussells, 2001.
“Gestus Maximus (Gold Standard).” Galerie
Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany, 2001.
PERFORMANCES/THEATRE WORKS
Wadsworth Manifestation - Presented in conjunction
with the exhibition “‘Tis Pity She’s a Fluxus Whore”,
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Aetna Auditorium, 2003.
Gold Standard (Canetti/Gibson Infusion) - Presented
in conjunction with the exhibition “Catherine Sullivan: Five Economies
(big hunt/little hunt)” , UCLA Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California,
and The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, 2002.
Grisly Notes and Tones - McKinley Auditorium, Pasadena,
California, 1997;
Le Consortium Art Center, Dijon, France as part of the annual festival “Nouvelles
Scènes”, 2001.
Gold Standard (hysteric, melancholic, degraded, refined)
- Presented in conjunction with “New Writing From Los Angeles”,
organized by Benjamin Weissman, UCLA Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California,
2001.
The Chironomic Remedy - Presented in conjunction
with the “LA Edge Festival”, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, CA 1999;
as part of “New Music Forum”, University of Southern California
San Diego, 2000; and at Berkeley Art Museum, 2003.
Let the Right Be a Vision of the Left - Trapdoor
Theatre, Chicago Illinois, 1998.
Dad’s Ham - Trapdoor Theatre, Chicago Illinois,
1997.
Unspoken Evil I - Art Center College of Design,
Pasadena, California, 1995.
Lights First, Then Water - Proto Theatre, Tokyo,
Japan, 1994.
SCREENINGS
Gold Standard (hysteric, melancholic, degraded, refined), Date
Palm Dance, Unspoken Evil III - Rites of Ascension and Obscurity
- Presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Cosima von Bonin”,
Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, 2001.
The Chirologic Remedy - Presented by Galerie Christian
Nagel, Cologne, Germany and the Secession, Vienna, Austria, 1999.
Unspoken Evil II - Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles,
California, 1996.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
“Biennale d’art contemporain de Lyon.”
Lyon, 2003.
“Baja to Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery.”
Vancouver, 2003.
“Silver.” Art Gallery of Greater Victoria,
Victoria, BC, 2003.
“Works on Paper.” Richard Telles Fine
Art, 2003
“Thyssen-Bornemisza Foundation in Contemporary Art.”
Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, 2003.
“Crisp.” Maryann Boesky Gallery, New
York, NY, 2002.
“L.A.-ex.” Museum Villa Stuck, Munich,
Germany, 2000.
“Still and Otherwise.” Margo Leavin
Gallery, Los Angeles, California, 1998.
“Lines of Sight.” Site specific project
at the California aqueduct, Lancaster, California, 1998.
“Video Povera.” California State University,
Los Angeles, 1996.
“SuperIntellectuals.” Three Day Weekend,
Los Angeles, California, 1996.
“Gander Mountain High.” Room 10, Pasadena,
California, 1995.
PUBLICATIONS
Catherine Sullivan, Five Economies (exhibition catalogue). With
essay by Hamza Walker, and interview with Russell Ferguson. Los Angeles: UCLA
Hammer Museum and Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, 2002.
Through the Scattered Glances. Spring Journal Vol.
II, Quality Press, 2000.
A Spectacle of Ruin and Doubt. Fama & Fortune
Bulletin, Verlag Pakesch & Schlebrugge, December, 1999.
Grisly Notes and Tones (A Strawman’s Excerpt).
Spring Journal Vol. I, Quality Press, 1998.
The Red Perils of Voluminous Green Asteroid Impaired:
Righteous American Fiction Vol. I. Art Center College of Design, 1998. Co-edited
with Benjamin Weissman and Alexis Hall.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Hayford, Justin. "Dad's Ham", Chicago Reader, No.34, May, 1997.
Williams, Albert. "Alien Hand or Let the Right be a Vision of the
Left.", Chicago Reader, No.38, June 12, 1998.
Egenhofer, Sebastian. "Theater und Gewalt Oder: Was wird hier eigentlich
gespielt?", Text zur Kunst, No. 43, September, 2001, Cologne.
Pichelin, Stephane. "L'ours montre qui montre." , L'Humanite, December
10, 2001, Paris.
Yood, James. "Catherine Sullivan/Renaissance Society." Art Forum
International, September, 2002.
Sundell, Margaret. “Repeat Performance, The Art of Catherine Sullivan.”
Art Forum International, October, 2003.