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José Lerma

(Spanish, born 1971)

José Lerma

Paola, 2023

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Biography

Timeline

1971: Born in Seville, Spain, Lives and works in Chicago and New York
1994: B.A., Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
1995 - 1997: University of Wisconsin School of Law- Madison
: University of Wisconsin School of Law, Madison, WI
1998: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2001: M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
2002: M.F.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison (painting)
2003 - 2005: CORE Residency Program, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
2003: Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME
: Fortaleza 302 Residency Program, San Juan, PR

Exhibitions

2016: Jose Lerma Exhibitions in 2016:
Group exhibition,Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy.
forthcoming, Kemper Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO (solo exhibiton)
forthcoming, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo San Juan, Puerto Rico (solo exhibition)
José Lerma and Josh Reames,Luis de Jesus Los Angeles, CA (solo exhibition)
2014: Jose Lerma Exhibitions in 2014:
Eric’s Trip,curated by Cynthia Daignault and Mark Loiacono, Lisa Cooley Gallery, New York, NY
Pangea,Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Renuncias y Adopciones,Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Head, Western Exhibitions,Chicago, IL
Guaynabichean Odyssey,David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL (solo exhibition)
The Unitedstatian,Van Horn Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo exhibition
La Bella Crisis,Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI (solo exhibition)
European Mixed Masters,Andrea Rosen Gallery 2, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Josh Smith and José Lerma,Oliver Francis Gallery, Dallas, TX (solo exhbition)
Gloriosa Superba,Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo exhibiton)
Robusto Parasite, Roberto Paradise Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2013: MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL, “BMO Harris Bank Chicago Works: José Lerma” (solo)
: Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom, “Paper”
: Van Horn Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany, “Cabinet of Threads”
: Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, Japan, “19516 kilometers from Milwaukee or 12126 miles”
: Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, “On Painting,”
: CAM Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, “The Credentialist” (solo)
: Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester, MI, "Idealizing the Imaginary: Invention and Illusion in Contemporary Painting,"
: Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY, “José Lerma & Eddie Martinez”
2012: Ille Arts, Amagansett, NY, “RAW: Andrew Guenther, José Lerma, Liz Markus, Wendy White,”
: Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL, “Someone Else’s Dream”
: Jolie Laide, Philadelphia, PA, “Dirt Don’t Hurt,” curated by Bill Saylor
: The Hogar Collection, Brooklyn, NY, “Go Figure,”
: The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, “A Person of Color/A Mostly Orange Exhibition” curated by José Lerma
: Julius Caesar, Chicago, IL, “Irritable Abstraction,” curated by Susanne Doremus
: Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, CA, “Unfinished Paintings,” curated by Joshua Aster and Kristin Calabrese
: Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY, “To Tell the Truth,” curated by Joe Pflieger
: Berezdivin Collection, San Juan, Puerto Rico, “Collection Exhibition,” curated by Marysol Nieves
: Kart Wash, Puerto Rico, “De Bayamon a la 15”
: Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL, “Handler: a series of collaborative sculptures presented by John Riepenhoff,”
: Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL, “The Lightweight” (solo)
2011: Paradise Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico, “José Lerma: Jibaro Jizz” (solo)
: Dodge Gallery, New York, NY, “Go Figure,” curated by Eddie Martinez
: Can Xalant, Barcelona, Spain, “Museos Portátiles. Parking 101,”
2010: Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, “I am sorry I am Perry,”(solo)
: Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain, “Spanish Revival” (solo)
: Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY, “Lush Life,” curated by Franklin Evans and Omar Lopez-Chahoud
: Apex Art, New York, NY, “Don’t Piss on Me and Tell Me It’s Raining,” curated by Bad At Sports
: Don’t Projects, Paris, France, “From NY With Love,” curated by Glorimarta Linares
: Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, “One For All,”
: From NY with Love, Don't Projects, Paris
: Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL, “Rattled by the Rush,”
: Golden Age, Chicago, IL, "Cadaver Corpse," curated by Tessa Perutz
: Porter Butts Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, “Good News,” curated by Amanda Schmitt
: Galeria Candela, San Juan, Puerto Rico, “From NY With Love,” curated by Glorimarta Linares
: Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA, "Cadaver Corpse," curated by Tessa Perutz
: Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, “The Green Gallery’s Wallgasm,” curated by John Riepenhoff
: Loock Galerie, Berlin, Germany (solo)
: Galerie Loock/Wohnmaschine, Berlin, Germany, “El Pendejo” (solo)
2009: Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
: 'Dark Fair', curated by Scott Reeder and Tyson Reeder, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL
: Green Gallery East, Milwaukee, WI, “Back Room”(solo)
: 'El Pendejo' Green Gallery East, Milwaukee, WI (solo)
: 'Rattled by the Rush' Galeria Candela, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2008: Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden, “The Ice Cream Show,” April 11 – May 25, 2008
: Milwaukee Art Museum, “Selections of the Permanent Collection,” January - April
: Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium, forthcoming (catalogue)
2007: ARARIO Gallery, Seoul, Korea, “Cheonan-si Chungman,” May 25 – June 17 (catalogue)
: El Museo del Barrio, New York, “5th Bienal, The (S) Files / The Selected Files,” curated by Elvis Fuentes, July 25 – January, 2008 (catalogue)
: 2 Ocean View Lane Amagansett, Long Island, "Dining Room Show", July 21 - July 22, 2007
: Zieher Smith, New York, NY, “Someday Never Comes,” curated by Eddie Martinez, January 17 – February 17
2006: Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain, “VAC colección Valencia arte contemporáneo,” December 21 – February 11, 2006 (catalogue)
: Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, “The Golden Sea,” April 1 – April 29
: Galleria Il Capricorno, Venice, Italy (solo)
: Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
: 2005 Core Artists in Residence, The Glassell School of Art of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX (catalogue)
2005: Monster Painting, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX (catalogue)
2004: Folklore of Our Times, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
: Summer Drawings and Some Are Not, Mixture Contemporary Art, Houston, TX
2003: Two Beats Off, Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (solo)
: No Pasa Un Dia... EX Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, Mexico
: Lives of the Obscure, Southfirst Gallery (with Ellen Takata), Brooklyn, NY
: Please, Don't Distort What We Had..., 7/3 split (with Scott Roberts), Chicago, IL
: NADA Fair, 1R Gallery , Miami, FL
: Dinosaurs; Artists Look Back Into the Future, Los Medeos College, San Francisco, CA
: Ensayo, Galeria Comercial, San Juan, Puerto Rico
: Stray Show, 7/3 Split and M&M Proyectos, Chicago, IL
2002: PR02 [En Ruta], M&M Proyectos, San Juan, Puerto Rico
: Art Basel Miami Beach, M&M Proyectos, Miami, FL (solo)
2000: Artists of the New Millennium, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford IL
1999: Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI

Public Collections

: Berezdivin Collection, San Juan
: Milwaukee Art Museum

Literature

2015: Venero, Isabel and Amy Ontiveros eds. 25 Years Of Andrea Rosen Gallery. New York, NY: Andrea Rosen Gallery.
2014: Manco, Tristan. Big Art, Small Art. London: Thames & Hudson.
2013: José Lerma. Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
2012: Idealizing the Imaginary: Illusion and Invention in Contemporary Painting. Rochester: Oakland University Art Gallery,

José Lerma

(Spanish, born 1971)

José Lerma

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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