b. 1966 Lives and works in Berlin, Germany Solo Exhibitions 2012 Drawn from Photography, The DePaul University Art Museum, Chicago, IL (forthcoming) 2011 The Air We Breathe, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY Galeria Casado Santapau, Madrid, Spain 2009 Dusty Hayes, 2nd Floor Projects, San Francisco, CA 2008 Dead Leafs, Galeria Casado Santapau, Madrid, Spain 2007 Parents' Day, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY DIG, with Wayne Smith, Derek Eller Gallery (project room), New York, NY 2006 Casper, (with Matthew Lutz-Kinoy), A +B Arratiabeer, Berlin, Germany, 2005 rise, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY Ice, Glue, Berlin, Germany 2004 Beausoleil, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY 2002 The Road to Hell Less Traveled, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY 2000 Sculpture Garden, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY 1999 Chorus, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1998 Knights Gathering Flowers, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY Dust, Th.e (Theoretical Events), Naples Italy 1995 Dandylion, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA A Shepherd and His Flock, London Projects, London, UK 1994 Night of the Hunter, Kiki, San Francisco, CA 1990 Political Stance, (installation documenting performance), ATA, San Francisco, CA 1989 Elvis Clocked, Les Indes Galantes, Paris, France Group Exhibitions 2011 The Weaklings, curated by Dennis Cooper, Five Years, London, UK Deutsche Show, Divus, Prague, Czech Republic The Air We Breathe, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA Drawn from Photography, The Drawing Center, New York, NY 2010 The Pencil Show, Foxy Production, New York, NY Hauntology, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA Lost Horizon, Exile, Berlin, Germany Massenbeschleuniger, Galerie Lorenz, Frankfurt, Germany When the Rabbit Taught the Eagle a Lesson, Participant, Inc., New York, NY Paper Awesome, Baer Ridgeway, San Francisco, CA 2009 Zeigen, Temporare Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany First Service, Das Schwules Museum, Berlin, Germany Access All Areas, Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany Galaxy: A Hundred or So Stars Visible to the Naked Eye, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkelely, CA 2008 Passageworks: Contemporary Art From The Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA The Proof Is In the Pudding, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA Face Forward, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY 2007 Freehand, Arratia Beer, Berlin, Germany NeoIntegrity, curated by Keith Mayerson, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY noh interior, Durban Art Gallery, South Africa Pussy Pussy Hello Hello, Glue, Berlin, Germany 2006 Momento Mori, Mireille Mosler, Ltd., New York, NY Summer Group Exhibition,Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY; 6/06 Twice Drawn, The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY Inaugural Group Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY 2005 Looking at Words: The Formal Presence of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY Drawing from the Modern, 1975-2005, Museum of Modern Art, NY me myself and i, gutleut 15, Frankfurt, Germany 2004 Ordinary Travellers: D-L Alvarez / Rainer Kamlah, Laura Mars Group, Berlin, Germany Impact- New Mural Projects, P.P.O.W., New York, NY On Paper, Nicole Klagsbrun, New York, NY Birdspace: A Post-Audubon Artists Aviary, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA 2003 Drawings, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY Back in Black, Cohen Leslie & Browne, New York, NY 20 Years 20 Artists, The Lab, San Francisco, CA Queer Space, Boogie Woogie Kiosk, Dresden, Germany 2002 Drawings 2002, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ Landscape, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY 2001 Contemporary Utopia, Museum of Art Arsenais, Gallery Noass, Latvia Fresh.The Altoids Collection, The New Museum, New York, NY Made in California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA Bestiary, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA Human/Nature, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY Sightings, curated by Jeffrey Walkowiak, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 1998 El Campo, Berlin Bienale, Berlin, Germany Imaginary Friend, Rupert Goldsworthy, New York, NY Chicklet, John Begruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA Agenda, Debs & Co., New York, NY Pay-per-View, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY Canary, Theoretical Environments, Naples, Italy 1997 Stuttered Landscape, MIX Experimental Film and Video Festival, NY Works on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC Scene of the Crime, Hammer Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA D-L Alvarez and Ruby Neri, New Works, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA Selections Winter, The Drawing Center, New York, NY 1996 SECA Award: D-L Alvarez, Anne Appleby, Barry McGee, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA Wooster (in-home installation), 3580 Jackson, San Francisco, CA; 2/96 1995 Fabricators, Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA Wild Side, LACE, Los Angeles, CA Drawing the 20th Century, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA El Corazon Mi Dio un Salto, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA In a Different Light, University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA 1994 Rooms for the Dead, Center for the Arts, San Franciso, CA Introductions, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Franciso, CA Bong, Alleged, New York, NY Sick Joke, Kiki, San Franciso, CA 1993 Dress Code, Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA CaCa, Kiki, San Francisco, CA 1992 Situation, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA 1990 Broken, The LAB, San Francisco, CA 1989 What's Wrong with This Picture?, Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA Curatorial Work 2009 Psychometry (II), Arratia Beer, Berlin, Germany Psychometry (I), Exile, Berlin, Germany 2003 Hand Drawn Maps, Derek Eller Gallery, NY 1996 Sublingual, A Different Light, San Francisco, CA Spirograph, MIX Experimental Film and Video Festival, New York, NY 1994 Tiny Shoes, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA 1992 Carrie Mae Weems, (Adeline Kent Award) Walter Mcbean Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1990 Liquid Eyeliner, Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA Performative Installations 1997 What I Was Wearing (for Bay Area Now), Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA 1996 Hot Wheels (for Home Boy Beautiful), Highways, LA, CA 1994 Mousy, Line, Basel Narrow Rooms, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA Red Asphalt, The LAB, San Francisco, CA 1989 Blue Collar, Green Apple, San Francisco, CA Slate, Uncle Bert's, San Francisco,CA Blight Spirit, Uncle Bert's, San Francisco, CA Airport Whore, Orly, Paris, France Comic Body, Hotel Paris, France Work Ethic, 2017 Sonora, Stockton, CA 1988 The Advantages of Fluid Exchange, Warfield, San Francisco, CA Narrow Rooms, A Different Light, San Francisco, CA Stewart's Position, Media & Best Western, San Francisco,CA Political Stance, Operation Concern & St. Paul Hotel, San Francisco, CA 1987 South, New Orleans Youth Hostel, New Orleans, Louisiana Manual Alphabet, Sutro Bathes, San Francisco,CA 1986 Deaf Romantic, STUD, San Francisco, CA Walk w/Dave, 2017 Sonora, Stockton, CA Bibliography 2011 Rosenberg, Karen. 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Selected Public Collections The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Whitney Museum of American Art< New York, NY San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA University Art Museum of Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX Go to top