Education B.F.A., Brown University (Semiotics and Studio Art), 1984-88.5 M.F.A., University of California, Irvine, 1991-1993 Solo Exhibitions 2009 "Souvenirs," The Bakery - Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands "Both Sides Now: A Selection of Drawings 1992-2009," Paul Kasmin Gallery (project room), New York, NY 2008 "Good Leaders, Endangered Species, Ships At Sea, Part II," Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY "Good Leaders, Endangered Species, Ships At Sea," Kim Light / Lightbox, Los Angeles, CA 2007 “Friends & Family,” Shaheen Modern & Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH 2006 "Kings & Queens," Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY “Heroes,” Gallery Alain Noirhomme, Brussels, Belgium 2005 “Rebel Angels at the End of the World,” QED Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2004 “Hamlet 1999,” Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY 2003 “Hamlet 1999, Pt. 3,” Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY 2000 “Illuminations,” The Fifth International, New York, NY 1997 “Paintings and Drawings,” Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY 1995 “Monty’s Dream: The Sleeper in the Valley,” Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA 1994 “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell!” Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA 1993 “Pinocchio the Big Fag,” Kiki Gallery, San Francisco, CA Group Exhibitions 2009 "Figuratively Seeing," Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA 2008 "Peanut Gallery," The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY "THINGS BEHIND THE SUN," PHIL, Los Angeles, CA "Summer Group Exhibition, " Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY "Friends and Family," Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY "Kiki: The Proof Is In the Pudding," Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA "The Guys We Would Fuck," curated by Nayland Blake, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY "History Keeps Me Awake at Night: A Geneaology of Wojnarowicz," PPOW Gallery, New York, NY "Artist as Publisher," The Center For Book Arts, New York "ambivalent figuration; people," Samson Projects, Boston, MA “a new high in getting low II,” John Connelly Presents, New York, NY 2007 “Genesis I’m Sorry, ”Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY “Joe Bradley, Ann Craven, Dana Frankfort, Keith Mayerson,” Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, NY 2006 “Likeness (Portraits from All Angles),” Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA “Summer Group Exhibition,” Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY “How I Finally Accepted Fate,” curated by Jason Murison, EFA Gallery, New York, NY “This Name of This Show is Not GAY ART NOW,” curated by Jack Pierson, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY “Salon,” Greene Naftali, New York, NY “Inaugural Group Exhibition,” Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY 2005 “The Most Splendid Apocalypse,” curated by Jason Murison, PPOW Gallery, New York, NY “This Hard, Gem-Like Flame,” curated by Joseph R. Wolin, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX “On Paper: Drawings from the 1960’s to the Present,” Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2004 “Under the Sun,” Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ontario “Rimbaud,” curated by Max Henry, I-20, New York, NY “The Sublime is (Still) Now,” curated by Joseph R. Wolin, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY “Let the Bullshit Run a Marathon,” curated by Nate Lowman, Nicole Klagsbrun, New York, NY 2003 “K48,” Dietch Projects Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY “Hothouse; Contemporary Floras,” curated by Mary Jo Vath, Gallery of Art & Science, New York, NY “You,” curated by Lisa Kirk, Royal Modern, New York, NY “A New New York Scene--K48 Teenage Rebel: The Bedroom Show,” Gallerie du Jour at Agnes B., Paris, France FIAC art fair, curated by Scott Hug, Paris, France “Magazin (K48: Do Not Provoke Us),” Marres, Maastricht, Holland “Now Playing,” D’Amelio Terras Gallery, New York. NY “Drawings,” Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY 2002 “Kool Kult,” k48, Scope Art Fair, New York “25th Anniversary Selections Exhibition,” The Drawing Center, New York, NY “Landscape,” Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY 2001 “Refiguring Painting,” Los Angeles County Musueum “Group Exhibition,” American Fine Art at P.H.A.G., New York, NY 2000 “Recent Acquisitions,” Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA “Fore and Aft,” Acme., Los Angeles, CA 1999 “The Stroke,” curated by Ross Bleckner, Exit Art, New York, NY “Young New York Painters,” curated by Ross Bleckner, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO 1998 “Inaugral Show,” curated by Jennifer Bornstein and Chevis Clem, The Fifth International, New York, NY “he swam down, away,” curated by Tony Payne, Audiello Fine Art, Inc., New York, NY “Painting: Now and Forever,” Pat Hearn and Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY “Codex USA: Works on Paper by American Artists,” Entwistle Gallery, London, UK “I Love New York,” Edinburgh International Art Festival, Edinburgh College, Edinburgh, Scotland “Bathroom,” curated by Wayne Koestenbaum, Thomas Healy Gallery, New York, NY “View 3,” curated by Klaus Kertess, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY “Francis Alys, Keith Mayerson, Franklin Preston, Hiroshi Sugito,” Audiello Fine Art Inc., New York, NY “More,” curated by Tony Payne, XL Gallery, New York, NY 1997 “Paintings and Sculpture,” Luhring Augustine, New York, NY “Three Painters,” curated by Jack Pierson, Musee d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, France 1996 “The Name of the Place,” curated by Laurie Simmons, Casey Caplin Gallery, New York, NY “Young, Dumb, and Fun,“ curated by David Pagel, University of Las Vegas, Nevada “The Incredible Power of Cheap Sentiment,” curated by Bill Arning, White Columns, New York, NY “Annual Summer Watercolor Exhibition,” curated by Tom Woodruff, P.P.O.W., New York, NY 1995 “Degenerative Art Show,” The Lab, San Francisco, CA “The Moderns,” curated by Tony Payne, Feature Gallery, New York, NY “Faggots,” curated by Bill Arning, Rojes Foundation, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina “Stretch Out & Wait,” Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA 1994 “Stonewall 25,” curated by Bill Arning, White Columns, New York, NY “Dave’s Not Here Show,” Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA “Red Rover,” Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA “Tiny Shoes,” New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA “Selections Spring ‘94,” The Drawing Center, New York, NY (brochure) “Playfield,” curated by Randy Summers, Rio Hondo College, Wittier, CA 1993 “Sick Joke,” Kiki Gallery, San Francisco, CA “Steve Crique, Keith Mayerson, Tyler Stallings,” Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA Bibliography 2009 Cotter, Holland. "Peanut Gallery," The New York Times, Art Review, Jan 29 2008 "Keith Mayerson," The New Yorker, Galleries - Chelsea, November 10 "History Keeps Me Awake At Night," The New Yorker, Galleries - Chelsea, August 4 Cotter, Holland. "History Keeps Me Awake At Night," The New York Times, July 25 Vogel, Traci. "Time in a Bottle," San Francisco Weekly, July 9-15, Vol. 27, No. 24 Greenfield, Beth. "Body of Influence." Time Out New York, Issue 667, Jul 10-16 "How Haute It Is," Interview, April, p. 130-133 (illus.) Rosenberg, Karen. "A New High in Getting Low," The New York Times, Mar 7 2007 “Joe Bradley / Ann Craven / Dana Frankfort / Keith Mayerson,” The New Yorker, Galleries - Chelsea, August 20 Cotter, Holland. “When the Curator Is Also an Artist, Go Ahead, Expect Surprises,” The New York Times, August 9 2006 White, Roger, “Keith Mayerson Kings and Queens,” The Brooklyn Rail, Dec 05/Jan 07, Artseen p. 44 Gelber, Eric. “James Reilly and Keith Mayerson,” artcritical.com, December Wolin, Joseph R., “Keith Mayerson,” Time Out New York, Nov 23-29, p. 99 Gelber, Eric. “Of Groups - and Individuals,” The New York Sun, Nov 16 2005 Knight, Christopher. “Fresh, original voices in L.A.: A deceptive look at a mythic figures,” Los Angeles Times, October 28 Ammirati, Dominic. “Keith Mayerson,” Artforum, February. p. 175 2004 Smith, Roberta. “Keith Mayerson,” The New York Times, December 24 Speers Mears, Emily. “Keith Mayerson,” Artforum.com, December 13 Smith, Roberta. “Rimbaud,” The New York Times, July 30, p. E35 Levin, Kim. “Rimbuad,” The Village Voice, July 28 Johnson, Ken. “The Sublime is (Still) Now,” The New York Times, June 11 Walker, Kelley. “Top Ten,” Artforum, April Cohen, Michael. “Keith Mayerson,” artUS, April - May 2003 Cotter, Holland. “Keith Mayerson,” The New York Times, December 12 Mmirati, Domenick. “Critic’s Pick: You,” Arforum.com, October 2002 Kannenberg Jr., Gene. “Read All (or Some) About It," X-Tra, Vol. 3, No. 3, Spring The Comics Journal, Issue No.242, April, p. 68-69 “Landscape,” Time Out New York, Reviews, February 21, Issue No. 334 Sehorn, Jason, and Keith Mayerson. “Why I Didn’t Rush the End Zone,” (art project), Interview, February, p. 40 2000 Mayerson, Keith. “Icons and Iconography in Technocratic Culture,” Xtra, Vol 3, p. 23-29 1998 Herbert, Martin. “Codex USA,” (Review), Time Out, London, page 51 Rimanelli, David. “Painting Now and Forever,” Listings, The New Yorker, June-July Duncan, Michael. “Keith Mayerson at Jay Gorney,” Art in America, Reviews, June, p. 107 Johnson, Ken. “View Three,” The New York Times, Reviews, May 1, p. E43 Drenner, Craig. “View Three,“ NY Arts Magazine, May, p. 29 Mayerson, Keith. “Guest Room With a View,” Paper, May, p. 49 (illus.) James, Merlin. “New York: Recent Painting,” Burlington Magazine, London, February, p. 65-67 Still, Torri. “Filling the Canvas,” Brown Alumni Monthly, January/February, p. 38-43 1997 Schwendener, Martha. “Keith Mayerson,” Time Out New York, Nov. 20-27, p. 47 Mayerson, Keith. "Self Portrait," The New Yorker, Nov. 10, p. 28 (illus.) Arning, Bill. “Keith Mayerson,” Bomb, November ”Keith Mayerson,” (Interview), Dangerous Drawings, Juno Books, New York Featured Artist, Honcho, November, p.66-67 Carter, Holland. ““The Name of the Place,” The New York Times, Reviews, Febrary 24 Tom, Karen. “Horror Hospital Unplugged,” Cover, Volume 11, Number 5, p. 59 Hainley, Bruce. “Horror Hospital Unplugged,” Index, May, pg. 79 Marston, Jayson. ““Horror Hospital Unplugged," Drummer, August, vol. 208, p. 49-50 “Horror Hospital Unplugged,” Library Journal, April 1 “Horror Hospital Unplugged,” Attitude, London, March, p. 22 “Cult Fiction,” Gay Times, London, February, p. 69 “Horror Hospital Unplugged," Bay Area Gaurdian, Literature Section, February 1996 Knight, Christopher. ”Review,” Los Angeles Times, April 10, Section F, p. 6 Pagel, David. “Keith Mayerson,” Art Issues, September/October, p. 40 Cooper, Dennis, and Keith Mayerson. Horror Hospital Unplugged, Juno Books, NY “PW’s Best Books,” Publisher’s Weekly, November 4, P. 57 “Horror Hospital Unplugged,” Publisher’s Weekly, September 23, p. 71 Rimanelli, David. ‘The Young and the Feckless: Keith Mayerson’s comic rock novel,” OUT, October, p. 66 “A Brilliant Chick Parody,” OUT, August 1995 Greene, David A. “Review,” ART & TEXT, January, p. 71 FRAMEWORK, Volume 7, issue 3, p. 23-26 (illus.) Red Hot + Bothered: The Indie Rock Guide to Dating, Volumes 1 (pp. 11, 21) & Volume 2 (Back Cover) (illustrations), magazine produced by the Red Hot Organization, included with album compilations Michel, Deborah. “The Himbos are Coming! The Himbos are Coming!” BUZZ, April, p. 59 1994 Relyea, Lane. “Openings: Keith Mayerson,” Artforum, April 1994, p. 92 Helfland, Glen. “Sympathy For the Devil,” San Francisco Weekly, April 6, 1994, Vol. XII, no. 6, p. 19. Duncan, Michael. “LA Rising,” Art in America, December, p. 72 Myers, Terry R. “On View: Los Angeles,” New Art Examiner, December, p. 36 Pagel, David. “Art Review: Convention Unites with Gay Fantasy,” Los Angeles Times, October 6, p. F4 Mayerson, Keith. “Family Value Cartoons,” Faultline, May, p. 39-43 Saltz, Jerry, “L.A. Rising,” Art & Auction, April, page 88 Atkins, Robert. “Queer For You,” Village Voice, June 28 Bonnetti, David. “Gallery Watch: Give ‘em that ‘ol tired religion,” San Francisco Examiner, April 15, p. D10 Cotter, Holland. “The Joys of Childhood Reexamined,” The New York Times, March 25, p. C30 1993 Bonnetti, David. “A Queer Way To Look At Pinocchio,” San Francisco Examiner, Friday, November, p. E10 Helfland, Glen. “Art,” San Francisco Weekly, November 17, p. 15 Provenzano, Jim. “Pinocchio Queerified,” Bay Area Reporter, vol. XXIII, November 18, section II 1990 Snook, Raven. “Cameo’s: K. Mayerson’s “A Child Is Being Beaten,” The Village Voice, August 7, p. 100 Artist’s Books 1996 Horror Hospital Unplugged, (with Dennis Cooper) JunoBooks/RESearch Publications, New York, N.Y. 1993-94 A Patriarchy’s Nightmare 1993 Pinocchio The Big Fag K Trying Not to Be A Dick Artist’s Videos 1999 Limp Biscuit 1996 -present A Portrait of Two Artists as Young Men 1995 The Best of Keanu 1994 Trees in the Forest 1993 Get the Knife 1992 Why Do You Keep Doing This to Yourself Plays/Screenplays 1999 A Child is Being Beaten 1995 Nowhere Fast 1993 Pinocchio the Big Fag 1991 Fags 1988-89 A Child is Being Beaten, BACA DOWNTOWN, New York, NY directed by David Savran and Ron Clark, July-August 1989: THE BOX, Trinity Repertory Company, Providence, RI, March 1989, as a part of “Graduate Play Festival,” Directed by David Savran and Ron Clark, Leeds Theater and Brown’s Production Workshop. Spring 1988. TYGER, (Set design only), Leeds Theater, Brown University, Fall 1987 Melonboy (also director and set designer) Production Workshop, Brown University, March, 1988 Curated Exhibitions 2007 NeoIntegrity, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY Public Collections Los Angeles Country Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA Go to top