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Aric Obrosey — Biography



1955 Born in Pontiac, MI
1979 B.F.A. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1993 New York Foundation for the Arts Artists Fellowship
2000 Pollack-Krasner Foundation Award
2002 Yaddo Residency

 

 EDUCATION:

BFA, University of Michigan, 1979


SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2006        McKenzie Fine Art, New York

2003        McKenzie Fine Art, New York

2000        James Graham & Sons, New York

1997        James Graham & Sons, New York
   

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
   
2007        Laced with History, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
               Nineteen Going on Twenty, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI

2006        Illegal Art, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Florida; Pacific NW College of Art, Portland, OR
               World Without End, McKenzie Fine Art, New York

2005        Heavenly, or A Slice of White, Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College,
               New York (catalogue)

2004        Four-Ply, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
               I Want to Take you Higher, McKenzie Fine Art, New York
               Dedication Association: Aric Obrosey, Renato Orara, Andrea Rosen
               Gallery, New York

2003        Formed to Function?, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
               Beautiful Recession, Red Dot, New York
               Obsessive Pleasures, Pavel Zoubok, New York
               Perforations, McKenzie Fine Art, New York
               Illegal Art: Freedom of Expression in the Corporate Age, Gaea
               Foundation, Washington, DC; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,
               CA; and Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia
               Pins ‘n’ Needles, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

2003        The Paper Sculpture Show and Book Project, The Sculpture Center,
               New York, and traveling (catalogue)

2002        Cascade of Scales, James Graham & Sons, New York

2001        Uncommon Threads: Contemporary Art and Clothing, Herbert F. Johnson
               Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (catalogue)
               Alterations, James Graham & Sons, New York
       
2000        minutiae, Southeast Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
               (brochure)
               Fluid Flow, James Graham & Sons, New York

1999        Pattern, James Graham & Sons, New York
               Cut Paper: Contemporary and Traditional, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, YWCA,
               New York (brochure)

1998        Ordinary/Extraordinary: Ann Agee, Aric Obrosey, Holly Zausner, Johnson
               County Community College Gallery of Art, Overland Park, KS (brochure)
               Drawings, James Graham & Sons, New York
               Food for Thought: A Visual Banquet, DC Moore Gallery, New York
               Oil Patch Dreams: Images of the Petroleum Industry, Art Museum of
               Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus
               Christi, TX; Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX; El Paso Museum of
               Art, El Paso, TX; Wichita Falls Museum and Art Center, Wichita Falls,
               TX (catalogue)

1997        Celebrity: Figures of Worship, Fame, Fortune, Heroism, and Infamy,
               Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle
               Obsession and Devotion, Haines Gallery, San Francisco
               Summer of Love, Fotouhi Cramer Gallery, New York

1996        Menu du Jour, Silverstein Gallery Project Space, New York

1995        Group Exhibition, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
               Black and White and Read All Over, Nations Bank Plaza, Charlotte, NC
               (catalogue)

1994        Selections from the Artists File, Artists Space, New York

1993        Darkness + Light:  Twentieth Century Works from Texas Collections,
               Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, TX (catalogue)

1988        Democracy - Politics and Election, Group Material Installation, DIA Art
               Foundation, New York

1987        The Castle, Group Material Installation, Documenta 8, Kassel, Germany

1986        By Association, Minor Injury Gallery, Brooklyn, NY


1986        Art and Leisure, Group Material Installation, The Kitchen, New York
               Group Exhibition, P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York

1985        Mass, a traveling exhibition by Group Material, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY;
               Spaces, Cleveland, OH; Aliira Arts, Newark, NJ; The New Museum,
               New York

1983        Island of Negative Utopia, ABC no RIO/The Kitchen, New York
               The Ritz Show, WPA/COLAB, Ritz Hotel, Washington DC
               Subculture, an exhibition of art in the advertising spaces of the IRT
               subway cars, M.T.A. Subway System, New York

1982        Hundreds of Drawings, Artists Space, New York
               Looks at Books, ABC no RIO, New York
               Facades, Landscape, Interiors, Artists Space, New York

1981        Downtown/Uptown, City Gallery, New York
               Words Art/Art Words, Focus Gallery, Detroit

1980         24th National Print Exhibition, Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ

1979         5th Hawaii National Print Exhibition, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu

1978         Illinois Regional Print Show, Ditmar Gallery, Norris Center, Evanston, IL

1977        Michigan Association of Printmakers 7th Biennial Exhibition, The Detroit
               Institute of Arts, Detroit
               4th Hawaii National Print Exhibition, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu

BIBLIOGRAPHY:    

2007        DeRose, Jen. "Hooked on Craft," Interior Design, January, p. 48

2006        Smith, Roberta.  "Aric Obrosey," The New York Times, December 1, p.E32
               McAdams, Shane. "Talking Shop with McKenzie Fine Art," Chelsea Now, December 1, p. 20

2005        Jacquette, Julia and Joie Rosen, Heavenly, or A Slice of White, exhibition catalogue, Leubsdorf Gallery,  Hunter College, New York

2004        Glueck, Grace.  ”I Want to Take You Higher," The New York Times, June 25, p. E33
               Johnson, Ken. "Four-Ply," The New York Times, August 6, p. E32
               Jana, Reena. "Four-Ply," TimeOut New York, August 26

2003        Auer, James. "Sheboygan Center Draws Accolades on its own Terms,"
               Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 25, p. 1, 3E

2003        Searle, Karen. "Innovative Arts Center Showcases Fiber," Fiberarts,
               November/December, pp. 51-55
               Cotter, Holland.  “The Paper Sculpture Show,” The New York Times,
               September 12, p. E35
               Bing, Alison. “Illegal Art: Freedom of Expression in the Corporate Age,”
               SFGate.com, July 10
               Karlins, N.F., “Dotty,” Artnet.com Magazine, July 7
               Lider, Danit. “Artists Just Wanna Be Free,” Wired, July 7
               Johnson, Ken. “Obsessive Pleasures,” The New York Times, May 9, p. E40
               Schmerler, Sarah. “Seeing Brooklyn in the Details,” Art on Paper,
               May/June, p. 49
               “Formed to Function?” Sculpture, April, p. 17
               Holley, Mary Ann. “Formed to Function?” The Sheboygan Press,
               February 23, p. C8

2001        Dusseault, Ruth, “Minutiae,” Art Papers, May/June, p. 41
               Hirsch, Faye, “Working Proof: Aric Obrosey,” Art on Paper, May-June
               p. 68
               Ulmer, Sean, Uncommon Threads: Contemporary Artists and Clothing,
               exhibition catalogue, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, p. 35.
               Brody, Jacqueline. “Paper, Today and Forever,” Dieu Donne Quarterly
               Newsletter, April, p. 7
               Nahas, Dominique. “Aric Obrosey,” Art in America, March, p. 138
               Honigman, Ana.  “Aric Obrosey,” Contemporary Visual Arts, January,
               p. 66

2000        Patterson, Tom. “Extra-Ordinary,” Winston-Salem Journal, December 3, p. E1
               Humphrey, Jacqueline. “SECCA’s “minutiae” more craft than art,” News &
               Record, November 16, p. 10
               Korotkin, Joyce. “Aric Obrosey,” M: The New York Art World, November,
               pp. 20-21
               Mahoney, Robert. “Uptown Rounds,” Artnet.com Magazine, October 27
               Newhall, Edith. “Talent,” New York Magazine, October 16, p. 117
               Brown, David. “minutiae,” exhibition brochure, Southeastern Center for
               Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
       
1998        Carraro, Francine, Oil Patch Dreams: Images of the Petroleum Industry
              in American Art, exhibition catalogue, The Art Museum of Southeast
              Texas, and traveling, p. 41
              Andre, Mila, “A Feast for the Eyes,” New York Daily News, July 19
              Glueck, Grace. “Food for Thought,” The New York Times, July 10
              Walz, Cara.  “Beautiful Pop,” Pitch Weekly (Kansas City), April 2
              Thorson, Alice. “A way out of the ordinary,” The Kansas City Star, March
              29, pp. M1, M3
              Arning, Bill. Ordinary/Extraordinary, exhibition brochure, Johnson County
              Community College Gallery of Art, Overland Park, KS

1997        Koppman, Debra. “Obsession + Devotion at Haines Gallery,” Artweek
              (San Francisco), December
              Bonetti, David.  “Obsession Meets Devotion,” San Francisco Examiner,
              October 24, p. B9
              Harpers, October, p. 31
              Scott, Whitney. “That Lovin’ Feeling,” The New York Post, July 19
              Arning, Bill. “Aric Obrosey,” TimeOut New York, June 11
              Newhall, Edith. “Talent,” New York Magazine, June 9, p.102
              Freedman, Matt. “Aric Obrosey,” Review, June 1
              Melrod, George, “Optical Illusions,” Art and Antiques, June

1996        Gulf Coast (New York), Summer/ Fall, pp. 72, 75, 76, 78, 79
              Servetar, Stuart. “Art,” New York Press, March 26
              Schwartz, Joyce Pomeroy, Black and White and Read All Over, exhibition
              catalogue, Nations Bank Plaza, Charlotte, NC, pp. 8, 9, 24
       
1994        Gould, Claudia. “Selections from the Artists File,” Artists Space
               Newsletter, no. 1, vol. 1, September/October
   
1993        Harpers, July, p. 18
               Darkness + Light, catalogue, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston,
               Houston, TX, pp. 66, 98

1986        New York Arts and Leisure, catalogue, Group Material, The Kitchen, New York

1983        O’Brien, Glen. “Reviews,” Artforum, December, pp. 80-81


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

       AXA Financial Inc., New York
       The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
       Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
       Johnson County Community College Gallery of Art, Overland Park, Kansas
       Neuberger Berman, New York
       Collection of Peter Norton, Santa Monica, California
       The Progressive Corporation, Cleveland, OH
       Sprint Nextel Art Collection, Overland Park, Kansas

AWARDS:

2002        Yaddo Residency
2000        Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award    
1999        Yaddo Residency
1996        Mid Atlantic/NEA Regional Visual Arts Fellowship
1993        New York Foundation for the Arts Artists Fellowship
1992        Art Matters Inc. Artists Fellowship