Beverly Semmes "Rock" ,1998C-print cm 102x152 "Starcraft", C-print cm121x182
Born Washington, DC
Lives and works in New York, NY
Education
1976-82 Boston Museum School, Tufts University, Boston, MA
BA, Art History; BFA, Sculpture
1982 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1983-84 New York Studio School, New York, NY
1985-87 Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT, MFA Sculpture
Awards
1985-87 Yale School of Art Fellowship
1987 Alice Kimball English Travelling Fellowship
1988 Art Matters Grant
1989 Artists Space Grant
1991 Mid-Atlantic Foundation Fellowship, Sculpture
1994 National Endowment for the Arts, Sculpture
1997 New York Foundation for the Arts, Sculpture
Solo Exhibitions
1990 "Special Projects", P.S.1 Museum, Long Island City, NY
Artists Space, New York, NY
1992 "Beverly Semmes - Installation", Sculpture Center, New York, NY
1993 Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
5501 Columbia, Contemporary Culture Inc., Dallas, TX
South East Center for Contemporary Art,Winston-Salem, NC
1994 Michael Klein Inc., New York, NY
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
Centro per l' Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
James Hockey Gallery, WSCAD, Farnham, England
Southampton Art Gallery, Southampton, England
Camden Art Centre, London, England
1995 Kemper Museum for Contemporary Art and Design, Kansas City, MO
The Baxter Gallery, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
1996 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
"Big Silver", Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Dusseldorf, Germany
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
"She Moves", Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York, NY
"Big Silver", Michael Klein Gallery, New York, NY
1997 "Stuffed Cat", Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio
1998 Galleria Marabini, Bologna, Italy
1999 "Super-8 Films", GAGA, New York, NY
"Photographs", Susan Inglett, New York, NY
Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Dusseldorf, Germany
Kunstverein Ulm, Ulm, Germany
Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Selected Group Exhibitions
1991 "Plastic Fantastic Lover (Object A)", Blum Helman,Warehouse, New York, NY
1992 "Susan Watkins Award Exhibition", New Langton Arts, SanFrancisco, CA
"Photoworks", Michael Klein Inc., New York, NY
1993 "First Sightings", Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
"Extravagant. The Economy of Elegance", Russisches Kulturzentrum, Berlin
"Fall from Fashion", The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
"The Rag Trade (right off the rack)", The InterArt Center,New York, NY
"Image Makers ", Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
"Empty Dress: Clothing As Surrogate in Recent Art",Independent Curators Inc., travelling exhibition
"Meddlesome and Mettlesome: Selections from the Collection of Robert J. Schiffler",
The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati
1994 "Bad Girls", Wight Art Gallery, U.C.L.A., Los Angeles, CA
"Bad Girls", The New Museum, New York, NY
"Bespoke", Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"From Beyond the Pale", Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
1995 "Cathy de Monchaux, Byron Kim, Beverly Semmes", Todd Gallery, London
"Material Dreams", Takashimaya Gallery, New York, NY
"Currents 95: Familiar Places", Institute of ContemporaryArt, Boston, MA
1996 "A Labor of Love", The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
"Landscape Reclaimed", Aldrich Museum of Art, Ridgefield, CT
"Biennale di Firenze, il tiempo e la moda" Florence,Biennale, Florence
"Container '96: Art Across Oceans", Copengagen
"L'art au Corps, le corps expose de Man Ray a nos jours",
Mac Galeries contemporaines des Musees de Marseille, Marseille, France
1997 "Angel, Angel", Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria and
Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic
"Art/Fashion", Guggenheim Museum SoHo, New York, New York
"International Istanbul Biennial", Istanbul, Turkey
"The Hirshhorn Collects: Recent Acquisitions",
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
"Thread", Christina Rose Gallery, New York, NY
"Changing Spaces", Traveling Exhibition organized by The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
1998 "Masters of the Masters", Butler Institute of American Art,Youngstown, OH
"L'entrelacement et l'enveloppe", La Villa du Parc,Annemasse, France
"The Secret Life of Clothes", Artium Art Gallery, Fukuoka,Japan
"Fashion Happening", Gallery K, Washington, DC
"Fashioned", White Box, New York, NY
"Cathedral City", St. Ann's Church, Manchester, England
"Pusan International Contemporary Art Festival", Pusan Metropolitan Art Museum, Pusan, Korea
"Seven Year Itch", Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL
1999 "Textil", Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany
"Regarding Beauty", Hirshhorn Musem, Washington, DC
"The Rubell Family Collection of Contemporary Art", CornellUniversity, Ithica, NY
Selected Bibliography
1990 Butler, Cornelia. "Beverly Semmes", Artists Space,exhibition brochure
1992 Smith, Roberta. "Beverly Semmes, Sculpture Center",New York Times, September 18 1992, p. C20
1993 Feldman, Melissa. "Beverly Semmes" I.C.A.,University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, exhibition catalogue
Tucker, Marcia; King, Elaine A; Riley, Jan; Shiffler, Robert.
"Meddlesome & Meddlesome: Selections from theCollection of Robert J. Shiffler",
The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati,exhibition catalogue
1994 Fleming, Jeff. "Beverly Semmes", Southeastern Center forContemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC,
exhibition brochure
Heartney, Eleanor. "Beverly Semmes: l'habit et son alibi",Art Press, February 1994, p.27
Kimmelman, Michael. "Art in Review", The New York Times,June 24 1994, p.C17
Panicelli, Ida. "Beverly Semmes" Centro per l'Arte,Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, exhibition brochure
Tucker, Marcia. "Bad Girls", The New Museum of ContemporaryArt, NY,exhibition catalogue
1995 Cruz, Amada. "Options 50: Beverly Semmes",Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, exhibition brochure
1996 Crutchfield, Margo. "The Presence of Absence", The RichmondState, June 20, 1996, p7
Gluck, Grace. "Beverly Semmes, 'She Moves' and 'Big Silver'",The New York Times, November 8, 1996, p.c23
Philbrick, Harry; Nancy Princethal. "Landscape Reclaimed,New Approaches to an Artistic
Tradition", Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT,exhibition catalogue.
Viso, Olga. "Beverly Semmes: Directions",
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
1997 Celant, Germano; Sischy, Ingrid; Asbagni, PandoraTabatabai. "Art/Fashion",
Biennale di Frenze, Florence, exhibition catalogue.
Celant, Germano; Sischy, Ingrid; Asbagni, PandoraTabatabai. "Art/Fashion",Guggenheim Museum Soho,
New York, exhibition catalogue.
Demetrion, James. "The Hirshorn Collects: RecentAcquisitions",Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden,
WashingtonDC, Exhibition Catalogue. Lineberry, Heather Sealy;
Gilbert-Rolfe, Jeremy. "Art on the Edge of Fashion", Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona,
exhibition catalogue.
Martinez, Rosa. "On Life, Beauty, Translations and Other Difficulties", 5th International Istanbul Biennial,
Instanbul, Turkey, exhibition catalogue.
Moody, Tom. "Thread", Christinarose Gallery, New York, NY,exhibition catalogue.
Pichler, Cathrin. "Engel: Engel", Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, exhibition catalogue.
1998 Heartney, Eleanor. "In the Realm of the Senses", Art inAmerica, April 1998, pp. 43-47.
Lavezzari, Paolo; Marogna, Gege. "Oversize", Italian Elle,April 1998, p. 185.
Maggi, Laura. "Moda Minimal - Pop", Italian Elle, May 1998,p. 22.
Shirey, David L.. "Masters of the Masters", Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH,
exhibition catalogue.
Wadley, Nick. "The Secret Life of Clothes", Artium Gallery,Fukuoka, Japan, exhibition catalogue.
1999 Schwendener, Martha. "Beverly Semmes", Time Out, Feb.11-18, 1999, p.68.
Schink, Claudia, "Textil", Nassauischer Kunstverein,Wiesbaden, Germany, exhibition catalogue.
Muller, Von Silke. "Mode Skulturen", Art , April l999, p.54-61.
