Peres Projects

Blair THURMAN (b. 1961 in New Orleans, US)

• Lives and works in New York, US

Education

• 1988 University of Massachusetts at Amherst, US
• 1984 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, CA

Current Group Exhibitions

• Croci-Torti Parrino Thurman, Galerie Joy de Rouvre, Geneva, CH
• x_minimal, curated Friederike Nymphius, Cassina Projects, Milan, IT

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2019

• Blair Thurman, Mexico City Gallery Weekend, Galerie Mascota, Mexico City, MX
• Blair Thurman, The Journal Tribeca, New York, US

2018

• Exquisite Course, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
• Blair Thurman: Nell’Acqua Azzurra, Garage Italia, Milan, IT

2017

• Blair Thurman, Gagosian Gallery, Geneva, CH
• Alpine Stereo, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, St. Moritz, CH

2016

• Blair Thurman, Galerie Frank Elbaz, Dallas, US
• Blair Thurman: Mature Blonde, Almine Rech, London, UK

2015

• Honeybadgers, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma, US
• Blair Thurman, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE

2014

• Blair Thurman, Gagosian Gallery, Madison Ave, New York, US
• Blair Thurman, Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris, FR
• Blair Thurman, Lange + Pult, Zurich, CH
• Blair Thurman, Magasin – Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, FR

2013

• Blair Thurman, Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, New York, US
• Blair Thurman, KARMA, Amagansett, US

2012

• Blair Thurman, Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris, FR

2011

• Blair Thurman, Triple V, Paris, FR

2010

• Aus Unseren Kellern / From Our Cellars, Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc., New York, US

2009

• Color Me Gone!, Evergreene, Geneva, CH
• Vieux-Grenadiers, Hard Hat, Geneva, CH
• Never Bet the Devil Your Head, Alexia Goethe Gallery, London, UK

2008

• Blair Thurman – Supermodel, Triple V, Dijon, FR
• Krumms Along the Mohawk, Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris, FR

2007

• The Best Tan in Town!, Galerie Hubert Bächler, Zurich, CH

2004

• They’re Always After My Lucky Charms, Galerie Hubert Bächler, Zurich, CH

2003

• Blair Thurman, Arte e Ricambi, Verona, IT

2001

• Blair Thurman et le Freistilmuseum, Circuit, Lausanne, CH

1999

• Écart, Art 30′99 Basel, Statements section, Basel, CH

1998

• T.Z. Art, New York, US

1996

• Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, US

1994

• Christophe Gossweiler, Zofingen, CH

Selected Group Exhibitions

2020

• Milléniales. Peintures 2000-2020, curated by Vincent Pécoil, FRAC BORDEAUX, Bordeaux, FR
• Pink Noise: John M. Armleder/Peter Schuyff/Blair Thurman, curated by Bill Powers, Almine Rech, Brussels, BE
• Ecart at ART BASEL (1980 - 2019), organized by Lionel Bovier with Paul Bernard, Sophie Costes, Julien Fronsaq, Elisabeth Jobin and Mai-Thu Perret, MAMCO, Geneva, CH

2019

• *Reflections: Matt Black x Gana Art, curated by Matt Black, Gana Art Centre, Seoul, KR
• Galerie Ruzicsk, Salzburg, AT
• Abstract Cabinet, Eduardo Secci Gallery, Florence, IT
• Alentour, Fondation CAB, Brussels, BE
• Kunstkammer I, Lange & Pult, Auvernier, CH
• Lange & Pult, Zurich, CH
• Exhibition for Notre Dame, Gagosian, Paris, FR

2018

• Letain Thurman Wadden, McNamara Art Projects, Hong Kong, HK
• Pop Minimalism | Minimalist Pop, Deitch & Gagosian, Miami, US
• Justin Adian - Blair Thurman, Galerie Lange + Pult, Zurich, CH
• Abstract USA, GQ Gallery, Brussels, BE
• Shaping The Canvas, McCabe Fine Art, Stockholm, SE
• Varia, Galerie Laurent Strouk, Paris, FR

2017

• Summer Sun, The Journal Gallery, New York, US
• Feedback, curated by Leo Fitzpatrick, Marlborough Contemporary, New York, US
• Zehn Jahre Zürich, Lange + Pult, Zurich, CH
• PARIS TEXAS, curated by Paul Galvez, Galerie Frank Elbaz, Dallas, US
• Color Block, Galerie Triple V, Paris, FR
• Group Exhibition, Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, AT
• Modern Sculpture, Galeria Casado Santapau, Madrid, ES
• Flatland: abstractions narratives, Musée régional d’art contemporain, Serignan, FR
• Carte blanche a Richard Fauguet, FRAC—Artothèque du Limousin, Limoges, FR
• Light Sculptures, Galerie Lange + Pult, Auvernier, CH

2016

• NON FIGURATIF – un regain d’interêt?, Centre d’Art Contemporain Meymac, Meymac, FR
• SHRINES TO SPEED: Art and the Automobile: From the Minimal to the Postmodern, Leila Heller Gallery, New York City, US
• Monstres et Madones: Melissa Boucher, Victor Man, Blair Thurman, & Céline Vaché- Olivieri, Triple V, Paris, FR
• Dark Star: David Malek/Blair Thurman, Ribordy Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland*, GVA <-> JFK, MAMCO, Geneva, CH
• Blair Thurman/Philippe Decrauzat/Stephane Dafflon, Honolulu, Zurich, CH
• Nice Weather, Skarstedt Gallery, New York City, US
• Inauguration au 5 rue du Mail, Triple V, Paris, FR
• In Different Ways, Almine Rech Gallery, London, UK

2015

• Space is the Place, Triple V, Paris, FR
• Sprayed: Works from 1929 – 2015, Gagosian Gallery, London, UK
• Space Between, Flag Art Foundation, New York, US
• I am a passenger, avoncampolin, Pordenone, IT
• An Imperious Desire of Space, Palette Terre, Paris, FR
• John Armleder, Stéphane Kropf, John Tremblay, and guests Mai-Thu Perret & Blair Thurman, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, US
• The Living Room, Art Geneve, Geneva, CH
• Chromophobia, Gagosian Gallery, Geneva, CH
• Abstraction excentrique, géométrie comique : Oeuvres des collections du FRAC-ARTOTHÈQUE du Limousin, Le Garage, Brive, FR
• Rascal House, Half Gallery, New York, US

2014

• That was Ken, This is Now, Evergreene Studio, Malibu, US
• Circuit 2: Blair Thurman, John Armleder, Steven Parrino, Philippe Decrauzat, Didier Rittener, Luc Aubort, Artericambi, Verona, IT
• QUIZ, Ensemble Poirel, Nancy, FR
• Heart-Shaped Box, Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris, FR
• Spectres, Nara Roesler, Sao Paulo, BR
• POST-OP Perceptual Gone Painterly, 1958-2014, PERROTIN, Paris, FR

2013

• THE SHOW IS OVER, Gagosian Gallery, London, UK
• Sculpture after Artschwager, David Nolan Gallery, New York, US
• Mr I / John M Armleder, Graff Mourgue d’Algue, Geneva, CH
• Spook Rock Road, galerie frank elbaz, Paris, FR
• Le Grand Tout, FRAC Limousin, Limoges, FR
• Gagosian Gallery, Hong-Kong, HK
• Steven Parrino/Blair Thurman/Justin Adian Half Gallery, New York, US
• A Passion for Jean Prouvé from Furniture to Architecture: The Collection of Laurence and Patrick Seguin. Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin, IT

2012

• Read Into It, Dorfman Projects, New York, US
• Mr I, Graff Mourgue d’Algue, Geneva, CH
• *Science Fiction #3, Galerie Triple V, Paris, FR
• Circuit, Liste 17, Basel, CH
• Micro Mania, Gagosian Gallery, Paris, FR
• THE OLD, THE NEW, THE DIFFERENT, The Kunsthalle Bern Fondation, Bern, CH

2011

• American Exuberance, Rubell Family Collection / Contemporary Arts Foundation, Miami, US
• Dystopia, CAPC Museum of Contemporary Art, Bordeaux, FR
• Arabesque, Galerie Hubert Bächler, Zurich, CH
• Nel Frattempo/Meanwhile, Ex Mercata della Frutta, Valeggio sul Mincio, Verona, IT
• Carte Blanche à John M. Armleder: All of the Above, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR

2010

• Radical Postures, Galerie Les filles du calvaire, Brussels, BE
• NEO, GEO et CIE, L’image de l’abstraction à la fine du XXme siècle, FRAC Limousin, Limoges, FR

2009

• OFF THE WALL, Van de Weghe Fine Art, New York, US
• Born to Be Wild, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, CH
• Portrait de l’artiste en motocycliste / Portrait of the artist as a biker, Musée des Beaux-arts de La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchatel, FR
• Top 10 Allegories, Curated by Hard Hat, Geneva, for Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, CH
• Les David 2009, Exposition des Artistes Nomines, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, FR
• Une exposition de peinture, Zoo Galerie, Nantes, FR

2008

• The Best is Yet to Come, Galerie Hubert Bächler, Zurich, CH
• Next: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, Galerie Hans Mayer, Cologne, DE
• La Chute d’eau, Circuit, Lausanne, CH
• The Freak Show, Musée de la Monnaie, Paris, FR
• Marque Noire: Black Noise, Un hommage à Steven Parrino. CNEAI, Chatou, FR
• Déformalismes, Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris, FR
• NOS 2008, Non-Objectif Sud, Tulette, FR

2007

• Black Noise: A tribute to Steven Parrino, Mamco, Geneva, CH
• Bastard Creatures, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
• Half Square, Half Crazy, Villa Arson, Nice, FR
• Monster M.C. Sign sculpture for Circuit, Lausanne, CH
• Op-Ed World, galerie frank elbaz, Paris, FR
• The Freak Show, MAC, Lyon, FR
• Group show, Sagan Gallery, Seoul, KO
• At Home in The Universe, Mongin Art Center, Seoul, KO
• Introvert/Extrovert: Makes No Difference, Galerie Catherine Issert, St. Paul de Vence, FR
• Lux, Magazzini del Sale e giardini di Villa Ottelio-Savorgnan, Ariis di Rivignano, Venice, IT
• Hard Hat at Dispatch, Dispatch for Bureau, New York, US

2006

• Ecart, Basel, CH
• SuperNova, Domaine Pommery, Reims, FR
• Art Crating, Brooklyn, New York, US
• Dezember, Galerie Hubert Bächler, Zurich, CH

2005

• For Steven Parrino, Ecart, Basel, CH

2004

• None of Above, Swiss institute, New York, US
• Home Alone, Stiftung Starke, Berlin, DE

2003

• Return of the Creature, Künstlerhaus, Palais Thurn & Taxis, Bregenz, AT
• Uncrated, Spike Gallery, New York, US
• Dezember, Galerie Hubert Bächler, Zurich, CH

2002

• BOMB, Brooklyn Front Gallery, New York, US
• Model Shop, Front Gallery, New York, US

2001

• Show World Center, New York, US

2000

• Art Basel 31, Hyundai Gallery (Seoul), Basel, CH
• Silver and Hi-Tech, Norsk Bergverksmuseum/Kongsberg Kunstforening, Kongsberg, NO

1999

• Bastard Kids of Drella, Le Consortium, Dijon, FR
• Last Chance Texaco, Jean Deaux, New York, US
• Drive In, Ville Arson, Nice, FR

1996

• Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, US

1995

• Musée La Chaux-de-Fonds, CH
• Transculture, 46th Venice Biennale, Venice, IT
• Blind Beach, Art Space HAP, Hiroshima, JP
• Incidental Alterations: P.S. 1 Studio Artists 1994-95, The Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York, US

1994

• Sculpture Art Miami, Art Miami, Miami, US

1992

• Two-person show with Steven Parrino, Speedway Gallery, Boston, MA

1991

• The Gallery, New York, US

Public Collections

• Musée d’art moderne et contemporain (MAMCO), Geneva, CH
• Centre national des arts plastique, Paris, FR
• Fonds régional d’art contemporain, Limousin, FR
• Syz Collection, Geneva, CH
• Circuit, Lausanne, CH
• Le Consortium, Dijon, FR
• Fonds municipal d’art contemporain (FMAC), Paris, FR
• Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, AT