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 Solo Exhibition

• Grenadine Dreams, Xippas, Geneva, CH

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

2021

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

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

Selected 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

Selected Publications

2021

-Pierre, Arnauld and Rousseau, Pascal, L’Abstraction, Paris: Éditions Citadelles & Mazenod, 2021

2020

• Umstätter, Gabriel, Une collection: La donation Olivier Mosset, Mian: Silvana Editoriale, 2020

2015

• Pécoil, Vincent, Blair Thurman, New York: Karma, 2015
• Corbett, John and de Monchaux, Nicholas, Sprayed: works from 1929 to 2015, London: Gagosian Gallery, 2015

2013

• Nickas, Bob, Troncy, Éric et al, La Salle de bains - Depuis 1999, Paris: CNAP, 2013
• Aldana, Ana Mendoza, The Floating Admiral, Paris: Palais de Tokyo, 2013

2011

• Berman, Wallace, von Bonin, Cosima et al, Mark Van Schlegell: New Dystopia, Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2011
• Von Schlegell, Mark, New Dystopia. Berlin & Bordeaux: Sternberg Press & CAPC Museum of Contemporary Art of Bordeaux 2009
• Falconer, Morgan, Blair Thurman: never bet the devil your head, London: Alexia Goethe Gallery, 2009
• Bitterli, Konrad, Gatsas, Georg et al, Born To Be Wild: Homage to Steven Parrino, Vienna: Verlag für moderne Kunst, 2009
• Top 10 Allegories, Zurich: Galerie Francesca Pia, 2009

2008

• Wahler, Marc-Olivier, Grossi, Frédéric and Soulier, Émile, Du yodel à la physique quantique…, Volume 1: Dictionnaire d’une année du Palais de Tokyo, Paris: Archibooks,

2008

• Denan, Pierre, 2870 Grams of Art, Paris: M19 Editions, 2008

2007

• Armleder, John, Granat, Amy and Perret, Mai-Thu, Black Noise, Geneva: Ecart Publications, 2007
• Mangion, Eric (ed.), Half Square Half Crazy, Geneva: JRP Editions, 2007
• Aldrich, Richard, La Marque Noire: Steven Parrino Retrospective, Prospective, Paris: Palais de Tokyo, 2007
• Pécoil, Vincent, The Freak Show, Lyon: MAC Lyon & Les presses du reel, 2007
• Pécoil, Vincent, David Lynch: The Air is on Fire, Paris: Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris: Éditions Xavier Barral, 2007
• Mangion, Eric (ed.), Half-Square Half-Crazy, Nice: Villa Arson, 2007
• Triple V Catalogue no. 1, Paris: Triple V, 2007

2003

• Parrino, Steven, Return of the Creature, Bregenz: Künstlerhaus Thurn & Taxis, 2003

2000

• Stam, Magnus and Hagen, Jorn, Solv & Hi-Tech Detox, Kongsberg: Norsk Bergverksmuseum/Kongserg Kunstforening, 2000

1999

• Art 30 Basel, Geneva, JRP Editions 1999

Selected Bibliography

2019

• Quin, John, Blair Thurman at Peres Projects, Berlin, ArtReview, March 12, 2019

2018

• Lempesis, Dimitris, ART-CITIES: Blair Thurman, Dream Idea Machine, November 16, 2018
• Giacomelli, Marco Enrico, Un Minimalismo Romantico. Intervista Con Blair Thurman, Artribune, May 20, 2018
• Blair Thurman, Hyde Magazine, January 17, 2018

2017

• Geyer, Christina, Paris Art Dealer Falls in Love With Dallas, Targets it as the Next Big
• Cultural Center, PaperCity Magazine, August 3, 2017
• Farouki, Tania, Artist Blair Thurman Brings His Pop Minimalism To Geneva, V Magazine, Issue #105, Spring 2017
• Anspon, Catherine D., International Jet Setters, NASCAR Royalty and Major Surprises:
• This Dallas Art Fair Rocks, PaperCity, April 8, 2017
• Morgan, Kendall, 5 April exhibits that prove Dallas’ status as an arts destination, Dallas CultureMap, March 30, 2017
• Exhibition of new shaped canvas works by Blair Thurman on view at Gagosian, Geneva, Art Daily, February 9, 2017
• Group exhibition at Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Blouin ArtINFO, February 7, 2017
• Farouki, Tania, Artist Blair Thurman Brings His Pop Minimalism to Geneva, V Magazine, February 1, 2017
• Lempesis, Dimitris, Art-Preview: Blair Thurman, Dream Idea Machine, January 24, 2017

2016

• Indrisek, Scott, What To Buy At Expo Chicago, Blouin Artinfo, September 23, 2016
• Morgan, Kendall, Paris art gallery owner eschews New York and LA to open in Dallas, Dallas CultureMap, September 14, 2016
• Neuendorf, Henri, See the Top 10 Booths at EXPO Chicago, Artnet News, September 23, 2016
• Landes, Jennifer, Halsey Mckay Features Unique Approaches to Painting, The East Hampton Star, August 25, 2016
• Herriman, Kat, International Solitude, Patron Magazine, April/May 2016
• Trembley, Nicolas, In The Studio With...Blair Thurman, Numéro Magazine, Issue 743, May 2016

2015

• Bardos, Alice, Exhibition: Blair Thurman at Peres Projects, Berlin Art Link, November 25, 2015
• Choy, Yoko, Raw refinement: Blair Thurman’s debut show at Peres Projects, Berlin, Wallpaper*, November 18, 2015
• John Armleder, Stéphane Kropf, John Tremblay, with guests Mai-Thu Perret and Blair
• Thurman’ at David Kordansky, Los Angeles, ARTnews, March 30, 2015
• Indrisek, Scott, Not Quite Applebee’s — ‘Rascal House’ Taps Diner Chic, Blouin ArtINFO, January 8, 2015
• Herriman, Kat, Combo Meal, W Magazine, January 8, 2015
• Lehrer, Adam, Artist Blair Thurman and Friends Revisit Barney’s Beanery At Half Gallery, Forbes, January 7, 2015
• Freeman, Nate and Martinez, Alanna, 11 Things to do in New York’s Art World Before January 10,
• The New York Observer, January 5, 2015
• 10 Art Events to Attend in New York This Week, ARTnews, January 5, 2015

2014

• Stipanovich, Alexandre, Private Tour with Blair Thurman at Gagosian, Allday Everday, December 1, 2014
• Halle, Howard, Art — Galleries, Time Out New York, November 20-26, 2014
• Halle, Howard, Critics’ picks, Time Out New York, November 13–19, 2014
• Blair Thurman, Galleries Now, November 1, 2014
• Trochu, Eugénie, ANDAM 2014: 10 shortlisted designers’ moodboards, Vogue France, June 28,

2014

• Powers, Bill, Infinite Quest, Muse Magazine, February 22, 2014
• The Art of Buying Art, Vogue Japan, 2014

2013

• Aldana, Ana Mendoza,The Floating Admiral, Palais Magazine, Issue 18, Summer 2013
• Pascal, Clement, Infinite Quest: Blair Thurman, Muse Magazine, March 2013
• Steven Parrino, Blair Thurman, Agma Magazine, Issue 7, 2013

2012

• Lavrador, Judicaël, au turbin, Les Inrockuptibles, n. 883, October 31, 2012
• Pernet, Hugo, Left — Right — Straight ON: The Fate of Abstract Painting in the Art of Blair
• Thurman, Annual Magazine, no. 5. August 2012

2011

• Lavrador, Judicaël, White Trash, Les Inrockuptibles, n. 833, November 16, 2011

2009

• Minimalism, crème glacée et formule 1: Blair Thurman se balade dans la culture pop et l’art Américain, Technikart, January 2009

2008

• Hegert, Natalie, Beings of Pure Neon, ArtSlant, October 2008
• Blair Thurman, Les Inrockuptibles, no. 673, October 2008
• Lavrador, Judicaël, Cocotte-minute, Playboy France, September 2008
• Ostende, Florence, Where Do You Go From Here, Baby?, 20/27 Magazine, #02, M19 Editions, Janaury 2008

2007

• Lavrador, Judicaël, L’oeuvre au noir, Les inrockuptibles, no. 624, June 2007
• Parrino, Steven, The Bastard Kids of Drella, Palais Magazine, Issue 3, 2007
• Parrino, Steven, The Return of the Creature, Palais Magazine, Issue 3, 2007

2006

• Les Oeuvres/The Works, Super nova. Experience Pommery #3, Beaux Arts Magazine, 2006

2003

• Blair Thurman, Verona, Arte e Ricambi, Exibart, June, 2003

2001

• Gerdil, Pascal, L’art en quatrième vitesse, Profil femme, June 2001

1999

• Kim, Seungduk and Jacobs, Joseph, Side Portraits: Steven Parrino, Art Magazine, vol. 1, no. 1, November 1999
• Troncy, Eric, Point de vue: Les enfants d’Andy Warhol, Numéro Magazine, no. 4, June 1999