Peres Projects

(b. 1971 Torrance, California, US)
Lives and works in Berlin

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2017

• 647(a), Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
• Dean Sameshima, McNamara Art Projects, Hong Kong, CN

2016

• 647(d), Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, US
• Public Sex, organized by Andy Campbell, She Works Flexible Gallery, Houston, TX

2014

• Cruise or be Cruised, Casal Solleric, Palma de Mallorca, ES

2013

• Cruise or Be Cruised, Galeria Raquel Ponce, Madrid, ES

2012

• 'Faggots', Preteen Gallery, Mexico City, MX

2011

• Cruise or Be Cruised, Peres Projects Mitte, Berlin, DE
• In Passing, exhibition with Michael Bevilacqua, The Flat, Massimo Carasi, Milan, IT

2009

• Pictures (Vier), The Forgotten Bar, Galerie Im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, DE
• Pictures (Tres), Black Pillar, Madrid, ES
• Dark Rooms//Homme Made, curated by Avi Feldman, Daneyal Mahmood Gallery, New York City, US

2008

• Pictures, Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin, DE
• Numbers II (Ode to Johnny Rio), Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
• Numbers II (Ode to Johnny Rio), Peres Projects, Berlin, DE

2007

• Numbers, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE

2006

• Obsession, Retribution, Appropriation, Obliteration, Depression, Distribution, Confusion, Collaboration, Isolation, Annihilation, Gallery Sora, Tokyo, JP
• Unknown Pleasures, Extra City Center for Contemporary Art, Antwerp, BE

2005

• Young Men At Play II / Boys In My Bedroom, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
• Young Men At Play, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, JP

2004

• Outlaw II (Silver Lake), asprey jacques, London, UK
• Outlaw, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US

2002

• Art Statements, Art/33/Basel, CH (catalogue)

Selected Group Exhibitions

2017

• Naming Rights, Thomas Dane Gallery, London, UK
• Flaming June VII (Flaming Creatures), Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, US
• Left/Justified, Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, US
• The Locker Room Show, Plymouth Rock, Zurich, CH
• Histories of Sexuality, curated by Adriano Pedrosa, Lilia Schwarcz, Pablo Leon de la Barra, and Camila Bechelany, Museu de Arte (MASP), São Paulo, BR

2016

• Coming Out, the collection of Nicolas Libert and Emmanuel Renoird, curated by Mathias Courtetla, Chapelle des Calvairiennes, Mayenne, FR

2015

• Serialize, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
• Art/AIDS America, Tacoma Art Museum, Touring Exhibition, US
• Between Two Worlds, Jacob Lewis Gallery, New York, US

2012

• Coming After, curated by Jon Davies, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, CA
• The new disorder, curated by Michael Bevilacqua and Katerina Nikou, The Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens, GR

2011

• a painting show, curated by Aaron Moulton, Autocenter, Berlin, DE

2010

• A about bauhaus...harm neu tues, curated by Matthew Brandt, Cardwell Jimmerson Contemporary Art, Culver City, US
• ANTIFOTO fotofest 101, Kunstraum Düsseldorf, DE

2009

• Zeigan. An Audio Tour through Berlin by Karin Sander, Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin, DE
• Scorpio's Garden, curated by Kirstine Roepstorff, Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin, DE
• Artists' Art / Artists' Books, Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton, US
• Minneapolis, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
• Gebageba summer show – gebageba 4 weeks, Misako and Rosen, Tokyo, JP
• Can't Rape the Willing, Second Floor, Brooklyn, US

2008

• Excavating the Structure of a Bootleg Video, presented by B'L'ing, John Connely Presents, New York, US
• FTW/DIY (1995-2004) RIP., curated by Nicole Panter, MOV-In Gallery, Santa Fe, US
• Formal Issue, curated by Jeffrey Ian Rosen, AKTA, Tokyo, JP
• Is/Not: LOVE in the USA, An exhibition of artists from Los Angeles, curated by Brooke Lynn McGowan, Louise T Blouin Institute, London, UK
• Summer Video Program, Peres Projects Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE
• Read My Lips, curated by Dean Sameshima, Peres Projects Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE
• Ausländer in Berlin, curated by Margherita Belaief, CITRIC Gallery, Brescia, IT
• SGOZZATA, curated by Margherita Belaief & John Kleckner, Peres Projects Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE

2007

• Public Park, Scoops, Los Angeles, US
• Printed Matter: New York Art Book Fair, New York, US
• Beyond the Zero, Peres Projects, Athens, GR
• Fit to Print, Gagosian Gallery, New York City, US
• ARTE E OMOSESSUALITÀ. DA VON GLOEDEN A PIERRE ET GILLES, works form the Ernesto Esposito collection, Palazzina Reale, Florence, IT
• Natural Geographic, Norma Desmond Productions, Los Angeles, US
• Global Cities, Tate Modern, London, UK
• At Home, curated by Mario Testino, Yvon Lambert, New York City, US
• Marcus Knupp and Dean Sameshima, Peres Projects at Art Cologne, DE
• An unsung rhythm in a colonnade of stars, curated by Job Piston, Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, US
• Blow Both of Us, curated by Shannon Ebner and Adam Putnam, PARTICIPANT INC, New York City, US
• Achtung FSK 18 – Vol 2, Galerie Tristesse in conjunction with the Pornfilmfestival Berlin, DE

2006

• Public Storage Temple Hospital: A Program of Artists' Videos, organized by John Pearson, Mandrake, Los Angeles, US
• Glory Hole, curated by Pablo Internacional Magazine, Archinect, London, UK
• Swallow Harder: Selections from the Collection of Ben and Aileen Krohn, curated by Robin Held, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, US

2005

• Will Boys Be Boys? Questioning Adolescent Masculinity in Contemporary Art, curated by Shamim Momim, Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas, US (traveling through 2006)
• Log Cabin, curated by Jeffrey Uslip, Artists Space, New York City, US
• Farsites: Urban Crisis and Domestic Symptoms in Recent Contemporary Art, curated by Adriano Pedrosa, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana and San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, US
• The Picture I Carry In My Head, curated by Teri Phillips, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, US

2004

• Will Boy Be Boys? Questioning Adolescent Masculinity, in Contemporary Art, curated by Shamim Momim: The Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, US
• 10 Year Anniversary, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, JP
• The Stars of Track and Field are Beautiful People, curated by Javier Peres, Galeria Changing Role, Naples, IT

Dean SAMESHIMA's work is included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

Dean SAMESHIMA has been featured in Art Forum, Flash Art, Modern Painters, Art In America, I-D Magazine, Index, Flash Photo, I-D, Soma, and The New York Times. Instilled and Lost, featuring selected works, was just published by Peres Projects. He was also included in the Cream 3, 2003 catalogue and Vitamin Ph, New Perspectives in Photography, 2006.

Dean SAMESHIMA catalogues include Hysteric Seven (2002), and Young Men At Play, vol. 1 & 2.