Richard Wearn
B. 1969
Lives and works in Amsterdam
Education
MFA, University of Southern California, 1996
BFA, Elam School of Art, University of Auckland, 1993
Full CV below images
Trouw (Fidelity), 2009, Dual screen rear projection video installation, 30 minutes
Trouw (Fidelity), detail, 2009, Dual screen rear projection video installation, 30 minutes
Resistance Sculpture (Nostalgia), 2009, 15 photographs + map
Documentation of sculptural intervention, Dimensions variable
Resistance Sculpture (Nostalgia), 2009, detail
Resistance Sculpture (Nostalgia), 2009, detail
Resistance Sculpture (Nostalgia), 2009, detail
Resistance Sculpture (Zardoz), 2010, Fiberglass, mirror, timber and paint, Dimensions variable
House Sculpture (installation view), 2006, Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City
Brenner House, 2006, Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City
Kahn House, 2006, Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City
Untitled (frozen LeCorbusier cube chair), 2003
Untitled (frozen LeCorbusier cube chair) [detail], 2003
Pallets, 2002
Malevich (installation view), 2002
Dimensions variable
Installation view, 1999
Donald Judd Foundation, Marfa, TX
72 x 51 x 41 (installation view), 1999
Donald Judd Foundation, Marfa, TX
All images courtesy the artist and Hilary Crisp London/Los Angeles
RICHARD WEARN
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Hilary Crisp Gallery, London
2007
Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City
2006
Arnoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati
2004
DaimlerChrysler Offinarte, Mexico City
Conduit Gallery, Dallas
2003
The Physics Room, Christchurch
Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati
2002
Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati
2001
Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati
1999
Chinati/Donald Judd Foundation, Marfa
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
X Artworks in a Straight Line (Seeking the Perfect Sphere), Hilary Crisp, London
Flat_land, Delft
2009
Agentur, Amsterdam
2008
Side Street Projects, Los Angeles
2007
Once Upon a Time in The Midwest, Reed Museum, University of Cincinnati
Hot Fun, New Center for Contemporary Art, Louisville
A Sense of Place, USC Roski Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles
2006
Beyond Babylon MAK Center, Schindler House, Los Angeles
2005
Sabados Memories, Art 2102, Los Angeles
2004
Grand Art Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center
2003
Welcome, Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2002
Summer Vacation, Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2001
Small Works, Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2000
Small Works, Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
An Active Life, Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center, OH
Faculty Exhibition University of Cincinnati, OH
1997
Teststrip, Auckland, New Zealand
Redial, Striking Distance, Los Angeles
1996
Fancy Pants, Fred Segal, Los Angeles
1995
Visual Exchange, Claremont Graduate School, Los Angeles
The Big Night, Bradbury Building, Los Angeles
Reaction! The Way Things Go, ArtSpace, Auckland
Govett-Brewster Art Museum, New Plymouth
Wellington City Art Gallery
1993
Exchange Building Installations, Wellesley Street Exchange Building
Lightweight, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland
Suffer, Teststrip Gallery, Auckland. Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington
1992
Implicated and Immune, Fisher Public Gallery, Auckland
Residencies:
Aronoff Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati USA, 2006
DaimlerChrysler Artist in Residence Mexico City, 2004
The Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA 2003
Chinati/Donald Judd Foundation, Marfa Texas, USA, 1999
Awards / Commissions / Fellowships / Scholarships:
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Americas Grant 2007
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Americas Grant 2004
Rockefeller Foundation Project Grant, 2004
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Research and Travel Fellowship, 2004
The Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA 2003
Ohio State Arts Council Artists Fellowship 2001
Residency Fellowship, Chinati Foundation/Donald Judd Foundation, 1999
Professional Development Grant, Arts Council of New Zealand, 1998
Professional Development Grant, Arts Council of New Zealand, 1997
Teaching Assistant Fellowship, University of Southern California, 1994-1996
Bibliography:
The Los Angeles Times, December 22nd,2006
The Columbus Dispatch, September 10, 2006
The Cincinnati Enquirer, August 23, 2006
La Journada, Mexico City 2004
Arte y Contexto, Barcelona, 2004
La Reforma, Mexico City 2004
The Christchurch Press, by Rosa Shiels
The Cincinnati Enquirer, June 4, 2003
The Cincinnati Enquirer, June 27, 2002 by Marilyn Bauer
ArtNews March, 2001,’Please Touch’ by Katie Clifford
‘An Active Life’ Catalogue by Sue Spaid, Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center, 2000
The Columbus Dispatch, September 19, 2000
The Cincinnati Enquirer, Sept 15, 2000
The Chinati Foundation, Catalogue, 2000
Art Lies n.2 Review by Elizabeth McBride, 1999
‘Redial’ Catalogue, thru Striking Distance, Essay by Mitchell Syrop, 1997
‘Fancy Pants’ Catalogue Essay by Monique Van Genderen 1996
The Los Angeles Times, November 7th, 1996, Fancy Pants by Susan Kandel
‘Reaction!’ Catalogue, Essay by Richard Dale,1995
The Listener July 15th, 1995 Reaction! by Chris Bourke
The Listener Nov 20th, 1993 Exchange Building Installations by S. McKenzie
Art New Zealand no.66, 1993 Artists Against AIDS by Giovanni Intra
Implicated and Immune, Catalogue, 1992
Permanent Collections / Commissions:
Charles Demarais, Deputy Director of Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art
Ulrike Kantor, Beverly Hills, California
Fidelity Investments, Boston, Massachusetts
Deskey Communications, Cincinnati, Ohio
Ellen Meyer and Glenn Madrid, Marfa Texas
Brynn Gabermann and Simon Epstein, Washington DC
Leonardo DiCaprio, Los Angeles, California