Blair Thurman

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Born in 1961 in New Orleans. Lives and works in New York.
www.blairthurman.net

Education

1988 Master of Fine Arts, University of Massachussetts at Amherst, USA
1984 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Canada

Solo Exhibitions

2012
Blair Thurman, galerie frank elbaz, Paris, France

2011
Triple V, Paris, France

2010
Aus Unseren Kellern “From Our Cellars”, Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc, New York, USA

2009
Solo show by Blair Thurman, The Armory Show, booth : galerie frank elbaz, NY
Color Me Gone, Evergreene, Geneva, Switzerland
Tunnel at the End of the Light, Hard Hat, Geneva, Switzerland

2008
Krumms Along the Mohawk, galerie frank elbaz, Paris, France
Blair Thurman – Supermodel, Triple V, Dijon, France
Valise Vieux Grenadiers, Hard Hat, Geneva, Switzerland

2007
The Best Tan in Town!, Galerie Hubert Bächler, Zürich, Switzerland

2004
They’re Always After My Lucky Charms, Galerie Hubert Bächler, Zürich, Switzerland

2003
Arte e Ricambi, Verona, Italy

2001
Circuit, Lausanne, Switzerland

1999
Ecart, Art 30’99 Basel, Statements section, Basel, Switzerland

1998
T.Z. Art, New York, USA

1996
Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, USA

1994
Christophe Gossweiler, Zofingen, Switzerland

Group Exhibitions (selection)

2013
Le Grand Tout, FRAC Limousin, Limoges, France
Gagosian Gallery, Hong-Kong, HKG
Steven Parrino/Blair Thurman/Justin Adian, Half Gallery, New York, USA

2012
Nel Frattempo / Meanwhile - Ex Mercato della Frutta, Valeggio Sul Mincio, Italy
Curated by Lucio Pozzi
Read Into It, Dorfman Projects, New York, USA
Mr I, Graff Mourgue d’Algue, Geneva, Switzerland
Science Fiction #3, Galerie Triple V, Paris
Circuit at Liste 17, Basel, Switzerland
Micro Mania, Gagosian Gallery, Paris, France
The Old, The New, The Different, The Kunsthalle Bern Fondation, Berne, Swiss

2011
Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
American exuberance, Rubell Family Collection / Contemporary Arts Foundation, Miami, USA

2010
Radical Postures, Galerie Les filles du calvaire, Brussels, Belgium
Portrait de l’artiste en motocycliste, Musée des beaux-arts de La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, France

2009
Une exposition de peinture, Zoo Galerie, Nantes, France
Portrait de l’artiste en motocycliste, Magasin-Centre National d’art Contemporain de Grenoble, France
Top 10 allegories, Francesca Pia gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
Born to Be Wild. Hommage à Steven Parrino, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Zwitzerland
OFF THE WALL, Van de Weghe Fine Art, New York, USA

2008
Next : Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, Galerie Hans Mayer, Cologne, Germany
La Chute d’eau, Circuit, Lausanne, Switzerland
The Freak Show, Musée de la Monnaie, Paris, France, curated by Vincent Pécoil & Olivier Vadrot
Black Noise. Un hommage à Steven Parrino, CNEAI, Chatou, France, curated by John M Armleder, Amy Granat & Mai-Thu Perret
Déformations, Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France, curated by Vincent Pécoil

2007
Black Noise. A tribute to Steven Parrino, Mamco, Geneva, Switzerland, curated by John M Armleder, Amy Granat & Mai-Thu Perret
Bastard Creatures, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Half Square, Half Crazy, Villa Arson, Nice, France, curated by Vincent Pécoil, Lili Reynaud-Dewar, Elizabeth Wetterwald
Monster M. C., Sign sculpture for Circuit, Lausanne, Switzerland
Op-Ed World, galerie frank elbaz, Paris, France, curated by Vincent Pécoil
Freak show, MAC, Lyon, France, curated by Vincent Pécoil & Olivier Vadrot
Group show, Sagan Gallery, Séoul, Korea, curated by John Armleder
At Home In The Universe, Mongin Art Center, Seoul, Korea, curated by John Armleder
Maravee, Venice, Italy
Dispatch, New York, USA, curated by Fabrice Stroun

2006
____________, Ecart, Basel, Switzerland, curated by John Armleder
SuperNova, Domaine Pommery, Reims, France, curated by Judicaël Lavrador
Art Crating, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Dezember, Galerie Hubert Bächler, Zürich, Switzerland

2005
None of Above, curated by John Armleder, Swiss institute, New York, USA
For Steven Parrino, Ecart, Basel, Switzerland

2004
Galerie Hubert Bächler, Zürich, Switzerland

2003
Return of the Creature, Künstlerhaus, Palais Thurn & Taxis, Bregenz, curated by Steven Parrino
Uncrated, Spike Gallery, New York, USA
Dezember, Galerie Hubert Bächler, Zürich, Switzerland

2002
BOMB, Brooklyn Front Gallery, Brooklyn, USA
Model Shop, Front Gallery, Brooklyn, USA

2001
Show World, Times Square, New York, USA

2000
Art Basel 31, Hyundai Gallery (Seoul), Basel, Switzerland
Silver and Hi-Tech, Kongsberg, Norway

1999
Bastard Kids of Drella, Le Consortium, Dijon, France, curated by Steven Parrino
Last Chance Texaco, Jean Deaux, Brooklyn, USA
Drive In, Ville Arson, Nice, France

1996
Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, USA

1995
Musée La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, curated by Olivier Mosset

1994
Sculpture Art Miami, Art Miami, Miami, USA

1992
Two-person show with Steven Parrino, Speedway Gallery, New York, USA

1991
The Gallery, New York, USA