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EDUCATION
2004 Masters in Fine Arts, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2001 Bachelors in Fine Arts, Kansas City Art Institute,
Kansas City, MO
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Under the Sun, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
2016 gripgrabstacksqueeze, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Nathan Mabry: GOODGOD, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
Nathan Mabry, PROCESS ART (B-E-A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E),
Savannah College of Art and Design Museum of Art (SCADMOA), Savannah, GA
2013 Sightings: Nathan Mabry, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX
Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Armature, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Like Really, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
2008 Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
2005 cherrydelosreyes, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Filter Gallery, Kansas City, MO
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 The Sorcerer’s Burden, The Contemporary Austin, Austin, TX
2018 A HOST + A GUEST = A GHOST, Philip Martin Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA (Two Person Show)
ELEMENTAL, LA Louver, Venice, CA
2017 Define Gravity: Sculpture in the Ahmanson Collection, Ahmanson Foundation Gallery, Irvine, CA
Totems: Nathan Mabry and Brian Bress, Cherry and Martin, CA
Pivotal: Highlights from the Collection, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
I Love L.A., Praz-Delavallade, Los Angeles, CA
Dress Me Up, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
2016 Legacy of an Icon, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO
Unconventional Clay: Engaged in Change, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,
Kansas City, MO
2015 Thief Among Thieves, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
2014 Masks, JGM Galerie, Paris, France
2013 Body Language, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
More Young Americans, L’Enclos des Bernardins Hôtel de Miramion, Paris, France
Brian Bress, Matt Connors, Mari Eastman, Nathan Mabry, T. Kelly Mason, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
3am: wonder, paranoia and the restless night, Bluecoat, Liverpool and traveling to Chapter, Cardiff; The Exchange, Newlyn and Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, United Kingdom
2012 Beg, Borrow and Steal, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Eye of Horus, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, Switzerland
Bush of Ghosts, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
Across the Pacific: Young Artists from LA, 313 Art Project, Seoul, Korea
2011 American Exuberance, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL (catalog)
Baker’s Dozen, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Sympathy for the Devil, Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, Belgium (catalog)
Elements of Nature: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Foundation, BrevarArtMuseum, Melbourne, FL (catalog)
2010 (Re) Form, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
Portugal Arte, Lisbon, Portugal
Underground Pop, Parrish Art Museum, South Hampton, NY (catalog)
In The Moment, Carter Arts Center, Kansas City, MO
Seven Card Stud, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
Shut Your Eyes In Order to See, Praz-Delavallade, Paris France
The Library of Babel / In and Out of Place, 176, London, UK (catalog)
The Gleaners: Contemporary Art from the Collection of Sarah and Jim Taylor, Myhren Gallery, University of Denver, Denver, CO (catalog)
2009 Beg, Borrow and Steal, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL (catalog)
In Bed Together, Royal/T, Los Angeles, CA
Heads Up, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA
Sculpture Park, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Second Nature: The Valentine-Adelson Collection at The Hammer, Hammer Museum,
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles: Aspects of the Archaic Revival, Galerie Uschi Kolb, Karlsruhe, Germany
FIRST SHOW, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
1999: 10 Year Anniversary Show, China Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA
All That Was, Is, The Happy Lion, Los Angeles, CA
LA Woman, Hanes Art Gallery, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC
2008 L.A. Now, curated by David Pagel, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV (catalog)
Take Me There (Show Me The Way), Haunch of Venison, New York, NY (catalog)
Weighing and Wanting: 25 Years of Collecting, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego,
San Diego, CA
Idle Youth, curated by Russell Ferguson, Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
Kabul 3000: Love Among The Cabbages, Galleria Zero, Milan, Italy
Past Forward, curated by Vincent Honoré, 176, London, UK (catalog)
Past and Present, Richard Carter Studio, Forestville, CA
Apocalypse Yesterday, curated by David Pagel, Peggy Phelps Gallery,
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2007 Fearful Objects, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
Sculptors’ Drawings, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Distinctive Messengers, House of Campari, Los Angeles, CA
Aspects, Forms and Figures, Bellwether, New York, NY
Kairos!, Kantor/Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Hammer Contemporary Collection, Part II, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Red Eye: Los Angeles Artists from the Rubell Family Collection,
The Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL (catalog)
Bold Moves, curated by Simon Watson and Craig Hensala, House of Campari,
Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
The Beginning of The End of The Beginning, Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Thing: New Sculpture from Los Angeles, Hammer Museum,
Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
Rogue Wave ‘05, LA Louver, Venice, CA (catalog)
WivesHusbands, domestic setting, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Cornceptual Popstraction, cherrydelosreyes, Los Angeles, CA (artist book/catalog)
summer group show, cherrydelosreyes, Los Angeles, CA
Supersonic, Windtunnel/Artcenter, Pasadena, CA (catalog)
2003 I Am Human And I Deserve To Be Loved, Overtones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001 The Cube, Kansas City, MO
Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
H&R Blockspace, Kansas City, MO
2000
Holding, KCAI Gallery, two person show, Kansas City, MO
Gordon Gallery,
Yountville, CA
Richard Carter Projects, Napa, CA
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2018 Interactive Booth Commission, Public Art Fund, New York, New York
2017 Public art commission, Victory Park, Dallas, TX
Public art commission, Rice Village, Houston, TX
2016 Public art commission, 51 East Liberty St., Toronto, Canada
2014 Inside Out/Outside In, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
2013
Process Art (Dead Men Don't Make Sculpture) installed in front of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Around Us and Rebus, The Artspace Project Wall, H&R Block Artspace,
Kansas City, MI
2009 CAArt: Public Works: Drooling Muse installed at Creative Artists Agency,
2000 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA
Process Art (Dead Men Don’t Make Sculpture) installed in atrium of the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Process Art (Dead Men Don’t Make Sculpture) installed in front of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
2007 First Campari Commission Los Angeles, Donated to the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
2006 Nathan Mabry: Old Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration and Parade,
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
SELECTED PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
The Rachofsky Collection, Dallas, TX
Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, Belgium
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Zabludowicz Collection, London UK
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2016
Mizota, Sharon, Review: Nathan Mabry’s Splendid Drawings And Smile-Inducing Sculptures, LA Times.com, April 28, 2016
Seiden, Franceasca, Things are just things...or are they? Nathan Mabry at Cherry and Martin, L.A., White Hot, Mag zine, May 2016
Mendelsohn, Meredith, 5 L.A. Art Exhibitions to See This Spring, Architectural Digest,
May 9, 2016
Mizota, Sharon, Nathan Mabry’s splendid drawings and smile-inducing sculptures,
Los Angeles Times, April 28, 2016
Anderson, Alex, Nathan Mabry: Postmodernist Sculpture for a Modernist’s World, ArtSlant, April 25, 2016 Johnson, Ken, What not to miss at The Armory Show at the piers, The New York Times, March 3, 2016
2014
Li, Jennifer S, Nathan Mabry, Art in America, September 2014, p 152 Diehl, Travis, Nathan Mabry, Artforum, June 6, 2014
Zellen, Jody, Nathan Mabry, ArtScene, June 2014, pp 20-21
Indrisek, Scott, Matthew Brandt, Viviane Sassen, Alfredo Jaar at SCAD’s deFine Art, Blouin Art Info (online), Feb- ruary 25, 2014
2013
Street, Ben. Body Language, exhibition catalogue, Saatchi Gallery, 2013
Amirsadeghi, Hossein and Maryam Homayoun Eisler, eds. Art Studio America: Contemporary Artist Spaces, Thames & Hudson, 2013
Dambrot, Shana Nys, Nathan Mabry: Wit and Consternation in Contemporary Sculpture, KCET / Artbound,(on- line), July 19, 2013
Amato, Andy, Nathan Mabry, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Arts+Culture Magazine, June 2013, pp. 42-43. Eileen, Kingsella, 50 Under 50 Next Most Collectible Artists: Nathan Mabry, Art +Auction Magazine, June 13, 2013, p 127
Michals, Susan, Nathan Mabry Gets His Pre-Columbian Groove on, Huffingtonpost.com. April, 26, 2013
Laster, Paul, Art: Nathan Mabry, bombsite.com. April 30, 2013
Robinson, Gaile, Nathan Mabry puts new face on staid sculpture, star-telegram.com.
April 24, 2013
Howard, Halle, Ten Sculpture Exhibitions You Should See, Time Out NY.com, April 2013
Laster, Paul, Nathan Mabry, Bomblog, April 30, 2013
Schad, Ed, Art Review: Mashup Mock-Up: Nathan Mabry at the Nasher Sculpture Center, Frontrow.dmagazine. com, April 10, 2013
Kingsella, Eileen, 50 Under 50 Next Most Collectible Artists, Art+Auction Magazine,
June 2013
Michals, Susan, Nathan Mabry Gets His Pre-Columbian Groove, The Huffington Post,
April 26, 2013
Robinson, Gaile, Nathan Mabry Puts New Face on Staid Sculpture, Star Telegram.com,
April 24, 2013
2011
Smith, Roberta, Free-for-All Spirit Breezes Into A Vast Art Fair, The NY Times, March 4, 2011, Fine Arts Leisure section, pp. 1, 24
Pagel, David, Hybrid Forms Upend Culture, LA Times, January 14, 2011, p.D21
Griffin, Jonathan, Nathan Mabry, Frieze, January 27, 2011
Finkel, Jori, It Speaks to Me: Nathan Mabry, LA Times, January 12, 2011, p.D3
Melrod, George, LA Sculptors: Nathan Mabry: Mystical Hybrids, Art ltd., May 2011, pp. 36-37
Dailey, Meghan, Fine Young Cannibal, Modern Painters, December 2010-January 2011, p.18
2009
Moreno, Ximena, Nathan Mabry Reencuentros, Arte Al Limite, Issue 36, Mayo-Junio 2009, pp. 50-55
Vitamin 3-D, Phaidon, London, UK, 2009, pp. 12, 182-183
Pratt, Ken, Nathan Mabry: It Is What It Isn’t, Wound Magazine, Issue 6, Spring 2009, cover image, pp. 330-335 Miles, Christopher, All That Was, Is at the Happy Lion, LA Weekly,
April 3-9, 2009, p. 53
2008
Douglas, Sarah, Miami’s Silver Lining, Art + Auction, November 2008, p.134 Young, Paul, The New Mythmakers, Angeleno, October 2008, No. 91, pp. 80, 82
Rosenberg, Karen, Idle Youth, NY Times, August 14, 2008
Bedford, Christopher, Nathan Mabry, Frieze, Issue 116, June/August, 2008, p. 223
Dambrot, Shana Nys, Nathan Mabry at Cherry and Martin, Artweek, May 2008, Volume 39, Issue 4, p. 16 Heffley, Lynne, Museums Team To Buy Mabry Work, LA Times, May 20, 2008, p. E3
Scarborough, James, Nathan Mabry at Cherry and Martin, Art in America, May 2008,
p. 202-203
Frank, Peter, Figuratively Seeing, LA Weekly, April 4, 2008, p. 59
Pagel, David, Art is in the spirit of Duchamp, LA Times, March 14, 2008, p. E24
Finkel, Jori, In The Studio, Art + Auction, March 2008, pp. 60-62, 64, 66
Weinberg, Lauren, Fearful Objects, Time Out Chicago, Issue 150, January 10, 2008
Chang, Helen, Why I Buy: Art Collectors Reveal What Drives Them, Weekend Journal, January 11, 2008, P. W7
2007
Foumberg, Jason, External Pleasures, New City, December 27, 2007, p. 18
Buck, Louisa and Melanie Gerlis, Zoo’s move out of the zoo is a success, The Art Newspaper, October 12, 2007, p. 4
Kazakina, Katya, Saatchi Grabs Emerging Art at Zoo, Spin-off to London’s Frieze, Bloomberg.com, October 12, 2007 Finkel, Jori, A Museum That Lives Within Its Means,
The NY Times, July 8, 2007
Bryant, Kathy, The Insider’s L.A., Art & Antiques, May 2007, p. 102-104
Melrod, George, It’s HAMMER Time, Art Ltd., May 2007, p. 42-47, ill.
Smith, Roberta, Art in Review; Michael Queensland, The NY Times, March 9, 2007
Cotter, Hollland, Aspects, Forms and Figures, The NY Times, March 2, 2007, p. E30
Haithman, Diane, $1-million new year’s gift to the Hammer, LA Times, January 5, 2007,
p. E41
2006
Gordon, Margery, Art Basel Miami: The City’s Best Private Collections, Artinfo.com, December 10, 2006
Douglas, Sarah, Art Basel Miami: A Visit with the Rubells, Artinfo.com, December 10, 2006
Smith, Roberta, More Than You Can See: Storm of Art Engulfs Miami, The NY Times, December 9, 2006
Speigler, Marc, LA Art Is Here to Stay: High-Profile Shows Drive Reappraisal, The Art Newspaper, Art Basel Daily Edition, December 8, 2006, pp. 1, 8
Crow, Kelly, In Miami, A Blur of Parties, Personalities, Shoes and Art, The Wall Street Journal, December 8, 2006 Duncan, Arthur, Miami Mayhem, Culture and Travel,
November/December 2006, p. 63
Douglas, Sarah, Miami Preview: A Survivor’s Guide, Art and Auction, November 2006,
p. 118-22
Goodell, Jennifer Wulffson, Nathan Mabry at Cherry and Martin, Sculpture Journal, Volume 15.2, 2006, pp. 153-54 Speaking Volumes: 19 Interviews, Art in America, November 2006,
pp. 184-85
Melrod, George, Nathan Mabry at Cherry and Martin, Sculpture, November 2006, pp. 70-71
Spiegler, Marc, Trends: American Renaissance, The Art Newspaper, No. 171,
July-August, 2006, p. 32
Spiegler, Marc, American Renaissance, The Art Newspaper, Art Basel Daily Edition,
June 14, 2006, p. 6
Myers, Terry, Nathan Mabry: A Very Touching Moment, Modern Painters, May 2006, p. 113
Finkel, Jori, Nathan Mabry, Artnews, May, 2006
Miles, Christopher, Nathan Mabry, Flaunt, Spring 2006, Vol. 72, p. 248
Ollman, Leah, A Sculptor Who Loves To Play Tricks, LA Times, March 10, 2006
2005
Knight, Christopher. Come and Gather Around the Llama For an Intimate Chat,
LA Times, November 25, 2005
Janku, Laura Richard, Nathan Mabry’s Jackin’, Stackin’, Crackin’ Sculpture, Artinfo.com, October 27, 2005
LA Louver Catches Rogue Wave, Santa Monica Mirror, June 29-July 5, 2005
Pagel, David, Summer Sampler has a dark side, LA Times, July 8, 2005
Firstenberg, Lauri, Thing, Frieze, July 2005
Bedford, Christopher, Hot Young Things, X-TRA: Contemporary Art Quarterly, Vol. 7 No. 4, Summer 2005
Miles, Christopher, The Idolater’s Revenge, Flash Art, May-June 2005
Mack, Johsua, Thing: New Scultpure from LA, Modern Painters, April 2005
Holte, Michael Ned, West Coast Thing, Artforum, February 10, 2005
Lu, Angela, Hammer exhibit helps shape alumni’s careers, Daily Bruin Magazine,
February 3-9, 200
Knight, Christopher, The next big “Thing” in L.A. LA Times, February 9, 2005
Harvey, Doug, Things to see in L.A, KUSC fm 91.5, February 2005
Harvey, Doug, Good Thing, LA Weekly, February 4-10, 2005
Roug, Louise, Object Lessons, LA Times, January 2, 2005
2004
Frank, Peter, Pick of the Week: Cornceptual Popstraction, LA Weekly, December 2-8, 2004 Cornceptual Popstraction, collaborative artist book, November 2004
Freeman, Tommy, Summer Group Show at cherrydelosreyes, Artweek, October 2004
2003
Harvey, Doug, Young Outsiders at Overtones, LA Weekly, August 2003 Puleo, Antonio Adriano, Pornigami, Beautiful/Decay, 2003
2001
Hackman, Kate, Show at Jan Weiner Gallery, The Review, 2001