Born in New Castle, Pennsylvania in 1952
Lives in New York City
Education
1977M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago; M.F.A.
1976Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York
1974Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1971-75University of Colorado
One-Person Exhibitions
2013Feature Inc., New York
2010Gagosian Gallery, New York
2009“Dike Blair: Now and Again,” Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC (catalogue)
2008Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles
2007Blondeau Fine Art Services, Geneva, Switzerland (brochure)
“Still Lifes from 1988 to 1997,” D’Amelio Terras, New York
Feature Inc., New York
2005Mary Goldman, Los Angeles
2004“Paintings / Prints / Sculpture,” SEAD Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Feature Inc., New York
“Prints,” Volume, New York
2003“Ideal Office #2,” Outcasts Inc., Paris
Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston
2001Feature Inc., New York
Works on Paper, Los Angeles (catalogue)
1998Feature, Inc., New York
Charleston Heights Art Center, Las Vegas, NV
1995Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna
1994Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York
1993Donna Beam Gallery, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
M D J Art Contemporain Galerie, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
1991Ealan Wingate Gallery, New York
Ealan Wingate Gallery (Projects Room), New York
1990Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna
Dart Gallery, Chicago
1989Koury Wingate Gallery, New York
1988121 Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1987International With Monument, New York
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna
Cash/Newhouse, New York
1986Baskerville + Watson, New York
Christminster Gallery, New York
1983Serra Di Felice, New York
1981Stefanotti Gallery, New York
1980Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013“Works on Paper,” Blondeau & Cie, Geneva
2012“Walled Garden,” Klaus von Nichtssagend, New York
“Poule!” Fundación/Colección Jumex, Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico, curated by Michel Blancsubé
“Micro Mania,” Gagosian Gallery, Paris
“Lifelike,” curated by Siri Enberg, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (2012); New OrleansMuseum of Art (2013);
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego (2013); Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin (2013)
“WhiteWalls: Writings by Artists, 1978–2008,” Golden Gallery, Inc., New York
2011“Scintillascopy” (2-person with Maura Biava), Progetto Cuccagna, Milan; curated by Alessandro De March
“Made in Italy,” Gagosian Gallery, Rome; curated by Mario Codognato
2010“Lateralisms,” The Hogar Collection, Brooklyn; curated by Matt Wycoff
“Portrait de l’artiste en motocycliste,” Le Musée des Beaux Artes, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
“Wall-to-Wall,” Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
“Self-Fulfilling Prophecies,” Leo Koenig Inc., New York
“Guilty Feet,” 179 Canal, New York; one-night event
2009“Nighttown,” Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA
“Portrait de l'artiste en motocycliste,” Le Magasin, Grenoble
“Haunts,” Privateer, Brooklyn, NY
“Populate This Form,” Feature Inc., New York
“On From Here,” Guild & Greyshkul, New York
2008“The Station,” Art Basel Miami Beach, FL; curated by Shamim Momim and Nate Lowman
“Reverse Turing Tests: Hilary Berseth and Kevin Zucker,” Eleven Rivington, New York; collaborator on Zucker’s
“curated” paintings
“Renaissance,” Salvatore Ferragamo Gallery, New York
“Peanut Gallery,” The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn; curated by Joe Bradley
“Artwalk NY 2008,” annual benefit auction for the Coalition for the Homeless, New York
“Art on Paper 2008,” Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro; curated by Xandra Eden
(catalogue)
“Shit,” Feature Inc., New York
“If I told you you were beautiful, would you date me on the regular?” Olivier Kamm, New York; curated by
Nicholas Weist
“Dike Blair & Noah Sheldon,” D’Amelio Terras, New York
“It’s Gouache & Gouache Only,” Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York and Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York
2007“Canal Street,” Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York
“Greener Pastures, Permanent Midnight,” Moti Hasson Gallery, New York
“Neonoir,” Howard House Contemporary Art, Seattle; curated by Cameron Martin (brochure)
“It’s Gouache & Gouache Only,” Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
“Lose (oneself) in,” Mary Godman Gallery, Los Angeles
2006“Two Friends and So On,” Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York; organzed by Jonathan Horowitz and Rob Pruitt,
curated by friends
“Mystic River,” Southfirst: Art, Brooklyn, NY; curated by Noah Sheldon (catalogue)
2005“Suspended Narratives,” Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX; curated by Maureen Mahony
“Non compatibles: Une peinture sans qualités,” Villa Tamaris Centre D’Art, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France; curated by
Catherine Perret
“Works by Selected Gallery Artists,” Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles
“The General’s Jamboree: Guild & Greyshkul’s
2nd Annual Watercolor Exhibtion,” Guild & Greyshkul, New York
“Bridge Freezes Before Road,” Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York; curated by Neville Wakefield
“Tableaux-Ecrans,” Galerie Les filles du calvaire, Paris and Brussels, Belgium (catalogue)
“Celebrate 22 Years & A New Home,” Tilton Gallery, New York
“Vanishing Point,” Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio
State University, Columbus, OH (catalogue)
“Dike Blair/Elizabeth Bryant,” The Suburban, Oak Park, IL
2000“Emoticons,” Guild & Greyshkul, New York; curated by Kevin Zucker
“2004 Biennial Exhibition,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (catalogue)
Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles
2003“Unheimlich,” Centre d’Art Contemporain la Synagogue de Delme, Delme, France
“Late to Work Everyday,” Dupreau Gallery, Chicago; curated by Noah Sheldon
“Shangri-La,” Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY; curated by Michael St. John and Jason Duval (catalogue)
2002“Ten Realists,” Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York
“New Hotels for Global Nomads,” Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York
(catalogue)
“GtT2,” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco; curated by ANP(catalogue)
2001“Purple Lounge and Stars,” Programa, Mexico City
“Tele[visions],” Kunsthalle Wein, Vienna, Austria; curated by Joshua Decter (catalogue)
“Not a. Lear,” Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York; Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston; Galerie S. & H.DeBuck, Ghent,
Belgium;curated by ANP
“Objective Color,” Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT; curated by Jennifer Gross
2000“Not a. Lear,” Torch, Amsterdam; Art Process, Paris; curated by ANP
“Elysian Fields,” Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (catalogue)
“Let’s Entertain,” The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR;
Museé National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg,
Wolfsburg, Germany; Miami Art Museum, Miami; curated by Philippe Vergne (catalogue)
“Compression,” Feigen Contemporary, New York; curated by Tim Griffin
“Hairy Forearm’s Self-Referral,” Feature Inc., New York
Works on Paper, Los Angeles
“Open the pod bay doors Hal.” Feature Inc., New York
“Exurbia,” Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA; curated by Shirley Irons
“City Projects,” Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York; curated by ANP
1999“Still Life,” Amelie Wallace Gallery at the State University of New York, Old Westbury, NY; curated by Helen Molesworth
Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.
“Up Your Head,” Feature Inc., New York
“XN 99,” Chalon sur Saône; France; curated by Stephanie Moisdon Trembley
“Cruise Control,” Cristinerose Gallery, New York
Feature Inc., New York
“Cookie Snow Feature,” Cokkie Snoei Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; curated by ANP
“curious.parking@stupendous.strawberry,” S. & H. De Buck Gallery, Ghent, Belgium; curated by ANP
1998“La Voie Lactée (The Milky Way),” Alleged Gallery, New York (catalogue)
“Super Freaks, Odyssey,” Greene/Naftali Gallery, New York
“Bonne Année!,” Air de Paris, Paris
“Where: Allegories of Site in Contemporary Art,” The Whitney Museum at Champion, Stamford, CT
1997“Hello,” Feature Inc., New York
Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Two-person exhibition (with David Robbins) Feature Inc., New York
1996“Beige,” Saga Basement, Copenhagen, Denmark (catalogue)
“Voyeur’s Delight,” Franklin Furnace, New York; organized by Barbara Rusin and Grace Roselli
“Telephone - mind the gap,” collaboration with Laura Stein, Basilico Fine Arts, New York
1995“Smells Like Vinyl,” Roger Merians Gallery, New York; organized by Sarah Seager and Thaddeus Strode
“Partly Sunny, Tomorrow,” Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
“Purple 8 1/2,” Galerie Jousse-Seguin, Paris
“The Joy of Painting" (project by Alix Lambert and Ami Arnault), HERE Art Center, New York
1994“The Winter of Love,” P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
Off Shore Gallery, East Hampton, NY
"L’hiver de l’amour,” Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris (catalogue)
Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York
Galerie Rizzo, Paris
1993“The Return of the Cadavre Exquis,” The Drawing Center, New York; The Corcoran Gallery of Art,Washington, DC;
Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO; Fundación para el Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City; Santa Monica Art Museum, Santa Monica, CA; curated by Ann Philbin and Ingrid Schaffner (catalogue)
“Futura Book Collection,” Air de Paris, Nice, France
“June," Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
199 “Les mystères de l’auberge espagnole,” Villa Arson, Nice, France
“Les Survivants,” La Galerie de Paris, Paris; curated by Elein Fleiss and Jean-Luc Vilmouth
“Zeitgenössische Photographie,” Slovenská National Gallery, Bratislavia, Solvakia
“One + One,” La Galerie du Mois, Paris
“Tattoos,” Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
“Technorama,” Barbara Toll Gallery, New York; curated by Kathleen Cullen and Russel Lederman
“Ikebana,” Jack Tilton Gallery, New York
“20th Anniversary Show,” C.U. Art Galleries, Boulder, CO
1990“Small Works,” Koury Wingate Gallery, New York
“High Season II - A Multiple/Print Show,” Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna
“Dike Blair, Maureen Conner, John Franklin, Linda Roush,” Roy Boyd Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1989“White Christmas,” Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna
“Bellevue,” The Museum of Modern Art, Vienna; curated by Herwig Kempinger (catalogue)
“Image World,” The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (catalogue)
“Moscow-Vienna-New York,” Festival of Vienna, Vienna (catalogue)
“Erotophobia,” Simon Watson Gallery, New York
“The Unconventional Landscape,” John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
“Recent Acquistions: Prints,” The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
“The Images of American Pop Culture Today III,” La Foret
Art Museum, Tokyo (catalogue)
1988“Dike Blair, Stephen Ellis, GeneralIdea,” Koury Wingate Gallery, New York
“Summer ’88,” Koury Wingate Gallery, New York
“Der Hund in mir - The Dog Within,” Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna
Galerie Lendle, Graz, Austria
Galerie Kahle, Hamburg, Germany
1987“The New Romantic Landscape,” The Whitney Museum of American Art at Fairfield County, Stamford, CT
(catalogue: texts by Chantal Combes and Peter Doroshenko)
“Dreams of the Alchemist,” Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH; organized by Theodore Sharps
“Playback,” Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna; curated by Jeffrey Rian
“Art Against AIDS,” Baskerville + Watson, New York
Baskerville + Watson, New York
1986“Landscape in the Age of Anxiety,” Lehman College Art Gallery, The City University of New York, New York;
curated by Nina Castelli Sundell (catalogue)
Heland and Thorden Wetterling Galleries, Stockholm
“Painting and Sculpture Today,” Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN (catalogue)
Cash/Newhouse, New York
1985“Autogeneticphotopsia,” Christminster Gallery, New York; curated by Bill Komoski
1984Baskerville + Watson, New York
“Activated Walls,” The Queens Museum, Queens, New York (catalogue)
“Artists Call,” Metro Pictures, New York
Serra Di Felice, New York
Two-person exhibition, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
1983“Terminal Show,” Brooklyn Terminal, Brooklyn, NY
Jack Tilton Gallery, New York
Sherry French Gallery, New York
1982“Energie New York,” Centre d’Exchanges, Lyon, France (catalogue)
“The Red Show," Stefanotti Gallery, New York
1981“1-80 Series,” Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE (catalogue)
“Art from New York," Mitzi Landau Gallery, Los Angeles
Commodities Corporation Traveling Exhibition
1980Texas Gallery, Houston
1979Barbara Toll Gallery, New York
“24 x 24,” Max Hutchinson Gallery, New York
1977Artists Space, New York
1974“Metropolitan Show,” Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Selected Bibliography
2013Wilk, Deborah. Review, Modern Painters, September, 110
Gibson, David. Review, Frieze, no. 157, September, 172–73
2012“The Art of Education,” Modern Painters, April, 59
InFrame TV, “Dike Blair, painter/sculptor/writer” >link
Poule, exhibition catalogue, Fundación/Colección Jumex, Mexico
Lifelike, exhibition catalogue, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
“Dike Blair,” Dear Dave, No. 11, 44–53 (paintings)
Interview with Daniella Salvioni, Art on Air, 6 January >link
2011Made in Italy, exhibition catalogue, Gagosian Gallery, Rome
2010Fry, Naomi. “Dike Blair,” Frieze, November–December
Vartanian, Hrag. “Minimalism’s Lateral Move at the Hogar Collection,” Hyperallergic.com, 7 August >link
McDade, Jackson. “Minimalism Sideways,” Artslant.com, 24 July >link
Grabner, Michelle and Brad Killam. Can I Come Over to Your House? The First Ten Years of The Suburban, 1999 – 2009, Poor Farm Press, Manawa, WI
Martin, Cameron. “Dike Blair,” Artforum, May
2009“Art: Dike Blair / Joe Bradley,” Bomb, No. 108 (Summer), 80–87 >link
“Dike Blair with Steel Stillman,” Art in America, September >link
Cotter, Holland. Review of “Peanut Gallery,” New York Times, 30 January >link
2008Carlin, T.J. “Dike Blair/Noah Sheldon,” Time Out New York, 2–8 April >link
Cashdan, Marina. “Art Basel Miami Beach: Under Construction,” The Moment: The New York Times Style Magazine Blog, 4 December (reproduction) >link
Falconer, Morgan. “Dike Blair and Noah Sheldon,” ArtReview, June, 151
Graves, Jen. “Blart,” The Stranger, 29 August
Knight, Christopher. “Dike Blair at Mary Goldman Gallery,” Los Angeles Times, Around the Galleries,
16 May >link
Lupo, Nancy. “Dike Blair,” ArtSlant, June
Goings On About Town, “Dike Blair/Noah Sheldon,” New Yorker, April
2007Blair, Dike. Voices, New York Arts, November/December, 8–9
Carlson, Ben. “Working Practice: Dike Blair,” Modern Painters, June, 128
Gasparina, Jill. I Love Fashion: L’Art Contemporain et la Mode, Editions Cerce d’Art, Paris, 92–93 (reproduction)
Grandjean, Emmanuel. “Deux maîtres, deux univers,” Tribune de Genève, 27 March, 34
Johnson, Paddy. Review of “Greener Pastures, Permanent Midnight, The L Magazine, 29 August–11 September, 63
Richard, Frances. Review, Artforum, March, 315
Salz, Jerry. “Pulp Friction,” Village Voice, 17–23 January
Smith, Roberta. Review of “Canal Street,” New York Times, 16 November
Wolin, Joseph R. Review, Time Out New York, 25–31 January, 60
Wright, Jeffrey Cyphers. Review of Greener Pastures, Permanent Midnight,” Chelsea Now, 24–30 August, 18
“Medium Cool,” Time Out New York, 14–20 June
“Jesse Bransford/Huston Ripley/Dike Blair,” Goings On About Town, New Yorker, 2 July, 13
2006Mystic River, books and tapes, New York. Exhibition catalogue.
“Mystic River,” Listings, New York Times, 19 May, Weekend section
Perret, Catherine. Non compatibles: Une peinture sans qualities, exhibition catalogue, Les presses du reel, Paris
Alemani, Cecilia. “Mystic River,” Critics’ Picks, Artforum.com >link (accessed August 1, 2006)
2005Perret, Catherine (and others). Peinture: cinq regards, Editions du Regard, Paris.
Exhibition catalogue for
“Tableaux-Ecrans,” Galerie Les filles du calvaire, Paris and Brussels, Belgium
Vanishing Point, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH. Exhibition catalogue.
Balaschak, Chris. Review, Frieze, November/December, 141 (reproduction)
Tips and Picks, Art Fairs International 10, nos. 7/8, 70 (reproduction)
Johnson, Ken. “Everywhere’s the Same: Nowhere in Particular,” New York Times, 3 June, E34
Prince, Richard. “Window On Their World: Dike Blair Interviewed by Richard Prince,” ArtReview, no. 3, 78-81
(reproductions)
Elms, Anthony. “Dike Blair,” Time Out Chicago, March
Lee, Pamela M. Preview of “Vanishing Point,” Artforum, May (reproduction)
20042004 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Exhibition catalogue.
White, Roger. Review, Brooklyn Rail, May, 14 (reproduction)
Johnson, Ken. “Is Sculpture Too Free For It’s Own Good?,” New York Times, 7 May, E36 (reproduction)
Higgie, Jennifer (and others). “American Pie (2004 Whitney Biennial),” Frieze, May, 64-69
“Bourgeois,” Black Book, Spring, 93 (artist’s project-reproduction)
2003Shangri-La, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY. Exhibition catalogue.
Storr, Robert (and others). “Thick and Thin: A Roundtable,” Artforum, April, 174 (reproduction)
Fishman, Mark and Jeff Rian. “Fresh Windows,” Purple 15 (spring/summer), 288-91
2002Guide to Trust No. 2, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco. Exhibition catalogue.(reproduction)
New Hotels for Global Nomads, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York.
Exhibition catalogue.
Griffin, Tim. “Breathe,” Fence 5, no. 1, cover, 90, 92 (reproductions)
Princenthal, Nancy. Review, Art in America, May, 148-9
Dailey, Meghan. Review, Artforum, January, 141
2001Decter, Josh. Tele[visions], Kunsthalle Wein. Exhibition catalogue.
Griffin, Tim. “Obscure Object of Desire,” Time Out New York, 8–15 November, 74 (reproduction)
Cotter, Holland. “Not a. Lear,” New York Times, 12 October, E37
Williams, Gregory. Critics’ Picks, Artforum.com, November >link (accessed August 1, 2006)
Smith, Roberta. Review, New York Times, 2 November, E 40
Glueck, Grace. Review, New York Times, 5 January, E41
Knight, Christopher. “Portraits of Transience,” Los Angeles Times, 18 May, F16
Campbell, Clayton. Review of “Exurbia,” Flash Art, January/February, 66
2000Let’s Entertain: Life’s Guilty Pleasures, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN. Exhibition catalogue.
Ivy, Angus. Review of “Not A. Lear,” Zingmagazine, Winter, 210-211
Knight, Christopher. Review of “Exurbia,” Los Angeles Times, 15 December
Brockington, Horace. “Let’s Entertain: Life’s Guilty Pleasures,” NY Arts, May, 75
Griffin, Tim. “The Intangible Economy: Ricci Albenda, Stephen Hendee,
Dike Blair,” Artext 70, August–October, 66-71(reproduction)
Leguillon, Pierre. “Purple Horizon” (review of “Elysian
Fields”), Beaux Arts, no. 194 (July), 4
Ritter, Peter. “Let’s Entertain: Sex, Celebrity, and Television,” Flash Art, October, 98-99
Grabner, Michelle. Review of “Let’s Entertain,” Frieze, September/October, 125-26
Ivy, Angus. “4/4 Interviews,” Zingmagazine 12 (spring/summer), 171-72
Doove, Edith. Roze-Pink-la Vie en Rose-The Color Purple, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, 12-16.
Exhibition catalogue for “3ness”
Joo, Eugie. Review of “Let’s Entertain,” Art Press, May, 10-13.
Elysian Fields, published by Purple Books/Centre Pompidou, Paris. Exhibition catalogue.
Ritter, Peter. “Too Much Joy,” Minneapolis City Pages, 22 March
1999Jones, Jonathan R. Review of “Up
Your Head,” Contemporary Visual Arts, no. 25, 66
Harrison, Helen, “Stepping Beyond The Traditional In Still Lifes,” New York Times, 10 October, Long Island section
“Art and Cars," ArtByte, April/May, 37 (image)
1998Pedersen, Victoria. “Rare Birds,” Gallery Go ’Round, Paper, November, 126
The Art of the X-Files, published by Harper Prism, New York, 25
Crosby, Gregory. “Chances Are,” Scope 7, no. 4, 16-29 May, 18
La Voie Lactée (The Milky Way), exhibition catalogue, Alleged Gallery, New York
1997Rian, Jeff. “Ouverture,” Flash Art, November/December, 104
Schjeldahl, Peter. “Oblivion Soave,” Village Voice, 12 August, 79
Doran, Anne. Review, Time Out New York, 12 August, 47
1996Compartments, published by Edition Globe, Denmark. Exhibition catalogue for “Beige”
Pedersen, Victoria, “Gallery Go ’Round,” Paper, Summer, 136
1995“Vanitas” (video documentation from exhibition at Galerie Huber Winter, Vienna), ZAPP, no. 6, December
“Survey on Habits,” Documents, Spring/Summer, 73–76 (reproductions of 4 paintings)
1994Verzotti, Giorgio. Review of “L’Hiver de l’amour,” Artforum, October
Cohen, Scott, “Can’t Golf Swing Too?” (interview), New York Times, 21 August, 53
Holmes, Brian. Review of “L’hiver de l’amour,” World Art, no. 2
Königer, Maribel, Review of "L’hiver de l’amour,” Kunstforum, no. 126, 346
Wilson, Dida, L’hiver de L’amour bis, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, 6, 15. Exhibition catalogue.
1993The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, Drawing Center, New York. Exhibition catalogue.
1992Mahoney, Robert. Review, New York in Review, Arts, January, 84
1991Hagen, Charles. Review, New York Times, 25 October, C5
Goings on About Town/Photography, The New Yorker, October 28
1990Weinstein, Michael. “Art Break,” New City, 25 April
Artner, Alan. “Art,” Chicago Tribune, 20 April, 5
1989Image World: Art and Media Culture, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Exhibition catalogue.
Bellevue, Museum of Modern Art, Vienna. Exhibition catalogue.
American Pop Culture Today III, La Foret Art Museum, Tokyo. Exhibition catalogue.
Moscow-Vienna-New York, Festival of Vienna, Vienna. Exhibition catalogue.
Camera Austria, nos. 31/32, 124 (reproduction of artwork)
Haus, Mary Ellen. “Dike Blair,” Tema Celeste, July-September, 77
Smith, Roberta. “Downtown Galleries: Old, New, Traditional, and Alternate Spaces,” New York Times, 5 May, C30.
Decter, Joshua. Review, Arts, March, 96
1988Salvioni, Daniela. “Review,” Flash Art, March/April, 111
Haus, Mary Ellen. “The Unnatural Landscape,” ARTnews, January, 128-132
1987Combes, Chantal and Peter Doroshenko, The New Romantic Landscape, The Whitney Museum of American Art ,
Fairfield County, CT. Exhibition catalogue.
Indiana, Gary. “Guys and Dogs,” Village Voice, 22 December
Indiana, Gary. “New York Diary,” Wolkenkratzer, March/April, 44
Rian, Jeffrey. Review, Art in America, April, 220
Miller, John. Review, Artscribe, May, 78
1986Sundell, Nina Castelli. Landscape in the Age of Anxiety, Lehman College Arts Gallery, Cleveland Center for
Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH. Exhibition catalogue.
Painting and Sculpture Today, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN. Exhibition catalogue.
Sturtevant, Alfred. Review, Arts, April
Castle, Frederick. Art Monthly, April, 5-6.
Indiana, Gary. “No Name Review,” Village Voice, 28 January
Bomb, Spring (reproduction of artwork)
Shepard, Ilene. Activated Walls, The Queens Museum, New York. Exhibition catalogue.
1983Bass, Ruth. Review, ARTnews, October, 283
1982Pierre, Florence. “Dike Blair,” Energie New York, Centre d’Exhanges, Lyon, France, 12-13. Exhibition catalogue.
Cohen, Ronny H. “Dike Blair,” Artforum, January, 78-80
1980Day, Holliday. 1-80 Series, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE. Exhibition catalogue.
Moser, Charlotte, “The Nation,” ARTnews, November, 181-82
Selected Projects
2009“May-December,” Memorial Hall Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI; curator
2008Fleiss, Elein and Olivier Zahm. Purple Anthology: Art Prose Fashion Music Architecture Sex, Rizzoli, New York, New York, 9-12 (portfolio)
2007Blair, Dike. Again: Selected Interviews and Essays, WhiteWalls, Chicago
2004Marnie, Adam. Strange Place (The Noun Trilogy, Volume One: Place), Never Die Books, New York, 9-12 (portfolio)
“Waterworks," Catalyst Arts Program, Pawtucket, MA; exhibition created with RISD graduate students
2003“Ideal Office,” Outcasts, Inc., Paris; office design for PR company
2002“Electric Pool,” exhibition created in workshop at Ecole des Beaux Arts, Nimes, France
2001“Virtual Encounters,” online forum, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago; participant
2000“3ness,” Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Ghent, Belgium; curated by ANP, Dike Blair and Edith Doove (catalogue)
“Elysian Fields,” Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; exhibition design with Dominique Gonzales Foerster
“Virtual Encounters,” online forum, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago; participant
“EAT: Entertainment, Art, Technology (Engagement: Am I Having Fun Yet?),” online forum, Walker Art Center,
February 27-March 11; participant
“Here Comes Rhody,” Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston; curator
1997“Gregnik Proto II,” Public Art Fund Project by Gregory Green; audio piece for model satellite broadcast
1996“Telephone-mind the gap,” Basilico Fine Arts, New York; collaboration with Laura Stein
1994“The Winter of Love,” P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY; curator
1993“49¢ Breakfast,” Temporary Contemporary, Las Vegas, NV; curator
1993“June,” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris; co-curator
1988“Messages to the Public,” Spectacolor Light Board, Times Square, New York; presented by thePublic Art Fund
“Cascade,” Channel 4, London; collaborative video tape with MICA-TV, Dan Graham and Christian Marclay
1978Blair, Dike and Isabelle Anscomber. Punk, Urizen Books, New York
Grants and Awards
2012The Shifting Foundation
2010Rome Prize
2009Guggenheim Fellowship
1995The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award
1988Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation/NEA Regional Fellowship, Works on Paper
Related Activities
1997–presentAdjunct Professor, Painting Department, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1995–presentContributing Editor, THE THING (www.thing.net), New York
1995–2005Contributing and Associate Editor, Purple, Paris
1993–1996Contributing Editor, Zapp Magazine, Amsterdam
Contributor to Artforum, ARTnews, Art Presse, Bomb, Flash Art, Harpers, Paper, Parkett, Time Out New York