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    James Siena
     
    Selected Biography
     
   

b. 1957, Oceanside, California Lives and works in New York

     
    Education
     
    1979, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, B.F.A.
     
    Selected Solo Exhibitions
     
    2010, James Siena: From the Studio, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, January 16–April 18, 2010.
     
    2009, Wor ks by Master Artist James Siena, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, January 24– March 21, 2009.
     
    2008, James Siena, PaceWildenstein, 545 West 22nd Street, New York, March 28–April 26.
     
    2007, James Siena: Prints and States, Pace Prints, New York, February 9–March 10, 2007.
     
    2007, Big Fast Ink: James Siena Drawings, 1996–2007, University Art Museum, University of Albany, New York
     
    2006 - 2007, James Siena, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, December 2, 2006–January 20, 2007.
     
    2006, James Siena: Recent Editions, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, April 6–May 13, 2006.
     
    2006, James Siena: as heads is tails, Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston, November 3–29, 2006.
     
    2005 - 2006, James Siena: New Paintings and Gouaches, PaceWildenstein, 534 West 25th Street, November 18, 2005– January 28, 2006.
     
    2005, James Siena: Ten Years of Printmaking, William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, April 8–May 14, 2005.
     
    2004, James Siena: Selected Paintings and Drawings 1990–2004, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, May 29–July 10, 2004.
     
    2003, James Siena, drawing and painting, San Francisco Art Institute/Walter Galleries, California, January 24– March 15, 2003.
     
    2003, James Siena, drawing and painting, San Francisco Art Institute/Walter Galleries, California, January 24– March 15, 2003.
     
    2003, James Siena, Gorney Bravin + Lee, New York, June 6–July 31, 2003.
     
    2002, James Siena: Recent Paintings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, April 27–May 8, 2002.
     
    2001, James Siena: 1991–2001, Gorney Bravin + Lee, New York, October 12–November 10, 2001.
     
    2000, James Siena, Project Room, Gorney Bravin + Lee, New York, March 18–April 15, 2000.
     
    2000, James Siena, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, March 10–April 22, 2000.
     
    1998, James Siena, Daniel Weinberg Contemporary Art, San Francisco, 1998.
     
    1997 - 1998, James Siena, Cristinerose Gallery, New York, November 20, 1997–January 10, 1998.
     
    1996, James Siena, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, New York, 1996.
     
    Selected Group Exhibitions
     
    1999, Rage for Art (Pierogi Reborn), Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, February 12–March 15, 1999.
     
    1999, Free Coke, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, January 30–March 13, 1999.
     
    1999, Ultra Buzz, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas, 1999.
     
    1999, Pattern, Graham Gallery, New York, 1999.
     
    1999, Invitational Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 1999.
     
    1999, Trippy World, Baron/Boisante Gallery, New York, 1999.
     
    1998, Exploring Interior Landscape: Art from the Collection of Clifford Diver, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, April 21–July 12, 1998.
     
    1998, Wall Paper, Nicholas Davies Gallery, New York, 1998.
     
    1998, The Risk of Existence, Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, 1998.
     
    1997-1998, Current Undercurrent, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, July 24, 1997–January 25, 1998.
     
    1997, Tracery, Betsy Senior Gallery, New York, 1997.
     
    1997, All the Things You Are, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, 1997.
     
    1996, 96 Works on Paper, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, 1996.
     
    1995, Wheel of Fortune, Lombard/Fried Fine Arts, New York, 1995.
     
    1995, Selections, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, 1995.
     
    1995, S. Cono Pizzeria, Brooklyn, 1995.
     
    1995, Other Rooms, Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York, June 17–April 15, 1995.
     
    1995, Obsession, Chassie Post Gallery, New York, 1995.
     
    1994, Sworn Statements, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, 1994.
     
    1994, Lipton Owens Company, New York, 1994.
     
    1994, Jobs Overseas, Kunstverein Munich, 1994.
     
    1994, The Beauty Show, Four Walls, Brooklyn, 1994.
     
    1993, The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center, New York, November 6–December 18, 1993.
     
    1993, Nova Zembla, Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, 1993.
     
    1993, Group Grope, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, 1993.
     
    1993, Exquisite Corpse, Drawing Center, New York. 1993.
     
    1992, Vibology, White Columns, New York, 1992.
     
    1991, The Painting Project, Four Walls (organizer and participant), Brooklyn, 1991.
     
    1990, A Question of Paint, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York, 1990.
     
    1989, Drawings, Wolff Gallery, New York, 1989.
     
    1988, Wolff Gallery, New York (two-artist show with Cary Smith), 1988.
     
    1988, Almost White, Gabrielle Bryers Gallery, New York, 1988.
     
    1987, Wolff Gallery, New York, 1987.
     
    1987, Atelier Conversations, John Good Gallery, New York, 1987.
     
    1981, By Other Means, Just Above Midtown/Downtown, New York, 1981.
     
    Selected Public Collections
     
    Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine.
    Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine.
    Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri.
    Des Moines Art Center, Iowa.
    Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
    McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas.
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
    Miami Art Museum, Florida.
    Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin.
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
    The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
    Philip Morris Collection, New York.
    Progressive Corporation, Cleveland.
    San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco.
    Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska.
    UCLA, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.
    Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
    Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut.
     
     
     
     
     
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