David Kramer

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Born: 1963
Lives: and works in New York

Education
1987 MFA, Sculpture, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1985 BFA, The George Washington University, Washington, DC

Solo Exhibitions
2008 Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY (May)
2007 I Want to Know How the Other Half Lives, special project,
Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY
2006 University of Hertfordshire, UK
Birch/Libralato, Toronto, Canada
2005 Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY
Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2004 Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY
Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2003 Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2002 eyewash @ Open Ground, Brooklyn, NY
Midway Contemporary, Minnesota, MN
2001 Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY
The New York Stock Exchange, New York, NY
Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AL
Owens Art Gallery, Mt. Alison College, Sackville, NB
2000 Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1999 Toronto Sculpture Garden, Toronto, Canada
1998 Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1996 Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto, Canada

Group Exhibitions
2007 Ceci n'est pas...(This is not�), curated by Rachel Gugelberger
and Jeffrey Walkowiak, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
The Story Goes, McKenzie Fine Art, New York, NY
New American Story Art, Cruxhapox, Ghent, Belgium
2006 Big Stuff: New Installation Art, eyewash @ Supreme Trading,
Brooklyn, NY
Welcome to the Limelight, curated by Natalie Woyzbun, Center for
Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
All for One, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium
Ghost House 2, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
2005 Re: Configure, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Sell Out, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
Open House: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art,
Brooklyn, NY
Warts, Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto, Canada
American Story Art, eyewash @ Parker�s Box, Brooklyn, NY
2003 On-Line, Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY
Inside Out, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
One-on-One, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
Summer Reading, eyewash @ Schroeder-Romero, Brooklyn, NY
Rest Assured, curated by Ana Vejzovic, Center for Curatorial Studies,
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2002 Subbasement, Front Room Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
NextNext, curated by Dan Cameron, Brooklyn Academy of Music
Touchyfeely, eyewash, Brooklyn, NY
Three Rivers Festival, The Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
2001 Spectacle, curated by John Massier, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts
Center, Buffalo, NY
2000 Summer Reading, eyewash, Brooklyn, NY
1999 Polishing the Jewel, 57 Hope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Compulsion, curated by John Massier, Liane and Danny Taran Gallery,
Saidye Bronfman Center for the Arts, Montr�al, Canada
1998 The Word in Canadian Art, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
(MOCCA), Toronto, Canada
1997 One Less than Nine, Proposition Gallery, Belfast, Ireland
Ferengie 90210, curated by John Massier, Koffler Centre for the
Arts, North York, Canada

SELECTED PERFORMANCES AND SCREENINGS
2007 BAM Next Festival, Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium
Screening, Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY
Porderone Silent Movie Festival, Pordenone, Italy
2003 Sound Check, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2002 Pool Bar, with Bob and Roberta Smith and Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
2001 Word of Mouth, Whitney Museum of American Art at Phillip Morris,
New York, NY
Dog & Pony Show, Atlantic Theater, New York, NY
2000 One Thousand Words or Less, book launch, Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY

CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2003 B-List: Brooklyn, Angst, and Desire, co-curated with John
Massier, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
1998 I AM THE OBJECT, SculptureCentre, New York, NY

Bibliography
Levin, Kim, �Voice Choices: David Kramer�, The Village Voice, June 16-22, 2004: C80
Schmerler, Sarah, �Open House: Working in Brooklyn�, Art: Review, June, 2004: 94
Kramer, David, �Here�s the Funny Thing About Brooklyn�, in B-List: Brooklyn,
Angst and Desire, exhibition catalogue, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center,
Buffalo, NY, 2003
Huntington, Richard, �How Ironic�, Buffalo News, May 2, 2003
Schmerler, Sarah, �Gallery Walk: David Kramer�, Art Papers, January-February, 2003
Osborne, Catherine, �A sad sack makes good�, November 22, 2003: TO12
�Goings on About Town: David Kramer�, The New Yorker, November 4, 2002
Cotter, Holland, �Art Guide: David Kramer�, The New York Times, February 2, 2001: 38
Huntington, Richard, �A study in Contrasts: Unapologetic America meets
clearly Canadian in �Spectacle��, Buffalo News, December 7-13, 2001
Kramer, David, �Heaven on Earth: Canada�, Southern Alberta Art Gallery and
Owens Art Gallery, 2001
Massier, John, �The Set-up or the Recognition of Our Common Lostness�, in
Spectacle, exhibition catalogue, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, 2001
Nicholson, Stuart, �Raves, One liners, and State of the Art Cowboys�,
zingmagazine, Spring/Summer, 2001
Kuntzman, Gersh, �Stock-market Art Critics Easily offended�, New York Post,
February 19, 2001: 10
�One thousand words or less�, Umbrella, August, 2001
Dault, Gary Michael, �Gallery Going: David Kramer at the Robert Birch
Gallery�, The Globe and Mail, September 30, 2000
Kramer, David, �One Thousand Words or Less�, Canada: Beaton Agencies, 2000
Osborne, Catherine, �David Kramer: FLOP�, LOLA, Fall, 2000
Sealey, Katherine, �The Great Outdoor Calls Young Artists�, Mississauga News,
May 24, 2000: B2
Dault, Gary Michael, �David Kramer at the Toronto Sculpture Garden�, The
Globe and Mail, November 27-28, 1999
Hanna, Deirdre, �David Kramer Takes His Tacky Tactics to the Max�, NOW,
November 21-27, 1999: 74
Massier, John, �David K makes the Scene or How to Stop Worrying and Start
Living�, in David Kramer: Making the Scene, exhibition brochure, Toronto
Sculpture Garden, Toronto, 1999-2000
Marchard, Keith, �Art Therapy: Exploring Obsession with Compulsion�, Mirror,
July 1-8, 1999: 35
Gopnik, Blake, �Using Words in Art Often Spells Trouble�, The Globe and Mail,
October 15, 1998: E4
Lukas, �David Kramer�, New York Press, July 12-18, 1995
Kenny, Kay, �David Kramer, Bonnie Rychlak�, Cover Magazine, April, 1994
Cotter, Holland, �Sculpture Under the Sky: Free, Daring and Soon Departed,�
The New York Times, August 26, 1994

Grants/Awards
2000 Residency, Cimelice Caste, Czech Republic, Center for Mutual
Understanding, Prague, Czech Republic
1992 Residency, Sculpture Space, Inc., Utica, NY
1990 Grant, sculpture, New York Foundation, New York, NY
1989 Grant, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc. New York, NY
Residency, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA