Biography

Born in London, England, 1953 Living in New York since 1974
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005	"New Paintings & Chronophotographs," PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York
	GOSS GALLERY, Dallas, Texas

2004	"New Paintings," HAMILTON'S GALLERY, London.

2003	MICHAEL KOHN GALLERY, Los Angeles.

2002	HAMILTON'S GALLERY, London.
	G FINE ART, Washington.

2001	PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.

1999	PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.
	GALLERIE THOMAS VON LINTEL & NUSSER, Munich.
	"James Nares Tetragram," MARSH ART GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND MUSEUMS, Richmond, Virginia.
	GALLERIA LEYENDECKER, Teneriffe, Canary Islands.

1998	GALLERIA LEYENDECKER, Teneriffe, Canary Islands.

1997	PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.
	GALLERIE THOMAS VON LINTEL & NUSSER, Munich.
	LEMBERG GALLERY, Michigan.

1995	PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.

1993	PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.

1992	MICHAEL KOHN GALLERY, Los Angeles.
	PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.

1991	PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.

1988	MICHAEL KLEIN, INC., New York.

1987	"1983-1987," FAWBUSH GALLERY, New York.

1986	TONY SHAFRAZI GALLERY, New York.
	TONY SHAFRAZI GALLERY, New York.

1985	PATRICK FOX GALLERY, New York.

1984	CABLE GALLERY, New York

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006	WETTERLING GALLERY, Stockholm, Sweden
	"Action Precision," Lennon, Weinberg Inc., New York.

2005	"Cross Section," PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.
	"Color," PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.
	"Extreme Abstraction," ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY, Buffalo, NY.
	"Abstraction," WINSTON WACHTER FINE ART, Seattle.
	"Sets, Series and Suites; Contemporary Prints," MFA, Boston.

2003	"Grisaille," JG CONTEMPORARY, New York.

2002	"Zenroxy," VON LINTEL GALLERY, New York.
	"Summer 2002," G FINE ART, Washington DC.
	"Art Downtown; New York Painting and Sculpture," WALL STREET RISING (various locations), New York.

1999	"Gesture and Contemporary Painting," THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FINE ART, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
	"The Great Drawing Show 1550 - 1999," KOHN TURNER GALLERY, Los Angeles.
	"Summer: 1999," PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.
	"20 Years of Grenfeld Press," PAUL MORRIS GALLERY.
	"20 AZos Despues..," GALERIA LEYENDECKER, Canary Islands, Spain.
	"Abstract Painting, 1999," PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.
	"One by One," VON LINTEL & NUSSER, Munich, Germany.

1998	"Small is Beautiful Part XVI," FLOWER EAST, London.

1997	"Essential Gestures," GALLERY OF ART, JOHNSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Kansas.
	"Summer," PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.

1996	"Young Collectors Exhibition," LEMBERG GALLERY, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
	"The New York Scene 1996," GOTLANDS KONST MUSEUM, Gotland, Sweden.

1995	"A Day Without Art," curated by Wendy Weitman, MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York.
	"James Nares and Christopher Wool," KOHN TURNER GALLERY, Los Angeles.
	"Six from New York," curated by Duncan Hannah, JON OULMAN GALLERY, Minneapolis.

1994	"Sea Sights: Photographs," curated by Nessia Pope, OFFSHORE GALLERY, East Hampton, NY.
	"The Brushstroke and Its Guise," curated by Rosemary Cohane Erpf, NEW YORK STUDIO SCHOOL, New York.
	"DiFabio, Nares, Twombly, Zwack," PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.

1993	"Exquisite Corpse," THE DRAWING CENTRE, New York.
	"Drawing: 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Foundation for Performance Art," LEO CASTELLI GALLERY, New York & ALLAN STONE GALLERY, New York.
	"Four Centuries of Drawing,1593-1993," KOHNS ABRAMS GALLERY, Los Angeles.
	"Das Abstrkte,! GALERIE THOMAS REHBEIN, Cologne, Germany.

1992	SCHMIDT CONTEMPORARY ART, St. Louis, Missouri.
	"La Regenta," curated by Reiner Opoku, CASA DE LA CULTURA, Canary Islands, Spain.
	MARS GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan.
	"Drawings," STUART REGEN GALLERY, Los Angeles.
	"Off the Wall," CLEVELAND CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, Cleveland, Ohio.
	"Painting in New York Now," P.S.1 MUSEUM, Long Island City, New York.
	LUHRING AUGUSTINE GALLERY, New York.
	TENERIFFE MUSEUM OF ART, Canary Islands, Spain.
	"James Nares, Peter Schuyff," LEYENDECKER GALLERY, Canary Islands, Spain.
	CURT MARCUS GALLERY, New York

1991	"James Nares, Ian Davenport, Stephan Ellis," PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.
	COMPASS ROSE GALLERY, Chicago, Illinois.
	"A Bestiary," PAULA COOPER GALLERY, New York.
	"Poets-Painters Collaboration," BROOKE ALEXANDER, New York.
	Anderson, Dupuis, Nares, Pierson," GALERIE AUREL SCHEIBLER, Cologne, Germany.
	"James Nares, Peter Schutff, Gary Stephan," MARC RICHARDS, Los Angeles.

1990	"Drawings and Watercolors," PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.
	Auction/Exhibition," ACT-UP, New York.
	"Witnesses," ARTISTS SPACE, New York.
	"The Circle," QUEENS MUSEUM, New York.
	VREJ BAGHOOMIAN GALLERY, New York.
	LUHRING AUGUSTINE GALLERY, New York.

1989	MICHAEL KLEIN GALLERY, New York.
	"Don't Bungle the Jungle," TONY SHAFRAZI GALLERY, New York.
	"Benefit for the Wooster Group," BROOKE ALEXANDER EDITIONS, New York.
	"Drawing," FAWBUSH GALLERY, New York.
	"Projects and Portfolios, The 25th National Print Exhibition," THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM, Brookly, NY.
	"Metamodern," THE HARCUS GALLERY, Boston.

1998	"Rainforest," 48 LAIGHT, New York.
	LUHRING AUGUSTINE & HODES GALLERY, New York.
	"Rebop," with Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jane Dickson, Duncan Hannah, Michael McClard, Richard Merkin, Gary Panter and Walter Steding, curated by Glen O'Brien, PAULA ALLEN GALLERY, New York.
	"Paintings," Gerry Morehead, Peter Nadin, James Nares, Robin Winters, MICHAEL KLEIN INC., New York.

1987	"Art Against AIDS Exhibition," New York.
	"Joan Nelson, James Nares, Cara Perlman, Kiki Smith, Bret DePalma, Michael Mazur, Martin Potts," FAWBUSH GALLERY, New York.
	"Consonance," ISD INC., New York.
	SCOTT COOK FINE ARTS, New York.

1986	"Emerging Artists '86," CLEVELAND CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, Cleveland, Ohio.
	ANNIE PLUMB GALLERY, New York.

1985	TONY SHAFRAZI GALLERY, New York.
	"Factura," curated by Stephen Harvey, GALLERY SCLESINGER BOISANTE INC., New York.
	"Mystery Show," curated by Andrea Belag, JERSEY CITY MUSEUM, New York.
	"Drawings," BARBARA TOLL GALLERY, New York.
	"East Village Show," HOLLY SOLOMON GALLERY, New York.
	GABRIELLE BRYERS GALLERY, New York.
	"Ripe Fruit," curated by Lisa Liebmann, P.S.1 MUSEUM, Long Island City, New York.

1984	"Bomb Show," BLUM HELMAN GALLERY, New York.
	"Saloon," BILL RICE GALLERY, New York.
	"Sex Show," CABLE GALLERY, New York.
	"Ecstacy," curated by Carlo McCormic, MONIQUE KNOWLTON GALLERY, New York.
	"Dall 'Olio All 'Aeroplano," STUDIO CARRADO LEVI, Milan, Italy.
	"The First Show," CABLE GALLERY, New York.

1983	"Books & Co." (Installation window for Norman Mailer's book Ancient Lives), New York.
	"Hundreds of Drawings," ARTISTS SPACE, New York.
	"Manhattan Mercury," curated by Edit DeAk, GALERIE VENSTER, Rotterdam, Holland.
	KAMIKAZE CLUB, curated by Cookie Mueller, New York.

1982	MARK TWAIN BANK SHARES, Kansas City, Missouri.
	HOLLY SOLOMON GALLERY, New York.
	"Critical Perspectives," (with Futura 2000, Pat Place, Yoko Ono, Allen Vega) curated by Edit DeAk, P.S.1. MUSEUM, Long Island City, New York.

1978	"Income and Wealth Show," COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS INC., New York.
	"Dog Show," COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS INC., New York.
	"Manifesto Show," COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS INC., New York.

1977	"The Sun Projected," installation at JAY STREET LOFT (real time magnified camera obscura projection of the sun), New York.
	"The Doctors and Dentists," curated by Colleen Fitsgibbon, COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS INC., New York.
	"Batman Show," curated by Diego Cortez, COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS INC., New York.
	"Exhibit A," curated by McLard, 83 GRAND STREET GALLERY, New York.

1974	ART MEETING PLACE GALLERY, London, England.

1972	ART MEETING PLACE GALLERY, London, England.
	CURVING SPACE GALLERY, London, England.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY [Entries in blue can be read in the "Reviews" section]

2006	VILLAGE VOICE, Aug.
	NEW YORK SUN, Jun.
	TATLER, May.
	Kuspit, Donald. "James Nares' Action Paintings and Chronophotographs." ART NEW ENGLAND, Review, Apr/May p.10.
	VOGUE KOREA, Review and color reproduction, Mar.

2005	Mueller, Stephen. "Just Right," GAY CITY NEWS, Review and color reproduction, Jan 1-7.
	ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST, Color reproduction, Feb p.195.
	THE NEW YORK SUN, Review and color reproduction, Nov 18-20 p.14.

2004	THE TIMES, Jun 26.
	ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST, Color reproduction, Feb.

2003	WALLPAPER, Color reproduction, Apr.
	THE NEW YORK PRESS, Mar 26 - Apr 1.
	HARPER'S BAZAAR, Apr.
	THE NEW YORK SUN, Review and color reproduction, Mar 31.

2002	O'Sullivan, Michael, THE WASHINGTON POST, Aug 16.
	Dawson, Jessica. "A Single Stroke of Inspiration," THE WASHINGTON POST, Nov 7.

2001	Glueck, Grace, THE NEW YORK TIMES, Mar 9.

1999	Reilly, Maura, ART IN AMERICA, Oct.
	"Rome'78" at Museum of Modern Art, "Village Voice Choices" VILLAGE VOICE.
	Review, THE NEW YORKER, April 19.
	"James Nares," Exhibition Catalog, PAUL KASMIN GALLERY.
	Johnson, Ken, Review, THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 16.
	Horny, Tinga, "Kräfte gegen nene Medien," SZ EXTRA AUSSTELLUNGEN, Feb 11.
	Bell, J.Bowyer, "Stocking Stuffer," REVIEW, Jan 15.

1997	Fisher, Jim, "New art on display at college," THE CAMPUS LEDGER, Dec 4.
	Thorson, Alice, "New Realities of Abstraction," THE KANSAS CITY STAR, Nov 30.
	Ebony, David, Review, ARTNET, Sept 23.
	Pedersen, Victoria, Review, ART & AUCTION, Sept.
	Von Viola, Effmert, "Art Basle: Forum fur die internationale Kunstwelt," WELT AM SONNTAG, June 8.
	Review, Art & Antiques, Feb 97

1996	Hayden-Guest, Anthony, TRUE COLOURS, Atlantic Monthly Press
	Adams, Brooks, Howard Hodgkin, ART IN AMERICA, May.
	Morera, Daniela, "Art is Love" MOSCHINO, exhibition catalog, New York.
	"The New York Scene 1996" GOTLANDS KONST MUSEUM, exhibition catalog Gotland, Sweden.
	O'Brien, Glenn, BOMB, Summer edition.
	VISIONAIRE, Number 17, January.
	Wakefield, Neville, "Elliott Puckette" ELLE DECOR, Aug/Sept.
	Schwendener, Martha, James Nares Paul Kasmin, FLASH ART, Jul/Aug.
	PORTS OF ENTRY: WILLIAM S BURROUGH AND THE ARTS, exhibition catalog, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
	Yablonsky, Linda, "James Nares," TIME OUT NEW YORK, Jan 24.
	NEW OBSERVATIONS, issue # 110.

1995	Rimanelli, David, "James Nares," ELLE DECOR, Dec.
	Atkins, Robert, "The Art World & I Go On Line," ART IN AMERICA, Dec.
	Katz, Vincent, "James Nares," ART PRESS, June.
	Pedersen, Victoria, "Gallery Go 'Round," Feb exhibition choice, PAPER MAGAZINE, Feb.
	Smith, Roberta, "Art in Review," THE NEW YORK TIMES, 24 Feb.
	BAMBILL, cover illustration of Brooklyn Academy of Music Program for 1995.

1994	"The Challenges of Photographing the Sea," THE NEW YORK TIMES, 18 Dec.

1993	Stals, Jose' Lebrero, exhibition in FLASH ART, Nov/Dec.
	Kalina, Richard, exhibition review in ART IN AMERICA, June.
	Saltz, Jerry, "Let Us Praise Artist's Artists," ART & AUCTION, April.
	Pedersen, Victoria, "Gallery Go 'Round," March exhibition choice, PAPER MAGAZINE, March.

1992	Decter, Joshua, "La Regenta," ADAM, CURTIS, ANDRES, PETER, PHILIP, AND JAMES, exhibition catalog with reproductions, Casa de Cultura, Centro de Arte.
	Gurgan, Allen, "Where Babies Come From," reproduction of "Que Se Rompe La Cuerda," INTERVIEW, June.
	Mantegna, Gianfranco, "The Sign of the Intellect," ARTS MAGAZINE, April.
	Weinstein, Matthew, review in ARTFORUM, March.

1991	PAINTING ON PAPER, exhibition catalog, Mark Richards Gallery.
	Hagan, Charles, review in THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov 22.
	Pedersen, Victoria, review in FLASH ART, Oct.
	Artner, Alan, review in CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Aug.
	Hagan, Charles, "Seeking the Reality That Lurks in the Shadows," THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 2.
	Review in PAPER magazine, April.
	Faust, Gretchen, review in ARTS, summer issue.
	CONJUNCTIONS: 16, The Music Issue, cover illustration, Bard College.
	A BESTIARY, A Livre d'Artiste, Grenfell Press.

1990	Art, Random, WRITTEN DRAWINGS, Tokyo, Japan.

1989	"The Harcus Gallery Newsletter," Fall/Winter issue.
	Mueller, Cookie, "Art and About," DETAILS MAGAZINE, March.
	Mahoney, Robert, review of exhibition, ARTS MAGAZINE, Feb.

1988	Calnek, Anthony, "New York Review," CONTEMPORANEA, Jan/Feb.
	"New York in Review," ARTS, Feb.
	Robinson, Walter, "James Nares: The Science of Art," ELLE, Dec.
	"KunstRAI," HP, May 21.

1987	McCormick, Carlo, review of exhibition, ARTFORUM.

1985	Moore, Alan, ABC NO RIO DINERO.
	Sischy, Ingrid, "Art on Location," INTERNATIONAL ART FORUM.
	Becker, Robert, INTERVIEW, Sept.
	Liebman, Lisa, PARKETT, Summer issue.
	Indiana, Gary, "Dear Decade," THE VILLAGE VOICE, July 23.
	Watkins, Eileen, "Modern Mystery," SUNDAY STAR-LEDGER, May 26.
	Watkins, Eileen, "Mystery Show," THE JERSEY JOURNAL, May 24.
	Liebman, Lisa, RIPE FRUIT, exhibition catalog, P.S.1 Museum.
	Duiz, Roberto, "New Wave Cinema," PER LUI, Jan.

1984	Smith, John, "A Gallery of Film Makers," THE UNDERGROUND FILM BULLETIN.
	Indiana, Gary, review in ART IN AMERICA, Nov.
	Moufarrege, Nicolas A, review in FLASH ART, Nov.
	BOMB, Fall issue.
	Rinaldi, Rosa Maria, DOMUS, July.
	Mueller, Cookie. "Art & About," DETAILS, Jun.
	Levi, Carrado. DALL 'OLIO ALL 'AEROPLANIO," exhibition catalogue, May.
	Murutti, Elisabetta. "Dall 'Olio All 'Aeroplanio," MILANO DAILY, Spring Issue.
	DeAk, Edit. "The Critic Sees Through the Cabbage Patch," ARTFORUM, Apr pp.5-61.
	van Sinderen, Wim. Interview on Manhattan Mercury Vinyl, Amsterdam, Holland, Spring Issue.
	"Twilight Zone or Total Beauty," METROPOLIS, Jan.

1983	Levi, Carrado. COMPOSICIONE ARCHITECTONICA, exhibition catalog, University of Milan, Italy, Jun.

1982	Robinson, Walter. COLLAB DAILY PURGE, May.
	Kuspit, Donald. "Critical Perspective," ARTFORUM, Apr.
	Schieldahl, Peter. "Mind Over Matter," THE VILLAGE VOICE, Mar 9.
	Fogel, Marsha. CONTEMPORARY ART OBSERVER, Feb.
	Zimmer, William. "Condition Critical," SOHO NEWS, Feb 9.
	DeAk, Edit. CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE, exhibition catalog, P>S>1 Museum, Jan.

1981	Sunie. "The Del-Byzanteens," RECORD MIRROR, Summer Issue,
	Sinclair, Mick. "The Del-Byzanteens," exhibition review, SOUNDS, Jul 25.
	Barber, Lynden. "The Del-Byzanteens," MELODY MAKER, Jul 18
	Taubin, Amy. "Emergency Show," SOHO NEWS, Jun.
	"Cinema off e Inespressiomismo a New York," Ester de Miro and Germano Celant, Genova, pp165-166, Daniela Bezzi, Diego Cortez and Edit DeAk, pp141-156.

1980	Souaille, Phillippe. "La Cinema New Yorkais en Super 8," TRIBUTE (Geneve)
	Indiana, Gary. Interview with James Nares, EAST VILLAGE EYE, Summer Issue.
	Conrad, Tony. "At Last Real Movies; Super 8 Cinema from New York," LAICA JOURNAL, Spring Issue, p.50.
	"(New) New Wave New York; Cinema," COVER, Spring Issue, p.52.
	Curiger, Brice. TANGES-ANZEIGER, Jun 20
	SEHR GUT (very good), exhibition catalogue, Berlin, Germany.
	Gaviola, Karen. "Punk on Film; Taking Warhol's Name in Vain," L.A. READER, Feb 8.
	Kaplan, Steve. "Down & Dirty," THOUSAND EYES.
	"New Cinema Super 8," L.A.WEEKLY, Jan 25.

1979	Scygulla, Hannah. UNDERCITY, Dec Issue.
	Taylor, Paul. TIME OUT (London), Jul 19, p.51.
	Sutherland, Alan. "Super-Eight Independents," FILM COMMENT (London), Summer Issue.
	Have, Bethany. "Cine Stars Spill," EAST VILLAGE EYE, May.
	Hoberman, J. "No Wave Length; The Para-Punk Underground," THE VILLAGE VOICE, May 2.
	"Rome '78," THE VILLAGE VOICE, Apr 2.
	Trebay, Gary. "Caesarian Section," THE VILLAGE VOICE, Feb 28.
	Sussler, Brett. SOHO WEEKLY NEWS, Feb 15, p.24.
	Taubin, Amy. "The Other Cinema," SOHO WEEKLY NEWS, Feb 1, p.64.
	THE NEW YORK ROCKER, Feb Issue
	Resnick, Marsha. BAD BOYS
	"T.V.Guide," THE NEW YORK ROCKER, Jan 14, p/37.

1978	Rockwell, John. "Contortions," THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec 18.
	"Desirium Probe," cover of LOFTY TIMES, Feb Issue.
	Makos, Christopher. WHITE TRASH.

1977	Nares, James. "(Fact-Fict) Tion," First Issue.

TEACHING POSITIONS

1994	Advanced Painting, New York University, New York.

EDUCATION

Chelsea Art School, London.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Albright Knox Art Gallery. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Whitney Museum of American Art. Hood Museum of Art. Chase Manhattan Bank. Paine Webber. American Express. Goldman, Sachs & Co. Swiss Re Capitol Bank. The Millennium Partners Collection of Contemporary Art.