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b.1980, Washington, DC
Lives and works in New York

EDUCATION
2010 MFA Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2003 BFA Corcoran College of Art, Washington D.C.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Dog Walker’s Manifesto, Sean Horton (Presents), New York, NY
Scenics, SE Cooper Contemporary, Portland, OR
2022 Moon on Earth, Bjørn & Gundorph, Aarhus, Denmark
2020
2068, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2019 The Working Sky, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Western Shade, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Graham Collins, Halsey McKay Gallery, New York, NY
Graham Collins, Galleri Jacob Bjørn, Aarhus, Denmark
2016 Laughter, Civilian Art Projects, Washington, D.C.
Graham Collins, Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2015 Stadiums, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Early Words, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
The Village, Bugada & Cargnel, Paris, France
Clean Room, Soloway Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Clean Room, Luce Gallery, Torino, Italy
Concert in Central Park, Jonathan Viner Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2013 Civic, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
V8, Halsey Mckay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2012 Shade Tree, Soloway, New York, New York
2011 Graham Collins, Spare Room West Street Gallery, New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Visible World, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Earth Room, Sarah Brooks Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Silent Retreat, Dunes, Portland, ME
2022
Perfect for Those Who Aren’t, Teffia, Kingston, NY
2021
 Intertwined, curated by Alex Allenchey, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY
NADA x Foreland, Foreland, Catskill, NY
Light, Stone & String, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Ten Years, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2020
Things on a Wall, New Discretions at Affective Care, New York, NY
2019 Something Wild, Real Pain Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Gazing Into the Void, Bjorn & Gundorph Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark
2018 Converter, Halsey Mckay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Watch Me Burn, Evening Hours, New York, NY
Oyster
, Galleri Jacob Bjørn, Aarhus, Denmark
LANGUAGE: Art for Leonard Peltier, LAWS, Los Angeles, California
2017 Hundred Year Hand, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, Maryl
Brass Tacks, curated by Ryan Wallace, Anat Ebgi Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2016 Shapes curated by Ellie Rines, Halsey Mckay Gallery, East Hampton, New York
It/Ego, Brennan & Griffin, New York, New York
2015 Object Painting – Painting Object, Jonathan Viner Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Graham Collins – Noam Rappaport – Jeffrey Tranchell, Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels, Belgium
E.1027, Joe Sheftel Gallery, New York, New York
Altered States, curated by Steven Cox, Jérôme Pauchant, Paris, France
2014 Ghost Current, curated by Ryan Wallace, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Politics of Surface- Part I, co-curated by Alex Bacon, Berthold Pott, Cologne, Germany
Episode 14, curated by Alex Bacon, Middle March Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
De Generation of Painting, curated by Federico Piccari, Fondazione 107, Torino, Italy
Graham Collins and Jeremy Jansen, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Save it for Later, curated by Ryan Steadman, Sotheby’s S2 Gallery, New York, New York
Uber-Bodies, Hydra School Projects, Hydra, Greece
Slip, Mitchell-Innes & Nash Gallery, New York, New York
LIFE, curated by The Journal Gallery, Venus Over Manhattan, New York, New York
Difference and Repetition, Luce Gallery, Torino, Italy
Ain’tings, curated by Ryan Steadman, Robert Blumenthal Gallery, New York, New York
Blue Bottle Coffee, Martin Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013 Truck Baby, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, New York
Inside Order, KANSAS, New York, New York
Group Show, Sophia Jacob, Baltimore, Maryland
2012 Final Show, West Street Gallery, New York, New York
Hyper/Hypo, curated by Brad Truax, Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn, New York
2011 So Different, So Appealing, Churner and Churner, New York, New York
It’s not You, It’s Me, curated by Paul Branca, Soloway, Brooklyn, New York
[back room], Untitled, New York, New York
Perfectly Damaged, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, New York
Control Alt Delete, HKJB, New York, New York
2010 Ego the Living Planet, Graham Collins and Cassie Raihl, Tät, Berlin, Germany
Moonlighting, Hosfelt Gallery, New York, New York
Bazooka Joe, curated by Ed Steck, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
2009 Black Friday Halloween City Black Thursday Fireworks Stand, Brooklyn, New York
Six Shouldering Another, curated by Liam Everett, MR Fine Arts, New York, New York
Quizotic, Troutman Studios, Brooklyn, New York
MFA Thesis Show, Bard College Exhibition Center, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York2007 Alumni Juried Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
2003 Thesis Show, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
2001 Juvenile Hi-Jinks, curated by Ian Maready, Washington, D.C.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
The New Yorker, Goings on About Town Art “Graham Collins” October 2017
Bedford + Bowery by Nicole Demarco “Graham Collins Stitches Found Paintings
To Create Something Bigger Than the Sum of its Arts” September 27, 2017
Washington City Paper by Kriston Capps “’Graham Collins: Laughter’ at Civilian Art Projects, Reviewed” June 14 2016.
KENNEDY by St. Dimitrakopoulos “Interview with Graham Collins” Issue No. 4 2016.
ARTINFO by Scott indrisek “5 Must-See Shows in New York: Graham Collins, Rachel Rossin, and More” October 22 2015.
ARTnews by Alex Greenberger “Detours: Jackie Saccoccio on Graham Collins’s Slashed-Pool Paintings at the Journal Gallery” October 20 2015.
The Brooklyn Rail by David Rhodes “GRAHAM COLLINS: Stadiums” October 5 2015.
Sotheby’s Contemporary Currents by Ryan Steadman “In the Studio with Graham Collins” July 22 2014.
The New Yorker, Goings on About Town Art “Graham Collins” October 2012.
The New York Times by Ken Johnson “Perfectly Damaged” July 7 2011.

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