WORKS | CV | GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
Born in 1971, Seville, Spain
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and Chicago, IL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Huevolution, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Kemper Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO forthcoming
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de San Juan, Puerto Rico forthcoming
José Lerma and Josh Reames, Luis de Jesus Los Angeles, CA, forthcoming
2014 Van Horn Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany, “The Unitedstatian,” September 6 – October 30
Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI, “Beautiful Crisis,” May 16 – July 27
Andrea Rosen Gallery 2, New York, NY, May 7 – June 14
Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL, “Gloriosa Superba,” February 22 – May 17
2013 MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL, “BMO Harris Bank Chicago Works: José Lerma,” July 2 – December 3 (catalogue)
2012 The Credendialist, CAM Raleigh, USA
2011 Jíbaro Jizz, Roberto Paradise, Puerto Rico
The Lightweight, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL,
2010 I am sorry I am Perry, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York , NY
Spanish Revival, Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain
2009 El Pendejo, Galerie Loock/Wohnmaschine, Berlin, Germany
Black Room, Green Gallery East, Milwaukee, WI
2007 Cheonan-si Chungman, ARARIO Gallery, Seoul, Korea
New Prints by José Lerma, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX
2006 The Golden Sea, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
Galleria Il Capricorno, Venice, Italy
2004 Folklore of Our Times, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
Two Beats Off, Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
As if Accepting Defeat, Galeriá Comercial , San Juan, PR
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 Group exhibition, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy, forthcoming
2014 Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom, “Pangea,” April 2 – August 31
Dallas Biennial, Dallas, TX, curated by Michael Mazurek and Jesse Morgan Barnett, February 1 – March 31
Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL, “Head,” January 31 – March 8
2013 Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom, “Paper,” June 18 – September 29
Van Horn Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany, “Cabinet of Threads,” April 12 – June 1
Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, Japan, “19516 kilometers from Milwaukee or 12126 miles,” March 14 – March 31
Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, “On Painting,” March 1 – July 7
2012 Ille Arts, Amagansett, NY, “RAW: Andrew Guenther, José Lerma, Liz Markus, Wendy White,” September 15 – October 10
Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY, “José Lerma & Eddie Martinez,” August 11 – 29
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL, “Someone Else’s Dream,” January 29 – May 6
2011 De Bayamon a la 15, Kart Wash, Puerto Rico
Collection Exhibition, Berezdivin Collection, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Go Figure, Dodge Gallery, New York, NY,curated by Eddie Martinez
To Tell the Truth, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
Unfinished Paintings, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, CA
Dirt Don’t Hurt, Jolie Laide, Philadelphia, PA, curated by Bill Saylor
Irritable Abstraction, Julius Caesar, Chicago, IL, curated by Susanne Doremus
A Person of Color/A Mostly Orange Exhibition, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI,curated by José Lerma
Go Figure, The Hogar Collection, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Lush Life, curated by Franklin Evans and Omar Lopez- Chahoud, Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY
Museos Portátiles. Parking 10, Can Xalant, Barcelona, Spain
Don’t Piss on Me and Tell Me It’s Raining, curated by Bad At, Apex Art, New York, NY
One for All : Contemporary Perspectives on the Figure, Trinity University Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
From New York with Love, Don’t Projects, Paris, France
2009 The Green Gallery’s Wallgasm, Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Dark Fair, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln, Germany
Good News, Wisconsin Union Galleries, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
Rattled by the Rush, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL
From New York with Love, Galeria Candela, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2008 Learning By Doing, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX, Curated by Alison de Lima Greene (catalogue)
Works from the Permanent Collection, Milwaukee Art Museum, WI
Ice Cream Show, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
En Sus Marcas, Universidad del Sagrado Corazon, Santurce, Puerto Rico, Curated by Rebeca Noriega, (catalogue)
NY motion 1.0, Instituto Cervantes, NY, Curated by Paco Cano and Elvis Fuentes (catalogue)
Alogon Gallery, Chicago, IL, Curated by Gaylen Gerber
Selected Works, Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007 VAC, Colección Valencia Arte Contemporáneo, Institute Valencia d’art Modern, Spain (catalogue)
Stuff, Museum of Contemporary art Detroit, MI
The S files, Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
Someday Never Comes, Zihersmith Gallery, Curated by Eddie Martinez, New York, NY
Jose Lerma, New Prints, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX
2006 Panic Room, Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, curated by Jeffrey Deitch and Kathy Grayson, Athens, Greece
Farewell to Icon, Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Constant Disturbance, Centro Cultural Español, Curated by Jean Moreno, Miami, FL
Fresh, The Renassaince Society, Chicago, IL
Espacio 1414, Curated by Julieta Gonzalez, Berezdivin Collection, Santurce, Puerto Rico
2005 Words, The Formal Use of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Drawing Gifts, The Drawing Center/sotheby’s, NY
Monster Painting, Mclain Gallery, Houston TX
CORE, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX
Curvaceous, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
Alice Neel Project, Robert Miller Gallery, New York NY
2004 Peter Saul, Jose Lerma & Charles Andriessen, Glandier & Byrnes, Paris, France
CORE, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, TX
Sadie Hawkins Dance, Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Summer Drawings Some are Not, Mixture Gallery, Houston TX
2003 No Pasa Un Dia… EX Teresa Arte Actual, Curated by Guillermo Santamarina, Mexico City, Mexico
Lives of the Obscure, Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Please don’t distort what we had, with Scott Roberts, 7/3 split, Chicago, IL
NADA Fair, 1R Gallery , Miami, FL
Dinosaurs, Los Medeos College, San Francisco, CA
Ensayo, Galeria Comercial, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Stray Show, 7/3 Split and M&M Proyectos, Chicago, IL
2002 PR02 [En Ruta], M&M Proyectos, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Primeras Obras,(curatorial project) Fortaleza 302, San Juan, Puerto Rico
MFA Thesis Show, with Gregg Perkins, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2000 Artists of the New Millennium, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Multiples 4, NFA/Sportman Bodybuilder, Chicago, IL
Peaceable Kingdom, (curatorial Project) University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison, WI
1999 Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
Secrets about Goo, Commonwealth Gallery, Curated by Scott Speh, Madison, WI
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012 Ellen T. White, “Opinion: Emerging? Established?”, East Hampton Star, August, 2012
2010 Ryan Travis Christian “Interview with José Lerma” Ryantravischristian.blogspot.com April 2010
2009 Allison Gibson “José Lerma” Beautiful/ Decay Magazine : Book 2 “What a Mess!” December 2009
Diethelm Donnerbruch “Kurz und Bundig,” Die Welt, October 2009
Pedro Vélez “Report from Milwaukee,”, Artnet.com May 2009
Julia Siepman “Sie Zeigten Ubequeme Bilder im Geteilten Berlin” Berliner Morgenpost October 2009
Lori Waxman “Summer Beckons, So Do Shows” Chicago Tribune July 2009
2008 Paddy Johnson “Ink: The Best Non-Basel Fair on Miami Beach” Art Fag City. August 2008
“Best of New York” The L Magazine. July 2008
2007 Modern Painters : The International Art Magazine. March 2007
Art on Paper Magazine : Fourth Annual Prints Review. Vol. 12, no. 2 (November / December 2007)
James Wagner “Famous Adults as Children…” July 2007
Freight + Volume Magazine, Issue 1. Winter 2006 / 2007
Badatsports.com “José Lerma and Book Talk” February 2007
2006 Badatsports.com “José Lerma at Andrea Rosen” April 2006
Artfagcity “José Lerma, Andrea Rosen Gallery” April 2006
PainterNYC “José Lerma” April 2006
Michelle Weinberg “Import Export” Miami SunPost April 27, 2006
2005 Marta Savaris“ José Lerma, Il Capricorno” Flash Art Italia June-July 2005
Alfredo Sigolo “José Lerma, Galleria Il Capricorno” Exibart (Italy) March 2005
2004 Holland Cotter “Sadie Hawkins Dance” New York Times (June 25) B31
Pedro Vélez “José Lerma at Galeria Comercial,” Art Papers 03,04
David Fahl , “These walls can talk” Houston Press, April 15, 2004
2003 Cuauhtemoc Medina, “El Ojo Breve; De Geografias Tropicales,” Reforma, Mexico May 19, 54.
Holland Cotter, “Ellen Takata & José Lerma,” New York Times, (April 11) :E-37
Fred Camper, “Inspiration on a Budget,” Chicago Reader, (March 7):26
Ernesto Pujol, “PR02, Fortaleza 302,” Art Nexus 47 no 1
Ross Gortzak,”The Role of the Curator” Published by Leisure Club Mogadishni, Denmark
Rosado-Seijo,Chemi “We Surrender”(catalogue)Published by M&M Proyectos, San Juan Puerto Rico
2002 Pedro Vélez, “Puerto Rican Sun” Artnet.com, (November 25)
Haydee Venegas, “Shaking off the Dust” Contemporania No 12 Feb/Apr. Dominican Republic
Raimond Chavez, “Periodico con Patas” Edición Internacional.
María Ines Rodriguez “En Ruta” Centro de Arte.com, #4
2001 Josh Tyree “Works in Progress” Isthmus (January 19) p. 17
1999 C.R. Gabriel “The Chosen” Isthmus (September 17) p.18
Kevin Lynch “Triennial” Capital Times September 15 p. D1
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2011 The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, “A Person of Color/A Mostly Orange Exhibition” curated by José Lerma, January 22 – February 27
2007 Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY, “Famous Adults as Children, Famous Children as Adults”, curated by José Lerma, June 28 – July 27