Adam Pendleton

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Born: Richmond, Virginia
Lives: Brooklyn, NY

Education
2000 Artspace Independent Study Program, Pietrasanta, Italy

Solo Exhibitions
2010 �ELTDK Los Angeles� Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA
The Kitchen, New York, NY
Galerie Pedro Cera, Lisbon, Portugal
2009 �ELTDK Amsterdam� de Appel Kunstverein, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
�BAND� Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada (performance)
�ELTDK Berlin� (selected work) Haunch of Venison, Berlin, Germany
2008 Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN
2007 �The Revival� Performa 07, Weiss Studio, New York, NY (performance)
2005 �History, Part 1� Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA
�Deeper Down There� Yvon Lambert, New York, NY
2004 �Being Here� University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

Group Exhibitions
2010 �Greater New York� Curated by Klaus Biesbenbach, Connie Butler and Neville Wakefield, P.S. 1
Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY
�Blood of a Poet� Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York, NY
�Self as Disappearance� Centre d�Art Contemporain, La Synagogue de Delme, Delme France
�Desire� Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
�Afro-Modernism: Journeys through the Black Atlantic� Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, England
�From Then to Now� Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
2009 �A Generational: Younger Than Jesus� New Museum, New York, NY
�Talk Show� ICA, London, England
�Black Hole� Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
�Artists in Residence� Studio Museum Harlem, New York, NY
�Cargo/ Cargo Manifest/ Cargo Vision� Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
�Constellations: Paintings from the MCA Collection� Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
�Infinitesimal Eternity� Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
�The One Hundred and Sixty-Third Floor� Curated by Liam Gillick, Museum of Contemporary
Art, Chicago, IL
�The Prompt� Performa 09, New York, NY
2008 �Hey Hey Glossolalia,� Curated by Mark Beasly, Creative Time, New York, NY
�After 1968� High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
�Object, The Undeniable Success of Operations� Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
�The Future as Disruption� Curated by Rashida Bumbray and Matthew Lyons, The Kitchen, New
York, NY
�Freeway Balconies� Curated by Collier Schorr, Deutche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany
�Manifesta 7� Tentino-South, Tyrol, Italy
�Macrocosm� Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA
�Perform History II� U-TURN Quadrennial for Contemporary Art, Arhus, Denmark
�Manifesto Marathon� Serpentine Gallery, London, England
�Matter of Fact: Aftermath� Galeria Vermelho, S�o Paulo, Brazil
2007 �Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll,� Curated by Dominic Molon, Museum of
Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
�Resistance Is� The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2006 �Message Personnel� Yvon Lambert, Paris France
�Figure of the Player� Collection Lambert, Avignon, France
�Sea Change� Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA
2005 �Frequency� Studio Museum in Harlem, Curated by Thelma Golden and Christine Y. Kim, New
York, NY
�Double Consciousness: Black Conceptual Art Since 1970� Curated by Valerie Cassel-Oliver,
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
2004 �Optimo: Manifestations of Optimism in Contemporary Art� Curated by Alexander Gray, Marfa
Ballroom, Marfa, TX

Bibliography
2010 Knight, Christopher. �After 1968.� Los Angeles Times February 3, 2010
2009 �New York Artists Dictionary.� Flash Art January-February 2009
Wilcox, Jess. �Black Dada: Conversation with Adam Pendleton.� Artinamericamagazine.com 2009
Pendleton, Adam. �Work In Progress� V Magazine Spring 2009
Gruijthuijsen, Krist. �Het Verleden Be�nvloedt mij Niet. Ik Be�nvloed het Verleden.� Metropolis M No.
2 April/May 2009: 60-66
McClemont, Doug. �Younger Than Jesus.� Saatchi-Gallery April 13, 2009
Gopnik, Blake. �Younger Than Jesus.� Washington Post May 17, 2009
McHugh, Gene. �Younger Than Jesus.� Artforum Summer 2009
Bilton, Chris. �Deerhoof�s BAND Slam.� EyeWeekly.com September 18, 2009
Cotter, Holland. �Museum and Gallery Listings.� New York Times October 22, 2009
2008 Illes, Chrissie. �Biennial, Surveys an Retrospectives.� Freize January-February 2008
Bonami, Francesco. �Performa 07.� DOMUS February 2008
Menick, John. �Adam Pendleton, The Revival.� Art in America March 2008
Spears, Dorothy. �60s Legacy, Personal Histories.� New York Times June 1, 2008
Fox, Catherine. �High Museum Exhibit Falters.� Atlanta Journal Constitution June 20, 2008
Hamersly, Michael. �Rock �n� Roll: �Sympathy for the Devil� Shows How Two Genres Feed Off
Each Other.� Miami Herald June 22, 2008
Rosenberg, Karen. �Art in Review: The Future as Disruption.� New York Times August 1, 2008
Koenig, Wendy. �After 1968.� Art Papers September-October, 2008
Driscoll, Megan. ��Symapthy for the Devil� at Muse d�art Contemporain de Montreal.� Big Red
and Shiny October 30, 2008
Auslander, Philip. �After 1968.� Artforum November, 2008
Maneker, Roberta and Edward M. Gomez. �Top 100 Treasures.� Art & Antiques November,
2008
Pendleton, Adam. �Focus: Painting.� Flash Art November-December 2008
Jonas, Joan. �Artists on Artists.� Artforum December 2008
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2007 Neil, Jonathan. �Adam Pendleton.� Modern Painters February 2007: 93
Midgette, Anne. �Peak Performances.� Art & Auction October, 2007
Donovan, Thom. �Context�s Dream.� whof.blogspot.com 2007
Cotter, Holland. �Art is Brief: You Just Have to Be There.� The New York Times November 9, 2007
Hannaham, James. �The Big Clean-Up.� The Village Voice New
La Rocco, Claudia. �As Conceptual Art Evolves, One Mission is Unchanged: Keep Expanding the
Possibilities.� The New York Times November 22, 2007
Saltz, Jerry. �The Year in Art 2007.� New York Magazine December 17, 2007
Lax, Thomas. �One to Watch.� artkrush.com December 12, 2007
2006 Zieher, Scott. �His 19th Manifesto.� Art Review June/July 2006
2005 Nusser, Madeline. �Adam Pendleton: Gorilla My Love.� Time Out Chicago March 3, 2005
Artner, Alan G. �Alison Ruttan�s Mixed Bag of Visual Tricks.� Chicago Tribune March 4, 2005
Robinson, Walter. �Weekend Update.� artnet.com May 10, 2005
Johnson, Ken. �Adam Pendleton: Deeper Down There.� The New York Times May 20, 2005
Grabner, Michelle. �Adam Pendleton.� artUS May/June 2005
Greco, Stephen. �Virginia Painter and Performance Artist Adam Pendleton�s Big Time Sensuality.�
Trace October 2005
2004 Ammirati, Domenick. �The Outlaw Series.� artUS April 2004
Hirsch, Faye. �Ballroom Marfa Launched.� Art in America July/August 2004
Johnson, Ken. �Black Milk: Theories of Suicide.� New York Times July 16, 2004
Smith, Roberta. �Adam Pendleton: �Being Here�.� The New York Times July 23, 2004
Levin, Kim. �Voices Change.� The Village Voice July 28, 2004
Loiselle, Megan. �Interactive Art Comes to C-U.� Daily Illini October 13, 2004

Publications
2010 Afro-Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic, Tate Publishing
2009 ELTDK, Haunch of Venison, Berlin, Germany
Younger Than Jesus New Museum, New York, NY and Steidl