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Robert Melee
Born 1966, Asbury Park, New Jersey. Lives and works in New Jersey and New York City.
Solo Exhibitions
| 2010 | Robert Melee, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2008 | Robert Melee, City Hall Park, New York, NY Unshamelessfulnessly, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2006 | "Robert Melee's Poplar", Ingalls & Associates, Miami |
| 2005 | "Stage Works and Substitutions", Sutton Lane Gallery, London "In Between False Comforts", Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York |
| 2003 | Robert Melee, Art Statements, Art 34 Basel, Switzerland |
| 2002 | You, Me and Her, Andrew Kreps Gallery, NYC |
| 2001 | Robert Meleeís Unit, Corcoran Museum, Washington D.C. |
| 2000 | Units, Jay Jopling / White Cube, London Unit, Andrew Kreps Gallery, NYC |
| 1999 | Robert Melee Movies, Centre Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami FL |
| 1998 | Robert Melee, Andrew Kreps Gallery, NYC |
| 1996 | Baloneyism, Bravin Post Lee, NYC |
| 1995 | White Room, White Columns, NYC |
Group Exhibitions
| 2011 | NORFOLK, Thierry-Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY Notes on Notes on Camp, Invisible Exports, New York, NY With One Color, curated by Paul Frank McCabe, Van De Weghe Fine Art, New York NY Dust to Settle, Cuchifritos (New Museum's Festival of Ideas for the New City), NY Living Live, LGBT Center, New York, NY |
| 2010 | It's All American, New Jersey MoCA, Asbury Park, NJ, Curated by Alex Gartenfeld and Haley Mellin NY/Prague 6, Futura - Center for Contemporary Art, Prague, Curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud Portugal Arte 10, Portugal Biannual, Lisbon, Portugal, Curated by Stefan Simchowitz Lush Life, Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY, Curated by Franklin Evans |
| 2009 | Reel Subjects, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY Wild Exaggeration, The Grotesque Body in Contemporary Art, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel hit it big, Mason Gross Galleries, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Arena Mexico, Guadalajara, Mexico Bad Habits, Albright-Know Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, Curated by Heather Pesanti Glitterati, Headquarters, New York, NY, Curated by Thomas Woodruff and Aaron Cobbett LOVER, On Stellar Rays, New York, NY, Curated by Kate Gilmore & Candice Madey |
| 2008 | Glamour Bomb, Parlor Gallery, New Jersey, NJ It's Not Over Yet, Invisible-Exports, New York, NY Looking Back, Mireille Mosler, Ltd. New York, NY |
| 2007 | Mamma's Boy, Comme il Faut Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel The Lath Picture Show, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY Neointegrity, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY Warhol and..., Kantor/Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Artists' Self-Portraits as Porn Stars, Circus of Books, West Hollywood, CA (curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud) |
| 2005 | "Painting the Edge", Gallery Hyundai (Do Art), Korea "Summer Group Show", Sutton Lane Gallery, London "Can I Get A Witness" Curated by Dean Daderko, Longwood Gallery, Bronx, New York "Make It Now: New Sculpture in NY" Sculpture Center, Long Island City, New York |
| 2004 | "Greater New York" P.S.1 Contemporary Art Museum, Long Island City, New York Currents 31: Robert Melee, curated by Stefano Basilico, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Adaptive Behavior, curated by Dan Cameron, Yukie Kamiya and Trevor Smith, New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC |
| 2003 | Mama's Boy, White Columns, New York, NY (curated by Jane Harris) The Outlaw Series, New York, NY (curated by Lisa Kirk) Greetings from New York: A Painting Show, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria YOU, Royal Modern Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Lisa Kirk) |
| 2002 | The TaDa Show, The Annex, New York, NY The Longest Winter, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL Monitor, Volume 2 Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY Flesh for Fantasy, Javogue & Ingalls Fine Arts, Miami Beach, FL Family, curated by Jessica Hough, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT Wonderland, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium Super-Heroes, Galerie Edward Mitterrand, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2001 | State of the Gallery, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY American Spirituality, Audiello Fine Art, Inc. New York, NY |
| 2000 | Skank Plus Ultra, Brooklyn, NY Exposure: Recent Acquisitions from the Doron Sebbag Art Collection, O.R.S. Ltd, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel Mount Miami, Tel Aviv Artists Studio, Tel Aviv, Israel Achieving Failure: Gym Culture, collaboration with Meredith Danluck, curated by Bill Arning, the Thread Waxing Space, NYC |
| 1999 | Group Show, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL Group Show, Cartervous & Time, Whales, UK Sassy Nuggets, Andrew Kreps Gallery, NYC |
| 1997 | Pet Shop, Nicholas Davies & CO, NYC Doggy Style, curated by Rick Prol, Space, NYC The Joy of Painting, curated by Alix Lambert, HERE, NYC Maux Faux, Richard Feldman Fine Arts, NYC |
| 1993 | Summer Show, Richard Anderson Fine Arts, NYC |
| 1992 | Dirty Birds, Wooster Gardens, NYC 7 Rooms, 7 Shows, P.S.1 Museum, Long Island City, NYC |
| 1991 | Neurotic Art Show, Artist Space, NYC |
| 1990 | Home, Home For Contemporary Arts, NYC Visual Art Gallery, curated by Steve Keister, NYC |
Education
| 1990 | School of Visual Arts, NYC |
Publications
| 2010 | McGarry, Kevin. "Jersey, Sure". Artforum.com. October 30 Mendelsohn, John. "Robert Melee: The Magnetic Grotesque". Sculpture Magazine. November Ozuna, Tony. "New York state of mind". Prague Post. September 22 |
| 2008 | Rosenberg, Karen. "Rober Melee", The New York Times. November 7. Page C31 |
| 2007 | Smith, Roberta. "In These Shows, the Material Is the Message". The New York Times. August 10, 2007, Page E29 Lopez-Chahud, Omar. "Robert Melee". Zing, Issue 21 Saltz, Jerry."Non-Specific Objects". Modern Painters. March, p.32-34 |
| 2006 | Cotter, Holland, "The World Tour Rolls Into Town, Sprawling but Tidy", The New York Times, March 10 |
| 2005 | Barliant, Claire. "Robert Melee", ARTFORUM, December 2005 Objekt International, cover + p. 132. issue # 31. Harris, Jane, "Robert Melee In Between False Comforts", Time Out NY, Oct.27.Nov.2 Webster, Peter, "Robert Melee, A Blissfully Impudent Artist Finds Contentment in New Jersey", New York Home, November-December, pp.48-50 Young, Stephanie "Dark Laughter", Blender Magazine, Fall/ Winter Genocchio, Benjamin, "Robert Melee Turned His Back on New York and Gladly Moved To Asbury Park", The New York Times, May 22 Cotter, Holland, "A Different Kind of Never-Never Land", The New York Times, May 3 |
| 2004 | Johnson, Ken, "Adapting and Constructing in a Dizzly Changing World", The New York Times, Friday, September 24, 2004, E 35 Krenz, Marcel, "Adaptive Behavior", Flash Art, November/December, 2004 |
| 2003 | Auer, James, "Mommy" will shock and entertain you", Journal Sentinel, July Rodriguez, Liana, Coming Attractions, Loft, Summer 2003 Mack, Gerhard, Messe der Rekorde, Art: das Kunstmagazin, No. 6, June 2003 Art Basel: Robert Melee, Her Curtains, Beaux Arts Magazine, No. 229, June 2003 Robinson, Walter. Basel ABC, artnet.com, June 2003 Marzahn, Alexander and Gerig, Karen N. "Das Reaktionsvermˆgen verbl¸fft schon vor dem Startschuss" Basler Zeitung, June 18, 2003 |
| 2002 | The Aldrich Museum, Tema Celeste, August, 2002 Sims, Carol. The Aldrich Takes on ëFamilyí, Antiques and Arts Weekly, June 14, 2002 Ocana, Damarys The Longest Winter, The Miami Herald, October 6, 2002 Schwan, Gary. Feel like chilliní? Take a cold, hard look at these exhibits, The Palm Beach Post, Oct. 6, 2002 Sheffield, Skip. ëThe Longest Winterí exhibit opens at FAU, Boca Raton News, September, 15, 2002 Saltz, Jerry. Mommie Queerest, The Village Voice, September 25, October 1, 2002 Robert Melee, The New Yorker, September 24, 2002 Cotter, Holland. Robert Melee; You Me and Her, The New York Times, September 20 Brundage, Brita. Disrobing the Family, Fairfield County Weekly, May 23-29, 2002 Family, Antiques and the Arts Weekly, May 3, 2002 Luft, Scot. University Galleries prepare for ëWinterí season, Boca Raton Times, Aug 14 Tupohy, Laurel. Family, The New-Times, June 7, 2002 Yablonsky, Linda. Painting the Town, Time Out New York, March 7-14, 2002 Smith, Roberta. Brice Delsperger, The New York Times, March 8, 2002 |
| 2001 | Art and Outrage, CBS News T.V. Special, Fall 2001 O'Sullivan. Michael. Selections Troubling and Beautiful, Washington Post, June 15 Binstock, Jonathan. Robert Melee, Fellowship in the Visual Arts brochure, June 6 - July 19 Cotter, Holland. Skank, The New York Times, June 1, 2001 |
| 2000 | smock walk gallery tour, Smock Magazine, Fall Winter 2000 Harris, Mark, Robert Melee, Art Monthly, Sept. 2000 Currah, Mark, Robert Melee, Time Out London, August 9-16, 2000 Robert Melee, Independent Study, July 30, 2000 Guner, Fisun, Robert Melee, Whatís On in London, July 26, 2000 Cotter, Holland, Marilyn Minter, The New York Times, May 5, 2000 Levin, Kim, Voice Choice, The Village Voice, April 25, 2000 Smith, Roberta, Art in Review, The New York Times, April 21, 2000 Moreno, Gene, Miami Art Review, Art Papers, March - April 200 |
| 1999 | Feinstein, Roni, Miami Heats Up, Art in America, December 1999 Moshkovits, Boris, More than Mambo, Flash Art, Nov-Dec 1999 |
| 1998 | Arning, Bill, Art Review, Time Out, September 17-24, 1998 Brack, Yvette, Art Review, Time Out, July 2310, 1998 Cotter, Holland, Art in Review, The New York Times, July 10, 1998 |
| 1996 | Levin, Kim, Voice Choice, The Village Voice, Mar 12, 1996 |
| 1995 | Levin, Kim, Voice Choice, The Village Voice, Mar 21, 1995 Karmel, Pepe, Art in Review, The New York Times Mar 24 1995 |
| 1992 | Levin, Kim, Voice Choice, The Village Voice, Dec. 22, 1992 |