Biography
1963
Born in Los Angeles
Lives and works in Los Angeles
Education
1992
University of California, Los Angeles, MA Fine Arts
1989
University of California, Los Angeles, BA Fine Arts
Solo Exhibitions
2024
“Distant Lover 2009-2024”, Kunstverein Düsseldorf
2023
“Space of the Line: Ben, Rameses, Tom”, Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles
2021
“Houseguest: Shadows Fall Down”, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
“Andy Warhol: Lifetimes”, re-conceptualized by Monica Majoli, Aspen Art Museum
2019
“blueboys”, Galerie Buchholz, New York
2014
“Pam”, Air de Paris, Paris
2012
L&M Arts, Los Angeles
2010
“Black Mirror”, Air de Paris, Paris
2007
“Rubbermen Bound”, Air de Paris, Paris
2006
“Rubbermen”, Gagosian Gallery, New York
1998
Feature Inc., New York
1995
Air de Paris, Paris
Group Exhibitions
2024
“Explicite lyrique”, Marcelle Alix, Paris
“With: Tony Greene and Monica Majoli”, curated by Monica Majoli, Kunstverein Düsseldorf
“A Portrait in Fragments”, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf
“Excitement & Enticement. An Exhibition of Paintings”, Oriole, Hamburg
2023
“Hardcore”, Sadie Coles, London
“Stay Hungry”, Ermes Ermes, Rome
“Ecstatic: Selection from the Hammer Contemporary Collection”, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
2022
“Sexkino Roland”, GTA Exhibitions Nexpo and Queer Format, ETH Zürich
“Flanagan’s Wake”, Kristina Kite Gallery, Los Angeles
“Abundance”, Queer Thoughts, New York
2021
“The Going Away Present”, Kristina Kite Gallery, Los Angeles
2020
“Made in L.A. 2020: a version”, The Hammer Museum and The Huntington, Los Angeles
2019
Vancouver International Sculpture Biennale, Vancouver
“J’aime le rose pale et les femmes ingrates”, Centre d’art contemporain d’Ivry - le Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine
“Milk”, Édouard Montassut, Paris
“More”, Air de Paris, Romainville
2018
“Hölle”, Galerie Buchholz, New York
“Pussy, King of the Pirates”, Maccarone, Los Angeles
“Monica Majoli and Ruth Novaczek”, Queer Thoughts, New York
“Rock”, Phil, Los Angeles
2017
“Homeward Bound”, Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles
“Working/Not Working”, curated by Matt Connors, CANADA, New York
“A Slow Succession with Many Interruptions”, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
“L’Image”, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich
2016
“Coming to Power: 25 Years of X-Plicit Art by Women”, Maccarone, New York
“Drama Queer: Seducing Social Change”, Roundhouse Vancouver
2015
“O”, Shanaynay, Paris
“Better Far Pursue a Frivolous Trade by Serious Means, than a Sublime Art”, Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles
2014
“Tony Greene: Amid Voluptuous Calm”, in “Made in LA”, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
“Trust (Via Vel Regula), Fluxia, Milan
2013
“Petrone/Petrole”, Air de Paris, Paris
“The Symbolic Landscape: Pictures Beyond the Picturesque”, Contemporary Arts Center, University of California, Irvine
2011
“Florbelle (after Sade)”, Air de Paris, Paris
“K Acker: The Office/Ruling ‘N’ Freaking”, Triangle Frances, Marseille
“Compass: Drawings of the Museum of Modern Art New York”, Berliner Festspiele, Berlin
2010
“Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection”, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
“Desire: Six Los Angeles Artists”, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena
“Meet Me Inside”, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills
“Dark Horse: Amy Adler and Monica Majoli”, Phil, Los Angeles
2009
“The Perpetual Dialogue”, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
“Everywhere: LGBTQ Politics in Art”, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela
“Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawing Collection”, Museum of Modern Art, New York
2008
“Tell Tchaikovsky the News”, Standard, Oslo
“20 Years Ago Today”, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles
2007
“Fata Morgana”, Galerie Schmidt Maczollek, Cologne
“Love in the USA”, Bischoff/Weiss Gallery, London
“Kim Light Gallery - Early 90’s”, Kim Light/Lightbox, Los Angeles
“Eden’s Edge”, Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles
2006
“Into Me/Out of Me”, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York; traveled to KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Berlin
“Whitney Biennial 2006: Day for Night”, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
“FOCA Fellowships: Evan Holloway, Vincent Fecteau, Monica Majoli”, Armory Center of the Arts, Pasadena
“Too Much Love”, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica
2005
“Alpha Flight 2: Patrick Hill, Monica Majoli, Noah Sheldon”, John Connelly Presents, New York
“Log Cabin”, Artists Space, New York
“Liquid Los Angeles: Currents of Contemporary Watercolor Painting”, Pasadena Museum of Art
2004
“Contemporaries”, Redcat Gallery, Los Angeles
“SPF”, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica
“The Leopard Spots”, 18th St. Art Center, Santa Monica
2003
“Intimates”, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica
“Supereal”, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan
2002
“Endowed with Life: Persistence of the Term Fetish and its Relationship to Art”, Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles
“LA Post-Cool”, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California; traveled to Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles
1997
“Scene of the Crime”, Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center”, Los Angeles
“Smooth”, Air de Paris, Paris“Dance County Collects”, Madison Art Center
1996
“First Person”, Marc Foxx Gallery, Santa Monica
1995
“Vital Signs”, Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles
“In a Different Light”, University Art Museum Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley
“Under Construction”, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena
1994
“LAX/94: Sincerity and Other Peccadillos”, Otis, Los Angeles
“Dave’s Not Here”, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles
“The Sacred and the Profane”, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles
“The Use of Pleasure”, Terrain, San Francisco
1993“The Return of the Cadavre Exquis”, The Drawing Center, New York
“Regarding Masculinity”, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
“Eau de Cologne”, Monika Sprüth Gallery, Cologne
“Coming to Power: 25 Years of Sexually X-Plicit Art by Women”, curated by Ellen Cantor, David Zwirner Gallery, New York
“TRI-Sexual”, TRI, Los Angeles
“Privacy”, Spazio Opus, Milan
1992
“LACE 7th Annuale: Body Politics”, LACE, Los Angeles
“Trouble Over So Much Skin”, Feature Inc., New York
1991
“Situation”, New Langton Arts, San Francisco
“Someone or Somebody”, Meyers/Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica
1990
“All But the Obvious”, LACE, Los Angeles
Curatorial Projects
2019
“Houseguest: Monica Majoli Selects from the Grunwald Collection”, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
“Lutz Bacher: BLUE WAVE”, University Art Gallery and Contemporary Art Center, University of California, Irvine
2015
“Tony Greene: Room of Advances” (with Judie Bamber), MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles
Awards and Honors
2006
Fellows of Contemporary Art Fellowship
2002
California Community Foundation Artist Grant
2001
Richard C. Ciebenkorn Teaching Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute
1994
Individual Artist Grant