Paul McCarthy b. 1945 Los Angeles Summary - Paul McCarthy occupies a critically important place in contemporary art. For more than four decades his work has repeatedly challenged audiences to confront popular myths and wrestle with the psychological undercurrents of capitalism. His work is both generous and confrontational; meticulously conceived and crafted no matter what medium he uses, his complex, often overlapping projects have come to define the zeitgeist of postmodern visual art. Exploiting genres as diverse as sculpture, performance, film, and photography, McCarthy has invented an entirely new category of art making a mash-up of mass media and cultural fantasia that is at once universal and deeply personal. Paul McCarthy was born in 1945 in Salt Lake City and received his BFA in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute, after which he received an MFA from the University of Southern California where he studied film, video, and art. Upon graduation in the early 1970s, he first became known for his visceral performances and film works. In 1982, he was invited to teach video, installation, and art history at the University of California, Los Angeles. During the 1990s, he extended his practice to standalone sculptural figures, installations, and large sculptures both animatronic and inflatable. McCarthy has held solo shows and traveling exhibitions at numerous museums and institutions such as Henry Art Gallery of the University of Washington, Seattle (2016), Hammer Museum of the University of California, Los Angeles (2011), the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2008), Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent (2007), Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2006), Tate Modern, London (2003), Tate Liverpool (2001-2), and the New Museum, New York (2001). He has also participated in many international events including the Berlin Biennial (2006), SITE Santa Fe (2004), the Whitney Biennial (1995, 1997, 2004), and the Venice Biennale (1993, 1999, 2001). McCarthy s works are housed in major international museums and private collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and Tate Collection, London; and the private collections of François Pinault, Dakis Joannou, George Economou, and the Rubell family. The artist currently lives and works in Los Angeles. Image and Text provided by Kukje Gallery Education - 1973 University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA 1969 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA 1 / 9
1968 University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT Solo Exhibitions - 2017 WS Spinoffs, Wood Statues, Brown Rothkos, Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA 'WS & CSSC, Drawings and Paintings, Fundació Gasparr, Barcelona Paul McCarthy and Christian Lemmerz: New Media (Virtual Reality Art), Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice Paul McCarthy and Mike Kelley: Heidi, Midlife Crisis Trauma Center and Negative Media-Engram Abreaction Release Zone 1992, Deitch Projects, New York Paul McCarthy: Cut Up and Silicone, Female Idol, WS, Kukje Gallery Seoul 2016 Raw Spinoffs Continuations, Hauser & Wirth, New York White Snow & Coach Stage Stage Coach Spinoffs, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels Paul McCarthy, Lokremise, St.Gallen, Switzerland Paul McCarthy: White Snow, Wood Sculptures, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle WA 2015 Full Exposure: Paul and Damon McCarthy s Pirate Party, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham NC Paul McCarthy. Drawings, The Renaissance Society, Chicago IL Rebel Dabble Babble, Volksbühne, Berlin Paul McCarthy, Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin Inbetween. Baselitz-McCarthy, Economou Collection, Athens Paul McCarthy: Spin Offs: White Snow WS, Caribbean Pirates CP, Hauser & Wirth, Zurich Paul McCarthy. Photographs 1977-1996, Art & Public - Cabinet P.H., Geneva 2 / 9
2014 Chocolate Factory, Monnaie de Paris, Paris Paul McCarthy - WS SC, Hauser & Wirth, London Paul McCarthy - Ketchup and Blood, Galleri F15, Moss, Norway Mike Bouchet & Paul McCarthy - Double Deck Monty Carlo, Marlborough Monaco, Monaco Paul McCarthy: Black and White Tapes, Space Studios, London Mike Bouchet & Paul McCarthy, Portikus, Frankfurt Mike Bouchet & Paul McCarthy, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt 2013 Andy Hope 1930, Paul McCarthy. Down Show Show Down, 8. Salon, Hamburg WS, Park Avenue Armory, New York NY Rebel Dabble Babble, Hauser & Wirth, New York NY Life Cast, Hauser & Wirth, New York NY Sculptures, Hauser & Wirth, New York NY 2012 PROPO, Hauser & Wirth, Zurich White Snow, Peder Lund, Oslo Paul McCarthy. The Box, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin Rebel Dabble Babble, The Box, Los Angeles CA Paul McCarthy, Nine Dwarves, Kukje Gallery,Seoul 2011 The Dwarves, The Forests, Hauser & Wirth, New York NY The King, The Island, The Train, The House, The Ship, Hauser & Wirth, London Skulptur: Paul McCarthy Henry Moore Bound to Fail, KÖR Kunst im öffentlichen Raum, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna Paul McCarthy; White Snow Dwarf (Dopey # 1), Hammer Museum, Los Angeles CA Paul McCarthy - Selected Works, Charles Riva Collection,, Bruxelles 3 / 9
2010 Caribbean Pirates - in collaboration with Damon McCarthy, Sammlung Friedrichshof, Zurndorf, Austria Three Sculptures, L&M Arts, Los Angeles CA Pig Island, Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Milan 2009 Paul McCarthy. White Snow, Hauser & Wirth, New York NY Paul McCarthy - Air Pressure, De Uithof, City of Utrecht, Netherlands Paul McCarthy, Hauser & Wirth, Zurich Paul McCarthy & Benjamin Weissman - Quilting Sessions, KUMU Eesti Kunstimuuseum, Tallinn, Estonia Contemporary trends in video art - Paul McCarthy, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City UT Paul McCarthy & Benjamin Weissman - Quilting Sessions, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland 2008 Central Symmetrical Rotation Movement - Three Installations, Two Films, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York NY Paul McCarthy & Benjamin Weissman - Quilting Sessions, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea,Trento, Italy 2007 PETER PAUL CHOCOLATES, Edibles by Paul McCarthy, Maccarone Gallery, New York NY Paul McCarthy - Head Shop / Shop Head, S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium Paul McCarthy: Tokyo Santa 1996/2004, Essl Museum Kunst der Gegenwart, Klosterneuburg, Austria Paul McCarthy - Air Born / Air Borne / Air Pressure, Middelheim Sculpture Museum, Antwerp, Belgium Paul McCarthy - Damon McCarthy. Portfolios, Hauser & Wirth Zurich, Zurich Paul McCarthy - Head Shop / Shop Head, ARoS - Aarhus Museum of Art, Aarhus, Denmark 4 / 9
2006 Paul McCarthy. Between Beauty and the Beast. Sculptures, Drawings and Photographs, Nyehaus, New York NY Paul McCarthy - Head Shop / Shop Head, Moderna Museet, Stockholm (Travelling Exhibition) 2005 Paul McCarthy: LaLa land parody paradise, Whitechapel, London (Travelling Exhibition) Paul McCarthy: LaLa land parodie paradies, Haus der Kunst, Munich (Travelling Exhibition) 2004 Paul McCarthy: Brain Box - Dream Box, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands Paul McCarthy: Brain Box - Dream Box, CAC - Centro de Arte Contemporàneo, Malaga, Spain 2003 Paul McCarthy. Piccadilly Circus, Hauser & Wirth London, London Paul McCarthy at Tate Modern, Tate Modern, London Paul McCarthy: Films and Video Works, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo Paul McCarthy & Jason Rhoades: Shit Plug, Hauser & Wirth Zurich, Zurich 2002 Propposition (collaboration with Jason Rhoades), Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg, Germany Paul McCarthy: Clean Thoughts, Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York NY Paul McCarthy: videowerken 1971-1999, De Hallen, Haarlem, Netherlands Paul McCarthy: Videos, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland 2001 Paul McCarthy: Videos und Fotografien, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany 5 / 9
Tate Liverpool, Liverpool Paul McCarthy, Pirate Drawings, Hauser & Wirth Zurich, Zurich Villa Arson, Nice, France Paul McCarthy, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York NY Paul McCarthy - The Garden, Deitch Projects, New York NY Paul McCarthy - The Box, Public Art Fund (IBM Building, 590 Madison Av at 56th Street), New York NY Paul McCarthy, Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York NY 2000 MOCA - The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles CA Heidi File, Patrick Painter, Inc., Santa Monica CA Paul McCarthy, Athens, Greece Wiener Secession, Projekt Fassade, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Wien 1999 Proposition (collaboration with Jason Rhoades), David Zwirner Gallery, New York NY Dimensions of the Mind, Sammlung Hauser und Wirth in der Lokremise St.Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland Dead H and Early Performance Photographs, Studio Guenzani, Milan Tokyo Santa - Santa s Trees, Blum and Poe, Santa Monica CA 1998 Painter, Video and Drawings, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna Photographs-Performance Photographs and Video, 1969-1983, Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York NY Photographs-Performance Photographs and Video, 1969-1983, Patrick Painter, Inc., Santa Monica CA 1997 Santa Chocolate Shop, Hauser & Wirth Zurich, Zurich 6 / 9
1996 Paul McCarthy, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo Saloon, Air de Paris, Paris Yaa-Hoo, Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York NY Video Works, Galerie Drantmann, Brussels Video and Drawings, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen 1995 5 Photographic Works, 1970-1974, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica CA Painter, Projects Room, Museum of Modern Art, New York NY Paul McCarthy, Art and Public, Geneva Tomato Head, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin Pinocchio Pipenose Housholddilemma Tour, Galeria Antoni Estrany, Barcelona Pinocchio Pipenose Housholddilemma Tour, Luhring and Augustine, New York NY Pinocchio Pipenose Housholddilemma Tour, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen Pinocchio Pipenose Housholddilemma Tour, Esther Schipper Galerie, Cologne Pinocchio Pipenose Housholddilemma Tour, Studio Guenzani, Milan (Travelling Exhibition) Pinocchio Pipenose Housholddilemma Tour, McKinney Art Center, Dallas TX Pinocchio Pipenose Housholddilemma Tour, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland Pinocchio Pipenose Housholddilemma Tour, Ooe Landesmuseum, Linz, Austria 1994 Pinocchio Pipenose Housholddilemma Tour, Air de Paris, Paris Le Fonds Regional d Art Contemporain Poitou-Charentes, Angoul?me, France Paul McCarthy, Air de Paris, Nice 7 / 9
Paul McCarthy, Galerie George-Philippe Vallois, Paris Paul McCarthy, Studio Guenzani, Milan 1993 Video, Ynglingagatan 1 Gallery, Stockholm Paul McCarthy, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna The Dead Viking, Buchholz und Buchholz, Cologne Paul McCarthy, Luring Augustine Gallery, New York NY 1991 1990 1987 1986 1985 Paul McCarthy, AAA Art, Los Angeles CA 1983 Paintings, Cirque Divers, Liège, Belgium 1982 Human Object, LACE - Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles CA 8 / 9
1979 Contemporary Cure All, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles CA Deadening, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles CA 9 / 9