Oliver Herring

Born in Heidelberg, Germany, 1964

Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

Education
1991 M.F.A., Hunter College, New York City

1988 B.F.A., University of Oxford (Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art), England


Selected Solo Exhibitions and Projects

2015
Areas for Action: Houston; DiverseWorks, Houston, TX,

(Title to be determined); Visual Arts Center Washington Pavillion, Sioux Falls, SD


2014
(Title to be determined); A4 Contemporary Art Center, Chengdu, China; October-November
2014

(Title to be determined); Telescope, Beijing, China; November - December 2014

Madison Square Park TASK; Madison Square Park, New York, NY, organized by the Madison
Square Park Conservancy; September 7, 2014

Oliver Herring: Videos 2002-2009; Denver Art Museum, CO; May 30 -

DAM TASK, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO; March 28, 2014

Turnaround TASK 2: Organized by Turnaround Arts, an initiative of the Presidents Committee
on the Arts and Humanities for a group of 30 school principals and their teams to help turn
around underperforming schools in low-income neighborhoods; Airlie Center, VA; June 28, 2014


2013
Oliver Herring: Works and Documentation from Areas for Action; Focus Gallery, University of
Florida, Gainesville, FL, November 15 December 6, 2013

Turnaround TASK: Organized by Turnaround Arts, an initiative of the Presidents Committee on
the Arts and Humanities, for a group of 8 school principals and their teams to help turn around





underperforming schools in low income neighborhoods; The Aspen Institute, MD; June 24, 2013

CMA TASK Party; organized by Project 0, an educational research group at the Harvard
Graduate School of Education; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH; August 2013


2012
Oliver Herring: Emi, Nabe, Kohei, Asako, Yoshitaka, Yohei, Yuma, Hiroki Kyoto Art Center,
Kyoto, Japan, November 6 December 14, 2012

Kyoto TASK Party; organized by Kyoto Art Center and University of the Arts Kyoto; Kyoto Art
Center, Kyoto, Japan; November 2012

NAEA TASK Party; organized for the National Art Educators Association annual conference;
Ballroom East, Sheraton Hotel Manhattan; Organizers: Art21, Davis Publication/School Arts
Magazine, ArtED 2.0 and the NAEA; New York, NY; March 3, 2012

2011
3 Videos: Howard Street (airborne); Make Belief in Regent Park; Waterloo Street; Art Lab Aichi,
Nagoya, Japan; May 2011

UMSL TASK Party: Gallery 210; University of Missouri; St Louis; MI; October 21, 2011

2010
Areas for Action; Meulensteen, New York, New York, October 7-November 6
th

TASK+: Works related to and leading up to TASK, (publication of the first TASK BOOK),
University Galleries, Center for Visual Arts, State University of Illinois, Normal, IL; February 16-
March 28; Bethel University and Minnesota College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN, April
16- June 6; University of Missouri-St. Louis; St. Louis, MO, October 20-December 7, 2011

ISU Task (TASK Party); Organized by University Galleries, Center for the Visual Arts, and ISU
students; State University of Illinois, Normal, Illinois, February 6

Nagoya TASK Party: Moririn building, Choja-Machi; organized by the Aichi Triennale 2010,
Nagoya, Japan; October 2, 2010

UNC TASK , Gerrard Hall; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; March 20

Twin Cities TASK; Minneapolis College of Art and Design; Co-organized by Bethel University
and The Minnesota College for Art and Design; Minneapolis, MN; April 20







2009
Opener 16: Oliver Herring: Me Us Them, (15 year survey; publication of book); The Frances
Young Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, January 31
June 14.

Oliver Herring: Common Threads; Frist Center for Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee, October 2,
2009January 30, 2010.

The Nashville TASK Party (TASK Party + first After Party); Location: Vanderbilt University;
organized by the Department of Art, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, October 4-
November 1.

REtask (fluxTASK3) (TASK Party), FLUXspace, Organized by FLUXspace with additional
support from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 26.

TASKTOPIA, Universal Preservation Hall, Organized by The Frances Young Tang Teaching
Museum and Art Gallery and Students from Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York,
March 22.

Teens With Masks, Max Protetch Gallery, New York, New York; April 25- June 13.

Oliver Herring: Video Sketch; Emerson Gallery at Hamilton College, Clinton, New York; August
24, 2009 January 3, 2010.

TASK Workshop Introduction for Teachers; University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
organized by the University of the Arts and FLUXspace; (aprox. 20 participants); March 4.

TASK Workshop Introduction for Teachers; New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture,
Education and Human Development; New York; organized by Art21 for: Art21 Educators:
Contemporary Art in Contemporary Classrooms (aprox. 20 participants); July 15.

2008
TangTASK (TASK Party), Skidmore College, Organized by The Frances Young Tang Teaching
Museum and Art Gallery and Students from Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York,
November 13.

MultiTASK (TASK Party), Workspace Limited, Organized by SF Cameraworks and MultiTask,
San Francisco, California, October 4.

FluxTASK 2 (TASK Party), FLUXspace, Organized by FLUXspace with additional support from
the Pennsylvania Humanities Council and the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
September 6.

TASK at the Seattle Public Library, Organized by the Frye Art Museum, the Seattle Public





Library, the Tacoma Art Museum, On the Boards; Seattle, Washington, June 28.

Regent TASK (TASK Party), Luminato Festival of Arts and Culture, Organized by Luminato
Festival of Arts and Culture, Residents from Regent Park, and Students from the University of
Toronto, Mississuaga, Regent Park, Toronto, Canada, June 13June 15.

Oliver Herring: Basic, The Art Gallery at University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, April
3April 26.

TASK at UMD (TASK Party), Ritchie Coliseum, University of Maryland, College Park, Organized
by the Art Department at UMD, the Art Gallery at UMD, and Students from various departments,
College Park, Maryland, April 4.

TASK Workshop, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, Spring 2008


2007
FluxTASK (TASK Party), (Video premiere of Howard St. (Airborne); Waterloo St); Fluxspace,
Art-Making-Machine Studios, Organized by FLUXspace, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December
1522.

TASK Workshop, University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, October 10October 18.

TASK Workshop, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas, September 7
September 10.

TASK Workshop, Youth and Community Programs, Whitney Museum of American Art, New
York, Summer.

Oliver Herring, Max Protetch Gallery, New York, February 21March 31.

Video Workshop ArtLab, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut.

2006
Oliver Herring: Spit Reverse, Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 16
November 4.

Directions Oliver Herring, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., March
30-July 2; TASK at the Hirshhorn, Organized by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
and George Washington University, Washington, DC, April 29.

Oliver Herring On the Cusp, The Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University, Waltham,
Massachusetts, January 19March 4.






2005
Conversation 1: Oliver Herring and Tim Sullivan, San Francisco Arts Commission
Gallery, San Francisco, California, November 10, 2005January 18, 2006.

Oliver Herring: Videos, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 13
September 9.

Taking and Making, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, June 4September 18.

2004
Oliver Herring, Max Protetch Gallery, New York, October 7November 6.

Oliver Herring: New Works 04.1, Art Pace, San Antonio, Texas, March 18May 9.

2003
Oliver Herring: New Work, Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Island, Spain,
May.

TASK at the Former Federal Savings Bank, Organized by ICI Palm Beach, Lake Worth, Florida,
January 31.

2002
Spit Reverse, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, Florida, December 3
March 23, 2003.

TASK dans la Cour Vitree, cole Nationale Suprieure des Beaux Arts, Organized by Galerie
Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France, September 29.

Basic, Rhodes & Mann, London, September 6October 6.

Concealed Mystery Sonata, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, April 20May 25.

Little Dances of Misfortunes, Max Protetch Gallery, New York, February 21March 23.

TASK at the Great Eastern Temple, Masonic Temple at the Great Eastern Hotel, Organized by
Rhodes & Mann, London, September 26September 27.

2001
Oliver Herring: Sleepless Nights, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art [Museum of
Contemporary Art Cleveland], Cleveland, Ohio, September 14November 25.

New Deal Yucca Patch, Performance in the Texan desert, Sponsored by Texas Tech University,





Lubbock, Texas, September 23.

Oliver Herring: Exit, Institute of Visual Arts, Peck School of the Arts, University of Wisconsin-
Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 9June 10.

New Media Room: Oliver Herring, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca,
New York.

1999
Oliver Herring, Max Protetch Gallery, New York, April 10May 8.

1997
Oliver Herring: New Work, Max Protetch Gallery, New York, November 5December 6.

Oliver Herring: Sculpture, Camden Art Center, London, England, Collaboration with the Newlyn
Art Gallery, Penzance, England, May 6July 20.

1996
Oliver Herring: New Work, Baumgartner Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Projects 53: Oliver Herring, Leonilson, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York.

Oliver Herring: Selected Works, Max Protetch Gallery, New York.

One Day, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

1994
A Flower for Ethyl Eichelberger An Ongoing Project, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston,
Massachusetts.

Empty Pages, Max Protetch Gallery, New York.

Island, Space Untitled, NewYork.

A Flower for Ethyl Eichelberger An Ongoing Project, Max Protetch Gallery, New York.

1993
A Flower for Ethyl Eichelberger An Ongoing Project and Bedding, Mannheimer Kunstverein,
Mannheim, Germany, September 26October 24.

A Flower for Ethyl Eichelberger An Ongoing Project, Work Space Gallery, The New Museum
of Contemporary Art, New York, NY; January 15April 11.










Selected Group Exhibitions

2014
TASKEncuentro; Encuentro, the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, organized
by Concordia University, Montreal, Canada; June 21-28, 2014

Eleven: The John Erickson Museum of Art (JEMA) 10-year Retrospective; Bob Rauschenberg
Gallery, Fort Myers, FL; May 9 June 25, 2014

Forced Collaboration 2; Artspace, New Haven, CT; May 10 June 28, 2014

Dance like nobodys watching; Rhubaba Gallery and Studios, Edinburgh, Scotland, 28 March
20 April, 2014


2013
Material World; Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO; May 19, 2013 Fall 2014

Global Fold - 43! Latitude; Jilin School of Art University Museum, Changchun, China; December
2013

Ecce Homo; Pavel Zouback Gallery, NY, NY; July August 2013

SO1EO1 Kijidome; Boston, Massachusetts; October 12 November 8, 2013

Eye to I: 3,000 Years of Portraiture; Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York; October 27
January 17, 2014


2012
Contemporary Art Wing Reopening; Baltimore Museum of Art; Baltimore, Maryland; November
17- Ongoing

Synchrony: Contemporary Video; Hunter Museum of American Art; Chattanooga, Tennessee;
March 17 April 22.

2011
Power of Making; The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England; September 6, 2011
January 2, 2012






Our Community Collects: From Drer to Warhol and Beyond; The Chrysler Museum of Art,
Norfork VA; September 21

Bodily Choreography; The Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland; June 17 August
15, 2011

About Face: Portraiture as Subject; The Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, TX; April 30 - September 4, 2011

University City; California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; January 29 -
February 26

Off Camera; Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, January 20 February 19

2010
The Logic of Paper: American Works of Paper; He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China,
December 25, 2010-February 20, 2011

Aichi Triennale 2010: Art in the City; Nagano/Aichi, Japan; August 20-October 20

Fusebox Festival 2010; (Three Day Weekend-Texas); The Dome at Windsor World; Austin,
Texas; April 28-30

polaroid; Ackland Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, October 2010-February
2011

Repeat After Me; Le Colise, Festival Le temps dAimer; Biarritz, France; September 10-19

Ping Pong Video #10; Ecole Suprieure des Arts et de la Communication; Pau, France; March

2009
Xth Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art, The Spectacle of the Everyday; Lyon, France,
September 14- January 3

Performa 2009; (Three Day Weekend): produced by and performed at Salon 94, New York,
New York; November 20-22

Dance with Camera; Institute of Contemporary Art; University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania; September 10- March 21; Contemporary Arts Museum; Houston, Texas; August
7- October 17 2010; Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art; Scottsdale, Arizona.

Slash, Paper Under the Knife; Museum for Art and Design, New York, NY, October 7- January





10

Whats Neu? Recent Additions to the Neuberger Collection, Neuberger Museum of Art,
Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, NY; September? December 13

Dress Code: Clothing as Metaphor; Katonah Museum of Art; Katonah, NY; July 12- Oct 4

Videos by Matthew Buckingham, Oliver Herring, Gordon Matta-Clark, Ana Mendieta, Alex Vilar;
Beirut Art Center, Beirut, Lebanon; November 11, 2009

Side by Side; ESOPUS Space, ESOPUS Foundation Ltd. New York, NY; October 27-


2008
Alternating Beats, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island,
October 17, 2008February 15, 2009.

I Feel I am free but I know I am not, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, California, September 4
November 8.

Out of Shape: Stylistic Distortion of the Human Form in Art from the Logan Collection, Frances
Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York, March 14June 8.

Stretching The Truth, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, February 10
May 3.

Pretty Things: Confronting Sensuousness, Artspace, New Haven, Connecticut.

Luminato, Festival for Art and Culture, Toronto Canada.

2007
BoysCraft, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel, November 3March 23, 2008.

Birds, Dwight Hackett Project, Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 13December 1.

Photo+, Blue Star Contemporary Art Centre, San Antonio, Texas, September 6November 4.

50,000 Beds, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut, July 22September 3.

Neointegrity, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, July 19August 24.

Sparkle Then Fade, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington, May 17September 3.

2006





Art21 Artists, Bentley Projects, Scottsdale, Arizona.

New Now Next: The Contemporary Blanton, The Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at
Austin, Austin, Texas, April 29August 13.

2005
Conversation 1: Oliver Herring and Tim Sullivan, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San
Francisco, California, November 10January 18, 2006.

Six Laws of Motion, Max Protetch Gallery, New York, July 14August 13.

25 Years Baumgartner Gallery: Selected Solo Exhibitions 1979-2004, Baumgartner Gallery,
New York, June 22August 27.

Figure It Out, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York, May 22April
10, 2006.

I Am Five, Parkers Box, Brooklyn, New York, May 6May 8.

Collection 2, Fondation pour lArt Contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, Annecy,
France, March 17June 3.

2004
Art on Paper 2004, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina, November 14
January 23, 2005.

Grotto 2, Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, New York.

Open House: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, April 17
August 15.

International Artist-In-Residence: New Works: 04.1, ArtPace, New York, March 18May 9.

2003
Hands to Work Mind to God, Borusan Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul, Turkey, November 14January
18, 2004.

Decade, Schroeder Romero, Brooklyn, New York.

Skin Deep, Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Milan, Italy,
October 28January 18, 2004.

Seriously Animated, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 16





October 5.

2002
Sugar & Cream: Wall Hangings by Contemporary Artists, Triple Candie, New York, December
8February 2, 2003.

BINGO, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, September 7October 5.

Time Space Motion, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria, July 24August 29.

The Parsons Nose: Contemporary British Work in Short Film, Gallery Based Art, and Computer.

Manipulated Music, The Yale School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut.

Video Art 1990-2002, Long House Preserve, East Hampton, New York, New York.

Grotto, Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, New York, New York.

Second Sight: Selections of Recent Work by Alumni from the Second Decade of the MFA
Program at Hunter College 1991- 2001, Hunter College, Times Square Gallery, New York,
February 27April 20.

Officina America, Galleria dArte Moderna, Bologna, Italy, January 24March 31.

2001
Alterations, James Grayham and Sons, New York, New York.

Lets Get to Work, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, July 21October 20;
Traveled to: Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery at University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
November 17December 5; Basekamp, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 17.

Zone 6 New Video, Ocularis, Galapagos, New York, New York.

Uncommon Threads: Contemporary Artists and Clothing, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art,
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, March 31June 17.

Dreaming in Print: A Decade of Visionaire, The Museum of the Fashion Institute of Technology,
New York, February 9April 21.

Objective Color, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, February 2August 19.

2000
Collectors Choice, Exit Art, New York.





Ethereal and Material, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, Delaware,
September 21November 21.

Picturing the Modern Amazon, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, March 30June
25.

The Comforts of Home, Hand Workshop Arts Center, Richmond Virginia

2000 aos luz, Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Potent/Present: Selections from the Vicki and Kent Logan Collection, Wattis Institute for
Contemporary Arts, California College of the Arts, Oakland, California, March 20May 13.

Fusion: The Rhodes Mann Inaugural, Rhodes + Mann, London, England, March 13June 18.

Six Signals: Videos by Contemporary Artists, Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, Tennessee,
April 7August 27.

Inaugural Exhibition, Rhodes + Mann, London, England (catalogue).

Art Film, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

1999
Regarding Beauty: A View of the Late 20th Century, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden,
Smithsonian, Washington, D.C., October 7January 17, 2000; Traveled to: Haus der Kunst,
Munich, Germany, February 11April 30, 2000.

Artworkers, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, England.

Risk Cinema [New Experimental Shorts by Oliver Herring and Zhang Huan], Harn Museum of
Art, Gainesville, Florida, September.

Weaving the World, Contemporary Art of Linear Construction, Yokohama Museum of Art,
Yokohama, Japan, June 26August 22.

Visions of the Body: Fashion or Invisible Corset, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan,
April 6June 6; Traveled to: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan, August 7
November 23.

Chronologies, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, New York.

Back to Back, De Chiara/Stewart, New York, New York.
DNA Gallery, International Video Festival, DNA Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island.






1998
Alternative Measures, Castle Gallery at the College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, New York,
February 1April 5.

Growing Obsession, Dorsky Gallery, New York, January 20February 28.

1997
Light Catchers, Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Vermont, September 24October 24.

Un Bel t, Casino Luxembourg, Forum d'Art Contemporain, Luxembourg, July 11September
24.

Sous le Manteau, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France, March 18April 26.

Art/Fashion, Guggenheim Museum Soho, New York, March 12June 8.

Anne Agee, Oliver Herring, Kara Walker: The Handmade Tale, Warren Robbins Center, The
University of Michigan, School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March.

No Man, Max Protetch gallery, New York, New York.

Works On Paper, Max Protetch gallery, New York, New York.

Termite Terrace, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, Texas.

1996
Millennium Celebration Dress, The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 6
February 22, 2007.

Shirts and Skins: The Absent Figure in Contemporary Art, The Contemporary Museum,
Honolulu, Hawaii, December 4, 1996February 2, 1997.

Disappeared, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, November 15December 21.

Embedded Metaphor, Organized by Independent Curators International (iCI), Traveled to: John
and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, New York, September 21November 24; Dalhousie Art
Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Western Gallery, Western Washington University,
Bellingham, Washington, 1997; Ezra and Cecile Zilka Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown,
Connecticut, 1998; Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1998; Bowdoin
College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine, January 22March 16, 1998; Pittsburgh Center for
the Arts, Pittsburgh PA, 1999.






Biennale di Firenze: il Tempo et la Moda [Time and Fashion], Florence, Italy, September 21
January 12, 1997.

Untitled, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, July 13-
September 19.

Time Wise, The Swiss Institute, New York, April 10May 11.

Le Festival International Exit, Maison des Arts de Crteil, Crteil, France, March 24April 2.

Leonardo Drew, Mark Francis, Oliver Herring, Mary Boone, New York, March 2April 20.

A Labor of Love, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, January 20April 14.

Projects 53: Oliver Herring, Leonilson, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, January 18
March 12.

The Model House, The Clocktower, New York, February 8March 31.

The Modern Landscape, Queens Library Gallery, New York, New York.

1995
Thread Bare: Revealing Contest in Contemporary Fiber, Southeastern Center for Contemporary
Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, October 21January 21, 1996.

Conceptual Textiles: Material Meanings, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, September
22January 7, 1996.

Folie: Das Material des Bildhauers, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden,
Germany, September 3October 15.

Configura II: Dialog der Kulturen [Dialogue of Cultures], Kunsthalle Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany, June
10September 10.

Color in Space: Pictorialism in Contemporary Sculpture, David Winton Bell Gallery, List Art
Center at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, April 22June 4.

Human/Nature, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, April 19May 18.
Division of Labor: Women's Work in Contemporary Art, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New
York, February 17June 11; Traveled to: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California,
September 24January 7, 1996.

Coexistence: Construction in Process V, Artists' Museum, Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, April.






1994
Athena and Arachne, Apex Art, New York, December 3January 21, 1995

...It's How You Play the Game, Exit Art, New York, November 5January 28, 1995.

Guys Who Sew, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, California,
October 5December 11.

Jessica Diamond, Oliver Herring, Hunter Reynolds, Dan Walsh, Paula Cooper Gallery, New
York Arts, New York, January 8-February 5.

Oliver Herring, Byron Kim, Glenn Ligon, Galerie Gilles Peyroulet, Paris, France, April 16May
28.

Stories, Max Protetch gallery, New York, New York.

Couples, Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, New York.

Drama, Max Protetch gallery, New York, New York.

1993
Ciphers Of Identity, Fine Arts Gallery at University of Maryland Baltimore County, Catonsville,
Maryland, November 12January 15, 1994; Traveled to: Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York,
June 4July 8, 1993.

Empty Dress: Clothing as a Surrogate in Recent Art, Organized by Independent Curators
International, Neuberger Museum, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase,
New York, October 3January 2, 1994.

Living with Art: Collection of Ellyn and Saul Dennison, The Morris Museum, Morristown, New
Jersey, October 16November 21.

The Rag Trade, InterArts Center, New York, New York, curated by Saul Ostrow.


Beyond Loss: Art in the Era of AIDS, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C., April
23June 13.

(Mal)Function, Ruth Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica, California.

On the Way Home: Projects from the Artists/Homeless Collaborative, Henry Street Settlement,
New York.






Simon Watson's Living Room, New York.

10 x 10 x 10 TZ'Art & Co. Gallery, New York.

Hybrid Sculpture, Marsha Fogel Gallery, Easthampton, New York, New York.

1992
Art at the Anchorage, The Anchorage, Brooklyn, New York.

1989
Oliver Herring and Peter Krashes, Atwood Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts.

1988
Pit Rivers Museum, Oxford, France

1986
Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt, Germany

Awards

1999
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant

1995
New York Foundation for the Arts Grant

1989
Massachusetts Arts Lottery Grant

Bibliography
Selected Books, Catalogues, and Brochures
Aoki, Noe, et al. Weaving the World: Contemporary Art of Linear Construction. Exhibition
catalogue. Yokohama, Japan: Yokohama Museum of Art, 1999.

Apfelbaum, Polly, et al. Conceptual Textiles: Material Meanings. Exhibition catalogue.
Sheboygan, Wisconsin: John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 1996.

Assenmaker, Michel and ric Brunier. Un Bel t. Exhibition catalogue. Luxembourg: Casino
Luxembourg, 1997.

Barilli, Renato. Officina America. Milan, Italy: Mazzotta, 2002.






Benezra, Neal David, Olga M. Viso, and Arthur Coleman Danto. Regarding Beauty: A View of
the Late Twentieth Century. Exhibition catalogue. Washington, D.C.: Hirshhorn Museum and
Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, 1999.

Berger, Maurice. Ciphers of Identity. Exhibition catalogue. Catonsville, Maryland: Fine Arts
Gallery, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1993.

Beyond Loss: Art in the Era of AIDS. Exhibition brochure. Washington, D.C.: Washington
Project for the Arts, 1993.

Brown, Elizabeth A. and Fran Seegull. Guys Who Sew. Exhibition catalogue. Santa Barbara,
California: University Art Museum at the University of California, 1994.

Canning, Susan M. Alternative Measures. New Rochelle, New York: Castle Gallery, College of
New Rochelle, 1998.

Carlozzi, Annette and Kelly Baum. Blanton Museum of Art: American Art Since 1900. Austin,
Texas: Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, 2006.

Carter, Rob, et al. Hunter College Second Sight: Selections of Recent Work by Alumni from the
Second Decade of the MFA Program at Hunter College, 1991-2001. Exhibition catalogue. New
York: Hunter College of The City University of New York, 2002.

Celant, Germano, et al. Art/Fashion. Exhibition catalogue. New York: D.A.P. / Distributed Art
Publishers, Inc., and Milan: Skira Editore, 1997.

Celant, Germano, Luigi Settembrini, and Ingrid Sischy. Biennale di Firenze: Looking at Fashion.
Exhibition catalogue. Florence: Biennale di Firenze, 1996.

Division of Labor: Womens Work in Contemporary Art. Exh. cat. New York: The Bronx
Museum of the Arts, 1995. Essays by Lydia Yee, Arlene Raven, Michele Wallace, Judy
Chicago, Miriam Schapiro, Mary Kelly, and Amaliea Mesa-Bains.
Ethereal and Material. Exhibition catalogue. Wilmington, Delaware: Delaware Center for the
Contemporary Arts, 2000.

Feldman, Melissa E. Artworkers. Exhibition catalogue. Llandudno, Wales: Oriel Mostyn Gallery,
2000.

Felshin, Nina. Empty Dress: Clothing as Surrogate in Recent Art. Exhibition catalogue. New
York: Independent Curators Incorporated, 1993.

. Embedded Metaphor. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Independent Curators
Incorporated, 1996.






Figura, Starr. Oliver Herring, Leonilson. Exhibition brochure. New York: The Museum of Modern
Art, 1996.

Frueh, Joanna, Laurie Fierstein, and Judith E. Stein. Picturing the Modern Amazon.

Hafemann, Gottfried. Folie. Exhibition catalogue. Wiesbaden, Germany: Nassauischer
Kunstverein Wiesbaden, 1995.

Harkavy, Donna and Margaret Mathews-Berenson. Growing Obsession. Exhibition brochure.
New York: Dorsky Gallery, 1998.

Herring, Oliver, Jos Leonilson, and Starr Figura. Oliver Herring, Leonilson. Exhibition brochure.
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1996.

Johnson, Diana L. and George Hofmann. Color in Space: Pictorialism in Contemporary
Sculpture. Exhibition catalogue. Providence, Rhode Island: David Winton Bell Gallery, 1995.

Kaplan, Casey M. Athena & Arachne. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Apex Art, 1994.

Karada No Yume: Fasshon or Mienai Korusetto [Visions of the Body: Fashion or Invisible
Corset]. Exhibition catalogue. Kyoto: The National Museum of Modern Art, 1999.

Katz-Freiman, Tami. Melakhah Banim [Boys Craft]. Exhibition catalogue. Heifa, Israel: Heifa
Museum of Art, 2007.

Logan, Kent and Vicki Logan. Potent Present: Selections from the Vicki and Kent Logan
Collection. Exhibition catalogue. San Francisco: California College of Arts and Crafts, 2000.

Meneghelli, Luigi, Giovanna Nicoletti, and Giorgio Verzotti. Skin Deep: il Corpo Come Luogo del
Segno Artistico. Exhibition catalogue. Milan: Museo dArte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento
e Rovereto, 2003. Essays by Elena Negro and Adriana Polveroni.

Mller, Peter and Heide Bhm. Configura 2: Dialog der Kulturen [Dialogue of Culture]. Erfurt,
Germany: Configura-Projekt, 1995.

Oliver Herring: Sleepless Nights. Exhibition catalogue. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Center for
Contemporary Art, 2001.

Piguet, Philippe. Collection 2. Exh. cat. Annecy, France: Fondation pour lArt Contemporain
Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, 2005.

Platt, Ron and Nancy Doll. Art on Paper 2004: the 38
th
Exhibition of Art on Paper. Exh. cat.





Greensboro, North Carolina: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2004.

Rhodes, Benjamin, Fred Mann, and Sally Tallant. Fusion: Rhodes + Mann Inaugural. Exh. cat.
London: Rhodes + Mann, 2000.

Ricco, John Paul. Disappeared. Exhibition catalogue. Chicago: Randolph Street Gallery, 1996.
Text by David Wojnarowicz.

Stather, Martin. A Flower for Ethyl Eichelberger: Bedding. Exhibition catalogue. Mannheim,
Germany: Mannheimer Kunstverein, 1993.

Tucker, Marcia. A Labor of Love. Exhibition catalogue. New York: New Museum of
Contemporary Art, 1996.

Williams, Ann, Gary Sangster, and Lisa Dennison. Living with Art: The Collection of Ellyn & Saul
Dennison. Morristown, New Jersey: The Morris Museum, 1993.

Yang, Alice. Oliver Herring at the new Museum of Contemporary Art, New Museum of
Contemporary Art. Brochure, New York, New York. (January April 1993).

Selected Articles and Reviews
Albright, William. "Lively Fiber." Winston-Salem Journal (19 November 1995).

Anson, Libby. Division of Labor: Womens Work in Contemporary Art. Art Monthly
(April 1995).

Anton, Saul. "Oliver Herring." Art/Text, no. 61 (May-July 1998): 85-86.

Arning, Bill. "Oliver Herring and Leonilson." Time Out New York (14 February-21 February
1996).

Atkins, Robert. "As We Sew." Village Voice (25 April 1995).

Braff, Phyllis. Hybrid Sculpture, The New York Times (11 June 1993).

. "Protest, Eleven Sculptors and Man Ray." The New York Times (17 June 1994).

Callander, Judith. "Who Sews." The Independent (3 November 1994).

Camhi, Leslie. "Sewing Circle." Village Voice 41, no. 6 (6 February 1996): 70.

Carey-Kent, Paul. Frieze and Its Followers Art World, no. 2 (December 2007).






Chalam, Anitha. "Messages Pervade Art Exhibit. The Michigan Daily (January 1997).

Charles, Nick. "The Artist-Model Relationship." Daily News (12 May 1995).

Coomer, Martin. Fusion at Rhodes & Mann. Time Out: London (June 2000).

Cotter, Holland. Oliver Herring. The New York Times (28 January 1994): C19.

. "Projects: Oliver Herring and Leonilson." The New York Times (16 February 1996): C24.

. Second Sight. The New York Times (22 March 2002): E2.

Cross, Susan, Press Release Day Without Art 1996 at The Guggenheim Museum, Soho,
(December 1, 1996).

Darling, Michael. "Sew? Look for the Union Label." Santa Barbara News-Press (21 October
1994).

Davis, Rachel. "Division of Labor: Women's Work in Contemporary Art." Arts Monthly
(April 1995).

Dawson, Jessica. University of Maryland Exhibit Embraces Lesser-Known Works by Famed
Artists. Washington Post (11 April 2008): C02.

de St. Sauveur, Michele. "Embedded Metaphor." New Art Examiner (March 1997).

Desiderio, Eva. Biennale Pucci Risveglia Pitti. La Nazione (21 September 1996).

Donn, Chiara. Dress Art, Soul le Manteau", Vogue Halie, (April 1997).

Donohue, John. "Group Show." The New Yorker (25 March 1996): 23.

Ellison, Buck. On Spitting, Knitting, and Not Quitting. The Eye 4, no. 5 (February 2008).

. The Knitting Factory. Columbia Spectator (February 2008).

Fallon, Roberta. Seeing and Herring. Philadelphia Weekly (12 December 2007).

Felshin, Nina. "Clothing as Subject." Art Journal (Spring 1995): 20-21.

Fleming, Lee. "Testament to the AIDS Tragedy." Washington Post (18 March 1993).

Floranz, Rosella. "Women's Work in Contemporary Art Exhibit." Bronx News (20 April 1995).






Footlik, Jennifer A. "Disappeared: Scene Unseen at Randolph Street Gallery." City Art
(21 December 1996).

Frame, Allen, Knstlich Angezogen. Die Ziet, (October 1996).

Frankel, Elana. Four Brooklyn Artists at the Bronx Museum of the Arts. Brooklyn Woman (May
1995).

Fugami, Tracey. Seeing is Believing Oliver Herring: Taking and Making. Afterimage 33, no. 2
(September/October 2005): 48-49.

Genocchio, Benjamin. Bend Me, Misshape Me. The New York Times (4 May 2008).

Glueck, Grace. "Oliver Herring at Max Protetch Gallery." The New York Times (28 November
1997): E2.

Goddard, Dan R. Photos Take Form of Lifelike Nude Man. San Antonio Express-News (23
September 2007): 1J.

Gopnik, Blake. Here & Now. Washington Post (23 April 2006): N02.

Gouveia, Georgette. "Crossing Boundaries." Gannett Suburban Newspapers (5 December
1993): 1-2.

Greene, David A. "Guys Who Sew." Art Issues (January/February 1995).

Group Show at Mary Boone. The New Yorker (25 March 1996).

Hackett, Regina. Oliver Herrings Latest Exhibit Doesnt Quite Get Off the Ground. Seattle
Post-Intelligencer (8 July 2005): 15.

Hanks, Oliver Herring at Max Protetch Gallery. New York Arts (May 1999).

Harris, Mark. Oliver Herring: Rhodes + Mann, London. Art Monthly, no. 260 (October 2002):
27-28.

Heinick, Angelika. "Kleid, Rhrendstes Aller Symbole." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (April
1997).

Herring, Oliver. Oliver Herring: Covered Coat. New Observations, no. 110 (January-February
1996): 10.






. The Wandering Mind: Journals & Diaries Oliver Herring: Framed by Darkness.
Bomb, no. 54 (Winter 1996): 33-35.

Hill, Shawn. "The Sequined Life." Bay Windows (1 December 1994): 23.

Holmes, Pernilla. In Your Face. ARTnews 106, no. 6 (June 2007): 106-111.

Hugo, Joan. "Division of Labor: 'Women's Work' in Contemporary Art." Frieze
(January/February 1996): 66-67.

Johnson, Ken. Oliver Herring at Max Protetch. The New York Times (30 April 1999).

Kaplan, Janet A. Picturing the Modern Amazon. Art Journal 59, no. 4 (Winter 2000): 80-99.

Karcher, Eva. "Kunst & Mode Flirt." German Elle (January 1997): 62-66.

Kawakami, Noriko. Art & Design, Elle Decor, Japan (August 1999).

. Gekkan Bijutsu, (July 1999).

Kent, Sarah. "Oliver Herring: Camden Arts Center, Time Out, London (June 1997).

. "Keine Laufkundschaft in Manhattans Galerien der Avantegarde, Weltam Sontag,
(September 1997).
. "Cloth & Canvas", International Textiles , May 1997.

. "Art for Fashions Sake" I.D. (May 1997).

. "News, Art & Fashion, A Mutual Affair" Flash Art,(May/June 1997).

. "Art Couture", Museums New York, (March 1997).
Kerner, Anne. Trois Questions a Caroline Smulders: Marchande de Reve [Three Questions for
Caroline Smulders: Dream Merchant]. Beaux Arts Magazine, no. 220 (September 2002): 32.

Klein, Mason. Oliver Herring: Max Protetch. Artforum 40, no. 9 (May 2002): 182.

Kley, Elisabeth. Everyday Miracles: The Videos of Oliver Herring. PAJ: A Journal of
Performance and Art, no. 74 (May 2003): 77-81.

. Fashionable Fashion. PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art 20, no. 3 (September
1998): 26-30.

. Mystical Cosmetics: Oliver Herring, Stephen Dean, Berni Searle. PAJ: A Journal of





Performance and Art 24, no. 3 (September 2002): 101-104.

Knight, Christopher. "Womens Work Is Never Done, at MOCA. Los Angeles Times (1 October
1995).

Koplos, Janet. Oliver Herring at Max Protetch. Art in America 82, no. 5 (May 1994): 119.

. Oliver Herring at Max Protetch. Art in America 87, no. 12 (December 1999): 113-114.

. Stitches in Time. Art in America 91, no. 1 (January 2003): 96-99.

Lesperance, Ellen. Knitting as Fine Art. Vogue Knitting (Fall 2003).

Levin, Kim. Alfred Jensen/Oliver Herring. Village Voice (13 February 1996).

. "Oliver Herring." Village Voice (25 November 1997).

. "Oliver Herring." Village Voice (January 1994).

. "Picturing the Modern Amazon, Village Voice (18 April 2000).

Loimeier, Manfred. "Mit Oliver im Wunderland, Mannheimer Morgen (14 June 2000).

. "Strickmantel aus Klebeband, Oliver Herring im Mannheimer Kunstverein." Mannheim
Morgen (28 September 1993).

Magiera, Frank. Their Creative Instincts Decidedly Similar. Telegram & Gazette (14 May
1989): 11.

Malone, Scott. "Women's Work on Display at the Bronx Museum." Norwood News (11 May-17
May 1995).

Marger, Mary-Ann. "Not-So-Sweet Dreams." Sarasota Times (1997).

Marshall, Robert. "Memory Sculpture." Art Net (December 1997).

Martin, Lucy. Oliver Herring and Tim Sullivan at the SF Arts Commission Gallery. Artweek 37,
no. 2 (March 2006): 17.

McWilliams, Martha. "Loss Leaders." Washington City Paper (28 May 1993).

Monckton, Phil. "Sculptors Style with Knitting Needles." Western Morning News (18
February1997).






Morgan, Robert C. "Days at Mizpe Ramon." Cover Magazine (Summer 1995): 62.

Motta, Carlos. Oliver Herring. Camerawork 34, no. 2, (Fall/Winter 2007): 39-41.

Moya, Ana. Arte y Moda en Clave Sutil, Entre Rei Kawakubo Oliver Herring. Ambito
Financiero (9 May 1997).

Newhall, Edith. "Oliver Herring/Leonilson." New York Magazine (5 February
1996): 76.

"News, Art & Fashion, A Mutual Affair." Flash Art (May/June 1997).

Oliver Herring. School Arts 105, no. 6 (February 2006): 14.

Pagel, David. "Construction in Process V." Art+Text, no. 52 (September 1995): 91-
92.

Patterson, Tom. "Crafts Take Fascinating Forms in SECCA Shows. Winston-Salem Journal (14
January 1996).

Paynter, November. Hands to Work, Mind to God. Art Review 54 (March 2004):101.

Pedersen, Victoria. "Gallery Go Round, Oliver Herring. Paper Magazine (5 November3
December 1999).

Pengelly, Matt. "Artists Work is a Real Purl." The Independent (16 February 1997).
Perry, Margaret, Newlyn Art Gallery, (February March 1997).

Picasso, Sydney. "Visions DArtistes." Vogue (April 1997).

Pick: Oliver Herring. The Village Voice (27 October 2004).

Pinte, Jean-Louis. "Sous le Manteau." Figaroscope, (9 April 1997).

Pollack, Barbara. Oliver Herring. Time Out New York (28 October 2004).

Protzman, Ferdinand. "Aroma One's Own." Washington Post (21 December 1996): B2.

Raven, Arlene "Overworked? Overwhelmed? These artists understand." On the Issues: The
Progressive Womans Quarterly 4 (Spring 1995): 42-44, 53.

Raynor, Vivien. "An Exhibition Emphasizing the Feminist Role in Politics." The New





York Times (7 May 1995).

. Clothes Divested of Figures in Rituals of Sex and Culture. The New York Times (5
December 1993).

. International Show Celebrates Diversity. The New York Times (15 September 1996):
13WC.

Rego, Juan Carlos. Arte y Confeccion: la Segunda Piel el Arte de Tejer y Otras Historias [Art
and Dressmaking: the Second Skin the Art of Weaving and Other Stories]. Arte y Parte, no. 14
(April-May 1998): 10-17.

Rian, Jeff. Sous le Manteau: Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris. Flash Art, no. 197
(November/December 1997): 73.

Ricco, John Paul. "Oliver Herring: Kicking the Habit." Art/Text, no. 65 (May-July 1999): 46-49.

Rollan, Jean. "Its Art, But is It Landscape?" Newsday (9 August 1996).

Rosof, Libby. Oliver Herring on Failure and Success at FLUXspace. Roberta Fallon and Libby
Rosofs Artblog (7 December 2007).

Rude, Justin. BuzzWorthy: Oliver Herrings Task. Washington Post (15 January 2006): M05.

Rush, Michael. Oliver Herring at Max Protetch. Art in America 93, no. 4 (April 2005): 143.
Sandberg, Cotte. Nye forbindelser mellom kunst og moter Art/Fashion Guggenheim, Soho.
Aftenposten Morjen, (April 11, 1997).

Schmitt, Oliver. L'Axe Maubeuge- Crteil au Coeur de la Cration Contemporaire. Le
Monde (3 April 1996).

Sendler, Emily. Three Artists, Countless Ideas in Handmande Tale. The Ann Arbor News (18
January 1997).

Sichel, Berta. Oliver Herring/ Leonilson. Flash Art, no. 190 (October 1996): 113.

. Leonilson e Herring en contram leleza na dor, Entado de S. Paulo, (February 5,
1996).

Smith, Roberta. A Bread-Crumb Trail to the Spirit of the Times. The New York Times (17
January 2003).

. Fine Art and Outsiders: Attacking the Barriers. The New York Times (9 February





1996).

. Oliver Herring. The New York Times (5 November 2004).

. Shaking Up Stereotypes with Muscles. Lots of Them. The New York Times (7 April
2000).

. The New, Irreverent Approach to Mounting Exhibitions. The New York Times (6
January 1995).

Spindler, Amy M. When Designers Take Cues from Art. The New York Times (8 October
1996).

Templado, Louis. "A crafty twist to artistic creativity" Ashai Evening News, Weekend, (July 1,
1999).

. Daily Tohoku, (July 10, 1999).
. Yamagata Shinbun (July 28, 1999).

. Kahoku Shinpo (July 19, 1999).

Trebay, Guy. "And the Bead Goes On." Village Voice (29 June 1999).

. Naguno Nippo (August 1999).

. Exhibition Review, Museum Montly Art Magazine, Bijutso Techo (September 1999).

. Kanagawa Shinbun, (September 1999).

. Knitting Factory: Oliver Takes a Stitch in Time. Village Voice 41, no. 10 (5 March
1996): 8.

Tribute that is Knitted Together. Ham and High (June 1997).

Toporqicz, Maciej. Sztuka na Purtyni, Now Dziennik, (June 15, 1995).

Urbach, Marina. Oliver Herring and Leonilson. Art Nexus, no. 20 (April/June 1996): 120-121.

Vogel, Carol. At the Fair: Glamour, Parties and Oh Yes, Art. The New York Times (6
December 2004).

Voight, Rebecca "When Art Mocks- and Inspires-Fashion." International Herald
Tribune (12 March 1999).






Volk, Gregory. Big Brash Borough. Art in America 142, no. 8 (September 2004): 92-97.

Von Ziegesar, Peter. Review, Kansas City Star.

Wei, Lilly. Oliver Herring. ARTnews 106, no. 5 (May 2007): 158.

Yablonsky, Linda. Hotel Rooms Become Overnight Stars. The New York Times (8 July 2007).

York, Hildreth. Seen from Above. Surface Design Journal 32, no. 3 (Spring 2008): 22-29.

Yufe, Julie. "Art Under Wear, Art/Fashion." The Columbia Spectator (27 March 1997).
. "Pullin the Wool Over Our Eyes?" The Independent (8 June 1997).

Zimmer, William. "Show of Work Resembling Items at Hand." The New York Times
(15 March 1998).