DENNIS ADAMS

 (b. 1948, Des Moines, Iowa)

 

Solo Exhibitions/Installations

2005    Makedown. Kent Gallery, New York

 

2004    PhotoEspana 04, Madrid

            Galeria Moises Perez de Albeniz, Pamplona, Spain

            Pabellón Villanueva, Royal Bontanical Garden, Madrid

            Mies van der Rohe Pavilion, Barcelona

            Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris

            Lumen Travo, Amsterdam

 

2003    Le Mois de la photo. Maison de la Culture, Parc Frontenac, Montreal

 

2002    Kent Gallery, New York

            Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris

 

2001    Contemporary Museum, Baltimore

           

2000    13 Quai Voltaire, Caisse des Depots et Consignations, Paris

            La Femis, Paris (screening)

            Velan Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy

            Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam

 

1999    Outtake.  Kent Gallery, New York

            Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris

            Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb

            Neue Messe München, Munich

 

1997    Vanities.  Kent Gallery, New York

 

1996    Dennis Adams: Ederle. Queens Museum of Art, Flushing, New York (catalogue)

            Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris

           

1995    Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris

Dennis Adams: 10 thru 20. Stroom HCBK, The Hague (catalogue)

La  Chaufferie. Galerie de l'Ecole des Arts Decoratifs, Strasbourg

Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam

 

1994    Dennis Adams: Transactions. Museum Van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp (catalogue)

Dennis Adams: Selling History. Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston (catalogue)

Kent Gallery, New York

Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich

 

1993    Dennis Adams: Der mull, (...) und der tod.  Portikus, Frankfurt (catalogue)

Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris

 

1992    Galerie Franck + Schulte, Berlin

Dennis Adams: The East Pavillion.   Sala Montcado de la Fundacio 'La Caixa,' Barcelona (catalogue)

Dennis Adams: Port of View.  Musée Cantini, Marseille (catalogue)

 

1991    Dennis Adams: Road to Victory.  Projects Room, Museum of Modern Art, New York

The Orangerie, Englischer Garten, Munich

Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam

 

1990    Dennis Adams: The Architecture of Amnesia. Kent Fine Art, New York (catalogue)

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.

Optica Gallery. Montreal

Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris

 

1989    John Weber Gallery, New York

Galerie Meert-Rihoux, Brussels

Christine Burgin Gallery, New York

 

1988    Clocktower Gallery, Institute for Contemporary Art, New York

            Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris

Nature Morte Gallery, New York

De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam

Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio

 

1987    Alternative Museum, New York

            City University Graduate Center Mall, New York

 

1986    Nature Morte Gallery, New York

 

1985    East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina

 

1984    The Kitchen, New York

 

1980    California State University, Long Beach

             Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

 

1979    Artists Space, New York

             Minneapolis College of Art and Design

 

1978    D.C. Space, Washington, D.C.

 

1976    Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia

 

1975    Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio

            Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

 

1974    Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

 

1972    Akron Art Institute, Akron, Ohio

 

1971    Philadelphia Art Alliance

 

Public Works

2005    Whitehall Ferry Terminal, New York

            Bayamon station, San Juan, Puerto Rico

            Minneapolis Community College

 

2003    Stadium.  Utrecht

            WaterTable.  Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Administration Building, Miami

 

2001    Seize. Contemporary Museum and Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

            Afwekplaats for Small Cars.  Witte de With, Rotterdam

            Bus Shelter IV.  Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen, Germany

 

2000    Tribüne. Neue Messe München, Munich

 

1999    Takedown. Trg bana Jelacica, Zagreb, Croatia

            Bunnik Side. Multiple urban sites, Utrecht

            Retake.  Bryn Mawr Station, Art on the Line, Philadelphia

 

1998    New Trade Center, Munich

            Staten Island Ferry Terminal, New York

            Outtake. Kurfürstendamm, Berlin

 

1997    Wake. State University of New York, Purchase

 

1996    Goaltender. Sonder Boulevard, Copenhagen

 

1995    Coda. Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam

Tributaries. West Queens High School, Long Island City, New York

Apertura. Portugalete, Bilbao

 

1994    Memento Mori.  Place de Tilleuils, Saint-Denis, France

Hematuria. Hoek Amerikalei, Kasteelstraat, Antwerp

 

1993    Monongahela Station. Point State Park, Pittsburgh

Squatter's View. Kalkhaven, Dordrecht, The Netherlands

 

1992    Arcadian Blind.  Floriadepark, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands

Réservoir. Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, Montreal

Port of View. Quai du Port, Marseille

Una Vez. Plaza del Generalisimo, Ubeda, Spain

 

1991    Emancipation. Columbus Avenue and Park Plaza, Boston

Vanities. Königsplatz, Munich

 

1990    Terminus II. Oostereiland, Hoorn, The Netherlands

Community Table. Neighborhood Center, Polenburg, The Netherlands

Foyers. Gateshead, England

Siege. Butcher Gate and Waterloo Street, Derry, Northern Ireland

            Bus Shelter V & VI. Schönebecker Höfe and Riegelweg, Essen, Germany

 

1989    Ticket Booth. Lobby, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Pedestrian Tunnels. Vogelsangbrücke and Maillestrasse, Esslingen, Germany

Kunstinsel. Ferdinandstor and Glockengiesserwall, Hamburg

The Procession. La Grande Arche, La Défense, Paris

The Algerian Folie. Parc La Villette, Paris

 

1988    Reworking. Multiple urban sites, Geneva

            Fallen Angels. Watiangasse 6, Graz, Austria

            Public Commands/Other Voices.  Martin Luther King Jr. Metrorail Station, Miami

            Bus Station. West and Liberty Streets, New York.  In collaboration with Andrea Blum

            Bus Shelter VIII. Queen and Bay Streets, Toronto

            Bus Shelter VII. C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, Brookville, New York

 

1987    Bus Shelter IV. Domplatz, Münster

 

1986    Bus Shelter II. Fourteenth  Street and Third Avenue, New York

 

1985    A Podium for Dissent. Battery Park City Landfill, New York.  In collaboration with Nicholas Goldsmith and Ann Magnuson

 

1983    Bus Shelter I. Broadway and Sixty-Sixth Street, New York

 

1978    Patricia Hearst: A Second Reading. Ten Windows on Eighth Avenue, New York

 


Selected Group Exhibitions

2005    Regarding Terror: The RAF- Exhibition. Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin

            Documentary Strategies. TENT, Center for Visual Arts, Rotterdam.

            Burlesques. Jeu de Paume, Paris

            Percent for Art. Center for Architecture, New York

 

2004    Fight the Power.  Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris

            Cremers haufen. alltag, prozesse, handlungen: kunst der 60er jahre und heute. Landusmuseum,Münster

            Ambulates/Cultural Portátil: Actitudes y Prototipos en el Espacio p™blico.  Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Seville

            Shake. Villa Arson, Nice. Traveled to OK Centrum für Gegenwartstkunst, Linz

            TROU-art & archi & art. La Galerie, Noisy-le-Sec, France

            Paysages invisibles. Musée Départemental diArt Contemporain de Rochechouart, Rochechouart, France

            La Collection continue. Centre Culturel Una Volta, Bastia, France

            Sammeln-Portraitfotografien. Neuer Kunstverein, Aschaffenburg, Germany

 

2003    Poétiques de l'espace. Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain Bretagne, Chateaugiron, France

            Warum. Gropius Bau, Berlin

            20 ans : Collection. Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain Basse-Normandie, Caen, France

            Le Mois de la Photo à Montreal. Montreal

            Global Priority. Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

            Regarde la  neige. Centre National d'Art et du Paysage, Ile de Vassiviere, France

 

2002    Vidéo topiques:  Tours et retours de l'art vidéo. Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, France

            Endless Summer. Kent Gallery, New York

            Unforgettable. Chelsea Studio Gallery, New York

            Arte/Citade/Grupo de intervencao urbana. Sao Paulo

            Photography as Commentary. Kent Gallery, New York

            Ars Lucis et Umbrae. Museum im Palais Kinsky, Vienna

 

2001    Contemporary Narratives. Curated by John Moore  Schick. Art Gallery, Skidmore College,

            Saratoga Springs, New York

            Arbeit Essen Angs.t  Kokerei Zollverein, Essen, Germany

La Bretagne collectionne l'art de notre temps. Les Vingt ans du FRAC Bretagne: Comme à la maison. Ecole  Supérieure d' Arts, Lorient, France

Hortus Conclusus.  Witte de With, Rotterdam

Double Vision: Photographs from the Strauss Collection. University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach. Traveled to the Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego

VOX. Kent Gallery, New York

 

2000    Open Ends: One Thing After Another.  Museum of Modern Art, New York

            Un Siecle d'arpenteurs : Les Figures de la marche. Musée Picasso, Paris

            Parcours. Saint-Germain des Prés, Paris

            Domiciles, de la maison à la ville, de la construction à  la ruine. Centre d'Art de Tanlay, Périgny, France

            Collection of Anne-Marie Charbonneaux. Espace Gantner, Bourogne, France

            Around 1984: A Look at Art in the 80's. P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City,  New York

            Whitney Biennial.  Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

 

1999    Stimuli. Curated by Bartomeu Mari.  Witte de With, Rotterdam

            Private Room/Public Space. Almeers Centrum Hedendaagse Kunst— De Paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands

            Panorama.  Centraal Museum, Utrecht

The Promise of Photography. P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York. Traveled to Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt

Facettes de la collection du FRAC de Bass-Normandie ,Caen.  Centre d'Art Contemporain,Brussels e-

            Espace, modes d'emploi. Centre d'Art Passerelle, Brest, France

            Drawing in the Present Tense  Parsons School of Design, New York

            Dream Architecture. Kent Gallery, New York

            Billboard, Art on the Road. MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts

            Comfort Zone. PaineWebber Art Gallery, New York

 

1998    Do All Oceans Have Walls?  Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen

            10 Years PORTIKUS Frankfurt. P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York

            Meeting Point. Galerie Lumen Travo, Amserdam

Points of Departure: Art on the Line. Septa 's R5 Train Stations, Philadelphia to Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

 

1997    L'oeil Alerte: Oeuvres de la collection du FRAC Bretagne. Galerie du TNB, Rennes, France

            Acquisitions Récentes. Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain Basse-Normandie, Caen

            Street Furnitur. Municipal Arts Society, New York

            1997 Biennial Exhibition of Public Art. State University of New York, Purchase, New York

            21st Century Streetscape. Municipal Arts Society, New York

 

1996    Light into Darkness. Kent Gallery, New York

            Box. Fotouchi Cramer Gallery, New York

            Le Musée des Beaux-Arts, Paris

            City Space. Copenhagen

            Luminous Image. Alternative Museum, New York

            American Art. Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhans, Munich

 

1995    Semblances. Museum of Modern Art, New York

            Sortir de sa Réserve. Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris

            Human/Nature. The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York

            Premiers Dons 1964-1965 et Dons 1989-1994. Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, Montreal

            Light Constructions. Museum of Modern Art, New York

            Le Monde apres la photographie. Musée d'Art Moderne, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. Traveled to Villa Arson, Nice

            Temporality Possessed: The Semi-Permanet Collection. The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York

Puenteäde pasage: Una Exposicion internacional des artes visuales en el Puente Vizcaya.  Bilbao

Artistes/Architectes. Le Noveau Musée, Villeurbanne, France

The Dakis Joannou Collection. Athens School of Fine Arts

            Konstruktion Zitat: Kollektive Bilder in der Fotografie. Sprengel Museum Hannover

 

1994    Sortir de sa réserve. Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris.

            Public Interventions. Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

            Inaugural Exhibition. Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva

 

1993    Art is Life. Museo dell' Automobile, Turin, Italy

            Dennis Adams, Jochen Gerz, and Lawrence Weiner. Galerie Anselm Dreher, Berlin

            Moving. Stichting de Appel Foundation, Amsterdam.

            Three Rivesr Arts Festival. Pittsburgh

Austrian Triennial on Photography 1993: War. Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria

Licth-Räume. Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany: Traveled to Bauhaus Dessau, Berlin

Stadfahrt/City Tour. Kunst im offentlichen Raum, Hamburg

51 48' -04 40' Kalhaven NL Dordrecht.  Dordrecht, The Netherlands

Images pour la lutte contre le sida. Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

The Camera Politic. Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh: Traveled to La Sala Mendoza, Caracas; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

 

1992    Edities van Kunsternaars van de Galerie. Galerie Luman Travo, Amsterdam

Notes from the Material World: Contemporary Photomontage. John Michail Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

            Internationale Künstlerplakate Saarbrücken. Saarbrucken, Germany

            Allocaties/Allocations. Floriadepark, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands

            Neuerwerbungen 1990–1992. Stúdtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich

The Power of the City/ The City of Power. Whitney Museum of American Art Downtown, New York

Pour la suite du Monde. Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, Montreal

C'est pas la fin du monde. Galerie du Théâtre National de Bretagne, Rennes, France

Queues, Rendez-Vous, Riots: Questioning the Public. Walter Phillips Art Gallery, Banff, Alberta, Canada

Special Collections: The Photographic Order from Pop to Now. International Center of Photography Midtown, New York. Traveled to Deutsch Foundation, Lausanne, Switzerland; Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe; Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia; Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach; The Museums at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York; Vancouver Art Gallery; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska

Post Human. FAE Musée d'Art Contemporain,Pully/Lausanne. Traveled to Castello di Rivioli, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivioli, Turin; Deste Foudation for Contemporary Art, Athens; Deichtorhallen, Hamburg

            Cross Section. Battery Park City and the World Financial Center, New York

            This is My Body: This is My Blood. Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

            Plus Ultra: Proyecto de arte p™blico del Pabellon de Andalucia.  Andalucia, Spain

            Avant-Garde & Kampagne.  Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany

            L'art renouvelle la ville : Urbanisme et art contemporain. Musée National des Monuments Francais, Paris

            Commodity Image. International Center of Photography, New York. Traveled to the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Kunsthal Rotterdam; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California; High Museum at Georgia Pacific, Atlanta

 

1991    The Political Arm. John Weber Gallery, New York

Enclosures and Encounters: Architectural Aspects of Recent Sculpture. Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York

Persona. Kent Fine Art, New York

ISARprojekt 1991: Fotografie. Foto-Projekt München, Munich

Power: Its Icons, Myths and Structures in American Culture, 1961-1991. Indianapolis Museum of Art. Traveled to the Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond

Oikos. Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris

Constructing Images: Synapse Between Photography and Sculpture. Lieberman & Saul Gallery, New York. Traveled to Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida; Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona; San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California

Artists of Conscience: Sixteen Years of Social and Political Commentary. Alternative Museum, New York

Recognitions/Interpretations/Intervention. University of Virginia, Charlottesville

            ArgusAuge. Stúdtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus/Kulturreferat der Landeshauptstadt München, Munich

Departures: Photography 1923-1990. Organized by Independent Curators. Traveled to the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worchester, Massachusetts; Denver Art Museum; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska; Pittsburgh Center for the Arts; Goldie Paley Gallery at Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia; Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, Savannah, Georgia

Variations on Themes: Recent Print Acquisitions. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

 

1990    Information. Terrain Gallery, San Francisco

            Dennis Adams, IFP, Ange Leccia. Galerie Wilma Tolkdorf, Hamburg

            Insect Politics: Body Horror/Social Order. Hallwalls, Buffalo

            A New Necessity: Tyne International Exhibition. Gateshead, England

            The Ready Made Boomerang: Sydney Biennale. Sydney

            Uncommon Ground: Architecture and Sculpture. 2AES Gallery, San Francisco

Passages de l'image. Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. Traveled to Fondació Caixa de Pensions, Barcelona; Wexner Art Center, Columbus, Ohio; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Museum

The World of Towers: From Babylon to Manhattan. Commune di Milano, Milan

The Decade Show. Organized by Group Material. Studio Museum in Harlem, New York

Tianamen Memorial Exhibition. Sponsored by the Congressional Human Rights Foundation.  Russell Rotunda, Washington, D.C.

For Real Now. Stichting De Achterstraat, Hoorn, The Netherlands

Life-Size: A Sense of the Real and Recent Art. Israel Museum, Jerusalem

New Works for Different Places. TSWA Four Cities Project. Derry, Glasgow, Newcastle, and Plymouth, U.K.

Images in Transition: Photographic Representation in the Eighties. National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto. Traveled to National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

Public Mirror: Artists against Racial Prejudice. Clocktower Gallery, Institute for Contemporary Art, New York

Rendez-vous manque 2. Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris

 Empire State Biennial. Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York

Rhetorical Image. Curated by Milena Kalinovska. New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York

 

1989    Images Critiques: Adams, Jaar, Jammes, Wall. Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris

Conspicuous Display. Stedman Art Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey

Sequence (Con)Sequence: (Sub)Versions of Photography in the 80s. Edith C. Blum Art Institute, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

Fonds National d'Art Contemporain: Acquisitions 1988. Fondation Nationale des Arts Graphiques et Plastiques, Paris

Revamp, Review. Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, New York

The Photography of Invention: American Pictures of the 1980s. National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Traveled to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Jet Lag. Turon Travel, New York

Bientot 3 ans. Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris

Magiciens de la Terre. Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou and La Grande Halle, Parc La Villette, Paris

Dennis Adams, Alan Belcher, Jennifer Bolande. Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles

Public Domain. Kent Fine Art, New York

Tenir l'image à distance. Musée d'Art Contemporain, Montreal

Not Photography. Meyers Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica, California

D&S Ausstellung. Kunstverein Hamburg

Strategie & Rhetorik: Dennis Adams, John Baldessari, Jochen Gerz. Galerie Anselm Dreher, Berlin

1. Internationale Foto-Triennale. Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany

Dennis Adams, Christian Boltanski, Alfredo Jaar. Elwood Fine Arts, Seattle, Washington

Dennis Adams, Ange Leccia, Not Vital. Galerie Faust, Geneva

FAUXtography. Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California

Outdoor Projects: Dan Graham, Dennis Adams, Ludger Gerdes. Ulla Klot, Hamburg

Fax of Life. APAC Contemporary Art Center, Nevers, France

 

1988    Constructions: Between Sculpture and Architecture. Sculpture Center, New York

            Material Ethics. Milford Gallery, New York

Photography on the Edge. Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Insight/ On Site. Hillwook Art Gallery, C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, Brookville, New York

Presi x incantamento: La Nuova fotograhia internazionale. Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan

Reprises de vues. Halle Sud, Geneva

Accrochage l: Dennis Adams, Dan Graham, Louise Lawler. Galerie Meert-Rihoux, Brussels

Rendez-vous manqués. Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris

LInventaire : Les Dimensions ordinaires. Manufrance, Saint-Etienne, France

Art in Public Places. Metro-Dade Center, Miami, Florida

The Whole World Is Still Watching. Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago

The Plight of the Figure. Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York

Politically Charged. First Street Forum, Saint Louis, Missouri

Bezugspunkte 38/88. Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria

Dennis Adams, Alfredo Jaar, Jeff Wall.  Tomoko Liguori Gallery, New York

New Music America—Miami Festival. Miami

Public Discourse