ALTMEJD David
Born in Montreal, Canada,1974
Lives and works in New York
Biography
Selected One-Person Exhibitions
2018
— Magic Loop, Modern Art, London, UK
2017
— David Altmejd: The Vessel, Glenbow, Calgary, Canada
2016
— The Flux and the Puddle, MNBAQ, Québec, Canada
— L’air, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
— Géants, Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
2015-2016
— The Flux and the Puddle, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
2015
— Faces, Modern Art, London, UK
— Flux, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
2014-2015
— Flux, Mudam Luxembourg, Musée d’Art Moderne Grand- Duc Jean, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2014
— Flux, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
— Juices, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2013
— David Altmejd, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium (cat.)
2012
— David Altmejd: The Orbit, MOCA Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, USA
— David Altmejd, Modern Art, London, UK
2011
— Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Greenwich, CT, USA (cat.)
— Conte crépusculaire (Twilight Tale) with composer-performer Pierre Lapointe, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montréal, QC, Canada
— Andrea Rosen, New York, NY, USA
2010
— Le guide, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
— Colossi, Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, Belgium
2009
— Les Abattoirs, Curated by Pascal Pique, Toulouse, France
— Le Magasin - Centre National d’Art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
2008
— David Altmejd, Modern Art, London, UK
— Doctor Atomic, Gallery Met at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY, USA
— Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2007
— David Altmejd. Stages, Curated by Silvia Sauquet, Fundació La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain (brochure)
— David Altmejd, Métamorphose/Metamorphosis, Curated by Louise Déry, Oakville Galleries in Gairloch Gardens, Oakville, ON, Canada. Travelled to: Galerie de l’UQAM, Montréal, QC, Canada; Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, AB, Canada (cat.)
— David Altmejd: The Index, Venice Biennale, Commissioned by Louise Déry, Canadian Pavilion, Venice, Italy (cat.)
2006
— David Altmejd, Modern Art, London, UK
2005
— The Builders, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
2004
— Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2003
— David Altmejd: Sculpture, Galerie Optica, Montréal, QC, Canada
— Sarah Altmejd, Centre des arts actuels Skol, Montréal, QC, Canada
2002
— Clear Structures for a New Generation, Ten in One Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1999
— Modèles d’esprit et jardins intérieurs, Galerie B-312, Montréal, QC, Canada (brochure)
1998
— Jennifer, Galerie Clark, Montréal, QC, Canada
— Table no.2, Centre des arts actuels Skol, Montréal, QC, Canada
Selected Two-Person Exhibitions
2016
— Self-Fiction, Dubbelsolo David Altmejd & Friedrich Kunath, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017-2018
— Private Choices, Centrale for Contemporary Art, Brussels, Belgium
— Voyage d’Hiver, Château de Versailles, Versailles, France
— Magritte, Broodthaers & l’art contemporain, Musée Magritte, Brussels, Belgium
2017
— Miroir Miroir, MUDAC, Lausanne, Switzerland
— Dream Machines, James Cohan, New York, NY, USA
2016-2017
— In Search of The Present, EMMA, Espoo, Finland
— From Here To Eternity, La Maison Particulière, Brussels, Belgium
— Theories of Modern Art, Modern Art, London, UK
— Human Figure, Charles Riva Project, Brussels, Belgium
2016
— Solid Liquids - Internationale Tendenzen der Skulptur in der Gegenwartskunst, Kunsthalle Münster, Münster, Germany
— A Material Legacy: The Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Collection of Contemporary Art, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
2015-2016
— 2050. A Brief History of The Future, The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
2015
— Possible Collection, Honolulu, Zürich, Switzerland
— Rock Hound Swap Meet, organized by Randy Wray, Junior Projects, New York, NY, USA
— Rêve Caverne, Château-Musée, Tournon-sur-Rhône, France
2014
— The Grace of a Gesture: Fifty Years of Gifts, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
— Love Story - Anne & Wolfgang Titze Collection, Belvedere Museum, Vienna, Austria
— Hybrids, Curated by Tatyana Franck, Galerie Sophie Scheidecker, Paris, France
— Man in the Mirror, The Walter Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, Belgium
— Lone Tree, Marlborough Chelsea, London, UK
— Homecoming, Galerie Division, Montréal, QC, Canada
— Elevated: Contemporary Art in the AGO Tower, The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
— Astralis, Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris, France (cat.)
— Misled by Nature, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada
— States of mind, Maison Particulière, Brussels, Belgium
— David Altmejd, Roni Horn, Didier Vermeiren, Danh Vo, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
— The Body Metonymic, Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester, MI, USA
2013
— Chambres à Part VIII: Voir est un fable, Laurence Dreyfus Art Consulting, Paris, France
— Science of Dreams, The Arsenal Montréal, Montréal, Canada
— À mes amies les licornes, Curated by Cynthia Girard, Parisian Laundry, Montréal, Canada
— Theatrical Gestures, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel
— My Little Paradise, Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, Belgium (cat.)
— Jew York, Zach Feuer Gallery & Untitled Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2012
— La Belle et la Bête, L’Institut Culturel Bernard Magrez, Bordeaux, France
— Builders: Canadian Biennial 2012, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada (cat.)
— Inside Out and from the Ground Up, MOCA Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, USA
— Misled by Nature: Contemporary Art and the Baroque, organised by the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON and The Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Travelled to: Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON, Canada and the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
— Hybrides et Chimères: la conquête d’un rêve éveillé, Musée Goya de Castres, Tarn, France (cat.)
— Pothole, Salon 94 Bowery, New York, NY, USA
— Zoo, Curated by Marie Fraser, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada (cat.)
— Figury/Figures, Curated by Agniezka Tarasiuk and Fabio Cavalluci, Centre for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
— Fairy Tales, Monsters and the Genetic Imagination, Curated by Mark Scala, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN, USA (cat.). Travelled to: Winnipeg Art Gallery, MB, Canada and the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB, Canada
2011
— Barroco Nova, Site 3: The Fold and Possible Worlds, London Museum, London, ON, Canada,
— HabitéR/Collection Frac Midi-Pyrénées, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
— Night Scented Stock, Curated by Todd Levin, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY, USA
— The Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture, Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea, London, UK (cat.)
— Mystère, Mystères, Flaran Abbey, Gers, France
— Mondes inventés - Mondes habités, Curated by Marie-Noëlle Farcy and Clément Minighetti, MUDAM, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
— The House Without the Door, David Zwirner, New York, NY, USA
— Everything You Can Imagine Is Real…, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
— Der Traum vom Fliegen, Curated by Britta Heinrich, Haus Der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
2010
— Surrealist Conspiracy, Curated by Michael Rooks, High Museum of Art, Wieland Pavilion Skyway Galleries, Atlanta, GA, USA
— It Is What It Is. Recent Acquisitions of New Canadian Art, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada (cat.)
— Ten Year Permanent Collection, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
— Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Curated by Jeff Koons, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, USA (cat.)
— Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum Rotunda, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, USA
— The Visceral Body, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada (cat.) — Alpha Omega: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece (cat.)
2009
— Everyday Above Ground is a Good One: Reflections of the Underworld, Reg Vardy Gallery, Sunderland, UK
— Collection: MOCA’s First 30 Years, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
— Performance/Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, USA
— Between Spaces, Curated by Tim Goossens and Kate McNamara, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY, USA
— Sobey Art Award 2009, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS, Canada
— Saint-Nazaire Biennale, Curated by Adam Budak and Laurence Gateau, Nantes, France
— Dream Time, Caves, Contemporary Art and Transhistory, Curated by Pascal Pique, Mas d’Azil Prehistoric Cave, Toulouse, France
— Emporte-moi/Sweep Me Off My Feet, Curated by Nathalie de Blois and Frank Lamy, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, QC, Canada. Travelled to: Musée d’art contemporain du Val-de-Marne, France 2008
— Without Walls, Museum 52, New York, NY, USA
— Art Gallery of Toronto, ON, Canada — Freeway Balconies, Curated by Collier Schorr, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany
— Lustwarande 08 - Wanderland, Fundament Foundation, Tilburg, The Netherlands (cat.)
— Legende, Château et Fabriques du Domaine Départemental de Chamarande, France (cat.)
— Québec Triennial, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada (cat.)
— Liverpool Biennial, Curated by Lawrence Sillars, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
— Intrus/Intruders, Curated by Mélanie Boucher, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Quebec, QC, Canada (cat.)
— Installations: Selections from the Guggenheim Collections, Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
— Second Thoughts, Hessel Museum of Art & CCS Galleries, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA
2007
— The New Authentics: Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation, Curated by Staci Boris, Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL, USA. Travelled to: The Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA (cat.)
— Star Power: Museum as Body Electric, Curated by Cydney Payton, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO, USA (cat.)
— Six Feet Under: Autopsy of Our Relation to the Dead, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Travelled to: The Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
— David Altmejd, Renate Anger and Eric Cameron, Curated by Micah Lexier, Birch Libralato, Toronto, ON, Canada
— Fractured Figure: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens, Greece (cat.)
— To Build a Fire, Curated by Yuri Masnyj, Rivington Arms, New York, NY, USA
— Disorder in the House, Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, Belgium
— Effigies, Modern Art, London, UK 2006
— Six Feet Under: Autopsy of Our Relation to the Dead, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Travelled to: Stiftung Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden, Germany (cat.)
— The Eight Square, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (cat.)
— The Guggenheim Collection, Kunsthalle Bonn, Bonn, Germany (cat.)
— The Dining Room Show, Andrea Rosen Gallery, Amagansett, NY, USA
— A Brighter Day, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY, USA (cat.)
2005
— L’écho des limbes, Curated by Nathalie de Blois, Galerie Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montréal, QC, Canada (cat.)
— Blake & Sons. Alternative Lifestyles and Mysticism in Contemporary Art, Curated by René Zechlin, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, University College, Cork, Ireland (cat.)
— The Zine UnBound: Kults, Werewolves and Sarcastic Hippies, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA (cat.)
— The The, Modern Art, London, UK
— Ideal Worlds. New Romanticism in Contemporary Art, Curated by Max Hollein and Martina Weinhart, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany (cat.)
— David Altmejd, Mathew Cerletty, Kirsten Everberg, Alisa Margolis and Sophie Van Hellerman, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
2004
— Noctambule, organised by D’Amelio Terras, Fondation Dosne - Bibliothèque Thiers, Paris, France
— Whitney Biennial 2004, Curated by Chrissie Iles, Shamim M. Momim and Debra Singer, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, USA (cat.)
— Scream, Curated by Fernanda Arruda and Michael Clifton, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA (cat.)
2003
— Material Eyes, LFL Gallery, New York, NY, USA
— Licht, organised by Optica, Art Forum Berlin, Berlin, Germany and Montréal, QC, Canada
— 8th Istanbul Biennial, Curated by Dan Cameron, Istanbul, Turkey
— Détournements, Maison de la Culture Côte-des-Neiges, Montréal, QC, Canada
— Corporate Profits vs. Labor Costs, Curated by John Connelly, D’Amelio Terras Gallery, New York, NY, USA
— Now Playing: Daniel Reich Gallery, John Connelly Presents, K48, D’Amelio Terras Gallery, New York, NY, USA
— Life/Like, Apartment 5BE Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2002
— Demonclownmonkey, Curated by Matthew Ritchie, Artist Space, New York, NY, USA
— Lucky Draw, Sculpture Center, Deitch Projects, New York, NY, USA
2001
— Interval: New Art for New Space, Sculpture Center, New York, NY, USA
— How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Recession, Ten in One Gallery, New York, NY, USA
— Point de chute, Curated by Louise Déry, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montréal, QC, Canada. Travelled to: Centre d’art Contemporain, Brussels, Belgium (cat.)
1998
— Stimuli, Curated by Nicolas Baier and Emmanuel Galland, Maison de la Culture Frontenac, Montréal, QC, Canada (cat.)
— Artifice 98, Saidye Bronfman Art Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
— Les Bricolos, Galerie Clark, Montréal, QC, Canada
Selected Monographs and Exhibition Catalogues
2015
— VENERO, I. and ONTIVEROS, A., eds., 25 Years Of Andrea Rosen Gallery, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
2014
— PIQUE, P., Astralis, Espace Cultural Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
— HOBBS, R., et al., David Altmejd, Damiani, Bologna
— ALTMEJD, D., MICHAUD, F., David Altmejd: Exposition, Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne De La Ville De Paris, Paris: Paris-Musées
2013
— OP DE BEECK, H., My Little Paradise, Middelheimmuseum, Antwerp
— KASTNER, J., David Altmejd, Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Greenwich
— VAN DEN BOOGAARD, O., David Altmejd, Xavier hufkens, Brussels
— HOLZWARTH, H. W., ed., Art Now: volume 4, Berlin, Taschen
— SHEEDEN, J., AGO: Highlights from the Collection of The Art Gallery of Ontario, Ontario
— TOSATTO, G. and WIESINGER, V., Alberto Giacometti. Espace, tête, figure, Actes Sud, Paris
— TRIGG, S., Studio Life: Rituals, Collections, Tools, and Observations on the Artistic Process, Princeton Architectural Press, New York
2012
— SOLLINS, S., Art: 21, Volume 6: Art in the Twenty-First Century, Thames & Hudson, London
— KOONS, J., Skin Fruit: A View of a Collection, DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Gre
— BERNSHAUSEN, S., ed., VI5IONS: 15 Years Deutsche + Guggenheim, Frankfurt am Main, Deutsche Bank AG New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation
— ROLLIN, P., et al., Sympathy for the Devil, Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels
— CROWSTON, C., et al., Misled by Nature: Contemporary Art and the Baroque, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
— AUGE, J.-L., et al., Hybrides et chimères, la conquête d’un rêve éveillé, Toulouse, Les Abattoirs; Tarn, Musée Goya de Castres
— SHAUGHNESSY, J., et al., Builders: Canadian Biennial 2012, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
— FRASER, M., et al., Zoo, Montréal, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
— SCALA, M. W., Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination, Nashville, Frist Center for the Visual Arts
2011
— NUNEZ-FERNANDEZ, L., The Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture, London, Saatchi Gallery
— ROSENBERG, D., Art of Flying: les nouveaux horizons de l’art, Paris, Editions Assouline
— SINGER, D., and VOLK, G., Night Scented Stock, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
2010
— PHILLIPS, L., et al., Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection, New Museum, New York
— GIONI, M., et al., Alpha Omega: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens, Deste Foundation
— AUGAITIS, D., Visceral Bodies, Vancouver, Vancouver Art Gallery
— DROUIN-BRISEBOIS, J., It Is What It Is: Recent Acquisitions of New Canadian Art, Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada
— Visionaire 57: 2010, Visionaire, New York
2009
— GUILMOT, M., Emporte-Moi! Sweep Me Off My Feet, Quebec, Musée National des Beaux-Arts
— CRONIN, R. and FILLMORE, S., eds., Sobey Art Award 2009, Nova Scotia: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
— MCCORMACK, D., The Show that Smells, Akashic Books, New York
— THORNTON, S., Seven Days in the Art World, W. W. Norton & Company, New York
2008
— DALTON, T., David Altmejd Talks About the Warewolf, Mythtym, Picture Box, Brooklyn, NY
— BELISLE, J., et al., Nothing is Lost, Nothing is Created, Everything is Transfomed: the Québec Triennial 2008, Montréal, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
— BOUCHER, M., Intrus/Intruders, Quebec, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
— CLUITMANS, L., et al., Lustwarande 08 – Waterland, Tilburg, Fundament Foundation
— DRIESSEN, C., Wanderlust: Excursions In Contemporary Sculpture, Tilburg, Fundament Foundation
— FISCHER, U.; MACLEOD C., eds., Fractured Figure, Athens, Deste Foundation
— HOLZWARTH, H. W., ed., Art Now: volume 3, Berlin, Taschen
— SPECTOR, N., et al., Collier Schor: Freeway Balconies, Berlin, Deutsche Guggenheim
— VAILLANT, A., ed., Legende, Domaine Départemental de Chamarande, Berlin, Sternberg Press
— MCCORMACK, D., The Show that Smells, ECW Press, Toronto, Canada
2007 — Six Feet Under: Autopsy of Our Relation to the Dead, Bern, Kunstmuseum Bern
— David Altmejd: Stages, Barcelona, Fundacio La Caixa,
— BORIS, S., The New Authentics: Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation, Chicago, Spertus Museum
— DÉRY, L., David Altmejd: The Index, Montréal, Galerie de l’UQAM
— SAUQUET, S., David Altmejd: Stages, Barcelona, Fundacio La Caixa
— STORR, R., Think with the Senses. Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense: La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Marsilio
— WILLIAMS, G., The Gothic, Whitechapel, London, The MIT Press, Cambridge
2006
— CALNEK, A., et al., The Guggenheim Collection, New York, Guggenheim Museum Publications
— DÉRY, L., David Altmejd, Montréal, Galerie de l’UQAM
— FIBICHER, B., ed., Six Feet Under: Autopsy of our Relation to the Dead, Bielefeld, Kerber
— HUMPHREY, D., A Brighter Day, New York, James Cohan Gallery
— SCHMIDT, J., Artists, Paris, Edition 7L, p. 146
— WAGNER, F. et al., The Eighth Square: Gender, Life, and Desire in the Arts since 1960, Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz
— ZECHLIN, R.; HEALEY C., eds., Blake & Sons: Alternative Lifestyle and Mysticism in Contemporary Art, Cork, Lewis Glucksman Gallery
2005
— DE BLOIS, N., L’écho des limbes, Montréal, Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery
— GONOLU, B., et al., The Zine Unbound, San Francisco, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
— HOLLEIN, M.; WEINHART M., eds., Ideal World: New Romanticism in Contemporary Art, Ostfildern-Ruit, Hatje Cantz
— KLANTEN, R.; EHMANN S., eds., Hidden Track, How Visual Culture is Going Places, Berlin, Die Gestalten Verlag
2004
— GIRARD, C., Le Soleil et l’Electron, Triptyque, Montréal
— ILES, C.; SHAMIN M. M.; SINGER, D., Whitney Biennial 2004, New York, Whitney Museum
— Scream: 10 artists x 10 writers x 10 scary movies, Miami, The Moore Space 2003
— EVRENGIL, E., ed., 8th International Istanbul Biennial: Poetic Justice, Istanbul: Istanbul Kultur ve Sanat Vakfi
2001
— DÉRY, L., Point de chute, Montréal, Galerie de l’UQAM
— NINACS, A.-M., Point de chute, exhibition catalogue, Montréal, Galerie de l’UQAM
1999
— GIRARD, C., David Altmejd: Modèles d’esprit et jardin intérieurs, Montréal, Galerie B-312
1998
— BRIERE, V. B., David Altmejd: Table No.2, Montréal, Centre des arts actuels Skol
— CARDIN, C., Stimuli, Montréal, Maison de la Culture Frontenac
Selected Articles and Reviews
2015
— ENRIGHT, R. & WALSH, M., Seductive Repulsions: Interview with David Altmejd, Border Crossings, May, pp. 51-63
2014
— BAUMGARDNER, J., David Altmejd, Whitewalls, Winter Issue, pp. 107-115
— HERBERT, M., Previewed, ArtReview, October, pp. 35-40
— PALMERTON, E., Dark Star, Artillery, July-August, p. 48
— BRADLEY, P., David Altmejd: Andrea Rosen, May, p. 166
— Galleries Chelsea: David Altmejd, New Yorker, 10 March, p. 9
— POLLACK, B., Reviews: New York, David Altmejd, Artnews, March, p. 90
—PRENTNIEKS, A., World Of Pure Imagination, Wall Street Journal Magazine, October, pp. 37-38
— ROSS, C. Historical Time Ecologized, Esse N°81, Spring, pp. 66-74
— HALLE, H., Art, Timeout New York, February, p. 34
— ALTMEJD, D., Interview by Ashton Cooper, 24 Questions for Sculptor and Poodle Lover David Altmejd, Blouin Artinfo, February
— EBONY, D., David Altmejd’s Strange ‘Juices’, Art in America Online, 11 February,
— Mosters, Inc., Totonto Life, February, pp. 90-91
— FRANK, P., Artist Perfectly Explains Why No Other Art Form Can Accomplish What Sculpture Does, Huffington Post Online, 10 February
— CASHDAN, M., Maximum Potential, Surface, February, p. 56
2013
— BARLIANT, C., Dream Weaver, FRAME, November, pp. 102-111
— KINSELLA, E., The Next Most Collectible Artists, Art + Auction, June, p. 121
— LITT, S., Inside Out and From the Ground Up, ARTnews, January, p. 102
— POHL, J., Every Little Step Predicts the Next One, The Montréal Gazette, 11 January
2012
— ARCHEY, K., Bright, Incalculable Soul, Kaleidoscope Magazine, Issue 16, pp. 51-56
— BELCOVE, J., Peter Brant: Collector as Curator, Sothebys Magazine, June, pp. 38-41
— BOUCHER, B., MOCA Cleveland Opens in Sleek New Digs, Art in America, 10 October
— CHRISTY, M., Fairy Tales, Monsters and the Genetic Imagination, Art Papers, July-August, p. 56
— CHUNG, A., David Altmejd’s ‘The Eye’ Marks Montréal, Toronto.com, 15 June
— DRUMM, P., David Altmejd, Frieze, June-July-August, p. 211
— ELLIOTT, H., Day Trip: A Porsche Panamera and the art of David Altmejd, Forbes, 28 March
— GOODDEN, S., MOCA Cleveland’s New Building Packs Opening Weekend and Unveils Landmark David Altmejd Work, Artinfo.com, 10 October
— GOODDEN, S.; HALPERIN, J., MOCA Cleveland to Open New $27-Million ‘Kunsthalle’ with David Altmejd’s Largest Vitrine Yet, Artinfo.com, 10 August
— MARCIL, J., Le sculpteur Montréalais David Altmejd deviant sujet du documentaire ‘Chaorismatique’, The Huffington Post, 22 March
— KASTNER, J., David Altmejd, Artforum, February, pp. 231-232.
— POHL, J., Finding our Place in the Animal Kingdom, The Montréal Gazette, 6 July
— RABINOVITCH, S., Artist’s Wonderland, Nuvo, March, cover, 6, 10, pp. 84-89
— VAUGHAN, R.M., Sculptor David Altmejd Creates ‘Objects That Feel Alive’, The Globe and Mail, 20 March,
— WYATT, N., Montréaler David Altmejd Aims To Create Living Ecosystem In Compelling Art, 1310 News, 22 March
— David Altmejd’s Final Days at Brant Foundation, Mondernpainters.com, 27 March
— David Altmejd, Séripop & Stéphane La Rue Among Nominees at the Gala des Arts Visuels, Canadian Art, 29 November
2011
— AUSTIN, T., Smart Art from the De La Cruz Collection, The Miami Herald, 9 January
— BALZER, D., David Altmejd: Modern Myths, Canadian Art 31 March
— BLASBERG, D., A Perfect Fall Day for The Brant Foundation, Harper’s Bazaar, 7 November
— BRESLIN, Y., The Vessel, Life + Times, 14 December
— COHEN, M., David Altmejd: Artful Mutilation of the Human Form, SOMA, Fall
— CORBETT, R., David Altmejd: Creative Theory, Artnet.com, 17 November
— DAHAN, A., Field Trip, W, November
— FRIEDMAN, V., Lunch with the FT: Peter Brant, The Financial Times, 30 December
— GOLDSTEIN, A. M., Art Brought Tom Wolfe and Mary- Kate Olsen Together…, Artinfo.com, 7 November
— HULL, T., Inside the Box: Q+A with David Altmejd, Art in America, 23 March
— KASTNER, J., David Altmejd, Artforum, February
— KUNITZ, D., David Altmejd, Modern Painters, November, cover, pp. 15-16
— LARKIN, D., Traveling the Visual Highway, Hyperallergic.com, 16 November
— LÉVESQUE, S., Au delà des mythes, Nightlife.ca, November, pp. 70-71
— MCCORMACK, D., David Altmejd, The Believer, November-December, pp. 40-47
— MONTPETIT, J., Travel: New Art Pavilion Reflects Montréal’s Bustling Cultural Scene, Guelph Mercury, 7 October
— RABINOVITCH, S., David Altmejd Comes Full Circle, November
— RABINOVITCH, S., Altmejd’s Wonderland, Nuvo, Spring, cover 6, pp. 84-89
— ROONEY, K. L., David Altmejd, The Brooklyn Rail, May
— RUSSETH A., The Next Artist to Tackle Brant Foundation: David Altmejd, The Observer, 28 September
— SALTZ, J., Art, New York Magazine, April — SCOTT, A. K., The Transformer, The New Yorker, 18 April
— ST-AMOUR, D., David Altmejd’s Fairy Tale Theatre, Artinfo.com, 27 May
— VOGEL, C., David Altmejd at Peter Brant’s Gallery, The New York Times, 28 October
— WALSH, B., Q + A with David Altmejd, Art in America, 30 November
— WOLFF, R., Sculpted Monsters of Myth, The Wall Street Journal, 19 November
— YABLONSKY, L., The Cute and the Gross: David Altmejd’s Gorgeous Gothic, The New York Times, 28 March
— David Altmejd: Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Whitewallmag.com, 28 November 2009
— David Altmejd: Beautiful Decay, Lowdown Magazine 67, July-September, pp. 40-45
— DELILLE, Damien, David Altmejd: Travel in the Fantastic, Metal, February/March, pp. 54-59
— LEYDIER, R., We Might Be Giants: David Altmejd in Grenoble, Artpress, May, pp. 31-36
— MILROY, S., David Altmejd wins Sobey Art Award, The Globe and Mail
2008
— BUCK, L., Biology, Nature And Evolution Turned On Their Head, The Art Newspaper 195, October, p. 43
— CHU, I., David Altmejd, Time Out New York 661, May, p. 69
— JOHNSON, K., David Altmejd, The New York Times, 13 June, p. E26
— SALTZ, J., Statuary Story, New York Magazine, June, pp. 76-77
— SHEETS, H. M., A Touch of Frankenstein, ArtNews, October, pp. 134-139
— SELBY, T., Beauty in the Beast, Dazed & Confused, November 2008, pp. 148-153
— VELASCO, D., David Altmejd: Andrea Rosen Gallery, Artforum.com, May
— WATSON, S., Art Papers, September-October
2007
— AMY, M., Sculpture as Living Organism: A Conversation with David Altmejd, Sculpture, December, pp. 22-29
— ASCARI, A., Unknown Pleasure, Mousse 11, November, pp. 62-65
— ASCARI, A., Big Picture, cmagazine94, Summer 2007, p. 49
— CHARLESWORTH, J.J., David Altmejd. Shapeshifter, Art Review, 12 June 2007, pp. 76-82
— DÉRY, L., Biennale de Venise 2007, Art le Sabord, Vol. 78, p. 56
— David Altmejd, Bloom 3.1, Winter, p. 24-29
— David Altmejd’s Canadian Pavilion Goes to Art Gallery of Ontario, The Art Newspaper, September
— DUBÉ, P., Monstrous Energy, Espace Sculpture 79, Spring, pp. 6-12
— DUNMALL, G., The Bird Man, Pol Oxygen 24, pp. 115-122
— GODDARD, P., David Altmejd’s Metamorphosis, Toronto Star 27 January, p. H14
— HONG, C., Beyond Tomorrow, W, November, pp. 212-214
— KADEL, G., David Altmejd, L’Uomo Vogue, May/June
— KENNEDY, R., Venice Biennale: Intimations of Mortality, NYTimes. com, 7 June (30 April 2008 artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com)
— KIMMELMAN, M., The Unruly, Serendipitous Show in Venice, The New York Times, 15 June, p. E29
— MILROY, S., Art with Fur and Big Teeth, The Globe and Mail 30, January, p. R1
— MILROY, S., Meet The Art World’s Latest Sensation, Globe Review, 18 June, p. R1
— REGAN, K., Crossovers: David Altmejd, Border Crossings 26.2, Issue 102, pp. 94-95
— The Out 100, Out 169/170, December 2007 - January 2008, p. 73
— VOGEL, C., In for a Penny, In for the Pounce, The New York Times, 14 June, p. E1
— VON GUSTORF, O. K., Ich weiß, was du diesen Sommer getan hast: Reise ins Licht, Monopol 8, August, pp. 104-113
— VON GUSTORF, O.K.; BORCHERDT G., Hinter den Spiegeln, Monopol 10, October, pp. 86-94
— Work in Progress, V Magazine 49, Fall, pp. 162-163.
— WULLSCHLAGER, J., American Evolution, Financial Times, 9 June, p. 8
2006
— ALESSANDRELLI, I. Z., Exquisite Corpse, Flash Art XXXIX 249, July-September, p. 51
— GESSELL, P., Awoooooo! A Werewolf In Venice, National Post, 12 July, p. AL2
— GRONLUND, M., David Altmejd: Art Star, i-D Magazine 266, May, p. 62
— LARSON, K., Beautiful Mutants, ARTnews, February, pp. 106-106
— Newsmakers: Ones To Watch, Maclean’s, 27 November, p. 77
— SUMPTER, H., David Altmejd, Time Out London, 19-26 April
2005 — A Brilliant Idea, Crystallized 6, Spring-Summer, p. 15
— ARMETIA, A., David Altmejd, Contemporary 70, March, p. 75
— DUPLAT, G., Le sculpteur de loups-garous, La Libre Culture, 30 March, p. 32
— HERBERT, M., The The, Time Out London, 20 July
— HILGER, Strephen, David Altmejd, tema celeste, January/February, pp. 75-76
— KASTNER, J., David Altmejd: Andrea Rosen Gallery, Artforum XLIII, 5 January, pp. 180-181
— KEEGAN, M., ed., David Altmejd and Cynthia Girard, North Drive Press 2, June
— LAWRENCE, J., Contemporary Art: New York, The Burlington Magazine, January, p. 65
— MANN, T., Acquisitions: David Altmejd, Guggenheim Magazine, Winter, p. 11
— MILES, C., David Altmejd, Frieze 88, January-February, p. 98
— NEIL, J. T. D., Emerging Artists: David Altmejd. Jonathan T.D Neil on Gothic Horrors and Crystal Methods, Modern Painters, November, pp. 64- 65
— SPAID, S., David Altmejd, ArtUS 7, March-April, p. 41
— SCHMERLER, S., David Altmejd at Andrea Rosen, Art in America, March, pp. 132-133
— VELASCO, D., Monsters in the Closet: Learning to Love David Altmejd’s Werewolves, Art Papers, July-August, pp. 34- 37
— WILEY, K., Top Ten, Artforum, April, p. 82
2004
— BANKOWSKY, J., This is Today, Artforum, May, p. 170
— BEYER, C. G., Scream: Anton Kern Gallery, Flash Art XXXVII.235, March-April, p. 60
— CANNING, Sue, Whitney Biennial, Sculpture 23.6, July-August, pp. 78-79
— DUNN, Melissa, Whitney Biennial 2004: A Good-Looking Corpse, Flash Art XXXVII.236, May-June, pp. 63, 80
— ENRIGHT, R., Learning from Objects: An Interview with David Altmejd, Border Crossings 23.4, Issue 92, pp. 66-75
— GARRETT, C., Noctambule, Flash Art XXXVII.238, October, p. 60
— GLADMAN, R., 21st Century Werewolf Aesthetics
—An interview with David Altmejd, C Magazine, Summer issue, pp. 36-41
— GLUEK G., David Altmejd: Andrea Rosen Gallery, The New York Times, 26 November, p. E41
— HEARTNEY, E., The Well Tempered Biennial, Art In America, June-July, pp. 70-77
— JOHNSON, K., Is Sculpture Too Free for Its Own Good?, The New York Times, 7 May, p. E36
— JOHNSON, K., Material Eyes, The New York Times, 9 January, p. E44
— JOHNSON, K., Scream, The New York Times, 13 February, p. E36
— KIMMELMAN, M., Touching All Bases At The Biennial, The New York Times, 12 March, p. E27
— KIMMELMAN, M., The Whitney’s Heavy Lifters Look Back, The New York Times, 30 May
— LEE, C., Death Becomes Them, Black Book 34, Fall, pp. 190-192
— LEE, P. M., Crystal Lite, Artforum XLII, 9 May, pp. 174-175
— MC CORMACK, D., Hairy Winston, Elm Street The Look 8.5, Summer, p. 30
— ROSENBAUM, L., Whitney Biennial: A Show the Critics Usually Love to Pan, and for Good Reason, The Wall Street Journal, 23 March, D8
— SALTZ, J., Modern Gothic, The Village Voice, 4 February, p. C85
— SALTZ, J., The OK Corral, The Village Voice, 17 March, p. 80
— SCOTT, A. K., David Altmejd, Dana Schutz and Kirsten Stoltmann,‘Material Eyes’, Time Out New York 431, 1 January, p. 52 — SHOLIS, B., David Altmejd: Hideous Progeny, Flash Art XXXVII.235, March-April, pp. 100-102
— SILLMAN, N., David Altmejd: Andrea Rosen, The Brooklyn Rail, Nov. 2004, 29 April 2008
— SUNDELL, M., The Today Show, Time Out New York 443, 25 March, pp. 56-57
— Thinking Inside the Box, New York, 8 November, pp. 78-79
— TSAI, E., Reviews: David Altmejd, Time Out New York 476, 11 November, p. 65
2002
— David Altmejd, The New Yorker, 25 November, p. 17
— JOHNSON, K., Demonclownmonkey, The New York Times, 19 April
— SALTZ, J., Something Else, The Village Voice, 30 April
— SMITH, R., Clear Structures for a New Generation, The New York Times, 29 November, p. E36
1999
— CREVIER, L., Perles du diable, Ici, 13 May
— MAVRIKAKIS, N., Perle rare, Vior, 27 May
Curatorial Projects
2009 — Daniel Hesidence (ROSE LAUGHTER Winter Holiday), 2009, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Awards
2009
— Sobey Art Award
Public Collections
— Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, Australia
— Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
— Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
— Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
— British Council, Manchester, England
— Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA
— Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, USA
— Galerie de l’UQAM, Montréal, Canada
— K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong, China
— Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
— Monash University Museum of Art, Caulfield East, Australia
— Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
— Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
— Musée d’art moderne Grand-Duc Jean (MUDAM), Luxembourg
— Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
— Musée des beaux-arts du Québec, (The Flux and the Puddle, Long Term Loan until 2026) Québec, Canada
— Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver
— Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, The Rocks, Australia
— Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, USA
— Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
— Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
— National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
— National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
— National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
— Sishang Art Museum, Beijing, China
— Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, USA
— University of Ballarat Art Collection, Ballarat, Australia
— Whitney Museum, New York, NY, USA
