Merlin James. Pictures

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2003
Cac Parc Saint-Leger, Pougues les Eaux, France, February-April
Musee Fabre, Montpellier, France, Summer
2002
Centre d'Art Contemporain d'Ivry, Galerie Fernand Leger/Credac, Ivry-sur-Seine, France, November-December
Art Cologne, KölnMesse GmbH's Rhineside Halls, Germany, October 30 - November 3
Brent Sikkema Gallery, New York, NY
The Box Associati, Torino, Italy, May - September
Rosenwald-Wolfe Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, April - May
Basekamp, Philadelphia, PA, April - May
Elisabeth Kaufmann Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland, January
Mark Mueller Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland, January
2001
Zwemmer Gallery, London, UK
Art Chicago Project Booth, Chicago, IL
2000
A/D Gallery, "Prototypes and Proposals," New York, NY
Installation of small works, curated by Jonathan Van Dyke, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
Brent Sikkema Gallery, New York, NY
Elisabeth Kaufmann, "Zeichnungen - Flex Clock," Basel, Switzerland
Hales Gallery, London, England
1999
Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris, France
The Art Gallery at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Le Quartier, Centre d'Art Contemporain de Quimper, France
1998
Rena Branston Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Wooster Gardens, New York
Elisabeth Kaufmann, Basel, Switzerland
1997
Queens Museum, New York -- James Hyde Paintings, 1992-1997
Paolo Baldacci, New York
Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Margulies Taplin Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
1996
Paolo Baldacci Gallery, Milan, Italy
Paolo Baldacci Gallery, New York
Charlotte Jackson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1995
Hales Gallery, London
Michael Hue-Williams, London
1994
Paolo Baldacci Gallery, New York
Galerie Art-In, Nuremburg, Germany
Art Hotel, Amsterdam
Johan Jonker Galerie, Amsterdam
International Art Fair, solo exhibition booth curated by Barry Schwabsky,
Pier 90, New York
1993
John Good Gallery
Wesleyan University, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Connecticut
Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
1992
Galerie Art In, Nuremburg
1991
John Good Gallery, New York
1989
John Good Gallery, New York
1988
John Good Gallery, New York
1985
Esther Rand Gallery, Tompkins Square Library, New York
1984
Germans Van Eck Gallery, Backroom, New York
1983
Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York
1982
Dean Street Installation, New York
St. Peter's Church at Citicorp, New York

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2002
Keep in Touch
, Brent Sikkema Gallery, NY, April - May
The Tipping Point, curated by David Cohen, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, January 12 - February 23
2001
Love, curated by David Risley, London, England, March
Bondo: From Process to Picture Diana Cooper, Lydia Dona, James Hyde, I-Space, Chicago, IL
Workspace, New York, Summer
Musee Fabre, Montpellier, France
Selections from the Permanent Collection, curated by Bonnie Clearwater, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL, June 1 - July 29
BROOKLYN!, Museum of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, FL
2000
Creazioni della Memoria, curated by Andrea Busto, Piedimonte, Italy
The Flat Files, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY
Pintura, FRAC d' Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Espaces Emancipes, Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris, France
In the Midst of Things, curated by Gavin Wade, London, England
Painting Function, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Offshore, Kunstforeningen, Bergen, Norway
Beautiful, Oxo Tower Wharf, South Bank London
Hex Induction Hour, Team Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Peinture, Demarches Actuelles 2, Villa du Parc, Annemasse, France
Super-Abstr-Action, curated by Andrea Busto, The Box, Torino, Italy
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Joe Fyfe, JamesHyde, and Merlin James, Drawings, Thomas Korzalius Fine Art, New York, NY
Mod, Tricia Collins Gallery, New York, NY
Re: Rauschenberg, Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Do Paintings Dream of Veronese Green, curated by Maia Damaiovic, Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, NY
Material Issues: Recent Gifts from the Collection of Katherine and James Gentry, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
1998
Little, Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art Ltd., New York, NY
Food, Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Fransisco, CA
Wishful Thinking, James Graham & Sons, New York, NY
From Here to Eternity, Max Protetch Gallery, New York, NY
Over the Mantle, Over the Couch, Tricia Collins Contemporary Art,
New York, NY
Painting Objectives, Galerie Evelyne Canus, La Colle-sur-Loup, France
Exploiting the Abstract, Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY
Hey, You Never Know, Kenny Schacter, New York, NY
Substance, Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Lo-Fi Baroque, Thread Waxing Space, New York
Sweet and Low, Sherry Frumkin, Santa Monica, CA
The Corcoran Collects: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C
1997
Current Undercurrent, Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY
Variations of Structure, Trans-Hudson Gallery, NY
Science Show, Paolo Baldacci Gallery, New York
Learn to Paint and Build, Floating Gallery, London
Side by Side, Nathalie Obadia Gallery, Paris
1996
Transformal, curated by Maia Damianovic, Vienna Secession, Vienna
Extending Painting, Max Protech Gallery, New York
1995
Painting Outside Painting: 44th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Farbe: Rationalitat and Emotion, Arbeitung auf Papier Internationale, Galerie Art In, Nuremberg, Germany
A Drawing, Bravin Post Lee, New York
Richard Artschwager, Sam Gilliam, James Hyde, Baumgartner Galleries, Washington, D.C.
Badur, Hyde, Waltemath, Condeso Lawler Gallery, New York
Oy! curated by Kenny Schachter, 121 Greene Street, New York
Group Show, Paolo Baldacci Gallery, New York
Material Abuse, Trans Hudson Gallery, Jersey City, New Jersey
Color, curated by Richard Kalina, Stark Gallery, New York
Other Rooms, Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York
New York Abstract, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans
Richard Woods, Alexandre David, Keith Wilson, James Hyde, Anna Bornholt
Gallery, London
1994
A Survey of American Drawing, Lorient, France
Possible Things: A Drawing Show, curated by Vik Muniz, Bardamu Gallery, New York
Crash, curated by Tom Zummer and Rob Reynolds, Thread Waxing Space, New York
Collectors Choice, curated by Irving and Natalie Forman, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Sante Fe
Across the River and Into the Trees, curated by Collins and Milazzo, The Rushmore Festival Woodbury, New York
Works on Paper, John Good Gallery, New York
Tight, Hales Gallery, London
Turning Up, curated by Henry E. Jones and Clive Sail, London
Contemporary Abstract Painting, Grant Gallery, Denver; Tom Tavelli
Gallery, Aspen, CO
Fall Group Show, John Good Gallery, New York
1993
Plane Truths, Washburn Gallery, New York
Summer Group Exhibition, John Good Gallery, New York
Elvis Has Left the Building (A Painting Show), curated by Collins & Milazzo, New York
Silent Echoes, Tennisportarts, Long Island City, NY
Fragma, Atelier Pierre Zagat, Paris
The Inauguration, Tennisportarts, Long Island City, NY
Re-Parceling Perception, Four Walls, Brooklyn, NY
1992
Jours Tranquilles a Clichy, organized by Alain Kirili, Paris
Hypercarthexis, Stux Gallery, New York
Irony and Ecstasy, curated by Klaus Ottman, Salamo-Caro, London
Re-Framing Cartoons, curated by Thomas Zummer, Wexner Center for the Arts, OH
Who's Afraid of Duchamp, Minimalism and Passport Photography, curated by Collins & Milazzo, Annina Nosei, New York
Pushing Painting, Stark Gallery, New York
Cultural Fabrication, John Good Gallery
Rumored Painting, Anne Plumb Gallery, New York
James Hyde, Jody Lomberg, Fabian Marcaccio, Arena, New York
1991
The Fetish Of Knowledge, curated by James Hyde, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT and A/C Project Room, New York
Synthesis, John Good Gallery, New York
James Hyde, Emil Lucas & Vik Muniz, Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh
Plane Truths, Joan Washburn Gallery, New York
1990
III International Biennial of Paper Art, Leopold-Hoesch Museum, Duren, Germany, traveling exhibition to Denmark, Japan, Canada
nonrePRESENTation, curated by Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Security Pacific Corporation, Los Angeles
Re-Framing Cartoons, curated by Barbara Broughel & Thomas Zummer, Loughelton Gallery, New York
Untitled, John Good Gallery, New York
Provocative Abstraction: New Painting New York, Carl Bornstein Gallery,
Santa Monica
Contemporary Fresco, Stark Gallery, New York
James Hyde and Mike Metz, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York

1989
The Art of Contemporary Triptych, Jamison/Thomas Gallery, New York
Contemporary Abstract Painting: Themes and Variations, HBO Corporate Headquarters, New York
Contemporary Works on Paper, John Good Gallery, New York
Post-Modern Painters, John Good Gallery, New York
Climate 89: Nancy Haynes, James Hyde, Christ Martin, John Good Gallery, New York
1988
Numerators, John Good Gallery, New York
Real Abstract, John Good Gallery, New York
Almost White, Gabrielle Byers Gallery, New York
1987
Stimulations, John Good Gallery, New York
Rigor, curated by Stephen Westfall, John Good Gallery, New York
1986
James Hyde & Mario Sotolongo, John Good Gallery, New York
Geometry Now, curated by Ruth Kaufmann, Craig Cornelius Gallery, New York
1985
55 Mercer Presents Four Artists, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York
1983
Group Show, Jourdan Arpelle Fine Arts, New York
Gray Matter, Barbara Guggenheim, New York
Group Show, Brained Arts Gallery, Potsdam, New York
1982
Group Show, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
New Museum Benefit, New Museum of Contemporary Art New York
1981
Photocollect, New York

EDUCATION
1975-77 University of Rochester
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano, Switzerland
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Progressive Insurance Corporation
Dr. and Mrs. Berlingieri
Dr. and Mrs. Panza
Saks Fifth Avenue
Ruth Kaufmann
Dudley del Balso
Steve Jacobson
French National Art Collection
Marty Marguilies
Claude Berri
Anne and Ron Dees
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, COMMISSIONS
2000-2001 Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship
2000 Lansdowne Lecturer, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
1994 Entrance Atrium-Permanent Installation, Progressive Insurance Corporation Cleveland, Ohio
1993-1994 Public Commission at Progressive Insurance Main Campus, Cleveland, Ohio
1989 Glass Workshop Fellowship, New York, New York
1982 New York State CAPS Grant
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2001
Pienture, Trois Regard, Edicion du Regard Paris, France
Gauthier, Michel, "Le saut de la barriere (a propos d'une peinture absente de James Hyde)," Art Presence, April, May, June issue
2000
Ollman, Leah, "A Bountiful Exhibition That Gets White-Glove Treatment," LATimes, December 8
Prince, Nigel, and Wade, Gavin, "In the Midst of Things," published by August Media Ltd.
Busto, Andrea, "Creasioni della Memoria," Ars Nova Edizioni
Ghaddab, Karim, Suchere, Eric, Vergne, Jean-Charles, "Pintura," published by FRAC d'Auvergne, France
Princenthal, Nancy, "James Hyde at Brent Sikkema," Art in America, June
Raczka, Robert, "Painting Function: Making It Real," New Art Examiner, June
Loderstedt, Michael, "Painting Function: Making It Real," Dialogue, May/June
Prince, Nigel, "James Hyde," Untitled, Summer
Hamilton, William L., "New Art's Interior Motive: A Generation's Credo," The New York Times, February 3
"James Hyde," The New Yorker, February 2 and February 7
"James Hyde," Time Out, January 27 - February 3
Levin, Kim, "James Hyde," Village Voice, February
"Have We Got Snooze For You," South London Press, February 29
Cotter, Holland, "Surging Into Chelsea," The New York Times, January 21
1999
Stein, Jerry, "New Exhibit is Turned Inside Out," The Cincinnati Post, September 17
Findsen, Owen, "'Brooklyn' Exhibit Quirky," The Cincinnati Enquirer, September 12
O'Hara, Cate, "Brooklyn Makeover," Citybeat, September 9-15
Johnson, "Drawings," The New York Times, October 29
Merlin James, with Joe Fyfe and James Hyde, "This Wonderful Exile of the Artist," Modern Painters, October
Ganahl, Jane, "Rauschenberg Glides In," San Francisco Examiner, May 8
Baker, Kenneth, "Rauschenberg Coup at SFMOMA," San Francisco Chronicle, May 8
Bonetti, David, "Rauschenberg Coup Cements SFMOMA's Ascendance," San Francisco Examiner, May 21
Maclay, Catherine, "'Material Issues' in a Material World?," San Jose Mercury News, April 11
Rand, Archie, "James Hyde Interviewed by Archie Rand," Bomb Magazine, Spring Issue
Buci-Glucksman, Christine, Muniz, Vik, "James Hyde," published by Le Quartier, France
Baker, Kenneth, "Challenging Work Speaks for Itself in Post-Minimalist Gift," San Francisco Chronicle, March 2
1998
Baker, Kenneth, "Poking a Hole in Abstraction," San Francisco Chronicle, May 28
The New York Times, April 10, "James Hyde and Merlin James"
Time Out New York, March 26-April 2, "Wooster Gardens, James Hyde and Merlin James"
1997
Franco, Franciolli, Disch, Maddalena, The Panza di Biumo Donation to the Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Skira Editore, Milan,
Rubinstein, Raphael, "Abstraction Out of Bounds," Art in American, November
Smith, Roberta, "Current Undercurrent, Working in Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Museum of Art", New York Times, November
Stuckey, Jay Gould, "James Hyde: Angles Gallery", Zingmagazine, Summer
Carrier, David, "James Hyde, Paolo Baldacci" The Burlington Magazine, August
The New Yorker, May 19, "James Hyde"
Darling, Michael, "James Hyde at Angles," Art Issues, March-April
Smith, Roberta, "James Hyde," New York Times, April
Schwabsky, Barry, "James Hyde," Artforum, September
1996
Karmel, Pepe, "James Hyde," The New York Times, May 3
Koplos, Janet, "James Hyde at Paolo Baldacci," Art in America, October
Goodman, Jonathan, "Painting Outside Painting," ARTnews, April
Ostrow, Saul, "History is Now, Painting Outside of Painting, Corcoran's 44th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Painting", The New Art Examiner, March
Smith Roberta, "Testing Limits at the Corcoran," The New York Times, January 6
Damianovic, Maia, "Painting on the Horns of a Dilemma," artpress, March
Damianovic, Maia, "Transformal, Wiener Secession", Exhibition Catalogue
Dorsey, John, "Art Review", The Sun, January 14, 1996

1995
Shaw-Eagle, Joanna, "Painting Beyond Traditional Limits", The Washington Times, December 24
Ottman, Klaus, Painting Outside Painting: 44th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, exhibition catalogue, pp.56-57
Karmel, Pepe, "Frank Badur, James Hyde and Joan Waltemath," New York Times, October 20
Coomer, Martin, "James Hyde," Time Out, Oct. 25 - Nov. 1
1994
Mashek, Joseph; David Kaufmann, Thomas Zummer, James Hyde, 1991-94, Tien Wah Press, Singapore
Goodman, Jonathan, "James Hyde," ARTnews, October
1993
Pagel, David, "James Hyde," ArtForum, December
Kalina, Richard, "James Hyde," Art in America, October
Cotter, Holland, "James Hyde, "The New York Times," March 12
Los Angles Times, August; "Contradiction and the Works of James Hyde", August
"James Hyde," The New Yorker, March 15
Buci-Glucksman, C. & T. Zummer, Fragma, catalogue, Atelier Pierre Zagat, Paris, May
Ottman, Klaus, Irony and Ecstasy, Catalogue, Salamo-Caro, London
1992
Nurnberger Zeitung, September
"Von Pompeji Lassig in die Postmoderne," AZ, September,
"Interview with Buzz Spector," The Journal of Contemporary Art, Vol. 5, No. 2, Fall
Smith, Roberta, "Group Show/Arena," The New York Times, June 26,
"Panza di Biumo's Pieces in Lugano," The Art Newspaper, No.17, April
Collins & Milazzo, Who's Afraid of Duchamp, Minimalism and Passport Photography, catalogue, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, Spring
1991
Carrier, David, "James Hyde," Teme Celeste, Autumn
Welish, Marjorie, "James Hyde," Art Magazine, October
Du Vuono, Francis, "James Hyde," ARTnews, October
"The Ambiguity of Freedom," The Journal of Art, Summer,
"James Hyde," The New Yorker, May 27
1990
Gilbert-Rolfe, Jeremy, nonrePRESENTation, Catalogue, Security Pacific
Corporation, Los Angeles
III International Biennial of Paper Art, catalogue, Leopold Hoesch Museum, Duren, Gerrmany
1989
Cyphers, Peggy, Arts Magazine, March
Carrier, David, James Hyde, Catalogue, John Good Gallery, New York
1988
Westfall, Stephen, "James Hyde," Flash Art, Summer
Frackman, Noel, "James Hyde," Arts Magazine, June
Russel, John, "Group Show/Gabrielle Bryers," The New York Times, April 8
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1987
Meyer, James, "Rigor," 108 Magazine, July/August
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1986
Westfall, Stephen, "James Hyde" Arts Magazine, February
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New York, October
1983
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