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Rory Devine

Lives and works in Los Angeles.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015
Iconoclastic Works of the Early 21st Century, c.nichols project, Los Angeles, CA

2014
Tragic Kingdom, CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2013
You are not a winner, CB1 Gallery @ artMRKT, Bridgehampton, NY

2012
CA/NV/NY (with Carter Potter), Vast Space Projects, Henderson, NV
we can plant a house, we can build a tree, CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2010
POST, Los Angeles, CA

2009
340 Madison Avenue, New York, NY

1996
Earl McGrath, New York, NY

1994
Midnight Cowboy II, 55 Varick Street, New York, NY

1992
Earl McGrath, Los Angeles, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016
Perfect Day, Roberts & Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2015
The Box Art Show, curated by Nancy Evans, POST, Los Angeles, CA

2014
Love is in the air, 2A Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2012
New Traditionalists, Nicholas Berg Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
The Salon Show, Pop Up Art House, Henderson, NV

2002
Harlem Artists, Harlem Arts Council, New York, NY

2000
Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY

1998
Peter Krall Gallery, New York, NY

1996
Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY

1995
Time and Space, Food House, Santa Monica, CA
Venice Family Clinic Auction, Venice, CA “Luciano Perno”, Bennett" Roberts Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
(collaboration with Three Day Weekend)
The Patriotic Show, Lemoyne Kennels, Los Angeles, CA
Summer 1995, Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY
Action Station: Exploring Open Systems, curated by Sue Spaid Santa Monica Museum, Santa Monica, CA

1994

House of Styles, TRI Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1993
Mimosa, Food House, Santa Monica, CA
The First Paintings, 525 Gallery, New York, NY
LACE Auction, Los Angeles, CA
The Gift  Dooley Le Cappellaine, NY, NY

1992
Twisted Vision/Version: The Irony Show”, curated by Trudie Reiss, Four Walls, Brooklyn, NY
Industrial Heroes, organized by Laura Howe, 2401 Vernon St, Los Angeles, CA
Voyage to the Nth Dimension, Sue Spaid Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
Tattoo, curated by Bennett Roberts, Food House, Santa Monica, CA
Earl McGrath Gallery at Anthony Ralph Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1991
Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Les Fleurs, Parker Zanic Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show, Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
It’s a Wonderful Life”, Gallery 817, Los Angeles, CA
FIAR International Prize: "Art under Thirty," curated by Marc Selwyn
Milan, Rome, Paris, New York, Los Angeles – Prize Winner

1987
Visual Arts Gallery (with Adam Cooperstein), New York, NY

1985
New Visions, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

 

CURATED EXHIBITIONS

2016 
TRI(...ed) Revisiting TRI Gallery, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2014
Capture The Rapture (with Jack Davidson, Karin Davie, Monique van Genderen, Mary Heilmann, Robert Levine,  Laura Owens, Karen Schifano)

1993
Three Ring Circus, FAR Bazzar, (with Carter Potter, Trudie Reiss, John Souza)
TRI-Sexual, TRI Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (with Lutz Bacher, Keith Boadwee, Richard Hawkins, Monica Majoli, Larry Mantello, Marilyn Minter, John Souza, Randy Wray)

1992
The Laura Show, TRI Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Not Men, TRI Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (with Maura Bendett, Susan Cornish, Nancy Evans, Mary Heilmann, Sarah Morris, Sabina Ott, Elliot Puckett, Trudie Reiss)

1991
Group Show, Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (with Robbie Cavolina, Adam Cooperstein, Rory Devine, David Rosten, Tricia Todd, Trudie Reiss)

 

SELECTED PERFORMANCES

1994
“Artist’s Talk (Part 1)”, in collaboration with Gregg Gibbs, Rancho Santiago College, Santa Ana, CA

1988
“A Haircut in Brooklyn”, 51 Varet Street, Brooklyn, NY

1987
“Full Load Capacity”, The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2014
Knight, Christopher, Review Rory Devine painting and video at CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles Times, Feb, 27, 2014
Chen, Angel, Rory Devine Interview, WHITEHOT Magazine, March 15, 2014

2012
Peterson, Kristen, "Pop Up Team Up," Las Vegas Weekly, P. 42 May - June
Warso, Cynthia-Behr, " Pop Goes The Anniversary ", Seven, P. 94 May - June
Zellen, Jody art Ltd., July 2012

1995
Myers, Terry, “Call my Agent”, New Art Examiner, P.23 May 1995
Cohen Michael, “LA Confidential”, Flash Art, P.54 June 1995
Bessemer, Linda and Elesby, Sally, ZING Magazine, Fall 1995

1994
ZYZZYVA, February 1994
Curtis Cathy, “Devine Deception”, Los Angeles Times, P. F-4, March 23
Klabin, Karen, DETOUR, P.104, September 1994
Munchnic, Suzanne, Beyond the Living Room”, Los Angeles Times, Feb. 5

1993
Wilson, William, “Local Traditions Alive in FAR Exhibit”, Los Angeles Times, January 6, 1993
Pagel, David, “New Faces in Unusual Places”, Art & Auction, March 1993
Smith, Roberta, The New York Times, P.B-1, March 1993

1992
Pagel, David, “Voyage Criss-Crosses Science and Art”, Los Angeles Times P. F-5, Aug. 14, 1992
Pagel, David, “Fragile Entities”, Los Angeles Times, P.F-8, Oct. 8, 1992
Seegull, Fran, “LA’S Alternative Art Scene” Artscene, Nov. 1992

1991
Curtis, Cathy, “Les Fleurs’ snipes at Flowery Tradition”, Los Angeles Times, May 17, 1991
Selwyn, Marc, FIAR International Prize: Art under thirty”, Catalog

1987
Trebay, Guy, Village Voice, July 12, 1987, p. 68


PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Founder and Director of TRI Gallery 1992 - 1995 Los Angeles, CA

EDUCATION

1988
BFA, The School of the Visual Arts, New York, NY
Hunter College, New York, NY