Jane Dickson
Jane Dickson (b. 1952, Chicago, Illinois) makes paintings and drawings that explore the psychogeography of American culture. Dickson’s practice was forged in the crucible of New York’s late-seventies counterculture, where she participated in artist collectives like Fashion Moda, Collaborative Projects Inc., and Group Material. Working figuratively from her own photographic snapshots, especially of New York’s Times Square, where she lived for nearly thirty years, Dickson portrays strip clubs, diners, motels, sex workers, and their seemingly straight-laced foils: suburban homes, driveways, and businessmen. Using oils and acrylic on canvas and linen alongside a range of atypical surfaces such as vinyl, felt, astroturf, and sandpaper, she achieves impressionistic textures that often blur her subjects in hazes of neon and darkness. In her compositions, the tradition of social realist painting collides with postmodern feminist cultural critique, yielding paintings that are simultaneously representational and conceptual. Dickson lives in New York.
Born 1952, Chicago, Illinois
Lives and works in New York
EDUCATION
1976
BA, Visual Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
SELECTED SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024
Karma, Los Angeles, Are We There Yet?
2023
Karma, New York, Promised Land
Alison Jacques, London, Fist of Fury
2022
James Fuentes Gallery, New York, 99¢ Dreams
2021
Stems Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, Lucky Food
2020
Howl! Happening Gallery, New York, Hot, Hot, Hot
Stems Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, Lucky Food
2019
James Fuentes Gallery, New York, Slot Club
James Fuentes Gallery, New York, All That is Solid Melts Into Air
2018
Steve Harvey Fine Arts, New York, Witness
2017
Boo Hooray, New York, Black Plastic Buildings and Dicks
SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, The Solipsism of Anatomy
2015
Wallworks, New York, The Return of City Maze
Steven Harvey Fine Arts, New York, Seen
2013
Art Omi, Columbia County, New York, Out of Here Paintings 1999-2013
2012
William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey, Whose World Is This?
Valentine Gallery, New York, Eat Slots, Play Free
2008
MTA Times Square Subway Station, New York, The Revelers
2007
Galleria Petrus, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Sin Titul
Jersey City Museum – Project Room, Jersey City, New Jersey, Almost There
2005
Marlborough Chelsea, New York, Every One’s A Winner
2003
Marlborough Gallery, New York, New Work
2001
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, Out of Here
Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, Michigan, Road Trip
Worldhouse Gallery, New York, Someplace Else
Miller Block Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, Lucky Food
Scolar Fine Art, London, United Kingdom, More Live Girls
1999
University Galleries at California State, Sacramento, California, Almost Home
Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, California, New Work
1997
Temple Gallery, London, United Kingdom, Saints Grow Up
1996
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Paradise Alley
New York Kunsthalle, New York, Peep Show
1994
University Galleries of Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, Peepland: Paintings by Jane Dickson 1983-1993
1993
Anne Jaffe Gallery, New York Dickson, Dill
Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, Sandpaper
1992
42nd Street Art Instillation, New York, The Bride
Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, Trust Me
1991
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Selected Prints
1990
Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, Revelers 1990
1989
Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Life Under Neon
1988
Fawbush Gallery, New York, Jane Dickson Drawings
Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, Demolition Derby
1986
Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, City of Night
1984
Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, Amusements
1983
Delahunty Gallery, New York, New Work
1982
Fun Gallery, New York, Times Square
1980
Fashion Moda, New York, City Maze
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California, In the Making: Contemporary Art at SBMA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Shifting Landscapes
70 Main Street, Thomaston, Maine, A Particular Kind of Heaven
Off Paradise, New York, Like a Nightingale with a Toothache
James Fuentes, New York, A Study in Form (Chapter Two), curated by Arden Wohl
Anthony Gallery, Chicago, Come One, Come All
2023
Jeffrey Deitch, New York City, Wild Style 40, Curated by Carlo McCormick
University Galleries of Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, All Hearts Beneath the Sun
Candice Madey, New York, Luxe, Calme, Volupté, curated by Antonio Sergio Bessa and Allen Frame
Jack Hanley Gallery, East Hampton, New York, Nobunaga 4
Museum of the City of New York, New York, This Is New York: 100 Years of NYC in Art and Pop Culture
The Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, Who You Staring At: Culture visuelle de la scène no wave des années 1970 et 1980
2022
UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China, Somewhere Downtown
Whitney Biennial, New York, Quiet as It’s Kept
2021
Allouche Gallery, New York, The Intricate Intimate
Western Exhibitions, New York, New York in the 80s: Selections from The Barry Blinderman Collection
2020
Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, Won’t You Be My Neighbor
Albertz Benda, New York, Fragmented Bodies
2019
Curated by Roger Gastman, Los Angeles, California, Beyond the Streets
Johannes Vogt Gallery, New York, Summer of ‘82
Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York, Yard
Andrew Freedman Home, Bronx, New York, Evolution
Schunck Museum of Art, Herleen, The Netherlands, Basquiat: The Artist and His New York Scene
2018
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea, New York Underground: East Village In the 80s
Cooper Union Gallery, New York, We Dissent, Design of the Women’s Movement In New York
How! Happening and Maier Museum of Art, New York, Zeitgeist: The Art Scene Of Teenage Basquiat
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Park, Washington, D.C, Brand New
Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, New York, The Idiosyncratic Pencil
Page Gallery, Camden, Maine, East Village
Pace University Faculty Show, New York, One Art Space
Bard College Library, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, Early Books
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C, Brand New
Lyman Allyn Art Museum, London, Winter Circus
2017
Münster Art Fair, Münster, Not Quite Under_Ground, curated by Michael Smith
The Museum of the City of New York, New York, Art in the Open: Fifty Years of Public Art in New York, curated by Lilly Tuttle
Uniqlo Soho, New York, Artist Multiples, curated by Jeffrey Deitch
The Art Galleries, ART For Change
Davis & Schweitzer, New York, Pussy Power, curated by Jennifer Samet and Michael David
Fingesten Gallery, New York, Up, In, Out and Away: Painting Across Landscapes
Belgrave Gallery, St Ives, Winter Exhibition 2017: Prints and Drawings
Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, The Painters and the Printer, in collaboration with Master Printer Gary Lichtenstein
Pierogi Gallery, New York, Double Down
Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, Paintings the Visible World
Fat Free Art Gallery, New York, Fem.Is.In, curated by Alice Mizrachi
2016
The Fine Art Museum of Karamay, Karamay, Inaugural Exhibition
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC, Recent Acquisitions Exhibition
Printed Matter, New York, A Book about Colab
LaMama Galleria, New York, Introductions, curated by Roberto Juarez
Martos Gallery, New York, Hard Love, curated by Barry Blinderman
Sacramento State University Gallery, Sacramento, Pump Up The Volume, with Joe Lewis
2015
National Academy, New York, The Annual 2015: The Depth of the Surface
Borough of Manhattan Community College, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, New York, City Lives, curated by Michael Klein
Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Painting 2.0, curated by Achim Hochdörfer, David Joselit, Manuela Ammer and Tonio Kröner
Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv, Mistakes Were Made, curated by John Miller
Coney Art Walls, New York, Coney Art Walls, curated by Jeffrey Deitch
Edgewood Gallery, Yale School of Art, New Haven, The Side Show, curated by Lisa Kereszi
Bronx Art Space, New York, Turn Up the Volume
Dorian Grey Gallery, New York, Places and Things
Materials for the Arts, New York, MFTA Loves NYC: A Retrospective of Creative Reuse, curated by Olivia Roldan
Museum of American Illustration, New York, New York View
2014
Steven Harvey Fine Arts, New York, City Nights with Bill Rice,
Metro Pictures, New York, Bad Conscience, curated by John Miller
Adelphi University, Long Island, On the Horizon: Contemporary Landscape
2013
Luisotti Gallery, Santa Monica, The Way We Live Now, curated by Shirley Irons
Smart Clothes Gallery, New York, Thrills
Steven Harvey FIne Arts, New York, Door Room Window
2012
Hunter College, The Bertha and Karl Luebsdorf Gallery, New York, Times Square Show Revisited, curated by Shawna Cooper and Karli Wurzelbacher
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Pennsylvania, The Female Gaze, curated by Robert Cozzolino
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, Rarely Seen Contemporary Works on Paper
Steven Vail Fine Arts, Des Moines, Sourced
2011
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Art in the Streets, curated by Jeffrey Deitch, Roger Gastman and Aaron Rose
Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, Art, Access, & Decay, curated by Peter Frank and Lisa Kahane
Nose Job, Eric Firestone Gallery, New York, curated by Carlo Mckormick
2010
Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, Down by Law
Kunsthalle Vienna, Vienna, The Street as Studio, curated by Cathérine Hug, Thomas Mießgang
McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Neither Model nor Muse, Women as Artists, curated by Rene Barilleaux
Adam BaumGold Gallery, New York, American Iconography
2009
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Looking at Music: Side 2, curated by Barbara London
McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Recent Acquisitions
New York University, New york, Martin Wong’s Downtown Crossings
2008
Magasin-Centre national d’art contemporain, Grenoble, Espèces d’espace: Les années 1980 – Première partie, curated by Yves Aupetitallot
2007
Western Michigan University, Monroe Brown Gallery, Kalamazoo, Keeping It Real, curated by Jerry Kearns
2006
Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, Downtown, curated by Carlo Mckormick in consultation with Lynn Gumpert and Marvin J. Taylor
2005
Marlborough Gallery, Madrid, New York, New York
Lehman College, New York, The Urban Landscape
The Museum of Sex, New York, Get Off!, curated by Kirby Gookin
Ruben Museum of Art, New york, The Flag Project
2004
Axa Gallery, New York, At The Crossroads of Desire
New Museum, New York, East Village USA, curated by Dan Cameron
2003
Mellon, New York, Big Cry Baby Smack, curated by Jerry Kearns
2002
The Workspace, New York, Proximity
2001
Central Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Beijing and Ghent, Reconfiguration: Works on Paper
Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, Driving Women, Identity, and the Automobile
2000
Contemporary Museum, Baltimore and Ridgefield, Snapshot
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Recent Acquisitions
Harn Museum of Art and Parrish Art Museum, Gainesville and Southampton NY, The Perpetual Well: Contemporary Art from the Collection of the Jewish Museum, curated by Donna Harkavy
1999
The Art Gallery and Guggenheim Gallery, New Orleans and Orange CA, Beyond The Mountains: The Contemporary American Landscape
The Art Museum, New Hampshire, 1999Together/Working
Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, Urban Mythologies
1998
The Jewish Museum, New York, The Ten Commandments
1997
Exit Art and The Art Centre, New York and Pasadena, Public Notice Exit Art/The First World
Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Group Show
Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz, Alem Da Agua, Copacabana
1996
National Museum of Women In The Arts, Washington DC, Partners in Printmaking: SOLO Press
Franklin Furnace, New York, Voyeurs’ Delight
The Drawing Center, New York, Cultural Economies
1995
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Published by Joe Fawbush
Lombard/Freid Fine Arts, New York, Wheel of Fortune
American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, 47th Annual Academy Purchase Exhibition
Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth and 10 Midwestern venues, Women in Print: Prints from 3M by Contemporary Women Printmakers
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Hopper and the American Imagination
Creative Time, New York, Material Matters Art at the Anchorage
Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, Alternatives: 20 years of Hallwalls
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Art Institute of Chicago
Bronx Museum, New York City
Brooklyn Museum, New York City
The Jewish Museum, New York City
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota
Museum of Modern Art, New York City
National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
PUBLICATIONS
2018
JANE DICKSON IN TIMES SQUARE
Anthology Editions
268 pages
22.7 x 30.4 cm