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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.

Dickson was included in the 2022 Whitney Biennial and a group exhibition at the Whitney Museum in 2017, as well as in the 1985 Whitney Biennial as part of Group Material. In 1980, as a member of Collaborative Projects Inc., Dickson helped organize and displayed work in the hallmark exhibitions The Times Square Show and the Real Estate Show. Her work has recently been exhibited at the Museum of the City of New York (2023); Alison Jacques, London (2023); UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (2022); James Fuentes Gallery, New York (2022, 2019), Stems Gallery, Belgium (2021, 2020), Howl! Happening Gallery, New York (2020); and Seoul Museum of Art (2019). Dickson represented in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago; Bronx Museum, New York; Brooklyn Museum, New York; Jewish Museum, New York; Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Minneapolis Museum of Art; Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.; Philadelphia Academy of Fine Art; San Francisco Museum of Art; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Photo by Nan Goldin

Photo by Nan Goldin

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

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

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 AtCulture 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
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City

PUBLICATIONS

2018

Anthology Editions

268 pages

22.7 x 30.4 cm

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