Born in Salt Lake City UT, 1945
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1973
San Francisco Art Institute, 1969
University of Utah, 1966-68
Lives and works in Altadena CA
Solo Exhibitions
(selected)
2008
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘Central Symetrical Rotation Movement – Three Installations, Two Films’, New York NY
Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, ‘Paul McCarthy & Benjamin Weissman’, Trento/IT
2007
Maccarone Gallery, ‘Paul McCarthy’s Chocolate Factory’, New York, NY
S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, ‘Paul McCarthy – Head Shop/Shop Head’, Gent/BE
Essl Museum Kunst der Gegenwart, ‘Paul McCarthy: Tokyo Santa 1996/2004’, Klosterneuburg/AT
Middelheim Sculpture Museum, ‘Paul McCarthy – Air Born / Air Borne / Air Pressure’, Antwerp/BE
Hauser & Wirth Zürich, ‘Paul McCarthy – Damon McCarthy. Portfolios’, Zurich/CH
ARoS Aarhus Museum of Art, ‘Paul McCarthy – Head Shop/Shop Head’, Aarhus/DK
2006
Nyehaus, ‘Paul McCarthy. Between Beauty and the Beast. Sculptures, Drawings and Photographs’,
New York NY
Moderna Museet, ‘Paul McCarthy – Head Shop/Shop Head’, Stockholm/SE
2005
Whitechapel, Paul McCarthy: ‘LaLa land parody paradise’, London/UK
Haus der Kunst, Paul McCarthy: ‘LaLa land parodie paradies’, Munich/DE
2004
CAC, ‘Paul McCarthy: Brain Box – Dream Box’, Malaga/ES
Van Abbemuseum, ‘Paul McCarthy: Brain Box – Dream Box’, Eindhoven/NL
2003
Hauser & Wirth London, ‘Paul McCarthy. Piccadilly Circus’, London/UK
Tate Modern, ‘Paul McCarthy at Tate Modern’, London/UK
The National Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Paul McCarthy: Films and Video Works’, Oslo/NO
2002
Sammlung Falckenberg, ‘Propposition’ (collaboration with Jason Rhoades), Hamburg/DE
Hauser & Wirth Zürich, ‘Paul McCarthy & Jason Rhoades: Shit Plugs’, Zurich/CH
Luhring Augustine Gallery, ‘Paul McCarthy: Clean Thoughts’, New York NY
De Hallen, ‘Paul McCarthy: videowerken 1971-1999’, Haarlem/NL
Butler Gallery, ‘Paul McCarthy: Videos’, Kilkenny/IR
2001
Kunstverein Hamburg, ‘Paul McCarthy: Videos und Fotografien’, Hamburg/DE
Tate Liverpool, ‘Paul McCarthy’, Liverpool/UK
Galerie Hauser & Wirth, ‘Paul McCarthy, Pirate Drawings’, Zurich/CH
Villa Arson, ‘Paul McCarthy’, Nice/FR
New Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Paul McCarthy’, New York NY
Deitch Projects, ‘Paul McCarthy – The Garden’, New York NY
Public Art Fund (IBM Building, 590 Madison Av at 56th Street), ‘Paul McCarthy – The Box’, New York NY
Luhring Augustine Gallery, ‘Paul McCarthy’, New York NY
2000
MOCA, ‘Paul McCarthy’, Los Angeles CA
Patrick Painter, Inc., ‘Heidi File’, Santa Monica CA
Eleni Koroneou Gallery, ‘Paul McCarthy’, Athens/GR
1999
Sammlung Hauser und Wirth in der Lokremise St. Gallen, ‘Dimensions of the Mind’, St. Gallen/CH
Studio Guenzani, ‘Dead H and Early Performance Photographs’, Milan/IT
Blum and Poe, ‘Tokyo Santa – Santa’s Trees’, Santa Monica CA
1998
Galerie Krinzinger, ‘Painter, Video and Drawings’, Vienna/AT
Luhring Augustine Gallery, ‘Photographs-Performance Photographs and Video, 1969-1983’, New York NY
Patrick Painter, Inc., ‘Photographs-Performance Photographs and Video, 1969-1983’, Santa Monica CA
1997
Galerie Hauser & Wirth, ‘Santa Chocolate Shop’, Zurich/CH
1996
Tomio Koyama Gallery, ‘Paul McCarthy’, Tokyo/JP
Air de Paris, ‘Saloon’, Paris/FR
Luhring Augustine Gallery, ‘Yaa-Hoo’, New York NY
Galerie Drantmann, ‘Video Works’, Brussels/BE
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, ‘Video and Drawings’, Copenhagen/DK
1995
Blum & Poe, ’5 Photographic Works, 1970-1974’, Santa Monica CA
Projects Room, Museum of Modern Art, ‘Painter’, New York NY
Art and Public, ‘Paul McCarthy’ Geneva/CH
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, ‘Tomato Head’, Berlin/DE
‘Pinocchio Pipenose Housholddilemma Tour’ [travelled to Air de Paris, Paris/FR; Galeria Antoni Estrany, Barcelona/ES; Luhring and Augustine, New York NY; Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen/DK; Esther Schipper Galerie, Cologne/DE; Studio Guenzani, Milan/IT; McKinney Art Center, Dallas TX; Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland/NZ; Ooe Landesmuseum, Linz/AT]
1994
Air de Paris, ‘Paul McCarthy’, Paris/FR
Le Fonds Regional d’Art Contemporain Poitou-Charentes, ‘Paul McCarthy’, Angoulême/FR
Air de Paris, ‘Paul McCarthy’, Nice/FR
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, ‘Paul McCarthy’, Los Angeles CA
Galerie George-Philippe Vallois, ‘Paul McCarthy’, Paris/FR
Studio Guenzani, ‘Paul McCarthy’, Milan/IT
1993
Ynglingagatan 1 Gallery, ‘Video’, Stockholm/SE
Galerie Krinzinger, Paul McCarthy, Vienna/AT
Buchholz und Buchholz, ‘The Dead Viking’, Cologne/DE
Luring Augustine Gallery, Paul McCarthy, New York/NY
1991
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, ‘Paul McCarthy’, Los Angeles CA
1990
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, ‘Paul McCarthy’, Los Angeles CA
1987
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, ‘Paul McCarthy’, Los Angeles CA
1986
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, ‘Paul McCarthy’, Los Angeles CA
1985
AAA Art, ‘Paul McCarthy’, Los Angeles CA
1983
Cirque Divers, ‘Paintings’, Liège/BE
1982
LACE Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, ‘Human Object’, Los Angeles CA
1979
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Exhibitions, ‘Contemporary Cure All’, Los Angeles CA
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Exhibitions, ‘Deadening’, Los Angeles CA
Group Exhibitions
(selected)
2009
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, ‘Paul McCarthy’s Low Life Slow Life: Part 2, San Francisco CA (curated by the artist)
2008
Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL), ‘The Practice of Everyday Life. Fundación/Colección Jumex’, Mexico City/MX
White Columns, ‘Looking Back: The White Columns Annual’, New York NY
Vanabbemuseum, ‘Stars and Stripes Forever’, Eindhoven/NL
Galerie Erna Hécey, ‘The Cult of Personality – Portraits and Mass Culture’, Bruxelles/BE
Broelmuseum Kortrijk – Museum voor beeldende en toegepaste kunst, ‘FuturARTextiel’, Kortrijk/BE
Institute of Modern Art, ‘One More, With Feeling’, Brsibane/AU
Yokohama Triennale 2008, ‘Time Crevasse’, Yokohama/JP
MoMA Museum of Modern Art, ‘Here Is Every. Four Decades of Contemporary Art’, New York NY
CCS Bard Hessel Museum, ‘I’ve got something in my eye’, Annandale-on-Hudson NY
MoMA Museum of Modern Art, ‘Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now’, New York NY
Perry Rubenstein Gallery, ‘A Sorry Kind of Wisdom’, New York NY
ICA Institute of Contemporary Art, ‘The Puppet Show’, Philadelphia PAΩ[travelled to: Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica CA; The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii HI; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston TX; Frye Art Museum, Seattle WA]
Museion – Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst, ‘Peripherer Blick und kollektiver Körper – Peripheral Vision and collective body’, Bolzano/IT
MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, ‘Collectie XXII Fantasy’, Antwerp/BE
Laguna Art Museum, ‘In the Laand of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor’, Laguna Beach CA
Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart, ‘I can’t just slice off an ear every day – Deconstructions of the Myth of the Artist’, Berlin/DE
XIII Biennale Internazionale di Scultura di Carrara, Carrara/IT
Maccarone Gallery and Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, ‘Pretty Ugly’, New York NY
Park de Oude Warande&Museum De Pont, ‘Lustwarande 08 – Wanderland. 3rd edition international sculpture exhibition in Baroque pleasure-garden’, Tilburg/NL
Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, ‘I can’t just slice off an ear every day – Deconstructions of the Myth of the Artist’, Berlin/DE
Gering-Lopez Gallery, ‘No Images of Man’, New York NY
Grote Zaal Koninklijke Schouwburg Den Haag, ‘The Hague Sculpture 2008. FREEDOM – American Sculpture’, The Hague/NL
Marta Herford, ‘Die Hände der Kunst – Mehr als 190 Zeichnungen, Drucke und Collagen mit Händen zeitgenössischer Künstler’, Herford/DE
Frac Languedoc-Roussillon Fonds regional d’art contemporain, ‘La dégelée Rabelais’, Montpellier/FR
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, ‘Hotel Marienbad 002: Sammlung Rausch’, Berlin/DE
Paul Klee Zentrum, ‘Lost Paradise – Der Blick des Engels’, Berne/CH
CAPC Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, ‘Less is less, more is more, that’s all’, Bordeaux/FR
ExhibAir Malpensa, ‘Electronic Lounge. La donazione Halevim al museo del Novecento’, Milan/IT
Kramer Amthaus, ‘Entschleunigung’, Münster/DE
Moderna Museet, ‘Eclipse – Art in a Dark Age’, Stockholm/SE
Indianapolis Museum of Art, ‘On Procession’, Indianapolis IN
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, ‘Depletion: Works from the Doron Sebbag Art Collection’, Tel Aviv/IL
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Southern Exposure: Works from the Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego’, Sydney/AU
Eleni Koroneou Gallery, ‘Faces’, Athens/GR
Villa Arson, ‘Ne pas jouer avec des choses mortes’, Nice/FR
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, ‘Other than Yourself. An Investigation Between Inner and Outer Space’, Vienna/AT
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, ‘Paul McCarthy’s Low Life Slow Life: Part 1, San Francisco CA (curated by the artist)
Barbican Art Gallery, ‘Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art’, London/UK
J. Paul Getty Museum, ‘California Video’, Los Angeles CA
Freiraum, MuseumQuartier, ‘The Sound of Art – TONSPUR expanded’, Vienna/AT
Sebastian Guinees Gallery, ‘The Art of Chess’, Dublin/IE
2007
Bloomberg SPACE, ‘No, Future’, London/UK
Gagosian Gallery, ‘Fit to Print – Printed Media in recent Collage’, New York NY
Getty Center, ‘Evidence of Movement’, Los Angeles CA
Museum on the Seam, ‘Bare Life’, Jerusalem/IL
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, ‘Who’s got the big picture?’, Antwerp/BE
David Zwirner, ‘A Point in Space is a Place for an Argument’, New York NY
Vanhaerents Art Collection, ‘Disorder in the House’, Brussels/BE
Essl Museum Kunst der Gegenwart, ‘Foto.Kunst’, Klosterneuburg/AT
Christchurch Art Gallery, ‘Reboot – The Jim Barr and Mary Barr Collection’, Christchurch/NZ
Hamburger Bahnhof, ‘There is never a stop and never a finish. Werke aus der Friedrich Christian Flick Collection im Hamburger Bahnhof. In memoriam Jason Rhoades’, Berlin/DE
Barbican Center, ‘Panic Attack! Art in the Punk Years’, London/UK
Kunsthalle Wien & MUMOK, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, ‘Dream & Trauma – Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens’, Vienna/AT
National Gallery of Victoria, ‘Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to Now. New York – Venice – Bilbao – Berlin’, Melbourne/AU
Essl Museum Kunst der Gegenwart, ‘Passion for Art’, Klosterneuburg/AT
Deste Foundation, ‘The Fractured Figure’, Athens/GR
Museum of Modern Art, ‘Live/Work: Performance into Drawing’, New York NY
De Hallen Haarlem, ‘Nothing Else Matters’, Haarlem/NL
Fine Art Fair Frankfurt 2007, Frankfurt/DE
Domus Artium 2002, ‘IDYLLE’, Salamanca/ES
Kunsthalle Mannheim, ’100 Jahre Kunsthalle Mannheim’, Mannheim/DE
10. Triennale Kleinplastik Fellbach, ‘Bodycheck’, Fellbach/DE
Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, ‘Die Kunst zu Sammeln’, Düsseldorf/DE
Kunstverein Braunschweig, ‘Kunst aus Los Angeles der 60er bis 90er Jahre’, Braunschweig/DE
European Media Art Festival, ‘Final Cut – Medienkunst und Kino’, Osnabrück/DE
2006
Scope New York 2006, New York NY
Kunsthalle Mannheim, ‘Full House’, Mannheim/DE
MUMOK, ‘Wiener Aktionismus’, Vienna/AT
Museum of Modern Art, ‘Transforming Chronologies 2’, New York NY
San Francisco Art Institute, ‘Work Zones’, San Francisco CA
Museum Folkwang, ‘Speaking with Hands’, Essen/DE
Guggenheim Museum, ‘Speaking with Hands’, New York NY
Leopold Hoesch Museum, ‘Sammlung Dahlmann’, Dueren/DE
ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, ‘FASTER! BIGGER! BETTER!’, Karlsruhe/DE
Galerie Patrick Seguin, ‘Galerie Patrick Seguin invites HAUSER & WIRTH’, Paris/FR
Palazzo Grassi, ‘Where are we going? – The Francois Pinault collection. A post pop selection ‘, Venice/IT
Hessel Museum of Art, ‘Wrestle’, Bard College, New York NY
Exit Art, ‘Renegades: 25 Years of Performance Art at Exit Art’, New York NY
Collection Lambert en Avignon, ‘Figures de l’acteur – Le paradoxe du comédien’, Avignon/FR
Zwirner & Wirth, ‘Yes Bruce Nauman’, New York NY
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, ‘Highlights from the Photography Collection – Contemporary Complexities’, Gainesville FL
Sammlung Falckenberg/Phoenix Kulturstiftung: ‘Idylle. Traum und Trugschluss ‘, Hamburg/DE
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘Full House: Views of the Whitney’s Collection at 75’, New York NY
Anton Kern Gallery, ‘Implosion: 10 Year Anniversary’, New York NY
Rubell Family Collection, ‘Red Eye: Los Angeles Artists from the Rubell Family Collection’, Miami FL
PS1, ‘Into Me/Out of Me’ (curated by Klaus Biesenbach), New York NY [travelled to KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin and MACRO – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma, Rome/IT]
ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts, ‘Surprise Surprise’ (curated by Jens Hoffman / Rob Bowman), London/UK
Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, ‘Studio’ (curated by Jens Hoffman / Christina Kennedy), Dublin/IE
Fruitmarket Gallery, ‘Dada’s Boys’, Edinburgh/UK
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, ‘Sip My Ocean’, Humlebæk/DK
Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary Art, ‘Infinite Painting’ (curated by Francesco Bonami), Codroipo/IT
4th Berlin Biennial, ‘Of Mice and Men’ (curated by Ali Subotnick, Massimiliano Gioni, Maurizio Cattelan), Berlin/DE
Centre Pompidou, ‘Los Angeles-Paris’ (curated by Catherine Grenier), Paris/FR
UCLArts, ‘Sixteen Tons’ (curated by Michael Darling), Los Angeles CA
2005
Reina Sofia, ‘Domestic Violence’, Madrid/ES
Art Athina 2005, Athen/GR
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, ‘de Zomer van Middelburg’, Antwerp/BE
Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, ’100 Artists See God’, Virginia Beach VA
Quarter, ‘The Gesture’, Florence/IT
Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, ‘Private View 1980-2000’, Lausanne/CH
Centre Pompidou, ‘Big Bang’, Paris/FR
Kunstsammlung im Ständehaus, ‘Sammlung 2005 – Neupräsentation’, Dusseldorf/DE
Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘The Gesture’, Thessaloniki/GR
ACC Weimar, ‘Polymorph Pervers’, Weimar/DE
NRW-Forum, ‘Video II: Allegorie’, Dusseldorf/DE
Castello di Rivoli, ‘From the Electronic Eye’, Turin/IT
Casino Luxembourg, ‘L’humanité mise à nu… ‘, Luxembourg/LU
N.O. Gallery, ‘Multiplo 2’, Milan/IT
Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, ‘MULTIPLE RÄUME (3): FILM’, Baden-Baden/DE
Helsinki City Art Museum, ‘Falckenberg Collection’, Helsinki/FI
Luhring Augustine, ‘The Art of Chess’, New York NY
Andrea Rosen Gallery, ‘Looking at Words’, New York NY
BA-CA Kunstforum, ‘Superstars’, Vienna/AT
MUMOK, ‘After the Act’, Vienna/AT
Essl Museum Kunst der Gegenwart, ‘Figur / Skulptur’, Klosterneuburg/AT
ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, ‘Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht’, Karlsruhe/DE
Akademie der Künste, ‘Faites vos jeux! Kunst und Spiel seit Dada’, Berlin/DE
Contemporary Arts Center, ‘Multiple Strategies’, Cincinnati OH
Guggenheim Bilbao, ‘Speaking with Hands’, Bilbao/ES
Walker Art Center, ‘Mythologies’, Minneapolis MN
Museum of Modern Art, ‘Drawings from the Modern, 1975-2005’, New York NY
Natural History Museum of LA County, ‘Conversations’, Los Angeles CA
LACE Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, ‘A Walk to Remember’, Los Angeles CA
Whitechapel Art Gallery, ‘Faces in the Crowd’, London/UK and Castello di Rivoli, Turin/IT
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, ‘Bidibidobidiboo: La Collezione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per i dieci anni della Fondazione’, Turin/IT
Museum der Moderne, ‘Les grands spectacles: 120 Jahre Kunst und Massenkultur’, Margrith Brehm & Roberto Ohrt, Salzburg/AT
HVCCA The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, ‘Figure It Out: New Directions in Figurative Sculpture’, Peekskill NY
Tajan, ‘New York – Paris 1945–2005’, Paris/FR
Kunsthalle Wien, ‘Superstars: The Principle of Renown’, Vienna/AT
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, ‘Faites vos jeux: Art and game since Dada’, Liechtenstein/LI
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, ‘Puppets & Heavenly Creatures’, Vienna/AT
Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, ‘Spielräume’, Duisburg/DE
MEIAC Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, ‘Miradas y Conceptos en la Colección Helga de Alvear’, Badajoz/ES
Centre Georges Pompidou, ‘Dionysiac’, Paris/FR
Zwirner & Wirth, ‘Girls on film’, New York NY
Hauser & Wirth Zürich, ‘John McCracken – Paul McCarthy’, Zurich/CH
Galerie Mezzanin, ‘Homage to the Square’, Vienna/AT
2004
Kunsthalle Bielefeld, ‘Das Grosse Fressen. Von Pop bis heute’, Bielefeld/DE
New Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Point of View: An Anthology of the Moving Image’, New York NY
Van Abbemuseum, ‘One on One’, Eindhoven/NL
Reykjavik Arts Festival 2004, Reykjavik/IS
MUMOK Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, ‘Mike Kelley – Das Unheimliche’, Vienna/AT
MOT London, ‘I am the Wrath of God’, London/UK
Kunsthaus Graz, ‘Bewegliche Teile / Steirischer Herbst 2004’, Graz/AT
Essl Museum Kunst der Gegenwart, ‘Visions of America’, Klosterneuburg/AT
Museum der Moderne, ‘Vision einer Sammlung’, Salzburg/AT
Museum der Moderne, ‘Einleuchten’, Salzburg/AT
Deichtorhallen, ’15 Jahre Deichtorhallen’, Hamburg/DE
Apexart, ‘DRAFTING DECEIT / Marta Kuzma’, New York NY
International Center of Photography, ‘White’, New York NY
Whitechapel, ‘Faces in the Crowd’, London/UK
ICA, ’100 Artists See God’, London/UK
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, ‘The Great Parade’, Paris/FR [travelled to: National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa/CA]
Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, ‘Spiritus’, Stockholm/SE [travelled to: Jönköpings Läns Museum, Jönköping/SE; Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall, Arendal/NO; Sundsvalls Museum, Sundsvall/SE; Länsmuseet Gävleborg, Gävle/SE; Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Göteburg/SE
Haus der Kunst, ‘Schatzhäuser Deuschlands’, Munich/DE
Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, ‘Friedrich Christian Flick Collection im Hamburger Bahnhof’, Berlin/DE
ICA, ‘Klütterkammer: An Exhibition by John Bock’, London/UK
SITE Santa Fe, ‘The Fifth International Biennial 2004: Disparities and Deformations: Our Grotesque’, Santa Fe NM
Hallormsstadur forest, ‘Fantasy Island’, Hallormsstadur/IS
DESTE Foundation, ‘Monument to Now’, Athens/GR
Cheim & Read, ‘I am The Walrus’, New York NY
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘Evidence of Impact: Art and Photography 1963–1978’, New York NY
Maison Rouge, Fondation Antoine de Galbert, ‘L’Intime’, Paris/FR
ICA, ‘Artist’s Favourite’, London/UK
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Point of View: An Anthology of the Moving Image’, New York NY
MACBA, ‘L’action restreinte’, Barcelona/ES
Hauser & Wirth London, ‘In the Search of the Perfect Lover’, London/UK
Palais de Tokyo, ‘Playlist’, Paris/FR
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘Whitney Biennial 2004’, New York NY
Tate Liverpool, ‘Mike Kelley: The Uncanny’, Liverpool/UK [travelled to: Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna/AT]
Naples Museum of Art, ’100 Artists See God’, Naples FL [travelled to: The Jewish Museum San Francisco, San Francisco CA; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach CA; Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester NY]
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, ‘I Hate You – The Falckenberg Collection’, Humlebaek/DK
2003
Palau de la Virreina, ‘bankett / banquete’, Barcelona/ES [travelled to MediaLab, Madrid/ES]
Helsinki City Art Museum, ‘Stunt – Videos’, Helsinki/FI
Tate Modern, ‘Live Culture’, London/UK
MIT List Visual Arts Center, ‘Influence, Anxiety and Gratitude’, Cambridge MA
MMK Frankfurt, ‘Das lebendige Museum’, Frankfurt/DE
FRAC – Regionen, ‘Les 20 ans des FRAC’, Paris/FR
Douglas Hyde Gallery, ‘Spiritus’, Dublin/IE
ICA London, ‘Video Acts – Kramlich Collections’, London/UK
Gesellschaft der Freunde der Neuen Galerie, ‘MARS-Art and War’, Graz/AT
Espai d’Art Contemporani, ‘Micropolitics. Art and Everyday Life’, Valenica/ES
Gilbert Collection, Somerset House, ‘The Art of Chess’, London/UK
Haus der Kunst, ‘Partners’, Munich/DE
Ferrotel, ‘Fuori Uso: Contemporary Art Exhibition’, Pescara/IT
MOCA, The Geffen Contemporary, ‘Sitings: Installation Art 1969-2002’, Los Angeles CA
Essl Museum Kunst der Gegenwart, ‘Neuankäufe 2003’, Klosterneuburg/AT
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, ‘(In Search of) The Perfect Lover: Werke auf Papier aus der Sammlung Hauser und Wirth’, Deurle/BE
7ème Biennale de Lyon, ‘C’est arrivé demain’, Lyon/FR
Museum für Gegenwartskunst, ‘Zoe Leonhard und Paul McCarthy: Werke aus der Sammlung Schürmann’, Siegen/DE
Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, ‘(In Search of) The Perfect Lover: Werke auf Papier aus der Sammlung Hauser und Wirth’, Baden-Baden/DE
ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, ‘Banquet: Metabolism and Communication’, Karlsruhe/DE
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘A Whitney for the Whitney at Philip Morris’, New York, NY
LACE Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, ‘High Performance: The First Five Years’, Los Angeles CA
Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, ‘Spiritus’, Stockholm/SE [travelled to: Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin/IE]
2002
Neues Museum Weserburg, ‘Kunst nach Kunst’, Bremen/DE
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, ‘Outer and Inner Space’, Richmond VA
Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, ‘Cadavre exquis’, Paris/FR
Arnolfini Gallery, ‘Apparition – The Action of Appearing’, Bristol/UK
P.S. 1, ‘Video Acts: Single Channel Works from the Collections of Pamela and Richard Kramlich and New Art Trust’, New York NY [travelled to ICA – Institute of Contemporary Art, London/UK]
CapcMusée d’art contemporain Entrepôt, ‘Les Années 70: L’art en cause’, Bordeaux/FR
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘Assortments – Part of De Kooning to Today: Highlights from the Permanent Collection’, New York NY
Luhring Augustine, ‘Continuos Play’, New York NY
Schirn-Kunsthalle Frankfurt‚ ‘Shopping: 100 Jahre Kunst und Konsum’, Frankfurt/DE [travelled to Tate Liverpool, Liverpool/UK)
Centro de Arte de Salamanca, ‘Comer o no Comer: To Eat or Not to Eat, Or, the Relations Between Art and Questions of Eating’, Salamanca/ES
Kunstraum Innsbruck, ‘Plus Ultra’, Innsbruck/AT
Essor Gallery Limited, ‘Mapping the Process’, London/UK
Sammlung Hauser und Wirth, ‘House of Fiction: Sammlung (3) ‘, St. Gallen/CH
Sammlung Falckenberg, ‘PROPPOSITION, together with Jason Rhoades’, Hamburg/DE
Espai d’Art Contemporani de Castello (EACC), ‘Heroes Caidos – Masculinidad y representacion’, Madrid/ES
Walker Art Center, ‘Walk Around Time: Selection from the Permanent Collection’, Minneapolis MN
MOMA Museum of Modern Art, ‘The First Decade: video from the EAI Archives’, New York NY
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, ‘Das Tier in mir – Die Mensch-Tier-Verwandtschaft in der zeitgenössischen Kunst: Teil III in der Trilogie’, Baden-Baden/DE
Galerie Hauser & Wirth, ‘Ten Years Galerie Hauser & Wirth’, Zurich/CH
Astrup Fearnly Museum of Modern Art, ‘Passenger: The Viewer as Participant’, Oslo/NO
2001
Galerie Krinzinger, ‘Ausgesucht von Eva Schlegel und Erwin Wurm’, Vienna/AT
Praz Delavallade, ‘Heads or Tails’, Paris/FR
Nicolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, ‘Masculinities’, Copenhagen/DK
___, ‘Le Printemps de septembre’, Toulouse/FR
Logan Galleries of the CCAC San Francisco Campus, ‘The Artist’s World’, San Francisco CA
Castello di Rivoli, ‘Chairs in Contemporary Art’, Udine/IT
Harvard University Art Museum, ‘Extreme Connoisseurship’, Cambridge MA
Chac Mool Gallery, ‘Group Show’, West Hollywood CA
CUNY (City University of New York’s Graduate Center Art Gallery), ‘Play’s The Thing: Critical and Transgressive Practices in Contemporary Art’, New York NY
Venice Biennal, ‘En el cielo, Sky writing’, organized by TRANS, Venice/IT
Des Moines Art Center, ‘My Reality, Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation’, Des Moines IA
Jumex Centro de Distribucion, ‘La Coleccion Jumex’, Mexico City/MX
Walker Art Center, ‘Painting at the Edge of the World’, Minneapolis MN
Galería Estrany – De La Mota, ‘Begijnhof III’, Barcelona/ES
Kestner Gesellschaft, ‘Ziviler Ungehorsam: Die Sammlung Falckenberg’, Hanover/DE
2000
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, ‘Drawings ‘, New York NY
MOMA Museum of Modern Art, ‘Open Ends’, New York NY
Musée d’art contemporain (in collaboration with Frac Nord-Pas de Calais, Dunkerque/FR), ‘Le jeu des 7 families’, Geneva/CH
Lisson Gallery in Covent Garden, ‘Video Work’, London/UK
Expo 2000, ‘In-Between’, Hanover/DE
Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, ‘Presumed Innocence: Contemporary Art and Childhood’, Bordeaux/FR
Hayward Gallery (in collaboration with Brighton Museum and Art Gallery), ‘Carnivalesque’, London/UK
[travelled to Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Nottingham/UK; City Art Center, Edinburgh/UK]
P.S.1, ‘Around 1984: A Look at Art in the Eighties’, New York NY
Sammlung Hauser und Wirth in der Lokremise St.Gallen, ‘Sammlung (1) – The Oldest Possible Memory’, (curator Eva Meyer-Hermann), St. Gallen/CH
The 12th Sidney Biennial, Sydney/AU
The Power Plant, ‘Mike Kelley and Paul McCarthy: Collaborative Works’, Toronto/CA
Ikon Gallery, ‘Lost’, Birmingham/UK
Walker Art Center, Portland Art Museum, ‘Let’s Entertain: Life’s Guilty Pleasures’, Portland OR [travelled to Musée National d‘art moderne, Paris/FR; Museo Rufino Tamayo, Oaxaca/MX; Miami Art Museum, Miami FL]
Tate Gallery, ‘Performing Bodies’, London/UK
Grimaldi Forum, ‘Air Air’, Monaco/MC
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, ‘Positionen der 80er Jahre’, Vaduz/LI
George’s, ‘The Fashion Show’, Los Angeles CA
1999
Galerie im Taxispalais, ‘Applebroog / Brunner / McCarthy’, Innsbruck/AT
Kunsthalle Nürnberg, ‘Vergiss den Ball und spiel’ weiter: Das Kind in der zeitgenössischen Kunst’, Nuremberg/DE
Frac Nord-Pas de Calais, ‘Une histoire parmi d’autres’, Collection de Michel Poitevin, Dunkerque/FR
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, ‘Recent Acquisitions’, Los Angeles CA
Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, ‘Moving Images: Film – Reflexion in der Kunst’ (collaboration with Siemens Kulturprogramm), Leipzig/DE
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfahlen, ‘Puppen Körper Automaten-Phantasmen der Moderne’, Dusseldorf/DE
Castello di Rivoli, ‘Subjectivity and Narration’, Turin/IT
Biennale di Venezia, ‘Propposition Propposal’ (collaboration with Jason Rhoades), Venice/IT
Porin Taidemuseo, ‘Ruralia: Art of the Countryside’, Pori/FI
Spazio Erasmus Brera, ‘Atto I opere scelte’, Milan/IT
Kunstamt Kreuzberg Bethanien, ‘Pink for Boys, Light Blue for Girls’, Berlin/DE
Art & Public, ‘Sweet & Sour’, Geneva/CH
Contemporary Arts Council, ‘Stuff’, Chicago IL
Galerie Kampl im Kunstforum, ‘Trailer’, Munich/DE
Massimo Lauro Gallery, ‘Life is Elsewhere’, Milan/IT
Karen McCready Fine Art, ‘Parallel Lines: Mix and Match’, New York NY
The Armory Center for the Arts, ‘Radical Past: Contemporary Art & Music in Pasadena 1960-74’, Pasadena CA
David Zwirner Gallery, ‘Propposition: Paul McCarthy and Jason Rhoades Installation’, New York NY
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, ‘Richtung Museumsquartier – Die neue Sammlung (2)’, Vienna/AT
Kunstbunker Tumulka, ‘Paul McCarthy-Mike Kelley Videos 1970-1998’, Munich/DE
1998
Virginia Commonwealth University, Anderson Gallery, ‘Presumed Innocence’, Virginia VA
Grazer Kunstverein, ‘Mise en Scène’, Graz/AT
The Power Plant, ‘American Playhouse’, Toronto/CA
Secession, ‘Sod and Sodie Sock’ (collaboration with Mike Kelley), Vienna/AT
Baylor Art Museum, University of Virginia, ‘Making it Real’, Charlottesville VA
Portikus, ‘Damenwahl’, Frankfurt/DE
Patrick Painter, Inc., ‘New Works: Roy Arden, Glenn Brown, Roni Horn, Mike Kelley, Mark Lewis, Paul McCarthy, Jorge Pardo, Diana Thater’, Santa Monica CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Double Trouble’, San Diego CA
MAK, ‘Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949-1979’, Vienna/AT
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Pop Surrealism’, Ridgefield CT
Kunsthalle Wien am Karlsplatz, ‘Crossings’, Vienna/AT
Luhring Augustine Gallery, ‘Antoni, Forg, McCarthy, Miyajima, Morimura, Oehlen, Rae, Rist, Tunga, Whiteread, Wolfe, Wool’, New York NY
Fondazione Sandretto ‘Re Rebaudengo Per L’Arte’, Turin/IT
Le FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais, ‘ Acquisitions Récentes’, Dunkerque/FR
L’École d’Art de Grenoble, ‘REMAKE – art/cinema/appropriation/attitudes’, Grenoble/FR
Portland Museum of Art, ‘Making It Real’, Portland OR
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949-1979’, Los Angeles CA
SITE, ‘Performance Anxiety’, Santa Fe NM
1997
Kunstraum Innsbruck, ‘Von Kopf bis Fuss. Fragmente des Körpers’, Innsbruck/AT
Kunsthalle Wien, ‘Alpenblick’, Vienna/AT
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, ‘Art Calls’ (curator: Jacob Faricius), Copenhagen/DK
UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum, ‘Sunshine & Noir’, Los Angeles CA
Centre National d’Art Contemporain de Grenoble, ‘Dramatically Different’, Grenoble/FR
Reykjavik Municipal Art Museum, ‘Making it Real’, Reykjavik/IS
Contemporary Arts Museum, ‘Tableaux’, Houston TX
___, ‘Performatrix – Performance Konferenz’, Hamburg/DE
Kunsthaus Bregenz, ‘KünstlerInnen: 50 Positionen’, Bregenz/AT
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Performance Anxiety’, San Diego CA
The New Art Gallery of New South Wales, ‘Body’, Sydney/AU
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, ‘Sunshine & Noir’, Wolfsburg/DE
Christopher Grimes Gallery, ‘Paul McCarthy & Benjamin Weissman’, Santa Monica CA
Kwangju Biennale, Kwangju/KR
Haus der Kunst, ‘Deep Storage’, Munich/DE [travelled to Nationalgalerie 5MKP, Berlin/DE; Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf/DE; P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York NY; Henry Art Gallery, Seattle WA]
Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, ‘Scene of the Crime’, Los Angeles CA
Biennale d’art contemporain 1997, Lyon/FR
Per Forma 97 Berlin, Berlin/DE
Galerie Tanya Rumpff, ‘Meg Cranston, Paul McCarthy, Barry McGee, Raymond Pettibon, Jason Rhoades’, Haarlem/NL
Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation, ‘Observations & Observances’, Toronto/CA
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, ‘Sunshine & Noir’, Humlebaek/DK
Castello di Rivoli, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, ‘Sunshine & Noir’, Turin/IT
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Tableaux’, Miami FL
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Performance Anxiety’, Chicago IL
Guggenheim Museum SoHo, ‘Rooms with a View: Environments for Video’, New York NY
Whitney Museum of American Art, ’1997 Biennial Exhibition’, New York NY
Transmission Gallery, ‘Joy Joy’, Glasgow/UK
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Making It Real’, Ridgefield CT
Southampton City Art Gallery, ‘Popoccultural’, Southhampton/UK
1996
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Helter Skelter’, Los Angeles, CA
Romper Room, ‘Thread Waxing Space’, New York NY
Center for Curatorial Studies Museum/Bard College, ‘a/drift’, Annandale-on-Hudson NY
Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, ‘Painting: The Extended Field’, Malmo/SE
Statens Museum for Kunst, ‘American Film & Video: Whitney Biennial/Electronic Undercurrents’, Copenhagen/DK
MAC, Galeries contemporaines des Musées de Marseille, ‘The Art Embodied – l’ art au corps’, Marseille/FR
Luhring Augustine Gallery, ‘Exposure’, New York NY
Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation, ‘Portraits’, Toronto/CA
Auckland Art Gallery, ‘Transformers’, Auckland/NZ
MAK Center for Art and Architecture, ‘The Garage Project’, Los Angeles CA
CAN, Centre d’art Neuchâtel, ‘Non! Pas comme ça! ‘, Neuchâtel/CH
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Reel Work, Artists’ Film and Video of the 1970’, Miami FL
Sprengel Museum Hannover, ‘Sex & Crime’, Hanover/DE
San Francisco Art Institute, ‘Low Cool’, San Francisco CA
Bloom Gallery, ‘Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Douglas Gordon, Dan Graham, Michael Joo, Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy, Juan Munoz, Daniel Oates – Presented by Patrick Painter Editions’, Amsterdam/NL
Dakis Joannou Collection, ‘Everything That’s Interesting Is New’, Athens/GR
Atheneum, Campus Universitaire, ‘Vito Acconci videos performances – Viewing Fresh Acconci’, Dijon/FR
David Zwirner Gallery, ‘Sampler 2: More Videos from Southern California’, New York NY
1995
Cinematheque, ‘Video Screening Painter and Heidi’, San Francisco CA
David Zwirner Gallery, ‘Marcel Broodthaers-Correspondence’, New York NY
Postmasters Gallery, ‘Raw’, New York NY
Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, ‘Stereo-Tip’, Ljubljana/SI
Musée d’art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, ‘Fémininmasculin: Le sexe de l’art’, Paris/FR
Arteleku, ‘Collisions’, San Sebastian/ES
Institute of Contemporary Art, ‘Familiar Places’, Boston MA
FRAC Auvergne, Château de la Louvière, ‘Autres victoires’, Montluçon/FR
FRAC Auvergne, ‘Histoire de l’infamie’, Montluçon/FR
Galerie Hauser & Wirth, ‘Marcel Broodthaers-Correspondence’, Zurich/CH
Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, ‘Le Mille e una Volta’, San Marino/IT
Biennale di Venezia, ‘Identita e Alterita’, Venice/IT
FRAC Collection, fin XXe, ‘Five separate locations’, Poitou-Charentes/FR
Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, ‘The Reflected Image’, Prato/IT
Kunstverein Hamburg, ‘Mike Kelley and Paul McCarthy’ (curator Stephen Schmitt-Wulffen), Hamburg/DE
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘Whitney Biennial Exhibition’, New York NY
David Zwirner Gallery, ‘Bruce Nauman, Mike Kelley, Franz West and Paul McCarthy’, New York NY
Bergamot Station Arts Center, ‘Murder’, Santa Monica CA
Exit Art, ‘Endurance’, New York NY
1994
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, ‘Cocido y Crudo’, Madrid/ES
Musée national d’art moderne, Centre George Pompidou, ‘Hors limites: L’art et la vie 1952–1994’, Paris/FR
Center for Curatorial Studies, ‘Bard College Transformers: The Art of Multiphrenia’ (travelling exhibition organised and circulated by ICI, New York; guest curator Ralph Rugoff), Annandale-on Hudson NY
Gallery 2, The School of the Art Institute Chicago, ‘Investigations into the Physical and Metaphorical Hole’, Chicago IL
Kunstraum Wien, ‘Oh Boy, It’s a Girl’, Vienna/AT
Kunstverein München, ‘Oh Boy, It’s a Girl’, Munich/DE
Santa Monica Museum of Art, ‘Altered Egos’ (curator: Karen Moss), Santa Monica CA
Gimpel Fils Ltd., ‘Dan Graham, Rodney Graham, Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy, Daniel Oates, Richard Prince, Meyer Vaisman, Jeff Wall’, London/UK
Galerie Asbaek, ‘Daniel Oates, Lincoln Tobier, Larry Johnson, Jeff Wall, Dan Graham, Richard Prince, Meyer Vaisman, Rodney Graham, Paul McCarthy’, Copenhagen/DK
Kunstforeningen, ‘(cut) – Los Angeles – 90’ernes kunstscene’, Copenhagen/DK
Galleri K, ‘Ross Bleckner, Günther Förg, Georg Herold, Martin Kippenberger, Jeff Koons, Paul McCarthy,
Ta Miyajima, Albert Oehlen, Philip Taaffe, Christopher Wool’, Oslo/NO
Torch Gallery, ‘Paul McCarthy – Mike Kelley – Charlemagne Palestine – Dirk Larsen’, Amsterdam/NL
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, ‘Outside the Frame of the Object’, Cleveland OH
Austrian Cultural Institute, ‘Altered, Two-person show, Rudolf Schwarzkogler and Paul McCarthy’, New York NY
1993
Sphere Max, ‘Self Winding’ (curator: Jeffrey Deitch), Tokyo/JP
Nanba City Hall, ‘Self Winding’ (curator: Jeffrey Deitch), Osaka/JP
Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center, ‘Figure as Fiction’, Cincinnati OH
Museum of Modern Art, ‘Identity and Home’, New York NY
David Zwirner Gallery, ‘Sampler – Southern California Video Tape Collection, 1970-1993’, New York NY
Studio Guenzani, ‘Sampler – Southern California Video Tape Collection, 1970-1993’, Milan/IT
Guggenheim Museum, SoHo, ‘Drawing the Line Against AIDS’, New York NY
Kunsthalle Wien, ‘The Language of Art’, Vienna/AT
Verein Kunst-Werk, ‘Utopian Art – Artificial Utopia’, Zurndorf/AT
Johnen & Schöttle, ‘Patrick Painter Editions’, Cologne/DE
La Biennale di Venezia, ‘Aperto’, Venice/IT
Gemeentemuseum Arnhem, Sonsbeek ’93: ‘The Uncanny’ (curator: Mike Kelley), Arnhem/NL
Kramer Art Museum, ‘The Eidetic Image: Contemporary Works on Paper’, Champaign IL
The Everson Museum of Art, ‘The Eidetic Image: Contemporary Works on Paper’, Syracuse NY
Art Gallery, Visual Art Center, California State University, ‘The Elegant, the Irreverent and the Obsessive: Drawings in Southern California’, Fullerton CA
1992
1301, ‘Into the Lapse’ Santa Monica CA [curators: Brian Butler / Jean Rasenberger – travelled to Karsten Schubert, London/UK; Friesenwall 120, Cologne/DE; Dogenhaus, Leipzig/DE; Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin/DE; The Royal Danish Academy of Art, Copenhagen/DK; Société des Expositions, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels/BE]
Akademie der Kunst, ‘Spielhölle’, Frankfurt/DE
Galerie Krinzinger, ‘LAX’, Vienna /AT
Castello di Rivara, ‘Viaggio a Los Angeles’, Turin/IT
Galerie Max Hetzler, Cologne /DE
Daniel Buchholz, ‘Greatest Hits’, Cologne/DE
Musée d’art contemporain, Fondation Asher Edelman, ‘Post Human’, Lausanne/CH [travelled to Castello di Rivoli, Turin/IT; Deste Foundation, Athens/GR; Deichtorhallen, Hamburg/DE; Israel Museum, Jerusalem/IL]
Anthony d’Offay Gallery, ‘Strange Developments’ (curator Jeffrey Deitch), London/UK
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, ‘Rosamund Felsen Clinic and Recovery Center’ (curator Ralph Rugoff), Los Angeles CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Helter Skelter’, Los Angeles CA
1991
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, ‘Quick Coagulation Forms the August Corpse’, Los Angeles CA
Ars Electronica, ‘Out of Control, Video Violence’, Linz /AT
___’The Family Romance – A Videotape Program’ (curator Simon Watson), New York NY
___’The Body – A Videotape Program’ (curator Simon Watson), New York NY
The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, ‘The Body – A Videotape Program’, Chicago IL
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, ‘Presenting Rearwards’, Los Angeles CA
Peter Pakesch Gallery, ‘The Body – A Videotape Program’, Vienna/AT
Grazer Kunstverein, ‘Body and Body’, Graz/AT
1990
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, ‘Past and Present- Selected Works by Gallery Artists’, Los Angeles CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, ‘New California Video – A Survey of Open Channels 1985-1990’, Long Beach CA
1989
American Film Institute, ‘Video Festival and area-wide screenings’, Los Angeles CA
1988
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, ‘New Works on Paper’, Los Angeles CA
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, ‘Tactical Positions – Video Tapes’, Los Angeles CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, ‘Open Channels Video’, Long Beach CA
1985
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, ‘B & W Drawings’, Los Angeles CA
1984
Anti Club, ‘Assault Video’, Los Angeles CA
Orwell Memorial Gallery, ‘Crap’, Los Angeles CA
Edge Gallery, ‘Contemporary Eccentrics’, Fullerton CA
Long Beach 1974 – 1984 Video, ‘A Retrospective’, Long Beach CA
1983
Hallwalls, ‘Video by Performance Artists – Terry Allen, Tony Labat, Paul McCarthy’, Buffalo NY
Gallery 8336, ’14 Artists Out of Line’, Los Angeles CA
1982
American Center, ‘Video Tapes America’, Paris/FR
Exile Gallery, ‘Works by Richard Newton & Paul McCarthy’, Los Angeles CA
1981
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘California Performance Now and Then’, Chicago IL
Washington Project for the Arts, ‘Lately in LA’, Washington DC
Espace Gallery, ‘Objects by Paul McCarthy & Barbara Smith’, Los Angeles CA
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, ‘Video, Aufzeichnungen von Performances’, Berlin/DE
1980
Theatre Affrate Ilamento, ‘Per/for/mance – American Art Performance Festival’, Florence/IT
Theatre Circo Spazio Zero, ‘Per/for/mance – American Art Performance Festival’, Rome/IT
Sixto Notes, ‘Audio Works’, Milan/IT
The Public Eye, ‘Video 80’, San Francisco CA
1978
Nan Hoover Atelier (sponsored by DeApple Gallery), ‘Video Tapes From Los Angeles’,
Amsterdam/NL
Art Fair, Bologna/IT
1977
Art Fair, Bologna/IT
1976
University Art Museum, ‘Commissioned Video’, Berkeley CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, ‘Second Southern California Video, Part II’, Long Beach CA
M. L. d’Arc Gallery, ‘Outside Video Tapes’, New York NY
Long Beach Museum, ‘Southern California Video Anthology’, Long Beach CA
1974
Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles CA
1973
Libra Gallery, ‘Conceptual Art’, Pomona CA
University of Southern California, ‘Festival of the Arts’, Los Angeles CA
Selected Performance, Video Tapes and Films
2007
Performance-Video Tapes: ‘Black and White Tapes’; ‘Family Tyranny/Cultural Soup’ with Mike Kelley;
‘Heidi’ with Mike Kelley; ‘Fresh Acconci’, with Mike Kelley; ‘Out O’ Actions’, with Mike Kelley;
‘WGG Test’; EAI Project at EFA Gallery, New York NY
1998
Performance-Video Tape: ‘Sod and Sodie Sock’, with Mike Kelley, Secession, Vienna/AT
1997
Performance-Video Tape: ‘Santa Chocolate Shop’, Los Angeles CA
1996
Performance-Video Tape: ‘Sad and Sadie Sack’, with Mike Kelley P-House, Tokyo/JP
Performance-Video Tape: ‘Tokyo Santa’, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo/JP
1995
Performance-Video Tape: ‘Painter’ (sponsored by Museum of Modern Art, New York NY; co-
sponsored by Smart Arts Press)
Film-Saloon, Los Angeles CA
Video tape: ‘Fresh Acconci’, Paul McCarthy and Mike Kelley, Los Angeles CA (sponsored by Smart Arts Press)
1994
Performance-Video tape: ‘Pinocchio’, Villa Arson, Nice/FR. Sponsored by Air de Paris, Nice/FR
1992
Performance-Video tape: ‘Heidi’, two tape set, Paul McCarthy and Mike Kelley, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna/AT
1991
Performance-Video tape: ‘Bossy Burger’, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Video tape: ‘A Hoot’, Los Angeles CA
Performance-Video tape: ‘Jungle Doctor’, Los Angeles CA
1989
Performance-Video tape: ‘Fun with Money – In Mine’, Los Angeles CA
1987
Performance-Video tape: ‘Family Tyranny’, Los Angeles CA
Performance-Video tape: ‘Cultural Soup’, Los Angeles CA
1985 Performance: ‘Science’, filmed in 16mm, Los Angeles CA
1984 Performance: ‘Fingers, Olive Oil’, Orwell Memorial, Los Angeles CA
1983
Performance: ‘Inside Out, Olive Oil’, 80 Langton St., San Francisco CA
Performance: ‘Popeye’, Cirque Divers, Liège/BE
Performance-Video tape: ‘King for a Day’, E.L.A.C. Espace Lyonnais, Comportment, Environment Performance,
Lyon/FR
Performance: ‘French Patisseries’, Gallerie Art Contemporain, J. et J. Dongu, Paris/FR
Performance: ‘Two P’s and a Bean – Collaboration with Paul Burwell, Paul McCarthy, and Anne Bean’,
146 Knapp Rd., London/UK
Performance: ‘Popeye American’, Midland Group, Nottingham/UK
Performance: ‘Popeye Judge and Jury’, Ulster Polytechnic Art and Design Center, Belfast/IE
Performance: ‘Popeye’s Driving School’, Trisker Arts Center,Cork/IE
Performance: ‘Popeye’s Automobile’, Dartington College of Arts; Totnes, Devon/UK
Performance: ‘Mother Pig’, Sushi Gallery, San Diego CA
Performance: ‘Gardener of Death’, University of California, Los Angeles performance series ‘Caught in the Act’,
Los Angeles CA
Performance: ‘Ayrean Death Ship’, San Francisco Art Institute, Gold Coast Performance Festival,
San Francisco CA
Performance: ‘Death Ship’, University of Southern California, Fine Arts Department, Los Angeles CA
1982
Performance: ‘Baby Boy, Baby Magic’, Al’s Bar, Los Angeles CA
Performance: ‘God Bless America’, Exile Gallery, Los Angeles CA
1981
Performance-Video tape: ‘Death Ship’, Sushi Gallery, San Diego CA
Performance-Video tape: ‘Death Ship’, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago IL
Performance: ‘Penis Painting’, University of California, Irvine CA
1980
Performance: ‘Penis Painting’, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA
Performance: ‘Penis Painting’, American Hotel, Los Angeles CA
Performance: ‘Monkey Man’, Public Spirit Performance Festival, Part I, D.T.L.A. Club, Los Angeles CA
Performance: ‘A Tale to Two Cities, Rome Against Florence’, American Art Performance Festival,
Theatre Circo Spazio Zero, Rome/IT and Theatre Affratellamento, Florence/IT
Performance: ‘Pig Man-Pig Piper’, American Art Performance Festival, Theatre Circo Spazio Zero, Rome/IT
Performance-Video tape: ‘Pig Man’, American Art Performance Festival, Theatre Affratellamento, Florence/IT
Performance: ‘San Francisco, The Shithole of the Universe’, Telecommunications in Contemporary Art,
ART COM of La Mamelle, Inc., San Francisco CA
1979
Performance: ‘Deadening’, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art (LAICA), Los Angeles CA
1978
Performance-Video tape: ‘Contemporary Cure All’, Los Angeles CA
Performance: ‘U.N. ‘, Close Radio, KPFK FM, Los Angeles CA
Performance: ‘Doctor’, Anna Canepa Video Distribution, New York NY
1977
Performance-Video tape: ‘Grand Pop #2’, University of California, Medical Center, Los Angeles CA
Performance: ‘Grand Pop’, University of Southern California, Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
1976
Performance-Video tape: ‘Class Fool’, University of California at San Diego CA
Video tape: ‘Rocky’, ___, Los Angeles CA
Performance: ‘Political Disturbance’, American Theater Association Convention, Los Angeles CA
Performance: ‘Paid Stranger’, Close Radio, KPFK FM Radio, Los Angeles CA
1975
Performance-Video tape: Experimental ‘Dancer-Rumpus Room’, University of Southern California,
Medical Center, Los Angeles CA
Performance-Video tape: ‘Sailor’s Meat’, Pasadena CA
Performance-Video tape: ‘Tubbing’, Pasadena CA
Video Tapes: ‘Basement Video Tapes’, Green Building, Pasadena CA
1974
Video Tape: ‘Penis Painting’, Pasadena CA
Performance-Video tape: ‘Heinz Ketchup, Sauce’, University of Southern California, Medical Center,
Los Angeles CA
Performance-Video tape: ‘Hot Dog’, Odd Fellows Temple, Pasadena CA
Performance-Video tape: ‘Meat Cake, #3’, Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Performance-Video tape: ‘Meat Cake, #2’, Odd Fellows Temple, Pasadena CA
Video Tapes: ‘Basement Video Tapes’, Odd Fellows Temple, Pasadena CA
Performance: ‘Meat Cake, #1’, Odd Fellows Temple, Pasadena CA
1973
Video Tape: ‘Thirty-Minute Moon’, Los Angeles CA
Video Tape: ‘Spit Lens’, Los Angeles CA
Video Tape: ‘Lens Sucking’, Los Angeles CA
Video Tape: ‘Spit Dicking’, Los Angeles CA
Performance-Video Tape: ‘In the Stomach of the Squirrel’, Los Angeles CA
Performance-Video Tape: ‘Dress’, Los Angeles CA
Performance-Video Tape: ‘Couch’, Los Angeles CA
Performance-Video Tape: ‘Gray Shirt’, Los Angeles CA
Video Tape: ‘Temple Street Video Tapes’, Los Angeles CA
1972
Video Tape : ‘Temple Street Video Tapes’, Los Angeles CA
Performance: ‘Face Painting – Wall’ , Los Angeles CA
Performance: ‘Face Painting – Floor’ , Los Angeles CA
Video Tape: ‘Red Poster Video Tapes’, Los Angeles CA
Video Tape: ‘Thirty-Minute Reel’, Los Angeles CA
Performance: ‘T.V. ‘, University of Southern California, Art Dept., Los Angeles CA
Performance: ‘Too Steep, Too Fast’, Hollywood Hills CA
1971
Film: ‘Outdoor Circle Run’, Los Angeles CA
Film: ‘Indoor Circle Run’, Los Angeles CA
Performance-Video Tape: ‘Ma Bell, the Witch’, Los Angeles CA
Video Tape: ‘Broadway Building Video Tapes’, Los Angeles CA
Video Tape: ‘House Video Tapes’, Los Angeles CA
1970
Performance-Video Tape: ‘Spinning’, Los Angeles CA
1969
Performance: ‘Mountain Bowling’, Salt Lake City UT
1968
Performance: ‘Leap’, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT
Performance: ‘Too Steep, Too Fast’, Marin County CA
1967
Performance: ‘Saw’, Little Theater, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT
Film: ‘Boys’, ___, Salt Lake City UT
