Born in Newcastle CA, 1965
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland CA, 1985
San Francisco Art Institute; B.F.A., 1986-1988
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan ME 1988
University of California, Los Angeles; MFA, 1991-1993
Died in Los Angeles, 2006
Solo Exhibitions
2007
David Zwirner, ‘Jason Rhoades. Black Pussy’, New York NY
El Sourdog Hex, ‘Multiples’, Berlin/DE
2006
CAC Malaga, ‘Tijuanatanjierchandelier’, Malaga/ES
2005
Hauser & Wirth London, ‘The Black Pussy…and the Pagan Idol Workshop’, London/UK
MAGASIN Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble/FR
Estudio Helga de Alvear, Madrid/ES
Mapa Teatro, ‘Macrame Cabaret Pussy Harvest’, Bogota/CO
2004
Sammlung Hauser und Wirth in der Lokremise St.Gallen, ‘Jason Rhoades. My Madinah. In pursuit of my ermitage…’, St. Gallen/CH
2003
David Zwirner, ‘Meccatuna’, New York NY
Phoenix Kulturstiftung, ‘Falkenberg Collection’, Hamburg/DE
2002
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, ‘PeaRoeFoam, My Special Purpose’, Vienna/AT
David Zwirner, ‘PeaRoeFoam, The Impetuous Process & From The Costner Complex’, New York NY
Estudio Helga de Alvear, Madrid/ES
2001
Portikus, ‘The Costner Complex Perfect Process’, Frankfurt/DE
2000
Galerie Hauser & Wirth, Zurich/CH
David Zwirner, ‘of perfect world’, New York NY
Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld/DE
1999
Deichtorhallen, ‘Perfect World’, Hamburg/DE
1998
Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, ‘The Creation Myth’, Zurich/CH
Kunsthalle Nürnberg, ‘The Purple Penis and the Venus’, Nuremberg/DE
Van Abbemuseum, ‘The Purple Penis and the Venus (and Sutter’s Mill) for Eindhoven: A Spiral with Flaps and Two Useless Appendages. After the Seven Stomachs of Nuremberg (as Part of ‘The Creation Myth’)’, Eindhoven/NL
1997
David Zwirner Gallery, ‘Deviations in Space, Various Virgins’, New York NY
Villa Arson, ‘La modernité et la Côte d’Azur’, Nice/FR
1996
Kunsthalle Basel, Basel/CH
1994
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, ‘Swedish Erotica and Fiero Parts’, Los Angeles CA
1993
David Zwirner (fair booth), ‘The Unfair’, Cologne/DE
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, ‘Going Down Stairs Diagonally’, Los Angeles CA
David Zwirner Gallery, ‘CHERRY Makita – Honest Engine Work’, New York NY
Group Exhibitions
2008
Hugh Lane Gallery, ‘Now’s the Time’, Dublin/IE
Hugh Lane Gallery, ‘Young’, Dublin/IE
Museum MARTa Herford, ‘Ad Absurdum – Energien des Absurden von der klassischen Moderne bis zur Gegenwart’, Herford/DE
Barbican Art Gallery, ‘Martian Museum of Terrestrial Life’, London/UK
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘Whitney Biennale 2008’, New York NY
2007
David Zwirner, ‘A Point in Space is a Place for an Argument’, New York NY
Galerie Dennis Kimmerich, ‘L.A. Desire’, Dusseldorf/DE
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967’, Chicago IL
Hamburger Bahnhof, ‘There is never a stop and never a finish – In Memoriam Jason Rhoades’, Berlin/DE
Biennale di Venezia, 52nd International Art Exhibition, ‘Think with the Senses – Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense’, Venice/IT
10. Triennale Kleinplastik Fellbach, ‘Bodycheck’, Fellbach/DE
UCLA Hammer Museum, ‘Eden’s Edge: Fifteen LA Artists’, Los Angeles CA
2006
Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, ‘Wrestle’, New York NY
Rubell Family Collection, ‘Red Eye: Los Angeles Artists from the Rubell Family Collection’, Miami FL
Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnik, ‘FASTER! BIGGER! BETTER!’, Karlsruhe/DE
Zwirner & Wirth, ‘Contemporary Sculpture’, New York NY
Zwirner & Wirth, ‘Yes Bruce Nauman’, New York NY
Zentrum Paul Klee, ‘Irritation des Gleichgewichts’, Berne/CH
San Francisco Institute of Art, ‘Work Zones: Three Decades of Contemporary Art from San Francisco Institute of Art, Walter & McBean Galleries’, San Francisco CA
2005
Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie ‘Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht: Licht als Medium der Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert’, Karlsruhe/DE
Silverbridge, ‘Transcontinental Nomadenoase’, Paris/FR
David Zwirner, ‘Early Work’, New York NY
Galleria d’Arte Moderna, ‘Drive’, Bologna/IT
Contemporary Arts Center, ‘Multiple Strategies’, Cincinnati OH
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’, Salzburg/AT
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, ‘Puppets & Heavenly Creatures’, Vienna/AT
Tinguely Museum, ‘Bewegliche Teile: Formen des Kinetischen’, Basel/CH
Kunstmusem St. Gallen, ‘Sweet temptations – Sammlung Rolf Ricke’, St. Gallen/CH
Galerie Barbara Thumm, ‘Echo. Anti Echo’, Berlin/DE
Centre Georges Pompidou, ‘Dionysiac’, Paris/FR
Santa Monica Museum of Arts; ‘INCOGNITO 2005’, Santa Monica CA
2004
Deichtorhallen, ’15 Jahre Deichtor’, Hamburg/DE
Kunsthaus Graz, ‘Bewegliche Teile. Formen des Kinetischen’, Graz/AT
Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, ‘Friedrich Christian Flick Collection im Hamburger Bahnhof’, Berlin/DE
Astrup Fearnley Museet, ‘Everything is Connected, he, he, he’, Oslo/NO
Kunsthalle Bielefeld, ‘Das grosse Fressen. Von Pop bis heute’, Bielefeld/DE
2003
Technopolis, Benaki Museum and Athens School of Fine Arts, ‘Outlook’, Athens/GR
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst Gent, ‘Gelijk het leven is’, Ghent/BE
Palau de la Virreina, ‘Bankett – Metabolismus und Kommunikation’, Barcelona/ES [travelled to: ZKM, Karlsruhe/DE; Medialab, Madrid/ES; Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid/ES]
The Provider Troubled Teen Mentor Peanut Butter Shop, Los Angeles CA
Bienal de Valencia, ‘micro-Utopias’, Valencia/ES
Van Abbemuseum, ‘The Secret Life of The Onions’, Eindhoven/NL
Van Abbemuseum , ‘Over wij / about we – From Picasso to AnnLee’, Eindhoven/NL
2002
Kunsthalle Basel, ‘Keine Kleinigkeiten’, Basel/CH
Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, ‘French Collection’, Geneva/CH
Galerie Hauser & Wirth, ‘shit plug’ (with PAUL McCARTHY), Zurich/CH
Guggenheim Museum, ‘Moving Pictures’, New York NY
Kunstraum Innsbruck, ‘Plus Ultra’, Innsbruck/AT
Kunstmuseum Bern, ‘Kopfreisen. Jules Verne, Adolf Wölfli und andere Grenzgänger’, Berne/CH
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
K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, ‘Startkapital’, Dusseldorf/DE
Liverpool Biennial, ‘PeaRoeFoam, The Liver Pool’, Liverpool/UK
NICC, ‘Exile on Main Street’, Antwerp/BE
Astrup Fearnley Museet, ‘Passenger – The Viewer as Participant’, Oslo/NO
Museu Serralves, ‘Collecion Onnasch’, Porto/PT
Seedamm Kulturzentrum, ‘Jules Verne, Adolf Wölfli und andere Grenzgänger’, Pfäffikon/CH
Galerie Hauser & Wirth, ‘Ten Years Galerie Hauser & Wirth’, Zurich/CH
2001
LA MoCA, ‘Public Offerings’, Los Angeles CA
Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, ‘Do it’, San Angel/MX
Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, ‘Ich bin mein Auto’, Baden-Baden/DE
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst Gent, ‘Y.E.L.L.O.W.’, Ghent/BE
MACBA, ‘The Onnasch Collection’, Barcelona/ES
Sammlung Hauser und Wirth in der Lokremise St.Gallen, ‘Wechselstrom’, (cur. Julian Heynen), St. Gallen/CH
Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama/JP
Art Pace San Antonio, San Antonio TX
2000
Sammlung Hauser und Wirth in der Lokremise St.Gallen, ‘Sammlung (1) – The Oldest Possible Memory’, (cur. Eva Meyer-Hermann), St. Gallen/CH
Statens Museum for Kunst, ‘The Snowball’ [with Peter Bonde], Copenhagen/DK
Foundation for Contemporary Art, ‘ArtPace’, San Antonio TX
Projektraum/Kunstraum Innsbruck, ‘LIFE/BOAT – Hans Weigand/Jason Rhaodes/RAYMOND PETTIBON’, Innsbruck/AT
Brooke Alexander Gallery, ‘To Infinity and Beyond: Editions for the Year 2000’, New York NY
1301PE projects and editions, ‘Ranch’ [with Jorge Pardo], Santa Monica CA
1999
Kaiser Wilhelm Museum Krefeld, ‘am horizont’, Krefeld/DE
Kunsthalle Bremen, ‘Damenwahl’ [with Corinne Wasmuth], Bremen/DE
Kunsthalle Wien, ‘Get together’, Vienna/AT
Real Art Ways, ‘HORSEplay’, Hartford CT
Kunsthaus Zürich, ‘Weltuntergang & Prinzip Hoffnung’, Zurich/CH
MAK, Schindler House, ‘RAYMOND PETTIBON, Jason Rhoades, Hans Weigand: LIFE/BOAT, 1999’, Los Angeles CA
Provinciaal Museum voor Fotografie, ‘Laboratorium’, cur. Barbara Vanderlinden / Hans Ulrich Obrist, Antwerp/BE
Thread Waxing Space, ‘Conceptual Art as Neurobiological Praxis’, New York NY
XLVIII Esposizione Internazionale d’arte, Biennale di Venezia, Danish Pavilion [with Peter Bonde], Venice/IT
XLVIII Esposizione Internazionale d’arte, Biennale di Venezia, ‘dAPERTutto‘ [with PAUL McCARTHY], (cur. Harald Szeemann), Venice/IT
David Zwirner, ‘Propposition’ [with PAUL McCARTHY], New York NY
1998
Secession, ’100 Jahre Secession’, Vienna/AT
Art & Appenzell, ‘Wahlverwandschaften’, Appenzell/CH
UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, ‘Sunshine & Noir: Art in Los Angeles 1960-1997’, Los Angeles CA
Castello di Rivoli, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, ‘Sunshine & Noir: Art in Los Angeles 1960-1997’, Turin/IT
Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf im Ehrenhof, ‘Deep Storage – Arsenale der Erinnerung’, Dusseldorf/DE
Henry Art Gallery, ‘Deep Storage – Arsenale der Erinnerung’, Seattle WA
Kunsthalle Zürich, ‘Auf der Spur. Kunst der 90er Jahre im Spiegel von Schweizer Sammlungen’, Zurich/CH
Galerie Heinz Holtmann, ‘Hommage à Diether Roth’, Cologne/DE
David Zwirner, ‘Five Years, 1993-1998’, New York NY
Kunsthaus Zürich, ‘Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer – Junge Schweizer Kunst mit Gästen und Gastmahl’, (cur. Bice Curiger), Zurich/CH
Nordiska Museet, ‘Arkipelag’, Stockholm/SE
1997
Haus der Kunst, ‘Deep Storage – Arsenale der Erinnerung’, Munich/DE
Nationalgalerie SMPK, Sonderausstellungshalle am Kulturforum, ‘Deep Storage – Arsenale der Erinnerung’, Berlin/DE
Kunstmuseum, ‘Deep Storage – Arsenale der Erinnerung’, Düsseldorf/DE
Henry Art Gallery, ‘Deep Storage – Arsenale der Erinnerung’, Seattle WA
Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon/FR
Whitney Museum of American Art, ’1997 Whitney Biennial’, New York NY
La Biennale di Venezia, ‘XLVII Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte’, Venice/IT
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, ‘Sunshine & Noir: Art in Los Angeles 1960-1997’, Wolfsburg/DE
Moderna Galeria Ljubljana, ‘Epicenter Ljubljana’, Ljubljana/SI
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, ‘Connexions Implicités’, Paris/FR
Richard J. Schiffler Collection and Archives, Westen Art Gallery, ‘projects.doc.’, Cincinnati OH
Castello di Rivoli, Museo d’Arte Contemporaneo, ‘American Art from the Whitney Museum’, Turin/IT
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, ‘Sunshine & Noir: Art in Los Angeles 1960-1997’, Humlebaek/DK
Haus der Kunst, ‘Deep Storage – Arsenale der Erinnerung’, Munich/DE
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York NY
1996
CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain Entrepôt, ‘Traffic’, Bordeaux/FR
Wanås Foundation, ‘Wanås 1996. Outdoor Sculpture Project’, Knislinge/SE
National Gallery, Alexandros Soutzos Museum, ‘Art at the End of the 20th Century’, Athens/GR
1301 PE, Peter Strauss Ranch, ‘Ranch’ [with Jorge Pardo], Malibu CA
Museu d’Art Contemporani, ‘Art at the End of the 20th Century’, Barcelona/ES
Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar, ‘Nach Weimar’, Weimar/DE
Kulturreferat München, ‘Urban Structures’, Munich/DE
Ecole National supérieure des Beaux-Arts, ‘L’Art du Plastique Nouvelle matières d’expression’ (cur. Robert Fleck), Paris/FR
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, ‘Multiple Pleasures’, New York NY
Galerie Jürgen Becker, ‘Group Show’, Hamburg/DE
The Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, ‘a/drift: Scenes from the Penetrable Culture’, (cur. Joshua Dexter), Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson NY
Kunstmuseum Bonn, ‘Art at the End of the 20th Century’, Bonn/DE
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Defining the Nineties: Consensus-Making in New York, Miami and Los Angeles’, Miami FL
1995
Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Ripple Across the Water’, Tokyo/JP
The Whitney Museum of American Art, ’1995 Whitney Biennial’, New York NY
Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, ‘Das Ende der Avant-Garde. Kunst als Dienstleistung’, Munich/DE
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, ‘Selections of the Permanent Collection’, Ghent/BE
‘26es Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie’, Arles/FR
Ludwig Forum für internationale Kunst, Aachen/DE
Lauren Wittels, ‘lo-fi’, (cur. Michelle Reyes), New York NY
Brooke Alexander Editions, ‘Komix’, New York NY
Grazer Kunstverein, ‘Self Made’, Graz/AT
1994
Deichtorhallen, ‘Temporary Translation(s). Sammlung Schürmann – Kunst der Gegenwart und Fotografie’, Hamburg/DE
Museum Van Hedendaagse Kunst, ‘This Is the Show and the Show Is Many Things, Extra Muros’, Ghent/BE
Raum Strohal, ‘Sammlung West’, Vienna/AT
David Zwirner, ‘Summer Group Show’, New York NY
Thread Waxing Space, ‘Don’t Look Now’, (cur. Joshua Dexter), New York NY
Sandra Gering Gallery, ‘Paul Bloodgood, Luca Buvoli, Jason Rhoades and Kathleen Schimert’, New York NY
Villa Arson, ‘Monaco Grand Prix 94’, Nice/FR
Galerie Froment & Putman, Paris/FR
1993
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, ‘Going Down Stairs Diagonally’, (cur. PAUL McCARTHY), Los Angeles CA
1992
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, ‘The Clinic’, (cur. Ralph Rugoff), Los Angeles CA
