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BRAD KAHLHAMER
Lives and works in New York, NY & Mesa, AZ

Born 1956 in Tucson, Arizona
1982 University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac and Oshkosh; Receives B.F.A. 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025
Bowery Nation: Birds Are Talking, Venus Over Manhattan, New York, NY, May 13 – June 7, 2025

2024
In the Window, Venus Over Manhattan, New York, NY, August 3–October 26.
Independent 20th Century, Venus Over Manhattan, New York, NY, September 5–8.
+Brad Kahlhamer: Nomadic Studio Main Camp+, Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME, October 27, 2023–March 4.

2023
Brad Kahlhamer, Galerie Sophie Scheidecker, Paris, France, March 3–May 27.

2022
Cloudy Boy w/ Clouds, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN, Nov 4–Dec 3.
Brad Kahlhamer: Fort Gotham USA, Garth Greenan Gallery, New York, NY, May 12–June 18.
BRAD KAHLHAMER: 11:59 TO TUCSON, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, March 17–September 25.  Curated by Julie Sasse.
Brad Kahlhamer: Swap Meet, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Phoenix, AZ, February 26–October 9. Curated by Natasha Boas.

2019
Brad Kahlhamer: A Nation Of One, The Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN, June 20–August 25; traveled to Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND, October 3, 2019–
January 25, 2020. Curated by Christopher Atkins.
Bowery Nation + Hawk + Eagle, Bockley Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, June 22–August 17.
36 Hours in Gallup, LOOM Indigenous Art Gallery, Gallup, NM, March 9–April 13.

2017
Travelogue, Jack Shainman Gallery, Kinderhook, New York, NY, May 20–October 6, 2018.

2016
Nomadic Studio, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Gallery, Reed College; Portland, OR, October 27–December 15.

2015
The Contemporary Artists Project Space, The Karen and Doug Riley Contemporary Artists Project Gallery at The Joslyn Museum; Omaha, NE, November 14–April 17, 2016.
Fort Gotham Girls + Boys Club, Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery; Luxemburg, June 19–July 25.

2014
Fort Gotham Boys + Girls Club, Jack Shainman Gallery; New York, NY, March 28–April 26.
The Four Hairs, Andréhn-Schiptjenko Gallery; Stockholm, Sweden, February 20–March 29.

2013
A Fist Full of Feathers, Jack Shainman Gallery; New York, NY, October 18–November 23.
Bowery Nation, The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art; Kansas City, MO, March 22–July 21.

2012
Bowery Nation, The Aldridge Contemporary Art Museum; Ridgefield, CT, July 15–February 24, 2013.

2011
Project Space, Anne DeVillepoix; Paris, France, September 10–November 24.

2010
Giverny/JEE V, Anhdren/Schiptjenko; Stockholm, Sweden, March 25–May 2.

2008
Rapid City, Denver Museum of Contemporary Art; Denver, CO, June 10–September 21.

2007
Rapid City, Modern Art; London, England, January 18–February 17. 

2006
Girls & Skulls, Deitch Projects; New York, NY, March 4–April 1.

2005
Let’s Walk West, Scottsdale Contemporary Museum of Art; Phoenix, AZ, September 30–January 23, 2005; traveled to Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston,
Massachusetts, February 1–March 18.
Road Trip USA, Andrehn/Schiptjenko; Stockholm, Sweden, September.

2004
Skull Project, Galleria Francesca Kaufmann; Milan, Italy, May 27– July 31.

2003
Apache Junction USA, Modern Art Inc.; London, England, January 17–February 23.

2002
Almost American, James Kelly Contemporary; Santa Fe, NM, August 9–October 25.

2001
Almost American, Deitch Projects; New York, NY, May 5–June 30.
Brad Kahlhamer, Galleria Francesca Kaufmann; Milan, Italy, November 22–December 20.

2000
Brad Kahlhamer: Almost American, Madison Art Center (now Madison Museum of Contemporary Art); Madison, Wisconsin, December 3, 2000–February 11, 2001;
traveled to Aspen Art Museum; Aspen, CO, June 1–July 22, 2001. Catalog, essays by Laura Hoptman and Sara Krajewski. 
Friendly Frontier, Galleria Francesca Kaufmann; Milan, Italy, June 7–July 31.
Almost American, Modern Art Inc.; London, England, November 9–December 16.

1999
Friendly Frontier, Deitch Projects, New York, NY, October 14–November 6. Catalog, texts by Jeffrey Deitch and Peter Fleissig; Frontier interview by Margaret Archuleta.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026

American Landscape Summer Show Extravanganza!, Andrew Edlin Gallery, NYC. July 1– August 14, 2026
ILLUMINATIONS, Anat Ebgi, June 26 – August 7, 2026
Hold to This Earth: Works by Contemporary Indigenous North American Artists from Tia Collection, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, United Kingdom, June 13, 2026 – April 18, 2027.
INTO THE TIME HORIZON, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV. November 15, 2025 - January 3, 2027. Curated by Apsara DiQuinzio, Andrea and John C. Deane Family Chief Curator, with Kolin Perry, assistant curator.
The Life Force: Portraits from the Amparo & Manuel Foundation, The Museum of Sex, New York, NY. April 24–November 2026. Curate by Tam Gryn. 
Cross Generational: 1950 to Now, Eric Firestone Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL, January 3 –June 2026.
General Assembly, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY, May 23–June 28, 2026.

2025

MUNCH La rivoluzione espressionista, Mestre, Centro Culturale Candiani, Venezia, Italy, October 30, 2025–March 1, 2026. Curated by Elisabetta Barisoni.
In a dark time, the eye begins to see, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY, September 26th - November 1, 2025
Terraphilia, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain, July 1–September 28, 2025 Curated by Daniela Zyman with Marina Otero Verzier and Walid Raad
Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always, Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ, February 01- December 21, 2025. Organized by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, artist and curator.

2024
2024 - 25 ARTISTS, The Bunker Art Space, West Palm Beach, Florida, December 2024–May 2, 2025.
Incandescence: The Chandelier in Contemporary Art, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, New York, NY, September 5, 2024 - January 4, 2025. Curated by Bartholomew Bland, Patricia Cazorla, and Lisa Panzera.
The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, October 4–January 26.
The Collection: 1960 – Now, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ, ongoing.
The Collection, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, ongoing.
Grace Under Fire, The Shepherd, Detroit, MI, October 24, 2024-January 11, 2025. Curated by Kyle DeWoody, Laura Dvorkin, and Maynard Monrow.
New Terrains: Contemporary Native American Art, Phillips X, January 5-23, 2024. Curated by Tony Abeyta, Bruce Hartman, and James Trotta-Bono.
Art in Public Places, Vail Village, Vail, CO, Ongoing.

2023
Remedios Where New Land Might Grow, C3A Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía, Córdoba, Spain, April 14, 2023–March 31, 2024. Curated by Daniela Zyman. 
Encounters: Works From the TBA21 Collection, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain, May 31–October 9, 2023. Curated by Soledad Gutiérrez y Paloma Alarcó.
THE GEMMA DE ANGELIS TESTA DONATION, Ca’ Pesaro – International Gallery of Modern Art, Venice, Italy, April 22–September 17.
Brad Kahlhamer and Waverly Bergwin, Nemeth Art Center, June 2–September 30
Open Ended: SFMOMA's Collection, 1900 to Now, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; San Francisco, Ongoing.
LOOKS GOOD: ON PAPER Collaged Drawn Painted Printed, Bienvenu Steinberg & J., New York, NY. January 19 – February 18, 2023.
50 Paintings, The Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI, November 17, 2023–June 23, 2024. Co-curated by Margaret Andera and Michelle Grabner.

2022
Clamor of the Chapel, Fellows presentation with Biraaj Dodiya, Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Umbertide, Italy, Summer
Snake Whisky Still Life and Other Stories, Various Small Fires and Bockley Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, January 15–February 19, 2022. 
Disruption: Works from the Vicki and Kent Logan Collection, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, 2022. 

2021
The Contemporary Print: 20 Years at Highpoint Editions, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 9, 2021–January 9, 2022.
The Armory Show, Garth Greenan Gallery, Javits Center, New York, NY, September 9–11.
There is this We, Sculpture Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, Summer 2021–Fall 2022. Curated by Michelle Grabner and Theaster Gates 
Hand in Hand, Bienvenu Steinberg & C., New York, NY, September 23–October 30.

2020
Larger Than Memory: Contemporary Art from Indigenous North America, Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ, September 4–February 4, 2021. Curated by Erin Joyce and Diana Pardue. 
Really, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY, October 15–November 14. Curated by Inka Essenhigh and Ryan McGinness.  
Taking a Stand Art & Society, Deutsche Bank Collection, Frieze London & Frieze Masters Online, October 7–16.

2019
Psychic Reader, CO. Arizona Company Projects, Scottsdale, AZ, April 6–May 12. Curated by Cameron Gainer.
Material Art Fair, CO. Company Projects and Bockley Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico. February 6–9.

2018
Makeshift, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, September 22, 2018–March 3, 2019. Curated by Michelle Grabner. 
Other Walks Other Lines, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, November 2, 2018–March 10, 2019. Curated by Lauren Dickens.
Open Spaces, Inaugural Midwest Biennial, 21c Museum Hotels  Kansas City, MO, August 25–October 28, 2018. Curated by Dan Cameron. 
Group Show, Andréhn-Schiptjenko Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden, May 24–July 6.
Manahatta, ‘50 Covers Project’, New York Magazine, Culture Core, Port Authority, NY, 2018.

2017
Community Board, Grimm, Amsterdam (Halsstraat), Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 24–January 20, 2018.
Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans ,New Orleans, LA, November 18, 2017–February 25, 2018.
Once Upon a Time…The Western: A New Frontier in Art and Film, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada, October 14, 2017–February 4, 2018. Curated by Mary-Dailey
Desmarais and Thomas Brant Smith.
New Impressions: Experiments in Contemporary Native American Printmaking, The Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, NM, January 20–June 15.
Maker, Maker, Children's Museum of The Arts, New York, NY, June 08– September 10. Curated by Paul Laster and Renee Riccardo.
The Past is Present: Brad Kahlhamer, Turiya Magadlela, and Hank Willis Thomas, Jack Shainman Gallery; New York, NY, March 16–April 22. 
If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day, Tang Teaching Museum,  Saratoga Springs, NY, April 22–September 24. Curated by Ian Berry.
The Kindness of Strangers: Recent Acquisitions and Conservation Projects, SMoCA, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ, January 21–April 23

2016
The Campaign for Art: Contemporary, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; San Francisco, CA, May 14–October 30. Curated by Gary Garrels.

2015
If You Leave Me Can I Come Too?, Hunter East Harlem Gallery; New York, NY, October 14–January 9, 2016. Curated by Arden Sherman and Javier Rivero.
Weaving Past into Present: Experiments in Contemporary Native American Printmaking, International Print Center New York; September 24–November 10. Curated by Sarah Driver.

2014
Atopia: Migration, Heritage and Placelessness: Work from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection, Museo de Arte de Zapopan MAZ; Guadalajara, Mexico, May 14–
October 5; 2014–2018. Curated by Daniela Zyman.
Wrong's What I Do Best, San Francisco Art Institute; San Francisco, CA, April 24–July 26, 2014. ​​Curated by Hesse McGraw and Aaron Spangler.
The Plains Indians, Artists Of The Earth And Sky, Musee du-quai Branly; Paris, France April 8–July 20. Travel to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; Kansas City, Missouri,
September 19–January 11, 2015. Travel to The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New York, NY, March 3, 2015–May 10 2015. Curated by Gaylord Torrance.
Contemporary American Indian Art: The Nerman Museum Collection, The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art; Overland Park, KS, February 7–September 21, 2014. Curated
by Bruce Hartman.

2011
Exit Art: Printed Histories: Sixteen Years of Exit Art Portfolios 1995–2011, Exit Art; New York, NY, December 16, 2011–January 31, 2013. Curated by Jeanette Ingberman.
Talespinning, Bates College Museum of Art; Lewiston, ME, September 23–December 17. Curated by Dan Mills. 

2008
The Old, Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Museum; Houston, TX, May 10–July 20, 2008. Curated by Toby Kamps.  

2007
Shooting Back, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary; Vienna, Austria, June 6–December 16, 2007. Curated by Francesca von Habsburg and Daniela Zyman. 

2006
Radar, Denver Art Museum; Denver, CO, October 7–July 15, 2007. Works donated by Kent & Vicki Logan to the Denver Art Museum’s Modern & Contemporary Art
Department. Curated by Dianne Vanderlip.
Selections from the Leroy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University, Marianne Boesky Gallery; New York, NY, January 10–February 4 

2005
Looking at Words, Andrea Rosen Gallery; New York, NY, November 2–January 2006 
Monuments for the USA, White Columns; New York, NY, December 15–January 28, 2006. Curated by Ralph Rugoff. 

2004
Lewis and Clark Territory: Contemporary Artists Revisit Place, Race and Memory, Tacoma Art Museum; Tacoma, WA, February 12–June 6. Text by Thomas Haukaas and Rock Hushka.
Monument to Now, Deste Foundation: Center for Contemporary Art; Athens, Greece, June 22–December 31. Catalog by Deste Foundation, text by Dan Cameron, Jeffrey Deitch,
Alison M. Gingeras, Massimiliano Gioni and Nancy Spector. 
Picturing Change; the impact of Ledger Drawing on Native American Art, The Hood Museum of Art; Dartmouth College, NH, December 11–May 15, 2005. Curated by Barbara
Thompson.

2003
Supernova, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, December 13–May 23, 2004 
Stranger in the Village: Contemporary Drawings and Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art at Guild Hall, Museum of Modern Art, August 9–October 27. Curated by Madeleine
Grynsztejn.
Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, Regina Gouger Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, January18–March 21, 2003. Catalog texts by
Vicky A. Clark, Barbara J. Bloemink, Ana Merino, Rick Gribenas and George D. Wallace; traveled to Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA; University Art Gallery,
University of North Texas, Denton; University of Arizona Museum of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA; Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA; Art House, Austin, TX. Curated by Barbara Bloemink and Rick Gribenas.

2002
Contemporary Art Project, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, December 20, 2002–April 6, 2003. Catalog, texts by Lisa Corrin and Tarra Reddy Young. 
West RE TROSPEC T ACLE: 25 Years of Collecting Modern & Contemporary Art, Denver Art Museum; Denver, CO, November 16–August 3, 2003. Catalog text by Diane
Perry Vanderlip.

2001
Best of the season: Selected Works from the 2000–2001 Manhattan Exhibition Season, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Catalog text by Richard Klein.
Ghost World, Cais Gallery; Seoul, South Korea, October 9–November 3. Curated by Michael Cohen.
Issues of Identity in Recent American Art, Gibson Gallery State University of New York at Potsdam; New York, NY, March 12 – April 22. Traveled to Art University Galleries, Illinois
State University; Normal, IL. Catalog text and curated by Dan Mills.
Waterworks: U.S. Akvarell 2001, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn, Sweden, May 20–September 2, 2001. Catalog texts by Kim Levin and Berndt Arell.
Tirana Biennale 1, National Gallery & Chinese Pavilion, September 15–October 15

2000
Endpapers, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York; Purchase, New York, January 30–April 31. Curated by Judy Collischan.
Ghosts, Invisible Museum; October 31–December 9. Curated by Peter Fleissig.
Greater New York: New Art in New York Now, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York, February 27–May 14. CD-ROM P.S.1 MOMA, Long Island City, NY, 27 February–14 May
2000. CD-ROM catalog with booklet.
Lost, Ikon Gallery; Birmingham, England, February 16 - April 2. Curated by Tania Kovats.
ID/Y2K: Identity at the Millennium, Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle; New Rochelle, NY January 30–March 24.

1999
100 Drawings, MoMA PS1,  Long Island City, NY, April 18–June 6. Organized by Alanna Heiss, Josette Lamoureux and Ed Leffingwell.
‘Self Portrait,’ Mercer Union; Toronto, Canada, September 25–October 30. Curated by Invisible Museum. 
‘The Constructed Landscape,’ Brent Sikkema Gallery; New York, NY, June 8–July 3. Curated by Augusto Arbizo.
‘Infra-Slim Spaces - The Physical and Spiritual in the Art of Today’, Birmingham Museum of Art; Birmingham, AL, February 12–April 4. Curated by Peter Fleissig.

1998
‘PETS’, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery; New York, NY, July 16–August 14.
‘Solo Painting: Voices in Contemporary Abstraction’, The North Dakota Museum of Art; Grand Forks, ND, March 8–April 26.

1997
‘Basically Black and White’, Neuberger Museum of Art; Purchase College, Purchase, New York, NY, September 21–January 18, 1998.
‘Landscape USA’, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery; New York, NY, November 20–December 24.
‘Road Show ’97’, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery; New York, NY, February 15–March 15.
‘Stepping Up’, Andrew Mummery Gallery; London, England, September 18–October 25.
‘Structures’, John Berggruen Gallery; San Francisco, CA, July 10–September 13.

1996
‘The Art Exchange Show’, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery; New York, NY, June 7–June 15, 1996 
‘Red River Crossings: Ten Contemporary Native American Artists Respond to Peter Rindisbacher (1806-1834)’, Swiss Institute; New York, NY, November 1–December 14. Catalog texts
by Margaret Archuleta, Henry E. Bovay and Gregory Sholette. 
‘Square Bubbles’, Mandeville Gallery, Union College; Schenectady, New York, NY, March 7– April 21. Catalog text by Mikhail Iossel.       
‘Sweat’, Exit Art; New York City, June 15–July 13.
‘Wish You Were Here’, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery; New York, NY, March 1–March 30, 1996.

1995
‘Brad Kahlhamer and Michael Ashkin’, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery; New York, NY, October 6–November 4.     
‘Extremely Refrigerated’, Meatlocker; New York, NY, October 5–October 28.
‘Obsession’, Chassie Post Gallery; New York, NY, July 21–September 4.
'Pop Up’, Socrates Sculpture Park; New York, NY, May 1995–March 1996.

1994
‘The Garden of Sculptural Delights’, Exit Art; New York, NY, March 12–May 27.
’...It’s How You Play the Game, Exit Art; New York, NY, November 5, 1994–January 28, 1995.

1993
‘Markets of Resistance’, White Columns; New York, NY, October 8–November 7. Curated by Karin Jones

1994
‘Simply Made in America’, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum; Ridgefield, CT, January 24–May 2, 1993; traveled to Contemporary Art Center; Cincinnati, OH;
Butler Institute of American Art; Youngstown, OH; Palm Beach Community College of Art; Florida; Delaware Art Museum; Wilmington, DE.
Catalog text by Barry A. Rosenberg. 
‘W139-NY’, Gallerie W139; Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 23–November. 

1992
‘Sculpture: The Day after Today’, Thread Waxing Space; New York, NY, January 16–February 28.

1990
‘UTSTÄLLNINGSSAMLING,’ Arton A Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden, May 23–June 21.