SEAN DACK
born in Albany, NY. in 1976
lives and works in New York, NY.
EDUCATION
2002MFA, Columbia University School of the Arts, NY.
2000BA, Purchase College of Art and Design, Purchase, NY.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo, Japan
Moore Space, Miami, FL.
Diminished Returns/Innocent Eyes, David Kordansky Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA.
2004Sean Dack, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, NY.
Dwell Time, Southfirst:art, Brooklyn, NY.
2002Fresh and Upcoming, Frankfurter Kunstverien (project space),
Frankfurt, Germany
No Encore, Southfirst:art, Brooklyn, NY.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006Endless Summer,
Westlondonprojects, London, England
Manhattan Project, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL.
2005Thank You for
the Music, Galerie Sprüth Magers, Munich, Germany
The Uncertain States of America, curated by Daniel Birnbaum,
Gunnar B. Kvaran, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Astrup Fearnley
Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway, Musée d'Art Moderne
de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France, Center for
Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.,
Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
There's a City In My Mind, Southfirst:art, Brooklyn, NY.
2004Works on Paper,
Mixture Contemporary Art, Houston, TX.
Trailer, Man in the Holoscene, curated by Tom Morton and
Catherine Patha. w/ Liam Gillick, London, England
Sadie Hawkins Dance, Southfirst:art, Brooklyn, NY.
Music Box, White Box, New York, NY.
Glad Day, Foxy Productions, New York, NY.
Standard Projection: Weather/Traffic, Standard Hotel,
curated by Loren Mindak and Art Production Fund, Los Angeles, CA.
2003Sean Dack and
Liam Gillick, A Film, A Clip, A Documentary,
Corvi-Mora, London, England
New York Fucking City, Southfirst:art, Brooklyn, NY.
Electric Body, Cite de la Musique, Paris, France
2002Jahregaben
2002/2003, Frankfurter Kunstverein,
Frankfurt, Germany
Escape, Egizio's Project, New York, NY.
Paris/Brooklyn, Brooklyn/Paris,
Galerie Anton Weller, Paris, France
Columbia University MFA thesis show,
May 2002, New York, NY.
Dark Spring, curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen in cooperation
with Liam Gillick, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal, Germany
Layer Immaterial, Leroy Nieman Center for Print Studies,
New York, NY.
2001Welcome to
the Playground of the Fearless, Entropy, Brooklyn, NY.
Flight, curated by Southfirst & Flug, Vienna,
Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Columbia University First Year MFA Show, curated by
Jerry Saltz, Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Gallery, New York, NY.
Workspheres, the Museum of Modern Art in conjunction with
LOT/ek architecture, New York, NY.
Surround 5.1, curated by Arto Linsay, Tonic, New York, NY.
2000GotoASA.org
Benefit Art Auction, curated by James Fuentes and
Seth McBride, Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York, NY.
Open Space, 30 artists in 60 days,
James Fuentes Gallery, New York, NY.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
(* indicates non-periodical book, catalog, or other publication)
2006 "Diminished
Returns/Innocent Eyes: I want my MTV (and my art!),"
LA.COM, January 21, 2006
2005*The Uncertain
States of America, Astrup Fearnley Museum
of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway, 2005
McClister, Nell, "Sean Dack", Artforum, March 2005, pp.239-240
Gillick, Liam, Parreno, Philippe, "Liam Gillick and Philippe Parreno
Talk About 'Briannnnnn and Ferryyyyyy'",
Artforum (1000 Words), February 2005, pp.144-145
2004Cherix, Christophe,
"Anna Sanders Films Identity Spot", Afterart
News, No. 2, Summer 2004, p. 9
Cotter, Holland, "Art in Review; Sadie Hawkins Dance",
The New York Times, June 25, 2004
Beyer, Charles G., "Sean Dack", Flash Art,
May-June 2004, p. 83
Maine, Stephen, "Dateline Brooklyn", Artnet.com,
April 14, 2004
2003Herbert, Martin,
"Liam Gillick, Sean Dack", Time Out London,
No. 1737, December 3-10, 2003 p.54
Ebner, Jorn, "Ruine auf Außenposten, Frankfurter
Allemeine Zeitung, November 13, 2003
ed. Lavinia Garulli and Valentina Sansone, "Focus Photography",
Flash Art, Vol.36, No.232, October 2003, p.87
Kordansky, David, "Sean Dack," V magazine, July 2003
Zapperi, Giovanna. "Electric Body: Le Corps En Scene",
Flash Art, January-February 2003
2002Gesschichte,
Stück. "Videoinstallation Sean Dack",
Journal Frankfurt, September 18, 2002
Hohmann, Silke, "Der kalkulierbare Kurt Cobain",
Frankfurter Rundschau, September 4, 2002
Wolters, Dierk, "Zertrummerte Gitarren in der Endlosschleife",
Frankfurter Neue Presse, September 4, 2002
"Eröffnung mit Sean Dack und Timo Albrecht als DJs",
Frankfurter Rundschau, September 2, 2002
Krueger, Reto, "In Kraichtal stört Lee Karis Ruhe",
Observer, April 4, 2002
Schutte, Christoph, "Kopie eines Buhnenberserkers, Sean Dack
im Kunstverein", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,
September 7, 2002
Kerner, Anne, "Famous and Immortal", Divento,
July 17th, 2002
Jonquet, Francois: "This Is The End", Nova Magazine,
July 2002, Paris, France
Smith, Roberta, "Art In Review: Sean Dack at Southfirst",
The New York Times, January 18, 2002
2000Fuentes, James,
Open Space, James Fuentes Gallery, New York,
Zing Magazine, Spring/ Summer 2000
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2004American Center Foundation project grant
2001Theodore &
Carolyn Newhouse Sculpture Award,
Columbia University