BORN
1964, Rockford, IL
Lives and works in New York, NY

EDUCATION
1986 BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1982 -1983, The Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas, MO

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006

• “Art Rock: de-tainer”, Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY

2005

• “Tri-Sectional Resurrectionall”, Kustera Tilton Gallery, New York, NY

2003

• “Box Rap”, Henry Urbach Architecture, New York, NY

1996

• “Seem-So-s”, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, Lauren Wittels Gallery, New York, NY

1995

• “Art + Public”, Geneva, Switzerland

1994

• The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
• “Front Runners”, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA

1993

• Jose Freire Fine Art, New York, NY
• Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
• “Pleasure Treasure”, Food House, Santa Monica, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009

• “NEWAGERIOT”, Country Club, Los Angeles, CA

2008

• “Person of the Crowd”, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
• “Harlem Postcards”, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY

2007

• “Keeping It Real”, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

2006

• “The Jaundiced Eye”, Scope Art Fair, New York, NY

2005

• “Rock, Paper, Scissors”, Kustera Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
• “Excitations”, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
• “Private View 1980/2000 Collection Pierre Huber”, Musee cantonal des Beaux-arts de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
• “Playtime”, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

2004

• “Airborne”, Henry Urbach Architecture, New York, NY
• “The Freedom Salon”, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
• Armory Show with Henry Urbach Architecture, New York, NY

2003

• “Shangri-La”, Islip Art Museum, Long Island, NY
• “The LAPD Project: The Legacy of Pattern and Decoration”, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2001

• “Salad Days”, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, NY

2000

• “Showroom”, RCCA: The Arts Center, Troy, NY
• “Pleasure Treasure”, California State University, Los Angeles, CA

1999

• “Growing Up (post) Modern”, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
• “Collage in America”, Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Stamford, CT

1998

• “pay-per view”, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY
• “Alternative Measures”, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY

1997

• “Dramatically Different”, Magasin-Center National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France
• “Installation View”, The Chicago Art Fair Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
• “504”, Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste, Braunschechweig, Germany
• “Wandstucke IV”, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland

1996

• “Patterns of Excess”, Beaver College Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
• “The Strange Power of Cheap Sentiment (or a Bientot to Irony)”, White Columns, New York, NY
• “Currents in Contemporary Art”, Christie’s East, New York, NY
• “The Most Important Thing in the World: Oasis vs. Blur and Artists Who Rock”, The Art Exchange, New York, NY
• “Incestuous”, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY

1995

• “Menu du Jour”, Silverstein Project Space, New York, NY
• “Snow Job”, L’usine, Geneva, Switzerland
• “Toys”, Galerie Jousse Sequin, Paris, France
• “Funhouse”, E.S. Vandam, New York, NY

1994

• “People Going Places Doing Things”, N.A.M.E., Chicago, IL
• “The Layered Look: Towards an Aesthetic of Accumulation Among Six L.A. Artists”, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
• “Pop Politics”, Tyler/Temple Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
• “Toys/Art/Us”, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
• “Rock and Roll”, Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta, GA
• “Hunk”, Jose Freire Fine Art, New York, NY
• “Animated”, Art in General, New York, NY
• “Who Chooses Who”, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
• “Slice and Dice”, Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
• “Not for the First Time: The Art of Appropriation”, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
• “Heaven Missing: Young Art L.A.”, Jose Freire Fine Art, New York, NY

1993

• “Hybrid Sculpture: New Directions in Contemporary Art”, Masha Vogel Gallery, New York, NY
• “Technicolor: The Future That Never Was”, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
• “TRI-Sexual”, TRI, Los Angeles, CA
• “L.A.C.E. Annuale: Body Politics”, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
• “Touch My Box”, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1992

• “Wallworks”, L.A. Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
• “The Frame: Multiplied and Extended”, Security Pacific Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1991

• “Lost and Found”, Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles, CA
• 10th Annual Multi-Media Exhibition, Burbank, CA

1986

• The School of the Art Institute Fellowship Exhibition, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL

1985

• “The National Screenprint Show”, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

SELECTED REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
2008

• Silas, Susan. “Larry Mantello, Neuberger Museum of Art” Frog Magazine. Issue No.7.
• Genocchio, Benjamin. “A Walk on the Wild Side, and Then Some” New York Times. Feb 10.

2006

• Zimmerman, Aaron. “Sensory Overload” Zoo Magazine. Issue No.10.

2005

• Smith, Roberta. “Close Reading: All Hail the Mighty SpongeBob ArtPants” New York Times. Dec 4.
• Kangas, Matthew. “At the Henry: Young Artists having fun, then and now” Seattle Times. May 31.

2004

• “All Consuming” V . Spring.

2003

• Cotter, Holland. “Larry Mantello at Henry Urbach Architecture” New Yorker. April 14.
• Art Reviews. New York Times. April, 5.
• “Larry Mantello at Henry Urbach Architecture” Time Out New York. April 17-24.
• Rinder, Lawrence. “Art In America”, Nest. Fall.
• Harrison, Helen A. ”Who’s Paradise Is It Anyway?” New York Times. March 15.

1998

• Zimmer, William. “Show of Work Resembling Items at Hand”, New York Times. March 15.

1996

• Findsen, Owen. “CAC Exhibit Gives Basics of New Art” Cincinnati Enquirer. June 23.
• Levin, Kim. “Voice Choices” Village Voice. April 16.

1994

• Schjeldahl, Peter. Columns and Catalogues
• Wilson, William. “Layered: Purposely, Desperately Silly” Los Angeles Times. Nov 30.
• Broder, Mitch. “Toys’s “R” Art” Gannett Suburban Newspaper. Nov 29.
• Cullum, Jerry. “Witty Pop-Culture meditations Hit the Mark” Atlantic Journal/Constitution. Nov 11.
• Sozanski, Edward. “The Past Decked Out In Latter-Day Politics”. The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 30.
• Seward, Keith. “Larry Mantello at Jose Freire” Artforum. January.

1993

• Cameron, Dan. “Critical Edge: Son of Scatter” Art and Auction. January.
• Kondo, Tatsuo. “NY Scene” Geijutsu Shincho. December.
• Devine Rory. “Heaven Missing: Young L.A. Art at Jose Freire Fine Art” Picturebook.
• Barrie, Lita. “A Forest of Toys: The Post Appropriation Object in Southern California” Visions Quarterly. Winter.
• Schjeldahl, Peter. “Oh So Pretty (Larry Mantello at Jose Freire)” Village Voice. Nov 9.
• Levin, Kim. “Voice Choices” Village Voice. Nov 2.
• Smith, Roberta. “Larry Mantello at Jose Freire” New York Times. Oct 29.
• Duncan, Michael. “Larry Mantello at Food House” Art in America. October.
• Smith, Roberta. “Nine Visitors from California” New York Times. Sept 10.
• Levin, Kim. “Voice Choice” Village Voice. Sept 14.
• Eaton, Halle. “Review of TRIsexual” Picturebook. June.
• Klausner, Betty. “Joy and Enigma” L.A. Artweek. May 20.
• Knight, Christopher. “Trappings of Pleasure” Los Angeles Times. April 21.
• Kandel, Susan. “Going Shopping” Los Angeles Times. April 8.
• “Nature of Desire: Review of TRI-Sexual” Los Angeles Times. April 1.

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

• The Museum of Modern Art
• Whitney Museum of American Art
• Miami Museum of Contemporary Art
• Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
• Henry Art Gallery
• California State University
• University Art Museum Santa Barbara
• Children’s Museum of Los Angeles
• The Progressive Corporation

SELECTED RESIDENCIES
2004

• The Julia and David White Artists’ Colony, Costa Rica