Dave Muller
Dave Muller
Born 1964, San Francisco, USA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA
Education
1993
MFA California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, USA 1990-91
Fine Arts Graduate Program School of Visual Arts, New York, USA
BAS, Chemistry & Art, University of California, Davis, USA
Solo Exhibitions
2011
75001 Listening Room, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, USA
2010
Dave Muller, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, USA
2009
iamthewalrus, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, USA
Allover, Not Over At All, Gladstone Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2008
Medium, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, USA
The World on a Wheel, The Approach W1, London, UK
I Like Your Music I Love Your Music, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y León, Spain
2007
Sandra and Gerald Fineberg Art Wall, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA
2006
I Want It Louder, Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA
Piles and Globes, Likes and Loves, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, USA
2005
Thirty-Three Revolutions* *And One Third, The Approach, London
The Wrong Gallery, New York, USA
Stars and Bars (American), Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, USA
2004
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA
I Like Your Music, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, USA
Engeholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna, Austria
2003
Dave Muller, The Approach, London, UK
Murray Guy, New York, USA
2002
Dave Muller: Sprawling (and mini-sprawl), Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, USA
Dave Muller: Connections, curated by Amada Cruz, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum,
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, and Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los
Angeles, USA
2001
Current 85, Dave Muller: Spatial, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, USA
Clothes, Polaroids, Movies, & Music, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, USA
Galleria Allesandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy
2000
How to Secede (Without Really Trying), The Approach, London, UK
Spatial, Murray Guy, New York, USA
Thermal, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, USA (with David Hughes)
1999
here and there, Four Walls, San Francisco, USA
Chelsea, Project Wall, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
1998
L,L,L,L,L,L,L,L,A,A,A,A,A,A,A,A., Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, USA
Apple, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, USA
1997
Love is All Around (In Black and White and Color), Spanish Box, Santa Barbara, USA
1996
Studio 246 (with Alex Slade), Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
1993
A Number of Ladders (Borrowed), Broad Studio #2, Cal Arts D301, California Institute of the
Arts, Valencia, USA
Rex Ravenelle, David A. Muller, Due North, D300 Gallery, California Institute of the Arts,
Valencia, USA
1992
Woo, Mint Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, USA
1990
Games, Oblong Salon, Davis, USA
Group Exhibitions
2011
Announce, Thomas Soloman Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Broodwork: It’s About Time, Otis College of Art amd Design, Los Anglese, USA
Abstract Now and Then, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Univerity fo California, Berkeley, USA
The Record, Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (2010); traveled to the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts; the Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida; and the Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington, USA
Echoes - La musique faite image, Centre culturel suisse Paris, France
2010
The Artist’s Museum, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
Big New Field: Artists in the Cowboys Stadium Art Program, Cowboys Stadium, Dallas, USA
The Art Auction at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Chicago, USA
Peter Saville: Accessories to an Artwork, Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton, USA
Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Curated by Jeff Koons, New Museum, New York, USA
At Home/Not at Home: Works from the Collection of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg, Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, USA
2009
Dilettantes, Dandies and Divas, Gavlak projects, Miami, USA
Rock – Paper – Scissors, Pop Music as Subject of Visual Art, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria
15th Anniversary Inaugural Exhibition, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, USA
2008
Highlights from the Permanent Collection, 1980-2005, The Museum of Contemporary Art,
Los Angeles, USA
Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967, Museum of Contemporary Art,
North Miami, USA
Red Wind, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, USA
Jeremy Deller: Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and Me, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, USA
2007
Artists Benefit for Free Speech TV, Blum and Poe, Los Angeles, USA
Deaf 2 "From the Audible to the Visible", curated by Peter Coffin, Galerie Frank Elbaz,
Paris, France
Panic Room - Works from The Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation
Centre For Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
scaleSCALE, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, USA
Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967, Museum of Contemporary Art,
Chicago, USA
White Columns Benefit Auction, White Columns, New York, USA
Public Art Fund Silent Auction, The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers, New York, USA
2006
Good Vibrations: la arte visive e il rock, Pallazzo delle Papesse, Sienna, Italy
White Columns Benefit Auction, White Columns, New York, USA
Thank You for the Music (London Beat), Spruth Magers Lee, London, UK
Seeing Blue, The Gallery at Buck House, New York, USA
Interstellar Low Ways, Hyde Park Art Centre, Chicago, USA
Biennale of Sydney 2006, Sydney, Australia
2005
in words and pictures, Murray Guy, NY
8e Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon 2005, Lyon, France
Situation Comedy: Humour in Recent Art, Independent Curators International, New York,
USA
Words: The Formal Presence of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper, Andrea
Rosen Gallery, New York, USA
Dialogues, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, USA
Think Blue, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, USA
Trade, curated by Matthew Higgs White Columns, New York, USA
2004
2004 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
Playlist, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
A Molecular History of Everything, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Victoria, Australia
Three Day Weekend, Public Art Fund Projects in Central Park, a collaboration with the
Whitney Biennial, The Arsenal Building, New York, USA
Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists, California College of Arts and Crafts, San
Francisco (travels to Wattis Institute, San Francisco; McColl Center for Visual Art,
Charlotte, NC; ICA, Boston; Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia;
University Art Museum, California State University at Long Beach; Illingworth Kerr Gallery,
Calgary, Alberta, Canada) (cat.)
SPF Self Portraits, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
2003
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, USA
It Happened Tomorrow, curated by Robert Nickas, 7th Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art,
Lyon, France
For the Record: Drawing Contemporary Life, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Subtle Occupation, Murray Guy, New York, USA
Intimates, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
Funny Papers, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
The Melvins, curated by Robert Nickas, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, USA
Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, curated by Vicky Clark and Barbara
Bloemink, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
2002
Rent-a-bench, curated by Jacob Fabricius, Los Angeles, USA
Air Guitar: Art Reconsidering Rock Music, curated by Emma Mahony, Milton Keynes Gallery,
England (travels to Cornerhouse, Manchester/Angel Row, Nottingham/Tullie House, Carlise,
Great Britain)
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now, Low, Los Angeles, USA
Curatorial Practice Today, Arco International Contemporary Art Fair 2002, Panel Discussion,
February 15
L.A. On My Mind: Recent Acquisitions from MOCA's Collection, Museum of Contemporary
Art, Los Angeles, USA
2001
Humid, curated by Dominic Molon The Moore Building, Miami, USA
Revolutions Per Minute, organized by Lorelei Stewart, Gallery 400 at the University of
Illinois at Chicago, USA
Drawn from LA (home is where the heart is), curated by Julie Deamer, Midway Initiative
Gallery, St. Paul, USA
Extra Art: A Survey of Artists' Ephemera 1960-1999, curated by Steven Leiber, CCAC
Institute, San Francisco, USA
Jennifer Bornstein, Mark Grotjahn, Dave Muller, Florian Maier-Aichen, Blum & Poe, Santa
Monica, USA
Imaginary Monumental Sculpture Lawn (IMSL), Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles,
USA
The Artist's World, curated by Ralph Rugoff, CCAC Institute, San Francisco, USA
En el cielo, TRANS, Venice, Italy
I Want More, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin, Ireland
Music, Three Day Weekend, Els Hanappe Underground, Athens, Greece
2000
L.A., Ileana Tounta Gallery, Athens, Greece
White Album, curated by JanTumlir, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
H20: Works on Paper, Los Angeles, USA
Can (Re-Mix), Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, USA
Made in California: Now, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
Dancing Horses, Acuna Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
The Conversation, Murray Guy, New York, USA
Ever Get the Feeling You've Been ... Cheated, A22, London, UK
L.A., Monika Spruth, Cologne, Germany
Goddamn the Pusherman, The Showroom, London, UK
Democracy!, Royal College of Art, London, UK (cat.)
as i love you you become more pretty, organized by Karin Gulbran, 937 N. Hudson, Los
Angeles, USA
1999
The Sea The Sea, Murray Guy, New York, USA
Project Room, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, USA
Standing Still & Walking in Los Angeles, curated by Terry R. Myers, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly
Hills, USA
Matthew Antezzo, Sam Durant, Dave Muller, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, USA
After the Gold Rush, curated by Lia Gangitano and Joseph Wolin, Thread Waxing Space, New
York, USA
Post Millennial Fizzy, (addressing the possibility of the future), curated by Julie Joyce & Adam
Ross, Luckman Art Gallery, Cal State Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Beaver College Art Gallery,
Glenside, USA
Group Exhibition, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, USA
1998
Encyclopaedia 1999, Turner & Runyon, Dallas, USA
L.A. or Lilliput?, curated by Michael Darling, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, USA
Bowie, Rupert Goldsworthy, New York, USA
Time Dilates, Three Day Weekend, curated by Dave Muller, Soho Arts Festival, New York,
USA
Wahlverwandtschaften, curated by Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Appenzel, Switzerland
L.A. On Paper 2: Fantastic Matter of Fact, Three Day Weekend, curated by Dave Muller,
Krinzinger Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Cover, Three Day Weekend, curated by Dave Muller, Los Angeles, USA
1996
Hot Coffee, curated by Thomas Lawson, Artist's Space, New York, USA
Summer of Love, Fotouhi Cramer Gallery, New York, USA
Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles (Version), Three Day Weekend, curated by Dave Muller,
Malmo, Sweden, (travels to Jason & Rhodes, London, UK, Three Day Weekend, Los
Angeles, USA)
Los Angeles Visits, Three Day Weekend, curated by Dave Muller, P-House, Tokyo, Japan
1996
Stream of Consciousness, curated by Elizabeth A. Brown, University Art Museum, UC Santa
Barbara, Santa Barbara, USA
Chalk, curated by Sue Spaid, Factory Place, Los Angeles, USA
Mod Squad, curated by Michael Darling, Spanish Box, Santa Barbara, USA
Love's Labors Lost, curated by Sue Spaid, SITE, Los Angeles, USA
1995
Smells Like Vinyl, organized by Thaddeus Strode & Sarah Seager, Roger Merians Gallery, New
York, USA
Occupato, organized by Luciano Perna, Bennett Roberts Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA
Redevelopment, Victoria Room, San Francisco, USA
Three Day Weekend Takes an Extended Working Vacation, at Rezone, Diverse Works,
Houston, USA
Time + Space Projects Addressing the Closing of the Site, FOOD HOUSE, Santa Monica, USA
1994
On the Eve of New Year's Eve: A Cocktail Party, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, USA
Thanks, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, USA
Dave's Not Here, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, USA
Labor & Leisure, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, USA
Red Rover, Red Rover, Send Dave Right Over, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, USA
1993
Sound Art Derby, Beyond Baroque, Venice, USA
1992
Extravaganza, Open House, Los Angeles, USA
Bibliography
2010
Smith, Robert, Self-Fulfilling Prophecies, New York Times, April 16
2009
Browne, Alix, Crowd Pleaser | Dave Muller at Cowboys Stadium, New York Times Style
Magazine, September
Beradini, Andrew, Tourist Trap, Artforum Diary, April 7
Jauregui, Danny, Tour Guide: L.A. Art Weekend, ART IN AMERICA, April 7
L.A. Steps Out, ARTINFO, April 9
Los Angeles Art Weekend, The Guide: THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, April 4
Steinhauser, Jillian, Dave Muller in Los Angeles, ARTINFO, April 2
2008
Ciccone, Terri, The Beacon evaluates the foyers of MFA & ICA, The Berkeley Beacon
Jones, Laura K, London Dispatch, Artnet Magazine
2007
Edgers, Geoff, Wall of Sound, Boston Sunday Globe, p. N1, N6
2006
Cambell, Clayton. News; Los Angeles CONTEMPORARY, Issue 88: p21-22
Hershenson, Roberta, Hospital Art Designs that Keep Healing the Mind, The New York Times,
22 Jan., p. WE 5
Hilger, Stephen, Dave Muller, Tema Celeste, July/August, p.69
Muller, Dave, Bedrock of Pop Culture, The Wlarus, February, p.28-32
Pagel, David, Around the galleries: for your listening pleasure, Los Angeles Times, Dec. 22, p.
E38
Plagens, Pete, Madison Avenue Ennui, Art in America, June/July, p. 76-79
Roussel, Noellie, Los Angeles: Elsewhere is Everywhere, Artpress, April
Thornton, Sarah, Off the Record, Art Review, Volume X, February, p.96-99
Wilder, Matthew, Dave Muller, Artforum.com, www.artforum.com, December 20
Orden, Abraham, Reviews: Dave Muller, Flash Art, March/April, pg 118
Gronlund, Melissa, i-D Vol II/XI p. 56
2005
Baker, Kenneth, Muller mulls pop music at Meier, San Francisco Chronicle, January 22
Gagnon, Adrienne, Dave Muller: Stars & Bars (American), SFweekly.com, January 26-February
1
Myers, Julian, Dave Muller, Frieze, January/February, pg. 113-114
Sumpter, Helen, Dave Muller, Time Out, November
Bourriard, Nicolas, Playlist, Palais de Tokyo Publications; Cercle d’Art, February, p.147
(cat)
Diez, Renato, Alla Bienale del Whitney: Torna la Pittura, Arte, April, pg. 104-111
Higgs, Matthew My Pop: Dave Muller, Artforum, October, p.55
Higgs, Matthew, Likeness, Portraits of Artists by Other Artists, CCA Wattis Institute,
Independent Curators International, February, pg 17, 49
Knight, Christopher, Binary days at the Biennial, Los Angeles Times, April 11
Rothkopf, Scott, Subject Matters, Artforum, May, pg. 168-176, 233
2004
Thornton, Sarah, The Rear View: What is a ‘good eye?’, ArtReview, September, pg114
2003
Grabner, Michelle, The Suburban, The Early Years 1999-2003, pg.82
Stern, Steven, Dave Muller, “May I Please Speak with Mr. Murray Guy?”, Time Out New York,
No. 391, 27 March -3 April, p. 54
Dave Muller, The New Yorker, 19 March
2002
Diaconescu, Sorina, Return of the Long Weekend, Los Angeles Times, 14 November, p. 13
Harvey, Doug, Sam & Dave: The Politics of Mixology, LA Weekly, 18-24 October, p. 32-33
Higgs, Matthew, Best of 2002, Artforum, December, p. 110-111
Pagel, David, MOCA Sampler Is a Mixed Treat, The Los Angeles Times, 8 February
Pagel, David, Variations on a Commercial Theme, The Los Angeles Times, 2 December, p. 5
Smith, Roberta, Hudson Valley Shows Focus on America, The New York Times, 26 July, p. 31
Young, Paul, Always the Bass Player, Angeleno, November, p. 232-233
2001
Erickson, Karl, Dave Muller at Blum & Poe, Flash Art, vol. XXXIV, no. 219, p. 122, July -
September
Godfrey, Mark, Dave Muller: The Approach, London; Murray Guy, New York, Frieze, March,
p. 102-103
Knight, Christopher, Still Life With Quirk, Los Angeles Times, May 18, p. 16
McLaren, Duncan, Dave Muller and Peter Harris, Contemporary Visual Arts, Issue 33, p. 48-
53
Rugoff, Ralph, Working Weekend: The Art of Dave Muller, Artforum, May, p. 162-165
2000
Grabner, Michelle, Dave Muller and Three Day Weekend, New Art Examiner, November, p.
22-25, 68
Beasley, Mark, Dave Muller Interviewed, Untitled, No. 22, Summer, p. 8-10
Intra, Giovanni, Dave Muller: Free Software, Art/Text, May-July, p. 68-71
1999
Johnson, Ken, After the Gold Rush, The New York Times, 18 June
Harvey, Doug, Futurama, Post-millennial deja vu at Luckman Fine Arts, LA Weekly, 9 - 15
April, p. 45
1998
Baltin, Brian, Small is Psychedelic, Los Angeles under a microscope, LA Weekly, 28 November
- 3 December, p. 47
Darling, Michael, Michael Darling's Top 10 Plus 10, LA Weekly, 8-14 January, p. 50
Wilson, William, Lilliput: Small Art in the Big City of LA, Los Angeles Times, 24 November,
p. 10 - 11
Frankel, David, Jane Kaplowitz/Dave Muller, Curt Marcus Gallery, Artforum, November, p.
133-134
Haines, Gordon, Dave Muller at Blum & Poe, Artissues, September/October, No. 54, p. 45
Frank, Peter, Pick of the Week, LA Weekly, 5 – 12 June, p.159
1997
Darling, Michael, The Muller Temporary, LA Weekly, 7 –13 November, p. 39
Pagel, David, Muller Celebrates Art in the Real World, Los Angeles Times, May 22, p. 28
Greene, David A., Frieze, September/October
Knight, Christopher, Right Here, Right Now, Los Angeles Times, 18 May, p. 1, 3, 52-53
Saltz, Jerry, Regular, No Sugar, Time Out New York, February
Schjeldahl, Peter, La-la Band, Village Voice, 18 February, p. 91
1996
Knight, Christopher, Riding Tradition's Currents to a Higher Consciousness, Los Angeles
Times, 10 October, p. 4, 6
Publications
2009
Rafael Doctor, Matthew Higgs, Dave Muller, Augustín Pérez Rubío, I Like Your Music I Love
Your Music, JRP Ringier, January
2002
Cruz, Amada, Dave Muller: Connections, Center for Curatorial Studies/Bard College
Publications, October, p. 7-11
Higgs, Matthew, Dave Muller: Connections, Center for Curatorial Studies/Bard College
Publications, October, p. 19-23
Molon, Dominic, Climatic Conditions, Humid, exhibition catalogue
Mahoney, Emma, Anyone can play guitar, Air Guitar: Art Reconsidering Rock Music, MKG
Publication, England
Public Collections
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, USA
Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, USA
Museo de Arte Contemporporaneo de Castilla Y Leon, Spain
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
New School University, New York, USA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA
The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, USA
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, USA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA