Jose Lerma

Born Seville, Spain 1971

Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

EDUCATION

2004            
CORE Residency Program, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

2003            
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME
Fortaleza 302 Residency Program, San Juan, PR

2002            
M.F.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

1998            
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

1995-97
University of Wisconsin School of Law, Madison, WI  

1994            
B.A . , Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009            
Loock Galerie, Berlin, Germany, September 11
Green Gallery East, Milwaukee, WI, "Back Room", March 14 - April 11

2007            
Arario Gallery, Seoul, Korea, May 25 - June 17 (catalogue)

2006            
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, "The Golden Sea", April 1 - April 29

2005            
Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
Galleria Il Capricorno, Venice, Italy

2004            
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, "Folklore of Our Times", April 8 - May15

2003            
Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, "Two Beats Off", September 19 - November 2
Galería Comercial, San Juan, PR, "As if Accepting Defeat"

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008            
Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, Puerto Rico, "En sus marcas," curated by Rebeca
Noriega, October 2 - December 12 (catalogue)
Instituto Cervantes, New York, "N.Y. Motion 1.0," curated by Paco Cano, September 23,- January 2, 2009 (catalogue)
Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden, "The Ice Cream Show," April 11 - May 25
Milwaukee Art Museum, "Selections of the Permanent Collection," January - April

2007            
El Museo del Barrio, New York, "5 th Bienal, The (S) Files / The Selected Files", curated by Elvis Fuentes, July 25, 2007 - January, 2008 (catalogue)  
2 Ocean View Lane Amagansett, Long Island, "Dining Room Show", July 21 - July 22, 2007
Zieher Smith, New York, NY, "Someday Never Comes", curated by Eddie Martinez, January 17 - February 17

2006            
Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, Valencia, Spain, "VAC colección valencia arte contemporáneo " , December 21, 2006 - February 11, 2007 (catalogue)
Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, "Farwell to Icon", curated by Karl Haendel and Maya Schindler, November 4 - December 22
Deste Foundation Center for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece, "Panic Room-works from the Dakis Joannou Collection", curated by Jeffrey Deitch, Kathy Grayson, February 2, 2006 - April 14, 2007
Centro Cultural Español, Miami, FL, "Constant Disturbance", curated by Jean Moreno
Espacio 1414, Santurce, Puerto Rico, "Berezdivin Collection", curated by Julieta Gonzalez

2005            
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, "Looking at Words - Formal Use of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper", November 2, 2005 - January 26, 2006
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
McClain Gallery, Houston, TX, "Monster Painting" (catalogue)
The Glassell School of Art of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, "2005 Core Artist in Residence" (catalogue)
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, "Curvaceous", July 8 - July 29

2004            
Mixture Contemporary Art, Houston, TX, "Summer Drawings and Some Are Not"
The Glassell School of Art of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, "2004   Core Artists in Residence" (catalogue)
Glandier & Byrnes, Paris, France, "Peter Saul, José Lerma & Charles Andriessen" Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn NY, "Sadie Hawkins Dance", May 21 - July 4

2003            
EX Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, Mexico, "No Pasa Un Dia...", curated by Guillermo Santamarina
Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, "Lives of the Obscure"(with Ellen Takata), curated by Amalia Culp , March 8 - April 20 2003
7/3 split, Chicago, IL ," Please, Don't Distort What We Had, with Scott Roberts"
Los Medeos College, San Francisco, CA, "Dinosaurs; Artists Look Back Into the Future"
Galeria Comercial, San Juan, Puerto Rico, "Ensayo"
7/3 Split and M&M Proyectos, Chicago, IL, "Stray Show"

2002            
M&M Proyectos, San Juan, Puerto Rico, "PR02 [En Ruta]"
Fortaleza 302, San Juan, Puerto Rico, "Primeras Obra"

2000            
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford IL, "Artists of the New Millennium" NFA/Sportsman Bodybuilder, Chicago, IL, "Multiples 4"
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, "Peaceable Kingdom"
Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison, WI

1999            
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI, "Wisconsin Triennial" Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI, "Secrets about Goo" , curated by Scott Speh

 

EXHIBITION CATALOGUES and BOOKS

Costas, Rebeca Noriega. En sus marcas... San Juan: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, 2008.

NY Motion 1.0 . New York: Instituto Cervantes de Nueva York, 2008.El Museo's 5th Bienal . New York: El Museo Del Barrio, 2007.

Grayson, Kathy, ed. Panic Room: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Works on Paper Collection . Athens: Deste Foundation, 2007.

Casabán, Consuelo Ciscar, Emilia Garcia-Romeu, and Veit Loers. VAC: Colección Valencia Arte Contemporáneo . Valencia: IVAM Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, 2006.

Core 2004 . Houston: The Glassell School of Art of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2004.

Core 2005: Artists in Residence . Houston: The Glassell School of Art of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2005.

Frank, Peter. Monster Painting . Houston: McClain Gallery, 2005.

Ross, Gortzak. The Role of the Curator. Published by Leisure Club Mogadishni, Denmark, 2003.

Chemi, Rosado-Seijo. We Surrender. Published by M&M Proyectos, SanJuan Puerto Rico 2003.

SELECTED ARTICLES and REVIEWS

2007    
Hove, Art. "Jose Lerma: Art About Other Things." Tandem Press Spring 2007:4-5.

2006            
"José Lerma at Andrea Rosen Gallery."   Badatsports Apr 2006             <http://badatsports.com>.

Weinberg, Michelle. "Import Export" Miami SunPost Apr 2005.

2005            
Sigolo, Alfredo. "José Lerma, Galleria Il Capricorno." Exibart 4 Mar 2005.

Safaris, Marta. "José Lerma, Il Capricorno." Flash Art   Jun Jul 2005.

2004            
Cotter, Holland. "Sadie Hawkins Dance." New York Times 25 Jun 2004: B31.

Fahl, David. "These Walls Can Talk." Houston Press 15 Apr 2004.

Velez, Pedro. "José Lerma at Galeria Comercial." Art Papers Mar/Apr 2004: 58.

2003            
Camper, Fred. "Inspiration on a Budget." Chicago Reader 7 Mar 2003: 26.

Cotter, Holland. "Ellen Takata & José Lerma.." The New York Times 11 Apr 2003: E-             37.

Medina, Cuauhtemoc. "El Ojo Breve; De Geografias Tropicales." Reforma (Mexico) 19 May 2003: 54.

Pujol, Ernesto. "PR02, Fortaleza 302." Art Nexus 47.1.

2002            
Velez, Pedro. "Puerto Rican Sun." Artnet.com 25 Nov 2002.

Rodriguez, María Ines. "En Ruta." Centrodearte.com 2002.

Venegas, Haydee. "Shaking off the Dust." Contemporania Feb-Apr 2002: No 12 .

Chavez, Raimond. "Periodico con Patas." Edición Internacional 2002.

2001            
Tyree, Josh. "Works in Progress." Isthmus Jan 2001: n.p.

1999            

Gabriel, C.R. "The Chosen." Isthmus 17 Sep 1999:   p.18.  

Lynch, Kevin. "Triennial." Capital Times 15 Sep 1999:   p.D1.