Meredyth Sparks

EDUCATION

              MFA, Hunter College, New York, NY

              BFA, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009      Projects in Art and Theory,Cologne

2008      We were strangers for too long. , Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York

2006      We're treating each other just like strangers. , Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008      A New High In Getting Low II , John Connelly Presents, New York

              Amy Granat, Nate Hylden and Meredyth Sparks , Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago

              In Repose, The Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection , curated by Lori Mertes, Moore        College of   Art and Design, Philadelphia

              The Object is the Mirror , curated by Max Henry, Wilkinson Gallery, London

              Recent Acquisitions, Gifts and Works from Various Exhibitions 1985-2008 , curated by    Bob Nickas, White Columns, New   York

              Sound of Music II , Frac, Nord- Pas de Calais, Tri Postal, Lille, France

2007      A New High In Getting Low , curated by John Connelly, artnews projects, Berlin

              Cosmic Dreams , curated by Friederike Nymphius, Kunsthalle Centro Cultural Andratx,   Mallorca

              Cut , Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York

              Dracularising , curated by Matthew Williams, Galerie Neue alte Brüecke, Frankfurt

              Elizabeth Dee Gallery, with Richard Aldrich, New York (two-person)

              Just Kick It Till It Breaks , curated by Debra Singer and Matthew Lyons, The Kitchen,      New York

              The Object is the Mirror , curated by Max Henry, Layr Wuestenhagan, Vienna

              9 or 10 works I used to like, in no order , curated by Luca Lo Pinto, Monitor Gallery,         Rome, Italy

              2nd Moscow Biennale , invited by Nicolas Bourriaud, Moscow, Russia

              (the) Melvins@ (the) Mandrake , curated by Bob Nickas, Los Angeles, CA    

2006      Deaf: From the Audible to the Visible , Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris, France

              Music is a Better Noise , curated by Bob Nickas, PS 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long    Island City, NY

              Thank You For the Music (London Beat) , curated by Johannes Fricke-Waldthausen,      Sprüth,               Magers Lee, London, UK

              This Ain't No Karaoke , curated by Max Henry, Haas & Mayer, Zürich, Switzerland

              VA4398UV, Memphis, TN

2005      Lords, Notes on Vision , Tart, San Francisco, USA (two-person)

              Meeting of the Minds , with performance by Franklin County, Knoxville, TN, USA

              Sound Clash , PH Gallery, New York, NY, USA

2004      First Look Photography , Sean Kelly Gallery, New York

2003      It wasn't midnight. It wasn't snowing. , Hunter College Times Square Gallery, New            York, NY, USA (solo)

1999      Summer Show , Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY, USA

1998      Bowie , Rupert Goldsworthy Gallery, New York, NY, USA1996      I Will Sleep Like a Baby, Roll Over Like a Pussycat ,   A-1, Knoxville, TN, USA

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2004      Skull Turner, year, Brooklyn, NY, USA

              Two Enter and One Leaves, year, Brooklyn, NY, USA

              Capitals and Constructs, year, Brooklyn, NY, USA    

              Four Projects, year, Brooklyn, NY, USA

2003      All That Was Not Then, year, Brooklyn, NY, USA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2009      Catalogue produced by Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris (forthcoming)

              Licata, Christine, "Meredyth Sparks: We were strangers for too long, at Elizabeth Dee    Gallery,               New York," Art on Paper ,

              January/February

2008      Beck, Graham T., "Meredyth Sparks," Frieze , Issue 119, November/December

              Singer, Debra and Matthew Lyons (edited by), "Just Kick It Till It Breaks," exhibition        catalog,

2007      Ventrella, Francesco, "9 or 10 Lavori Che Mi Piacevano, In Nessun Ordine," Flash Art    Italy, August/September

              Doingbird, Twelve

              Lissoni, Andrea, "Puro piacere critico," Rolling Stone, Italy, July

              "Just Kick It Till It Breaks," The New Yorker, April 30

              Cotter, Holland, "Just Kick It Till It Breaks," The New York Times, April 13

              Barliant, Claire "2nd Moscow Biennale," Modern Painters, May

              Molok, Nikolai (ed), "Footnotes on Geopolitics, Market, and Amnesia," 2 Moscow            Biennale of   Contemporary Art, pp. 120-121

              Bors, Chris "Report From Paris," artnet.com

              Kapiélian, Nelly,"Rock & Litérature," Les Inrockuptibles,   March 6

              "Dress Art Project," Another Magazine, Spring/Summer

              Garcia, Fabienne, "Enfant du Rock," Le Figaro, January 11

              Beckwith, Naomi "Meredyth Sparks," Artkrush, January 24

              Beasley, Mark, "Music is a Better Noise," Frieze, Issue 106, April

2006      Smith, Roberta, "Menace, Glitter and Rock in Visions of Dystopia," New York Times,      December 29

              Sumpter, Helen, "Thank you for the music", TimeOut London, July 14

              Speers Mears, Emily, "Cover Bands," V Magazine, Spring, pp. 138-139

              Sennert, Kate, "The Art of Noise," V Magazine, Fall

              Bailly, Berenice, "Deaf," Le Monde, April 1

              Genies, Bernard, "Musiques attitudes," Le Nouvel   observateur, March 23

              Lequeux, Emmanuelle, "Deaf, From the Audible to the Visible," Rendez-Vous, March       22

              Posnic, Emmanuel, "Deaf, From the Audible to the Visible", paris-art.com

              Posnic, Emmanuel, "We're treating each other just like strangers" paris-art.com    

2004      "Top Ten," for year, ArtForum, April, p.60

2001      K-48 Magazine, two images

1998      NY Arts, #27, December, p.46-47

              Turner, Grady T.,"Bowie," Review Magazine, December, p.24

PRESS

2009       Licata, Christine. "Meredyth Sparks: We were strangers for too long, at Elizabeth Dee    Gallery, New York," Art on Paper, January/February

2008       Zhong, Fan. "Meredyth Sparks Show," Interview, September