Dave Muller

Biography

Born in San Francisco, 1964

Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Education

1993

California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, M.F.A.

1990-91

School of Visual Arts, Fine Arts Graduate Program, New York, NY

University of California, Davis, CA; B.A.S., Chemistry & Art

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2010

Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

Christian Stein, Milan, Italy

2009

Christian Stein, Milan, Italy

Allover, not Over at All, Gladstone Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

iamthewalrus, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA

2008

medium medium medium medium medium medium, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain

Sandra and Gerald Fineberg Art Wall, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA

The World on a Wheel, The Approach W1, London, UK

2007

Piles & Globes, Likes & Loves, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA

2006

I Want It Louder, Gladstone Gallery, New York

2005

Stars & Bars (American), Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

2004

I Like Your Music, Blum and Poe, Los Angeles, CA<

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA

Kerstin Engholm Galerie, Vienna, Austria

Side Street Projects 11th Annual Phantom Ball, Pasadena, CA

2003

The Approach, London, England

Murray Guy, New York, NY

2002

Dave Muller: Sprawling (and mini-sprawl), Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA

Dave Muller: Connections, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY; travels to Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

2001

Spatial, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MI

Clothes, Polaroids, Movies, & Music, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA

Galleria Allesandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy

2000

How to Secede (Without Really Trying), The Approach, London, England

Spatial, Murray Guy, New York, NY

Thermal, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA

1999

here and there, Four Walls, San Francisco, CA

Chelsea, Project Wall, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1998

L.A., L.A., L.A., L.A., L.A., L.A., L.A., LA., L.A., L.A., Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA

Apple, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY

1997

Love is All Around (In Black and White and Color), Spanish Box, Santa Barbara, CA

1996

Studio 246, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany

1993

A Number of Ladders (Borrowed), Broad Studio #2, Cal Arts D301, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

Rex Ravenelle, David A. Muller, Due North, D300 Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

1992

Woo, Mint Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

1990

Games, Oblong Salon, Davis, CA

1989

David. A Muller, William Matthew Humphrey, Basement Gallery, UC Davis, Davis, CA

Group Exhibitions

2010

The Record, Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, NC

2009

Dilettantes, Dandies, and Divas, Gavlak Projects, Miami FL

Rock-Paper-Scissors, Pop Music as Subject of Visual Art, Kusthaus Graz, Graz, Austria

15th Anniversary Inaugural Exhibition, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA

2008

Highlights from the Permanent Collection, 1980-2005, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL

Red Wind, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA

Jeremy Deller: Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and Me, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO

2007

Artists Benefit for Free Speech TV, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA

Deaf 2 "From the Audible to the Visable," Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris, France

Panic Room – Works from The Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece

Public Art Fund Silent Auction, The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers, New York, NY

scale…SCALE, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

White Columns Benefit Auction, White Columns, New York, NY

2006

Biennale of Sydney 2006, Sydney, Australia

Good Vibrations: Le arti visive e il Rock, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy

Thank You for The Music (London Beat), Spruth Magers Lee, London

White Columns Benefit Auction, White Columns, New York, NY

Intersteller Low Ways, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

Seeing Blue, The Gallery at Buck House, New York, NY

2005

Think Blue, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA

Dialogues, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA

in words and pictures, Murray Guy, New York, NY

8e Biennale d'Art Contemporain de Lyon 2005, Lyon, France

Trade, White Columns, New York, NY

Situation Comedy: Humor in Recent Art, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI; traveled to Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, and Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

2004

Three Day Weekend, Public Art Fund Projects in Central Park, in collaboration with the Whitney Biennial, The Arsenal Building, New York, NY

Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists, California College of Arts, San Francisco, CA

2004 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Playlist, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France

SPF Self-Portraits, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2003

Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA

It Happened Tomorrow, 7th Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France

For the Record: Drawing Contemporary Life, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.

Subtle Occupation, Murray Guy, New York, NY

Intimates, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Funny Papers, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

The Melvins, curated by Robert Nickas, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY

Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

2002

Rent-a-bench, Los Angeles, CA

Air Guitar: Art Reconsidering Rock Music, Milton Keynes Gallery, Central Milton Keynes, England; travels to Cornerhouse, Manchester/Angel Row, Nottingham/Tullie House, Carlise, England

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now, Low, Los Angeles, CA

Curatorial Practice Today, Arco International Contemporary Art Fair 2002, Panel Discussion, February 15, 2002, Madrid, Spain

L.A. On My Mind: Recent Acquisitions from MOCA's Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

2001

Humid, The Moore Building, Miami, FL

Revolutions Per Minute, Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Drawn from LA (home is where the heart is), Midway Initiative Gallery, St. Paul, MN

Extra Art: A Survey of Artists' Ephemera 1960-1999, CCAC Institute, San Francisco, CA

Jennifer Bornstein, Mark Grotjahn, Dave Muller, Florian Maier-Aichen, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA

"Imaginary" Monumental Sculpture Lawn (IMSL), Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA

The Artist's World, CCAC Institute, San Francisco, CA

En el cielo, TRANS>, Venice, Italy

I Want More, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin, Ireland

Music, Three Day Weekend, E l s H a n a p p e Underground, Athens, Greece

2000

L.A., Ileana Tounta Gallery, Athens, Greece

White Album, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

H20, Works on Paper, Los Angeles, CA

Can (Re-Mix), Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA

Made in California: Now, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

Dancing Horses, Acuna Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

The Conversation, Murray Guy, New York, NY

Ever Get the Feeling You've Been ... Cheated, A22, London, England

L.A., Monika Spruth, Cologne, Germany

Goddamn the Pusherman, The Showroom, London, England

Democracy!, Royal College of Art, London, England (cat.)

as i love you you become more pretty, 937 N. Hudson, Los Angeles, CA

1999

The Sea The Sea, Murray Guy, New York, NY

Project Room, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY

Standing Still & Walking in Los Angeles, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA

Matthew Antezzo, Sam Durant, Dave Muller, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA

After the Gold Rush, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY

Post Millennial Fizzy, (addressing the possibility of the future), Luckman Art Gallery, Cal State Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, PA

Group Exhibition, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY

1998

Encyclopedia 1999, Turner & Runyon, Dallas, TX

L.A. or Lilliput?, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA

Bowie, Rupert Goldsworthy, New York, NY

Time Dilates, Three Day Weekend, Soho Arts Festival, New York, NY

Wahlverwandtschaften, Appenzel, Switzerland

L.A. On Paper 2: Fantastic Matter of Fact, Three Day Weekend, Krinzinger Gallery, Vienna, Austria

Cover, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA

1997

Hot Coffee, Artist's Space, New York, NY

Summer of Love, Fotouhi Cramer Gallery, New York, NY

Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles (Version), Three Day Weekend, Malmo, Sweden; travels to Jason & Rhodes, London, England, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles Visits, Three Day Weekend, P-House, Tokyo, Japan

1996

Stream of Consciousness, University Art Museum, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

Chalk, Factory Place, Los Angeles, CA

Mod Squad, Spanish Box, Santa Barbara, CA

Love's Labors Lost, SITE, Los Angeles, CA

1995

Smells Like Vinyl, Roger Merians Gallery, New York, NY

Occupato, Bennett Roberts Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

Redevelopment, Victoria Room, San Francisco, CA

Three Day Weekend Takes an Extended Working Vacation, at Rezone, Diverse Works, Houston, TX

Time + Space Projects Addressing the Closing of the Site, FOOD HOUSE, Santa Monica, CA

1994

On the Eve of New Year's Eve: A Cocktail Party, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA

Thanks, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA

Dave's Not Here, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA

Labor & Leisure, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI

Red Rover, Red Rover, Send Dave Right Over, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA

1993

Sound Art Derby, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA

1992

Extravaganza, Open House, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Bibliography