AMY BESSONE
Born 1970, New York, NY
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
1993-95 De Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1989-93 BFA, Parsons Paris School of Design, Paris, France
1992 École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
1988-89 Barnard College, New York, NY, USA
SELECTED SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS(* indicates a publication)
2023
Our Secret Garden, Patricia Low Venezia, Venice, Italy
2021
Amy’s World, Gallery 12.26, Dallas, TX, USA
Playlet, Oleksandrssssssss, Brussels, Belgium
2019
Reclamation Island, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2016
In the Century of Women, Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2015
Torsos and Buckets, Salon 94 Freemans, New York, NY, USA (Two person show with Matt Merkel Hess)
2014
Amy Bessone, Kunsthall Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway
2013
In the Green Room, Salon 94, New York, NY, USA
2012
Hit Your Head!, VeneKlasen Werner, Berlin, Germany
2011
Baby Got Back, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
2010-11
*Amy Bessone and Thomas Houseago, Rennie Collection, Vancouver, Canada
2010
*Dancing Girl is Four Heads High, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2008
*With Friends Like These..., Salon 94, New York, NY, USA
*With Friends Like These..., Salon 94 Freemans, New York, NY, USA
2007
Body & Paint, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2002
Amy Bessone, Thomas Houseago, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
2000
Les Salles Etrangères, Art&Com, Brussels, Belgium
1999
Amy Bessone-New Paintings, Buro Empty, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1997
Amy Bessone: Schilderijn en Tekeningen, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Women Making History, CGBF + The Ojai Institute, Ojai, CA, USA
Something Woman This Way Comes, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, Switzerland.
Halfway to Sanity, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2023
Floating Bodies, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Angels, Baik Art, Seoul, Korea
Untitled BOZO Marfa Project, Marfa, TX, USA
Tony Marsh: Fever Dream Duets, alberts benda, Los Angeles
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, curated by Alissa Friedman, Fierman Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Homecoming, La Loma Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Pollen on a West Wind, curated by Tony Marsh, Jason Jacques, New York, NY, USA
Death of an Outsider, Shrine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
The Bioelectric Self, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2022
BOZO FAMILY HOE DOWN, M+B, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Community Connections, University Galleries, College of Arts & Letters, California State University, Sacramento, CA, USA
2021
Possibility Made Real: Drawing & Clay, curated by Julia Haft-Candell, Gallery 12.26, Dallas, TX, USA
Tiger in a Tropical Storm, Louise Alexander Gallery, Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Italy
Cracked, Tristan Hoare Gallery, London, England
2020
Bas-Relief, Bozo Mag, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Inside Voices, La Loma Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Riders of the Red Horse, The Pit, Glendale, CA, USA
New Beginnings..., Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
All Them Witches, organized by Dan Nadel and Laurie Simmons, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Yarrow Pickers, curated by Brian Rochefort, Harper’s Apartment, New York, NY, USA
Demifigures, La Loma Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2019
The Pleasure Principle, Maccarone, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Quartet, Harper’s Books, East Hampton, NY, USA
The Flat Files, The Pit, Glendale, CA, USA
Paint, Porcelain, Pulp, Salon 94 Bowery, New York, NY, USA
2018
Sweet Cheeks, curated by Mélanie Faure and Doug Crocco, Big Pictures Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
By Fire, Ceramic Works, Almine Rech Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Early 21th Century Art, Galerie Almine Rech, London, UK
Friends & Family of the CSULB CCC, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Pussy, King of the Pirates, Maccarone, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2017
The Roger Ailes Memorial Show: Fair and Balanced, yours mine & ours, New York, NY, USA
Teeter Totter, curated by Timo Fahler, BBQLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
The Upside of Her Hell, Bozo Mag, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Flaming June VII: Flaming Creatures, Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Not I, We, curated by Julie Russo and Lauren Wood, Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Tie His Hands Gently, Romeo NYC, New York, NY, USA
2016
*NO MAN’S LAND: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., USA
Haptic, Alexander Gray Associates, New York, NY, USA
The Fool, curated by Westminster Waste, Rod Barton Gallery, London, UK
2015
*NO MAN’S LAND: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, Rubell Museum, Miami, FL, USA
In Reverse Order, The Cabin LA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
10 Year Anniversary, Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
10 Year Anniversary, Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL, USA
*Present Conditional, Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2014
Equilibre..., Manoli Musée et Jardin de Sculpture, La Richardais, France
You Don’t Bring Me Flowers (The Mistress Project), 68 Projects, Berlin, Germany
Person, Place or Thing: Works on Paper from Over 50 Emerging and Established Artists, 68 Projects, Berlin, Germany
Another Cats Show, 356 Mission, Los Angeles, CA, USA
The Last Brucennial, organized by Vito Schnabel and The Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY, USA
More Material, curated by Duro Olowu, Salon 94 Bowery, New York, NY, USA
2013
*Body Language, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Optic Nerve 15, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Miami, FL, USA
2012
Invitation à l’imaginaire. Œuvres de la collection du Frac Bretagne, Frac Bretagne, Rennes, France
2011
Beg, Borrow and Steal, Rubell Family Collection, Palm Springs, CA, USA
Eye of Horus, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, Switzerland
Between my head and my hand, there is always the face of death, The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR, USA
I am who I am, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA, USA Sentimental Education, Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL, USA
2010
Collection: MOCA’s First Thirty Years, MOCA Los Angeles, CA, USA
Cannibal’s Muse, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, Switzerland
SUPERNATURE: An exercise in loads, AMP, Athens, Greece
2009
*Beg, Borrow and Steal, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL, USA
1999, China Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA, USA
PLAY, Monica De Cardenas, Milan, Italy
*An Expanded Field of Possibilities, curated by Miki Garcia, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
2006
*Red Eye: Los Angeles Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL, USA
Transformers, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Hotel California, Glendale College Art Gallery, Glendale, CA, USA
2005
*Both Ends Burning, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
b.a.-ba, un choix dans la collection du Frac Bretagne, Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan, France
2001
Proposition 1 (Peinture), Art&Com, Brussels, Belgium
1999
Archétype, Brussels, Belgium
1998
Aanwinsten 1997, DNB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1997
Comité '97, Jan van Nassaukazerne, Harderwijk, The Netherlands
1996
Young Artists I, Sabine Wachters Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021
Cave, Anna. “The 6 Most Innovative Exhibits In Dallas.” Modern Luxury Dallas. September 15
2020
Zappas, Lindsay Preston. “Art in Isolation with Amy Bessone.” Contemporary Art Review.la. May 5.
Wright, Michael. “All of Them Witches at Jeffrey Deitch.” Contemporary Art Review.la. April 15.
Finkel, Jori. “Artist-Run Galleries Defy the Mega-Dealer Trend in Los Angeles.” New York Times. February 7.
2019
Martinez, Christina Catherine. “Desperately Seeking Sublimation.” Artforum. September 26. (web: September 26)
Simmons, William J. “Misplaced Empathy: Amy Bessone Interviewed by William J. Simmons.” BOMB. April 8.
Chui, Vivian. “Gallery Peeping: Best of Los Angeles Spring 2019.” Cultured Magazine. April 8.
2018
Indrisek, Scott. “17 Shows You Need to See during Frieze Week in London.” Artsy, October 1.
Lacroix, Lisa, Melanson, Alli. NUT Volume II. Montreal: Anteism Publishing, 2018. Print.
2017
Pagel, David. “No wallflowers here: Sparks fly when art mingles on the walls of ‘Flaming June VII’,” Los Angeles Times. June 27.
2016
Breen, Matt. “The Fool” Time Out London. April 19.
Mizota, Sharon. “Review: Women, divorce and art that turns shame into celebration at Gavlak gallery” Los Angeles Times. February 11.
Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter. “Amy Bessone at Gavlak Gallery” KCRW: Art Talk. Aired January 28.
Wagley, Catherine. “Amy Bessone: In the Century of Women” LA Weekly. January 19.
Zappas, Lindsay Preston. “Amy Bessone at GAVLAK” Contemporary Art Review LA, January 13.
2015
Gavin, Francesca. “Neo-neoclassical Art” Financial Times. October 2.
Bessone, Amy. “Post Woman”, Kaleidoscope, Issue 23, Winter 2015.
2014
Smith, Roberta. “Clash of the Items, at a Gallery Near You” The New York Times. August 13.
Dolan, Maggie. “Doro Olowu: More Material opens on the Bowery” Paper Magazine. June 27.
Carlos, Marjon. “A First Look at Duro Olowu’s New Pop Up Art Show ‘More Material”” Vogue. June 27.
Jones, Heather. “Interview with Amy Bessone” Kunsthallestavanger.no. January 30.
2013
Finkel, Jori. “Miami Art Collectors Take Works to Palm Springs Art Museum” Los Angeles Times. March 6.
2012
Frank, Priscilla. “Artists to Look Out for at Frieze Art Fair New York, 2012” The Huffington Post. May 3.
Frank, Priscilla. “Amy Bessone’s ‘Hit Your Head!’ Reveals a Gruesome and Playful Side” The Huffington Post. March 30.
Ackermanns, Tim. “Als hätten Außerirdische den Stift geführt” Berliner Morgenpost. March 4.
Benschop, Jurriaan. “Critics’ Picks: Berlin” Art Forum. March 26.
Motley, John. “In Portland, the Best of 2011 in Visual Art” The Oregonian. January 6.
2011
Snyder, Stephanie. “Critics’ Picks” Art Forum. March 23.
Kaiser, Phillip. “Amy Bessone- The Beacon of Modernism” Rennie Collection. Summer.
Landi, Ann. “Dear Picasso” ARTNews. Pp. 93-99. May 1.
Radon, Lisa. “Through a Kaleidoscope, Darkly” Ultra. February 13. (web: June 13)
Motley, John. “Review: Between My Head and My Hand, There is Always the Face of Death” The Oregonian. January 27.
Kennedy, Kristian. “Shells of Our Selves” UNTITLED Magazine. Issue No. 2. Pacific Northwest College of Art. January 25.
Bernstein, Amy. “Between My Head and My Hand, There is Always the Face of Death” Portland Art. January 21.
2010
Moss, Jennifer. “Dynamic Duo Mixes Classic and Modern” The Vancouver Sun. November 18.
Martens, Anne. “Amy Bessone” Flash Art. Edition 273. July-September.
Knight, Christopher. “Strange but Familiar Nudes” Los Angeles Times. May 14.
Berg, Stacen. “SUPERNATURE at AMP” ArtSlant. March 23.
2009
Tagliafierro, Marco. “Play” Flash Art. April.
Gibson, Allison. “An Expanded Field of Possibilites” Daily Serving. March 12. (web: June 13)
2008
Bessone, Amy. Amy Bessone. Edited by Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer. Salon 94, New York. October.
Young, Paul. “The New Myth Makers” Angeleno. No. 91. Pp. 80-82. October.
Lord, M.G. “L.A. Confident” Travel and Leisure. October.
Parra, Jaime L. “Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn” Whitewall. P. 52. Summer.
“Goings on About Town: Amy Bessone” The New Yorker. May 26.
Kunitz, Daniel. “Amy Bessone’s Artificial Appeal” The New York Sun. May 9.
Smith, Roberta. “Art in Review” The New York Times. May 9.
“The Fetish Object: Blow Up” New York Magazine. May 12.
Wolff, Rachel. “Amy Bessone” New York Magazine. May.
Nguyen, Trong Gia. “Interview with Amy Bessone” ArtSlant. April.
“Goings on About Town: Galleries – Uptown” The New Yorker. May 26.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Frac Bretagne, Chateaugiron, France; The Saatchi Collection, London, UK; The Rennie Collection, Vancouver, Canada; Rubell Family Collection, Miami, Florida, USA, The Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX, USA.