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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

                                    

                                    2013         f2113, Fitzroy Gallery, New York

                                    2012         Solo presentation booth, Fitzroy Gallery, Art Los Angeles Contemporary, 
                                                     Los Angeles,  CA

                                    2011         21st Century Dub Dub, Fitzroy Gallery, New York

                                                     Double Exposure, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany

                                    2010         Sean Dack and Ethan Breckenridge, The Suburban, Chicago, Il

                                    2008         Ghost Hardware, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, NY

                                                     Echo/ Repeat, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL

                                    2007         Future Songs, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, NY

                                                     Loss and Recovery/ Vovoid, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

                                    2006         Twilight Town, Moore Space, Miami FL

                                                     Diminished Returns/ Innocent Eyes, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

                                    2004         Sean Dack, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, NY

                                                     Dwell Time, Southfirst:art, Brooklyn, NY

                                    2003         Sean Dack and Liam Gillick, A Film, A Clip, A Documentary,
                                                     Corvi-Mora, London, England

                                    2002         Fresh and Upcoming, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany (project space)

                                                     No Encore, Galerie Anton Weller, Paris, France

                                                     No Encore, Southfirst:art, Brooklyn, NY.

                 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

                 

                                     2013        Paper, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

                                     2012        Megabodega, Family Business, New York, NY

                                                     Data Trash, I-20 Gallery, New York, NY   

                                                     magic P.G., Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo, Japan

                                                     Image Transfer, Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

                                     2011        Image Transfer, Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, Baltimore, Maryland

                                                    Summer Time Blues, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL

                                                    The Digital Eye: Photographic Art in the Electronic Age, Henry Art Gallery, University      
                                                    of Washington, Seattle, WA

                                                    Alive She Cried.  Galerie Zink, Berlin

                                                    Common Love, Aesthetics of Becoming, Meriam and Ira Wallach Gallery, 
                                                    Columbia University

                                                    Image Transfer, Richard E. Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle,    
                                                    Indiana

                                                    The Shape We’re In (London), Zabludowicz Collection, London

                                                    The Shape We’re In (New York), Zabludowicz Collection/1500 Broadway, New York

                                                     
                                      2010       Bowry Lane, Charles Bank Gallery, New York

                                                     Image Transfer, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

                                                     Data Mining-Artist Constructs, Averill and Bernard Leviton A+D Gallery, Columbia  
                                                     College, Chicago

                                                     Systematic, Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK  

                                                     The Library of Babel / In and Out of Place, Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK

                                                     Oneshot, Allmänna Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

                                       2009      Oneshot, Werkstette, Copenhagen

                                                     Vortexhibition Polyphonica, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA                                                                                                                                                                   

                                                     Rave Simulation, And/Or Gallery, Dallas, TX                                                                 

                                                     Walk By Movies, James Gallery, The Graduate Center of The City University of New  
                                                     York,  Curated by Linda Norden              

                                                     Bilder For Boatin, Silver Shed, New York, NY, Curated by Dirk Skreber

                                      2008       SHOT SPOT, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA

                                                     Crossroads. Interfaces between rock music and contemporary art,
                                                     Domus Artium Museum, Salamanca, Spain

                                                     The Future as Disruption, The Kitchen, New York, NY

                                                     Selected Works, Southfirst:Art, Brooklyn, NY

                                                     Cube Passerby, Gavin Brown’s Passerby, New York, NY

                                                     The Hidden, Maureen Paley, London, UK

                                                     Uncertain States of America, Songzhuan Art Center, Beijing, China

                                       2007      Uncertain States of America, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague

                                                     Deaf II “From the Audible to the Visible”, Frank Elbaz Gallery, Paris, Curated by   
                                                     Peter  Coffin

                                                     Uncertain States of America, Le Musee de Serignan, Serignan, France

                                                     9 or 10 Works I Used To Like, In No Order, Monitor Video and Contemporary Art,  
                                                     Rome

                                                     Landscapes, Southfirst:Art, Brooklyn

                                                     Uncertain States of America, The Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw

                                                     Uncertain States of America, Herning Kunstmuseum, Denmark

                                                     Uncertain States of America – American Video Art in the 3rd Millennium,

                                                     Moscow Biennial, Moscow

                                     2006        Uncertain States of America, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

                                                     Surviving Paranoia Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY

                                                     Uncertain States of America, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK

                                                     Thank You For The Music (London Beat), Galerie Sprueth Magers Lee, 
                                                     London, UK     

                                                     Uncertain States of America, Bard College Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard 
                                                     College

                                                     Endless Summer, Westlondonproject, London, UK

                                                     Manhattan Project, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL

                                      2005       Thank You For The Music, Galerie Sprueth Magers, Munich, Germany,                                              
                                                   
                                                     Uncertain States of America, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, 
                                                     Oslo, Norway, Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, 
                                                     Daniel Birnbaum, and Gunnar B. Kvaran                                                  

                                                     There’s a City In My Mind, Southfirst:art, Brooklyn, NY

                                      2004       Works on Paper, Mixture Contemporary Art, Houston, TX                                                                                                                                                    
      
                                                     Trailer, Man in the Holoscene, London, UK, curated by Tom Morton                                            
                                                     and Catherine Patha. w/ Liam Gillick                                                                                                          

                                                     Sadie Hawkins Dance, Summer Group Show, Southfirst:art, Brooklyn, NY.

                                                     Music Box, White Box, New York                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                   
                                                     Glad Day, Foxy Productions, New York

                                                     Standard Projection: Weather/Traffic. Standard Hotel, Los Angeles, CA, curated by
                                                     Loren Mindak and Art Production Fund

                                      2003       New York Fucking City, Southfirst:art, Brooklyn, NY.

                                                     Electric Body, Cite de la Musique, Paris, France

                                      2002       Jahresgaben 2002/2003, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany

                                                    Escape, Egizio's Project, New York

                                                    Columbia University MFA thesis show, May 2002 , New York, NY.

                                                    Dark Spring, curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen in cooperation with Liam Gillick        
                                                    Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal, Germany

                                                    Layer Immaterial, Leroy Nieman Center for Print Studies, New York, NY.

                                      2001      Welcome to the Playground of the Fearless, Entropy, Brooklyn, NY.

                                                    Flight, Southfirst Gallery, curated by Southfirst & Flug, Vienna, Brooklyn, NY.

                                                    Columbia University First Year MFA Show, curated by Jerry Saltz,
                                                    Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Gallery, New York, NY.

                                                    Workspheres, the Museum of Modern Art
                                                    in conjunction with LOT/ek architecture, New York, NY.

                                                    Surround 5.1, curated by Arto Linsay, Tonic, New York, NY.

                                       2000     GotoASA.org Benefit Art Auction, curated by James Fuentes and Seth McBride,
                                                    Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York, NY.

                                                    Open Space, 30 artists in 60 days, James Fuentes Gallery, New York, NY.

                 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

                                   

                                      2013      Notes on Paper at the Saatchi Gallery, Blouin Artinfo, June 18th 2013

                                      2012      Original Copies, The Art of Creative Re-Use, Artnews Magazine, March 2012 (Cover)

                                                    Knudson, Rainey, Highlights from Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Glasstire, Jan 21st 

                                      2011      Linnert, Nicolas, Common Love, Aesthetics of Becoming, The Wild, June 2011

                                                    Miller, Leigh Anne, The Lookout: A Weekly Guide to Shows You Don’t Want to Miss:    

                                                    Sean Dack at  Fitzroy Gallery, Art in America, June 2nd, 2011

                                                    Strategies of a Supercollector: Anita Zabludowicz on the Philosophy Behind Her  
                                                    Armory Week Show.  

                                                    Artinfo.com, March 2nd 2011

                                                    Exhibition Preview of Zabludowicz Collection: Six Weeks in New York. Art in America,  
                                                    Feb 28 2011

                                      2010      Sean Dack “Systematic” at 176 Project Space, Slamxhype.com, July 10th 2010

                                                    Donoghue, Katy, Systematic, Whitewall Magazine July 2nd 2010

                                                    Sean Dack: A Glitch in Time, Nowness.com July 7th 2010

                                                    Sean Dack’s Version/Variation, Nowness.com, July 7th 2010

       
                                       2009     Kowalczyk, Piotr, Tesknota Za Wariantami Przyszlosci, Notes Na 6 Tygodni, No. 51,  
                                                    Warsaw Poland, Spring 2009

                                  
                                       2008    Hannum, Terrence, Sean Dack Ghost Hardware at Daniel Reich Gallery, Profile:    
                                                   Columbia College, Chicago, Fall 2008

                                                   Banks, Eric, Seeing Red, Men’s Vogue, August 2008

                                                   Rosenberg, Karen, The Future as Disruption, The New York Times, August 1, 2008

                                                   Gelber, Eric, Taking Liberties with a Loose Genre, The New York Sun, July 10, 2008

                                                   Amir, Yaelle, Sean Dack’s Ghosts, Artslant New York, June 2008

                                                   Armetta, Amoreen, Sean Dack at Daniel Reich Gallery, Artforum.com, Critic’s Picks.

                                   

                                    2007       Kennedy, Randy, “No.1 With a Bullet (or, Rather an Apocalyptic Blast)” The New York  
                                                   Times,  August 17, 2007 page E1

                                                   Brown, Jacob, “Extra,” V Magazine, March 2007 pg. 190

                                   
                                    2006       Sjostrom, Jan, “Moore gives life to performance art, video,” Palm Beach Daily News,  
                                                   December 10,

                                                   Fox, Dan, “Thank You For The Music (London Beat)," Frieze, October 2006, pp. 268

                                                   Turner, Elisa, “A Walk On The Wild Side,” September 17, 2006, Page 1M, Miami      
                                                   Herald

                                                   Knight, Christopher, “Internet Images Caught, Modulated,” Los Angeles Times,

                                                   January 27, 2006, pp. E26-E27

                                                   "Diminished Returns/Innocent Eyes: I want my MTV (and my art!)," LA.COM, January    
                                                    21, 2006

                                    2005       McClister, Nell, "Sean Dack", Artforum, March 2005, pp.239-240

                                                   Gillick, Liam, Parreno, Philippe, "Liam Gillick and Philippe Parreno

                                                   Talk About 'Briannnnnn and Ferryyyyyy'", Artforum (1000 Words), February 2005,  
                                                   pp.144-145

                                   
                                    2004       Cherix, Christophe, “Anna Sanders Films Identity Spot,” Afterart News,

                                                   No. 2 Summer 2004, Page 9                                                                                                                                                                      

                                                   Beyer, Charles G., “Sean Dack,”  Flash Art, May-June 2004, Page 83

                                                   Maine, Stephen, Dateline Brooklyn, Artnet.com, April 14, 2004

                                     2003      Herbert, Martin, “Liam Gillick, Sean Dack”, Time Out London,
                                                   No. 1737, December 3-10 2003 p.54

                                                   ed. Lavinia Garulli and Valentina Sansone, “Focus Photography”,
                                                   Flash Art, Vol.36, No.232, October 2003 p.87

                                                   Kordansky, David, “Sean Dack,” V magazine, July 2003

                                                   Zapperi, Giovanna. “Electric Body: Le Corps En Scène”,

                                                   Flash Art, January-February 2003

                 

                                      2002     Gesschichte, Stück. “Videoinstallation Sean Dack”,
                                                   Journal Frankfurt, September 18, 2002

                                                   Hohmann, Silke, "Der kalkulierbare Kurt Cobain",
                                                   Frankfurter Rundschau, September 4, 2002

                                                   Wolters, Dierk, "Zertrummerte Gitarren in der Endlosschleife",
                                                   Frankfurter Neue Presse, September 4, 2002

                                                   “Eröffnung mit Sean Dack und Timo Albrecht als DJs”,
                                                    Frankfurter Rundschau, September 2, 2002

                                                    Krueger, Reto, "In Kraichtal stört Lee Karls Ruhe", Observer, April 4, 2002

                                                    Schutte, Christoph, "Kopie eines Buhnenberserkers, Sean Dack im      
                                                    Kunstverein", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , September 7, 2002

                                                    Kerner, Anne, "Famous and Immortal", Divento, July 17th 2002

                                                    Jonquet, Francois: "This Is The End", Nova Magazine, July 2002, Paris, France

                                                    Smith, Roberta, “Art In Review: Sean Dack at Southfirst”,
                                                    The New York Times, January 18, 2002

                                     2000       Fuentes, James, Open Space, James Fuentes Gallery, New York,  
                                                    Zing Magazine, Spring/ Summer 2000

                 

                 

                 

GRANTS, AWARDS and RESIDENCIES

           

                                    2010        Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany

                                    2004        American Center Foundation project grant

                                    2001        Theodore & Carolyn Newhouse Sculpture Award, Columbia University

                                   

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

              
                                    2010      A Testbed of Futurity, Southfirst:art, Brooklyn, NY

                                  
PUBLIC SCREENINGS

                                    2012      Video in the City, Galeries CinemaArt Brussels/ Art Brussels

                                                  Double Exposure, Art Los Angeles Contemporary Public Screening Program

                                    2011      Double Exposure, Tribeca Grand Hotel Screening Room

                                    2008      Intrude: Art and Life 366, Bailian Xijiao Shopping Mall, Shanghai, China, 
                                                  
                                                  Love Life Film at the Standard Hotel, Miami, 
                                                  Curated by Christian Rattemeyer and Cay Sophie Rabinowitz 

                                   

PERFORMANCES

                                    2008       Striations, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, NY

                

PUBLICATIONS

                                   
                                    Easy To See Who Is Coming and Going - Jahrbuch 11, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Edition   
                                    Solitude 2012

                                    Data Trash, I 20 Gallery 2012 (Exhibition Catalog)

                                    Version/Variation, Fitzroy Gallery 2011 (Exhibition Catalog/Artist Book)

                                    Common Love: Aesthetics of Becoming, Cabanas, Kaira M., Meriam and Ira D Wallach Art  
                                    Gallery, Columbia  University 2011 (Catalog)

                                    The Shape We’re In, Neilson, Elizabeth, Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK 2011 (Catalog)

                                    Image Transfer: Pictures in a Remix Culture, Krajewski, Sara, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Wash,  
                                    2010 (Catalog)

                                    Systematic Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK 2010 (Catalog)

                                    The Digital Eye, Wolf, Sylvia, Prestel Publishing, 2010

                                    Future Songs, Essay by Liam Gillick, Daniel Reich Gallery 2007 (Artist Book)

                                    The Moscow Biennial of Contemporary Art, Footnotes: On Geopolitics, Market and Amnesia, 
                                    Moscow, 2007  (Catalog)

                                    Sean Dack, Twilight Town, The Moore Space, Miami and Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, 2006  
                                    (Catalog)

                                    Uncertain States of America: American Art in the Third Millennium, Astrup Fearnley Museet for 
                                    Modern Kunst

                                    Dack, Sean and Liam Gillick, Anna Sanders Films Identity Spot, One Star Press, Paris, 2004

                                    Electric Body: Le Corps en Scene, Cite de la Musique 2002 (Catalog)

                                    Dark Spring, Schafhausen, Nicolaus, and Vanessa Joan Muller, Ursula Blickle Stiftung 2002  
                                    (Catalog)

                                  

SPECIAL PROJECTS/ COMMISSIONS

                                   Sephora window display, Summer 2013

                                   Dior Homme, Shanghai, fitting room installation, collaboration with Liam Gillick, 2005

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

                                   The Saatchi Collection

                                   Zabludowicz Collection

                                   De La Cruz Collection

                                   University of Washington, Henry Art Gallery