CARL OSTENDARP

lebt und arbeitet / lives and works in Ithaca, N.Y.


Education

1996 M.F.A. Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
1983 B.F.A. Boston University, School for the Arts, Boston, MA
1982 Yale/Norfolk, Norfolk, CT


Solo Exhibitions

2007
Galerie Schmidt Maczollek, Cologne

2006
PROJEX-Mtl, Montreal, CANADA

2005
OH+T Gallery, Boston, MA

2004
Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY
Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston, MA

2003
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY

2002
Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne, Germany
Gilles Peyroulet et Cie, Paris, France

2001
Dee/Glasoe, New York, NY

1999
Gallery XL/Xavier La Boulbenne Gallery, New York, NY
Paintings on Paper, Renezans Gallery, Houston, TX
Shoshanna Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1998
Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne, Germany

1997
Studio Notes, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St.Louis, MO

1995
Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne, Germany
Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY

1993
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY

1992
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Works on Paper, Stephanie Theodore Gallery, New York, NY

1991
John Post Lee Gallery, New York, NY

1990
Wolff Gallery, New York, NY

1989
Tom Solomon’s Garage, Los Angeles, CA
White Columns, New York, NY


Group Exhibitions

2008
Reloaded: Einflüsse der 1960er Jahre auf aktuelle Kunsttendenzen, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (upcoming)

2007
Sammlung Rolf Ricke, MMK, Frankfurt

2006
Two Friends and So On Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Process and Promise 92nd Street Y Art Center, New York
Clear Cuts – Sammlung Wolkenlos – Die Privatsammlung von Michael Stankiewicz Schloss Raabs, Raabs a.d.Thaya, Austria

2005
Field Questions, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Group Show, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY
A wonderful view Vous Etes Ici, Amsterdam
ESPECIAL, Galerie Schmidt Maczollek, Cologne, Germany
Sweet Temptations - Dialoge mit der Sammlung Rolf Ricke, Kunstverein St. Gallen Kunstmuseum

2004
Couleurs et formes, Galerie Evelyne Canus, Basel, Switzerland
Joyhouse, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX
Hot + Cool Summer, Gallery West 52, New York, NY
Toys in the Attic, curated by Stephanie Theodore, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, NY
Off the Wall: Work from the JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, Greenwich, CT
Happy, curated by Ryan Steadman, OH+T Gallery, Boston, MA
Yellow Pages, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal, Switzerland
Strip: Images in Line, curated by Rolf Bier, Studioblock Voltmerstr., Hanover, Germany

2003
Schokolade, Was Denn Sonst: Sammlung Rolf Ricke, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria
Faculty Exhibition, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Perpetuum Mobile
, curated by Günter Umberg, Galerie Rolf Ricke, Köln

2002
Einfach Kunst. Sammlung Rolf Ricke, Neues Museum, Staatliches Museum fur Kunst und Design, Nuremberg, Germany
Inheriting Matisse: The Decorative Contour in Contemporary Art, curated by Michelle Grabner, Rocket Gallery, London, England

2001
Paint Land, curated by Terry Myers, Schmidt Contemporary Art of Los Angeles, CA
Delicious, Roger Smith Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne, Germany
Concepts of Images, Galerie Academia, Salzburg, Austria
Faculty Exhibition, Herbert Johnson Art Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
First There was a Drawing, curated by Michael St. John. The College of Santa Fe Fine Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
The Male Self Portrait, curated by Alexi Worth, D. C. Moore Gallery, New York, NY

2000
Back to Nature, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Yes, Galerie Monica Reitz, Frankfurt, Germany
What’s So Funny About Color?, Dan Elias Fine Art, Allston, MA
Faculty Exhibition, Herbert Johnson Art Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Face to Face, Concordia College Art Gallery, Bronxville, NY
The Figure: Another Side of Modernism, curated by Lilly Wei, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, NY
Gallery Artists, Dee/Glasoe, New York, NY

1999
Size Matters, Gale Gates Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
Small Things Come in Good Packages, curated by Stephanie Theodore, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, NY
Color Me Blind, curated by Ralf Christofori, Wurttemburgischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany; Stadish Ausstellungshalle AM Haverkamp, Munster, Germany; Dundee Contemporary Art, Dundee, Scotland.
Hard Cell: 5 New York Artists Show Work on Paper, Vilma Gold Gallery, London, England
The Child Within: Innocence and Anxiety in Contemporary Art, curated by Maurice Tuchman and Mariana Amatullo, Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA.
Benefit Exhibition and Auction, White Columns, New York, NY
Mixed Bag, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
The Stroke, curated by David Reed, Exit Art/The First World, New York, NY
Stuff, curated by James Yood and Jeanne Dunning, T.B.A. Exhibition Space, Chicago, IL
Love Evolution, Gallery XL/Xavier LaBoulbenne, New York, NY
The Conversation, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
Free Coke, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
Protoplasm, Bob Van Orsouw Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Fitzgerald/Ostendarp, Ohio State University, Athens, OH
Special Offer, curated by Rolf Ricke, Kassel Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany

1998
Biomorphic Abstraction, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY
Paper View, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
White, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY
From Here to Eternity: Painting in 1998, curated by Ruth Kaufman, Max Protetch Gallery, New York, NY
Cluster Bomb, Morrison/Judd Gallery, London, England
Utz, curated by Stephanie Theodore, Lennon Weinberg Gallery, New York, NY
Pop/Abstraction, curated by Sid Sachs, The Museum of American Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Group Show, curated by Gunther Umberg, Museum Dhondt, Dhaenens, Belgium

1997
Moving Towards the Millenium, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St.Louis, MO
Vertical Painting, (mural installation), Institute of Contemporary Art/P.S. 1 Museum, Long Island City, NY
All The Things You Are, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Ca-Ca, Poo-Poo, curated by Udo Kittelman, Kunstmuseum, Cologne, Germany
Art Writing: Words in Works on Paper, Geoffrey Young gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Group Exhibition, curated by Gunther Umberg, Galerie Evelyn Canus, La Colle-Sur-Loire, France
Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY
Benefit Auction, White Columns, New York, NY

1996
Unconditionally Abstraction, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
Form als Ziel mundet immer in Formalismus (Mies van der Rohe), Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne, Germany
Transformal, curated by Maia Damianovic, Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria
Model Home, curated by Alanna Heiss & Sabina Streeter, The Clock Tower, Institute of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Benefit Auction, White Columns, New York, NY

1995
Una Nuova Tradizione Americana, Galleria Oddi Baglioni, Rome, Italy
Made in USA, Bob Van Orsouw Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Re-Fab: Painting Abstracted, Fabricated and Revised, curated by Rochelle Feinstein, Shirley Kaneda and Margaret Miller, Contemporary ArtMuseum, University of South Florida, Tampa, Fl; traveled to Wolfson Galleries, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Fl; Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
Smells Like Vinyl, organized by Sarah Seager and Thaddeus Strode, Roger Merians Gallery, New York, NY
Fancy That, curated by Leslie Heller, The Workspace, New York, NY
Altered States: American Art in the 90’s, curated by Jeanne Greenberg & Robert Nickas, Forum for Contemporary Art, St.Louis, MO
Pittura-Immedia, curated by Peter Weibel, Neue Galeri am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
Acquiring Art in the 90’s: The Inside Story, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
Benefit Auction, White Columns, New York, NY

1994
DepArt, curated by Daniel Elias, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
Critical Mass, curated by Charles Long, A&A Gallery, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT. McKinney Avenue Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX
David’s Friends, curated by Timothy Fichtner, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
On Paper, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
Faith in Doubt, University at Buffalo Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Current Abstraction: Jody Lomberg & Carl Ostendarp, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Carl Ostendarp/Matthew Weinstein, Studio La Citta, Verona, Italy
Painting, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Carl Ostendarp/Charles Long, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
Tom Tavelli Gallery, Aspen, CO
Possible Things: A Drawing Show, curated by Vik Muniz, Bardamu Gallery/Publishing House, New York, NY
Basically Silver, Studio La Citta, Verona, Italy
Press On, curated by Daniel Elias, I.C. Editions, New York, NY
S.I.B.: Swelling Itching Brain, Satellite Gallery, New York, NY
Benefit Auction, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY

1993
Color, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, NY
The Medium is the Medium, Barbara Toll Gallery, New York, NY
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Charles Long/Carl Ostendarp, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
Italia-America/l’Astrazione Ridefinita, curated by Demetrio Paparoni, Museo di Stato, San Marino
Toolbox, curated by Anthony Iannaci, Studio la Citta, Verona, Itlay
Irony & Ecstacy, curated by Klaus Ottman, Salama-Caro Gallery, London, England
Teddy and Other Stories, Galleria in Arco, Torino, Italy
I Am the Enunciator, curated by Christian Leigh, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY
Interzone, curated by Karin Bravin, John Post Lee Gallery, New York, NY
20 Years, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
A Painting for Every Ticket, Benefit for BOMB Magazine, Fawbush Gallery, New York, NY
Benefit Auction, White Columns, New York, NY
Benefit Auction, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
RenBen 93, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL

1992
Gegen den Strich/Against the Grain, curated by Klaus Ottman & Josef Ramaseder, Galerie Theuretzbacher, Vienna, Austria
The Mechanical Drip: C. Ostendarp, D. Powley, N. Rule, R. Stingel, Greenberg Gallery, St.Louis, MO
Multiple Grounds, Systema Galleries, Baarn, The Netherlands
Bedroom Pictures, curated by Terry R. Myers, Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Paintings, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Abstract painting: 1992, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
Gallery Artists, Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY
Off Balance, Jason Rubell Gallery, Palm Beach, Fl
Kinder!macht Neues!, Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne, Germany
Contextures & Constructures, curated by Jonathan Seliger, Rubenstein/Diacono, New York, NY
Summer Becomes Eclectic, Mars Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Emerging New York Artists, University of Omaha Art Gallery, Omaha, NB
Benefit for the AIDS Action Committee, International Place, Artcetera, Boston, MA
WFMU Exhibition / Auction, Germans Van Eck, New York, NY
Dupuis, Lucas, Ostendarp, Weinstein, curated by Mario Diacono, Planita Gallery, Rome, Italy
Benefit Auction, White Columns, New York, NY
Benefit Auction, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY

1991
Slow Art: Painting in New York Now, curated by Alanna Heiss, P.S.1 Museum, Long Island, City, NY
Psycho, curated by Christian Leigh, Kunsthalle, New York, NY
Elizabeth Murray, John Newman, Carl Ostendarp, Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY
How It Is, curated by Jonathan Seliger, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
David Dupuis, Christopher Lucas, Carl Ostendarp, Matthew Weinsten, Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston, MA
Process/Material, Patterson College Art Gallery, Patterson, NJ
Strategies for the Next Painting, curated by Saul Ostrow, Wolff Gallery, New York: Feigen Contemporary, Chicago
Synthesis, John Good Gallery, New York, NY
Jacqueline Humphries, John Millei, Carl Ostendarp, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Hybrid Abstraction, organized by Joshua Decter, Bennington College Art Gallery, Bennington, VT
Rope, curated by Christian Leigh, Fernando Alcolea Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
The Thing, curated by Vik Muniz, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY
Summer Group Show, John Good Gallery, New York, NY
Preview, Stux Gallery, New York, NY
The Lick of The Eye, curated by David Pagel, Shoshanna Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Gail Fitzgerald/Carl Ostendarp, Galerie Marc Jancou, Zurich, Switzerland
Benefit Auction, White Columns, New York, NY
Ornament; Ho Hum All Ye Faithful, John Post Lee Gallery, New York, NY

1990
Total Metal, curated by Richard Phillips, Simon Watson Gallery, New York, NY
Emerging Art 1990: Commodities Corporation Collection, curated by Sam Hunter, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
A Question of Paint, curated by Charles Wright Jr., Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
Update 90, White Columns, New York, NY
Recent Acquisitions, Chase Manhattan Bank / SoHo, New York, NY
Summer Group Exhibition, Wolff Gallery, New York, NY
Work on Paper, Paula Allen Gallery, New York, NY
Process and Materials, Julian Pretto Warehouse, New York, NY
David Dupuis, Carl Ostendarp, Rudolph Stingel, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
White Columns Twentieth Anniversary Benefit Exhibition, White Columns, New York, NY
Benefit Auction, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY

1989
Drawings, Wolff Gallery, New York, NY
Outer Limits, curated by Tom Solomon, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY