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Aurel Schmidt

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Born 1982 in Kamloops, British Columbia[1] and moved to New York in 2005.[2] By 2009 she was living in the East Village[3] and was still living there in 2011.

Career

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Schmidt participated in her first group show in 2006 at Spencer Brownstone Gallery (New York, NY). By the following year she was showing with Jeffrey Deitch[4] and in 2010 her work, Master of the Universe: FlexMaster 3000, was included in the Whitney Biennial, 2010. She worked briefly out of a Jeffrey Deitch studio in Long Island City. Her work has been collected by Dakis Joannou, Santo Domingo, and Sean Avery. Tim Barber published a book of intimate photos of her and her partner, Donald Cummings (of the band The Virgins).

Exhibitions

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Solo Exhibitions

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  • 2015 - Blast Furnace of Civilization at Half Gallery (New York, NY)[5]
  • 2013 - Fruits, a bodega at 200 Stanton St[6]
  • 2011 - Peres Projects (Los Angeles, CA)[7]
  • 2008 - Maneater at Jeffrey Deitch (New York, NY)
  • 2007 - Burnouts at Jeffrey Deitch (New York, NY)

Select Group Exhibitions

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2014
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  • M + B (Los Angeles, CA)
2013
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2011
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2010
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  • Centro d'Arte Contemporanea Palazzo Lucarini Contemporary, Trevi, Italy
  • Summer Bummer at The Fireplace Project (East Hampton, NY)[8]
  • Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina
  • New Jersey Museum of Contemporary Art
2009
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  • Andrea Rosen (New York, NY)[9]
  • Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (Turin)

Publications

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Press

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Notable press includes Art Observed, New York Mag, "30 Under 30 In Art and Design" Forbes (2011), VogueNew York Times, The New YorkerThe Wall Street JournalArt Info, Interview Magazine and Purple Magazine

References

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  1. ^ "Aurel Schmidt | Whitney Museum of American Art". whitney.org. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  2. ^ Aleksander, Irina (2011-02-23). "From Aurel Schmidt, Art and Independence". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  3. ^ "The New New York Art Scene". Interview Magazine. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  4. ^ "Jeffrey Deitch | Full List of Exhibitions". www.deitch.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  5. ^ "Aurel Schmidt Sketches Out the Madness of Capitalism | The Creators Project". The Creators Project. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  6. ^ "See: Aurel Schmidt's Lovely, Sexual Produce Art". The Cut. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  7. ^ "Aurel Schmidt and Pierre Molinier". M+B. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  8. ^ "Aurel Schmidt's Summer Bummer [NSFW]". Flavorwire. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  9. ^ work, Copywritten. "Also on view - Exhibition - Andrea Rosen Gallery". www.andrearosengallery.com. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
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