Lives and works in Los Angeles, California

1992

MFA, University of California, Irvine

1988

BA Studio Art and Political Science, University of California, San Diego

Selected Exhibitions

2020

"Alone Now," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

2014

"Paintings," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA

2012

"CAR 23," NORRA Mexican 1000, Mexico to San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico

2011

"Sean Duffy's Garage Sale," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA

2010

"Sean Duffy," Laguna Art Museum, Laguna CA

2009

"Cant Stop It," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA

2008

"Hilites," Perez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL

2007

"Group Show 3," Howard House, Seattle, WA

"The Grove," Luckman Gallery, California State University Los Angeles, CA; Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ; Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA

"Group Show Part 2," Susanne Vielmetter Berlin Projects, Berlin, Germany

2006

"Group Show," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA

2005

"Casual Friday," California 101, San Francisco, CA

2004

"Temporary Worker," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA

2003

"Bakersfield Smoker," Project Space, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA

"Sorry Entertainer," Howard House, Seattle, WA

"Greatest Hits, Volume II," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA

2001

"cream," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA

"mod2," Howard House, Seattle, WA

2000

"Endless Sunday," Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Miramar Artist Project Space, Santa Barbara

"mod," Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA

1999

"first wave," Quotidian Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1998

"teach me to love," Deep River, Los Angeles, CA

1995

"Living Plan B; Go Captain Baby Vol. 2," Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA

1994

"The Real Captain Commander; Go Captain Baby Vol. 1, Lemoyne Kennels, Los Angeles, CA

1992

"Lump-o-coal, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions Bookstore, Los Angeles, CA

"Enough Rope," UCI Fine Arts Gallery, Irvine, CA

1991

"Wayne, Trent, Carla, Brenda," UCI Fine Arts Gallery, Irvine, CA

Group Exhibitions

2021

"20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

2019-2020

"Friends & Family," Peter Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, CA

2019

"Faster, Faster!," Wignal Museum, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA

"Inaugural Exhibition," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

2018

"grâce du dessin," Art Mûr, Montréal, Québec, Canada

"Conceptual Craft II," Denk Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Link)

“Tomorrowland,” CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Link)

2017

“Pivotal: Highlights from the Collection,” Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA

2016

“The Gildless Age,” Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA

2015

“Global Positioning Systems,” Peréz Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL

"Off-road Expo," High Desert Test Sites & Machine Project, somewhere east of Palmdale, CA

2014

"Ex nihilo," ESXLA, Los Angeles, CA

"Transmogrifications of the Ordinary," Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

"Reverb," Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA

2013

"Reverberations," Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA

"Essential: Selections from the Permanent Collection," Sweeney Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside, CA

2012

"Pairings, The Collection at 50- Chris Burden and Sean Duffy," The Orange County Museum of Art, Orange County, CA

"HOLODECK," PST, Los Angeles, CA

"First Contact," Field Projects, New York, NY

2011

"Goldmine: Contemporary Works from the Collections of Sirje and Michael Gold," University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach

2010

"The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl," Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, curated by Trevor Schoonmaker, and travelling to: ICA Boston, Boston, MA (April 15 - September 5, 2011); Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL (March 18 June 10, 2012); Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA (July 14 October 7, 2012)

"New Art for a New Century: Recent Acquisitions 2000-2009," Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA

"ReCycle," University of California Riverside, Sweeney Art Gallery, Riverside, CA

"Resounding," Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA

"COLA," Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA

"Rewind Remix Replay: Design, Music, & Everyday Experience," Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ

2009

"Because I say so...," Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami, Florida

"GIMME; From Inspiration to Appropriation," Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle

2008

"Dont Let Me Be Misunderstood, World Class Boxing, the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Miami, FL

"Noise," SiteLA, Los Angeles, CA

"Like Lifelike: Painting in the Third Dimension," University of California Riverside, Sweeney Art Gallery, Riverside, CA

"Something from Nothing," Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA (organized by Dan Cameron)

2007

"Sculptors Drawings: Ideas, Studies, Sketches, Proposals, and More," Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Nowell Karten

"Soundwaves," Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA

"Time Machine," curated by Brad Eberhard, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles

2006

"Greetings from the American Dream," Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

"Back Room," Kinkead Gallery, Los Angeles

2005

"CUT," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

"Lost in Music," Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS, curated by Bruce Hartmann

2004

"The Realm of the Senses," James Cohan Gallery, New York, with Vito Acconci, Douglas Gordon, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Mike Kelly, Christian Marclay, Fred Tomaselli, Bill Viola

"California Biennial," Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA

"kurzdavordanach," Photographische Sammlung / SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, Germany, curated by Wilhelm Schuermann

"New," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2003

"Black Belt," Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, curated by Christine Kim; Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA

"Hot Summer in the City," Sean Kelly Gallery, New York

"Remix/Experimenter," CENAR Centro Nacional del Arte, San Salvador, El Salvador

2002

"21 Paintings from LA," Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, Cal State San Bernadino, CA, curated by James Gobel

2001

"Painting Beyond Painting," Christinerose Gallery, New York, NY

2000

"Pleasure Seekers," Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO

1999

"Game Show," Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA

"What On Earth," Nevada Institute for Contemporary Arts, Las Vegas, NV

"Happy Trails," College of Creative Studies, UC Santa Barbara, CA

1998

"Tweeners," Spanish Kitchen, Los Angeles, CA

1996

"Make a Move," Lemoyne Kennels, Los Angeles

1995

"Neotoma," Otis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1994

"Second Anniversary Fashion Show," Food House, Santa Monica, CA

1993

"Germinal Notations," Food House, Santa Monica, CA

1992

"Hands," Venice Art Walk. Venice, CA

"Visual Exchange, Otis Parsons, Los Angeles

1991

a"Cheese Toast," UCI Fine Arts Gallery, Irvine, CA

"Visual Exchange," UCI Fine Arts Gallery, Irvine, CA

1990

"Ho Down at High Noon," UCI Fine Arts Gallery, Irvine, CA

1989

"Art Factory II," UCSD Annex Gallery, La Jolla, CA

1988

"Art Factory," UCSD Annex Gallery, La Jolla, CA

Film/TV/Radio

2011

Oakes, Bob. "A Surprising Harmony: Art Meets Vinyl At The ICA," NPR, April 15

2009

Austin, Lee, "Access Utah--Interview with Sean Duffy," Utah Public Radio, February 9

2007

Gutel, Rene, "Step into the Grove," KJZZ 91.5, NPR Pheonix, July 19

Bibliography

2016

Knight, Christopher, “Review: ‘The Gildless Age’: A different tale of the ‘1 percent’ at the Torrance Art Museum,” Los Angeles Times, September 23 (Link)

2015

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2014

Wood, Eve, "Review: Sean Duffy at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects," Artillery, September October

Knight, Christopher, "Taking a Shot at a New Method," Los Angeles Times, July 16

2013

Mahbubani, Rhea, "Sculpture with a Vibe," Huntington Beach Independent, October 2

2012

Duffy, Mary, "Cenzias a Polvo," Toyota Trails, December

Fiolka, Marty, "La Carrera Mas Feliz del Mundo," Dirt Sports, June

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2011

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Donaldson, Jonathan, ICAs Record gets into the groove, Boston Herald, April 15

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Fernandez, Veronica; Doug Harvey, "Sean Duffy," Front 40 Press Catalog

2010

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Schad, Ed, Sean Duffy, Cant Stop It, Art Review, March

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2008

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2007

Schleussner, Laura, "Vinyl is Back, XYMARA, September

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Lengel, Kerry, "Turntables, sound entice interaction Arizona Republic, June 10

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2006

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2005

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Wyland, Jessica, "Get in Gear for Drive Time exhibit, Daily Bulletin, August 16

Muckenfuss, Mark, "The Art of Traffic, Press Enterprise, August 15

"Project Space, NYFA, May 10

Harvey, Doug, "Lost in Music, Exhibition Essay, Johnson County Community College Gallery of Art, February

Newhouse, Kristina, "Experiencing the California Biennial, X-tra, Volume 7, Number 3, Spring

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2004

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Di Blasi, Johanna, "Dem Bild unter den Rock geschaut, Koelner Stadtanzeiger, October 23

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2003

Secret, Mosi, "Africana Reviews Black Belt, Africana, November 21

Kim, Christine Y, "Black Belt, The Studio Museum in Harlem (catalogue)

Stasiek, Tony, "Wall to Wall, The Bellingham Harold, October 2

Hall, Emily, "Do This, The Stranger, August 21

Gleason, Matt, "Sean Duffy: Greatest Hits Volume II, Modern Painters, Summer, p. 126

Gopnik, Blake, "Standouts in a Crowd: A Select Sampling of the NY Armory Show, The Washington Post, March 13

ArtScene, preview, March

Martinez, Lilian, "Scratch Visual, El Dario de Hoy, February 6

2002

Schlueter, Christian, "Irrlaeufer im Kunstparcours, Frankfurter Rundschau, September 27

Rump, Gerhard Charles, "Kunst ab Fuenf Euro: Art Forum Berlin, Die Welt, September 26

"Gucken and Kaufen, Berliner Morgenpost, September 26

Gobel, James and Miles, Christopher, "21 Paintings from LA, Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum (catalogue)

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2001

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2000

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1999

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1998

Harvey, Doug, "Sean Duffy at Deep River, Art Issues, Summer

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1996

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1993

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Awards, Grants and Fellowships

2011

United States Artist Project, Car 23 (funded)

2010

City of Los Angeles (COLA) Fellowship for Visual Artists, Los Angeles, CA

California Community Foundation Fellow for Visual Artists, Los Angeles, CA

2008

Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL

2006

Durfee Foundation, ARC (Artists' Resource for Completion) Grant, Santa Monica, CA

Public Collections

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

Luckman Art Gallery, CSULA, Los Angeles, CA

Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA

Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, UT

Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA

Perez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL

Sweeney Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside, CA