Karl Haendel



Selected Works

Exhibitions

Biography

Karl Haendel

Karl Haendel “Perched Bald Eagle,” 2018

Karl Haendel
“Perched Bald Eagle,” 2018
Karl Haendel “Perched Chicken,” 2018

Karl Haendel
“Perched Chicken,” 2018
This is an artwork titled Fingers 2 by artist Karl Haendel made in 2016

Karl Haendel
Fingers 2, 2016
This is an artwork titled "Hillary Clinton," detail by artist Karl Haendel made in 2016

Karl Haendel
"Hillary Clinton," detail, 2016
This is an artwork titled Rodeo 10 by artist Karl Haendel made in 2016

Karl Haendel
Rodeo 10, 2016
This is an artwork titled Hitchcock's Head #5 by artist Karl Haendel made in 2015

Karl Haendel
Hitchcock's Head #5, 2015
This is an artwork titled Dylan Dates (1997) by artist Karl Haendel made in 2015

Karl Haendel
Dylan Dates (1997), 2015
This is an artwork titled Theme Time - Presidents Day by artist Karl Haendel made in 2014

Karl Haendel
Theme Time - Presidents Day, 2014
This is an artwork titled Theme Time - Colors (version 2) by artist Karl Haendel made in 2014

Karl Haendel
Theme Time - Colors (version 2), 2014
This is an artwork titled Theme Time - Tears (Head on hand) by artist Karl Haendel made in 2014

Karl Haendel
Theme Time - Tears (Head on hand), 2014
This is an artwork titled Theme Time - Water (Vicksburg Flood) by artist Karl Haendel made in 2013

Karl Haendel
Theme Time - Water (Vicksburg Flood), 2013
This is an artwork titled Theme Time - Around the World by artist Karl Haendel made in 2013

Karl Haendel
Theme Time - Around the World, 2013
This is an artwork titled Theme Time - Basketball by artist Karl Haendel made in 2013

Karl Haendel
Theme Time - Basketball, 2013
This is an artwork titled Theme Time - Beginnings, Middles, and Ends by artist Karl Haendel made in 2013

Karl Haendel
Theme Time - Beginnings, Middles, and Ends, 2013
This is an artwork titled Theme Time - Family Circle by artist Karl Haendel made in 2013

Karl Haendel
Theme Time - Family Circle, 2013
This is an artwork titled Debbie Does Math Group: Hand on Head #2 by artist Karl Haendel made in 2013

Karl Haendel
Debbie Does Math Group: Hand on Head #2, 2013
This is an artwork titled Sports Hero by artist Karl Haendel made in 2012

Karl Haendel
Sports Hero, 2012
This is an artwork titled Transport by artist Karl Haendel made in 2013

Karl Haendel
Transport, 2013
This is an artwork titled Killing Pablo #8 by artist Karl Haendel made in 2012

Karl Haendel
Killing Pablo #8, 2012
This is an artwork titled J. Edgar Hoover #3 by artist Karl Haendel made in 2012

Karl Haendel
J. Edgar Hoover #3, 2012
Karl Haendel: Informal Family Blackmail Installation view

Karl Haendel: Informal Family Blackmail
Installation view
Karl Haendel: Informal Family Blackmail Installation view

Karl Haendel: Informal Family Blackmail
Installation view
This is an artwork titled Knight #8 by artist Karl Haendel made in 2011

Karl Haendel
Knight #8, 2011
This is an artwork titled Scheme (Football #5) by artist Karl Haendel made in 2011

Karl Haendel
Scheme (Football #5), 2011
This is an artwork titled Shackleton #18 by artist Karl Haendel made in 2009

Karl Haendel
Shackleton #18, 2009
This is an artwork titled Shackleton #2 by artist Karl Haendel made in 2008

Karl Haendel
Shackleton #2, 2008
This is an artwork titled Shackleton #25 by artist Karl Haendel made in 2009

Karl Haendel
Shackleton #25, 2009
This is an artwork titled Shackleton #15 by artist Karl Haendel made in 2009

Karl Haendel
Shackleton #15, 2009
This is an artwork titled All the clocks in my house #7 (7:24) by artist Karl Haendel made in 2010

Karl Haendel
All the clocks in my house #7 (7:24), 2010
This is an artwork titled Questions for my Father #6 by artist Karl Haendel made in 2008

Karl Haendel
Questions for my Father #6, 2008
This is an artwork titled Installation view by artist Karl Haendel made in 2007

Karl Haendel
Installation view, 2007
This is an artwork titled Uncertain States of America, Installation view by artist Karl Haendel made in 2006

Karl Haendel
Uncertain States of America, Installation view, 2006
This is an artwork titled MOCA Focus, Installation view by artist Karl Haendel made in 2006

Karl Haendel
MOCA Focus, Installation view, 2006

Inaugural Exhibition

February 16 – March 23, 2019, Downtown

Karl Haendel: By and by

January 7 – February 11, 2017, Culver City

Karl Haendel: Informal Family Blackmail

May 26 – July 7, 2012, Culver City

Summer Group Show

August 7 – 30, 2010, Culver City

Karl Haendel: Sir Ernest Shackleton and All the Clocks in My House

March 13 – April 24, 2010, Culver City

Karl Haendel: 2014 Whitney Biennial

March 7 – May 25, 2014, 2014 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Karl Haendel: Meanwhile...Suddenly, and Then

September 12, 2013 – January 5, 2014, 12th Lyon Biennale

Karl Haendel: The Residue of Memory

May 11 – July 15, 2012, Aspen Art Museum

Karl Haendel: Haunted

March 26 – September 6, 2010, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

1976
Born in New York
Lives and works in Los Angeles
2003
University of California, Los Angeles, MFA
2000
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1999
Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York, NY
1998
Brown University, Providence, RI, BA in Art Semiotics and Art History

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2019
"Mazel Tov Group by Karl Haendel," Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Masses & Mainstream," Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
2018
"Doppelgänger," Wentrup Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2017
"Pink Cup and the Facts," Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
"BY AND BY," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2016
"Unwinding Unboxing, Unbending Uncocking, Wentrup Gallery, Berlin, Germany
"Karl Haendel and Tony Lewis," LAXART, Los Angeles, CA
"1/2 Einstein’s Brain, 1/2 Moon Rock," Galleria Raucci/Santamaria, Naples, Italy
2015
"Unwinding Unboxing, Unbending Uncocking," Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Weeks in Wet Sheets," Barbara Seiler Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
"Organic Bedfellow, Feral Othello," Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
2014
"People Who Don't Know They're Dead," Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
"Water Works," with Adam Helms, Halsey Mckay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
"Fresh Musk," Eastern Star Gallery at the Archer School for Girls, Los Angeles, CA
2013
"Oral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality", Museo de Arte de El Salvador (MARTE), San Salvador, El Salvador (forthcoming December)
"The Competition Myth," Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
"High Performance Stiffened Structures, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
2012
"Oral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality," Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
"Questions For My Father," Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, Utah
"Questions for My Father," The Box, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
"Informal Family Blackmail," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2011
Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
"Celestial Spectacular," Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (with Jennifer Bornstein)
"Questions for My Father," Harris Lieberman, New York, NY( with Petter Ringbom)
"Fiddle the Cooperation," Galleria Raucci/Santamaria, Naples, Italy
2010
"Karl Haendel," Lever House, New York, NY
"Sir Ernest Shackelton and All The Clocks in My House," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
"My Invisible Friend," Tony Wight Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009
"Displeasure," Milliken Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
"Plug n Play," Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA (with Walead Beshty)
"How to Have a Socially Responsible Orgasm and Other Life Lessons", Harris Lieberman, New York, NY
2008
"Kommitment Karl, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2007
The Suburban, Chicago, IL
"I Need Work," Harris Lieberman, New York, NY
"Last Fair Deal Gone Down," Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006
"MOCA Focus Series," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
"Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad," Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
"Make Me Down a Pallet on Your Floor," Sorcha Dallas Contemporary Art, Glasgow, Scotland
2005
"Grits Aint Groceries (All Around the World)," Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003
"You Cant Lose What You Aint Never Had," Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Group Exhibitions

2019
"Drawn Together Again," FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
2018
"We are the people. Who are you?" Edel Assanti, London, UK
"The World on Paper," Deutsche Bank KunstHalle, Berlin, Germany
"Papier.Salon.," Wentrup Gallery, Berlin, Germany
"A Slice through the World: Contemporary Artists' Drawings," Drawing Room, London, UK and Modern Art, Oxford, UK
"INTO ACT!ON: A Celebration of Community Power & Cultural Resistance," Los Angeles, CA
2017
"Drawings & Sculptures," Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
"Black Mirror," Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Really?" curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody,Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"I who make mistakes on the eternal typewriter," Drawing Centre Diepenheim, The Netherlands
"Game On!," Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
"Unsere Amerikaner," Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
"American Dream: Paintings and Drawings of American Realism since 1965," Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany
2016
"Questions to My Father," Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
"House Warming," Adds Donna, Chicago, IL
"Halftime in America," Arturo Bandini, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Biennial of the Americas, Denver, CO
"SUNSET STRIP," organized by Night Gallery at The Batter, San Francisco, CA
"The World is Made of Stories," Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
2014
Whitney Biennial, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, curated by Stuart Comer, Anthony Elms, and Michelle Grabner
"Lone Tree," Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
"Informal Forms," Aran Cravey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Life Transmissions," curated by Marcus Herse, Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University, Orange, CA
"Ghost Current," curated by Ryan Wallace, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
"Manifest Intention. Drawing In All Its Forms," curated by Beatrice Merz with Marianna Vecellio, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
2013
"Meanwhile Suddenly and Then," 12th Biennale de Lyon, curated by Gunnar B. Kvaran, Lyon, France
2012
"The Residue of Memory," Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO, curated by Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson
"Graphite," curated by Sarah Urist Green, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
"True Stories," Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, curated by Lilly Wei
"Kathryn Andrews, Darren Bader, and Karl Haendel," United Artists, Ltd., Marfa, TX
2011
"In the Name of the Artists - American Contemporary Art from the Astrup Fearnley Collection," The São Paulo Bienniale Pavillion, São Paulo
"Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art," Bienal Pavillion, Sao Paulo, Brazil
"Degenerate Art Lives (with Yael Bartana and Tomas Zipp)," Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
"Benessere Temporaneo," Galleryia Six, Milan, Italy
"Art sur Image:
 Collection du MAMAC," Galerie des Ponchettes, Muse d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Nice, France
"Verisimilitude," Francois Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"The Voyage, or Three Years at Sea, Part 2" Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
"Prospect II," curated by Dan Cameron, New Orleans, LA
"Drawn from Photography, The Drawing Center, New York, NY, and DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, IL, curated by Claire Gilman
"Nothing Beside Remains," LAND, Marfa, TX, curated by Shamim Momin
"Greater LA," curated by Benjamin Godsill, Eleaonor Cayre and Joel Mesler, New York, NY
"The Unbearable Lightness of Being," Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
"Ohlio," Country Club, Cincinati, OH
"Prix Canson 2011," Htel de Sauroy, Paris, France
"American Exuberance," Rubell Family Collection/Contemporary Arts Foundation, Miami, FL
2010
"Haunted", Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, curated by Jennifer Blessing
"The Last Newspaper," The New Museum, New York, NY, curated by Richard Flood and Benjamin Godsill
"Art Moves 2010," 3rd International Festival of Art Bilboards, Torun, Poland
"Second Story," Pepin Moore, Los Angeles, CA
"Karl Haendel & Walead Beshty," Sheree Hovsepian, and Barbara Kasten, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Held Up By Columns," Renwick Gallery, New York, NY
"Image Transfer: Pictures in a Remix Culture," Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA; traveled to: Richard E. Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN; Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, University of Batimore, MD; Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA; Salina Art Center, Salina, KS
"Pictures and Statues," Country Club, Cincinati, OH
"Blind Mirror," Galleria Raucci/Santamaria, Naples, Italy
"New Art for a New Century: Contemporary Acquisitions, 2000-2010," Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
2009
"Collection: MoCA's First Thirty Years (1980 Now)," The Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, CA, curated by Paul Schimmel
"Beg Borrow and Steal," Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL; traveled to the Palm Springs Museum, Palm Springs, CA
"Maximal Minimal," Primopiano, Lugano, Switzerland, curated by Nini Bonavoglia
"Rotating Views #2 - Works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection", Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
"Play With Your Own Marbles: Walead Beshty, Karl Haendel & Patrick Hill," Noma Gallery, San Francisco, CA, curated by Betty Nguyen
"No Bees, No Blueberries," Harris Lieberman Gallery, NY, cur. by Sarina Basta and Tyler Coburn
"Nothingness and Being", curated by Shamim Momin, Fundacin/Coleccin Jumex, Mexico
"Picturing the Studio, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, curated by Michelle Grabner and Annika Marie
"This Is Killing Me," Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA
2008
"Going Out of Business, Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Meet Me Around the Corner Works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection," Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
2008 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, curated by Lauri Firstenberg, Newport Beach, CA
2007
"The New Authentics: Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation, curated by Staci Boris. Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL and Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
"XXS (Extra Extra Small)," Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel
"Lines, Grids, Stains, Words: Minimal Art Drawings from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art," organized by Christian Rattemeyer, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, and traveling to: Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal; Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany
"Hammer Contemporary Collection Part 1," Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
"HB Works on Paper," Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy
"Play," Galleri Erik Steen, Oslo, Norway
"The Price of Everything," The Art Gallery, CUNY Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York, NY
"Big Secret Cache," Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006
"Red Eye: Los Angeles Artists from the Rubell Family Collection," The Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
"Transforming Chronologies: An Atlas of Drawings, Part Two," curated by Luis Perez Oramas, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
"Particulate Matter," curated by Glen Helfand, Mills College of Art, Oakland, CA
"Pierre Bismuth, Ryan Gander, Karl Haendel, T.Kelly Mason," Cohan and Leslie, New York
"A Brighter Day," James Cohan Gallery, New York
"Down by law," curated by the Wrong Gallery as a show within a show for The Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum, New York
2005
"Uncertain States Of America," Reykjavik Museum of Art, Reykjavik, Iceland; Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo; Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; Serpentine Gallery, London, UK; Museé d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France; Moscow Biennale; Herning Art Museum, Herning, Denmark; Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland; Musée de Sérignan, Sérignan, France; Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic; Songzhuan Art Centre, Beijing, China
"Drive Time," Wingall Museum, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
"Fast Forward: A Passion for the New," curated by Scenic, House of Campari, Venice, CA
"Rogue Wave," curated by Christopher Pate and Peter Goulds, LA Louver, Venice, CA
"Hunch and Flail," curated by Amy Sillman, Artists Space, New York, NY
"L.A.," Lucas Schoorman Gallery, New York, NY
2004
"California Biennial 2004," curated by Elizabeth Armstrong and Irene Hofmann, Orange County Museum of Contemporary Art, Newport Beach, CA
"Group Show," Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Clarissa Dalrymple and Nicole Klagsbrun
"Gio Ponti: Furnished Settings & Figuration," ACME, Los Angeles, CA
2003
"Richard Croft, Karl Haendel, Mitchell Syrop," Rosamund Felsen, Santa Monica, CA
"Side Efffects," The Latch, Los Angeles, CA
Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles
"What do you see at night?" Track 16, Santa Monica, CA
2002
"Emily Jacir, Karl Haendel, Kevin Hooyman," La Panaderia, Mexico City, Mexico
1999
"Moving Into Outside," Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
"Xmas," Kent Gallery, New York, NY
"100 Drawings," P.S.1 Contemporary Arts Center, Long Island City, Long Island
"Open Studios," Whitney Independent Study Program, New York, NY
1998
David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
Woods Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

Works in Public Space

2019
"Holding History," LA Metro, Wilshire/Fairfax train station, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming)
2015
Plow Pose, I-70 Sign Show, St. Louis, Mo
2011
Questions for Marfa, building facade, part of Nothing Beside Remains, LAND, Marfa, TX
2010
A Year From Now, Art Moves 2010, 3rd International Festival of Art of Billboards, Torun, Poland
2009
Public Scribble #2, façade of LAXART, Los Angeles, CA
Scribble, 411 Broadway, New York, NY, with Art Production Fund
2008
A Year From Now, billboard on La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, California Biennial 2008
1998
Desires, Kennedy Plaza Bus Terminal, Providence, RI
Simple Symbols, Radding Billboards, Providence, RI

Selected Press

2019
Schwaiger, Seth Orion. "Making It in America: Karl Haendel on the absurdities of the Art World," artcritical, February 20
Haiser, Arwa., "We Are the People. Who Are You?", Elephant, January 29
Indrisek, Scott. "Why It’s Refreshing When White Male Artists Doubt Themselves," Artsy, February 7
Heinrich, Will. "What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week," January 16
2018
"How do I sell more art?" Diaphanes, Fall/Winter
"Inside Frieze London 2018, via Five iPhone Camera Rolls," Another (web), October 5
Da Silva, José, "All the president’s men (and one first lady) at Art Basel," The Art Newspaper (web), June 15
2017
Horst, Aaron., "Karl Haendel at Susanne Vielmetter", Carla, Winter
Lüddemann, Stefan., "The American Dream: Risse im American Way of Life", Osnabrücker Zeitung, November 17
"Los Angeles Review of Books," Spring
Astorga, Elena., "Planes culturales para este Inauguration Day en Los Ángeles," La Opinión, January 18
Vanduffel, Dirk, "ArtDependence Speaks to Karl Haendel," ArtDependence Magazine, December 19
Watts Jr., James D., "ARTS: Philbrook Downtown unveils ‘Game On!’," Tulsa World (web), May 4
Goldman, Edward, "France and the US: Art and politics two centuries apart," KCRW, January 10
Wagley, Catherine, "5 Free Art Shows to See in L.A.This Week," LA Weekly (web), January 18
Walters, Sydney, "Karl Haendel: Drawing the American Ego," Art and Cake (web), February 3
2016
"Normales Leben", Madame, March, p. 96
"Karl Haendel in mostra alla Raucci/Santamaria", Naploi Post, May 10
Woods, Gaea, "LA Artists and their Cars", Kaleidoscope, Issue #26, Winter
Harren, Natilee, "Knight’s Heritage: Karl Haendel and the Legacy of Appropriation, Episode One, 2000," Art Journal Open (web), February 29
Harrison, Nate, "Response to Natilee Harren’s ‘Knight’s Heritage: Karl Haendel and the Legacy of Appropriation, Episode One, 2000’," Art Journal Open (web), February 29
Martin, Lucy, "Now showing: Karl Haendel, Unwinding Unboxing, Unbending Uncocking," Elephant Magazine, Spring
Bier, Arielle, "Critics’ Picks: Karl Haendel at Wentrup," Artforum (web), March 29
Deverchere, Hugo, "Karl Haendel fait du Yoga," Droguistes (web), March 29
Harren, Natilee "Knight’s heritage: Karl Haendel and the Legacy of Appropiration, Episode 2, 2012," Art Journal Open (web), April 22
Mizota, Sharon, "Review: At LAXART, boundary-blurring drawing as a form of sculpture," Los Angeles Times (web), May 2
Wagley, Catherine, "A Maniacal Cartoon Cobra Slithers Into a Mid-Wilshire Gallery," LA Weekly, May 18
Boucher, Brian, "Artists Aren’t Afraid to Get Political at Art Basel Miami Beach," ArtNet News (web), November 30
Cascone, Sarah, "The Art World’s Social Media Reaction to Donald Trump," Artnet (web), November 9
Kazakina, Katya, "Trump Alters Vibe at Miami Art Fair", Bloomberg, December 1
Fargo, Jason, "Politics and Commerce Collide at Art Basel Miami Beach," The New York Times, December 2
2015
Swenson, Eric Minh, Understanding Karl Haendel, Huffington Post, March 30
Rosenthal, Katie, Virgo, Vape, Strap-on, Tampon :: Karl Haendel at Night Gallery, The Hundreds, March 15
Zellen, Jody, Karl Haendel: Unwinding Unboxing, Unbending Uncocking at Night Gallery, art ltd, May / June
Schuessler, Ryan, Blah, blah blah? Billboard art show confronts Missouri drivers head-on, Aljazeera America, May 31
If I Only Knew Then What I Know Now, Art | Basel Miami Beach Magazine, December, 2015
Rosenmeyer, Aoife, Karl Haendel: Barbara Seiler Galerie, frieze, December
Haendel, Karl, "The Story Behind an Artwork, in the Artists Own Words," Modern Painters, March
Slocum, Amy Maire, "Karl Haendel: ‘Tis in Ourselves That We Are This or Thus", Flaunt, Fall, pp 64-65
Sanati, Mercedeh, "Karl Haendel, Mitchell-Innes & Nash", The Globe and Mail, October 31
Ellwood, Mark, "If I Only Knew Then What I Know Now", Art Basel Miami Beach Magazine, December, pp 238 – 239
Gluck, Marissa., "Southern California’s Interconnected Art Ecosystem", KCET, March 16
2014
Wagley, Catherine, "5 Arts Things to Do in LA this week: Totems That Could Be on ‘Sesame Street,’" LA Weekly, October 1
Morris, Bill, "The Writing on the Wall (Redux): The 2014 Whitney Biennial, Starring David Foster Wallace," The Millions, March 13
Austin, Ben, "Whitney Biennial and ADAA: Ben Austin’s Armory Week Diary day 4," artlyst, March 9
Borrelli, Christopher, "Meet artist Michelle Grabner, Whitney Biennial 2014 curator," Chicago Tribune, March 7
Indrisek, Scott, "This is Not a Survey: AN Incomplete Review of the Whitney Biennial," ArtInfo, March 6
Dambrot, Shana Nys, "Whitney Biennial: The View From LA," art ltd., March-April
Kunitz, Daniel, "9 Booths Not to Miss at This Year’s Armory Show," Artinfo, March 3
Yahav, Galia, "Karl Haendel: Drawer of Tabloid Soul", Ha’rretz, May 25, p.24
2013
Olivar, Pabel, "The iconographic tangle of Karl Haendel," Diario 1, December 16
McGarry, Kevin, "Review: 12th Lyon Biennale," Frieze, November – December
Packer, Matt, "The 12th Biennale de Lyon" Meanwhile…Suddenly, And Then", Kaleidoscope, Nov
Bret, Par Cyrille, Les artistes de la Biennale > Karl HAENDEL, Lyon Capitale, October 14
Heurteloup, Laura. "Quand l’art fait des histories" Arts Magazine, September 26, 2013, p.129
Lieu, Lynn, "'Beg Borrow Steal' your way to these exhibits" The Desert Sun, January 31,
Saati, Briana, "Locust Projects’ New Exhibits Force Viewers Outside Their Comfort Zones", Miami New Times, January 25
Ng, David, "Whitney Biennial 2014 to include L.A. Artists, David Foster Wallace," Los Angeles Times, November 15
Lardizabal, Abet, "10 Highlights from Expo Chicago," Complex, September 25
Yablonsky, Linda, "The Neverending Story," Artforum.com, September 23
The Story at the heart of the 12th Biennale de Lyon, La Presse, September 12
Dagen, Philippe, Histories emerge in an ocean of images, Le Monde, September 11
Grabner, Michelle, "Karl Haendel," Vitamin D2: New Perspectives in Drawing, Phaidon Press, London
Fernandes, Annabel, Karl Haendels The Competition Myth, at Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris, Purple Diary, March
2012
MacCash, Dough, Critic reviews Prospect.2 artist Karl Haendels drawings at CAC, The Times Picayune, January 5
Wells, Georgina, Portfolio: Graphites Spotlight, Modern Painters, December
Shaw, Dan, "A Modern and Minimal New York City Apartment", Architectural Digest, September (Photo by Nikolas Koenig)
Lipschutz, Yael, "Karl Haendel", Flash Art, July
Caldwell, Ellen, Karl Haendel at Susanne Vielmetter LA Projects, New American Painting, July 5
Drohojowska-Philip, Hunter, Karl Haendel`s Informal Family Blackmail, KCRW, June 19
Spee, Mitch, The Voyage, or Three Years at Sea: Part II, Frieze, February
Davis, Ben, Karl Haendel, Modern Painters, February
Frankel, David, Karl Haendel, Artforum, January
2011
Rosenberg, Karen, Authorship or Translation? Notes Toward Redefining Creativity, The New York Times, February 24
Smith, Roberta, A Bit of Hollywood, Minus the Tinsel, The New York Times, May 31
Douglas, Sarah, All About My Father: Artist Karl Haendel and His Friends Have Lots of Questions, The New York Observer, September 20
Smith, Roberta, Questions for My Father, The New York Times, October 27
Appleton, Andrea, Image Transfer: Pictures in a Remix Culture, City Paper, Baltimore, November 30
2010
Moshayedi, Aram, 500 Words: Karl Haendel, Art Forum, March 23
Goldstein, Andrew M., In New York: Opening this Weekend, Artinfo, March 25
Latimer, Quinn, The High Modernist Drawing Board, Art In America, March 31
Smith, Roberta, In Fields of Art, Snapping Photos”, New York Times, April 1
Wahlquist , GF, Time and the Trace: Karl Haendel at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Arthood.com, April 22
Pulimood, Steve, Now Showing: Karl Haendel at Lever House, The New York Times Style Magazine, May 3
Harren, Natilee, Karl Haendel, Artforum, May 2010
Karl Haendel Exhibition, NY Art Beat, March
Moshayedi, Aram, 500 Words: Karl Haendel, Art Forum, March 23
2009
Ewing, John, No Bees, No Blueberries, Art Lies, Fall, p 94-95
Portfolio, First Person, Issue 3, fall 2009, pp. 64-69
Zellen, Jody, Karl Haendel, New York, Art Papers, September/October
Baker, Kenneth, Annos abstractions, Marbles at Noma, SFGate, Sept 26
Sperlinger, Mike. Diminishing Returns, or is Robert Morris Cynical?, Switch, Issue 1.2, Summer p.29
Szupinka, Joanna. Play with Your Own Marbles, Artslant, Sept. 14
Johnson, Ken. How to Have a Socially Responsible Orgasm and Other Life Lessons The New York Times, June 12
Goings On About Town: Karl Haendel, The New Yorker, June 8 & 15
Wilson, Michael. Karl Haendel, How to Have a Socially Responsible Orgasm and Other Life Lessons, TimeOut NY, Issue 714, June 4-10
Medium Cool, Installation: Karl Haendel, TimeOut NY Issue 710, May 7-13,
Vogel, Carol. Karl Haendel’s Jottings, Writ Large, on a SoHo Wall. The New York Times, May 7
Beshty, Walead, Walead Beshty puts for questions to Karl Haendel, Modern Painters, April, p. 80
Goldstein, Andrew, The art of Appropriation remains at the forefront, as a major new show from the Rubells testitfies, The Art Newspaper, Dec 2, p.11
2008
Beshty, Walead, "2008 On the Ground: Los Angeles, Art Forum, December
Bryan-Wilson, Julia, "Signs and Symbols, On Billboard Projects in Los Angeles, Artforum, October
Foumberg, Jason. "Review of The New Authentics: Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation, The Spertus Museum, Chicago, USA. Frieze Magazine, January 8
Haramis, Nick, "The New Regime: Karl Haendel, BlackBook, December
Watson, Simon. "New Artist Karl Haendel: Redrawing Whitewall, Winter 2008, pp 68-69.
Whitehead, Vagner M., "An Interview with Karl Haendel (I) Art Signal: Contemporary Art Magazine. January/March, Issue 3, pp 16-31
Nys Dambrot, "Is Drive-by Art a Good Thing?," flavorwire.com, November 20
"I Thought California Would Be Different," laist.com, November 19
"The Orange County Museum of Art Presents the 2008 California Biennial," artdaily.org, October 27
Mizota, Sharon, "Eureka moments," Los Angeles Times, October 19
"2008 California Biennial," THE Magazine, October
Kecskes, Alex, "A Rich Palette of Talent," 944 Magazine, October
"Spotlight: California Biennial 2008," Deutsche Bank Art News
Kilston, Lyra, "Los Angeles: Field Guide," Modern Painters, October
Johnson, Ken, "Art in Review: Karl Haendel," the New York Times, June 11
"Goings on about town: Galleries – Downtown," the New Yorker, June 8
Wilson, Michael, "Karl Haendel, "How to have a socially responsible orgasm and other life lessons," Time Out New York, issue 714, June 4 - 10
Vogel, Carol, "Karl Haendel’s Jottings, Writ Large, on a SoHo Wall," The New York Times, May 7
2007
Yahav, Galia, "XXS Review Time Out Tel-Aviv, November 29, p. 86
Weinberg, Lauren, "Art stars of David: There isnt a Chagall in sight in the new Spertus Museums first show. Time Out Chicago, November 29, 2007- December 5, 2007, Issue 144
Bell, Eugenia, "Karl Haendel, Artforum. November
Saltz, Jerry, "Has Money Ruined Art, New York Magazine, October 15
"Galleries- Downtown, Karl Haendel, New Yorker, October 10
Smith, Roberta, "Karl Haendel, The New York Times, October 5
"Goings on About Town, Art, New Yorker, September 25
Cotter, Holland, "Quirks and Attitude to Burn, The New York Times, June 8
Garcia, Kathryn, "Karl Haendel at MOCA Focus, Textfield, Fall & Winter 2006-07, pp 112 113
"Karl Haendel, The New Yorker, October 1
2006
Wullschlager, Jackie, "Bright, brash, unmissable: the US legacy Financial Times UK, September 15
Searle, Adrian, "Rebels without a cause, The Guardian, September 12
Bluhm, Erik, "Karl Haendel", ArtUS, Issue 13, May/June, pp 5
Thompson, Susannah, "Karl Haendel, Contemporary Magazine, No. 83, pp60-63
Smith, Roberta, "Chelsea Is a Battlefield: Galleries Muster Groups", The New York Times, July 28
Smith, Roberta, "Endgame Art? It’s Borrow, Sample and Multiply in an Exhibition at Bard College, The New York Times, July 7
Zellan, Jody, "Karl Haendel, Art Press, April, Issue. 322, pp74-75
Blain, Francoise-Aline. "Los Angeles fait son show, Beaux Arts magazine. March, pp 76
Pagel, David, "A late 80s date gets penciled in, Los Angeles Times, February 22, ppE2
Ng, Fiona, "Getting a Haendel on Things, Los Angeles Downtown News, February 6, pp 22.
Dea, Cynthia, Los Angeles Times, February 2, ppE46
Schimmel, Paul, "Future Greats 2005, ArtReview, December/January, pp 92.
"Focus Los Angeles, Flash Art, January/February, pp70
2005
Jones, Leslie. "Karl Haendel at Anna Helwing Gallery, Art on Paper, July/August, Vol 9, No 6. pp 65.
Pence, Elizabeth. "Karl Haendel at Anna Helwing Gallery. Artweek, June, Vol 35, Issue 5. pp18
Ollman, Leah. Los Angeles Times, April 1
Kite, Kristina. Critics Pick, ArtForum.com, March 18
2004
Knight, Christopher. "Biennial arrives, and so does museum, Los Angeles Times, 13 October
Chang, Richard. "The Art of the New, The Orange County Register, October 10
Pincus, Robert L. "Tuning into the O.C.: ’Biennial" belly laughs," San Diego Tribune
2000
Kawalick, Erika. "Karl Haendel, McSweeneys, issue # 6
1999
Heon, Laura and Diggs, Peggy. Billboard: Art on the Road, MASS MoCA and MIT Press
1998
Van Siclen, William. "Bus Gallery, Providence Journal Bulletin, March 20

Publications

2018
Christian Rattemeyer, Rita Gonzalez, Jesse Willebring, "Karl Haendel," Artbook: New York, NY
2017
Harren, Natilee, "Karl Haendel: Knight’s Heritage," LAXART, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Comer, Stuart, Anthony Elms, and Michelle Grabner, "Whitney Biennial 2014," The Whitney Museum of American Art, March
"Rubell Family Collection: Highlights & Artists’ Writings Volume 1", RFC/Contemporary Arts Foundation, Miami, FL
"Life Transmissions," Chapman University Guggenheim Gallery
"Michelle Grabner: I Work From Home," David Norr, MOCA Cleveland
"Lyon Biennale 2013 T.2," les presses du réel, Dijon
2013
Green, Sarah Urist, Graphite, Indianapolis Museum of Art, (Exhibition Catalog)
Grabner, Michelle, "Vitamin D2: New Perspectives in Drawing," Phaidon Press, May
Boutoux, Thomas, "12th Biennale de Lyon," les presses du réel, Dijon
"Subaltern," Issue #2, Umea, Sweden
"Slanted 22: Art Type," Slanted, Karlsruhe, Germany
"Bright: Typography Between Illustration and Art," edited by Slanted, Daab, Cologne
Beshty, Walead,Blind Spot, Issue 46
2012
Hyperdrawing, Beyond the Line of Contemporary Art, Edited by Phil Sawdon and Russell Marshall, I.B. Tauris, London
The Residue of Memory, Aspen Art Museum, Apsen, CO
Prospect 2, New Orleans, by Dan Cameron and Miranda Lash, US Biennial, Inc.
2011
American Exuberance, The Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
Drawn From Photography, Drawing Papers 96, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Between the Lines: A Coloring Book of Drawings by Contemporary Artists, Vol 3, RxArt
Art Moves 2010, Fundacja Rusz, Torun, Poland
2010
Haunted: Contemporary Photography, Video, Performance, Guggenheim Museum, curated by Jennifer Blessing, Peggy Phelan, Nat Trotman
Image Transfer, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Words Without Pictures, Aperture/LACMA, ed. By Alex Klein
The Studio Reader: On the Space of Artists, University of Chicago Press, ed. by Michelle Grabner and Mary Jane Jacob
2009
"Beg, Borrow and Steal", The Rubell Collection, Miami, FL
The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection: Catalogue Raisonne, ed. By Christian Rattemeyer, Museum of Modern Art, NY
2008
"2008 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
"Lines, Grids, Stains, Words: Minimal Art Drawings from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art, Christian Rattemeyer, Museum of Modern Art, NY
2007
"The New Authentics: Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation, Staci Boris, Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL
"Red Eye: Los Angeles Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, Rubell Family Collection
2006
"Anna Helwing Gallery Conversations: Karl Haendel and Mario Ybarra Jr., Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Karl Haendel, MOCA Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
"A Brighter Day, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
2005
"do it", edited by Hans Ulrich Obrist, e-flux and Revolver, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
"Uncertain States of America, Astrup Fearnley Museum of ModernArt, Oslo, Norway
"Rogue Wave, LA Louver, Venice, CA
2004
"La Panaderia: 1994-2002", edited by Yoshua Okon, Turner, Mexico City, Mexico
"California Bienniel 04, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
"American Stars N Bars, Chapman University, Orange, CA
2002
"to believe much more than that, to believe much more than that, Los Angeles: UCLA
"Beyond Relativism, Wight Biennial Twothousandandone, Los Angeles: UCLA
"Columbia: A journal of Literature and Art #35, New York, Columbia University, New York, NY
2000
"Mensch & Ubermensch," (with Amy Sillman), Extra, September Issue

Awards

2011
Chinati Foundation Artist is Residence
2006
Katherine S. Marmor Award
2004
Penny McCall Foundation Award
Durfee Foundation Grant

Public Collections

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Astrup Fearnley Collection, Oslo, Norway
The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, NY
Colección Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico
Collection Lambert, Avignon, France
Deutsche Bank Collection, Frankfurt, Germany
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Boston, MA
Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Perez Art Museum, Miami, FL
Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
Public Art Collection, Brown University, Providence, RI
RISD Museum, Providence, RI
Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York