![This image depicts an artwork by Karl Haendel titled "RBG (high contrast)." This artwork was created in 2023 and measures 60 ¹⁄₂" x 45" [HxW] (153.67 x 114.3 cm); 60 ³⁄₄" x 45 ¹⁄₄" x 2" [HxWxD] (154.3 x 114.93 x 5.08 cm) Framed. Its medium is Pencil on paper.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Karl-Haendel_HAE618_1697310448-802x1024.jpg)
Karl Haendel
"RBG (high contrast)," 2023
"RBG (high contrast)," 2023
Karl Haendel
“RBG (high contrast),” 2023
Pencil on paper
60 ¹⁄₂" x 45" [HxW] (153.67 x 114.3 cm); 60 ³⁄₄" x 45 ¹⁄₄" x 2" [HxWxD] (154.3 x 114.93 x 5.08 cm) Framed
Inventory #HAE618
Signed and dated verso
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
“RBG (high contrast),” 2023
Pencil on paper
60 ¹⁄₂" x 45" [HxW] (153.67 x 114.3 cm); 60 ³⁄₄" x 45 ¹⁄₄" x 2" [HxWxD] (154.3 x 114.93 x 5.08 cm) Framed
Inventory #HAE618
Signed and dated verso
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
![This image depicts an artwork by Karl Haendel titled "Fútbol 2." This artwork was created in 2023 and measures 51 ¹⁄₂" x 73" x 1 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (130.81 x 185.42 x 3.81 cm). Its medium is Pencil on paper mounted on panel.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Karl-Haendel_HAE653_1697310454-1024x768.jpg)
Karl Haendel
"Fútbol 2," 2023
"Fútbol 2," 2023
Karl Haendel
“Fútbol 2,” 2023
Pencil on paper mounted on panel
51 ¹⁄₂" x 73" x 1 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (130.81 x 185.42 x 3.81 cm)
Inventory #HAE653
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
“Fútbol 2,” 2023
Pencil on paper mounted on panel
51 ¹⁄₂" x 73" x 1 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (130.81 x 185.42 x 3.81 cm)
Inventory #HAE653
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
![This image depicts an artwork by Karl Haendel titled "Roses (inverted and flipped)." This artwork was created in 2023 and measures 51 ¹⁄₂" x 39 ¹⁄₄" x 1 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (130.81 x 99.7 x 3.81 cm). Its medium is Pencil on paper mounted on panel.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Karl-Haendel_HAE625_1697310462-768x1024.jpg)
Karl Haendel
"Roses (inverted and flipped)," 2023
"Roses (inverted and flipped)," 2023
Karl Haendel
“Roses (inverted and flipped),” 2023
Pencil on paper mounted on panel
51 ¹⁄₂" x 39 ¹⁄₄" x 1 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (130.81 x 99.7 x 3.81 cm)
Inventory #HAE625
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
“Roses (inverted and flipped),” 2023
Pencil on paper mounted on panel
51 ¹⁄₂" x 39 ¹⁄₄" x 1 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (130.81 x 99.7 x 3.81 cm)
Inventory #HAE625
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox

Karl Haendel
“Double Dominant 14 (Candice Lin),” 2019
“Double Dominant 14 (Candice Lin),” 2019
Karl Haendel
“Double Dominant 14 (Candice Lin),” 2019
Pencil on paper
8' 7" x 84" [HxW] (261.62 x 213.36 cm)
Inventory #HAE565
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
“Double Dominant 14 (Candice Lin),” 2019
Pencil on paper
8' 7" x 84" [HxW] (261.62 x 213.36 cm)
Inventory #HAE565
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer

Karl Haendel
“Double Dominant 5 (Edgar Arceneaux),” 2018
“Double Dominant 5 (Edgar Arceneaux),” 2018
Karl Haendel
“Double Dominant 5 (Edgar Arceneaux),” 2018
Pencil on paper
8' 7" x 84" [HxW] (261.62 x 213.36 cm)
Inventory #HAE553
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
“Double Dominant 5 (Edgar Arceneaux),” 2018
Pencil on paper
8' 7" x 84" [HxW] (261.62 x 213.36 cm)
Inventory #HAE553
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer

Karl Haendel
“Double Dominant 6 (Asher Hartman),” 2018
“Double Dominant 6 (Asher Hartman),” 2018
Karl Haendel
“Double Dominant 6 (Asher Hartman),” 2018
Pencil on paper
8' 7" x 84" [HxW] (261.62 x 213.36 cm)
Inventory #HAE554
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
“Double Dominant 6 (Asher Hartman),” 2018
Pencil on paper
8' 7" x 84" [HxW] (261.62 x 213.36 cm)
Inventory #HAE554
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer

Karl Haendel
“Tiger,” 2019
“Tiger,” 2019
Karl Haendel
“Tiger,” 2019
Pencil and ink on paper
67.5 x 51.5" [HxW] (171.45 x 130.81 cm) paper size; 67.75 x 51.75 x 2.25" [HxWxD] (172.08 x 131.44 x 5.71 cm) framed
Inventory #HAE561
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
“Tiger,” 2019
Pencil and ink on paper
67.5 x 51.5" [HxW] (171.45 x 130.81 cm) paper size; 67.75 x 51.75 x 2.25" [HxWxD] (172.08 x 131.44 x 5.71 cm) framed
Inventory #HAE561
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
![This image depicts an artwork by Karl Haendel titled "Perched Bald Eagle." This artwork was created in 2018 and measures 80 x 26" [HxW] (203.2 x 66.04 cm) paper size; 82.75 x 28.25 x 2" [HxWxD] (210.18 x 71.75 x 5.08 cm). Its medium is Pencil and enamel on paper.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Karl-Haendel_HAE526_1697310577-431x1024.jpg)
Karl Haendel
"Perched Bald Eagle," 2018
"Perched Bald Eagle," 2018
Karl Haendel
“Perched Bald Eagle,” 2018
Pencil and enamel on paper
80 x 26" [HxW] (203.2 x 66.04 cm) paper size; 82.75 x 28.25 x 2" [HxWxD] (210.18 x 71.75 x 5.08 cm)
Inventory #HAE526
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“Perched Bald Eagle,” 2018
Pencil and enamel on paper
80 x 26" [HxW] (203.2 x 66.04 cm) paper size; 82.75 x 28.25 x 2" [HxWxD] (210.18 x 71.75 x 5.08 cm)
Inventory #HAE526
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
![This image depicts an artwork by Karl Haendel titled "Perched Chicken." This artwork was created in 2018 and measures 80 x 26" [HxW] (203.2 x 66.04 cm) paper size; 82.75 x 28.25 x 2" [HxWxD] (210.18 x 71.75 x 5.08 cm). Its medium is Pencil and enamel on paper.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Karl-Haendel_HAE525_1697310599-432x1024.jpg)
Karl Haendel
"Perched Chicken", 2018
"Perched Chicken", 2018
Karl Haendel
“Perched Chicken,” 2018
Pencil and enamel on paper
80 x 26" [HxW] (203.2 x 66.04 cm) paper size; 82.75 x 28.25 x 2" [HxWxD] (210.18 x 71.75 x 5.08 cm)
Inventory #HAE525
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“Perched Chicken,” 2018
Pencil and enamel on paper
80 x 26" [HxW] (203.2 x 66.04 cm) paper size; 82.75 x 28.25 x 2" [HxWxD] (210.18 x 71.75 x 5.08 cm)
Inventory #HAE525
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane

Karl Haendel
“Rodeo 9,” 2017
“Rodeo 9,” 2017
Karl Haendel
“Rodeo 9,” 2017
Pencil and graphite powder on paper
103 x 78" [HxW] (261.62 x 198.12 cm)
Inventory #HAE520
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
“Rodeo 9,” 2017
Pencil and graphite powder on paper
103 x 78" [HxW] (261.62 x 198.12 cm)
Inventory #HAE520
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles

Karl Haendel
“Unfinished Obama,” 2016
“Unfinished Obama,” 2016
Karl Haendel
“Unfinished Obama,” 2016
Pencil on paper
63" H x 51.50" W (160.02cm H x 130.81cm W) paper size; 63.75" H x 51.75" W x 2" D (161.93cm H x 131.45cm W x 5.08cm D framed
Inventory #HAE484
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
“Unfinished Obama,” 2016
Pencil on paper
63" H x 51.50" W (160.02cm H x 130.81cm W) paper size; 63.75" H x 51.75" W x 2" D (161.93cm H x 131.45cm W x 5.08cm D framed
Inventory #HAE484
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer

Karl Haendel
“Hillary Clinton,” 2016
“Hillary Clinton,” 2016
Karl Haendel
“Hillary Clinton,” 2016
Pencil on paper, speaker and audio recording
8' 7" x 14' 3" [HxW] (261.62 x 434.34 cm)
Inventory #HAE478
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
“Hillary Clinton,” 2016
Pencil on paper, speaker and audio recording
8' 7" x 14' 3" [HxW] (261.62 x 434.34 cm)
Inventory #HAE478
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer

Karl Haendel
Theme Time - Presidents Day, 2014
Theme Time - Presidents Day, 2014
Karl Haendel
Theme Time - Presidents Day, 2014
Pencil on paper with shaped frame
Diptych, 69
Courtesy of Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects; Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Theme Time - Presidents Day, 2014
Pencil on paper with shaped frame
Diptych, 69
Courtesy of Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects; Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer

Karl Haendel
Theme Time - Beginnings, Middles, and Ends, 2013
Theme Time - Beginnings, Middles, and Ends, 2013
Karl Haendel
Theme Time - Beginnings, Middles, and Ends, 2013
Enamel and pencil on paper with shaped frame
68.25
Courtesy of Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects; Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Theme Time - Beginnings, Middles, and Ends, 2013
Enamel and pencil on paper with shaped frame
68.25
Courtesy of Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects; Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer

Karl Haendel
Debbie Does Math Group: Hand on Head #2, 2013
Debbie Does Math Group: Hand on Head #2, 2013
Karl Haendel
Debbie Does Math Group: Hand on Head #2, 2013
tarpaper, pencil on cut paper
45.5
12th Biennale de Lyon, September 12, 2013 - January 14, 2014, Courtesy of Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Debbie Does Math Group: Hand on Head #2, 2013
tarpaper, pencil on cut paper
45.5
12th Biennale de Lyon, September 12, 2013 - January 14, 2014, Courtesy of Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer

Karl Haendel
Killing Pablo #8, 2012
Killing Pablo #8, 2012
Karl Haendel
Killing Pablo #8, 2012
Pencil on paper
30
Killing Pablo #8, 2012
Pencil on paper
30

Karl Haendel
Scheme (Football #5), 2011
Scheme (Football #5), 2011
Karl Haendel
Scheme (Football #5), 2011
Pencil on paper
81
Scheme (Football #5), 2011
Pencil on paper
81

Karl Haendel
Shackleton #2, 2008
Shackleton #2, 2008
Karl Haendel
Shackleton #2, 2008
Graphite on paper
103
Shackleton #2, 2008
Graphite on paper
103

Karl Haendel
“Knight #5,” 2011
“Knight #5,” 2011
Karl Haendel
“Knight #5,” 2011
Pencil on paper
102" H x 81" W (259.08 cm H x 205.74 cm W) paper size, 103.50" H x 82" W (262.89 cm H x 208.28 cm W) framed
Inventory #HAE151
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
“Knight #5,” 2011
Pencil on paper
102" H x 81" W (259.08 cm H x 205.74 cm W) paper size, 103.50" H x 82" W (262.89 cm H x 208.28 cm W) framed
Inventory #HAE151
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
- 1976
- Born in New York
- Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
- 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
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2023
- "Daily Act of Sustained Empathy," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- "Karl Haendel and Mike Glier," The Suburban, Milwaukee, WI
- 2022
- "Praise Berlin," Wentrup Gallery, Berlin, Germany
- "Praise New York," Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
- 2021
- "Feeble Synapse," Sommer Tel-Aviv, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel (Link)
- 2020
- "Double Dominant," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- 2019
- Art Basel Feature, Basel, Switzerland
- "Masses & Mainstream," Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
- "Mazel Tov Group by Karl Haendel," Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
- 2018
- "Doppelgänger," Wentrup Gallery, Berlin, Germany
- 2017
- "BY AND BY," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
- "Pink Cup and the Facts," Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
- 2016
- "The Suburban," Riverwest, Milwaukee, WI (with Petter Ringbom)
- "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
- "Organic Bedfellow, Feral Othello," Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
- "Weeks in Wet Sheets," Barbara Seiler Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
- 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
- "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
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2023
- "Cowboy," MCA Denver, Denver, CO; Traveling to Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX (forthcoming 2024)
- "Perpetual Portrait," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- 2022
- "Works on Paper on Fridges," Harkawik, New York, NY
- "The Tale Their Terror Tells," Curated by Geena Brown & Lauren Guilford, Lyes and King, New York, NY
- "Among Friends: Three Views of a Collection," The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
- 2021-2022
- "Fake News: Art, Fiction, Mensonge," EDF Group Foundation, Paris France
- 2021
- "The Frog Show," Real Pain Fine Art, New York, NY
- "The Skin I Live In," Lyles & King, New York, NY
- "20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- 2020
- "zoom in – zoom out," Wentrup, Berlin, Germany
- "20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- "100 Drawings from Now," The Drawing Center, New York City, NY
- 2019
- "20 Years," Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
- "Drawn Together Again," FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
- "Fake News-Fake Truth," Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel
- "Copines–Copains–Berlin," Wentrup, Berlin, DE
- "We are the people. Who are you?" Edel Assanti, London, UK
- 2018
- "A Slice through the World: Contemporary Artists' Drawings," Drawing Room, London, UK and Modern Art, Oxford, UK (Link)
- “The World on Paper,” Deutsche Bank KunstHalle, Berlin, Germany
- "Papier.Salon.," Wentrup Gallery, Berlin, Germany
- "INTO ACT!ON: A Celebration of Community Power & Cultural Resistance," Los Angeles, CA
- 2017
- "Salon," Hauser & Wirth, Zürich
- "I who make mistakes on the eternal typewriter," Drawing Centre Diepenheim, The Netherlands (Link)
- “Unsere Amerikaner,” Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
- “Really?” curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- “Game On!,” Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
- "Black Mirror," Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- "Drawings & Sculptures," Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
- “American Dream: Paintings and Drawings of American Realism since 1965,” Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany
- 2016
- “Halftime in America,” Arturo Bandini, Los Angeles, CA
- “House Warming,” Adds Donna, Chicago, IL
- “Questions to My Father,” Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
- 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
Public Projects
- 2023
- "Hands Holding History," LA METRO, Wilshire/Fairfax train station, Los Angeles, CA
- 2021
- Christine Lynn Rehab Center, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami
- 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
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- 2014
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- 2013
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- McGarry, Kevin, "Review: 12th Lyon Biennale,” Frieze, November – December
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- Lardizabal, Abet, "10 Highlights from Expo Chicago," Complex, September 25
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- Dagen, Philippe, Histories emerge in an ocean of images, Le Monde, September 11
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- 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)
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- Caldwell, Ellen. "Karl Haendel at Susanne Vielmetter LA Projects," New American Painting, July 5
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- 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 #148," New York Times, April 1
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- 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
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- 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.
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- 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
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- "Goings on about town: Galleries – Downtown,” the New Yorker, June 8
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- 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
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- 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
Selected Writing
- 2023
- “Drawings for Tony Lewis”, catalog essay, Tony Lewis: Anthology 2014-2016, Hirschhorn Museum, Washington, DC
- 2015
- “BioPic”, Modern Painters, March 2015
- 2014
- “Shame”, Double Ampersand Press, Los Angeles (Artist’s book)
- 2013
- “Fear”, Double Ampersand Press, Los Angeles (Artist’s book)
- 2011
- “Country Music”, X-Tra, Winter 2011, Vol. 13, No.2
- 2010
- “Complicated Sneakers”, catalog essay, Beg, Borrow and Steal, The Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
- 2002
- “to believe much more than that,” catalog essay, to believe much more than that, Wight Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles
- 2001
- “Beyond Relativism,” catalog essay, Wight Biennial Twothousandandone, Wight Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles
- “Mensch & Ubermensch," (with Amy Sillman), X-tra, Summer 2001, Vol 3., No.4
Publications
- 2023
- Burnett, Nora, Miranda Lash, Jongwoo Jeremy Kim, Myeshia C. Babers, and R. Alan Brooks. "Cowboy," MCA Denver, Rizzoli Electa, New York, NY
- 2020
- Harren, Natilee. "Karl Haendel, Double Dominant," Triangle Books, Brussels, Belgium
- 2018
- Rattemeyer, Christian and Rita Gonzalez. "Karl Haendel: Doubt," Hatje Cantz, Berlin, Germany
- 2017
- Harren, Natilee. "Karl Haendel: Knight’s Heritage," LAXART, Los Angeles, CA
- 2014
- 2014 Whitney Biennial, Anthony Elms, Michelle Grabner, Stuart Comer, Whitney Musuem, NY
- "Life Transmissions," Chapman University, Guggenheim Gallery, New York, NY
- Lyon Biennale 2013 T.2, les presses du réel, Dijon, France
- Michelle Grabner: I Work From Home, David Norr, MOCA Cleveland, OH
- Rubell Family Collection: Highlights & Artists’ Writings Volume 1, RFC/Contemporary Arts Foundation, Miami, FL
- 2013
- 12th Biennale de Lyon, ed., Thomas Boutoux, les presses du réel, Dijon, France
- Blind Spot, issue 46, ed., Walead Beshty
- Bright: Typography Between Illustration and Art, ed., Slanted, Daab, Cologne
- Graphite, ed., Sarah Urist Green, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
- Slanted 22: Art Type, Slanted, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Subaltern, Issue #2, Umea, Sweden
- Vitamin D2: New Perspectives in Drawing, ed., Christian Rattemeyer, Phaidon Press, London
- 2012
- Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? Original Jokes about The Suburban and the Poor Farm by Artists Who have Exhibited There, Poor Farm Press, Manawa, WI
- Hyperdrawing, Beyond the Line of Contemporary Art, eds., Phil Sawdon and Russell Marshall, I.B. Tauris, London
- The Residue of Memory, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
- Prospect 2, New Orleans, by Dan Cameron and Miranda Lash, US Biennial, Inc.
- 2011
- American Exuberance, The Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
- Firstenberg, Lauri, Malik Gains, and Ceaser Garcia "LAXART 5," LAXART, Los Angeles, CA
- Drawn From Photography, Drawing Papers 96, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
- Art Moves 2010, Fundacja Rusz, Torun, Poland
- Between the Lines: A Coloring Book of Drawings by Contemporary Artists, Vol 3, RxArt
- 2010
- Haunted: Contemporary Photography, Video, Performance, Guggenheim Museum, eds., Jennifer Blessing, Peggy Phelan, Nat Trotman
- Image Transfer, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
- Words Without Pictures, Aperture/LACMA, ed., Alex Klein
- The Studio Reader: On the Space of Artists, University of Chicago Press, eds., Michelle Grabner and Mary Jane Jacob
- 2009
- Beg, Borrow and Steal, The Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
- The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection: Catalogue Raisonné, ed., Christian Rattemeyer, Museum of Modern Art, NY
- 2008
- 2008 California Biennial, Lauri Firstenberg, 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, 2007
- 2006
- Anna Helwing Gallery Conversations: Karl Haendel and Mario Ybarra Jr., Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Karl Haendel, Museum of Contemporary Art, 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 Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
- Rogue Wave, LA Louver, Venice, CA
- 2004
- La Panaderia: 1994-2002, edited by Yoshua Okon, Turner, Mexico City,
- California Biennial 04, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
- American Stars N’ Bars, Chapman University, Orange, CA.
- 2000
- McSweeney’s, issue # 6, ed. by, Erika Kawalick
- 1999
- Billboard: Art on the Road, MASS MoCA and MIT Press, ed. by Heon, Laura and Diggs, Peggy.
Awards, Grants and Fellowships
- 2015
- California Community Foundation
- Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant
- 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
- 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
- Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
- Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco, CA
- Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
- Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Los Angeles, CA
- Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
- Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places, Miami, FL
- Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
- 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