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Dasha Shishkin

Lives and works in New York, NY
1977
Born in Moscow, Russia
2006
MFA, Columbia University, New York
2001
New School for Social Research, New York, NY

Selected Exhibitions

2018
"but . . . you’re a horse," Produzentengalerie Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany (Link)
2017
"Tram Pam Pam,” Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO (Link)
2014
"Where there’s a wand, there’s a way," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2013
erry icket, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Dasha Shishkin: Sammy, Gio Marconi, Milan, Italy
2012
I Surrender, Dear, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
2011
S Int A Ho, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
Desaparecido, Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Dap, Gio Marconi, Milan, Italy
2009
Men Like That, Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Love Sick, Andreas Grimm, Munich, Germany
First Sorrow, Kantor/Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006
W.A.M. Who Gives A Damn If You Procreate, Grimm/Rosenfeld, New York, NY
2004
Dasha Shishkin: Drawings and Prints, Grimm|Rosenfeld, Munich, Germany
2002
On Mistrust and Suspicion of Children, in General, The New York Society of Etchers, New York, NY

Group Exhibitions

2018
"We Never Sleep," Little John Contemporary, New York, NY
“Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder,” LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
2017
“Jillian Mayer, Dasha Shishkin, and Summer Wheat,” Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
2016
“DRAW/Boston,” Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2015
Surface of Revolution, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, NY
2014
"Word Bites Picture," Design Matters Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Vintage Violence," Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
"One Torino," organized by Organized by Maurizio Cattelan, Myriam Ben Salah, Marta Papini, Italy
One Torino: Shit and Die, Palazzo Cavour, Torino, Italy, curated by Maurizio Cattelan, Myriam Ben Salah, and Marta Papini
Imaginary Portraits of Prince Igor, Gallery Met, The Metropolitan Opera, New York
2012
Gaiety is the Most Outstanding Feature of the Soviet Union: Art from Russia, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Idealizing the Imaginary: Invention and Illusion in Contemporary Painting, Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester, MI
Dasha Shishkin, Dorota Jurczak, Paula Modersohn-Becker, ph-projects, Berlin
Whos Been Here, Bukowskis, Stockholm
2011
Monanism, Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, Australia
A Room of Her Own, Lu Magnus, New York, NY
Publisher Spotlight: LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Pace Prints, New York, NY
Taking the Space: Gender and the Figure in Contemporary Art, Schmidt Center Gallery University Galleries, School of the Arts, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
2010
Living with Art: Collecting Contemporary in Metro New York, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
Wildly Different Things: New York and Dublin, The Observatory, Dublin, Ireland
The More I Draw, Museum fr Gegenwartskunst, Siegen, Germany
2009
Embrace, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
A Decade of Contemporary American Printmaking: 1999-2009, Visual Art Center of Academy of Art and Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
1999, China Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Once Upon A Time, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, NY
Drawing Now Drawing Then Young Masters Old Masters, Arndt & Partner, Zurich, Switzerland
Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Galleria, Alberto Peola Gallery, Turin, Italy
2007
The Four Horsemen, Galerie Im Regierungsviertel, Turin, Italy
World Receiver, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Panic Room: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens, Greece
Dream & Trauma: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria Automatic, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
Responds To My Country, Hungarian Cultural Center, New York, NY A Muzzle of Bees, 33 Bond Gallery, New York, NY
Re: Generation – Emerging Women Artists, Smack Mellon Brooklyn, NY and The Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
Summer 2007, Grimm|Rosenfeld, Munich, Germany
2006
Hybrid: Anthea Hamilton, Alisa Margolis, Dasha Shishkin, Barbara Wolff, Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt, Germany. Curated by Eva Karcher.
HangART-7 Edition 4 – New York Contemporary: Art Times Squared, Hangar-7, Salzburg,Austria
Goods to Declare, Bezalel Academy, Tel Aviv, Israel
Summer 2006, Grimm|Rosenfeld, Munich, Germany Liquid Paper-Pure Land, Ratio 3, San Francisco,
This is not a Love Song, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
The Compulsive Line: Etching 1900 to Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Re: Generation, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2005
Founders Day, Grimm|Rosenfeld, New York, NY
Gegenwrtige Geschichtenerzhler, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Greater New York 2005, PS1, New York, NY
The ArtReview 25: Emerging US artists, Phillips, de Pury & Co., New York, NY
Much Madness is Divinest Sense, Cohan+Leslie, New York, NY
The Parable Show, Grimm|Rosenfeld, Munich
2004
“After Goya,” curated by Tomas Daniel, Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
"The Day After…” curated by Lital Mehr, Oliver Kamm/5BE, New York, NY
“Hung, Drawn and Quartered,” curated by Miriam Katzeff, Team Gallery, New York, NY
Black ChurchPrint Studio, Dublin, Ireland (in association with The New York Society of Etchers)
GF Gallery New School University, New York, NY
2003
Brooklyn Fire Proof Gallery, Williamsburg, New York, NY
Pearl Gallery, New York, NY
RSVP, The Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
2002
Naked Duck Gallery, Williamsburg, New York, NY
North East Prints, William Paterson University, NJ
2001
Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery, Williamsburg, NY

Bibliography

2018
Jones, Samuel. " At new Neiman Gallery exhibit, psychedelic prints bleed into negative space," Columbia Spectator, October 22 (Link)
2017
Moutinho, Amanda, “The Benevolent Creator,” Boulder Weekly (web), August 31 (Link)
2015
Cattelan, Maurizio and Myriam Ben Salah, Shit and Die, produced by Artissima, Damiani
2014
Ollman, Leah, Review: Dasha Shishkins dive into decadence, Los Angeles Times, November 19 (Link)
Wagley, Catherine, 5 Artsy Things to Do in LA This Week: Can Witchcraft Be About Self-Realization?, LA Weekly, November 5
Berardini, Andrew, Close Calls: Turin, ArtForum, November 12
Sala, Francesco, Torino Updates: dietro Shit and Die, immagini esclusive dal backstage della mostra curate da Maurizio Cattelan per Artissima, Artibune, November 4
Top 100 Fall Shows: October, Modern Painters, November
Miranda, Carolina, "Wild women and sci-fi scenarios: painter Dasha Shishkin’s crazy world," Los Angeles Times, October 29 (Link)
2013
McCrickard, Kate, Welcome to the Jungle: Violence Behind the Lines in Three Suites of Prints by Dasha Shishkin, Art in Print, Volume 3, No. 4, December – November
Sorkin, Jenni, Soft and Entitled: On Dasha Shishkin at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara, Texte zur Kunst, No. 91, September
Donelan, Charles, Review: Dasha Shishkin, erry icket, Santa Barbara Independent, July 24
Nunez-Fernandez, Lupe, Dasha Shishkin, Saatchi Gallery online, June 13
2012
Berkenblit, Ellen, Artists on Artists: Dasha Shishkin, Bomb Magazine, Number 122, Winter
"Saatchi Gallerys New Exhibition of Contemporary Russian Art", Blouin Artinfo UK, November 12
Meyers, Todd. Dasha Shishkin, Art papers, May/June
Berardini, Andrew. Painted with Candy, Washed in Acid: An Elliptical Review, Artslant, May 2
Ollman, Leah. Figures That the Eye is Drawn To, Los Angeles Times, April 27
Wagley, Catherine. Rain, Fantasy and Freedom, Daily Serving, April 27
Exhibition Catalogue, Griffelkunst-Vereinigung, Hamburg, Editionen III. / IV. Quartal
Nathan, Emily. Dasha Shishkin: S INT N HO, Artnet, April 13
2011
Bronson, Ellie. Puttin the Gore into Phantasmagoria: Dasha Shishkin at Zach Feuer Artcritical.com
Doran, Anne. Dasha Shishkin: Desaparecido. Time Out New York 26 May
Halle, Howard. Best of New York Gallery Week. Time Out New York 2 May
Dasha Shishkin. The New Yorker 30 May
2010
Cashdan, Marina, Modern Painters, April, p. 15-17
Cheat Sheet: The Hunt. Conde Nast Traveler: The Collectors Edition 2010
2009
Zelem, Lisa. embrace!, Denver Art Museum, Exhibition Catalogue
Biesenbach, Klaus. Henry Darger Prestel Verlag
Allsop, Laura. Henry Darger. Art Review December , p.137
Rosenberg, Karen. Dasha Shishkin. New York Times Friday, October 2
Saltz, Jerry. A New Kind of Boom. New York Magazine 12 October
Upcoming Shows: New York. BT: Comme des Garcons, December
2008
Bronfen, Elisabeth and Hilary Hatch, Gerald Matt, Angela Stief, Edelbert Kob. Dream and Trauma,
Hatje Cantz, Exhibitions Catalogue
2007
Grayson, Kathy. Panic Room: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Works on Paper Collection. Deitch Projects
Dasha Shishkin. Monopol November, 126
Dasha Shishkin. Elle March
Fakray, Sarah. Art: Dasha Shishkin. Dazed and Confused January, p. 36
2006
Saltz, Jerry. The Undead of Art History, The Village Voice, October 11
Barnyard Desires. The Walrus February
Subal, Simone. Hangar 7- Project July
2005
UOVO, Turin 2005, pgs 50-71
Dasha Shishkin, Im Bett ber den Styx, Gegenwrtig. Geschichtenerzhler, Ausst.-Kat.Hamburger Kunsthalle, pg 29
Biesenbach, Klaus, Greater New York 2005. P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Exhibition Catalogue
Klaas, Heiko. Mottenkiste, Art. Das Kunstmagazin, Nr. 6, Juni 2005, pg 96
Smith, Roberta. Art in Review, New York Times, August 19
Vogel, Carol. Talent Call. Hot New Artists Wanted, New York Times, February 3
Cornell, Lauren. Un-Earthly Delights, Nylon, April 2005, pgs 106-107
Kunitz, Daniel and Ribas, Joao. Emerging US Artists: Dasha Shishkin, ArtReview, March 2005, pg 114
2004
Harpers Magazine, October

Public Collections

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Group Exhibition Catalogues and Books

2015
Malbert, Roger, Drawing People: The Human Figure in Contemporary Art, Thames & Hudson
Cattelan, Maurizio and Myriam Ben Salah, Shit and Die, produced by Artissima, Damiani
2012
Ozerkov, Dimtri, Gosha Ostretsov, and Lupe Nunez-Fernandez, Gaiety is the Most Outstanding Feature of the Soviet Union: New Art From Russia: Saatchi Gallery, The Saatchi Gallery
Griffelkunst-Vereinigung, Hamburg, Editionen III. / IV. Quartal 2012, Exhibition Catalogue
Goody, Dick, Idealizing the Imaginary: Illusion and the Invention in Contemporary Painting, Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester, MI, pp. 44-47, Exhibition Catalogue
2011
Leader, Karen J, Figured Spaces, University Galleries, Florida Atlantic University, Exhibition Catalogue
Michael, Linda ed., Love is Nothing but a Sore, Monanism, MONA – Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart Tasmania, Australia, Exhibition Catalogue
2010
Schmidt, Eva, The More I Draw, DuMont Buchverlag, pp. 186 – 189
2009
Zelem, Lisa, embrace! Denver Art Museum, Vol. 1 pp. 114-119, Vol. 2 pp. 124 135, Exhibition Catalogue
Biesenbach, Klaus, Henry Darger, Prestel Verlag
2008
Bronfen, Elisabeth and Hilary Hatch, Gerald Matt, Angela Stief, Edelbert Kob, Dream and Trauma, Hatje Cantz, Exhibitions Catalogue
2007
Grayson, Kathy, Panic Room: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Works on Paper Collection, Deitch Projects
2005
Biesenbach, Klaus, Greater New York 2005, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Exhibition Catalogue
Dasha Shishkin, Im Bett ber den Styx, Gegenwrtig. Geschichtenerzhler, Ausst.-Kat.Hamburger Kunsthalle, p. 29, Exhibition Catalogue