# Sean Duffy

URL: https://vielmetter.com/biography/wrklst-sean-duffy-10955/

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](http://www.denkgallery.com/exhibitions/conceptual-craft-ii))  “Tomorrowland,” CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA ([Link](http://cb1gallery.com/project/tomorrowland-curated-by-rory-devine/)) 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](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-gildless-age-review-20160919-snap-htmlstory.html)) 2015 Enholm, Molly, "2014 Top Ten List Los Angeles," art ltd, January 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  Mallinson, Constance, "Inside the Artists Studio–Sean Duffy," times quotidian.com, March 5 2011 Armstrong, Liz, "Garage for Sale," Vice.com, November  Edgers, Geoff, Groove is in the art, Boston Globe, April 15  Donaldson, Jonathan, ICAs Record gets into the groove, Boston Herald, April 15  Blonde, H, "I Never Got to Race with my Dad, but my Sisters Did–Sean Duffy," Intersections, Issue 20  Fernandez, Veronica; Doug Harvey, "Sean Duffy," Front 40 Press Catalog 2010 Knight, Christopher, "Sean Duffy at Susanne Vielmetter," Los Angeles Times, November 27  Schad, Ed, Sean Duffy, Cant Stop It, Art Review, March  Maine, Stephen, Sean Duffy at Susanne Vielmetter, Art In America, February 23  New Art for a New Century: Contemporary Acquisitions, 2000-2010, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA  Harvey, Doug, "COLA 2010," Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (Catalog) 2008 Liu, Marian, "Borrowing from Pop Culture to Create Art," The Seattle Times, September 5  Cronk, Desiree, "Dont Let Me Be Misunderstood, (Interview with Sean Duffy), World Class Boxing Pamphlet, September/October   Brad Spence, Like Lifelike, UCR Sweeny Art Gallery Catalogue  Peter Boswell, Sean Duffy – Hilites, Miami Art Museum Booklet 2007 Schleussner, Laura, "Vinyl is Back, XYMARA, September  Andrews, Scott, "Sean Duffy: The Grove Asu Art Museum, Java Magazine, July/August  Hackett, Regina, "The Valuable and Obscure on top, Seattlepi.com, July 22  Gutel, Rene, "Step into the Grove, KJZZ 91.5 NPR Phoenix, July 20  Tassoni, Kristy, "whats that noise? 944 Phoenix, July  Hwang, Kelly, " Artists hopes exhibit hits right notes with viewers, The Tempe Republic, June 29  Jansen, Steve, "Groovin Grove, Phoenix New Times, July 19-25  Lengel, Kerry, "Turntables, sound entice interaction Arizona Republic, June 10  Miles, Christopher, "Sean Duffy: The Grove, Flaunt, June  "Gallery Weekend Berlin (Part 4), vernissageTV, May 7  Freeman, Tommy, "Sean Duffy at the Luckman Gallery, Artweek, April  Zellen, Jody, "Sean Duffy: Luckman Gallery, artillery, March  Brooks, Amra, "Fair Report: Art LA, artinfo, February 10  Ting Lipton, Shana, "One good turntable deserves another, Los Angeles Times, February 1  Labong, Leilani, "The Best in Art, Auctions and Gallery Openings, California Home + Design, January 2006 Frank, Peter, "Sean Duffy, ARTnews, October  Balaschak, Chris, "Back: Sean Duffy, frieze, September  Gray, Emma, "L.A. 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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