Claude Wampler
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Born 1966 in Pennsylvania
Lives and works in New York City and Charlottesville Virginia
EDUCATION
1998-1999 Masters Degree in Performance Studies, New York University Tisch School of the Arts
1992–94 Studied and performed with the Hakutobo Butoh Company, Tokyo
1985–89 BFA, State University of New York at Purchase, Conservatory of Theater Arts & Dance with Academic Credits from Columbia University, School of Arts & Sciences; and Operatic Study at Carnegie-Mellon University, Music Division.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS and PERFORMANCES
2017
Shit, Goddamn, Get Off Your Ass and Jam, Various Small Fires, Los Angeles
2015
The B-Side of Influence: Billy Squier and Butoh, REDCAT, Los Angeles
2015
Trailing Spouse, University of Virginia Ruffin Gallery, Charlottesville Virginia
2014
Tower of Silence (My hamster Freddie Mercury’s premature Sky Burial.)/Vulture vs. Unicorn, Public Fiction and The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
2013
N’as pas un gramme de charisme., The Kitchen, New York
2012
Mindaugas Talent Show!, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
2011
Lecture Without Content But With Choreography, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei
2010
untitled sculpture (LARGE-SCALE PERFECT THICK&DEEPLY GROOVED CORTICALLY FOLDED BRAIN LEASHED BY LONG CURVED SPINE TO IMMENSE&VOLUPTUOUS SPHERICAL HUMAN FEMALE ASS), Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei Biennial, Taipei
PERFORMANCE (career ender), Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture, ISTANPOLI Project, garajistanbul, Istanbul
2008
untitled sculpture (LARGE-SCALE FLEXIBLE&SEXY SELF-CANNIBALIZING NAKED VAMPIRE), BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama
Average Groucho: Engorged, Forde Espace d’art contemporain, Geneva
PERFORMANCE (career ender), Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
2007
PERFORMANCE (career ender), Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland & Diverse Works Arts Space, Houston
Rehearsed Reverse, Diverse Works Arts Space, Houston
2006
PERFORMANCE (career ender), The Kitchen, New York
Rehearsed Reverse, Monkeytown, New York
2005
Coat Check, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris
Pomerania, Postmasters Gallery, New York
2004
BETTERHUMAN, Z33 Museum, Hasselt, Belgium
Stable (Stupidity Project Part 10), Diverse Works Arts Space, Houston & Kaaistudios, Brussels
2003
Richard Wampler, Hebbel Theater, Berlin
vive la france, Postmasters Gallery, New York
Stable (Stupidity Project Part 10), P.S. 122, New York
Song&Dance(and a good movie), TENT/Witte de With & Schouwburg Theater, Rotterdam
2002
Strategies for Stagefright, Vooruit Arts Center, Gent, Belgium
denislavant, Menagerie de Verre, Paris
Song&Dance(and a good movie), Gulbenkian Foundation Center of Modern Art, Lisbon
Infiltration, Museumsquartier, Vienna
Ambulance, Diverse Works Arts Space, Houston
Richard Wampler, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
2001
Don’t Believe in Yourself, Richard Telles Gallery, Los Angeles
Present Absence, Kunsten Festival des Arts, Brussels
Bad Job/Cruel World: Stupidity 2001, Part II, US$700 Stunt with Wedgy, New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York
Exposé, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
2001
Painting, the movie, Postmasters Gallery, New York
Richard Wampler, IMPAKT Festival, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Transpeciality, Kaaistudios, Brussels
1999
Bucket, the working title, P.S. 122, New York, Vroouit Theatre, Ghent, Belgium, Kaaistudios, Brussels & TripleX Festival, Amsterdam
1998
Bucket, the working title, The Arches, Glasgow, Scotland,National Review of Live Arts, Glasgow
Blanket, the surface of her, City of Women, Ljubljana Slovenia & Somner Szene, Salzburg
Poor Traits, Postmasters Gallery, New York
Knitease: Ms.LeFarge Gives Another Historical Performance, Apex Art, New York
1997
Muffle, Postmasters Gallery @ The International Gramercy Art Fair, New York
Blanket, the surface of her, P.S. 122, New York
1996
Hydrobeastaphilia/Kohi/Mamanucleosis, Pilot Arts, New York
Vertical Smile, Postmasters Gallery, New York
Geisha Secretia, Panda’s Glands: A Pheromonal Pursuit, P.S. 122, New York
Cult Of Claude, HERE, New York
1995
The Adventures of HER (Part 1 of 4) Landing #01.19.30.12.15.19.95 TAN CHILLY–Solid Lifeform, HERE, New York
Four Records One Dog, Judson Church, New York
The 17th State, produced by Rebo Co. (Japanese/British Co-Production) for High Definition Television
Siamese Tease, One Dream Theater, New York
1-900-10-27 (LuvMe), The Knitting Factory, New York
She is high. True or False?, P.S. 122, New York
Cake Fur, HERE, New York
1994
Shaft, SlimFit Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
Felt Bell or Little Reverse Nurse, HERE, NYC
MAMA, P.S. 122/Mabou Mines, New York
1993
She’s Not Bad, She’s Just Genetically Mean, SOHO, New York
Dozen, Chalmers Church Art Space, Tasmania, Australia
Gala’s Gall Bladder, Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne Arts Festival, Melbourne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND COLLABORATIONS
2017
Hurts to Laugh, curated by Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Various Small Fires, Los Angeles
2015
Hotel Theory, curated by Sohrab Mohebbi and Ruth Estevez, REDCAT, Los Angeles
2015
Made in LA, curated by Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
2013
N’as pas un gramme de charisme., with Amelia Saul, The Kitchen, New York
2012
Mindaugas Talent Show!, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
2011
Lecture Without Content But With Choreography, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei
2010
untitled sculpture (LARGE-SCALE PERFECT THICK&DEEPLY GROOVED CORTICALLY FOLDED BRAIN LEASHED BY LONG CURVED SPINE TO IMMENSE&VOLUPTUOUS SPHERICAL HUMAN FEMALE ASS), Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei Biennial, Taipei
PERFORMANCE (career ender), Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture, ISTANPOLI Project, garajistanbul, Istanbul p
2009
Danse Macabre II Peepshow, curated by Allen Weiss, In Transit - International Festival of Performing Arts, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2008
Time Crevasse, curated by Daniel Birnbaum, Hu Fang, Akiko Miyake, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Beatrix Ruf, Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama
2007
What we do is sercret, curated by Amy O’Neill, Blancpain Art, Contemporain, Geneva
Evacuation, curated by Herman Asselsberg and Edwin Carels, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp
BloodBath&Beyond, collaborative installation with Christian Holstad and Ryan Schaefer, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo
PLASTIC, curated by John Tremblay, Cabinet des Estampes Musee d’art et d’histoire, Geneva
Melvins, curated by Bob Nickas, The Mandrake, Los Angeles
2006
Domino, Air de Paris Gallery, Paris
2005
designed and constructed paintings for Love is Everything, a dance piece by Sarah Michelson, Lyon Opera Ballet, Lyon
designed and constructed paintings for daylight, a dance piece by Sarah Michelson, P.S. 122, New York
designed and constructed paintings for daylight for Minneapolis, a dance piece by Sarah Michelson, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
2003
Melvins, curated by Bob Nikas, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Fashion: The Greatest Show On Earth, curated by Ginger Gregg Duggan, Bellevue Art Museum, Seattle
Snare for the Eyes, curated by Alice Smits, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam
Static, curated by Edwin Carels, TENT/Witte de With, Rotterdam
2002
Digital Sublime, curated by Wonil Rhee, media_city seoul 2002, Seoul International Media Art Biennale, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
New Attitudes in Sculpture, curated by Ken Fried, Gallery@Green Street, Boston
2001
Panic, curated by Dan Cooney, Julie Saul Gallery, New York
Statuts, curated by Boris Charmatz, Menagerie de Verre, Paris
2000
Painting, the movie, Postmasters Gallery, New York
Critic as Grist, curated by Michael Portnoy, White Box, New York
human/nature, curated by Jane Harris, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York
1999
Story, curated by Elyse Goldberg, AC Project Room, New York
Minty, curated by Bruce Hainley, Richard Telles Gallery, Los Angeles
1998
Bathroom, curated by Wayne Koestenbaum, Thomas Healy Gallery, New York
1997
Threesome (with Anissa Mack and Aaron Rose), Postmasters Gallery, New York
1996
Permanent Brain Damage, written and directed by Richard Foreman, Ontological Hysteric Theater, New York
CULT OF CLAUDE Instructional Ritual Video, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York
1995
NEOPAN 8mm, Fourth World A.W.O.W. Gallery, New York
PRESS
Portrait: Claude Wampler Spike Art Quarterly, #50 Winter 2017
Jeremy M. Barker, A Return to “Performance”, Culturebot, February 10, 2013
Alastair Macaulay, Peeling Through Layers, With Drums and High Kicks: Claude Wampler’s ‘N’a pas un gramme de charisme.’, The New York Times, February 5, 2013
Samara Davis, Claude Wampler, 500 Words, Artforum International, January 29, 2013
Gia Kourlas, Audience, Ready to Play Your Part?, The New York Times, January 29, 2013
Tirdad Zolghadr, Creamier: Contemporary Art in Culture: 10 Curators, 100 Contemporary Artists, 10 Sources, Phaidon Press, 2010
Patricia Reed, “CLAUDE WAMPLER: Staging Shadows Without Source”, C Magazine: International Contemporary Art, Issue 101, Spring 2009
Christy DeSmith, “Claude Wampler: What Just Happened?”, The Rake, January 28, 2008
Rohan Preston, “Claude Wampler, Disappointing Yet Interesting”, Star Tribune, January 25, 2008
Kelly Klaasmeyer, “Claude Wampler”, Houston Press, November 22, 2007
Trajal Harell, “Claude Wampler: Interview”, Movement Research #31, August 2007
Stephan Marc Beaudoin, “Wampler’s (career ender) Is the Talk of TBA: 07”, Willamette Week, September 13, 2007
Gia Kourlas, “The Best and Worst of 2006”, Time Out New York, December 28-January 3rd 2006/7.
Matthew Sandoval, “Claude Wampler’s PERFORMANCE (career ender) presented at The Kitchen”, The Brooklyn Rail, Dec-Jan 06/07
John Rockwell, “Is It Dance? Does It Matter”, New York Times, November 24, 2006
“Claude Wampler”, Goings On About Town, The New Yorker, November 20, 2006
Gia Kourlas, “End of the Line”, Time Out New York, November 15-22, 2006
Gia Kourlas, “Maybe Some Spontaneity Can Happen”, New York Times, September 10, 2006
Sophie Fels, “Claude Wampler Pomerania”, Time Out New York, January 13-19, 2005 “Voice Choice- Claude Wampler”, The Village Voice, January 5-11, 2005
Claude Wampler, “Gustav”, AS, publisher: Antwerp Museum of Contemporary Art (MuHKA), Summer 2004
Jeroen Peeters, “De toeschouwer vastgelegd”, De Morgen, March 15, 2004
Pieter T’Jonck, “Kunst die zichzelf uitwist”, TIJD Cultuur, March 11, 2004
David Usborne, “The Joy of Sex”, The Independent Magazine, September 20, 2003
John Waters and Bruce Hainley, Art - A Sex Book, Thames & Hudson, 2003
Claudia Galhos, “E danca? E artes plasticas?”, Diario Economico, September 19, 2002
Maria Joao Caetano, “Um filme, varias cancoes e um solo do danca”, Diario de Noticias, September 9, 2002
Davis Bernadas, “Obesession denislavant”, Mouvement.Net, September 25, 2002
Chas Bowie, “Slapstick Disaster Verité” Glass Tire: Texas Visual Art Online, January 18, 2002
Michael Rush ,“A Note: Performance Art Lives,” Fashion Theory, September 2001
Sally De Kunst, “De dwingende afwezigheid van Claude Wampler,” De Morgen, May 25, 2001
Herman Asselberghs, “Broken Contract,” TIJD Cultuur, May 16, 2001
Dominique LeGrand, “Claude Wampler: Goodbye to the Body,” Le Soir, May 2, 2001
Wayne Koestenbaum ,“Sixteen Fables for Claude Wampler,” Dietsche Warande & Belfort, March 2001
Jane Harris, “Claude Wampler,” Art&Text, December 2000/January 2001
Michael Rush, “Claude Wampler at Postmasters,” Art in America, February 2001
Wayne Koestenbaum, “Top Ten/Figures and Faces,” Artforum, December 2000
David Humphrey, “Claude Wampler at Postmasters/New York e-Mail,” Art Issues, November/December 2001
“Claude Wampler,” Goings On About Town, The New Yorker, October 9, 2000
Holland Cotter, “Claude Wampler,”, The New York Times, September 29, 2000
Sarah Valdez, “Claude Wampler,” Time Out NY, September 21-28, 2000
“Out There - Claude Wampler,” Interview, February 2000
Bruce Hainley, “Best of the ‘90s - Claude Wampler,” Artforum, December 1999
Tom Murrin, “Merry Prankster - The Canny and Controversial Claude Wampler,” Paper, February 1999
Peter Plagens, “Claude Wampler- High Performance,”, Newsweek, January 25, 1999
Peter Plagens, “Stage Fright,” Artforum, January 1999
Wayne Koestenbaum, “The Best of 1998”, Artforum, December 1998
Peter Plagens, “The Best of 1998”, Artforum, December 1998
RoseLee Goldberg, Performance: Live Art Since the 1960ties, Harry N. Abrams, 1998
E.E.F. “Ein dringendes Bedurfnis”, Sud Zeitung, July 1998
Holland Cotter, “Bathroom”, New York Times, June 26, 1998
David Rimanelli, “Bathroom”, New Yorker, July 6, 1998
RoseLee Goldberg, “Blanket, the surface of her”, Artforum, September 1997
Kim Levin, “Fair Play”, Village Voice, May 29, 1997
Steven Druckman, “Send in the Claude”, Village Voice, April 22,1997
Bruce Hainley, “Dumb Up”, Artforum, December 1996
Sarah Schmerler, “Vertical Smile”, Time Out New York, July 3,1996
Bruce Hainley, “All The Rage”, Artforum, March 1996
Tom Murrin, “Summer Stage”, Paper Magazine, Summer 1995
Bruce Hainley, “Cake Fur”, Artforum, April 1995