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Brent Birnbaum
born in Dallas, Texas in 1977; lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

Education

2006 MFA in Fine Art, School of Visual Arts - New York, New York
2004 Post Baccalaureate, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
2001 BFA in Interior Design, University of North Texas - Denton, Texas

Solo Exhibitions

2012
(Untitled) Kunstverein Koelnberg - Cologne, Germany
The United States Bureau of Apology, The LAB Gallery - New York, NY

2011
Scope Miami, a.m.f. projects - Miami, FL
Scope Art Show, Artists Wanted - New York, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011
Dead in August, The Pentagon - Brooklyn, NY
In Between the Sheets, Workspace Harlem - New York, NY
Detroit: A Brooklyn Case Study, Marygrove College - Detroit, MI
Cowboy Mouth, St. Cecilia's - Brooklyn, NY
Half Empty, Vaudeville Park - Brooklyn, NY
Detroit: A Brooklyn Case Study, Superfront LA - Los Angeles, CA (catalog)

2010
Collective Show New York 2010, PARTICIPANT INC - New York, NY
Used Books, Curatorial Research Lab at Winkleman Gallery - New York, NY
Employee of the Month, Marianne Boesky Gallery - New York, NY
36 Hours in Basel, Unternehmen Mitte - Basel, Switzerland
Never Can Say Goodbye, No Longer Empty - New York, NY

2009
Low Blow, Stux Gallery - New York, NY
Playing Through, Industry City - Brooklyn, NY
PEEP-O-RAMA, AK-57 Gallery - New York, NY
Workout, Otom - Brooklyn, NY

2008
In Your Face, BUIA Gallery - New York, NY
Live Wonderfully, 219 Ave. A - New York, NY
Behold The Antagonist Movement, Dead Cat Gallery - Providence, RI
Big White Institutionalized Box, Chashama - New York, NY
Another Last Year, Explosivo - New York, NY

2007
PAGEANT, studio717 - Brooklyn, NY
This is Not New York, Mastul e.V. - Berlin, Germany
Patrick Mimran Billboard Project - New York, NY
FAITH, Diesel Gallery - Brooklyn, NY
VERNISSAGE! Chashama - New York, NY

2006
Summer Festival, ISE Cultural Foundation - New York, NY
a delicate arrangement, David Zwirner - New York, NY
Prime Time, Visual Arts Gallery - New York, NY
Out of El Bronx, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council - New York, NY
Show Me Yours, Xpace - Toronto, Canada
ARTLOVE, Tribes Gallery - New York, NY
Do You Think I'm Disco, Longwood Art Gallery - Bronx, NY

Bibliography

Amir. "Brent Birnbaum Is Ice Ice Maybe," Beautiful Decay online, April 19th, 2011
Scoggins, Michael. “Brent Birnbaum,” Freight & Volume Magazine, Issue 3 - 2011
Superfront Gallery. “Detroit: a Brooklyn Case Study,” catalog, pg. 40-43 - 2011
Coleman, Madeline. "A Reference Librarian of My Own Crap: Interview With Marc Fischer of Public Collectors," Maisonneuve, February 28, 2011
Eby, Margaret. “Field Trip: Viewing the Vanilla Ice Collection,” Flavorwire, October 18, 2010
Shoup, Risa. “Used Books, New Ideas,” The Huffington Post, September 29, 2010
Robinson, Walter. “Weekend Update,” artnet, January 22, 2010
MacDonald, Kerri. “Never Can Say Goodbye: Artists Take Over Abandoned Tower Records Store,” The Huffington Post, January 19, 2010
Getlen, Larry. “A Tower-ing Work of Art,” New York Post, January 17, 2010
Jackson, Candace. “Running on Empty,” The Wall Street Journal, January 15, 2010
Ashman, Angela. “Chain Gang,” The Village Voice, January 13, 2010
Prusinowski, Rebecca. “Shop of the Week, Artsy Edition: Never Can Say Goodbye,” PaperMag, January 13, 2010
Kosan, Lisa. “Just Across the Street,” artMatters, Spring 2007
Animal Magazine. “Brent Birnbaum Sculptural Strangeness,” ANIMAL new york, November 13, 2006
Perez, Magdalene. “School’s “In” for Summer,” artinfo.com, July 11, 2006
Genocchio, Benjamin. “Exploring the Effects of Disco’s Beat,” The New York Times, February 19, 2006
Cotter, Holland. “Do You Think I’m Disco,” The New York Times, February 3, 2006
Wulff, June. “Go! Ahead,” The Boston Globe, November 30, 2003
Israel, Steve. “Dallas Doings,” The Texas Jewish Post, November 27, 2003
Sime, Tom. “Artists: Now you can be in the money,” The Dallas Morning News, November 26, 2003

Awards

Six Points Fellowship Finalist, 2010, New York, NY
Smack Mellon Hot Picks, 2009, Brooklyn, NY
Chashama Residency, 2007, New York, NY
Eric C. Shiner Award, ISE Cultural Foundation, 2006, New York, NY

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