Javier Piñón


Born in Miami, Florida in 1970; lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

Education


1994
MAT, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence


1992
BFA/BA, University of Texas, Austin


Solo Exhibitions


2009
The Flight of Icarus, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, Florida
Song of the Siren, Galeria Valle Orti, Valencia, Spain
Javier Pinon, Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis

2008
Javier Pinon, Tache-Levy Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Javier Pinon, Branch Gallery, Durham, North Carolina

2007
Don Quixote and other stories, ZieherSmith, New York


2006

Cowboy Up!, ZieherSmith, New York


2004
Sad Songs and Waltzes, ZieherSmith, New York


2003
Hit Me, ZieherSmith, New York

2002
Box Constructions, Schroeder Romero, Brooklyn, New York

Selected Group Exhibitions


2009
Gallery Projects, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, Florida

2008
What So Proudly We Hail, Holster Projects, London, England
The Culture of Collage, Zoeller Gallery, Penn State University, State Collage

Beijing Biennale, Beijing, China
Tension/Release, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York

1968/2008: The Culture of Collage, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York

The Main Event, Schroeder Romero Gallery, New York

2007
Accessories, Galerie Mikael Anderson, Copenhagan, Denmark
5th Bienal: The (S) Files / The Selected Files, El Museo del Barrio, New York

Citadel, David Risley Gallery, London

We Are Near, curated by Eddie Martinez, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston

What glue do you use?, Atelier Cardenas Bellanger, Paris, France


2006
A Century of Collage, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon

10 Curatorial Perspectives, curated by Wayne Northcross, Haven Arts, Bronx, New York
Furnishing Assumptions, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco

Collage Party, ZieherSmith, New York
 The New Collage, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York
Cutting, Miller Block Gallery, Boston

2005
COLLAGE signs & surfaces, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York


2003
Objects for Joseph Cornell, ZieherSmith, New York
Dreamy, ZieherSmith, New York

2000
Science Fair, Arena @ FEED, Brooklyn, New York
Location, BrooklynArt.com, online exhibition curated by Renee Riccardo
Living is Easy, Richard Anderson Fine Arts, New York
Heads, Gallery Korea, New York


Bibliography


"Preview: Collage 101," Tokion 2:5, Summer 2008
David Coggins, “Javier Pinon at ZieherSmith,” Art in America, April 2008

Jocelyn K. Glei, "Paper Cuts," Artkrush.com, February 6-19, 2008

Jonathan T.D. Neil, "Review Marathon, New York," ArtReview, February 2008
Deborah Fisher, “The Absurd Hero: Javier Pinon, “Don Quixote and other stories,” ARTCAL, November, 2007
Magdalene Perez, "New York Fall Exhibition Preview," Museums Magazine, September 2007

James Trainor, "Crossovers," Border Crossings 25:4 (Issue 100), November 2006

Harper's Magazine, November 2006, image
Steven Stern, "Collage Party," Frieze 101, September 2006, image
"Art Calendar: Cowboy Collages," The New York Sun, April 13, 2006
Cate McQuaid, "Marks of Distinction," The Boston Globe, February 9, 2006

Sandra Kegel, "Das Leben ist ein Strand: Passion und Profit in Miami," Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, December 13, 2005
"Goings On About Town: COLLAGE signs & surfaces," The New Yorker, May 23, 2005

Brandon Taylor, "COLLAGE signs & surfaces," Pavel Zoubok, April 2005

Scott Zieher, "Market: The Rise of NADA," Art Review, April 2004

Rachel Donadio, "Joseph Cornell at 100," The New York Sun, October 6, 2003
Meghan Dailey, "Critics Picks: Javier Pinon," Artforum.com
Scott Zieher, "Southpaws and Sweethearts: Javier Piñón's Constructions and Lordan Bunch's Girls Named Grace," NYArts, January 2003
George Sanchez, "Javier Pinon," Hielo, February 2002

Christian Schaernack, "Kunst-Orte: Williamsburg," Art, February 2001

Holland Cotter, "Art Review," The New York Times, December 15, 2000

Awards

2008
Bauernmarkt Residency, Lenikus Collection, Vienna

2007
Artist Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
2002
The Josef and Anni Albers Foundations, Residency Program


Public Collections

High Museum of Art, Atlanta