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TRAVIS BOYER

Born 1979 in Fort Worth, Texas. Lives and works in New York City.

EDUCATION

2012                MFA, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, New York

2003                BFA, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

1999                Saint Louis University, Madrid, Spain

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015                Como La Flor Signal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2014                Velours, Johannes Vogt Gallery, New York, NY

                        Sunshine on a Greased Pearl, Studio 17, Stavanger, Norway

2013                Precious Burns, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Netherlands (two-person show with Matthew Lutz-Kinoy)

                         2012                Today in Me, Johannes Vogt Gallery, New York, NY

                                     It’s on the house; hope you like it, Jack Hanley Gallery, New                 

                                                 Profile Pic, Fire Island Performance Series, Fire Island Pines, 

                                                 Crocking off the Bloom, Participant Inc, New York, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015       Girls on a Spiral Jetty, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

               Transmission, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France

2013      UIA – Unlikely Iterations of the Abstract, CAMH, Contemporary Art Museum  Houston                   

             Spread it On, 247365, Brooklyn, NY

Questioning the Canvas, Geukens and De Vil, Knokke, Belgium

Surprise Inspection, Jackie Klempay, Brooklyn, NY

Fabrika, Court Square, Long Island City, NY

Paint Things: Beyond the Stretcher, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA

2012                Stars!, performance at Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

                        El Regreso De Los Dinosaurios, Abrons Arts Center, New York

                        Beneath, Johannes Vogt Gallery, New York, NY

                        Mota, Museum of Temporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

                        Lo Carnivalesco, curated by Sarina Basta, Piso 51, Mexico City, Mexico

2011                You Can Never Go Home Anymore, Louis B. James Gallery, New York

                        Flat File, curated by Eve Fowler, ACP, Los Angeles, CA

                        Espiritualidades Atavicas, curated by Sarina Basta

                        Jardin Borda, Cuernavaca, Mexico

2010                Evas Arche und Der Feminist, Goethe Institute, New York, NY

2009                Dome Colony X, curated by Fritz Haeg, X Initiave, New York, NY

                        The Bruceinial, BHQF, New York, NY

                        Threads, SOMA Arts, San Francisco, CA

2008                The Meaning of Life, Galleria Glance, Torino ,Italy

                        New Highs In Getting Low, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY

2007                Big Secret Cachet, Angstrom Gallery, Los Angles, CA

Sex in the City, Curated by Dean Daderko, Dumbo Arts Center, New York

2006                Flex Your Textiles, John Connelley Presents, New York, NY

                        If Your Feeling Sinister, Alona Kagen Gallery, New York

                        Power Twins Activate, Gechidle Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

                        A Common Thread, See Line Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

                        Mil Siluetas, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY

                        Smile now Cry Later, High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA

                        Sex in The City Dumbo Arts Center Brooklyn, NY

                        JCP Sunday Salons, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY

2004                LTTR Explosion, Andrew Krepps, New York, NY

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2015                LR, Suldal Norway

2014                Frida Hansen Hus Residence, Stavanger, Norway

2012                The Shandaken Project, Shandaken, NY

2011                Fire Island Artists Residency, Fire Island, NY

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

2011-12           Maryland Institute College of Art