Benjamin Cottam: Crayon Drawings
April 27 – June 1, 2014
Road Marker 1, 2014
White crayon on Smython Featherweight paper
6.25 x 10 in.
(15.875 x 25.40 cm.)
Road Marker 2, 2014
White crayon on Smython Featherweight paper
6.25 x 10 in.
(15.875 x 25.40 cm.)
Collateral Damage 1, 2014
White crayon on Smython Featherweight paper
6.25 x 8 in.
(15.875 x 20.32 cm.)
Collateral Damage 2, 2014
White crayon on Smython Featherweight paper
6.25 x 6.25 in.
(15.875 x 15.875 cm.)
Collateral Damage 3, 2014
White crayon on Smython Featherweight paper
6.25" x 6.25"
Honey Boo Boo, 2014
White crayon on Smython Featherweight paper
6.25" x 6.25"
Kris Kardashian, 2014
White crayon on Smython Featherweight paper
6.25" x 6.25"
Bruce Jenner, 2014
White crayon on Smython Featherweight paper
6.25" x 6.25"
Phil Robertson, 2014
White crayon on Smython Featherweight paper
6.25" x 6.25"
Spencer Pratt, 2014
White crayon on Smython Featherweight paper
6.25" x 6.25"
Mama June, 2014
White crayon on Smython Featherweight paper
6.25" x 6.25"
Nerve Gas, 2014
White crayon on Smython Featherweight paper
6.25" x 10"
Firing Squad, 2014
White crayon on Smython Featherweight paper
6.25" x 8"
Drone Strike, 2014
White crayon on Smython Featherweight paper
6.25" x 8"
Rocket Fire, 2014
White crayon on Smython Featherweight paper
6.25" x 6.25"
Staged Kill #1, 2014
White crayon on Smython Featherweight paper
6.25" x 8"
Staged Kill #2, 2014
White crayon on Smython Featherweight paper
6.25" x 6.25"
Staged Kill #3, 2014
White crayon on Smython Featherweight paper
6.25" x 6.25"
Severed Head, 2014
White crayon on Smython Featherweight paper
6.25" x 6.25"
Severed Legs, 2014
White crayon on Smython Featherweight paper
6.25" x 8"
December 27, 2008, 2014
White crayon on Smython Featherweight paper
6.25" x 6.25"
BENJAMIN COTTAM
http://www.benjamincottam.com/
Born in 1975
Lives and works in New York City
EDUCATION
2002
MFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.
1999
BFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014
Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, New York
2012
Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, New York
2010
Bartha Contemporary, London.
2008
Schlechtriem Brothers, Berlin, Germany.
Galerie von Bartha, Basel, Switzerland.
2007
Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc., New York.
2006
Hidde Van Seggelen, London.
Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, New York
2004
Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, New York.
2003
Paintings, Carlson Tower Gallery, Northpark University, Chicago, Illinois.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
Works on Paper, Blondeau & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland
2012
Trailer Viewing Room, Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, New York
2011
Win Last Don’t Care, Ramiken Crucible, New York
Through the Keyhole, Stadmuseum Bruneck, Italy
I Do Like Drawings, Galerie Von Bartha Garage, Basel, Switzerland
2010
Exquisite Corpse Drawing Project, Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, New York
No New Thing Under the Sun, Royal Academy of Arts, London.
... umso mehr, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen, Germany.
Hyping the Real, Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium.
2009
The Source of Inspiration, Von Bartha Garage, Basel, Switzerland.
Volta Show, New York.
...es que no lo entiendo, mas ART, Barcelona, Spain.
IDASE: Enchantment, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
2008
En Face / Surface, Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna, Austria
Desenhos Estranhos [Uncanny Drawings], Porta 33, Funchal, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.
2007
Vernissage, C2C, Berlin, Germany.
The New Generation, Galerie von Bartha, Basel, Switzerland.
Stuff, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, Michigan.
Small is Beautiful, Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc, New York.
Blood Meridian, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, Germany.
2006
Six Feet Under, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
FACES, BFAS Blondeau Fine Arts Services, Geneva, Switzerland.
Subject: Contemporary Portraiture, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, Connecticut.
Of Mice and Men, The 4th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany.
Big Paintings, Small Paintings, White Sculpture, The Cartin Collection, G-Fox building, Hartford, Connecticut.
NEW WORK, Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc., New York.
2005
New Talents, Art Cologne 2005, Cologne, Germany.
Did you hear the one about the Irishman and the Swiss who opened an art gallery on a beach......, Me-di-um, St. Barthélemy, French West Indies.
Flower Power, Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc., New York.
2004
Robert Barry, Benjamin Cottam, Thomas Locher, Olivier Mosset, Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc., New York.
Sadie Hawkins Dance, Southfirst Arts, Brooklyn, New York.
Portraits, Esso Gallery, New York, New York.
Works on Paper, Southfirst Arts, Brooklyn, New York.
2002
Salon V, The Oni Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
2001
The 17th Drawing Show, Boston Center for the Arts, Mills Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
Salon IV, The Oni Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Tufts University Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center, Medford, Massachusetts.
Salon III, The Oni Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
1999
Salon, The Adams Art Space, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, California.
Zyzzyva, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, California.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012
Artforum, “Benjamin Cottam”, Ara H.Merjan, March 2012
Art in America, “The Lookout: A weekly Guide to Shows You Won’t Want to Miss”, March 1, 2012
2009
Technikart, “Les galeries francaise aux foires de New York”, Raphael Turcat, June 2
2006
Saatchi Art Online, “Studio Visits: Adam Cvijanovic and Benjamin Cottam”, C.E. Foster, June 29, 2006
Art in America, “Review of Exhibitions – Benjamin Cottam at Gasser & Grunert”, Brian Bucher, November 2006, p. 202, 203.
Die Welt, "Die Kunst 06 Zürich freut sich über ein junges Publikum", Von Marion Zipfel, December 2, 2006.
Monopol “Monopol Watchlist – Benjamin Cottam”, Oliver Koerner von Gustorf, Nr.3/2006, p. 55.
Of Mice and Men: 4thBerlin Biennial for Contemporary Art, “Exhibition Guide”, Renate Wagner, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany, 2006, p. 136, 137
Of Mice and Men: 4thBerlin Biennial for Contemporary Art, “Catalogue”, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany, 2006, p. 210, 211
Kunstforum, “Wir Sind Kunst – Die 4. Berlin Biennale: Von Mausen und Menschen”, Thomas Wulffen, No. 180, May/June 2006.
Kunst-Bulletin, “La Condition Humaine: Von Mausen und Menchen”, Patricia Grzonka, No.5, May 2006.
Handelsblatt, “Kind Der Schwarzen Galle: Leben hinter grauen Schleiern – Die Berlin Biennale zeichnet ein pessimistiches Menschenbild”, Chr. Herchenroder, March 31st, 2006.
Kuntstzeitung, “Von Mausen und Menschen: Die 4. berlin biennale”, Karlheinz Schmid, No. 116, April 2006.
Desenhos [drawings] A-Z, Colecção Madeira Corporate Services, editor Adriano Pedrosa, p. 56.
2005
Westdeutsche Zeitung, "Kunstmesse Art Cologne: Katharina die Große zu Besuch", Von Helga Meister, October 31st, 2005
Frankfurter Allgemeine "Wer alles gefördert wird in den Kojen der Art Cologne: Die jugendlichen Hochbegabten in Köln", Von Catrin Lorch, October 27th, 2005, p. B 5.
2004
The New York Times, “Sadie Hawkins Dance”, Holland Cotter, June 25th, 2004, p. B-33.
The Village Voice, “Voice Choices”, May 12-18, 2004 Vol. XLIX No. 19 p. 60.
The New York Times, “Sampling Brooklyn, Keeper of Eclectic Flames”, Holland Cotter, January 23rd, 2004, p. E-29.
1999
The Harvard Crimson, “‘Salon’ at the Adams House Art Space”, Annie Bourneuf, December 17th, 1999, p. B-5.
Zyzzyva, Vol. XV, No. 1, Spring 1999; Self Portrait # 5, Pencil on Paper.