Paul McCarthy

Born August 4, 1945, Salt Lake City, UT. Lives in Los Angeles, CA.

EDUCATION:

1973
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, M.F.A.
1969
San Francisco Art Institute, B.F.A.
1968-1966
University of Utah

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2011
Hauser & Wirth New York, ‘The King, The Island, The Dwarves, The Train…’, New York, NY
Hauser & Wirth London, Savile Row and Hauser & Wirth London, Piccadilly, ‘The King, The Island, The Dwarves, The Train…’, London, England
KÖR Kunst im öffentlichen Raum, Kunsthalle Wien, ‘Skulptur: Paul McCarthy “Henry Moore Bound to Fail”’, Vienna, Austria
Hammer Museum, ‘Paul McCarthy; White Snow Dwarf (Dopey # 1), Los Angeles CA
Charles Riva Collection, ‘Paul McCarthy’, Bruxelles, Belgium
2010
Sammlung Friedrichshof, ‘Caribbean Pirates’, Zurndorf, Austria
L&M Arts, ‘Three Sculptures’, Los Angeles CA
Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, ‘Pig Island’, Milan, Italy
Sammlung Friedrichshof, ‘Caribbean Pirates – in collaboration with Damon McCarthy’, Zumdorf, Austria
2009
Hauser & Wirth New York, ‘White Snow’, New York NY
De Uithof, City of Utrecht, ‘Paul McCarthy – Air Pressure’, Netherlands
Hauser & Wirth Zürich, ‘Paul McCarthy’, Switzerland
KUMU Eesti Kunstimuuseum, ‘Paul McCarthy & Benjamin Weissman – Quilting Sessions’, Tallinn, Estonia (Travelling Exhibition)
Salt Lake Art Center, ‘Contemporary trends in video art – Paul McCarthy’, Salt Lake City UT
Zacheta National Gallery of Art, ‘Paul McCarthy & Benjamin Weissman – Quilting Sessions’, Warsaw, Poland (Travelling Exhibition)
2008
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘Central Symetrical Rotation Movement – Three Installations, Two Films’, New York
Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, ‘Paul McCarthy & Benjamin Weissman’, Trento/IT
2007

Maccarone Gallery, ‘Paul McCarthy’s Chocolate Factory’, New York
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, ‘Paul McCarthy – Head Shop/Shop Head’, Ghent/BE
Essl Museum Kunst der Gegenwart, ‘Paul McCarthy: Tokyo Santa 1996/2004’, Klosterneuburg/AT
Middelheim Sculpture Museum, ‘Paul McCarthy – Air Born / Air Borne / Air Pressure’, Antwerp/BE
Hauser & Wirth Zürich, ‘Paul McCarthy – Damon McCarthy. Portfolios’, Zurich
Aarhus Museum of Art, ‘Paul McCarthy – Head Shop/Shop Head’, Aarhus/DK
2006
Head Shop/Shop Head, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2005-2006
Paul McCarthy: Lala Land Parody Paradise Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
2005
Paul McCarthy: Santaclaus, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Paul McCarthy: Lala Land Parody Paradise, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
2005-2004
Paul McCarthy” Brain Box Dream Box, CAC Malaga, Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Malaga, Spain
2004
Open, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
Paul McCarthy: Brain Box Dream Box, Vanabbe Museum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2003
Paul McCarthy. Piccadilly,” Hauser & Wirth, London, UK
Paul McCarthy: Film and Video Works,” The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Norway
2002
Clean Thoughts, Luhring Augustine, New York
Paul McCarthy Video Tapes, Butler Gallery, The Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland
Paul McCarthy. Complete videowerken 1971-1999, De Hallen, Haleem, The Netherlands
Paul McCarthy Retrospective, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
2001
Video & Photography, Kunstverein Hamburg, Germany
Villa Arson, Nice, France
Paul McCarthy in The Garden, Deitch projects, New York, NY
Luhring Augustine, New York
Galerie Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
The Box, IBM Building, New York, NY
Group Show, Chac Mool Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
Dialogues in Contemporary Art, MOCA at the Geffen Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2000
Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA.
Heidi File, MOCA Geffen Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Heidi File, Patrick Painter, Inc., Santa Monica, CA
The Fashion Show, George’s, Los Angeles, CA
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
Tokyo Santa Santa’s Trees, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
1999
Proposition, Collaboration with Jason Rhoades, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY
Dimensions Of The Mind: The Denial and the Desire in the Spectacle, Sammlung Hauser und
Wirth in Der Lokremise, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Tokyo Santa Santa’s Trees, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
Death H and Early Performance Photographs, Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy
1998
Photographs-Performance Photographs and Video, 1969-1983, Patrick Painter, Inc., Santa Monica, CA.
Luhring Augustine, New York, NY
Painter. Video and Drawings, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
Sod and Sodie Sock, Mike Kelley & Paul McCarthy, Secession, Vienna, Austria
1997
Santa’s Chocolate Shop, Galerie Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland
1996
Yaa-Hoo, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY.
Video Works,  Galerie Drantmann, Brussels, Belgium
Videos and Drawings, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
SALOON, Air de Paris, Paris, France
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011

Kathleen Cullen Fine Art & Elisabeth Ivers Gallery, ‘Two Colors’, New York, NY
Luxembourg & Dayan, ‘Unpainted Paintings’, New York, NY
Fundación Caixa Catalunya, ‘Eating Art’, Barcelona, Spain
PKM Trinity Gallery, ‘TEXT/VIDEO/FEMALE – Art after 60’s’, Seoul, South Korea
Galerie Bob van Orsouw, ‘The luxury of dirt’, Zurich, Switzerland
David Risley Gallery, ‘DeKooning, DeKooning, DeKooning…’, Copenhagen, Denmark
Kunsthalle Emden, ‘Zwischen Film und Kunst – Storyboards von Hitchcock bis Spielberg’, Emden, Germany 
Guggenheim Museum, ‘The Luminous Interval’, Bilbao, Spain
Punta della Dogana, Francois Pinault Foundation, ‘In Praise of Doubt’, Venice, Italy
DESTE Foundation, ‘Investigations of a Dog’, Athens, Greece (Travelling Exhibition)
Martin Gropius Baus, ‘Kompass – Zeichnungen aus dem Museum of Modern Art New York’, Berlin, Germany
Essl Museum, ‘Festival der Tiere’, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, ‘Investigations of a Dog’, Stockholm, Sweden (Travelling Exhibition)
Haus der Kunst, ‘Move – Kunst und Tanz seit den 1960er Jahren’, Munich, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, ’8 ½’, Stazione Leopolda, Florence, Italy
GAM Civica Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Gallarate, ‘Cosa fa la mia anima mentre sto lavorando? – Opere d’arte contemporanea dalla collezione Consolandi’, Gallarate, Italy
Kunsthaus Bregenz, ‘Living Archives – Cooperation Van Abbemuseum’, Bregenz, Austria
2010
Torrance Art Museum, ‘What’s New, Pussycat?’, Torrance, Canada
Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, ‘Compass in hand: Selections from the Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection’, Valencia, Spain
The Hayward Gallery, ‘Move: Choreographing You’, London, England (Travelling Exhibition)
GAMeC – Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, ‘THE PRIVATE MUSEUM. The passion for contemporary art in the collections in Bergamo’, Bergamo, Italy
Gasser / Grunert, ‘Exquisite Corpse Project: Leading Artists Recreate Surrealist Parlor Game’, New York NY
CAC Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, ‘Where Do We Go From Here? Selections from La Colección Jumex’, Cincinnati OH
MUDAC Musée de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains, ‘Covering the wall. Contemporary wallpapers’, Lausanne, Switzerland
Galerías Hermenegildo Bustos, ‘¡Sin techo está pelón!’, Guanajuato, Mexico
MOCA Grand Avenue and The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, ‘The Artist’s Museum’, Los Angeles CA
Museum on the Seam, ‘The Right to Protest’, Jerusalem, Israel
MUDAC Musée de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains, ‘Face au mur’, Lausanne, Switzerland
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘Collecting Biennials’, New York NY
14th Biennale of Carrara, ‘Postmonument’, Carrara, Italy
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘Off the Wall: Part 1 – Thirty Performative Actions’, New York NY
ACCA Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, ‘Gestures and Procedures’, Melbourne, Australia
Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, ‘Permanent Trouble. Kunst aus der Sammlung Kopp München’, Regensburg, Germany
Pinchuk Art Centre, ‘Sexuality and Transcendence’, Kiev, Ukraine
Gagosian Gallery, ‘Crash – Homage to JG Ballard’, London, England
17th Biennale of Sydney, ‘The Beauty of Distance: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age’, Sydney, Australia
Galerie im Taxispalais, ‘Eating The Universe. Vom Essen in der Kunst’, Innsbruck, Austria (Travelling Exhibition)
Gavlak Gallery, ‘Think Pink’, Palm Beach FL
New Museum, ‘Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection’, New York NY
La maison rouge – fondation antoine de galbert, ‘Investigations of a Dog’, Paris, France (Travelling Exhibition)
Ellipse Foundation, ‘Investigations of a Dog’, Cascais, Portugal (Travelling Exhibition)
Museet for Samtidskunst – Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Gestures – Performance and Sound’, Roskilde, Denmark
The 8th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea
Kunsthalle Goeppingen, ‘Happy End’, Göppingen, Germany
The Fruitmarket Gallery, ‘Childish Things’, Edinburgh, Scotland
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, ‘Do or Die – The Human Condition in Painting and Photography’, Cologne, Germany
Gasworks, ‘Hydrarchy: Power and Resistance at Sea’, London, England
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, ‘EAT ART. Vom Essen in der Kunst’, Stuttgart, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst & Museum of Fine Arts, ‘Hareng Saur – Ensor and Contemporary Art’, Ghent, Belgium
Simon Lee Gallery, ‘Barbaric Freedom’, London, England
Portland Art Museum, ‘Disquieted’, Portland OR
Temporäre Kunsthalle, ‘FischGrätenMelkStand’, Berlin, Germany
Suntory Museum Osaka, ‘Resonance’, Osaka, Japan
Walker Art Center, ‘Abstract Resistance’, Minneapolis MN
CA2M – Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, ‘Sonic Youth etc.: Sensational Fix’, Móstoles, Spain (Travelling Exhibition)
Rubell Family Collection, ‘Beg Borrow and Steal’, Miami FL
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, ‘I love you’, Aarhus, Denmark
2009
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, ‘Investigations of a Dog’, Turin, Italy (Travelling Exhibition)
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Collection: MOCA’s First Thirty Years’, Los Angeles CA
Rubell Family Collection, ‘Beg, Borrow and Steal’, Miami FL
Bass Museum of Art, ‘Where Do We Go From Here? Selections from La Colección Jumex’, Miami FL
SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, ‘GAGARIN the Artists in their Own Words – The First Decade’, Ghent, Belgium
FRAC Poitou-Charentes – Site de Linazay, ‘Attraction (Voyage sentimental)’, Angouleme, France
L & M Arts, ‘Beyond Black, White and Gray’, New York NY
Lisson Gallery, ‘Boule to Braid’, London, England
Deste Foundation, ‘A Guest + A Host = Ghost’, Athens, Greece
Lisson Gallery, ‘Boule to Braid’, London, England
Château Guiraud, ‘Quand la première ivresse des succès bruyants…’, Sautrenes, France
Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Now New: New Works, New Space’, Istanbul, Turkey
Kurimanzutto, ‘My Generation’, Mexico City, Mexico
Kunstnernes Hus, ‘Live Art’, Oslo, Norway
Palais des Arts de Dinard, ‘Who’s afraid of the Artist?’, France
The Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture in Moscow, ‘Un Certain Etat du Monde?’, Russia
MoMA Museum of Modern Art, ‘Compass in Hand: Selections from the Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Culture’, New York NY
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, ‘Paul McCarthy’s Low Life Slow Life: Part 2’, San Francisco CA (curated by the artist)
IMA – Institute of Modern Art, ‘The Same River Twice: Part 2’, Brisbane, Australia
Musée d’Art Contemporain, ‘N’importe quoi’, Lyon, France
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, ‘Sonic Youth etc.: Sensational Fix’, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
Palazzo Grassi/Punta della Dogana, ‘Mapping the Studio: Artists from the François Pinault Collection’, Venice, Italy
Contemporary Arts Museum, ‘The Puppet Show’, Houston TX (Travelling Exhibition)
Frye Art Museum, ‘The Puppet Show’, Seattle WA (Travelling Exhibition)
Reykjavik Art Museum, ‘The Art of Chess’, Iceland (Travelling Exhibition)
Salzburger Kunstverein, ‘No Sound of Music’, Austria
Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Torino, ‘The Theatre of Performance’, Turin, Italy
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, ‘Eat the Universe – Vom Essen in der Kunst’, Dusseldorf, Germany
Compton Verney, ‘The Artist’s Studio’, Warwickshire, England
MACG – Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, ‘I Use Perfume to Occupy more Space’, Mexico City Mexico
2008
Phoenix Kulturstiftung, ‘Helga de Alvear und Harald Falckenberg im Dialog’, Hamburg, Germany
Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL), ‘The Practice of Everyday Life. Fundación / Colección Jumex’, Mexico City
Vanabbemuseum, ‘Stars and Stripes Forever’, Eindhoven
Yokohama Triennale, ‘Time Crevasse’, Yokohama/JP
Museum of Modern Art, ‘Here Is Every. Four Decades of Contemporary Art’, New York
Museum of Modern Art, ‘Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now’, New York
Institute of Contemporary Art, ‘The Puppet Show’, Philadelphia [travelled to: Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica CA; The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston TX; Frye Art Museum, Seattle WA]
Museion – Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst, ‘Peripherer Blick und kollektiver Körper – Peripheral Vision and collective body’, Bolzano/IT
Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart, ‘I can’t just slice off an ear every day – Deconstructions of the Myth of the Artist’, Berlin
XIII Biennale Internazionale di Scultura di Carrara, Carrara/IT
Maccarone Gallery and Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, ‘Pretty Ugly’, New York
Paul Klee Zentrum, ‘Lost Paradise – Der Blick des Engels’, Berne/CH
ExhibAir Malpensa, ‘Electronic Lounge. La donazione Halevim al museo del Novecento’, Milan
Moderna Museet, ‘Eclipse – Art in a Dark Age’, Stockholm
Villa Arson, ‘Ne pas jouer avec des choses mortes’, Nice/FR
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, ‘Other than Yourself. An Investigation Between Inner and Outer Space’, Vienna
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, ‘Paul McCarthy’s Low Life Slow Life: Part 1’ (curated by the artist), San Francisco 
Barbican Art Gallery, ‘Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art’, London
2007

Gagosian Gallery, ‘Fit to Print – Printed Media in recent Collage’, New York
Getty Center, ‘Evidence of Movement’, Los Angeles
Essl Museum Kunst der Gegenwart, ‘Foto.Kunst’, Klosterneuburg/AT
Hamburger Bahnhof, ‘There is never a stop and never a finish. Werke aus der Friedrich Christian Flick Collection im Hamburger Bahnhof. In memoriam Jason Rhoades’, Berlin
Barbican Center, ‘Panic Attack! Art in the Punk Years’, London
Kunsthalle Wien & Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, ‘Dream & Trauma – Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens’, Vienna
National Gallery of Victoria, ‘Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to Now. New York – Venice – Bilbao – Berlin’, Melbourne
Essl Museum Kunst der Gegenwart, ‘Passion for Art’, Klosterneuburg/AT
Deste Foundation, ‘The Fractured Figure’, Athens
Museum of Modern Art, ‘Live/Work: Performance into Drawing’, New York
Kunsthalle Mannheim, ’100 Jahre Kunsthalle Mannheim’, Mannheim/DE
2006
Museum of Modern Art, ‘Transforming Chronologies 2’, New York
Museum Folkwang, ‘Speaking with Hands’, Essen/DE
Guggenheim Museum, ‘Speaking with Hands’, New York
Palazzo Grassi, ‘Where are we going? – The Francois Pinault collection. A post pop selection’, Venice
Collection Lambert en Avignon, ‘Figures de l’acteur – Le paradoxe du comédien’, Avignon/FR
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, ‘Highlights from the Photography Collection – Contemporary Complexities’, Gainesville FL
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘Full House: Views of the Whitney’s Collection at 75’, New York
PS1, ‘Into Me/Out of Me’ (curated by Klaus Biesenbach), New York [travelled to: KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin; Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma, Rome]
Institute of Contemporary Arts, ‘Surprise Surprise’ (curated by Jens Hoffman, Rob Bowman), London
Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary Art, ‘Infinite Painting’ (curated by Francesco Bonami), Codroipo/IT
4th Berlin Biennial, ‘Of Mice and Men’ (curated by Ali Subotnick, Massimiliano Gioni, Maurizio Cattelan), Berlin/DE
Centre Georges Pompidou, ‘Los Angeles-Paris’ (curated by Catherine Grenier) Paris
UCLArts, ‘Sixteen Tons’ (curated by Michael Darling), Los Angeles
2005
Reina Sofia, ‘Domestic Violence’, Madrid
Art Athina 2005, Athen
Centre Pompidou, ‘Big Bang’, Paris
/FR
Kunstsammlung im Ständehaus, ‘Sammlung 2005 – Neupräsentation’, Dusseldorf/DE
Castello di Rivoli, ‘From the Electronic Eye’, Turin
Casino Luxembourg, ‘L’humanité mise à nu… ‘, Luxembourg
Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, ‘MULTIPLE RÄUME (3): FILM’, Baden-Baden/DE
Helsinki City Art Museum, ‘Falckenberg Collection’, Helsinki
Luhring Augustine, ‘The Art of Chess’, New York
Andrea Rosen Gallery, ‘Looking at Words’, New York
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, ‘After the Act’, Vienna
Essl Museum Kunst der Gegenwart, ‘Figur / Skulptur’, Klosterneuburg/AT
Guggenheim Bilbao, ‘Speaking with Hands’, Bilbao
Walker Art Center, ‘Mythologies’, Minneapolis MN
Museum of Modern Art, ‘Drawings from the Modern, 1975-2005’, New York
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, ‘A Walk to Remember’, Los Angeles
Whitechapel Gallery, ‘Faces in the Crowd’, London [travelled to: Castello di Rivoli, Turin]
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, ‘Bidibidobidiboo: La Collezione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per i dieci anni della Fondazione’, Turin
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, ‘Faites vos jeux: Art and game since Dada’, Liechtenstein
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, ‘Puppets & Heavenly Creatures’, Vienna
2005-2004
White: Whiteness and Race in Contemporary Art, International Center of Photography, The Center for the Art and Visual Culture, UMBC, Baltimore, Maryland.
CACMalaga, Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Malaga, Spain
Friedrich Christian Flick Collection, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
2004
Los Usos de la Imagen. Fotografia, film y video en la Coleccion Jumex, Espacio Fundacion
Telefonica, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Evidence of Impact: Art and Photography 1963-1978, Sondra Gilman Gallery, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Drafting Deceit, Apexart, New York, NY
Accrochages: Selected Works, Marc Jancou Fine Art, New York, NY
Disparities & Deformations our Grotesque, The Fifth International Site Santa Fe Biennial, Site
Santa Fe Publication Fund, curated by Robert Storr
Sculpture and Form,  John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
I am the Walrus, Cheim & Read, New York, NY
(In Search of) The Perfect Lover, Hauser & Wirth London, UK
Point of View: An Anthology of the Moving Image, MAC, Miami Art Center, Miami, FL
Monument To Now, The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens, Greece. An Official part of “Athens
2004, Culture”, Olympic Games Cultural Program.
Public Art Fund Projects in Central Park. A Collaboration with the Whitney Biennial, Central Park, New York, NY.
Speaking with Hands: Photographs from the Buhl Collection, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY.
2004 – 2003
Spiritus, Magasin 3, Stockholm Konstall, Sweden. Traveling to: Jonkopings Lans Museum;
Bomuldsfabriken Kunstall, Arendal, Norge; Sundsvalls Museum; Lansmuseet Gavleborg; Goteborgs Konstmuseum
2003
Not Afraid, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
Sittings: Installation Art 1969-2000,  The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, CA
Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon 2003, Lyon, France
The Art of Chess, The Gilbert Collection, Somerset House, London, UK
Orange, Expression Centre d’expostion de Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
Twilight, London, UK
Micro Politicas. Arte en Contidianida 2001- 1968. Art and Everyday Life 2001 – 1968, EACC
ESPAI d’Art Contemporani de Castello, Valencia, Spain
Chang, Emin, Fisher and McCarthy,”The Moore Space, Miami, FL
(In Search of) The Perfect Lover, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany
My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation, Independent Curators
International (ICI), New Traveling Exhibitions of Contemporary Art, Des Moines ArtCenter
Spiritus,  Magasin 3, Riksutstallningar, Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
The Forth Sex. Adolescent Extremes, Fondazione Pitti Immagine Discovery, Stazione Leopolda,Florence , Italy
In Your Face, FRAHM LTD, London, UK
Imagine, You Are Standing Here In Front Of Me, Caldic Collection, Boijmans Van Beuningen
Museum, Roterdam, The Netherlands
2002
Plus Ultra, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria
Shit Plug, Paul McCarthy / Jason Rhoades, Galerie Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland
To Eat or Not to Eat or Relationship of Art with Food in the 20th Century, Centro de Arte de
Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
Proposition: Jason Rhoades and Paul McCarthy, Santa Monica Museum of Art, CA
Art Unlimited, Art 33 Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Blind Mirror. Selections from a Contemporary Collection, Museu de Arte Moderna de Sao Paulo,Brazil
Art After Art,” Neues Museum Weseberg, Bremen, Germany
Ahead of the 21st Century. The Pisces Collection, Donaueschingen, Switzerland
Art Downtown,” Wall Street Rising, New York
Cadavre Exquis,” Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France
Fallen Heroes: Masculinity and Representation,” ESPAI d’Art Contemporani de Castello, Castello, Spain
2001
Depiction, curated by Peter Pakesch for the Steirisc[:her:]bst Festival, Graz, Austria
Amused, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
ABBILD Recent Portraiture and Depiction, Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
Paul McCarthy in Person, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
TRANS> editions, Chac Mool Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation, ICI Traveling Exhibition
Play’s The Thing: Critical and Transgressive Practices in Contemporary Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2000
Let’s Entertain: Life’s Guilty Pleasures, Walker Art Center, traveling to Portland Art Museum,
Musee national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Miami Art
Museum Art at MoMA since 1980, MoMa, New York, NY
Video Time, survey of Videos from the Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Oldest Possible Memory, Sammlung Hauser and Wirth, St Gallen cat.
1999
Parallel Lines: Mix and Match, Karen McCready Fine Art, New York, NY
Bloom: Contemporary Art Garden, curated by Gianni Romano, Milan, Italy
McCarthy, Paul
La Biennale di Venezia, 48 Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte, dapertutto, Venice
Ruralia. Maaseudun taide. Art of the Countryside, Porin Taidmuseo, Pori, Finland
Horse Play, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
The American Century: Art & Culture 1950-2000, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (catalogue)
Lost, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Mike Kelley and Paul McCarthy: Collaborative Works, The Power Plant Contemporary Art
Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1998
Presumed Innocence, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Collection un autre regard, capcMusée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Figurative Sculpture, Patrick Painter, Inc., Santa Monica, CA
L.A. Times, curated by Francesco Bonami, Palazzo Re Rebaudengo per l’Arte Contemporanea,
Guarene d’Alba, Italy
New Works, Patrick Painter, Inc., Santa Monica, CA

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
ARTIST BOOK

2005
La La Land Parody Paradise. Munich: Haus der Kunst and Hatje Cantz
2004
Piccadilly Circus & Bunker Basement. Essays by Ralph Rugoff & Robert Storr, Zurich: Scallo
Publishers
Paul McCarthy. Brain Box Dream Box. Eindhoven: Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, Richter Verlag
Tokyo Santa. Köln: Verlag der Buchhandlung, Walther König.
2003
Blockhead and Daddie’s Bighead. London: Tate.
Hammer Oranges Apple. Frankfurt: Revolver and Museum fur Gegenwartskunst Siegen.
2000
Paul McCarthy. New York: New Museum of Contemporary Art and Hatje Cantz.

PUBLICATIONS

2005
Amy, Michael J. “You talkin’ to me? Violence in Contemporary Art,” DITS: VIOLENCE, III, 5,
Winter- Spring 2005, pp.18-31, (original article in French).
Barbancho, Juan-Ramon. “Paul McCarthy: Brain Box Dream Box,” ART.ES, November
2004/February 2005, p. 138.
Buck, Louisa. “En Route from Venice to Basel,” ART BASEL DAILY NEWSPAPER, June 14,
2005.
Burton, Johanna. “Paul McCarthy. Haus der Kunst,” ARTFORUM, May 2005, p. 143 (exhibition
review).
Craw, Janita, Robert Leonard. Mixed-Up Childhood. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, 2005
(exhibition catalog).
Davies, Roger. “Rare Breed,” ARTREVIEW, May/June 2005, pp. 92-97.
Dannatt, Adrian. “Multi Tasker,” ART & AUCTION, June 2005, pp.80-84.
Dionysiac. Paris: Editions du Centre Pompidou, 2005 (exhibition catalogue).
Faces in the Crowd. Picturing Modern Life from Manet to Today. London: Whitechapel Gallery,
and Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, 2004, pp. 236-237 (exhibition catalogue).
“Installation Art?”, TATE ECT., Issue 3, Spring 2005, pp. 26-35.
(in Search of) The Perfect Lover. Munich: Sammlung Hauser und Wirth Staatliche Kunsthalle
Baden-Baden, Hatje Cantz 2005, pp. 96-125.
LD. “Dionysiac,” MODERN PAINTERS, June 2005, pp. 112-113 (exhibition review).
Liebs, Holger. “Hollywood’s Eingeweid,” SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG, June 2, 2005, p. 14.
“Paul McCarthy: Brain Box Dream Box,” MODERN PAINTERS, March 2005, p. 106 (exhibition
review).
Relyea, Lane. “A Few Words for DEAD H,” PARKETT, May 2005, pp. 102-111.
Singler, Jeremy and Paul McCarthy. “A Dialogue with Language Itself” and “Faksimile of the
original manuscript,” PARKETT, May 2005, pp. 112-147.
Stoesz, David. “They’re No Dummies,” ARTnews, December 2005, pp. 138-139.
The Blake Byrne Collection. Los Angeles: The Museum of Contemporary Art 2005 (exhibition
catalogue).
Thornton, Sarah. “Power 100 (number 37),” ArtReview, November 2005, Volume LVIII, p. 89.
Verlichak, Victoria. “Coleccion Jumex,” ARTNEXUS, pp.166-167 (exhibition review).
“What’s on UK,” The Art Newspaper, October 2005 (Whitechapel exhibition review).
2004
ADBUSTERS, 2004, p. 60.
Anker, Suzanne. Dorothy Nelkin. The Molecular Gaze. Art in the Genetic Age. New York: Cold
Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, p.98.
McCarthy, Paul
“Big Daddy,” NEW YORK TIMES. Metro section, Saturday March 6, 2004, p. B2.
Brienza, Jill. “The Rubells,” FLASH ART, November-December 2004, p.61-62 (exhibition review).
Bronwasser, Sacha. “Jij denkt dat dit smerig is?”, VRIJ NEDERLAND, July 17, 2004, p.70.
Bronwasser, Sacha. “Paul McCarthy – Kunst”, VRIJ NEDERLAND, June 26, 2004, p. 68.
“Centro de Arte Contemporanea Inhotim, Caci”
Coetzee, Mark. Not Afraid. Rubell Family Collection. New York: PHAIDON, pp. 62-67, 137.
Disparities & Deformations our Grotesque. The Fifth International Site Santa Fe Biennial, Santa
FE: Site Santa Fe Publication Fund, 2004, pp. 82-83, 150-151150-151 (exhibition catalogue).
“Droomdoos”, SQUEEZE, August 31, 2004, p.98 (review in Dutch).
Elwes, Catherine. “Video Acts,” BORDER CROSSINGS, Visual Arts section, Volume 32, No. 1,
Issue No. 89, 2004, pp. 78-79.
Fineman, Mia. “Art Attack,” THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sunday December 12, 2004
For Alle / For All. Vestfossen: Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium (exhibition catalogue).
French, Christopher. “Disparities and Deformations: Our Grotesque,” FLASH ART, November-
December 2004, p.50 (exhibition review).
Grawe, Sam. “Like a Kid in a Candy Store,” DWELL, pp. 98-104.
Heartny, Eleanor. “The Well-Tempered Biennial,” ART IN AMERICA, June/July 2004, pp. 71-77.
Iles, Chrissie, Shamim M. Momin and Debra Singer. Whitney Biennial 2004. New York: Whitney
Museum of Art, 2004, p. 210 (exhibition catalogue)
Jansen, Bert. “Ketchup en HP Sauce als artistiek wapen,” HET FINANCIEELE DAGBLAD, July
31, 2004, p. 21.
Jones. Amelia. “Televisual Flesh: Activating Otherness in the New Media Art,” PARACHUTE, pp.
70-91.
Kinsella, Eileen. “Sex Sells and Sometimes Quite Well,” ARTNEWS, January 2004, pp.110-111.
Kimmelman, Michael. “The Convention of Beastly Beauty,” THE NEW YORK TIMES, Fine Art
leisure section, Friday August 6, 2004, pp.E29-31.
Kushner, Rachel. “Paul McCarthy Talks about Piccadilly Circus, 2003”, ARTFORUM, January
2004, No. 5, pp. 122-123.
Leijser, Ellen. “Expositie voor 16 jaar en ouder,” ALGEMEEN DAGBLAD, June 24, 2004, p. 27.
Lutticken, Sven. “Paul McCarthy,” DE WITTE RAAF, September-October 2004, pp. 39, 41.
Los Usos de la Imagen. Fotografia, film y video en la Coleccion. Buenos Aires: Jumex Espacio
Fundacion Telefonica 2004, pp. 247-249 (exhibition catalogue).
“McCarthy: Brian Box Dream Box,” ARTFORUM, December 2004, pp. 168-169.
“McCarthy spraakmakend in het Van Abbemuseum”, BN destem ed. Bergen op Zoom, June 22,
2004, p.26.
Monument To Now: The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens: DESTE Foundation for Contemporary
Art 2004, pp. 189-191, 269-272 (exhibition catalogue).
NY ARTS, BERLINER KUNST, July/August 2004, p.37.
Obrist, Hans Ulrich. “Do It!” E-Flux, 2004.
Olmo, Santiago B. “Al Otro Lado del Parque Tematico: Paul McCarthy,” ARTE Y PARTE, No. 53,
pp. 52-73 (Spanish).
“Paul McCarthy – Voze Visioenen In,” KUNSTBEELD, Vol. 28, NR. 7/8, July-August 2004, p. 14-
19.
“Pass The Buck Continued,” ISSUE, No. 8, pp. 120-133.
Pollack, Barbara. “Art Basel. Roland Augustine,” ART & AUCTION, June 2004, p. 72.
Price, Matt. “At the Auctions”, FLASH ART, January/February 2004, p.49.
Rimanelli, David. “Disparities and Deformations: Our Grotesque. Site Santa Fe,” ARTFORUM,
November 2004, pp. 215-216 (exhibition review).
Ryan, David. London, England,” Reviews International section, ARTPAPERS.ORG,
November/December 2004, p. 59-60.
Rudoru, Patricio. “Ser Arte. Basel 35,” SPOT, No. 17, Summer 2004, pp. 40-42 (text in Spanish).
Runolfsson, Bjorn Halldor. “Paul McCarthy Jason Rhoades Kling & Bang (Reykjavik),” FLASH
ART, October 2004, p. 134 (exhibition review).
Saltz, Jerry. “Blotto, Meet Buzzed,” VILLAGE VOICE, May 19-May 25, 2004, p. C. 89.
Saltz, Jerry. “Modern Gothic,” THE VILLAGE VOICE, Art section, February 4-10, 2004, p. 85.
Schimmel, Paul. “The Best of 2004. 13 Critics and Curators Look at the Year in Art. Paul
Schoonenboom, Merlijn. “De wereld achter de blijheid,” DE VOLKSKRANT, June 17, 2004, pp.2-
3.
Schroer, Carl Friedrich. “Der Rollenspielmeister,” KUNSTZEITUNG, July 2004, p. 11 (German).
Singerman, Howard. “Helter Skelter,” ARTFORUM, October 2004, pp. 125-126, 284-286.
McCarthy, Paul
Speaking With Hands: Photographs from the Buhl Collection. New York: Guggenheim Museum
Publications, p. 21, 31, 232
Spijkerman, Sandra. “McCarthy: uitgesproken ranzig, maar met inhoud,” TROUW, July 29, 2004,
p. 14.
“The Butcher, The Baker, The Dirty Troublemaker,” Visionaire Magazine, No. 26, Winter 2003/04.
“Tips @ Websites,” NY ARTS BERLINER KUNST, July/August 2004, p.37.
Tymans, Luc. “Replay,” FLASH ART, p. 120.
van Elsberg, Jaquine. “McCarthy’s kijk op een voze wereld,” SKRIEN, August 2004, p. 29.
van den Hoven, Gerrit. “Boren in moderne mythen,” EINDENHOVENS DAGBLAD, July 3, 2004.
Van der Velden, Carel. “ ‘Kabouter Buttplug’ kan altijd nog naar het Amazone-gebied,”
ROTTERDAMS DAGBLAD, June 26, 2004, p. 37.
Van de Velde, Paola. “’Shock-artist’ Paul McCarthy in Van Abbemuseum: Bush besmeurd met
tomatenketchup,” DE TELEGRAAF, June 25, 2004, p. 14.
Van Vlerken, Peter. “Dia-avondje met Paul McCarthy lang en saai,” September 25, 2004.
“Visions of America,” THE ART NEWSPAPER, What’s on section, No. 151, October 2004, p. 10.
Vogel, Carol. “A Director for the Whitney’s New Age. Call for Healing, but a Curator is Dismissed,”
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Art section, Thursday January 29,2004, pp. E1, E5.
Wesseling, Janneke. “Oeuvre McCarthy lekker tegendraads,” NRC HANDELSBLAD, June 28.
‘Whitney Biennial”, FLASH ART, January/February 2004, p.48 (exhibition preview).
Yablonsky, Linda. “What’s so Funny About Contemporary Art?” Artnews, September 2004,
volume 103, no. 8:114-117.
2003
Aliaga-Vincente, Juan, Maria De Corral, G. Cortes, Jose Miguel. Micro Politicas. Arte en
Contidianida 2001 – 1968, Art and Everyday Life 2001 – 1968. EACC ESPAI d’Art
Contemporani de Castello, pp. 204-209, (catalogue)
Avgikos, Jan. “Paul McCarthy; Luhring Augustine Gallery,” ARTFORUM, January, pp. 137-8.
Baker, Kenneth. “Seeing in the Dark,” Modern Painters, Autumn 2003, pp. 39-40.
Bonami Francesco, Raf Simons. The Forth Sex. Adolescent Extremes. Fondazione Pitti
Immagine Discovery, pp. 398-399 (Exhibition catalogue)
“Chip Off the Old Block Pinocchio grows Up,” THE GUARDIAN, Monday May 19 2003, cover
photo.
De Brugerolle, Marie. “It Happened Tomorrow: Lyon Biennale,” FLASH ART,
November/December 2003, p.41, 50.
Dunne, Aidan. “Summoning Up Other-Worldly Substances”, IRISH TIMES, July 11, 2003.
Herbert, Martin. “Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon. Various Venues,” ARTFORUM,
December 2003, p. 138-139.
“In Rotterdam, McCarthy’s Santa Claus May Lose Its Prime Location,” Artforum.com, April 27,
2003.
Januszczak, Waldemar. “Art: Giant, Inflatable… and Temporary,” THE SUNDAY TIMES,
London, May 25, 2003, pp. 10-11.
La Placa, Joe. “Top Man. Simon Lee has got it All: A Stunning New Gallery, Powerful Partners
and Artists to Die for. And He’s Only Just Getting Started,” ARTREVIEW, International Edition,
pp. 70-71 (mention).
Lebovici, Elizabeth. “Lyon, Bon Pied, Biennale,” LIBERATION, Friday September 2003, pp. 29-30
(text in French).
Menkes, Suzy. “The Fourth Sex: Probing The Spirit of Adolescence,” INTERNATIONAL HERALD
TRIBUNE, Tuesday January 14, 2003, p.10.
Paul McCarthy, Videos 1970-1997. Publikation zur Ausstellung (exhibition catalog).
Rosenblum, Robert. “Best of 2003. Paul McCarthy,” ARTFORUM, December 2003, pp. 120-121.
RS & A Artists’ Chess Collection. London: RS&A. pp. 10-11 (exhibition booklet).
Saltz, Jerry. “Ray of Light, “ ARTNET. COM. January 22, 2003.
Schwerfel, Hans Peter. Kino Und Kunst. Eine Liebesgeschichts. Cologne: DuMont Literatur und
Kunst Verlag, 2003, p. 88-93 (text in German).
Searle, Adrian. “Not Suitable for Children. Or Adults,” THE GUARDIAN, G2 section, Visual Arts
Tuesday November 4, 2003, pp. 12-13.
Spiritus Magasin 3, Stockholm: Stockholm Konstall (exhibition catalogue).
The Art of Chess. London: The Gilbert Collection Trust publishers, p. 36, 44-45 (exhibition
catalogue)
Waters, John and Bruce Hainley. “ Art – A Sex Book,“ New York: Thames & Hudson.
Weissman, Benjamin. “Paul McCarthy,” BOMB, SUMMER 2003, pp. 32-37.
McCarthy, Paul
2002
Ahead of the 21st Century: The Pisces Collection. Munich: Hatje Cantz Publishers 2002, pp.110-
119 (exhibition catalogue).
Allen, Helen. “NY Contemporary Sales: Top Drawers Fetches Top Prices”, News Sections, Flash
Art, Number 222, January-February 2002, p. 37 & 45 (illustration).
ARTIST, No. 331, December 2002, pp. 160-161 (text in Chinese).
Art Unlimited, Art 33 Basel, Basel, Switzerland (exhibition catalogue).
“Aspen: Aspen Art Museum,” CONTEMPORARY, Previews section, December 2002, p. 35.
Biesenbach, Klaus, Barbara London and Christopher Eamon. Video Acts. Single Channel Works
from the Collections of Pamela and Richard Kramlich and the New Art Trust. New York: P.S.1
Contemporary Art Center, pp. 190-205 (exhibition catalogue).
Braque, Dominique. Mauvais Genre(s) erotisme, pornographie, art contemporain. Edition du
Regard, Seuil, 2002, pp.76-83 (French).
ComeronoComer. Consorcio Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, p. 39 (exhibition catalogue)
Ebony, David. “War, Terrorism, and Economic Slump Yield Quiet Fall Auctions”, Art in America,
No. 1, pp. 29-31.
Frechuret, Maurice. Les Annees 70: l’Art en Cause. capc Musee d’Art Contemporain de
Bordeaux, Reunion des Musees Nationaux, Paris, 2002, Diffusion Seuil, p.54, 57 (text in
French).
Galanternick, Mery. “Brazil’s Power Buyer”, ARTNEWS, October 2002, p. 7
Gioni, Massimiliano. “I Know What You Did Last Summer: 2001 In Retrospect. The Show, the
Artists and the Events That Kept Us Talking and Thinking, About Art in 2001: A Portable
Chronology.” FLASH ART, January-February 2002, No. 222, pp. 65-67.
Grosenick, Uta. Burkhard Riemschneider. Art Now: 137 Artists at the Rise of the New Millennium.
Cologne:Taschen, pp. 288-291.
Imagine You Are Standing Here in Front of Me. Caldic Collection, Museum Boijmans Van
Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands p. 259 (exhibition catalog).
Levin. Kim, VILLAGE VOICE, Art Shortlist section, October 23-29 2002 (show review).
Massera, Charles, Amelia Jones and Anthony Vidler. Paul McCarthy: Pinocchio. Villa Arson,
Nice, France (exhibition catalog).
McGee, Mike. “Paul McCarthy”, TEMA CELESTE, No. 90, March-April 2002, pp.48-51 (Interview
& illustrations).
Meyer, James. “Best of 2001”, Artforum, December 2001, pp. 106-107, (illustration).
“Galleries Slated for ArtBasel/Miami Beach,” Fine Magazine, Premiere Issue, pp. 116-117.
Passenger: The Viewer as Participant. Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Olso, Norway,
(exhibition catalogue).
Paul McCarthy: Video Tapes. Butler Gallery, The Castle, Kiklenny, Ireland (exhibition catalogue).
Sanders, Mark. “Paul McCarthy”, ANOTHER MAGAZINE, 3rd issue, bi-annual, Fall/Winter 2002,
pp. 403-415.
Schindler, Anna. “Shit Plug,” ARTFORUM.com, Critic’s picks, exhibition review (Galerie Hauser &
Wirth).
Smith, Roberta. “Paul McCarthy Clean Thoughts”, NEW YORK TIMES, Friday October 25, 2002,
p.E35 (exhibition review).
Stern, Steven. “Paul McCarthy: Clean Thoughts”, TIME OUT NEW YORK, October 24-31, 2002,
p.67 (exhibition review).
THE MIAMI HERALD, Art Basel Calendar, December 1, 2002, p. 8AB.
To Eat or Not to Eat or Relationship of Art with Food in the 20th Century. Centro de Arte de
Salamanca, (CASA), Salamanca, Spain, 2002, pp.237, 408-409 (exhibition catalogue).
2001
Abbild: Recent Portraiture and Depiction. Vienna: Springer-Verlag, (exhibition catalogue).
A Creative Legacy. A History of The National Endowment for The Arts. Visual ArtistsFellowship
Program 1966 – 1995. New York: Harry N. Abrahams, Inc. Publishers.
Amused. p. 58, p.79, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL (exhibition catalogue).
Art & Collection, No. 105, June, pp. 158-163 (article in Taiwanese).