Whitney Biennial 2014

The 2014 Whitney Biennial will take a bold new form as three curators from outside the Museum—Stuart Comer (Chief Curator of Media and Performance Art at MoMA), Anthony Elms (Associate Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia), and Michelle Grabner (artist and Professor in the Painting and Drawing Department at the School of the Art Institute, Chicago)—each oversee one floor, representing a range of geographic vantages and curatorial methodologies.

Donna De Salvo, Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Programs at the Whitney, noted: “The 2014 Biennial brings together the findings of three curators with very distinct points of view. There is little overlap in the artists they have selected and yet there is common ground. This can be seen in their choice of artists working in interdisciplinary ways, artists working collectively, and artists from a variety of generations. Together, the 103 participants offer one of the broadest and most diverse takes on art in the United States that the Whitney has offered in many years.”

This Biennial will be the last to take place in the Whitney Museum of American Art’s building at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street before the Museum moves downtown to its new building in the spring of 2015. This is the 77th in the Museum’s ongoing series of Annuals and Biennials begun in 1932 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.

Whitney curators Elisabeth Sussman and Jay Sanders, who organized the widely acclaimed 2012 Biennial, will advise on the exhibition.

The 2014 Whitney Biennial will take a bold new form as three curators from outside the Museum—Stuart Comer (Chief Curator of Media and Performance Art at MoMA), Anthony Elms (Associate Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia), and Michelle Grabner (artist and Professor in the Painting and Drawing Department at the School of the Art Institute, Chicago)—each oversee one floor, representing a range of geographic vantages and curatorial methodologies.

Donna De Salvo, Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Programs at the Whitney, noted: “The 2014 Biennial brings together the findings of three curators with very distinct points of view. There is little overlap in the artists they have selected and yet there is common ground. This can be seen in their choice of artists working in interdisciplinary ways, artists working collectively, and artists from a variety of generations. Together, the 103 participants offer one of the broadest and most diverse takes on art in the United States that the Whitney has offered in many years.”

This Biennial will be the last to take place in the Whitney Museum of American Art’s building at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street before the Museum moves downtown to its new building in the spring of 2015. This is the 77th in the Museum’s ongoing series of Annuals and Biennials begun in 1932 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.

Whitney curators Elisabeth Sussman and Jay Sanders, who organized the widely acclaimed 2012 Biennial, will advise on the exhibition.

2014 Biennial Artists

Academy Records and Matt Hanner Founded 2000; based in Chicago, IL Matt Hanner: born 1971 in Columbus, OH; died 2011 in Porter, IN

Terry Adkins Born 1953 in Washington, DC Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, and Philadelphia, PA

Etel Adnan Born 1925 in Beirut, Lebanon Lives and works in Sausalito, CA, and Paris, France

Alma Allen Born 1970 in Heber City, UT Lives and works in Joshua Tree, CA

Ei Arakawa and Carissa Rodriguez Arakawa: Born 1977 in Fukushima, Japan Rodriguez: Born 1970 in New York, NY Live and work in New York, NY

Uri Aran Born 1977 in Jerusalem, Israel Lives and works in New York, NY

Robert Ashley and Alex Waterman Ashley: Born 1930 in Ann Arbor, MI Waterman: Born 1975 in Portsmouth, VA Live and work in New York, NY

Michel Auder Born 1945 in Soissons, France Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Lisa Anne Auerbach Born 1967 in Ann Arbor, MI Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Julie Ault Born 1957 in Boston, MA Lives and works in Joshua Tree, CA and New York, NY

Darren Bader Born 1978 in Bridgeport, CT Lives and works in New York, NY

Kevin Beasley Born 1985 in Lynchburg, VA Lives and works in New York, NY

Gretchen Bender Born 1951 in Seaford, DE Died 2004 in New York, NY

Stephen Berens Born 1952 in Fort Collins, CO Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Dawoud Bey Born 1953 in Queens, NY Lives and works in Chicago, IL

Jennifer Bornstein Born 1970 in Seattle, WA Lives and works in New York, NY, and Berlin, Germany

Andrew Bujalski Born 1977 in Boston, MA Lives and works in Austin, TX

Elijah Burgher Born 1978 in Kingston, NY Lives and works in Chicago, IL

Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel, and Sensory Ethnography Lab Castaing-Taylor: Born 1966 in Liverpool, UK Paravel: Born 1971 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland Live and work in Boston, MA, and Paris, France Sensory Ethnography Lab founded by Lucien Castaing-Taylor in 2006

Sarah Charlesworth Born 1947 in East Orange, NJ Died 2013 in Hartford, CT

Yve Laris Cohen Born 1985 in San Diego, CA Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Critical Practices Inc. Founded in 2010; based in New York, NY

Matthew Deleget Born 1972 in Hammond, IN Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

David Diao Born 1943 in Chengdu, Sichuan, China Lives and works in New York, NY

Zackary Drucker and Rhys Ernst Drucker: Born 1983 in Syracuse, NY Ernst: Born 1982 in Pomona, CA Live and work in Los Angeles, CA

Paul Druecke Born 1964 in Milwaukee, WI Lives and works in Milwaukee, WI

Jimmie Durham Born 1940 in Washington, AR Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Rochelle Feinstein Born 1947 in New York, NY Lives and works in New York, NY

Radamés “Juni” Figueroa Born 1982 in San Juan, Puerto Rico Lives and works in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Morgan Fisher Born 1942 in Washington, DC Lives and works in Santa Monica, CA

Louise Fishman Born 1939 in Philadelphia, PA Lives and works in New York, NY

Victoria Fu Born 1978 in Santa Monica, CA Lives and works in San Diego, CA, and Los Angeles, CA

Gaylen Gerber with David Hammons, Sherrie Levine, and Trevor Shimizu Gerber: Born 1955 in McAllen, TX; lives and works in Chicago, IL Hammons: Born 1943 in Springfield, IL; lives and works in New York, NY Levine: Born 1947 in Hazelton, PA; lives and works in New York, NY Shimizu: Born 1978 in Hawaii; lives and works in New York, NY

Jeff Gibson Born 1958 in Brisbane, Australia Lives and works in New York, NY

Tony Greene curated by Richard Hawkins and Catherine Opie Born 1955 in San Francisco, CA Died 1990 in Los Angeles, CA

Joseph Grigely Born 1956 in East Longmeadow, MA Lives and works in Chicago, IL

Miguel Gutierrez Born 1971 in Flushing, NY Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Karl Haendel Born 1976 in New York, NY Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Philip Hanson Born 1943 in Chicago, IL Lives and works in Chicago, IL

Jonn Herschend Born 1967 in Branson, MO Lives and works in San Francisco, CA

Sheila Hicks Born 1934 in Hastings, NE Lives and works in New York, NY, and Paris, France

Channa Horwitz Born 1932 in Los Angeles, CA Died 2013 in Los Angeles, CA

HOWDOYOUSAYYAMINAFRICAN? A global collective; founded in 2013

Susan Howe Born 1937 in Boston, MA Lives and works in Guilford, CA

Jacqueline Humphries Born 1960 in New Orleans, LA Lives and works in New York, NY

Gary Indiana Born 1950 in Derry, NH Lives and works in New York, NY, and Los Angeles, CA

Doug Ischar Born 1948 in Honolulu, Hawaii Lives and works in Chicago, IL, and Los Angeles, CA

Carol Jackson Born 1962 in Los Angeles, CA Lives and works in Chicago, IL

Travis Jeppesen Born 1979 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL Lives and works in London, England, and Berlin, Germany

Alex Jovanovich Born 1975 in Hobart, Indiana Lives and works in Bronx, NY

Angie Keefer Born 1977 in Huntsville, AL Lives and works in New York, NY

Ben Kinmont Born 1963 in Burlington, VT Lives and works in Sebastopol, CA

Shio Kusaka Born 1972 in Japan Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Chris Larson Born 1966 in St. Paul, MN Lives and works in St. Paul, MN

Diego Leclery Born 1978 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France Lives and works in New York, NY

Zoe Leonard Born 1961 in Liberty, NY Lives and works in New York, NY

Tony Lewis Born 1986 in Los Angeles, CA Lives and works in Chicago, IL

Pam Lins Born in Lake Forest, IL Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Fred Lonidier Born 1942 in Lakeview, OR Lives and works in San Diego, CA

Ken Lum Born 1956 in Vancouver, Canada Lives and works in Vancouver and Philadelphia, PA

Shana Lutker Born 1978 in Northport, NY Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Dashiell Manley Born 1983 in Fontana, CA Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

John Mason Born 1927 in Madrid, NE Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Keith Mayerson Born 1966 in Cincinnati, OH Lives and works in New York, NY

Suzanne McClelland Born 1959 in Jacksonville, FL Lives and works in New York, NY

Dave McKenzie Born 1977 in Kingston, Jamaica Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Bjarne Melgaard Born 1967 in Sydney, Australia Lives and works in New York, NY

Rebecca Morris Born 1969 in Honolulu, Hawaii Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Joshua Mosley Born 1974 in Dallas, TX Lives and works in Philadelphia, PA

My Barbarian (Malik Gaines, Jade Gordon and Alexandro Segade) Founded in 2000; based in New York, NY, and Los Angeles, CA

Dona Nelson Born 1947 in Grand Island, NE Lives and works in Lansdale, PA, and New York, NY

Ken Okiishi Born 1978 in Ames, IA Lives and works in New York, NY, and Berlin, Germany

Pauline Oliveros Born 1932 in Houston, TX Lives and works in Kingston, NY

Joel Otterson Born 1959 in Los Angeles, CA Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Laura Owens Born 1970 in Euclid, OH Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Paul P. Born 1977 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Lives and works in New York, NY, and Paris, France

taisha paggett Born 1976 in Fresno, CA Lives and works in Chicago, IL, and Los Angeles, CA

Charlemagne Palestine Born 1947 in Brooklyn, NY Lives and works in Brussels, Belgium

Public Collectors Founded in 2007; based in Chicago, IL

Sara Greenberger Rafferty Born 1978 in Evanston, IL Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Steve Reinke with Jessie Mott Reinke: Born 1963 in Eganville, Ontario, Canada Mott: Born 1980 in New York, NY Live and work in Chicago, IL

David Robbins Born 1957 in Whitefish Bay, WI Lives and works in Shorewood, WI

Sterling Ruby Born 1972 in Bitburg, Germany Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Miljohn Ruperto Born 1971 in Manila, Philippines Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Jacolby Satterwhite Born 1986 in Columbia, SC Lives and works in New York, NY

Peter Schuyff Born 1958 in Baarn, Netherlands Lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Allan Sekula Born 1951 in Erie, PA Died 2013 in Los Angeles, CA

Semiotext(e) Founded in 1974; based in Los Angeles, CA

Amy Sillman Born 1955 in Detroit, MI Lives and works in New York, NY

Valerie Snobeck and Catherine Sullivan Snobeck: Born 1980 in Wadena, MN; lives and works in New York, NY Sullivan: Born 1968 in Los Angeles, CA; lives and works in Chicago, IL

A.L. Steiner Born 1967 in Miami, FL Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Emily Sundblad Born 1977 in Dalsjöfors, Sweden Lives and works in New York, NY

Ricky Swallow Born 1974 in San Remo, Australia Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Tony Tasset Born 1960 in Cincinnati, OH Lives and works in Chicago, IL

Sergei Tcherepnin Born 1981 in Watertown, MA Lives and works in New York, NY

Triple Canopy Founded in 2007; based in Brooklyn, NY

Philip Vanderhyden Born 1978 in Menasha, WI Lives and works in New York, NY

Pedro Vélez Born 1973 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico Lives and works in Chicago, IL, and Milwaukee, WI

Charline von Heyl Born 1960 in Mainz, Germany Lives and works in New York, NY

David Foster Wallace Born 1962 in Ithaca, NY Died 2008 in Claremont, CA

Dan Walsh Born 1960 in Philadelphia, PA Lives and works in New York, NY

Donelle Woolford Born 1977 in Conyers, GA Lives and works in New York, NY

Molly Zuckerman-Hartung Born 1975 in Los Gatos, CA Lives and works in Chicago, IL

Whitney Biennial 2014

artists:
Academy Records & Matt Hanner, Terry Adkins, Etel Adnan, Alma Allen, Ei Arakawa / Carissa Rodriguez, Uri Aran, Robert Ashley / Alex Waterman, Michel Auder, Lisa Anne Auerbach, Julie Ault, Darren Bader, Kevin Beasley, Gretchen Bender, Stephen Berens, Dawoud Bey, Jennifer Bornstein, Andrew Bujalski, Elijah Burgher, Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel, / Sensory Ethnography Lab , Sarah Charlesworth, Yve Laris Cohen, Critical Practices Inc. , Matthew Deleget, David Diao, Zackary Drucker / Rhys Ernst, Paul Druecke, Jimmie Durham, Rochelle Feinstein, Radames Juni Figueroa, Morgan Fisher, Louise Fishman, Victoria Fu, Gaylen Gerber / David Hammons / Sherrie Levine / Trevor Shimizu, Jeff Gibson, Tony Greene (Richard Hawkins / Catherine Opie), Joseph Grigely, Miguel Gutierrez, Karl Haendel, Philip Hanson, Jonn Herschend, Sheila Hicks, Channa Horwitz, HOWDOYOUSAYYAMINAFRICAN? , Susan Howe, Jacqueline Humphries, Gary Indiana, Doug Ischar, Carol Jackson, Travis Jeppesen, Alex Jovanovich, Angie Keefer, Ben Kinmont, Shio Kusaka, Chris Larson, Diego Leclery, Zoe Leonard, Tony Lewis, Pam Lins, Fred Lonidier, Ken Lum, Shana Lutker, Dashiell Manley, John Mason, Keith Mayerson, Suzanne McClelland, Dave McKenzie, Bjarne Melgaard, Rebecca Morris, Joshua Mosley, My Barbarian (Malik Gaines, Jade Gordon / Alexandro Segade), Dona Nelson, Ken Okiishi, Pauline Oliveros, Joel Otterson, Laura Owens, Paul P. , Taisha Paggett, Charlemagne Palestine, Public Collectors , Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Steve Reinke / Jessie Mott, David Robbins, Sterling Ruby, Miljohn Ruperto, Jacolby Satterwhite, Peter Schuyff, Allan Sekula, Semiotext(e) , Amy Sillman,Valerie Snobeck / Catherine Sullivan, A.L. Steiner, Emily Sundblad, Ricky Swallow, Tony Tasset, Sergei Tcherepnin, Triple Canopy , Philip Vanderhyden, Pedro Velez, Charline von Heyl, David Foster Wallace, Dan Walsh, Donelle Woolford, Molly Zuckerman-Hartung.

curators:
Stuart Comer, Anthony Elms, Michelle Grabner