Born in Carmel, California, 1966.
Lives and works in New York City.
EDUCATION
1988-1991 Long Beach State University, Long Beach, CA
1985-1988 Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA
1986 Cambridge College of Art and Technology, Cambridge, Great Britain
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007
Remains of the Day, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Poison Apple, Massimo Carasi/The Flat, Milan, Italy
2006
Drawing Under the Influence: Fables of Reconstruction, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
2005
Bevilacqua, Louisiana, Humlebeak, Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Surface to Air, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Black Studio, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
2004
Beyond and Back, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
2003
Happy Nightmare Baby, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
2002
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2001
High-Speed Gardening, Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Urban Hymns, Jessica Fredericks Gallery, New York, NY
1997
What Is It That Is The Worm Inside of You?, Jessica Fredericks Gallery,
New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
POPcentric, Gering & López Gallery, New York, NY
The Incomplete, Chelsea Art Museum, New York
2005
Still, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY
Translation, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2004
Monument to Now, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
2003
Split, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY
2002
The Passions of the Good Citizen, apex art c.p., New York, NY
The Dubrow Biennial, Kagan Martos Gallery, New York, NY
2001
New Acquisitions from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
2000
Drawings and Photographs, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY
Reconfiguration, Danese Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Pleasure Dome, Jessica Fredericks Gallery, New York, NY
1998
Accelerator, Southampton City Art Gallery/Arnolfini, Bristoll/Oldham Art Gallery, Great Britain
Painting, Now and Forever Part I, Matthew Marks Gallery and Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY
Pop Surrealism, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
More Fake, More Real, Yet Even Closer, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY (curated by Robert Evren)
21st Anniversary Benefit Art Auction, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
1997
New American Talent: The Thirteenth Exhibition, The University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, TX, chosen by Robert Storr
1996
The Most Important Thing in the World: Oasis vs. Blur and the Artists Who Rock, The Alternative Arts Fair, New York, NY, curated by Bill Arning
1995
It's Only Rock and Roll, The Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ, curated by David Rubin
1994
Page 5, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Elizabeth Olbert
1993
Friendly (with Friends), Dooley Le Capellaine Gallery, New York, NY
1992
Industrial Heroes, Vernon Space, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Laura Howe
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2002
Smith, Roberta. "The Passions of the Good Citizen," The New York Times, 3 May.
Franck, Elisabeth. "Mr. Dubrow's Biennial," The New York Observer, 18 March, p.3.
2001
Gregos, Katerina. "New York Now," Contemporary Visual Arts, Issue #34, pp.52-57
Humphrey, David. "New York email," Art Issues, Summer, pp.41-43.
Yablonsky, Linda. "Downtown Armory: Surviving the Growing Pains," Art & Auction, April, p.4.
Valdez, Sarah. "Bevilacqua at Fredericks Freiser," Time Out, 15-22 March, p.78.
Naves, Mario. "A Lot To Look At…," The New York Observer, 19 March, p.18.
Newhall, Edith. "A Few of My Favorite Things," New York, 5 March, p.83.
"Bevilacqua," The New Yorker, 19&26 February, p.39.
Maxwell, Douglas F. "High-Speed Gardening," Reviewny.com, 15 February.
2000
Moreno, Gean. "High Noon in Desire Country," Art Papers, May/June, pp.30-35.
Turner, Grady. "Beautiful Dreamers: Emerging American Painters, Circa 2000," Flash Art, January-February, p.65.
Kelly, Christina. "Pop Culture Fanatic Makes Trippy Art," Jane, February, p.36.
1999 Zoo, Issue 3, Purple Press, London, Great Britain.
Caniglia, Julie. "Openings," Artforum, May, pp.168-169.
Henry, Max. "Ouverture," Flash Art, May/June, p.107
Farquaharson, Alex. "Accelerator," frieze, June/July/August, pp.99-100.
Newhall, Edith. "Talent," New York Magazine, 19 April, p.91.
Smith, Roberta. "Bevilacqua at Fredericks," The New York Times, 8 January, E41.
Porte, Charlie. "Be Here Now," Esquire (GB), February, p.117.
Shave, Stuart. "Accelerator," I-D Magazine, January/February, p.63.
Zimmer, William. "7 Artists Integrate Color and Rudeness," The New York Times, 10 January.
1998 Connelley, Kevin. "Logocentric," The New Yorker, 28 December and 4 January 1999, p.20.
Long, Andrew. "Openings: Pop Goes the Easel," Art & Antiques, Decmeber, p.34.
Smith, Roberta. "Painting: Now and Forever Part I," The New York Times, 24 July, p.E39.
Ebony, David. "Michael Bevilacqua at Jessica Fredericks," Art in America, June, p.108.
Brown, Cecily. "Painting Epiphany," Flash Art, May-June, pp.76-79.
Ortoleva, Peppino. "Colors of the Media, Colors of Fashion," The Style Engine: Spectacle, Identity, Design, and Business: How the Fashion Industry Uses Style to Create Wealth, edited by Giannino Malossi, The Monacelli Press, pp.42-43.
1997 Johnson, Ken. "Art Briefs," The New York Times, 19 September, p.E38.
Ebony, David. "David Ebony's New York Top Ten," ArtNet, September.
Rimanelli, David. "Art," The New Yorker, 22 September, p.39.
Griffin, Tim. "Michael Bevilacqua: 'What Is It That Is The Worm Inside of You?'", Time Out, 11-18 September, p.50.
1994
McConaughty, Claire. "Art for the Masses," Pretty Decorating, September.
1993
Wildman, David. "A Kiss is Still a Kiss," Boston Sunday Globe, 3 October.
Fox, Marisa. "Rock Kulture: Low-brow, High-Art," Option, November/December, No.53.
Mack, Bob. "Kiss Alive IV: The Gene Simmons/Joseph Beuys Connection (Keep It Simple Stupid)", Grand Royal, Winter, pp.62-63.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Neuberger Berman LLC, New York, NY
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Louisiana, Humlebeak, Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway
Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Orange County Museum of Art, CA
Mitsuni Collection, Tokyo, Japan
Lives and works in New York City.
EDUCATION
1988-1991 Long Beach State University, Long Beach, CA
1985-1988 Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA
1986 Cambridge College of Art and Technology, Cambridge, Great Britain
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007
Remains of the Day, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Poison Apple, Massimo Carasi/The Flat, Milan, Italy
2006
Drawing Under the Influence: Fables of Reconstruction, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
2005
Bevilacqua, Louisiana, Humlebeak, Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Surface to Air, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Black Studio, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
2004
Beyond and Back, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
2003
Happy Nightmare Baby, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
2002
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2001
High-Speed Gardening, Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Urban Hymns, Jessica Fredericks Gallery, New York, NY
1997
What Is It That Is The Worm Inside of You?, Jessica Fredericks Gallery,
New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
POPcentric, Gering & López Gallery, New York, NY
The Incomplete, Chelsea Art Museum, New York
2005
Still, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY
Translation, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2004
Monument to Now, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
2003
Split, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY
2002
The Passions of the Good Citizen, apex art c.p., New York, NY
The Dubrow Biennial, Kagan Martos Gallery, New York, NY
2001
New Acquisitions from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
2000
Drawings and Photographs, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY
Reconfiguration, Danese Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Pleasure Dome, Jessica Fredericks Gallery, New York, NY
1998
Accelerator, Southampton City Art Gallery/Arnolfini, Bristoll/Oldham Art Gallery, Great Britain
Painting, Now and Forever Part I, Matthew Marks Gallery and Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY
Pop Surrealism, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
More Fake, More Real, Yet Even Closer, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY (curated by Robert Evren)
21st Anniversary Benefit Art Auction, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
1997
New American Talent: The Thirteenth Exhibition, The University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, TX, chosen by Robert Storr
1996
The Most Important Thing in the World: Oasis vs. Blur and the Artists Who Rock, The Alternative Arts Fair, New York, NY, curated by Bill Arning
1995
It's Only Rock and Roll, The Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ, curated by David Rubin
1994
Page 5, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Elizabeth Olbert
1993
Friendly (with Friends), Dooley Le Capellaine Gallery, New York, NY
1992
Industrial Heroes, Vernon Space, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Laura Howe
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2002
Smith, Roberta. "The Passions of the Good Citizen," The New York Times, 3 May.
Franck, Elisabeth. "Mr. Dubrow's Biennial," The New York Observer, 18 March, p.3.
2001
Gregos, Katerina. "New York Now," Contemporary Visual Arts, Issue #34, pp.52-57
Humphrey, David. "New York email," Art Issues, Summer, pp.41-43.
Yablonsky, Linda. "Downtown Armory: Surviving the Growing Pains," Art & Auction, April, p.4.
Valdez, Sarah. "Bevilacqua at Fredericks Freiser," Time Out, 15-22 March, p.78.
Naves, Mario. "A Lot To Look At…," The New York Observer, 19 March, p.18.
Newhall, Edith. "A Few of My Favorite Things," New York, 5 March, p.83.
"Bevilacqua," The New Yorker, 19&26 February, p.39.
Maxwell, Douglas F. "High-Speed Gardening," Reviewny.com, 15 February.
2000
Moreno, Gean. "High Noon in Desire Country," Art Papers, May/June, pp.30-35.
Turner, Grady. "Beautiful Dreamers: Emerging American Painters, Circa 2000," Flash Art, January-February, p.65.
Kelly, Christina. "Pop Culture Fanatic Makes Trippy Art," Jane, February, p.36.
1999 Zoo, Issue 3, Purple Press, London, Great Britain.
Caniglia, Julie. "Openings," Artforum, May, pp.168-169.
Henry, Max. "Ouverture," Flash Art, May/June, p.107
Farquaharson, Alex. "Accelerator," frieze, June/July/August, pp.99-100.
Newhall, Edith. "Talent," New York Magazine, 19 April, p.91.
Smith, Roberta. "Bevilacqua at Fredericks," The New York Times, 8 January, E41.
Porte, Charlie. "Be Here Now," Esquire (GB), February, p.117.
Shave, Stuart. "Accelerator," I-D Magazine, January/February, p.63.
Zimmer, William. "7 Artists Integrate Color and Rudeness," The New York Times, 10 January.
1998 Connelley, Kevin. "Logocentric," The New Yorker, 28 December and 4 January 1999, p.20.
Long, Andrew. "Openings: Pop Goes the Easel," Art & Antiques, Decmeber, p.34.
Smith, Roberta. "Painting: Now and Forever Part I," The New York Times, 24 July, p.E39.
Ebony, David. "Michael Bevilacqua at Jessica Fredericks," Art in America, June, p.108.
Brown, Cecily. "Painting Epiphany," Flash Art, May-June, pp.76-79.
Ortoleva, Peppino. "Colors of the Media, Colors of Fashion," The Style Engine: Spectacle, Identity, Design, and Business: How the Fashion Industry Uses Style to Create Wealth, edited by Giannino Malossi, The Monacelli Press, pp.42-43.
1997 Johnson, Ken. "Art Briefs," The New York Times, 19 September, p.E38.
Ebony, David. "David Ebony's New York Top Ten," ArtNet, September.
Rimanelli, David. "Art," The New Yorker, 22 September, p.39.
Griffin, Tim. "Michael Bevilacqua: 'What Is It That Is The Worm Inside of You?'", Time Out, 11-18 September, p.50.
1994
McConaughty, Claire. "Art for the Masses," Pretty Decorating, September.
1993
Wildman, David. "A Kiss is Still a Kiss," Boston Sunday Globe, 3 October.
Fox, Marisa. "Rock Kulture: Low-brow, High-Art," Option, November/December, No.53.
Mack, Bob. "Kiss Alive IV: The Gene Simmons/Joseph Beuys Connection (Keep It Simple Stupid)", Grand Royal, Winter, pp.62-63.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Neuberger Berman LLC, New York, NY
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Louisiana, Humlebeak, Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway
Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Orange County Museum of Art, CA
Mitsuni Collection, Tokyo, Japan