OVERVIEW | CV | PRESS | GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
Born 1978 Austin, Texas
Lives and works in New York
EDUCATION
2004 MFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
2000 BFA, University of Colorado, Boulder
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Unavoidable Blemishes, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2018 Razors Pain You, Rivers Are Damp, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX
2017 Mine Is Not To Reason Why Mine Is But To Do and Die, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2016 The Gods Heard Him Cry and Knew He Was in Store for Some Horrible Fate, Halsey McKay Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Hope Goes With Man to the Foot of the Gallows, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX
My Hair Is Wet and My Shoes Are Tied, Grice Bench, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Set Down, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Clyde Glenn Burns, Fitzroy Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Rose Shoulder, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
A Selection of Lamps, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX
Art Basel Positions, Fitzroy Gallery, Miami, FL
2012 Colby Bird: House Lamps, University Galleries at Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Double Acting Hinge, Fitzroy Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Dust Breeds Contempt, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX
Focus Booth, VIP Fair
2010 Knoll Sofa, Real Fine Arts, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Cold End, Okay Mountain, Austin, TX
Colby Bird, CRG Gallery, New York, NY
20031994, The Space at Alice, Providence, RI
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2018 Dissonant Accords – Colby Bird & Becky Kinder, Blackball Projects, New York, NY
2007 Colby Bird & Joshua Fields, CRG Gallery, New York
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Ten Years, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2019 Vanishing Act, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2018 Night, Shortly, Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, NY
Night Shade, presented by Halsey McKay Gallery and Curagenda at Blender Workspace, New York, NY
2017 Brass Tacks, Anat Ebgi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Art.Now, Hearst Tower, New York, NY
Sin-Bin, Flat Two, Digbyland Studio, London, England
2016 A Plot of Land, Dutton Gallery, New York, NY
November’s Bone, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2014 Ghost Current, curated by Ryan Wallace, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013 Static & Scrim, Cooper Cole, Toronto, ON Canada
Cisco Sysco Sisqo, curated by Tom Simon, Alina Tenser and Kristof Wickman, The Rockaways, New York
Consuming Passions, Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Atlanta
2012 Sixth Sax, curated by Patrick Brennan, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2011 The Anxiety of Photography, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
The Anxiety of Photography, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
Cover Version LP, BAM, Brooklyn, New York
2010 Inaugural Exhibition, CRG Gallery, New York, NY
Contemporary Prints, CRG Gallery, New York, NY
Big Apple, Clifton Benevento Gallery, New York, NY
Ends and Means, RVF Museum, Cal State University, San Bernadino, CA
2009 QVNOXW//, 86 Forsyth, New York, NY
Guilty Feet, performance at 179 Canal, New York, NY
One Every Day, EFA, New York, NY
Gruppenausstellung, organized by Max Hans Daniel, at AutoCenter, Berlin, Germany
Contemporary Culture, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX
Single Vision, presented by ApartmentShow, New York, NY
FAX, Drawing Center, New York, NY
Dance, Sons And Daughters, Dance! The Future Is Ours To Shape And Mold!, The Physics Room, Christchurch
Purple #’s, Gallery 533, Los Angeles, CA
N-1, transitional friendships, Simón I. Patiño Museum, Santa Cruz, CA
Summer Show, CRG Gallery, New York. NY
If The Dogs Are Barking, Artists Space, New York, NY
Word Up, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
2008Strike a Pose, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England
SUMMER MIXTAPE VOLUME 1, Exit Art, New York, NY
ALONE/TOGETHER, Talman + Monroe, Brooklyn, NY
If I told you you were beautiful, would you date me on the regular?, Oliver Kamm, New York, NY
The Leisure Suite, The LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
In Defense of Ardor, Bellwether Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Videos on the Street, Joymore Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
RISD Biennial (curated by Robert Storr), Exit Art, New York, NY
2005 The Kids Have ADD, Wizard Electronics, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Mars on Earth, RKL Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
MFA Thesis Photography, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
Pulp, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
Work In Progress, Design Center, Providence, RI
MFA Photography, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
2003 More is Better, 126 Union Street, Providence, RI
Libertad!, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
Outside the Bubble, The Space, Providence, RI
Wall Of Draw, Sol Koffler Annex, Providence, RI
2002 Photography Triennial, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Introducing, Red Eye Gallery, Providence, RI
2000 Saturate, CU Art Gallery, Boulder, CO
The Best Art Show Ever, Core Gallery, Denver, CO
1999 Marriage, Motherhood, Fatherhood, Friendship, Sibbel Wolle Fine Arts Building, Boulder, CO
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021 Smith Roberta, On Governors Island, Art Interventions Are Everywhere, The New York Times, May 6, 2021
2020 Editorial Staff, Colby Bird At Halsey McKay, Contemporary Art Daily, April 15, 2020
Landes, Jennifer, Dr. Frankenstein Lives at Halsey McKay, East Hampton Star, February 13, 2020
2014 Wilson, Michael, Colby Bird: Review, Artforum, March 1, 2014
AiA staff, Goings on About Town, The New Yorker, June 13, 2013
2013 AiA staff, Lookout: A Weekly Guide to Shows You Won’t Want to Miss, Art In America, June 27, 2013
Goings on About Town, The New Yorker, June 13, 2013
Claire van Ryzin, Artist Captures Awe of Light in Lamp Filled Exhibit, Jeanne, Austin 360, February 13, 2013
2012 Colby Bird, SculptureCenter, August 23, 2012
Schultz, Charles, NAC in SOHO: Colby Bird, Naked Art Criticism, April 20, 2012
2011 Geha, Katie, Critic’s Pick, Artforum, November 15, 2011
Meyers, Allison, Review, Pastelegram, September 30, 2011
Quinton, Luke, Bird’s Thoughtful Compositions, Austin American Statesman, September
28, 2011
2010 Fitzgerald, Ali, Art 21 Blog
Williams, Sam, Summer Camp, Frieze Magazine, April 2010
2009 Art Review, 60th Anniversary Scrapbook, December 2009
Crow, Kelly, Local Artists Are on The Rise, Wall Street Journal, Oct. 30, 2009
Watson, Kate, Colby Bird: Cold End, Austin Chronicle, July 24, 2009
Linden, Christina, Colby Bird, Art Lies, no. 62, Summer 2009
Barna, Daniel, Q&A with Colby Bird, Corduroy Magazine, January 28, 2009
Carlin, T.J., Studio visit: Colby Bird, TimeOut, January 1, 2009
2008 Weiner, Emily, Colby Bird, Heeb, December 2008
Coburn, Tyler, Evolution, Art Review, September 2008
Kaelin, Catherine, One Man’s Art Is Another Man’s Living Room In This Show, Columbia Spectator, February 5, 2008
2007 McAdams, Shane, Analogous Logic, The Brooklyn Rail, September 2007
Smith, Roberta, Colby Bird and Joshua Fields, New York Times, July 20, 2007
Cotter, Holland, Quirks and Attitude to Burn, New York Times, June 8, 2007
Dailey, Megan, Where the Boys Art, The Village Voice, June 26, 2007
2004 Rodriguez, Bill, Treasure Trove, The Providence Phoenix, May 28 – June 3, 2004
Seven Days and Seven Nights, Gay City News, July 22 – 28, 2004
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY