Artists

David Hartt



Artist Bio

Born 1967 in Montréal, Canada
Lives and works in Chicago

EDUCATION
1994
MFA, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago

1991
BFA, The University of Ottawa, Canada


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
Interval, The Art Institute of Chicago
Interval, LAxART, Los Angeles
Adrift, Or Gallery, Vancouver

2014
for everyone a garden VIII, Or Gallery, Vancouver
Stray Light, The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
The Republic, David Nolan Gallery, New York

2013
for everyone a garden, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago
Stray Light, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
Stray Light, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York

2011
Stray Light, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Belvedere, Golden Age, Chicago

2009
of great societies, Howard House, Seattle

1998
Biarritz, Deven Golden Fine Art, New York

1997
David Hartt/Anton Vidokle, Deven Golden Fine Art, New York (two-person exhibition)

1996
Matthew Cusick and David Hartt, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York (two-person exhibition)

1995
L’Observatoire Galerie, Brussels
Ten in One Gallery, Projects Space, Chicago
Zolla-Lieberman Gallery, Chicago (two-person exhibition with CAR)


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
By the Book: New Photography Publications, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA

2015
2015 Biennial of the Americas: NOW!, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver
America Is Hard to See, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Looking Back/The 9th White Columns Annual - Selected by Cleopatra’s, White Columns, New York

2014
Canadian Biennial, Shine a light/Sugir de l'ombra, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Speaking of People Ebony, Jet and Contemporary Art, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
Aimia | AGO Photography Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of Ontario, Ontario

2013
CITY SELF, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

2009
If Night is a Weed and Day Grows Less (organized by David Hartt), Howard House, Seattle

1996
Epreuves de Désir, Moving Art Gallery, Coupole, Brussels
artists from chicago (in collaboration with MWMWM), allgirls Gallery, Berlin

1995
Uncomfortable show 2, MWMWM Gallery, Chicago
...et n’oublie pas mon petit soulier, L’Observatoire Galerie, Brussel
Vast, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago
The Friendly Village, Layton Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee

1994
(not so) negative, Ten in One Gallery, Chicago


AWARDS & GRANTS
Canada Council Project Grant
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists
United States Artists Cruz Fellowship
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award
Artadia Award
Art Matters Grant

RESIDENCIES
Headlands Center for the Arts

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago
The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
The National Gallery of Canada
The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

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