C H A R L E S C I T R O N
Overtoom 153e, 1054 HG Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tel./fax:(31)/(0)20-6230647; e-mail:
Born in New York, 1958
solo exhibitions
2006
Hard Boiled New York (photos), Neutral Space, Hove, East Sussex, England.
Hard Boiled New York (Lamda photo prints, 2 x 150 x 220 cm; and 2 x 60 x 80 cm), reception area of S-Color, Singel
Amsterdam (to sample their new NUR Tempo direct plate, indoor-outdoor enamel printer).
2004
Trans-Formations, Portuguese Esnoga, Amsterdam
2001
Gallery On, Joe goes Around the World, Poznan Poland, May
2000
Joods Historisch Museum, Amsterdam, Reconstructions, photo commission, November
1999
A Memory Palace, A Photo-Journey, Disoriented Perspectives, Nationaal Restauratie Centrum, Amsterdam
Where-House, The Flying Garmentos, Hooghuis Arnhem
Three Houses for The City of Utica, Sculpure Space, Utica, New York
1998
I wannabe a wallabee, site specific sculpture, Melbourne, Australia
1997
Reading Poles, Herzilya Gallery, Herzilya Israel
The Flying Garmentoes, Tel Aviv Artist’s Studios, Israel
1996
The Rubber Band Ball, De Veemvloer, Amsterdam
Ghost Stage, Artists' Museum, Lodz, Poland
Tent for Migrant, Scheuermann im Schauraum, Cologne, Germany
1995
Cytryna tent for Orient, Artist's Museum, Lodz, Poland
Route, Moltkerei Werkstatt, Cologne, Germany
Sky-Poles, on-site installation, Mitzpe-Ramon, Israel
1994
Fly Route, St. Benedicts Chapel, Plasy Monastery, Czech Republic
1993
Solo exhibition, Johan Jonker Gallery, Lijnbaansgracht 318, Amsterdam, Holland. Catalogue
Solo presentation, The Drawing Room, Amsterdam, Holland
Solo exhibition, State University of New York at Binghamton, Lecture, Art Department Gallery
1992
Two person show, Sculpture Space (with Simon Lee), Utica, New York, U.S.A.
1991
Two person show (with Andrei Roiter), Gallery Aschenbach, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1990
Two person show, The Old becomes New with Use, Time Based Arts, Amsterdam (with M. Schlanger)
Two person show, More than Blood, (with M. Schlanger), Montevideo, Gallery René Coelho, Amsterdam
1988
Two person show, Gallery Stelling, Amsterdam, Holland
Solo exhibition, Aula Rijksacademie voor Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Holland
group exhibitions
2010
awa, The Beehive Project, Overtoom 301, Amsterdam
1. New York Meltdown Photos 2. Woven sculptures 3. Rubber Band objects
Open Atelier Route with Stefan Bohenberger, Brussels
WG-punt, two person exhibition with Jelle Kampen
2009
Souvenir Art/Venice Bienale 2009, International Artist Museum, Artura/Projective, Catalogue
The Value of Form, Goethe Institute, Sofia Bulgaria, curated by Stefan Bohnenberger. Catalogue
Artists with Attitude, The Beehive Experiment, Loop Hive, Overtoom 301 Amsterdam
Retour NY-Amsterdam, Book and Exhibition. Project by Sacha De Boer and Sandi Gehring
Revolving Door, Griffis International Sculpture Garden, Rome, NY.
Art Strike Bienale, Alytus Lithuania
2008
Commission Assistant, Beth Am Synagogue with Martin Katz, Menlo Park California, USA
Camouflash, Dresden Germany, curated by Marius Soltysik, Catalogue
Mediations Bienale Poznan Poland, Camouflash Catalogue
Uitmarkt, Amsterdam Holland
NDSM Hot Docks Auction Amsterdam Holland
BeeHive Project Overtoom 301, Amsterdam Holland, showing: 1. Domestic Dialogue
2.Celestial Surrealism – Slipper Deposit 3. The Flying Garmentoes
4. Loop Theater, 5.Joe Goes Around The World.
2007
Smack-Mellon Benefit Auction, Kentucky Derby, Dumbo NY
Venice Bienale, Divine-Intent, Curated by Doron Polak, Venice Italy, Documenta, Kassel, Germany ,
The Angel, Orensanz Foundation Center N.Y. curated by Doron Polak
Serenity, curated by The Mark Anthony Foundation, Gallerie Dis, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Camouflash, Patio Art Center, Academy of Humanities and Economics, Lodz, Poland, Curated by Marius Soltysik
Potemkin Village, City Museum, Ljubljana Slovenia, Curated by Stephanie Benzaquen
2006
Gouda Museum, Fear of Diversity, The Messenger. (Installation) ‘Nederland I’, curated by Tjong Ang,
Smack- Melon Benefit Auction, Dumbo N.Y.
Making Love to My Ego, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester curated by ‘Another Product’,
Dawn Woolley and James Moore
12 International Sample of Performance Art, Ex Teresa Arte Actual,Mexico City, Mexico
2005
Venice Biennial, Poles Apart Poles Together, curated by Doron Polak, Projectizer Israel
BollyWood La Famiglia, W139, Hip Hop Club, Amsterdam, curated by Robert Duyf
Kingston Biennial, Kingston NY, curated by Stephen Ladin
Alytus Biennial, Alytus Lithauania, curated by Redas Dirzys
Sounds of the Sea, Haifa Israel, Haifa Maritime Museum, curated by Avraham Eilat
2004
Nieuwe Leden, Arti and Armicitae, Amsterdam
World Social Forum, Bombay,
The Gate Foundation, The Third Space in the Fourth World, Exhibition and Book Presentation
Dazzleville, NDSM Terrein, Amsterdam
Form without Foundation, Turkish BathHouse, Iassi, Romania, Curated by Stephanie Benzaquen and Matei Bejenaru
Bring on the Soap, BLT Bros, Amsterdam
Un-Staged, Arti and Amicitiae, Amsterdam, curated by Charlie Citron
2003
Raw, Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn NY, curated by Denise Carvalho
Post Hallucinating Optical Time Org, Photos, Shores Space, Amsterdam
Specificity, Riva Gallery, Chelsea NY curated by Odili Donald Odita
ZCCA, Arsenal Gallery, Bialystock, Poland curated by Martin Zet
The Wandering Library, Venice Bienale, curated by Doron Polak
If-2, Elementi, ,Archeological Museum Bitola Macedonia,
If 2, Turkish Bath-House, Skopje Macedonia
Markers-3, ‘Creative thirst’ – London Vinopolis - City of Wine
Markers 4, Banners by poets and artists, Luddock, Texas
2002
The Third Space in the Fourth World, Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai China
Site and Sight, Translating Cultures, Earl Lu Gallery, La Salle-Sia College of Arts,
Museum of Asian Civilizations Singapore
I and You ,On-Site Exhibition, Bitola Macedonia
On-Site Sculpture, Heerhugowaard
Group-Show, Arti et Amicitae Amsterdam
Site-ations, NewHouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbour,
Staten Island Institute of Science and Technology, New York
Keramuze 4, Curated by The European Ceramic WerkCenter, National Institute for Vaccin Research,
Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Foundation for Indian Artists, Gallery Lakeeren, Bombay
Sold, Christies Auction,Jim Beard Gallery,Amsterdam
Gate Foundation, Big Noodle Rhizome, Amsterdam
2001
Gallery Weisser Elephant, Berlin, June. Gallery Neues Problem, Berlin, Mega Pearls exhibition for Dirk Sommers,
Dirty Windows gallery
Gallery Lonsdale, Artists that Use Photography, Photo Kino Toronto, May
Venice Biennale, Markers, International Artist Museum, Plaza Garibaldi. Venice June
Bollywood Has Arrived, FIA, and Jim Beard Gallery, PTA Passenger Terminal Amsterdam, June, National Gallery
Bombay India. January 2002
Lance Fung Gallery NY, Onsite Project, Going Home, Edward Hopper House, New York
Gallery Inner Space Poznan, Contiinum, Gallery Wschodnia Lodz, Poland
Joe Meets Sailor, Onsite Film, with Piotr Kurka and Marek Wasilewskii
The Incredible Amazing Shrinking Art Show, Jim Beard Gallery, Amsterdam
Migrating Identities, The Hooghuis, Arnhem, curated by Renee Ridgeway
2000
Christofori, Amsterdam, Jim Beard Gallery, June
Art-Kitchen Amsterdam, curated by Raoul Marroquin, March
Mis-Understandings, Begane Grond Utrecht, August
Cambio Constanza, Zaragosa Spain
The World is a Flower, Construction in Process VII, Bydgosz Poland
Kareoke Bar, Jim Beard Gallery Amsterdam
Narratives, Out Line, Amsterdam Holland
European Ceramic Werk Center, presentation and residence, ’s Hertogenbosch
Strings, Heerhugowaard, Old Church Noord Holland
1999
Eigen Werk, Stadhouderkade 112, Amsterdam
Path-ologies, performance evening, Begane Grond, Utrecht, concept: Charlie Citron
Path-ologies II, performance evening, Traders Pop Gallery, Maastricht, concept: Charlie Citron
Guest-editor New Observations Magazine, A Memory Palace issue, New York
In-Visible, Arsenal Gallery, State Museum, Bialystok, Poland (catalogue)
Fairy Tales, Center for Meta Media, Plasy Monastery, Czech Republic
Khoj, International Artists Symposium and Exhibition, New Delhi, India
1998
The Bridge, Construction in Process VI, Melbourne, Australia
Editions, Art Kitchen, Amsterdam
The Democracy Show, Gate Foundation, Amsterdam
Art Fashion Show, KunstRai, Amsterdam
The Bad Art Show, Jim Beard Gallery, Amsterdam
My Home Gallery, Samorin Synagogue, Bratislava
The Cotton Club, Jim Breard presents, Amsterdam
Cool it 2, De Boterhal, Hoorn
Art Omi, exhibition and residence
Ifficial Art, Renault Auto-installation, Media park, Cologne
Hit and Run, Bad Art Show, Amsterdam
1997
Shoot-out in Old Town Square, performance with photos, Divus Publications, Prague, Czech Republic
AU goes places, color photography, 31 east 1st street, New York, curated by A. Keiser and U. Cornely
Red Door Gallery, 348 West 15th street, New York
Art Resources Transfer, Art Auction, 504 West 22nd street, New York
You can’t get from here to there, Gallery Valkenberg, performance with J. Fleishman and T. Benjamin, Rotterdam
You can’t get from here to there, Het Consortium, performance with J. Fleishman and T. Benjamin, Amsterdam
Art Hotel, Why are we here, Performance exhibition with Theo Schepens, Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam
Salt of the Earth, Herzilya Gallery, Herzilya Israel
Cool it, Art Kitchen, Amsterdam
1996
Exit Art, Shop Installation, Rubberbandware, New York
In Paradise, Pyramida Art Center for Contemporary Art, Haifa, Israel (catalogue), Artist's Curator Mount Carmel Hospital, Group photos, Haifa, Israel
Movement-Inertia, fax, PostPac, logo, Ludwig Forum Aachen, Proton ICA Amsterdam, Universidade, Valencia, Spain
The Veemvloer Amsterdam, The Souk in a project by J.Fleishman A Fall from Grace
A Memory Palace, Artist's Museum, Lodz, Poland, concept and co-organiser
1995
La Chambre des Collages, 1e Helmersstraat 121, Amsterdam, Holland
Ku(n)stlijn, on-site sculpture, curated by Jan de Lange, Hoorn, Holland
Naturkunden, Rheinische Landesklinik, Bedburg-Hau, by H.-W. Bott, Paszti Bott Gallery, Germany
Der Grosse Guckkasten, (La stanza degli seguardi), La Domus Ciliota di Venezia, Venice, Italy. By Stefan Bohnenberger
Drei schöne Panoramen, Dirty Windows Gallery, Kurfürstendamm, Berlin, Germany
Co-Existence, IV Construction in Process, The Artists Museum, Mitzpe Ramon, Israel
Galerie Just, Art Association of Turku, Finland
Der Grosse Guckkasten, Academy of Fine Art, Budapest, Hungary, curated by S. Bohnenberger
Papier, Gallery Hohenthal und Bergen, Cologne, Germany
1994
Charismatic Images, Johan Jonker Gallery, curated by D. Garcia, Amsterdam
Der Grosse Guckkasten, Gallery Paszti Bott, curated by Stefan Bohnenberger, Cologne
Never Existentialismus, studio exhibition by Wilhelm Hein, Hafensalon, Cologne
Hommage to William S. Burroughs, studio exhibition by Annette Frick, Altewallgasse 2a, Cologne
Art Hotel, Amsterdam Hilton Hotel, curated by Johan Jonker
White Columns, Benefit auction with Judith Fleishman, New York City, USA
Gallery Paul van Esch, Group exhibition with David Lindberg and Caro Bensca, Eindhoven, Holland
Fungus exhibition, Plasy Monastery, Czech Republic
Maastricht Circle, Gallery Henn, Maastricht, Holland
1993
5 year Hoeksteen, Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam, Holland
Gallery Johan Jonker, 90 Degrees, P. Potterstraat 38, Amsterdam, Holland
W139, En Scène, Warmoesstraat 139, Amsterdam, Holland
Limited Space, Gallery Schouten en de Vries, Haarlem, Holland
The Monastery San Nicolo, Lido Venice, Entraxis, Venice, Italy
Gallery Johan Jonker, drawings, P. Potterstraat, Amsterdam, Holland
Carl d'Aquino, Fluids, 520 Broadway, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
1992
Gallery Z, Alte Wallgasse 2a, Cologne, Germany, drawings
Bloom Gallery, Amulet, Bloemstraat 150, Amsterdam, Holland
The Threadwaxing Space, The Interactive Show, 476 Broadway, New York
Dooley Le Cappelaine Gallery, 252 Lafayette Street, New York
1991
Two month residency and installation, Sculpture Space, Utica, New York
No Germans to the Front, Saulenhalle, Bayernstrasse 28, Cologne, Germany
Bird Song, Eupenerstrasse 57-59, Cologne, Germany
I/Ich, Gallery Storm, Rechtboomsloot 42, Amsterdam
1990
Rijksmuseum Twente, Beroepsexpositie, Stichting Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Enschede, Holland
1989
Gallery Stelling, Leiden, Holland
Group show, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, Holland
teaching
2010 Kunstenaars & Co. Course in Art and Internationalism x 2 Amsterdam
Kunstenaars& Co. Mentoring and External Advice, International Projects
Sculpture Workshop, Menlo Park California
2009 Kunstenaars & Co. Course in Art and Internationalism x2 Amsterdam
Kunstenaars& Co. Mentoring and External Advice, International Projects
Sculpture Workshop, Menlo Park California
Lecture Workshop Performance Festival, Artots, ’s Hertogenbosch
2008 Kunstenaars & Co. Course in Art and Internationalism x4
Kunstenaars & Co. Mentoring and External Advice, International Projects
2007 Panelist, NYFA,NewYork Foundation for The Arts,Performance and Interdisciplinary Categories, New York
Kunstenaars & Co. Course in Art and Internationalism x4
Kunstenaars& Co. Mentoring and External Advice, International Projects
2006 Abstract Sculpture Workshop Menlo Park and lecture at Pacific Art League in Palo Alto, California
Kunstenaars& Co,course in Art and Internationalism, Amsterdam.
2005 Kunstenaar & Co, course in Art and Internationalism, Amsterdam
Abstract Sculpture Workshop, Menlo Park, California
2004 Portrait Workshop, Lecture, Menlo Park California
2002 The Third Space in the Fourth World, Symposium, East Link Gallery, Shanghai China
2001 Lectures at: Bard College (NY), Florida State University in Tallahassee, University of South Florida at Tampa and Florida University of Florida in Gainesville, The Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam, Re-Constructions.
2000 Rietveld Academie, lecture, May
Mont Clair State University, The Art Forum Lecture Series with Dominique Nahas, The Joe Slide Show, Joe Goes around the World, Feb.
Hamilton College, N. Y., Parallel Histories, March
College of St. Rose, School of Art, A Memory Palace, March
Munsen-Williams Proctor Institute, A Memory Palace, March
1999 The British Council, Re-Membering Symposium, part of the Khoj International Workshop, A Memory Palace, New Delhi India, November
1998 Lecture Victoria College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia
1997 Alon School of Art, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Herzilya High School, Herzilya Israel
1996 Lecture, School of Visual Arts, New York, Photography and on-site works, with Miriam Fishman
On-site work, art as intervention, Haifa University, Israel
Maalot-Tarsheha Community Center, Israel, Workshop with Arab and Jewish students at the Pyramida Art
Center for Contemporary Art, Haifa, Israel
1995 Lecture, Turku Art Association, Finland
1994 Lecture and Teaching Sheffield Hillam University, Sheffield, England
1993 Exhibition Lecture Workshop, State University of New York at Binghamton, U.S.A.
Lecture Gerrit Rietveld Academy at Johan Jonker Gallery organized by Adam Colton
1992 Lecture, Kent Institute of Art and Design K.I.A.D., Canterbury, England
education
1982 BA Art/Art History State University of NewYork at Binghamton
1988 Fellow RijksAcademie voor Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Sculpture Department
grants, awards, residencies
- Mondriaan Stichting,Group show, Without Foundations, Iassi Romania,2004
- Basis Stipendium, St.Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam 2002
- Werkbeurs, Fonds van de Kunst, September 2001
- Mondriaan Stichting ,Group Show, Third Space in the Fourth World, Shanghai, March 2002
- Prince Bernhard Fonds, Group Show, Third Space in the Fourth World, March 2002
- Netherlands Consulate , I and You, Skopje Macedonia 2002
- Europees Keramisch Werkcentrum, August-November 2000
- Werkbeurs, Fonds van de Kunst, Amsterdam (April 1999)
- Prins Bernhard Fonds (1998), The Bridge, Melbourne, Australia
- Prins Bernhard Fonds, (1997), Reading Poles
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands (1996), In Paradise