B. Wurtz: Bio

DOWNLOAD BIOGRAPHY IN PDF Born in Pasadena, California, in 1948 Lives in New York City
EDUCATION
1980	California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA; MFA
1970	University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; BA
ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2017	Lulu, Mexico City
2016	Metro Pictures at 83 Pitt Street, New York "Selected Works, 1970-2016," La Casa Encendida, Madrid (catalogue) Office Baroque, Belgium
2015	"Daily Life, Continued," Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany FOUR A.M., New York "Four Collections," The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut "Selected Works, 1970-2016," BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, United Kingdom (catalogue) "Works in Handmade Paper 2013-2015," Dieu Donné, New York World Food Books, Melbourne
2014	Maisterravalbuena, Madrid Mary Boone Gallery, New York, two-person show with Jim Isermann Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles The Apartment, Vancouver
2013	Galerija Gregor Podnar, Berlin Kate MacGarry, London "History Works," duo show with Triple Canopy, Bureau, New York Metro Pictures, New York
2012	White Flag Projects, Saint Louis, Missouri
2011	"B. Wurtz: Works 1970-2011," Metro Pictures, New York
2010	The Apartment, Vancouver
2007	Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles "B. Wurtz: Photo/Objects," 871 Fine Arts, San Francisco
2006	The Suburban, Oak Park, IL Feature Inc., New York
2003	Feature Inc., New York
2001	Feature Inc., New York
2000	"B. Wurtz: 70+30=2000," Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago (catalogue) Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles "buttons. part 1," Feature Inc., New York "buttons. part 2," Feature Inc., New York
1999	Salle de Bains, Rotterdam Spak, Umeå, Sweden
1998	Feature Inc., New York
1997	Feature Inc., New York Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles
1996	Ynglingagatan 1, Stockholm
1995	"Mandalas," Feature Inc., New York
1993	"Daily Life, 1970-1993," Feature, New York (catalogue)
1992	Feature, New York
1991	Feature, New York
1990	"Life," Feature, New York
1989	"Survival," Feature, New York
1988	Bess Cutler Gallery, New York
1987	Feature, Chicago Bess Cutler Gallery, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015	"The Lulennial: A Slight Gestuary," Lulu, Mexico City
2014	"Zabriskie Point," Jack Hanley Gallery, New York "Joyride," Marlborough Broome Street, New York "Displayed," Anton Kern Gallery, New York "This One's Optimistic: Pincushion," New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut
2013	"ACTIVATE NY," Abrons Art Center, New York, curated by Kristian Nammack "2013 Café Horizon (You slowly look around now—hold it)," Arthur Boskamp-Stiftung, Hohenlockstedt, Germany "Neomaterialism," MoBY—Museums of Bat Yam, Israel "Work" (organized by Sara Greenberger Rafferty), Klaus Von Nichsstagend, New York "LAT. 41° 7' N., LONG. 72° 19' W," Martos Gallery, East Marion, New York "Ten Years," Wallspace, New York "The Cat Show," White Columns, New York Prague Biennial, Czech Republic "Alexandre da Cunha, Michael Rey, Michael Williams, B. Wurtz," Office Baroque, Antwerp, Belgium "Celluloid Brushes," Ludlow 38, New York
2012	"OO", Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, Japan, curated by Rob Halverson / C-o-o-l Art "Josh Tonsfeldt & B. Wurtz," ANNAELLEGALLERY, Stockholm, Sweden "Bulletin Boards," Venus Over Manhattan, New York; curated by White Columns "All In Line," Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York Everyday Abstract—Abstract Everyday, James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA; curated by Matthew Higgs "Creature from the Blue Lagoon," Martos Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY; organized by Bob Nickas "The Art of Cooking," Royal/T, Culver City, CA "Everyday Things: Contemporary Works from the Collection," Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI I Surrender, Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago New Traditionalists, Martos Gallery, New York; organized by Mary Grace Wright "B. Wurtz & Co.," Richard Telles Gallery, Los Angeles; curated by Matthew Higgs "Cheat Chains and Telephone," Kansas, New York "Xylor Jane and B. Wurtz," Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR "Anagram City," Golden Gallery, Chicago Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, National Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
2011	"Moment-Ynglingagatan 1," Moderna Museet, Stockholm "Antic Measures," Gregor Podnar Gallery, Berlin "Underemployed," Zürcher Studio, New York; curated by Josh Blackwell "The 2011 Bridgehampton Biennial," Martos Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY; organized by Bob Nickas (catalogue) "Pandora's Box: Joseph Cornell Unlocks the MCA Collection," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago "Building Blocks: Contemporary Works from the Collection," Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence "Two Fold," Michelle Grabner/Brad Killam home, Oak Park, IL; curated by Colleen Asper & Ethan Greenbaum "Salon Zürcher," Zürcher Studio, New York "The Potential of Twist Ties Remains Elusive," an online project curated by Jo-ey Tang; papermonument.com
2010	"Salad Days," The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY "Stuff Art," U.turn Art Space, Cincinnati, OH "S(l)umm(er)ing on Madison Avenue," Notary Public, New York; curated by Jo-ey Tang "The Same Sight Slighter," Renwick Gallery, New York "Mean and Sneaking," FiveMyles, Brooklyn; curated by Vicki Sher
2009	"Skulture," Feature Inc., New York "Hello Goodbye Thank You, Again," Castillo/Corrales, Paris; curated by Anthony Huberman "Exposed Terrain," Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA; curated by Amra Brooks (catalogue) "Another '80s," Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York "Curated By-Vienna 09: B. Wurtz & Noam Rappaport @ Galerie Steinek," curated by Matthew Higgs "N'importe Quoi (Anything)," Musée d'Art Contemporain de Lyon, France; curated by Vincent Pecoil and Olivier Vadrot "Phot(o)bjects," Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver and Lawrimore Project, Seattle; curated by Bob Nickas
2008	"Peanut Gallery," The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn; curated by Joe Bradley "Shit," Feature Inc., New York "The Box," Norma Desmond Productions, Los Angeles "Living Flowers: Ikebana and Contemporary Art," Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles "Stephen Prina, James Welling, B. Wurtz," Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles "Field Work," The Apartment, Vancouver "Object Salon," Honey Space, New York; curated by Bob Nickas, Kathy Grayson, Pascal Spengemann, Brooke Geahan, and Thomas Beale "Styrofoam," Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (brochure)
2007	"Christopher Knowles and B. Wurtz," Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston; curated by Matthew Higgs "Open End," Kinkead Contemporary, Culver City, CA; curated by David McDonald "You Always Move in Reverse," Leo Koenig Inc., New York; curated by Bjarne Melgaard
2006	"B. Wurtz, Christopher Knowles," Herald Street Gallery, London "The Chair, Reconsidered," Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID "Eldorado," Mudam Luxembourg, Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg "Dereconstruction," Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York; curated by Matthew Higgs (catalogue)
2005	"Looking at Words," Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York; conceived by Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel "The O Show," Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ; Kresge Foundation Gallery, Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ (2006); curated by MatCH-Art "Studio: Seven Months of My Aesthetic Education (Plus Some) NYC Version and Climaxed," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Musée d'Orsay, Paris (web catalogue) "The sun rises in the evening.," Feature Inc., New York
2004	"Word of Mouth, A Selection: Part 1," Dinter Fine Art, New York "Curious Crystals of Unusual Purity," P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY; organized by Bob Nickas and Steve Lafreniere
2002	"All That Glitters," Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY; curated by Karen Shaw (catalogue) "GTt2," Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco; curated by ANP (catalogue)
2001	"Sharon Kaitz/B. Wurtz," Allston Skirt Gallery, Allston, MA "Double Visions," Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York "Texty," M du B, F, H & g, Montreal "W," Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dole, France; curated by Robert Nickas (catalogue) "Not a. Lear," Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York; Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA; curated by ANP "Een Goed In De Weg Staande Tafel," Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam; curated by Jack Jaeger
2000	"Bubbles," Center for Contemporary Non-Objective Art, Brussels; curated by Edith Doove (catalogue) "3ness," Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium; curated by Edith Doove, Dike Blair, and Jimi Dams "Not a. Lear," Torch, Amsterdam; Art Process, Paris; Galerie S. & H. De Buck, Ghent, Belgium; curated by ANP
1999	"Would have had.," Cabinet, London "Cookie Snow Feature," Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam "Pretty Happy Painting (with Michael Lazarus and David Moreno)," M du B, F, H & g, Montreal "Sticker Shock: Artists' Stickers," Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (catalogue) "Surface As Structure," Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA; curated by Sue Spaid (catalogue)
1998	"Word Perfect," Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago "f.i.s.t.," ANP, Antwerp, Belgium "Science," Feature Inc., New York "Opens," M du B, F, H & g, Montreal
1997	"Fake Ecstasy With Me," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago "Normotic," One Great Jones, New York; curated by David Humphrey "At the Threshold of the Visible: Minuscule and Small-Scale Art, 1964-1996," Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Maryland Institute College of Art, Decker Galleries, Baltimore, MD; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario; Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, Virginia Beach, VA; Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA; Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA; curated by Ralph Rugoff (catalogue) "Bring Your Own Walkman," W139, Amsterdam; curated by Jack Jaeger (catalogue) "Hello" (with Dike Blair, Vincent Fecteau and Richard Hawkins), Feature Inc., New York "Flying Buttress Please," Torch, Amsterdam "Twist" (with Jean-Philippe Antoine and Stephan Melzl), Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris
1996	"Acts of Obsession," Carla Stellweg Gallery, New York "Invitational +," Adam Baumgold Fine Art, New York
1995	"It's Only Rock and Roll: Rock and Roll Currents in Contemporary Art," Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH (catalogue) "Representational Drawings," Feature Inc., New York "Strung Into the Apollonian Dream...," Feature Inc., New York "Smells Like Vinyl," Roger Merians Gallery, New York; organized by Sarah Seager and Thaddeus Strode "Stretch Out and Wait" (with Keith Mayerson and Megan Williams), Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles
1994	"Lessons in Life: Photographic Works from the Boardroom Collection," Art Institute of Chicago "Sex," Adam Baumgold Fine Art, New York "Paintings," Feature Inc., New York "Projets et Dessins," Galerie Claire Burrus, Paris "Wood Works," Adam Baumgold Fine Art, New York
1993	"Influx," Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago "les petits riens de la vie," La Galerie Volée à Une Muse, Lyons, France "The Return of the Cadavre Exquis," The Drawing Center, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO; Fundación para el Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City; Santa Monica Art Museum, Santa Monica, CA; curated by Ann Philbin and Ingrid Schaffner (catalogue)
1992	"Another Subjectivity," Galerie Martina Detterer, Frankfurt am Main (catalogue) "Jori Felice, Richard Hawkins, B. Wurtz," Roy Boyd Gallery, Santa Monica, CA "Tattoo Collection," Galerie Jennifer Flay and Urbi et Orbi, Paris; Daniel Buchholz, Cologne; Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York; Centre Regional d'Art Contemporain, Nantes, France; Air de Paris, Nice, France; organized by Air de Paris and Urbi et Orbi
1991	"Objectionable Beauty," Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles "Rocking Horses for Children in Crisis," Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York "Directly On and Off the Wall," Palm Beach Community College Museum of Art, Lake Worth, FL; curated by Kip Eagen
1990	"Work on Paper," Paula Allen Gallery, New York "The Thing Itself," Feature, New York "Perspectives on Place: Attitudes Towards the Built Environment," University Art Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA "The New School Collects: Recent Acquisitions," Parsons School of Design, New York; curated by Kathleen Goncharov
1989	Marta Cervera Gallery, New York "Buttinsky," Feature, New York "Cinderella Rockefeller," Feature, New York "Poetic Objectives," Curt Marcus Gallery, New York; curated by Gordon VeneKlasen "Romancing the Stone," Feature, New York "Dorothy," Center for Contemporary Art, Chicago; curated by Hudson "Double Take," Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
1988	"Photo Poetics," Jack Shainman Gallery, Washington, DC "The Logic of Display," P.S.1, The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, NY; curated by Paul Laster and Renee Riccardo (catalogue) "Re:Placement," Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA; curated by Joy Silverman and Marc Pally "A Visible Order," Otis/Parsons Exhibition Center, Los Angeles; curated by Paul Laster and Renee Riccardo "Near Miss," Feature, Chicago "Photography on the Edge," Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI (catalogue) "Information as Ornament," Feature and Rezac Gallery, Chicago; curated by Hudson and Susan Rezac (catalogue) "New Strategies," Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles; curated by Clayton Press and Gregory Linn (catalogue)
1987	"(of Ever-Ever Land i speak)," Stux Gallery, New York; curated by Christian Leigh (catalogue) "Small Scale Sculpture," Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta (catalogue) "Actualities," Ledis Flam Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (catalogue) "Signs of Intelligent Life," Greathouse Gallery, New York Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles "Sculpture," Bess Cutler Gallery, New York "Post-Abstract Abstraction," Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT; curated by Eugene Schwartz (catalogue) "Gallery Artists," Bess Cutler Gallery, New York "Nature," Feature, Chicago INTAR Latin American Gallery, New York, NY; curated by Hudson "CalArts: Skeptical Belief(s)," Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago; Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA (catalogue)
1986	"Promises, Promises," Feature, Chicago "Six Sculptors," Artists Space, New York (catalogue) "Religion: Painting and Sculpture," Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
1985	"Post Olympic Art," Galerie Beau Lezard, Paris
1984	"Post Olympic Art," Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles (catalogue)
1981	"Lynne Henkel, B. Wurtz," Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2016	Hainley, Bruce and Winer, Helene. B. Wurtz: Selected Works. BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK and La Casa Encendida, Madrid Hainley, Bruce and Winer, Helene. B. Wurtz: Obras escogidas. BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK and La Casa Encendida, Madrid "In conversation: B. WURTZ with Sara Roffino," The Brooklyn Rail, June, 32-34 Cumming, Laura. "B Wurtz: Selected works 1970-2015 review—everyday rubbish reimagined," TheGuardian.com, 3 January Krasinski, Jennifer. "The Slightest Move: On Two Artists Who Possess A Profoundly Light Touch," VillageVoice.com, 8 March Sam, Sherman. "B. Wurtz: Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art," Artforum, February, 250 Hanley, Sarah Kirk. "Edition Reviews: B. Wurtz," ArtInPrint.org, 1 April O'Donnell, Annie. "Review: B. Wurtz, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead," Corridor8.co.uk, 31 January Russeth, Andrew. "Around New York," ARTnews, Summer, 118-121 Higgs, Matthew. "Best of 2016," Artforum, December, cover, 210
2015	Prince, Mark. "B Wurtz: Kunstverein Freiburg," flashartonline.com, 2 June
2014	Prince, Mark. "B. Wurtz at Gregor Podnar, Berlin," Frieze d/e, March/April, 127-9 Vrancken, Judith. "B. Wurtz at Gregor Podnar, Berlin," Flash Art, January/February, 103-4 Wurtz, B. "Collectors: The Sculptors on Recent Acquisitions," Aperture, Summer, 12
2013	Hall, Emily. "B. Wurtz at Metro Pictures," Artforum, Summer, 359 Schjeldahl, Peter. "B. Wurtz," The New Yorker, 15 April, 14
2012	Baran, Jessica. "B. Wurtz at White Flag Projects," Art in America, December, 192 "John Newman and B. Wurtz," BOMB, Summer, 24-33 Wurtz, B. and Steel Stillman. B. Wurtz: Food and Watercolors, Publication Studio, Portland, Oregon Rosenberg, Karen, "Check Out the Gallery in the Freezer, 'Creature From the Blue Lagoon,' in Bridgehampton," New York Times, 12 August, C21 Gass, William, "Making an Understatement: B. Wurtz at White Flag Projects," St. Louis Magazine, 24 September Heidenry, Rachel, "'B. Wurtz' demands attention at White Flag," St. Louis Beacon, 26 September Pagel, David. "B. Wurtz & Co. at Richard Telles Fine Art," Los Angeles Times, 29 March Soto, Paul. "B Wurtz's Legacy Is Unfinished," Art in America, 4 April Motley, John. "Unlikely Pair of Artists Share Obsession with Time," The Oregonian, 7 March Khazam, Rahma. "Antic Measures," artforum.com, Critics' Picks, 5 Jan
2011	Baker, R.C. "The Best NYC Art Shows of 2011," Village Voice, 28 December Prince, Mark. "Antic Measures," Frieze, 15 December Smith, Roberta. "Substance and Spectacle," New York Times, 16 December Smith, Roberta. "Best of 2011," nytimes.com, 16 December (slide show) Reber, Simone. "Antic Measures," artnet.com, 22 December Levin, Kim. Review, Artnews, November Reisman, David. Review, Frieze, October Wilson, Siona. Review, ArtReview, October Neustein, Andrea. Review, Flash Art, October Turvey, Lisa. Artforum, October MacQueen, Kathleen. "Shifting Connections: Summer Shorts," BOMBlog, 2 September Rosenberg, Karen. "All Nooks, Crannies, Bedrooms and Trees are Backdrops for Art," New York Times, 7 August 2011 Indrisek, Scott. "The Pleasures of the Prosaic at the Bridgehampton Biennial," Modern Painters, posted 15 August 2011 Sharp, Chris. "The Big Picture," essay in Ian Pedigo, exhibition catalogue, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, 11-18 Review, New Yorker, Goings On About Town, 8 August Salsbury, Britany. "B. Wurtz," artforum.com, Critic's Picks, 26 July Esplund, Lance. Review, Wall Street Journal, 23 July Smith, Roberta. "An Artist Who Makes Much Out of Very Little," New York Times, 1 July, C23 Kimball, Whitney. "B. Wurtz: Works at Metro Pictures," artfagcity.com, 29 June Sterns, Jamie. "B. Wurtz, 1970-2011-Metro Pictures," Ya Ya Ya, 27 June Baker, R.C. "Best in Show: B. Wurtz at Metro Pictures," Village Voice, 6 July Wilson, Michael. "B. Wurtz and Peter Nadin Prove It's Easy Being Green," New York Observer, 5 July Barliant, Claire. "Review: B. Wurtz, 'Works 1970-2011,'" Time Out New York, 5 July Indrisek, Scott. "Simple Quirks: B. Wurtz Gets Appreciated," Modern Painters, Summer, 21 McClemont, Doug. "Dough McClemont's Top Ten New York Shows in July," Saatchi Online Magazine, 13 July Miranda, Carolina A. "This Week: Must-See Arts in the City," WNYC Culture, 23 June Rosenberg, Karen. Review of "Salon Zürcher," New York Times, 4 March 2011, C25
2010	Grabner, Michelle and Brad Killam. Can I Come Over to Your House? The First Ten Years of The Suburban, 1999-2009, Poor Farm Press, Manawa, WI Peck, Aaron. Review, artforum.com, Critics' Picks, Summer Smith, Roberta. "Same Sight Slighter," New York Times, 13 May
2009	McDade, Jackson. "Skulture Vulture", ArtSlant.com, 27 December 2009 Adler, Dan. "Phot(o)bjects," Frieze, September Griffin, Kevin. "Breaking through dimensions: Photo show challenges convention," Vancouver Sun, 22 May Vogel, Sabine B. "Correspondences," artforum.com, 18 May 2009 Horny, Henriette. "Fremde Herren in den eigenen Geschäften" (review of "Curated By"), Kurier, 4 May 2009 Fessler, Anne Katrin. "Alternativkommandos und geladene Störköche: 'Curated By,'" Der Standard, 8 May "Slideshow: Viennafair 2009," Art—Das Kunstmagazin, 11 May 2009 (reproduction) Cotter, Holland. Review of "Peanut Gallery," New York Times, 30 January
2008	Hodge, Brook. "Seeing Things: Flower Power," The Moment: The New York Times Style Magazine Blog, 26 June McQuaid, Cate. "Breaking Down the Beauty of Styrofoam," Boston Globe, 28 March Smith, Roberta. Review of "Begin Again Right Here," New York Times, 3 October Steele, Robin. "RISD Museum's 'Styrofoam' Features Kilted Lincoln," Brown Daily Herald, 31 March Van Siclen, Bill. "Flights of Foam at RISD," Providence Sunday Journal, 9 March Velasco, David. "Nayland Blake at Matthew Marks," Artforum.com, Picks
2007	Baker, Kenneth. "Wurtz Plays with Architecture, Illusion," San Francisco Chronicle, 3 November, E10 Brooks, Amra. "Our Favorite Shows and Artifacts,: Art to Live For, by LA Weekly Critics," LA Weekly, 26 December Clark, E. K., "Back to Basics," NY Arts, January/February (reproduction) Frank, Peter. "The Big Picture and the Small," LA Weekly, 14 February Helfand, Glen. "B. Wurtz at 871 Fine Arts," Artforum.com, Picks, posted 8 November Knight, Christopher. "When Mere Gray Is More Than Gray," Around the Galleries, Los Angeles Times, 20 April McQuaid, Cate, Boston Globe, Arts and Entertainment, 15 March Ollman, Leah. Around the Galleries, Los Angeles Times, 12 January, E32
2006	Andrews, Betsy. Review of "The Chair, Reconsidered," Idaho Mountain Express, 14 June Baker, R. C. "Chicken and Eggs," Village Voice, 13-19 September, 58 Jones, Kristin M. Review of "Dereconstruction," Frieze, October, 259 Masters, H. G. Review, L Magazine, 30 August-12 September, 68 McKinnon, John. Review, Time Out Chicago, 19-25 October Princenthal, Nancy. Review, Art in America, December Velasco, David. Review, Artforum.com, Critics' Picks, 18 September Velasco, David. Review of "Dereconstruction," Artforum, September, 374 Winkleman, Edward. Artist of the Week, edwardwinkleman.blogspot.com, 10 July Review, Art MoCo, 31 October Update, Interior Design, June, 38 (reproduction)
2005	Cotter, Holland. "The Sun Rises in the Evening," New York Times, 10 June, E44 Hainley, Bruce. "Only Connect: The Art of B. Wurtz," Artforum, October, 242-247 (reproductions)
2004	White, Roger. Review of "Curious Crystals of Unusual Purity," Brooklyn Rail, September, 17
2002	Olson, Marisa S. "Guide to Trust No. 2 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts," Artweek, May
2001	Cotter, Holland. Review, New York Times, 14 December, E40 Cotter, Holland, "Not a. Lear," New York Times, 12 October, E37 Grabner, Michelle. Review, Frieze, April, 96 (reproduction) McQuaid, Cate. "Everyday Epiphanies," Boston Globe, 19 April, D6
2000	Johnson, Ken. Review, New York Times, 28 January, E37
1999	Bostrom, Patrik. Review, Vasterbottens Folkblad, 15 March, 3 Hainley, Bruce. "Best of the '90s: Top Ten," Artforum, December, 130 Ivy, Angus. "WOp: ANP Antwerp, Belgium," Zingmagazine 3 (Spring/Summer), 230
1998	Hainley, Bruce. "Boys will be Boys," Frieze, November/December, 42 Schmerler, Sarah. Review, Time Out New York, 24 September-1 October, 61
1997	Cotter, Holland. "A Show That Could Travel In Just a Carry-On Bag," New York Times, 14 December, E44-45 Doran, Anne. Review, Time Out New York, 7 August, 47 Kandel, Susan. Review, Los Angeles Times, 16 May, F21 Madestrand, Bo. Review, Expressen, 7 January, 4 (reproduction) Peeters, Mark. Review, NRC Handelsblad, 17 January Rian, Jeff. "Letter from Paris," Artnet.com, posted 24 March
1996	Ericsson, Lars O. Review, Dagens Nyheter, 20 December, B3 (reproduction)
1995	Levin, Kim. Village Voice, Choices, 28 March, 9
1993	Levin, Kim. Village Voice, Choices, 11 May, 75 Princenthal, Nancy. "Artist's Book Beat," Print Collector's Newsletter, March/April, 28 Robinson, Walter. "Music to Your Eyes: CD Covers Play Tribute to Modern Masterpieces," Mademoiselle, October, 102 (reproduction) Saltz, Jerry. "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday," Art in America, September, 41-45 Smith, Roberta. Review, New York Times, 14 May, C26 Weidenbaum, Marc. "More Pictures + Music," Pulse!, August, 17
1992	Pagel, David. Review, ArtIssues March/April, 34
1991	Goings On About Town, New Yorker, 29 April, 17 Schjeldahl, Peter. "The Salon of April," Village Voice, 14 May, 86 Schwan, Gary. "On and Off-The-Wall Art," Palm Beach Post, 5 April, 35
1990	Gutterman, Scott. "Natural and Unnatural Causes," Art International, Autumn, 58 (reproduction) Harris, Patty. "Four Summer Art Shows," Downtown, 29 August, 12-13 (reproduction) Smith, Roberta. "The Group Show as Crystal Ball," New York Times, 6 July, C:1, 23
1989	Cooper, Dennis. Review, Artforum, Summer, 143 (reproduction) Haus, Mary. Review, ARTnews, December, 169-170 Hixson, Kathryn. Review of "Dorothy," Chicago in Review, Arts, November, 110 Smith, Roberta. Review of "Romancing the Stone," New York Times, 11 August, C21
1988	Finnegan, Patrick. Review of "Photo Poetics," Washington Blade, 1 April, 21 Grundberg, Andy. "The Logic of Display," New York Times, 29 January Knight, Christopher. "Re:Placement Parts: Alternative Galleries Break Down Walls," Los Angeles Herald Examiner, 20 March, E10 McCoy, Pat. Review of "(of Ever-Ever Land I speak)," Artscribe International, January/February, 73 Raczka, Robert. "The Next Generation," Afterimage, November, 20-21 Richard, Paul. Review of "Photo Poetics," Washington Post, 25 March Thorson, Alice. Review of "Photo Poetics," Washington Times, 31 March
1987	Artner, Alan. Review, Chicago Tribune, 12 March, 9F Handy, Ellen. Review of "The Four Corners of Abstraction," Arts, November, 108-109
1984	Drohojowska, Hunter. "An Exhibit to Lift Your Post-Olympic Spirits," Los Angeles Herald Examiner, 7 September, 27 Relyea, Lane. "Focus on Cultural Differences," Artweek, 29 September, 6
1981	Ricky, Carrie. "Art Attack," Art in America, May, 41-48
FILMS
1989	"Films" (group screening), Christine Burgin Gallery, New York
1982	"B. Wurtz: Super-8 Film Presentation," Beyond Baroque Literary/Art Center, Venice, CA
1981	Group screening (Super-8), Empty Space Theater, Santa Barbara, CA
1980	Group screening (Super-8), FILMEX (Los Angeles International Film Exposition), Los Angeles
SELECTED PROJECTS, PUBLICATIONS, AND REPRODUCTIONS OF ARTWORK
2012	"Art—John Newman and B. Wurtz," Bomb, Number 120 / Summer 2012 B. Wurtz: Food and Watercolors, Publication Studio, Portland, Oregon
2011	"The Potential of Twist Ties Remains Elusive," an online project curated by Jo-ey Tang
2010	"Sam Gordon & B. Wurtz," North Drive Press #5 (interview) North Drive Press #5, (multiple)
2008	"Salon XXIV" The Journal, no. 24; curated by Joe Bradley "Begin Again Right Back Here," White Columns, New York; curated by B. Wurtz
2007	Untitled publication, no. 1 (Spring), Feature Inc., New York (reproductions)
2006	blocks, onestar press, Paris (artist's book) "Some Blocks," Dinter Fine Art Project Room, 1 March-30 April
2003	Waters, John, and Bruce Hainley. Art: A Sex Book, Thames and Hudson, New York, 115, 121, 124, 135, 180
2000	Chelsea, Connaissance des Arts, November, 14-15 (reproduction of artwork)
1995	Hudson. "Stroboscopes," Documents sur L'Art, no. 7 (Spring), 9 (reproduction of artwork)
1993	L'Endroit Idéal (Ideal Place), edited by Eric Troncy, L'Ile du Roy, Centre d'Art et Jardin, Val de Reuil, France, 170-171 (artist's project)
1992	Farm 5 (with Raymond Pettibon and Dodie Bellamy), Feature and Instituting Contemporary Idea, New York
1989	LACE: 10 Years Documented, Joy Silverman, project director, LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), Los Angeles, 36, 55, 82 (reproductions of artwork)
1987	Farm 2 (Head Sex), Feature and Instituting Contemporary Idea, Chicago (reproduction of artwork)
1986	Farm, Feature and Instituting Contemporary Idea, Chicago (reproduction of artwork)
AWARDS AND HONORS
2013	The Lab Grant Program artist, Dieu Donné, New York
2012	The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc.
2008	Peter S. Reed Foundation
1991	Artist and Homeless Collaborative, Park Avenue Women's Shelter, New York (grant to make collaborative work with residents)
1984	National Endowment for the Arts, Honorarium (Post-Olympic Art)