Bio Belott
EDUCATION :
BFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY 1995 Cooper Union, New York, NY 1994 (thrown out)
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS :
2009
"Jelly Harp", Galerie Zürcher, Paris
2008
Show #16 : Ed Blackburn + Brian Belott, and/or gallery, Dallas, TX
Leyendecker Gallery, Tenerife, Canary Islands
2007
Swirly Music, CANADA, New York, NY
Brian Belott Lost and Found Slide Show, Community Outreach Gallery, Ontario, Canada
2006
Deep Data, Freight and Volume, New York, NY
With Michael Mahalchick, Atelier Cardenas Bellanger, Paris, France
2005
Books, books, books, books, books, books and books, CANADA, New York, NY
Adult Soda, Stefan Stux, New York, NY
2004
What’s Going On, Kenny Schacter, New York, NY
2003
Touching Fantasy Through Color, CANADA, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS :
2010
Out of Order, curated by Scott Hug, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
2009
2009 “Wild Feature 2” curated by Brian Belott, Galerie Zürcher, Paris, France
“Relics From the Other Realms” curated by Athena Llewellyn Barat for the Barat Foundation, Newark, NJ
“What’s Bin Did and What’s Bin Hid” curated by Ryan Steadman, 106 Green Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Cutters” curated by James Gallagher, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“The Soho Art + Fashion Event at 7 For All Mankind” curated by John Connelly, New York, NY
“New York Minute” curated by Kathy Grayson, Macro Future, Rome, Italy
“Apartment Show” curated by Denise Kupferschmidt and Joshua Smith, Envoy Gallery, New York, NY
“The Living and the Dead,” Gavin Brown, New York, NY
“Wild Feature” curated by Brian Belott, Zürcher Studio, New York, NY
“Loving Overkill Via Satellite” directed and choreographed by Larissa Velez, Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY
“No Sockpuppet” curated by Michael J. G. Olsen, The Switch Building, New York, NY
“Rare Editions : The Book As Art” curated by Susan Fleminger, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
“Peanut Gallery” curated by Joe Bradley, The Journal Gallery, New York, NY
2008
"Book / Shelf" Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
"I Won’t Grow Up", Cheim & Read, New York, NY
Show #16 : Ed Blackburn + Brian Belott, and/or gallery, Dallas, TX
"Sunshine" Ritter/Zamet at Rental Gallery, New York, NY
"The Ice Cream Show", LOYAL, Stockholm, Sweden
2007
"Bits and Pieces : The Collage Impulse", Lehman College Gallery, Bronx, NY
"Cabinet of Curiosities", The Journal Gallery, New York, NY
"What Glue Do You Use ?", Atelier Cardenas Bellanger, Paris, France
Group show at Ritter/Zamet, London, England
2006
"Collage Party", Zieher Smith, New York, NY
"CANADA", CounterGallery, London, England
"Frisky Flaming Hot", Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, Denmark
"(CANA)RICO ?", Galeria Comercial, San Juan, Puerto Rico
"Available", curated by Angela Dufresne and Monya Rowe, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
"Searching for Love and Fire", David Castillo Modern & Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
"Welcome Home", Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden
"Personal Assistance" DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
"You have to be almost gifted to do what I do" Alexander and Bonin, New York, NY
"Deep Data" Freight and Volume, New York, NY
With Michael Mahalchick, Atelier Cardenas Bellanger, Paris, France
2005
Hanging by a Thread, The Moore Space, Miami, FL
WITH US AGAINST REALITY, OR AGAINST US !, curated by Ida Ekblad and Anders Nordby, Willy Wonka Inc., Oslo, Norway and Galleri S.E, Bergen, Norway
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden
Put it in Your Mouth..., Rivington Arms, New York, NY
Precious Moments, Joymore, Brooklyn, NY
In Deep Water, Dinter Fine Art, New York, NY
New York’s Finest, CANADA, New York, NY
2004
Where do we come from ? What are we ? Where Are we going ?, Champion Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
California Earthquakes, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York,NY
Rowdy Remix, ATM Gallery, New York, NY
Majority Whip, White Box, New York, NY
Word of Mouth, A Selection : Part I, Dinter Fine Art, New York, NY
2003
Art Band, Capitale, a Kenny Schacter/Rove Project, New York, NY
You Are My Sunshine/You Is My Sunshine, CANADA, New York, NY
2002
Black Out, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA
2000
Full Serve, a Kenny Schacter Project, New York, NY
1997
OY, a Kenny Schacter Project, New York, NY
1995
Performance with Lucio Pozzi, New York, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY :
2009
"Les voyages psychédéliques de Brian Belott", Valérie de Maulmin, Connaissance des Arts, April
"Brian Belott", Sophie de Santis, Figaroscope, April. 29
2008
“Brian Belott” Galleries, Downtown, The New Yorker, Jan. 14
2007
Carlin, T.J., “Brian Belott : Swirly Music”, Time Out, Dec. 26 (illus.)
2006
Connor, Martin, "CANADA", Time Out London, April 11
Hornung, Peter Michael,“Ny amerikansk kunst hos Wilson”, Politiken, March 17
Scavenius, Bente, “Ny international kunst på de unge gallerier”, Børsen, Mar.31
Ross, Trine, “Afrevne lemmer og totempæle”, Politiken, March 24
2005
Saltz, Jerry, “Ups and Downs”, Village Voice, September 23
Smith, Roberta, “Adult Soda”, Art in Review, The New York Times, September 22
“Adult Soda”, The New Yorker, September 26
“Precious Moments”, The New Yorker, August
Cotter, Holland, “Precious Moments”, Art in Review, New York Times, August
Cotter, Holland, "Fanciful to Figurative to Wryly Inscrutable", The New York Times, July 8
2004
Saltz, Jerry, "Termite Theory", The Village Voice, June 20
Smith, Roberta, “Brian Belott ’What’s Going On’”, Art In Review, The New York Times, June 4
2003
Cotter, Holland, “Sarah Braman and Brian Belott”, The New York Times, October 31
Schambelan, Elizabeth, “You Are My Sunshine/You is My Sunshine”, ArtForum.Com, Critics Picks, June
Smith, Roberta, In The Galleries, “a Grand Finale of Group Show Fireworks”, The New York Times, July 18
PUBLICATIONS :
Wipe That Clock Off Your Face, Picturebox and CANADA, New York, NY, 2007
Loyal and His Band, Loyal & Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden, 2005
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS :
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY