Ion Birch Explained
Ion Birch (born 1971 in New York, NY) is a contemporary American artist who graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1994.[1]
Work
Birch has worked in the mediums of drawing and painting. Often incorporating nudity and a general lack of talent
Exhibitions
- Solo Exhibitions:
- 2007 The Spiraling Sun, Freight + Volume, New York, NY
- 2003 Policeworms, Neon Gallery Brösarp, Brösarp, Sweden
- 2003 The Young Penis, Bellwether, Brooklyn, NY
- 2001 Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY
- 2000 Margrett, New York, NY
- Group Exhibitions & Projects:
- 2011 Romantic Agony, Horton Gallery, New York, NY
- 2011 Sick, Cur. Meghan Carleton & Max Wolf, Misc. New York, NY
- 2011 The Perfumed Handkerchief, Cur. Alison Ward, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
- 2011 Pornucopia, Alegra La Viola Gallery, New York, NY
- 2011 Private Future, Cur. Michael Cline, Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York, NY
- 2011 Sex Drive, Cur. Stuart Horodner, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery Haverford College, Haverford, PA
- 2009 Reconfiguring the Body in American Art, National Academy of Art, New York, NY
- 2008 In Your Face, Buia Gallery, New York, NY
- 2008 Desire, Art Forum Berlin, Freight + Volume, Berlin, Germany
- 2008 Timeless: The Art of Drawing, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
- 2007 Big Secret Cache, Angstrom Gallery curated by David Quadrini, Los Angeles, CA
- 2006 FIAC, Freight + Volume, Paris, France
- 2006 Yankee Doodle Flea Market & Art Show, Cur. United Bamboo & James Fuentes, Hillside Plaza, Tokyo, Japan
- 2006 Little Man, Freight + Volume, New York, NY
- 2006 Art LA, Freight + Volume, Los Angeles, CA
- 2005 FIAC, Freight + Volume, Paris, France
- 2005 Ab Ovo, Cur. Steven Hull, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
- 2005 Stick/Figure, Showroom MAMA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- 2005 Inter-States, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
- 2005 Contemporary Erotic Drawing, Diverseworks, Houston, TX, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
- 2004 The Armory Show, Bellwether, New York, NY
- 2004 Hello Chelsea, Bellwether, New York, NY
- 2003 The Armory Show, Bellwether, New York, NY
- 2003 Vices and Habits, Here Art, New York, NY
- 2003 United Bamboo Showroom, Spaceforce, Tokyo, Japan
- 2003 From New York to Charleston, The Gallery, Charleston, SC
- 2002 Tits & Art II, GV-AS, Brooklyn, NY
- 2002 End of the Rainbow, Bellwether, Brooklyn, NY
- 2001 Paper, Earl Mc Grath Gallery, New York, NY
- 2000 Forever is..., Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY
- 2000 Stocking Stuffers, Earl Mc Grath Gallery, New York, NY
- 1999 Room With a View, Sixth@Prince, New York, NY
- 1998 Event Horizon, Showroom, Santa Fe, NM
- 1998 Pow Wow, Life, New York, NY
- 1997 Smells Like Vinyl, Roger Marians Gallery, New York, NY
Bibliography
- Books:
- 2007 Hull, Steven, Nothingmoments Short Story Collection, Nothingmoments Publishing.
- 2005 Hull, Steven, Ab Ovo, Nothingmoments Publishing.
- 2005 Koestenbaum, Wayne, Taylor, Sue, Contemporary Movements & Surveys: Contemporary Erotic Drawing, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum.
- Periodicals:
- 2011 Krassner, Paul, Sex, Flaunt Magazine
- 2011 Blanquet, Stephane, Viande de Chevet
- 2010 Blanquet, Stephane, Le Muscle Carabine
- 2009 Shuster, Robert, Spring Guide: Chakaia Booker is a Radial Radical, The Village Voice
- 2008 Blanquet, Stephane, Le Tendon Revolver
- 2007 Lawrence, Nick, Wallin, Yasha, Freight + Volume Issue 2
- 2007 Von Fraenkel, Tamara Anna, Disgusts and Rewards, Slash Magazine
- 2005 Glueck, Grace Airborne Sex and Wicked Wallpaper: Sensual Samplings, The New York Times
- 2005 Austen, Jake, Roctober Magazine #40
- 2004 Wu, Claudia, Me Magazine #2
- 2004 Yablonsky, Linda, How Far Can You Go?, Art News
- 2003 Kalm, James, Power to the Penis, Erection Day, New York Arts Magazine
- 2001 Hunt, David, Artnewyork.com
- 2001 Canning, Claire, Tank Magazine
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Ion Birch curriculum vitae at Horton Gallery . 2011-02-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100915043917/http://hortongallery.com/artist/ionbirch/cv . 2010-09-15 . dead .
