Michael Mahalchick › CV
1972, Pottsville, PA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
B.F.A., Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
Michael Mahalchick: Ghost Maps, Practice Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
US, Canada, New York, NY
Close Quarters, NADA on Governors Island, New York, NY
Martel Window Project: Michael Mahalchick, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
Skin Game, Canada, New York, NY
Last Arrangements, Louis B. James Gallery, New York, NY
Working in a Hole Mine, 247365, Brooklyn, NY
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
IT, Canada, New York, NY
For What It’s Worth, Canada, New York, NY
False Profit, with Aaron Brewer, Second Gallery, Boston, MA
The Paris Line, with Brian Bellot, Atelier Cardenas Bellanger, Paris, France
Unnatural Desires, Canada, New York, NY
insides, Canada, New York, NY
Fresh and Upcoming, Frankfurt Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Transmogrification, with Jocelyn Shipley, Canada, New York, NY
Space Defines Relax Muthafucka This Is Only a Test!, big/little Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions and Screenings
The Devil Made Me Do It, Cabin Contemporary, Pottsville, PA
The Deep End, Canada East Hampton, East Hampton, NY
Cult of the Crimson Queen, Ceysson & Bénétière, New York, NY
All of Them Witches, Deitch Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Canada b/w Drag City, Soccer Club Club, Chicago, IL
Layer Mask, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY
Baggage Claim, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
The Split curated by Amanda Schmitt, Grin, Providence, RI
Christmas in July, Curated by Tamara Gonzales, Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY
Purple States & Cafe Dancer Pop-Up, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
B-Out, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
Canada, Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Paris, France
Dust to Settle, Cuchifritos, New York, NY
Memories Are Made of This, Museum 52, New York, NY
PortugalArte 10, Lisbon, Portugal
Friends in High Places, Christopher Henry Gallery, New York, NY
The Craft, Lehman College, Bronx, NY
Out of Order, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
Alle Herzen fliegen zu (Zeichnungen und Servietten plus Diverses), General Public, Berlin, Germany
Chain of Love, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
Warren Oates in The Economic Crisis of 2008, Okay Mountain, Austin, TX
Without Walls, Museum 52, New York, NY
of the Cloth…, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ
Summertime Rolls, David Patton Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
mil versa, mil prinzessinnen, mil centralias, with Discoteca Flaming Star,Centro De Arte Dos De Mayo, Madrid, Spain
If I told you you were beautiful, would you date me on the regular, Oliver Kamm Gallery, New York, NY
A Point in Space is a Place for an Argument, David Zwirner, New York, NY
Between the Clock and the Bed, David Patton, Los Angeles, CAWarhol and..., Kantor/
Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Ragged, Kate MacGarry, London, England
The Peekskill Project, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
NDP: The Movie, The Kitchen, New York, NY
Take One, Museum Of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
In Practice, The Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY
We Made It, Second Gallery, Boston, MA
Excitations, curated by Matt Keegan, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
Co-dependent, The Living Room, Miami, FL
Bathroom Sound Series, Monkeytown, Brooklyn, NY
Ab Ovo, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
The Picture I Carry in My Head, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Greater New York 2005, PS 1, Long Island City, NY
With Us Against Reality, or Against Us!, curated by Ida Ekblad and Anders Nordby, Willy Wonka Inc., Oslo, Norway (travelled to Galleri S.E, Bergen, Norway)
I Am Five, Parker’s Box, Brooklyn, NY
Multiples, Klaus Von Nichtd Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Showdown!, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
Brothers, Fresh Up Club, Austin, TX
Majority Whip, White Box, New York, NY
In Love, Monsters and Miracles, Berlin, Germany
Regarding Amy, Greene/Naftali, New York, NY
TaDa, White Box Annex, New York, NY
You Are My Sunshine/You Is My Sunshine, Canada, New York, NY
Step Up to the Mic, L.A. Freewaves Festival, Los Angeles, CA (screening)
Monsters and Miracles, Cinema at Z-Bar, Berlin, Germany (screening)
Song Poems, Cohan, Leslie and Brown, New York, NY
Waveform, The New Museum, New York, NY
Edges of the Earth, Void, New York, NY (screening)
songs of love and hate-side a, Galerie Weiland, Berlin, Germany
Agains, Studio 480 Los Angeles, CA
High Mornhill, Hark! Call us the craziest, primo-chic far-seeing jokers making nothing-Liar N, Studio 480, Los Angeles, CA
Antiworld, Gallery untitled, Dallas, TX
Hotel California, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX, catalog
Performance
Michael Mahalchick: Ghost Maps, Practice Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow, New Britain Museum of American Art,
New Britain, CT
Cruisin' The Streets, AUNTS Realness, Abron's Art Center, New York, NY
This is a dance., Danspace Project, New York, NY
America's Got Talent, Pussy Faggot, New York, NY
IT, Canada, New York, NY
Bed In, with Debbie Tuch, Dependent Fair, New York, NY
Any Way The Wind Blows, Chuckles Plus, New York, NY
8 Dances in 8 Minutes, Movement Research Spring Festival, New York, NY
Duke, with Yve Laris Cohen, Fresh Tracks, DTW, New York, NY
You, St. Cecelia's Convent, Brooklyn, NY PURO DESEO , with luciana achugar, The Kitchen, New York,NY
I Am What I Am, Starlite Lounge, Brooklyn, NY
Genesis, The Slipper Room, New York, NY
The Adaptable Line, Sculpture Center, New York, NY
Rosebuzz, Movement Research at Judson Church, New York, NY
Ellipses(Electric Birdhouse), with Discoteca Flaming Star, Tate Modern, London, England
Afternoon of the Faun, Populous by AUNTS, Movement Research at Judson Church, New York, NY
Franny and Zooey, with Luciana Achugar, The Nothing Festival, Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY
MuterReGina, with Discoteca Flaming Star, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
The Beast of Burden, General Public, Berlin, Germany
Paris Line, Atelier Cardenas Bellanger, Paris, France
Bag, Live Sh--, The Chocolate Factory, L.I.C., New York, NY
Aladlona (I Love You Green), with Discoteca Flaming Star, The Kitchen, New York, NY
You Can Dance (for inspiration), The Living Room, Miami, FL
disappear, Daniel Reich temp., Chelsea Hotel, New York, NY
Hexen, P. S. 1, Long Island City, New York, NY
Love the S.C.R.E.A.M.I.N.G., with Marcos Rosales and Jeremy Wade, The Kitchen, New York, NY
When There is No Room Left in Hell, CANADA, New York, NY
We Are Legion, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
USAVSUSA, Blind Dates, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, New York, NY
Plan B: or Don’t Leave Me This Way Because I Will Always Love You,
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
Don’t Ask, Can’t Tell, Movement Research at Judson Church, New York, NY
Hardcore Karaoke and How can you just walk away... with Discoteca Flaming
Star, Parlor Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Songs from The Back of Laughter, as The Experimental Makeup with Marcos
Rosales, Leo Koenig Inc., New York, NY
The Medium is the Massage, as The Experimental Makeup with Dan Silverman,
Good/Bad, Brooklyn, NY
Freaks, as The Experimental Makeup, with Jeremy Wade, Cohan, Leslie and Brown, New York, NY
Giant, Galerie Weiland, Berlin, Germany
AACB/DBCA, with Discoteca Flaming Star, Bastard, Berlin, Germany
Beat Rock Revolution Groove Mechanics, with David Galbraith Atomic Cafe, Munich, Germany
Walk On By, Knitting Factory, New York, NY
Sincerely, with a little feeling, Foundation for Art Resources, Los Angeles, CA
Fortitude: Madonna Ciccone’s Sixth Grade Talent Show Performance,
Beyond Baroque, Literary Arts Center, Venice, CA
Public Collections
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
Bibliography
Krasinski, Jennifer. “Jennifer Krasinski on Michael Mahalchick”, The Online Edition of Artforum International Magazine, December 1
Kley, Elisabeth. “Valuing the Discarded: Michael Mahalchick Interviewed.” BOMB Magazine, September 22
Maine, Stephen, “Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections”, Hyperallergic, November 21
Greenberger, Alex, “NADA to Stage Non-Fair Exhibition on Governors Island in New York,” ARTNews, May 31
Jurek, Irena, “Skin Game: An Interview with Michael Mahalchick." Art F City, April 27
Smith, Robert, “The Lower East Side as Petri Dish,” New York Times, April 21
Laster, Paul, “Weekend Edition: 10 Things to do in New York’s Art World Before April 25th,” New York Observer, April 21
Chiaverina, John, "Extreme Relaxation: Michael Mahalchick Goes the Distance in His Performance at Canada Gallery Opening." ARTNews, March 30
Indrisek, Scott, "Keanu Reeves, Condoms, and Other Uncommon Materials,” BlackBook, March 18
Hassell, Matthew "Michael Mahalchick at Louis B. James." NY Arts Magazine April 28
Dunne, Susan. "Object Sculptures Of Michael Mahalchick At NBMAA", The Hartford Courant
Kimball, Whitney. "AFC's Top 10: Whitney Kimball", Art Fag City
The New York Times, "The Truth Changes and Sometimes Chairs Do,Too"
Weist, Nicholas. Frieze, Michael Mahalchick, Issue 149
Kirsch, Corinna. The L Magazine, "High-Brow, Low-Fat Art (Except Maybe the Rats)"
Walsh, Brienne. "Michael Mahalchick: IT", Art Review
Smith, Roberta. The New York Times, Art in Review
Saltz, Jerry. "Eight Hours at the Comfort Inn", New York Magazine
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OReilly, Sally. “Ragged”, Time Out London,
Maine, Stephen. “Down East”, Art in America p. 65.
Sharp, Chris. “Brian Belott and Michael Mahalchick”, Flash Art, October, illus. p.55
Frick, Ean. “Aaron Brewer and Michael Mahalchick”, Big Red and Shiny
Rockwell, John. “A Nude Duet with Twists, Anguish and Eroticism”, The New York Times
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Ammirati, Domenick. “Focus: Michael Mahalchick”, contemporary magazine
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Ammirati, Domenick, Reviews: “Michael Mahalchick” ARTFORUM
Grayson, Kathy, Michael Mahalchick: insides, Flavorpill
Dont Miss: Michael Mahalchick: insides, Time Out New York
Cotter, Holland, Art Guide: Transmogrification The New York Times
Raskin, Lisi, Review: Jocelyn Shipley and Michael Mahalchick, Frieze
Smith, Roberta, “A Grand Finale of Group Show Fireworks”
Times,
Smith, Roberta, Art Guide, The New York Times,
Publications
BODYWORK, CANADA
IT, CANADA
Abrakadabra, K48 #8
In Lockdown We Bite, K48 #6, 2007 2005 ! North Drive Press #2, editor Matt Keegan, June
Public Collections
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut
Awards
New York Dance and Performance Bessie Award for PURO DESEO