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assume vivid astro focus

assume vivid astro focus is comprised of Eli Sudbrack and Christophe Hamaide-Pierson. Eli Sudbrack was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and lives and works between São Paulo and New York. Christophe Hamaide-Pierson was born in Paris and lives and works in Paris.


projects and commercial collaborations

2012
Featured artist of Art21 PBS series

2012
Artwork for window display and interior of Melissa store in New York City, USA

2011
GAGA'S WORKSHOP, a collaborative display for Barney's New York, Madison Ave, New York City, USA

2011
Visual Collaboration with Comme des Garçons
www.comme-des-garcons.com

2011
Artwork for Façade and interior of Galeria Melissa store in São Paulo, Brazil



solo exhibitions

2013
The Suzanne Geiss Company (forthcoming)
Casa Triangulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil (forthcoming)

2012
Featured artist of 2012 Gala, The Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo

2011
Cyclops Trannies, The Suzanne Geiss Company, New York City, USA
Silent Disco, One night performance and installation for the opening of Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK
Mural Installation, All Very Amazing Fingers, City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia
Mural Installation, LIGHTBOX, Miami
Cyclops Trannies, Galeria Triângulo, SP Arte, São Paulo, Brasil

2010
archeologist verifies acid flashbacks, The Wynwood Walls, Miami, USA
Wallpaper and Neon Installation, Core Club, New York City, USA
Ilegítimo, MOCA Cleveland, Cleveland, USA
aqui vivimos atisbando fantasmas, Centro Contemporaneo La Conservera, Murcia, Spain
artistiquement voué au feu, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, France

2009
affektert veggmaleri akselererende faenskap, The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway
Menschen Tiere Sensationen/ancient vagrancy appolonian futurism, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Germany
Poprally, MoMA, New York, USA

2008
ameixa vazio attack fátima, Casa Triangulo, São Paulo
aqui volvemos adornos frivolos, Peres Projects, Berlin, Germany
antonella varicella arabella fiorella, public project for ENEL Contemporanea 2008, curated by Francesco Bonami, Rome, Italy
ameiz vous avec ferveur, special window project for the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, USA
absolutely venomous accurately fallacious (naturally delicious), Deitch Projects, New York, USA
alienation vertigo action formula, special project for the VIP lounge area at The Armory Show, New York, USA

2007
Concrete Waves: Homage to Skate Culture (with Ryan McGinness and P.S. 1, MoMA), Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, USA
faux dark shada rustic moniques, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
a very anxious feeling, John Connelly Presents, New York, USA

2006
abra vana alucinete fogo, Galeria Triângulo, São Paulo, Brazil
butch queen realness with a twist of pastel color, John Connelly Presents, New York, USA
Open Call, Kunsthalle Wien project space, Vienna, Austria
absorb viral attack fantasy, Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo, Japan

2005
Off the Wall Series (in collaboration with Elmgreen and Dragset), Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, USA
homocrap #2, Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy
butch queen realness with a twist in pastel colors (featuring Dick Jewell), Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

2004
assume vivid astro focus XI, Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz Private Collection, Key Biscayne, USA
Make It With You: A Slow Dance Club (collaboration with Los Super Elegantes), Frieze Art Fair, London, UK
assume vivid astro focus IX, an art project with Central Park's Dance Skaters Association sponsored by The Public Art Fund and in conjunction with the 2004 Whitney Biennial, New York, USA

2003
assume vivid astro focus VII, Deitch Projects, New York, USA
assume vivid astro focus V, Peres Projects, San Francisco, USA
assume vivid astro focus III, Bellwether Gallery, New York, USA


selected group exhibitions

2012
Pop Politics, CA2M, Madrid, Spain (forthcoming)
The Lift: avaf, Kiki Smith, and Andrea Zittel, Bloomberg in collaboration with Art21, New York
Portrait of a Generation, The Hole, New York, New York
Tro-pi-cal, Akershus Kunstsenter, Lillestrøm, Oslo
Collages: Incisions-Fragments-Montages, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
In Living Color, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
Collaborations and Interventions, curated by Friederike Nymphius, CCA Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca, ES
Blabla et Chichi sur un bateau, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, France
Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca, Spain (forthcoming)
Lille3000, Lille, France (forthcoming)
Perpetual Conceptual: Echoes of Eugenia Butler, LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division), Los Angeles, CA, USA (forthcoming)

2011
The Space Between Now and Then, Galleria OMR, Mexico City (forthcoming)
Krakow Photomonth, curated by Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin, Krakow, Poland (forthcoming)
Travessias, Favela de Mare, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Experience Pommery #9, Domaine Pommery, curated by Claire Staebler and Charles Carcopino, Reims, France
New York Minute, Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia

2010
Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection, The New Museum, curated by Jeff Koons, New York, NY
Demons, Yarns, and Tales, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY

2009
Scorpio’s Garden, Temporare Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin
New York Minute, MACRO Museum, curated by Kathy Grayson, Rome, Italy
Chelsea Visits Havana, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Zweckgemenschaft, curated by Francesco Stocchi, MICA MOCA, Berlin, Germany
Minneapolis, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Tattoo, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY
Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
One night performance with Black Meteoric Star, Donau Music Festival, Vienna, Austria

2008
In Living Contact, 28th Sao Paolo Biennial, Sao Paolo, Brazil
ENEL Contemporanea 2008, curated by Francesco Bonami, Rome, Italy
The Voting Booth Project, benefit exhibition for The Rema Hort Mann Foundation, curated by Quang Bao, David Zwirner Gallery
I/Legitimo, curated by Daniela Bousso, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil
Super#3, an one night performance with Black Meteoric Star (Gavin Russom), Maison des Arts de Créteil, Paris, France
The Rocky Mountain People Show, curated by Fabio Cavallucci and Cristina Natalicchio, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemmporanea, Trento, Italy
Cover, Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM), curated by Fernando Oliva, São Paulo, Brazil
When Lives Become Form: Dialogue with the Future – Brazil, Japan, curated by Yuko Hasegawa, Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM), São Paulo, Brazil
Tiny Art Show, curated by Maxwell Williams, Cynders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA. forthcoming
Graffiti, curated by Daniela Bousso, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil
Glasgow International, curated by Caroline Stevenson, Glasgow, UK
Gravity: Selected works from the Ernesto Esposito Collection, Museo Artium, Vitorai, Spain
Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967, curated by Dominic Molon, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, USA, and Musee D’Art Contemporain de Montreal, Quebec
A New High In Getting Low (NYC), curated by John Connelly, John Connelly Presents, New York, USA
Brevity’s Rainbow, curated by Maxwell Williams, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, USA

2007
shada shada La Chatte, an one night performance in collaboration with La Chatte, part of La Noche en Blanco, organized by Reina Sofia and ARCO, Matadero, Madrid, Spain
Double Vision, Deutsche Bank, New York
New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930-2006: Selections from a Decade of Acquisitions, curated by Luis Pérez-Oramas, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, USA
BoysCraft, curated by Tami Katz-Freiman, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel
A New High In Getting Low, ArtNews Projects, curated by John Connelly, Berlin, Germany
Studio Voltaire Portfolio, Studio Voltare, London, UK
Gravity’s Rainbow, Peres Projects, Athens, Greece
Space For Your Future, curated by Yuko Hasegawa, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOT), Tokyo, Japan
The Studio of the Street, Deitch Projects: Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Out of Art, from the Collection of Ernesto Eposito, CentrePasquArt, Kunsthaus Centre d’Art, Biel Bienne, Switzerland
Playback, curated by Anne Dressen, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville Paris, Paris, France
Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967, curated by Dominic Molon, MCA, Chicago, USA
Rozamira Festival, Moscow, Russia
Destroy Athens, Athens Biennial, curated by Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, Poka-Yio and Augustine Zenakos, Athens, Greece
Fractured Figure: Works From the Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
The Weasel: Pop Music and Contemporary Art, South London Gallery, London, UK
She Was Born To Be My Unicorn, curated by Amy Keller, Smith-Stewart, New York, USA
CARToons at COMICON, Changing Role – Move Over Gallery, Naples, Italy
Impossibly Familiar, Fashion Institute of Technology, Art Gotham, New York, USA
Independent Curators International, New York Studio Events, New York, USA
Cosmologies, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
BoysCraft, curated by Tami Katz-Freiman, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel
Night Visions: MOCA after Dark, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
Out of Art, from the Collection of Ernesto Eposito, CentrePasquArt: Kunsthaus Centre d’Art, Biel Bienne, Switzerland

2006
Underplayed: A Mix-Tape of Music-Based Videos, curated by Julio Morales and Berin Golonu, YBCA, Los Angeles, CA
Art on Paper 2006, curated by Xandra Eden Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, USA
Kamp K48, curated by Scott Hug, John Connelly Presents, New York, USA
Constant Disturbance: On Cultural Contamination and Foreign Agents, curated by Gean Moreno Centro Cultural Español, Coral Gables, USA
Faces, bodies and contemporary signs of Ernesto Esposito’s collection, Museo D’Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina (MADRe), Naples, Italy
CITYZOOMS: New York, TBA, Bonn, Germany
Tempest, curated by John Connelly, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, USA
Contemporary Video Art from Brazil, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
Tropicália, curated by Carlos Basualdo, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, October 15, 2005–January 2, 2006 Barbican, London, UK, February 13-May 22, 2006, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York, Oct 11, 2006–Jan 28, 2007
Ninth Tropical Night – Pablo Internacional, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Panic Room, works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation Centre For Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
Trial Ballons/Globos Sonda, curated by Yuko Hasegawa, Agustin Pérez Rubio, and Octavio Zaya, MUSAC, León, Spain
Infinite Painting, curated by Francesco Bonami and Sarah Cosulich Canarutto, Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary Art, Codroipo, Italy
Swallow Harder: Selections from the Ben and Aileen Krohn Collection, Frye Museum, Seattle, USA
The Gallery Show, Extra City Center for Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Netherlands
The Garden Party, Deitch Projects, New York, USA
SuPERM Salon/Superhole Weekend Sundown Salon, Los Angeles, USA
Group Show, John Connelly Presents, New York, USA

2005
Baroque and Neo-Baroque, curated by Javier Panera, Salmanca Contemporary Art Centre, Salamanca, Spain
The Zine UnBound: Kults, Werewolves and Sarcastic Hippies (“K48”, curated by Scott Hug), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA
Ecstasy: In and About Altered States, curated by Paul Schimmel, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, USA
Manchmal weiss ich nicht, ob ich etwas wirklich erlebt oder ob ich es in einem Film geshen habe, Goetz Collection, Munich, Germany
op-ish, Samson Projects, Boston, USA
Draw, Galerie du jour agnes b., Paris, France
Seeing Double: Encounters with Warhol, Andy Warhol Museum of Art, Pittsburg, USA
Growing up Absurd, Kent Institute of Arts and Design (Herbert Read Gallery), Canterbury, UK
Drone, Vilma Gold, London, UK
Colour My World, Riflemaker Gallery, London, UK

2004
Divided by Lightning, Deitch Projects, New York, USA
Revenge of Romance, Temporary Contemporary, London, UK
Nocturnal Emissions, Groninger Museum, Groninger, Netherlands
The Stars of Track and Field are Beautiful People, Changing Role Gallery, Naples, Italy
Byproducts of Work, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
If You Believe Hard Enough…, Rocket Projects, Miami, USA
assume vivid astro focus VII, Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
Carnaval, Centro Cultural do Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Works on Paper, Southfirst, New York, USA
Cave Canem, John Connelly Presents, New York, USA
Such Things I do Just to Make Myself More Attractive to You, peres projects, Los Angeles, USA
The 6th Annual Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, Consolidated Works, Seattle, USA

2003
Hovering, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, USA
Fast Forward (Media Art from the Goetz Collection), ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Study, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Today’s Man, John Connelly Presents, New York, USA, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Corporate Profit vs. Labor Costs, D’Amelio Terras, New York, USA
K48_Teenage Rebel: The Bedroom Show" curated by Scott Hug, galerie du jour/agnes b., Paris, France
Impakt Festival, curated by Arjon Dunnewind, Utrecht, Netherlands
Karaoke Death Machine, Daniel Reich, New York, USA
Videodrome, curated by Nicolas Trembley, Cosmic Galerie, Paris, France
Life/Like, curated by Oliver Kamm, Apartment 5BE, New York, USA

2002
Emerging Artists, curated by Simon Watson, Rhona Hoffmann Gallery, Chicago, USA
K48_Teenage Rebel: The Bedroom Show, curated by Scott Hug, John Connelly Presents, New York, USA
Georges: Abstraction/Surface, curated by Nicolas Trembley, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Coleções 3, curated by Néssia Pope, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
High Desert Test Sites, curated by Andrea Zittel, Andy Stillpass and John Connelly, Joshua Tree, CA
Vidéo Topiques, curated by Lydia Yee, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, France
Videodrome II, curated by Anne Ellegood, Dan Cameron, Anne Barlow and Johanna Burton, Zenith Media Lounge, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA
Room for a Revolution, curated by Kristen VanDeventer and Lisa Williamson, Deluxe Gallery, Chicago, USA
End of the Rainbow, Bellwether, New York, USA
222: 2002: Stardust: Assume Vivid Astro Focus and Kalaman, curated by Anton Kern, Apex Art, New York
Unknown Pleasures, curated by Daniel Reich, Daniel Reich, New York, USA
Bathroom Group Show, curated by Daniel Reich, Daniel Reich, New York
Face Value, curated by Lauren Ross, White Columns, New York, USA
Miss World 1972, curated by Daniel Reich, Daniel Reich, New York, December
Alpha Flight, curated by John Connelly, John Connelly Presents, New York, USA
Deslocamentos do Eu: O Auto-Retrato Digital e Pré-Digital na Arte Brasileira, 1976-2001, curated by Tadeu Chiarelli, Itaú Cultural Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
São Paulo Turística, curated by Ricardo Resende, Museum de Arte Moderna Higienópolis, São Paulo, Brazil
Biting Style and Spitting Image, curated by Diane Chamber and Denise Delgado, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, USA, June 15 - July 1, 2001

2000
To Be Continued, curated by Rebecca Smith and Matt Keegan, Bellwether, Art In General and Parlour Projects, New York, USA

1998
Recent Works from Project Antárctica Artes com a Folha’s Artists, Casa Triângulo, São Paulo, Brazil
City Cannibal, curated by Daniela Bousso, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil

1996
Excesso, curated by Daniela Bousso, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil
Antárctica Artes com a Folha, Pavilhão Manoel da Nóbraga, São Paulo, Brazil


selected press

2012
Vogue Brazil, June 26th, 2012
Dijon, Honey, VMAGAZINE.com, May 30, 2012
B1 Be One Magazine, May 2012
Iredale, Jessica. “Inside Melissa’s New Soho Shop,” WWD, February 2, 2012 Blumenthal, Erica M., “Browsing”, Thursday Styles, The New York Times, February 9, 2012
Murrow, Lauren. “The Shoes Are Nice Too,” NYMAG.com, February 6, 2012

2011
Graham, Mhairi, “Who, What, Why: Dover Street Market’s Open House”, Anothermagazine.com, October 12, 2011
Karimzadeh, Marc, “Lady Gaga Links with Barneys New York,” WWD.com, August 15, 2011

2010
Chaplin, Julia, “Art Basel Miami’s Big – Buzz 10”, The New York Times, November 26, 2010
Sophie, Cay, “Another Vicious Admiring Friend”, V Magazine, November 1, 2010
Miller, Ken, “Far Out – AVAF”, New York Times’ The Moment Blog, November 1, 2010
Rudnik, Katie, “More Than 2-D – Assume Vivid Astro Focus in Print”, Interview Magazine, October 29, 2010
Davies, Lucia, “Who, What, Why – Assume Vivid Astro Focus”, Another Magazine online, October 14, 2010

2009
Orden, Erica, “Lastly, Play the Odds (But Just For Fun),” New York,April 26.

2008
Orden, Erica, “The Modern’s Windows Go From Clear to Colorful,” The New York Sun, August 15, 2008
Paravisi, Riccardo, “The Rocky Mountain People Show. Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento,” Artkey Magazine, August 2008
“Art and Public Space. Enel Contemporanea 2008,” Arts and Architecture Journal, issue 66/67
“Enel Contemporanea: Art Among the Ruins,” Art World, August-September
Pancotto, Pier Paolo, “Perdersi a Roma con Eli Sudbrack,” l’Unita, July 2008.
Drake, Cathryn, “Roman Holiday,” Artforum.com, July 2008
Patresi, Ludovico, “I Brasiliani di Oggi nella Roma di Ieri”, La Republica, July 2008
Visconti, Andrea, “La Mia Arte Va Presa a Testate”, L’Espresso, July 2008
Amadasi, Giovanna, “Astro Boys”, Marie Claire Italia, July 2008
Vedovotto, Sabrina, “Giochi di Luce a largo Argentina L’archeologia diventa pop-art”, Il Giornale, July 2008
Fiaschetti, Maria Egezia, “Notte d’arte,” Corriere della Sera, July 2008
Mattioli, Laura, “Video, luci e gioco: le colonne antiche diventano 'pop’ “, Il Messagero, July 2008
“Enel Contemporanea 2008: Tre Nuove Installazione di Artisti Internazionali a Roma e a Venezia,” Il Manifesto, July 2008
Inaba, Jeffrey, “Enel Contemporanea da Energia all’arte,” Econony, July 2008
Colavecchio, Valeria, “L’energia diventa arte,” Donna Moderna, June 2008
“Works in Progress: assume vivid astro focus”, V Magazine, July 2008
Tang, Alyssa, “Demolition Disco with assume vivid astro focus,” NyArtBeat.com, July 2008
Kellner, Amy, “ART TALK! ASSUME VIVID ASTRO FOCUS”, Vice TV (vbs.tv), May 2008
Drysdale, Rebekah, “assume vivid astro focus”, Daily Serving,May 2008
Rabinowitz, Cay Sophie, “The You-As-Me-Issue,” Parabol, January 2008.

2007
Hasegawa, Yuko, Space for Your Future, exhibition catalog, December 2007, p. 112-115, p. 160-161.
Smith, Roberta, “Latin American Modernism, The Sequel,” The New York Times, November 2007.
Mayer, Mariano, “Arte Acumulación,” Neo2, November 2007.
Schmalenberger, Eric, “Assume the Position,” USELESS, issue 6, p.29
“assume vivid astro focus,” Art Review, July and August
Lima, Benjamin, “assume vivid astro focus at John Connelly Presents,” Art in America, November 2007, p. 208.
Kastner, Jeffrey, “Assume Vivid Astro Focus,” Art Forum, September 2007, p. 471.
Villasmil, Alejandra, “Assume Vivid Astro Focus,” Arte al Dia International, August-September 2007, p. 111.
Cotter, Holland, “The Creative Spirit, Strolling Thorugh SoHo With Its Fringe Flying,” NY Times, September 2007.
De La Barra, Pablo Leon, “Abra Vana Aluciente Fogo, Casa Triangulo, Sao Paolo,” Frog Magazine, Spring-Summer Issue, 2007.
Laster, Paul, “Interview: assume vivid astro focus,” Artkrush, June 27, 2007
“assume vivid astro focus,” Art Review, July – August 2007.
Risemberg, Rafael, “Four-Letter Words,” nyblade.com, June 2007
Lowenstein, Kate, “Art in the City: When Art Attacks,” The L Magazine, June 20-July 3, 2007
Baker, RC, “assume vivid astro focus, Best In Show,” The Village Voice, June 13-19, 2007
“Wallpaper is the next artwork,” New York Magazine, May 11, 2007
Genocchio, Benjamin, “Assume Vivid Astro Focus: “A Very Anxious Feeling,’” The New York Times, Weekend Arts, May 11, 2007
Leffingwell, Edward, “Brazilian Improv,” Art in America, April 2007
Hammonds, Kit, “travel: brazil,” tema celeste, March 2007
Francesco Spampinato, “A New York: É l’ora della Neopsichedelia,” Arte, March 2007
Smith, Roberta, "Cosmologies," The New York Times, February 2, 2007

2006
Antebi, Nicole, Dickey, Colin, and Herbst, Robby, Failure! Experiments in Aesthetics and Social Practices, p. 184-188.
Moreno, Gean, “assume vivid astro focus,” Art Nexus, No. 62 Volume 5, 2006, p.76-79.
Cotter, Holland, Butch Queen Realness With A Twist In Pastel Colors,” New York Times, July 21, 2006
Bonami, Francesco and Sarah Cosulich Canarutto, Infinite Painting, Villa Manin, Codroipo, Italy, 2006, p. 32.
Zaya, Octavio, Trial Balloons, MUSAC, León, Spain, 2006, p. 9.
Blackley, Lachlan, “assume vivid astro focus,” Wallpaper, Laurence King Publishing, London p. 20-24
Hastreiter, Kim, “Booty Call,” Paper, June/July 2006
“It’s all in the Blend,” Blend, issue 13, June 2006.
“Handle with Care,” Nylon, March 2006
Moreno, Gean, Constant Disturbance: On Cultural Contamination and Foreign Agents, Centro Cultural Espanol, Coral Gables, Florida, 2006, p. 30-31.
Nairne, Sandy and Sarah Howgate, The Portrait Now. National Portrait Gallery, London, 2006, p.38.
“Gallery - Contemporary Art,” Lufthansa Magazine, March 2006, p.86
Meyers, Julian, “Ecstasy Review,” Frieze, January/February 2006, p.145
Paterson, Carrie, “Group Shows: Ecstasy,” Flash Art, January/February 2006
Perrée, Rob, “Kunst als Muziek,” Kunstbeeld, n.12, January 2006, p. 20 – 23
Davis, Erik, “Ecstasy: In and About Altered States,” ArtForum, January 2006

2005
Grosenick, Uta. Art Now: Vol. 2, 2005, p.36-39.
Domschke, Gisela, “Art, Media, and Video Art in Brazil,” ARCO Contemporary Art n.38, Winter 2005, p. 7 – 11
“Ecstasy,” Tema Celeste, November - December 2005
Campbell, Christopher, “Miami Confidential,” New York Times Style, Winter 2005, p. 108
Souri, Kim, “Know+Tell,” Details, November 2005, p. 44
Kimmelman, Michael, “A Mind Bending Head Trip (All Legal),” The New York Times, November 4, 2005
Drohojowska-Philip, Hunter, “The Art Trip,” Artnet.com, Fall 2005
Meyers, Terry, “High Society,” ArtReview, October 2005, p. 29
Knight, Christopher, “Take a Mind Excursion,” Los Angeles Times, October 11, 2005
Finkel, Jori. “Dancing on a Ceiling (with Tom Cruise),” New York Times, October 9, 2005, p. 36, 38
Muchnic, Suzanne, “Mind-bending Visions,” Los Angeles Times, October 2. 2005
Smith, Roberta, “Tune In, Turn On, Dig Art,” New York Times, September 11, 2005
Moreno, Shonquis, “Garden of Earthly Delights,” Frame, September/October 2005, p.88-89
Schimmel, Paul, Ecstasy: In and About Altered States, MOCA, Los Angeles, CA, 2005, p.54-57.
Smith, Terry, “Biennales: In the Conditions of Contemporaneity,” Art & Australia, Autumn 2005, p.406 – 415
White, Ian, “It’s a Film Club, and Everyone’s Invited,” ArtReview, vol. LVI, August 2005, p.46 – 47
Connelly, John, “assume vivid astro focus,” Vogue Hommes, Spring/Summer 2005, p.114 – 117
Leventis, Andreas, “Emerging Artists: Man or Multitude? The bootlegged beauty of assume vivid astro focus,” Modern Painters, April 2005, p. 48 – 49
Cattelan, Maurizio. “Holding Court: Assume Vivid Astro Focus and Cory Arcangel,” Tokion, March/April 2005, p.56 – 57
“Inner Cities”, ArtReview, March 2005, p.60 – 63
Reginato, James, “Sky High”, W, vol. 34 issue 3, March 2005, p.42
Grayson, Kathy and Jeffrey Deitch. “Assume Vivid Astro Vocus,” Live Through This, 2005, p. 94-97

2004
Van Der Zijpp, Sue-an, “Nocturnal Emissions:Assume Vivid Astro Focus,” Groninger Museum Magazine, November 21, 2004, p.8
Valdez, Sarah, “Club Psychedelia: Last Night An Artist Saved My Life,” PaperMag, November 2004, p. 62 – 63
“The Magnificient Seven: What to look for at the Frieze Art Fair 2004,” Art Review, October 2004, Ed. International, p.35
LaFreniere, Steve, “My Pop,” ArtForum, October 2004, p. 247
Herzog, Eve, “Hot List: The New Artist to Know,” Harper’s Bazaar, September 2004, p. 275
Corbetta, Caroline, “Temporary Name,” Vogue Uomo, July/August 2004, p. 46
Prisco, Joanna, “Spin Me Around,” Surface, Surplus: Art, The Disco Luxe Issue, n. 48, p. 178
LaVallee, Andrew, “Young Artists Get Personal with Politics in Group Show,” NY Arts, July 13, 2004
Wolf, Matt, “Majority ‘Whip’,” Flash Art, July/September 2004, p. 63
Korotkin, Joyce B., “The Neo-Baroque Era,” Tema Celeste, June/August 2004, issue 104, p. 38 - 45
Bankowsky, Jack, “Many Happy Returns, This Is Today,” ArtForum, May 2004
“American Pie,” Frieze, issue 83, p. 65 Jane Grossman, Anna, “Who?” The New York Observer, April 19, 2004
Scott, Andrea K, “Free Parking,” TimeOut, April 15 – 22, 2004
Sundell, Margaret, “The today show: The Whitney sums up the state of contemporary art in the best biennial in years,” Time Out March 25 – April 1, 2004
Weyland, Jocko, “American Splendor,” TimeOut, March 4 – 11, 2004
Schjeldahl, Peter, “What’s New,” New Yorker, March 22, 2004, p. 100
Kimmelman, Michael, “Touching All Bases,” New York Times, March 12, 2004
Cotter, Holland, “Duck! It’s Whitney Biennial Season Again,” New York Times, March 7, 2004
Rosenberg, Karen, “Biennial Favorites”, New York Magazine, March 1, 2004

2003
Cobb, Chris, “assume vivid astro focus”, Flash Art, January/February 2003, p. 112
Cotter, Holland, “Paul P.,” New York Times, July 18, 2003, p. E33
Eleey, Peter, “K48-3: Teenage Rebel – The Bedroom Show,” Frieze, April, 2003, p. 104
Garret, Craig. “Teenage Rebel at John Connelly Presents, Flash Art, March/April 2003, p. 51
Kimmelman, Michael, “Now Playing,” New York Times, July 18, 2003, p. E33
Laster, Paul, “K48-3: Teenage Rebel – The Bedroom Show”, Time Out, January 2 – 9, 2003, p. 59
Lee, Carol, “The Scope Art Fair at Dylan Hotel,” Paper March, 2003
Levin, Kim, “assume vivid astro focus,” Village Voice, July, 2003
Raymond, Jon, “Assume Vivid Astro Focus,” Artforum, July, 2003
Robinson, Walter, “Weekend Update: Scope Art Fair”, artnet.com, March, 2003
Robinson, Walter, “Weekend Update,” artnet.com, July 2003
Rosenberg, Karen, “Outside and In,” Village Voice, January 15 – 21, 2003, p. 69
Smith, Roberta, “A Bread-Crumb Trail to the Spirit of the Times,” New York Times, January 13, 2003
Smith, Roberta, “A Grand Finale of Group Show Fireworks,” New York Times, July 18, 2003, p. E31

2002
Arruda, Fernanda, 222-2002: Stardust, Exhibition Brochure, June, 2002
Bollen, Chris, “Two for Tee,” V Magazine, March/April, 2002
Cotter, Holland, “Assume Vivid Astro Focus,” New York Times, June 21, 2002, p. E37
Johnson, Ken, “Face Value,” New York Times, February 22, 2002, p. E42
LaFreniere, Stev, “Top Ten,” Artforum, May 2002, p. 47
Powhida, William, “Bubblegum Disco in Space,” artnet.com, July 24, 2002
Yee, Lydia, Musique/Video, Exhibition Catalog, November, 2002, p. 174
“Critic’s Picks: 222-2002,” Time Out, June 20 – 27, 2002, p. 62
High Desert Test Sites, exhibition catalog, November, 2002, p. 18

2001
Chiarelli, Tadeu. “O Auto-Retrato na (da) Arte Contemporânea”, Deslocamentos do Eu: O Auto-Retrato Digital e Pre-Digital na Arte Brasileira, 1976-2001, exhibition catalog, July, 2001
Cotter, Holland, “Miss World 1972,” New York Times, December 28, 2001, p. E44
Philips, Richard, “Top Ten,” Artforum, November, 2001
Scott, Andrea, “Goings on About Town: Alpha Flight,” New Yorker, December 17, 2001, p. 18


awards

2007
Recipient of The Public Art Fund’s In The Public Realm Grant

2002
Recipient of the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant for Emerging Artists