LARISSA BATES
Born in Vermont (1981).
Lives and works in New York.
Education
2003 BA Hampshire College, MA
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Set With Care, Taymour Grahne Projects, London, UK
2022 Absent Friends, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Las Doñas, GNYP Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2018 Biombo, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Mama Lengua, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Chiquita Banana, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Snap and Go, Galería Espacio Mínimo, Madrid, Spain
2010 Man Enough, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
2010 If The Accident Will, Richard Heller, Los Angeles, CA
2008 NADA Art Fair, Miami, FL, Monya Rowe Gallery, NY
2008 Just Hustle and Muscle, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Man Power, Mogadishni, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007 My Little War Mongers, Richard Heller, Los Angeles, CA
2006 MotherMen, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
2004 The Peaceable Kingdom, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2023
Breathless, Galerie Myriam Chair, Paris, France
2018
Indulge, ArtMovement, Los Angeles, CA
You Tell Me, Foley Gallery, New York, NY
2017
Mommy, Monya Rowe Gallery, Saint Augustine, FL
2016
Larissa Bates and Beverly Semmes, Topless Gallery, Rockaway Beach, NY
A Verdant Summer, Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York, NY
2015
Boston Artadia Awardees, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
Nothing Pathetic About Her, bkprojects, Watertown, MA
Not Really, The College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
Out of Place, Monya Rowe Gallery, Saint Augustine, FL
Pulse Art Fair, Monya Rowe Gallery, Miami, FL
Alchemy, DC Moore, New York, NY
2014
The Cat Art Show, 101 Exhibit, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Inaugural Group Exhibition at 34 Orchard Street, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
2012
Zagga Zow, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto (July 2012)
The Calender's Tales: Fantasy, Figuration & Representation, Boston University, 808 Gallery, February 2012.
Pinta, New York with Galeria Espacio Minimo, Madrid, Spain (November, 2011)
2011
Pinta Art Fair London, with Galería Espacio Mínimo, Madrid, Spain
Mini Size Me: A Monumental Critique of Today's Handheld Society, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA, Curated by Jillian Nakornthap
ARCO Art Fair, with Galería Espacio Mínimo, Madrid, Spain
2010
Metallika, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY, Curated by Patrick Brennan
2009
Out of Order, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, Curated by Scott Hug
Our Beginnings Never Know Our Ends, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York
2008
Inaugural Group Show, Monya Rowe, New York
The World's Smallest Art Fair at Anna Kustera, NY, Monya Rowe Gallery, NY
Pulse New York Art Fair, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
All Gouache All the Time Part 2, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY, Curated by Geoffrey Young
2007
Ornament: Ho Hum All Ye Faithful, Bravin Lee, New York, NY, Curated by Lauren Van Haaften-Schick
Aqua Wynwood Art Fair, Monya Rowe, Miami, FL
Vera Illiatova, Rebeca Raney, Larissa Bates, Mogadishni, Copenhagen, Denmark
All Gouache All the Time, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Momenta Annual Benefit, White Columns, New York, NY
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Galleria Glance, Turin, Italy
LA Art Fair, Richard Heller, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Year 06 Art Fair, London, U.K.
The Young Americans, Bendixen Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark, Curated by Kelly Kyst
Garden Paradise, The Arsenal Gallery in Central Park, New York, NY, Curated by Lacy Davisson Doyle and Clare Weiss
Drawings, Roberts Tilton, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Geoffrey Young
Do You Think I'm Disco, Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos, Bronx, NY
Almost 30, The Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
2005
Bunny, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
Aqua Art Miami Art Fair, Monya Rowe, Miami, FL
Le Papier, gescheidle, Chicago, IL
Radical Vauderville, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Something is Somewhere, Monya Rowe, NY, Curated by Anat Ebgi and Monya Rowe
Things of that Nature, Sixtyseven Gallery, New York, NY
Can't See the Forest, Sixspace, Los Angeles, CA
2004
Art Mobile, curated by Janet Phelps, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL
FRISBEE Art Fair, Monya Rowe, Miami Beach, FL
I've Met Someone Else, Monya Rowe, New York, NY
Fictitious Fixations, The University of Maine, Augusta, ME
The Drawing Show, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
Tag Team, The Tank, New York, NY, Curated by Karen Schoellkopf
Aviate Collective, The Knitting Factory, New York, NY
Bibliography / Press
2018
ArtNet, "From Joan Mitchell’s Early Works to Daniel Arsham’s Dystopian Future: 45 Can’t-Miss Gallery Shows in New York This September," Sarah Cascone and Caroline Goldstein, August 30
2017
Folio Weekly, The Flog, "Emotional Gooeyness and A Little SNARK: “Mommy” at Monya Rowe Gallery," Madeline Peck Wagner, May 1
2016
The New York Times, "Galleries Shift Shape to Survive in a Changing Art World," Roberta Smith, June 23
2015
The New York Times, Art in Review, “Larissa Bates Explores Her Costa Rican Heritage,” Holland Cotter, June 15
The New York Times, “At the College of New Rochelle, a Show Meant to Provoke Double Takes,” Susan Hodara, February 21
Art F City, Art Fair, "Great Strides Made Yet Still Needed at Pulse", Paddy Johnson, December 5
NY Observer, Observer Culture, "8 Must-See Satellite Art Fair Booths in Miami", Ryan E. Steadman, December 1
Artspace, Artists to Watch, "Artists to Watch at NADA Miami Beach 2015", Editors, November 30
Burnaway, Art Review, "Monya Rowe Gallery Migrates South from NYC", Lily Kuonen, November 6
Folio Weekly, Arts & Events, Editors, October 7
KUNSTforum, "Shana Beth Mason recommends five exhibitions to see in New York between Frieze NY and Art Basel." Shana Beth Mason, May 29
New York Observer, Culture, "Weekend Edition: 11 Things to Do in New York's Art World Before June 2", Paul Laster, May 28
2014
CBS News, Arts, "Art Scene Gets Catty in Los Angeles", editors, January 13
TIME, Arts, "Check Out the World's Best Collection of Cat Art", Olivia B. Waxman, January 11
2013
Bedford + Bowery, News, "The Be-All End-All Guide to Early September Art", Erica Martin, August 30
The Huffington Post, Arts & Culture, "Monya Rowe Gallery Heads to Orchard Street ", Susan Michals, August 27
2012
ArtInfo, (International Edition), "One-Line Reviews: Our Staff's Pithy Takes on Gallery Shows by Thomas Demand, Niki de Saint Phalle, a", Ben Davis, June 15, 2012
The New Yorker, Goings On About Town: Art, "Larissa Bates", Claire Barliant, May 28, 2012
The Morning News, Gallery, "Chiquita Banana: Larissa Bates", Karolle Rabarison, May 22, 2012
BU Today, Arts & Entertainment, "The Art of Fantasy", Amy Sutherland, February 6, 2012
2011
El Culural (cutural magazine of El Mundo) (Spain), Art, "Larissa Bates en el paraiso", Mariano Navarro, June, 10, 2011
El Duende (Spain), Art, "Paisajes Idilicos", Ana Berruguete, June 2011
IDIOM Magazine, "Macho, MotherMan, Men: Rethinking Masculinity", Editors, January 14, 2011
2009
Art Talk for ISE Cultural Foundation, “Larissa Bates,” Melissa Levin, November
2008
The Daily Beast, The Buzz Board: Smart People Recommend, "Art Pick", Eric Latzky, November 18, 2008
New York Mag.com, Vulture, “Larissa Bates Has an Eye for Boys Wrestling and Men in Bear Suits”, Emma Pearse, September 30
Beautiful Decay.com, Anthology, “Larissa Bates”, Sasha Lee, September 24
The New York Times, Art in Review, “Larissa Bates”, Karen Rosenberg, September 19
Kopenhagen.dk, “Man Power at Mogadishni”, June 26, 2008, reproduction
Politiken, “Mandetyper confront each other images in Valby”, Torben Sangild, June 2, reproduction
2007
La Stampa, Art & Culture, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", Lisa Parola, June 29
The Los Angeles Times, Calendar: Art, “The Spirit of a Warrior”, editors, June 14
Flavorpill Los Angeles, LA#227: Art, Cover Design Credit, editors, July, Issue 227
Red China Magazine, “Larissa Bates”, Issue 2, Volume 2, pp. 61 – 66, reproduction
2006
Artforum.com, Critics Picks, “Do You Think I'm Disco”, Claire Barliant, February 9
The New York Times, Art in Review, “Do You Think I'm Disco,” Holland Cotter, February 3
ELLE, “Rowe's Gallery”, Aaron Gel, January 2006, Volume XXI Number 5 No. 245, reproduction
2005
Contemporary Art, “New York Contemporary Art Scene”, China, December, reproduction
Bon magazine, ”State of the Art”, Hynek Pallas, Fall #5, International edition
The New York Times, Weekend Arts, “Fanciful to Figurative to Wryly Inscrutable”, Holland Cotter, July 8
The New York Press, Summer Art Guide, "Something is Somewhere", Robert Marshall, Volume 18, #21, May 25-31, 2005
Small Antenna, Larissa Bates, reproduction/cover, David Bartlett, May
La Vanguardia, “El dibujo un arte veloz”, editors, May 1
Les Inrockuptibles, “Armpit of the Mole”, France, May 16
Alarm magazine, Buck Austin, upcoming
2004
The New York Times, Art in Review, “Echo Eggebrecht,” Roberta Smith, November 12
The New York Times, Arts and Leisure, “Chelsea Enters Its High Baroque Period,” Roberta Smith, November 28, reproduction
Books
2005 The Armpit of the Mole, drawing compilation published by Foundation 30km/s, France
Residencies
2009 Unbelievable and Marvelous, Baie-Saint-Paul's 27th International Symposium of Contemporary Art, Quebec, Canada
2007 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Artist Residency, New York, NY
Grants and Awards
2016 Sustainable Arts Foundation Finalist
2014 Boston Artadia Awardee
2003 Hampshire College Independent Productions Grant
Collections
The West Collection
21c Museum Hotels
The Howard A. and Judith Tullman Collection
Wellington Management Collection
© 2018 All material courtesy of the artist and Monya Rowe Gallery.