Shannon Finley

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Born in Canada
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Education

Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) Halifax, 1999
The Cooper Union For the Advancement of Arts and Science, New York, 1998

Solo Exhibitions

2016

  • Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL (forthcoming)
  • Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX (forthcoming)
  • Culture Circle Gallery, Hamburg, Germany

2015

  • Walter Storms Galerie, Munich, Germany
  • Paintings for the Future, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2014

  • Susanne Vielmetter, Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
  • Vladimir Restoin Roitfield, New York, NY

2013

  • Maruani and Noirhomme Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
  • Exposition Chicago 2013, solo booth with Jessica Silverman Gallery

2012

  • Shannon Finley and Rupprech Geiger, Walter Storms Galerie, Munich, Germany
  • Century Entropy, Bischoff Weiss Gallery, London, UK

2011

  • Encrypted and Lost, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin, Germany

2010

  • Shannon Finley, Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • Specters into Signals, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin, Germany

2007

  • Vector Love, Kunst Klub, Berlin, Germany

1999

  • ex post facto, Anna Leanowens Gallery, Halifax, Canada

1997

  • New Paintings, Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Canada
  • Walk the Line, Khyber Center for the Arts, Halifax, Canada

Group Exhibitions

2016

  • Pioneer Lust, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
  • Colouring the Edge, 3812 Gallery, Hong Kong
  • Takashi Murakami’s Superflat Collection, Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan

2015

  • Appropinquation, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL

2014

  • 5 years schellingstr. 48, Walter Storms Galerie, Munich, Germany 
  • Shifting Optics, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • White is the Warmest Color, Hedge Gallery, San Francisco, CA 
  • Neon-From glowing of art, Stadtgalerie, Saarbrücken, Germany

2013

  • Neon, Museum of Concrete Art (Museum für Konkrete Kunst), Ingolstadt, Germany
  • Painting Forever!, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
  • In the Studio, Kunsthalle Athena, Athens, Greece
  • Photography, Reconstructed, curated by Pavel Vancát, Prague Biennale, Czech Republic

2012

  • Linie, Flache, Zeit, raskeller Galerie fu zeitgenossiche Kunst Abstract
  • Confusion, Stadtische Galerie Gladbeck, Kunsthalle Erfurt
  • Kaleidoscope, C24 Gallery, New York NY

2011

  • Group Show, Salon der Gegenwart, Hamburg, Germany
  • Shannon Finley and Ginger Wolfe-Suarez, FIAC, Paris w/ Silverman Gallery
  • Abstract Confusion, b05 – Kunst- und Kulturzentrum Montabaur / Kunstverein Ulm
  • Liquid Space, Nettie Horn Gallery, London
  • You Are Here – Berlin Tokyo Festival, Tokyo

2010

  • Konstructiv!, Beck & Eggeling, Dusseldorf, Hostile Aestetik Takeover, Appartement, Berlin, Germany
  • Alien Tourists Part 1, 2, 3, The Forgotten Bar / Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, Germany
  • 37 x Now, The Forgotten Bar / Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, Germany

2009

  • wasistdas 09, Paris, France
  • Spirits, Stadtbad Wedding, Berlin, Germany

2008

  • Forrest Gods, Secret Garden, Berlin Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany

2007

  • 400 Blows, After the Butcher / Galerie Thomas Kilper, Berlin, Germany
  • New Revolutionary Ghosts (Sandy Video), Los Angeles, CA
  • New Revolutionary Ghosts (Sandy Video) Broadway 1602, New York, NY
  • Curse the Tainted Pharoa’s (Sandy Performance), Galerie Meerrettich, Berlin, Germany
  • You are Here, Eel Pie, Berlin, Germany
  • Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany

2006

  • Starting at the Edge, Mushroom Arts, New York, NY

2005

  • Three Black Minutes, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
  • NY Metro, University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, PA

2004

  • Super Salon, Samson Projects, Boston, MA>

2003

  • Scope, Dylan Hotel, New York Groundswell, White Columns, New York, NY

2002

  • Underground, Pat Hearn Art Gallery, New York, NY

1998

  • Monitor Goo, Plug In Gallery, Winnipeg Anna Leanowens Gallery, Halifax, Canada

1997

  • The Hottest in Abstraction, Khyber Center for The Arts, Halifax, Canada
  • Konstructiv!, Beck & Eggeling, Dusseldorf, Hostile Aestetik Takeover, Appartement, Berlin, Germany
  • Alien Tourists Part 1, 2, 3, The Forgotten Bar / Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, Germany
  • 37 x Now, The Forgotten Bar / Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, Germany

2009

  • wasistdas 09, Paris, France
  • Spirits, Stadtbad Wedding, Berlin, Germany

2008

  • Forrest Gods, Secret Garden, Berlin Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany

2007

  • 400 Blows, After the Butcher / Galerie Thomas Kilper, Berlin, Germany
  • New Revolutionary Ghosts (Sandy Video), Los Angeles, CA
  • New Revolutionary Ghosts (Sandy Video) Broadway 1602, New York, NY
  • Curse the Tainted Pharoa’s (Sandy Performance), Galerie Meerrettich, Berlin, Germany
  • You are Here, Eel Pie, Berlin, Germany
  • Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany

2006

  • Starting at the Edge, Mushroom Arts, New York, NY

2005

  • Three Black Minutes, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
  • NY Metro, University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, PA

2004

  • Super Salon, Samson Projects, Boston, MA

2003

  • Scope, Dylan Hotel, New York Groundswell, White Columns, New York, NY

2002

  • Underground, Pat Hearn Art Gallery, New York, NY

1998

  • Monitor Goo, Plug In Gallery, Winnipeg Anna Leanowens Gallery, Halifax, Canada

1997

  • The Hottest in Abstraction, Khyber Center for The Arts, Halifax, Canada