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East of Mesa East w/ 4 Eagles, 2002
Watercolor and ink on paper
62 x 44 1/2 inches
While born to Native parents, Kahlhamer was raised by a German-American family, and spent most of his childhood in Arizona and Wisconsin. As a young adult, the artist lived on the road as a traveling musician before finally settling in New York City.
His paintings are expressive matrices of images, text, and gestural paint—reflecting a rich, peripatetic personal history. Southwestern deserts, Midwestern waterways, and Northeastern cities comingle within the loosely biographical works. In paintings like 4 Topps NDN (2013) and Americannons and LUVRS (2009), Kahlhamer replicates the logo for Topps Chewing Gum, the company that hired him shortly after he moved to New York. There, his colleague Art Spiegelman introduced him to the city’s thriving underground comics scene. The influence is evident in Kahlhamer’s jagged lines, informality, and improvisational tendencies.
Kahlhamer’s works mix visual registers: stenciled spray paint and acrylic; dreamcatchers, teepees, headdresses, eagles, and buffalo. Each work is a product of cultural hybridity, mixing Abstract Expressionism, graffiti, and popular culture with Native American imagery that transcends tribal specificity. (Kahlhamer has described himself as “tribally ambiguous,” his official connection sealed in records that predate his adoption.) The works, and his life, explore this disjunction and union, as well as the energetic tension between authenticity and ambiguity.
Kahlhamer has been the subject of over 31 solo exhibitions at prestigious venues such as: The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (2022); The Tucson Museum of Art (2022); Deitch Projects (1999, 2001, and 2006, New York); Denver Museum of Contemporary Art (2008); Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (2012–2013, Ridgefield, Connecticut); Jack Shainman Gallery (2013, 2014, and 2017, New York); Minnesota Museum of American Art (2019, St. Paul); and Plains Art Museum (2020, Fargo, North Dakota). His work features in numerous public collections internationally, including: The Museum of Modern Art (New York); Tucson Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Walker Art Center (Minneapolis); and Whitney Museum of American Art (New York).
1956
Born: Tucson, Arizona
Lives and works in New York and Mesa, Arizona
EDUCATION
1976–1982
University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac and Oshkosh
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1994
Project Room, Thread Waxing Space, New York City, New York, November 17–December 22
1996
Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York City, New York, October 12–November 16
1998
KTNN, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York City, New York, April 25–June 6
1999–2000
Friendly Frontier, Deitch Projects, New York City, New York, October 14–November 6; Galleria Francesca Kaufmann, Milan, Italy, Italy, June 7–July 31.
2000–2002
Almost American, Modern Art Inc., London, United Kingdom, November 9–December 16, 2000; Madison Art Center, Wisconsin, December 3, 2000–February 11, 2001; Aspen Art Museum, Colorado, June 1–July 22, 2001; Deitch Projects, New York City, New York, May 5–June 30, 2001; Galerie Drantmann, Brussels, Belgium, November 9–December 21, 2002; James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico, August 9–October 25, 2002
2001
Brad Kahlhamer, Galleria Francesca Kaufmann, Milan, Italy, November 22–December 20
2003
Apache Junction USA, Modern Art Inc., London, United Kingdom, January 17–February 23
2004
Skull Project, Galleria Francesca Kaufmann, Milan, Italy, May 27–July 31
2004–2005
Let’s Walk West, Scottsdale Contemporary Museum of Art, Arizona, September 30, 2004–January 23, 2005; Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, February 1–March 18, 2005
2005
Road Trip USA, Andréhn Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden, September
2006
Girls & Skulls, Deitch Projects, New York City, New York, March 4–April 1
Brad Kahlhamer & Aaron Spangler, Kantor / Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, California, August 16–September 23
2007–2008
Rapid City, Modern Art, London, United Kingdom, January 18–February 17; Denver Museum of Contemporary Art, Colorado, June 10–September 2, 2008
2008
The Slow Game, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico, August 22–October 11
2010
Giverny/JEEV, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden, March 25–May
Topps and the Indians, Giverny/JEEV, Zidoun Gallery, Luxemburg, April 8–May 22
2011
NDN Birds Over Fort Gotham 2011, Stephane Simoens, 8300 Knokke-Heist, Belgium, May 12–July 12
Project Room Brad Kahlhamer, Anne De Villepoix, Paris, France, September 3–October 15
2012–2013
Bowery Nation, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut, July 15, 2012–February 24, 2013; The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, March 22–July 21 2013
2013
A Fist Full of Feathers, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York City, New York, October 18–November 16
2014
The Four Hairs, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden, February 20–March 29
Fort Gotham Girls + Boys Club, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York City, New York, March 27–April 26
2015–2016
Brad Kahlhamer, The Karen and Doug Riley Contemporary Artists Project Gallery, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, November 14, 2015 – April 17, 2016
2016
Nomadic Studio, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, October 27–December 15
2018
Super Catcher, Vast Array, Open Spaces, Kansas City, Missouri, August 25–October 28
2019
36 Hours in Gallup, LOOM Indigenous Art Gallery, Gallup, New Mexico, March 9–April 13
Bowery Nation + Hawk + Eagle, Bockley Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 22–August 17
2019–2020
Brad Kahlhamer: A Nation of One, Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, May 30–August 11, 2019; Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota, October 3, 2019–January 25, 2020
2022
Brad Kahlhamer: Swap Meet, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona, February 26–October 9
Brad Kahlhamer: 11:59 to Tucson, Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona, March 17–September 25
Clamor of the Chapel, Civitella Ranieri Chapel, Umbria, Italy, June–August
2023–2024
Brad Kahlhamer: Nomadic Studio, Maine Camp, Bates College Museum of Art, Maine, October 27, 2023–March 4, 2024
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1992
Sculpture: The Day After Today, Thread Waxing Space, New York City, New York, January 16–February 28
1993
Simply Made in America, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut, January 24–May 2; Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; Palm Beach Community College of Art, Florida; Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington
Markets of Resistance, White Columns, New York City, New York, October 8–November 7
W139-NY, Gallerie W139, Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 23–November 21
1994
The Garden of Sculptural Delights, Exit Art, New York City, New York, March 12–May 27
1994–1995
...It’s How You Play the Game, Exit Art, New York City, New York, November 5, 1994–January 28, 1995
1995
Obsession, Chassie Post Gallery, New York City, New York, July 21–September 4
Extremely Refrigerated, Meatlocker, New York City, New York, October 5–28
Brad Kahlhamer and Michael Ashkin, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York City, New York, October 6–November 4
1995–1996
Pop Up, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, New York, May 1995–March 1996
1996
Wish You Were Here, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York City, New York, March 1–30
Square Bubbles, Mandeville Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, New York, March 7–April 21
The Art Exchange Show, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York City, New York, June 7–15
Sweat, Exit Art, New York City, New York, June 15–July 13
Red River Crossings: Ten Contemporary Native American Artists Respond to Peter Rindisbacher (1806-1834), Swiss Institute, New York City, New York, November 1–December 14
1997
Road Show ’97, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York City, New York, February 15–March 15
Structures, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California, July 10–September 13
Stepping Up, Andrew Mummery Gallery, London, United Kingdom, September 18–October 25
Landscape USA, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York City, New York, November 20–December 24
1997–1998
Basically Black and White, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, September 21, 1997–January 18, 1998
1998
Solo Painting: Voices in Contemporary Abstraction, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, March 8–April 26
PETS, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York City, New York, July 16–August 14
1999
Infra-Slim Spaces–The Physical and Spiritual in the Art of Today, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, February 12–April 4
100 Drawings, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York, April 18–June 6
The Constructed Landscape, Brent Sikkema Gallery, New York City, New York, June 8–July 3
Self Portrait, Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada, September 25–October 30
2000
Endpapers, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, January 30–April 31
ID/Y2K: Identity at the Millennium, Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, New York, 30 January 30–March 24
Lost, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom, February 16–April 2
Greater New York: New Art in New York Now, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York, 27 February–May 14
Ghosts, Invisible Museum, October 31–December 9
2001
Issues of Identity in Recent American Art, Gibson Gallery, State University of New York at Potsdam, March 12–April 22; Art University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal
Spiritual America, Audiello Fine Art, New York City, New York, May 11–June 16
Waterworks: U.S. Akvarell 2001, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn, Sweden, May 20–September 2, 2001.
Tirana Biennale 1, National Gallery & Chinese Pavilion, Albania, September 15–October 15
Ghost World, Cais Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, October 9–November 3
Best of the Season: Selected Works from the 2000–2001 Manhattan Exhibition Season, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut, September 23–December 30
2001–2002
Precious Cargo: A Revolving Exhibition of Contemporary Art, KBond, Los Angeles, California, December 15, 2001–January 27, 2002
2002
New Visions of the West, Nassau County Museum of Art, New York City, New York, February 17–April 28
Five Years of the Altoids Curiously Strong Collection 1998–2002, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, New York, October 23–November 30
2002–2003
West RETROSPECTACLE: 25 Years of Collecting Modern & Contemporary Art, Denver Art Museum, Colorado, November 16, 2002–August 3, 2003
Art on Paper 2002, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, November 17, 2002–January 19, 2003
Contemporary Art Project, Seattle Art Museum, Washington, December 20, 2002–April 6, 2003
2003
Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, Regina Gouger Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 18–March 21; Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana; University Art Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton; University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson; Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham; Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California; Art House, Austin, Texas
Stranger in the Village: Contemporary Drawings and Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art at Guild Hall, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York, August 9–October 27
2003–2004
Supernova, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California, December 13, 2003–May 23, 2004
Fresh: Works on Paper, A Fifth Anniversary Show, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico, December 19, 2003–January 26, 2004
2004
Dessins et des autres, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France, January 22–February 28
Lewis and Clark Territory: Contemporary Artists Revisit Place, Race and Memory, Tacoma Art Museum, Washington, February 12–June 6
Monument to Now, Deste Foundation: Center for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece, June 22–December 31
2004–2005
The Print Show, Exit Art, New York City, New York, December 4, 2004–January 30, 2005
Picturing Change: The Impact of Ledger Drawing on Native American Art, The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, December 11, 2004–May 15, 2005
2005
Different Wavelengths, Tina Kim Fine Art, New York City, New York, November 16–December 16
2005–2006
Looking at Words, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City, New York, November 2, 2005–January 2006
Monuments for the USA, White Columns, New York City, New York, December 15, 2005–January 28, 2006
2006
Selections from the Leroy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York City, New York, January 10–February 4
Block Party, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, California, July–August
I’m Sorry, Pilar Para & Romero Galeria de Arte, Madrid, Spain, September 14–October 14
2006–2007
Radar, Denver Art Museum, Colorado, October 7, 2006–July 15, 2007
2007
Shooting Back, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria, June 6–December 16
Tattoo Flash, Saved Tattoo, Brooklyn, New York, September 15–October 15
2007–2008
American Soil, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas, October 27, 2007–February 18, 2008
2008
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, 31 Grand, New York City, New York, January 10–February 9
The Old, Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, May 10–July 20
Admirer, 31 Grand, New York City, New York, July 10–August 10
2008–2009
Anthology, Martha Otero Gallery, Los Angeles, California, November 22, 2008–February 7, 2009
2010–2011
Legal Tender, Martha Otero Gallery, Los Angeles, California, November 20, 2010–January 8, 2011
Postermat, The Hole, New York City, New York, December 18, 2010–January 15, 2011
2011
Tale Spinning, Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, Maine, September 23–December 17
2011–2012
America: Now and Here, Kansas City, Missouri, May 6–July 2011; Detroit, Michigan, July; Chicago, Illinois, October
2011–2013
Exit Art: Printed Histories, Sixteen Years of Exit Art Portfolios 1995-2011, Exit Art, New York City, New York, December 16, 2011–January 31, 2013
2012
One Must Know The Animals, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Wisconsin, June 2–August 19
2014
Contemporary American Indian Art, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas, February 7–September 21
Mise En Scène, The School, Kinderhook, New York, August–December
2014–2015
The Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky, Museé du quai Branly, Paris, France, April 7–July 20, 2014; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, September 19, 2014–January 11, 2015; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York, March 3–May 10, 2015
2014–2017
Atopia: Migration, Heritage and Placelessness Work from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection, Museo de Arte de Zapopan MAZ, Guadalajara, México, May 14–October 5, 2014; Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Columbia, March 2–May 29, 2016; Centro Cultural Metropolitano, Quito, Ecuador, August 10–September 29, 2017
2015
Weaving Past into Present: Experiments in Contemporary Native American Printmaking, International Print Center New York, New York City, September 24–November 10
2015–2016
If You Leave Can I Come Too?, Hunter East Harlem Gallery, New York City, New York, October 14, 2015–January 23, 2016.
Winter in America, The School, Kinderhook, New York, October 17, 2015–March 19, 2016
2016
Island States, Tops Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee, April 23–June 11
Campaign for Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California, May 14–September 18
2017
New Impressions: Experiments in Contemporary Native American Printmaking, The Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, January 20–June 15
The Kindness of Strangers: Recent Acquisitions and Conservation Projects, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona, January 21–April 23
The Past is Present: Brad Kahlhamer, Turiya Magadlela, and Hank Willis Thomas, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York City, New York, March 16–April 22
If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day: Collections of Claude Simard, Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, New York, April 22–September 24
Maker, Maker, Children’s Museum of the Arts, New York City, New York, June 8–September 10
2017–2018
Prospect 4 The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp, Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, Louisiana, November 18, 2017–February 25, 2018
Once Upon a Time…The Western : A New Frontier in Art and Film, Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada, October 14, 2017–January 28, 2018
Community Board, Grimm Amsterdam (Halsstraat), Netherlands, November 24, 2017–January 20, 2018
2018
Travelogue, Jack Shainman Gallery, The School, Kinderhook, New York, May 20–October 6
Group Show, Andréhn-Schiptjenko Stockholm, Sweden, May 24–July 6
2018–2019
Other Walks, Other Lines, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California, November 2, 2018–March 10, 2019
Makeshift, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, September 22, 2018–March 3, 2019
2019
Psychic Reader, co.AZ, Scottsdale, Arizona, April 6–May 12
2020
Really, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York City, New York, October 15–November 14
2020–2021
Larger Than Memory: Contemporary Art from Indigenous North America, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, September 4, 2020–January 3, 2021
2021
Hand in Hand, Bienvenu Steinberg & Partner, New York City, New York, September 23–October 30
2021–2022
The Contemporary Print: 20 Years at Highpoint Editions, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota, October 9, 2021–January 9, 2022
2022
Snake whiskey still life and other stories, Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, California, January 15–February 20
2023–2024
Remedios Where New Land Might Grow, C3A Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía, Córdoba, April 14, 2023–March 31, 2024
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, Maine
Denver Art Museum, Colorado
Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, New Hampshire
Madison Museum on Contemporary Art, Wisconsin
Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisoncsin
The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas
Oppenheimer Collection, Nerman Museum, Overland Park, Kansas
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California
Seattle Art Museum, Washington
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
Trevi Flash Art Museum of Contemporary Art, Trevi, Italy
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina
Whitney Museum, New York City, New York
21C Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
BOOKS/CATALOGUES
Archuleta, Margaret, Gregory Sholette and Henry E. Bovay. American Artists Respond to Peter Rindisbacher (1806-1834). New York: Swiss Institute, 1996.
Benezra, Neal, et al. Supernova: Art of the Nineties from the Logan Collection. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2003.
Bloemink, Barbara, Vicky A. Clark, Rick Gribenas, Ana Merino and George D. Wallace. Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation. Pittsburgh: Regina Gouger Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, 2003.
Cameron, Dan, Jeffrey Deitch, Alison M. Gingeras, Massimiliano Gioni and Nancy Spector. Monument to Now. Athens: Deste Foundation: Center for Contemporary Art, 2004.
Caruso, Laura. RADAR: Selections from the Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan. Denver: Denver Art Museum, 2006.
Cohen, Michael. Ghost World. Seoul: Cais Gallery, 2001.
Collischan, Judy. Endpapers: Drawings 1890-1900 and 1990-2000. Purchase, New York: Neuberger Museum, Purchase College, State University of New York, 2000.
Corrin, Lisa and Tara Reddy Young. Seattle Art Museum Collection: Contemporary Art Project. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 2002.
Cram, Gabrielle and Daniela Zyman. Shooting Back. Vienna: Thyssen Bornemisza Art Contemporary, 2007.
Deitch, Jeffery, Peter Fleissig and Margaret Archuleta. Brad Kahlhamer: Friendly Frontier. New York: Deitch Projects, 1999.
Diehl, Matt, Matt Freedman, Martha McPhee, and Darcey Steinke. KTTN. New York: Full Pelt Productions and Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, 1998.
Ebersberger, Eva and Daniela Zyman. Thyssen Bornemisza Art Contemporary: The Collection Book. Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2009.
Frankel, David. Artists to Artists: A Decade of the Space Program. Colorado Springs: The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, 2002.
Garrels, Gary et. al. The Logan Collection: Portrait of Our Times. Vail, Colorado: The Logan Collection, 2002.
Gellman, Melinda. Brad Kahlhamer. New York: Thread Waxing Space, 1994.
Gute, Charles, Suzanne Geiss, and Leslie Rosa, eds. Brad Kahlhamer. Milan: Charta, 2007.
Haukaas, Thomas and Rock Hushka. Lewis and Clark Territory: Contemporary Artists Revisit Place, Race and Memory. Tacoma: Tacoma Art Museum with University of Washington Press, Seattle, 2004.
Hoptman, Laura and Sara Krajewski. Brad Kahlhamer: Almost American. Madison, Wisconsin: Madison Art Center and Aspen Art Museum, 2000.
Iossel, Mikhail. Square Bubbles. Schenectady, New York: Mandeville Gallery, Union College, 1996.
Jacobs, Dan, Jillian M. Desmond and Elizabeth A. Murphy. Negotiating Reality: Recent Works from the Logan Collection. Denver: University of Denver, Victoria H. Myhren Gallery, 2006.
Kamps, Toby. The Old Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art. Houston: Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2008.
Krane, Susan. Brad Kahlhamer: Let’s Walk West. Scottsdale: Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004.
Leigh, Christian. Sculpture: The Day After Today. New York: Thread Waxing Space, 1992.
Levin, Kim and Berndt Arell. Waterworks: U.S. Akvarell 2001. Skärhamn, Sweden: Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, 2001.
Marshall, Terri, and Tim Curry. Oppenheimer Collection: Gifts of Marti and Tony Oppenheimer and the Oppenheimer Brothers Foundation. Overland Park, Kansas: Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, 2007.
Mills, Dan. Issues of Identity in Recent American Art. Potsdam, New York: Gibson Gallery, State University of New York at Potsdam, 2001.
Musée du Quai Branly. The Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky. Paris: Skira and Musée du Quai Branly, 2014.
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. A Labyrinth for the Park: Celebrating the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park. Kansas City, Missouri: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2014.
Richer, Francesca and Matthew Rosenzweig. No. 1: First Works by 362 Artists. New York: Distributed Art Publishers, 2005.
Rosenberg, Barry A. Simply Made in America. Ridgefield, Connecticut: The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 1992.
Rugoff, Ralph. Monuments for the USA. Oakland: Solstice Press, 2005.
Schmidt, Jason. Artists: Photographs. Paris: Edition 7L, 2007.
Schlesinger, Emily. Brad Kahlhamer: Girls & Skulls. New York: Deitch Projects, 2006.
Vicki and Kent Logan Collection. Post Modern Portraiture from The Logan Collection. San Francisco: Overseas Printing Corporation, 2005.
Wendt, Selene. Fresh Paint, TBA-21. Milan: Charta Publishing, 2012.
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Fort Gotham Girls and Boys Club (Pirate Edition), 2014
Oil and acrylic on canvas
72 x 72 inches
Plesae Pay Me So I Can Pay Them(Bowery Nation), 2014
Spray paint, ink, and pencil on bed sheet
48 x 36 inches