nca | nichido contemporary art

Carter Kustera
Born 1962, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
Lives and works in New York, NY

EDUCATION

1982-85
Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1980-82
Algonquin College, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

AWARDS/GRANTS

2006
New York Foundation for the Arts.

1996
New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
J.M. Kohler Arts Center and Kohler Company Arts in Industry Program

1995
Rema Hort Mann Cultural Support Grant, Contemporary Institute, New York, NY
Best of Show - Design, The Cleveland Society of Communicating Arts
The Black Book, Best Illustration for an Annual Report
American Advertising Association
Cleveland Advertising Association
International Association of Business Communicators
Print Magazine
Step by Step Graphics
Studio Magazine

1994
Canada Council Arts Grant

1993
Artists Grant, Puffin Foundation, Ltd
Pollack / Krasner Foundation Grant

1992
Artists Grant, Puffin Foundation, Ltd
Artists Grant, Canada Council

1989
Franklin Furnace (Jerome Foundation) Fund for Performance Art
Explorations Grant, Canada Council
Travel Grant, Canada Council
Artists Grant, Artists Space

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007
"Fabulous Anger Redux," Beaver Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark

2005
"Fabulous Anger," Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, USA
“Fabulous Anger”, nca | nichido contemporary art, Tokyo

2004
"Fabulous Anger," lyonswiergallery, New York, USA

2003
"Fabulous Anger," Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA, USA

1996
" New Work," Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA
" The Making of Painted Strokes," Thread Waxing Space, New York, USA

1995
" The Making of Painted Strokes (in collaboration with Tiong Ang)," Proton ICA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
“America’s Most Wanting”, Chassie Post Gallery, New York

1994
" America's Most Wanting," Lake Galleries, Toronto, Canada and Josh Baer Gallery, New York, USA
“Consciousness”, Josh Baer Gallery, New York

1993
" Based on a True Story," Josh Baer Gallery, New York, USA

1992
" Domicide," Josh Baer Gallery, New York, USA

1991
“Death of a Signature”, Josh Baer Gallery, New York

1990
“Root of Influence/Verify Your Understanding”, Pat Hearn Gallery, New York

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)

2008
The Other Mainstream II, Arizona State University Art Museum.

2007
Pretty Soon: An Exhibition of Time Oriented Work, 4 Walls, San Diego, C.A.

2006
"Somnambulist/Fabulist," The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Sarasota Springs, NY
"I Drank the Kool-Aid: (The Experiment Requires That You Continue)," AnnaKustera, NY
"Netherland 1," The Gouda Museum, curated by Tiong Ang
"Copilandia," Centro de Arte de Sevilla, Spain, curated by Kirby Gookin
Busy Going Crazy, Centro de Arte de Sevilla, Spain
The Opening, Beaver Projects, Copenhagen

2005
"-scope" New York, Flatotel, New York, NY
“The Disasters of War: from Goya to Golub”, curated by Nina Felshin, Ezra and Cecile Sillkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
“More than Dirty South”, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami

2004
10 Year Anniversary Show, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, Georgia
“On Collaboration and Co-existence: Tiong Ang & Co. A Survey of Collaborative Works 1995-2004”, Stichting Outline, Amsterdam

2003
" Slightly Sinister," Perimeter Gallery, New York, NY
" Gun & Wound Show, The Annex, New York, NY
" Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
“Living with Duchamp”, The TANG Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs

2000
" Interference," Robert J.Shiffler Foundation, organized from the collection by CV Mansoor, OH
" Videodrama," at the Shoot Festival, curated by Oliver Hangl, Malmo, Sweden

1998
" Art on Paper," Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC
" Southern Exposure," curated by Sean Gelb, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL
" Disappearing Act," curated by Robin Kahn and Kirby Gookin, Bound & Unbound and Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, NY
" Graham Gillmore," Carter Kustera, Medrie MacPhee, Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, Canada
" Including Clay," Jane Hartsook Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY

1997
" Tweakville," Catharine Clark Gallery, San Fransisco, CA
" New York, North York," Art Gallery of North York, Ontario, Canada
" Here's Looking At Me Kid," Art Gallery of North York, Ontario, Canada
" Unimplosive Art," Curated by Carmello Strana, Zitelli Region Pavillion Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
" Summer Selections," Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta, GA
" Ceramics," White Columns, New York, NY
Group show, Filipino Fossati/Esso Gallery, Torino
Televisuals, evening of video screenings, curated by Caspar Stracke, Eight Floor Gallery, New York

1996
" The Making of Painted Strokes," Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY
“Panzerotti Five”, Free Parking, Toronto
“Waiting For Something To Happen”, curated by John Marriot & Michael Buckland, at various second run movie theaters, Toronto
“What I Did on My Summer Vacation”, White Columns, New York
Recent Work, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

1995
" Fuori Uso 1995," AURUM, Ex Liqueur Factory, Via Luisa D'Annunzio, Pescara
“Wax”, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
“Wary Still”, curated by Elliot Linwood, Highways, Santa Monica
“Take a Good Look at Yourself”, The Hudson River Museum of Westchester, New York
“The Artful Message: Contemporary Video”, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey
“Caravansarary of Contemporary Art, curated by giacinto de Pietrantonio, Pescara

1994
" Rock and Roll," Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta, GA
" Home Video Redefined: Media, Sculpture and Domesticity," organized by Dara Meyers-Kingsley, Center for Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
" American Art Today," The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, FL
" New Voices 1994," Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

1993
" American Art Today: Clothing As Metaphor," The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, FL
" I Am The Enunciator," organized by Christian Leigh, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY
" Fall From Fashion," organized by Barry Rosenberg, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary, Art, Ridgefield, CT
" PROSPECT 93," Eine internationale Ausstellung aktueller Kunst, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Germany
" Open 93: Emergency," Selected by Francesco Bonami, ("Mere Interchange"), APERTO, XLV Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Parc St. Leger, Centre d'Art Contemporian, Pouges les Eaux, France
" Contacts/Proofs, "The Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
" Transient Decor Room 311," organized by Horodner Romley Gallery and Saul Ostrow, The Roger Smith Hotel, New York, NY
" Venice Comes to the Hamptons," Art Finds/Marsha Fogel Gallery, East Hampton, NY
" Giochi nell'acqua," organized by Myriam Laplant, Ponte dell'Industria, Lungotevere delgi artigisani, Rome, Italy
" The Rag Trade (Right Off the Rack)," organized by Saul Ostrow, The InterArt Center, New York, NY
" Made in the U.S.A.," Caldic Chemie Collection, Rotterdam, Netherlands
" The Return of the Caldavre Exquis," The Drawing Center, New York, NY
“Under Thirty”, curated by Erik Oppenheim, Galerie Metropol, Vienna

1992
" Ikebana: Contemporary Artists and The Japanese Art of Flower Arranging," Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
" Multiplicity," Robin Lockett Gallery, Chicago, IL
" Ecstasy," Dooley Le Cappellaine Gallery, New York, NY
" Three or More," Spiral Gallery, Wacoal Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
" Water Bar," Galerie Metropol, Wein, Austria

1991
Josh Baer Gallery, New York, NY
" The Imperative Dream," Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
" Monnaie de Singe," Ecole de Nimes, France
" Rope," Lino Silverstein Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
" Videos and a film about some schmoes who are trying to conform (yet miss)," Robbin Lockett Gallery, Chicago, IL
" Vertigo II," Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, Salzberg, Austria
" Shared Skin: Sub-Social Identifiers," Dooley Le Cappellaine Gallery, New York, NY
" Value: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed Something Blue," 93 Crosby Street, New York, NY
" Death of a Signature," Josh Baer Gallery, New York, NY

1990
" Spellbound," Marc Richards Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
" Round Trip," Fernendo Alcolea Gallery, New York, NY
" Root of Influence / Verify Your Understanding," Projects Room, Institute for Contemporary Art, P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
" Work on Paper," Paula Allen Gallery, New York, NY
" Detritus: Transformation and Reconstruction," Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
Ihara-Ludens Gallery, New York, NY
" Collectors Choice of Emerging Artists," Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY
" All Quiet on the Western Front?," Antoine Candau Espace Dieu, Paris, France
" Round Trip, Lino Silverstein Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Vertigo, Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, Paris, France
State of Siege, Jorge Albero Calery, Madrid, Spain
Root of Influence/Verify Your Understanding (with performance), Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY
Group Show, Thara-Ludens Gallery, New York

1989
" After the Gold Rush," organized by Howard Halle, Milford Gallery, New York, NY
" Sculpture," The Gallery, New York, NY
" Obscured," Josh Baer Gallery, New York, NY
Milford Gallery, New York, NY
American Fine Art, New York, NY
" Outside the Clock: Beyond Good and Elvis," Scott Hanson Gallery, New York, NY

1988
" Turbulence," Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre, Alberta
" C.K.P. Philly '88," Momenta Art Alternatives, Philadelphia, PA
" Democracy: Cultural Participation," Dia Art Foundation, New York, NY

1987
" Lotto as Metaphor," Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
Minor Injury Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

1986
Ground Zero Gallery, New York, NY
" Small Works," Public Image Gallery, New York, NY
John Gerstad Gallery, New York, NY
Ledo Gallery, New York, NY
John Gerstad Gallery, New York, NY

SELECTED PERFORMANCES

1994
" Promotional Copy," organized by Robin Kahn & S.O.S. Int'l, The Kitchen, NYC, April

1992
" CKTV," as part of the Water Bar, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY, April
" CKTV," as part of the Banquet, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY, May
" After the Thaw," with Michael Greene, private performance at the residence of Bil Ehrlich, New York, NY

1991
" Arriving," Directed by Helen Horowitz, Leonor Datil Perez Gallery, New York, NY, April

1990
" Meet," with body builder, Pierre, Althea Viafora Gallery,New York, NY
" Green Streets," outdoor performance in Chinatown (Cortlandt Alley), sponsored by Art in General, New York, NY, June

OTHER RELATED PROJECTS

1997
U2 World Tour, "Pop," Computer animation project for stage show
Windows at Barney's Department, New York, NY

1996
Emerging Technologies Program, William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Canada, website project

1992
SPIN Magazine, Visual Politics, monthly illustrations for Anti-Hero Section, August-December.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

1996
Cullum, Jerry. "Witty pop-culture meditations hit the mark," The Atlanta Journal Constitution, November 11.

1994
Taylor, Kate. "A spoof of talk TV," The Globe and Mail, February 26.
Barnes, Lucinda. "Allen Memorial Art Museum: New Voices 1994," dialogue, March/April.
Litt, Steven. "Art's new voices sing," The Plain Dealer, May 2.

1993
Vogel, Carol. "The Venice Biennale: An Art Bazaar Abuzz," The New York Times, June 12: L13.
Seward, Keith. "Carter Kustera at Josh Baer Gallery," Artforum, Summer: 108.
Bonami, Francesco. "Carter Kustera," Flash Art, Summer.

1992
Johnson, Ken. "Carter Kustera at Josh Baer," Art in America, June: 114.
Bonami, Francesco. "Carter Kustera at Josh Baer," Flash Art, May/June: 114.

1991
Taylor, Simon. "Kevin Carter at Pat Hearn," Art in America, April: 164.
Hayt-Atkins, Elizabeth. "Born Again," ARTnews, September: 18.
Decter, Joshua. "Kevin Carter," Arts Magazine, March: 101.

COLLECTIONS

Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Broadcast News Network, New York, NY
Guccionne Media, New York, NY
Kohler Company, Koehler, Sheboygan, WI
Neuberger & Berman, New York, NY
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Progressive Corporation, Mayfield Village, OH
SPIN Magazine, New York, NY
Bard College, Annendale on Hudson, NY
Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Barney's, New York, NY