GEORGANNE DEEN *1971 Forth Worth, TX, lives and works in Los Angeles EDUCATION 1974 East Texas State 1980 Cal Arts Dept. Fine Arts SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2008 -Amy Smith-Stewart Gallery, New York 2007 -The Devil’s Daughter, VAN HORN, Dusseldorf, 2004 -The Heroine’s Trip, Mixture Contemporary Art, Houston, 2003 -Season of the Western Witch, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, San Fransisco 2002 -Georganne Deen: 1992-2002, The MAC, Dallas, Texas (Cat.) -I Gave it All Away for Love, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas -The New Alchemy (From Shit City), Mixture Contemporary Art, Houston, Tx. 2001 -The Secret Storm, Babilonia 1808, Berkeley, Ca. 2000 -15 Psychic Orgasms, Waikato Museum of Art, Hamilton, New Zealand 1999 -Dunedin Public Art Gallery Dunedin, New Zealand 1998 -Un Fuc Me (and let me live again), Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca. -Georganne Deen, The Power Plant Public Art Gallery Toronto, Ontario (Cat.) 1997 -Georganne Deen, The Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University L.A. Ca -Thru the Super Mirror, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca. -If That’s All You Can Remember, Studio Camuffo Venice, Italy 1996 -The Mind Hospital, Christopher Grimes Gallery Santa Monica, Ca. 1994 -The Mother Load, Christopher Grimes Gallery Santa Monica, Ca. 1988 -Crying Game, La Luz de Jesus Gallery L.A. Ca. 1981 -Georganne Deen, Zero Zero Gallery L.A. Ca. GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2008 -5000 Jahre Moderne Kunst, Villa Merkel, Esslingen, curated by Andreas Baur and Marcus Weber 2007 -Bonjour Monsieur Ensor, GMUER Berlin, curated by Marcus Weber -(the) Melvins, Mandrake, Los Angeles, Curated by Bob Nickas -Other World, ADM Projects, Los Angeles, -The Lizard Cult, Clementine, N.Y. 2006 -Heartbreaker, Mary Boone Gallery, N.Y. -5 Stories High, Track 16, Santa Monica, -Wild Girls, Exit Art, N.Y. 2005 -Truly She Is None Other, New Image Art, Los Angeles -Mystery Meat, Future Prospects, Manila 2004 -Drawing Under the Influence, Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX -NADA Miami, Mixture Contemporary Art 2003 -Comic Release, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans -Sweet Tooth, Mixture Contemporary Art, Houston, Tx, -Le Dernier Cri: Legendary Publishers of the International Underground, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, (curated) 2002 -The Godfrey Daniels School of Charm, Track 16, Santa Monica 2001 -Circos Globulos, Babilonia 1808, Berkeley, Ca. -Princess Princess, Spin Gallery, Toronto, Ontario -Hung, University Of Texas Dallas, Dallas, Tx 2000 -Made in California, 1900-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, L. A. Ca. -Selections Summer 2000, The Drawing Center New York, N.Y. -Quirky, Adam Baumgold Fine Art New York, N.Y. -Bizarro World! The Parallel Universe of Comics and Fine Arts, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park FLorida -Luck of the Drawn, Barry Whistler Gallery Dallas, Tx. 1999 -The New Surrealism, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery New York, N.Y. -Group Exhibition, Barry Whistler Gallery Dallas, Texas -The Last Spring, DIRT Gallery L.A., Ca. 1998 -Juvenescence, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University Orange, Ca. -Double Trouble: The Patchett Collection, San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego Ca. -Codex USA, ENTWISTLE Gallery, London, England -Pop Surrealism, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art Ridgefield, Conn. 1997 -Small Wonders, Carl Hammer Gallery Chicago, Il. -Art and Provocation: Images from Rebels, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art Boulder Colo. -Nu Glu, Joseph Helman Gallery, New York, N.Y. 1996 -Group Exhibition, Spring Street Gallery L.A. Ca. -New Pop, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy 1995 -Group Exhibition,Morris Healy Gallery New York, N.Y. -New Pop, Museo di Triennale Milan, Italy -Co Mix Art, Carl Hammer Gallery Chicago, Ill. 1994 -New Pop, Museum de Fortuny Venice, Italy -The Return of the Cadvre Exquis, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, Ca. -Tiny Shoes, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, Ca. 1993 -Woman x 3, Carl Hammer Gallery Chicago, Il. -Comic Power, Exit Art, New York, N.Y. -Kustom Kulture, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, Ca. 1992 Bruno Richard Paris, France Americaca Carl Hammer Gallery Chicago, Il. 1990 -American Pop, La Foret Museum, Tokyo, Japan 1987 -Bad Influences, Otis Art Institute L.A. Ca. (curated) 1986 -American Pop, La Foret Museum, Tokyo, Japan -Social Distortion, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, L.A. Ca. (curated by Mike Kelley) 1985 -Western Exterminators, Zero One Gallery, L.A. Ca. -Semaphore East New York, N.Y. -Civilian Warfare New York, N.Y. 1983 -Comic Relief, Hallwalls, Buffalo, N.Y. PERFORMANCES 2006 -The Magnificent Obsession, ADM Projects, Los Angeles -A Baroque Prayer in Search of a Hearing Aid, Highways Performance Space, Los Angeles 2004 -The Heroine’s Trip, Toronto Alternative Art Fair at the Gladstone Hotel Oct 2 2004 -Gorgonie Time, The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco Mar 4 2004 -The Troubador, Los Angeles, Mar 2004 -Cinespace, Los Angleles, June 2004 -14 Songs of Love, Adobe Books, San Francisco, Valentine’s Day 2004 2003 -You Play the Fool this Time, REDCAT Gallery at Disney Hall L.A. Dec 2003 -Filthy Witch, Smart Gals Speakeasy, Los Angeles Oct 2003 -Western Witch, Season of the (with Thurston Moore), New Image Art, L.A. Aug 2003 2002 -Mixture Contemporary Gallery Houston Jan 2002 2001 -You Play the Beast This Time, Hammer Museum Los Angeles, Oct 31 2001 PUBLICATIONS -Western Witch, Season of the foreword by Thurston Moore Perceval Press 2003 -The Godfrey Daniels School of Charm at Track 16, Smart Art Press and Western Witch 2002 -Georganne Deen 1992-2002 essay by Doug Harvey catalogue from The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas Tex. 2002 -Georganne Deen catalogue from The Power Plant, essay by Philip Monk, Toronto Ontario Canada 1998 -Georganne Deen an Exhibition of Paintings essays by Michael Duncan, Amy Gerstler Smart Art Press Santa Monica California 1997 -If That’s All You Can Remember poetry and paintings Studio Camuffo Venezia 1997 ARTICLES -Behrens, Katja "Verspielter Exorzismus", TAZ nrw, 20. March 2007 -Wertheim, Christine “Georganne Deen: Underground Woman” X-tra Winter 2006 -Harvey, Doug “I Art the 80’s” L.A. Weekly, March 2006 -Fahl, David “Text Hook” Houston Press, June 17, 2004 -Klaasmeyer, Kelly, Deen’s List” Houston Press, Jan.2, 2003 -Lowry, Mark, “Artist’s Work Hits Close to Home” Fort Worth Star Telegram, Mar. 13, 2002 -Mitchell, Charles Dee, “Self Examination Turns Disturbing” The Dallas Morning News Feb. 28, 2002 -Deen, Georganne , “The Girlfriend and The Devil” Grand Street #70 -Halstrup, Anjee “Georganne Deen: The Secret Storm and the Vogue Book of the Dead” ZERO magazine July 2001 -Rodriguez, Juan “Georganne Deen at Babilonia 1808” Artweek June 2001 -McEwam, Ann “15 Psychic Orgasms” Waitako Times Mar 8, 2000 -Mutch, Nicola “Ads Undermine American Dream” Otago Daily Times Oct 26, 1999 -Munro, Bruce “Artist Explores Dream World” The Star Oct 27, 1999 -Madoff, Steven Henry “Pop Surrealism” ARTFORUM, Oct. 1998 -Gopnick, Blake “Old Wounds Healed Through Older Art Form” The Globe & Mail Jul 29, 1998 -Hume, Christopher “Allegories of Her Hateful Family Tree” The Toronto Star Jul 11, 1998 -Schoenkopf, Rebecca “The Glamour of Ugly” Orange County Weekly, Sept 19, 1997 -Curtis, Cathy “Light Images, Dark Truth” Los Angeles Times, Sept 9, 1997 -Dambrot, Shana Nys “Georganne Deen” JUXTAPOZ, Fall 1997 -Kim, Soo Jin “Georganne Deen” Art Issues, Summer 1997 -Kandel, Susan “Fierce: Georganne Deen” Los Angeles Times, Feb 28, 1997 -McKenna, Kristine “Los Angeles” Art & Antiques, Summer 1996 -Zellen, Jody “The Mother Load” World Art, Summer 1995 -Lueck, Brock “Co-Mix Art: Fine Tooning Pop” The New Art Examiner, Mar 1995 -McKenna, Kristine “Coming to Terms With Mom” L.A. Times, Dec 18, 1994 -Desmarais, Charles “Georganne Deen” Grand Street #49 1994 -Dubin, Zan “Experiences of a Girl as Seen by a Woman” L.A. Times, Oct 23, 1993 -Rose, Cynthia “Pacific Meltdown” British Vogue, Jul 1991 -Carlin, John “Bad Influences” The Paper, Jun 1988 -Smith, Alton “Reinventing the Wheel” Village Voice, Nov 29, 1988 -Tanney, Kathy “Paper Tigers, Plastic Toys”, Art Week, Aug 22, 1987 -Knight, Christopher “Bad Influences Knocks Popular Culture Wisdom” L.A. Herald Examiner Aug 4,1987 -Leston, Kimberely “Georganne Deen” the Face, Dec. 1986 -Pincus, Robt. “Voyage on Sculpture May Make Some Viewers Ill” San Diego Union Jul 10, 1986 -Wilson, Wm. “Social Distortion Exhibition” L.A. Times, Jul 10, 1986 -Rugoff, Ralph “Exterminating Angel” Los Angeles Weekly, Oct 11, 1985 -Drohojowska, Hunter “The Art World’s Biggest Pests”, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Oct 20, 1985 TEACHING -Callifornia College of the Arts, Oakland California Jan 2004-May 2004 (visiting artist award) -OTIS Institute of Art, Los Angeles Sept. 1982-Dec.1995 -University of California Los Angeles Feb. 1987-May 1987 -The School of Visual Arts, New York Sept. 1976-May 1978 WORKSHOPS -Otago Polytechic School of Art, Dunedin, New Zealand Oct.- Nov. 1999 -University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois Apr. 1999 -Museo di Triennale Milan, Italy Jun. 1995 COLLECTIONS Peter Norton, New York Tom Patchett, Santa Monica Neuberger Berman, New York A.G. Rosen, New York George Morton and Karol Howard, Plano, Texas Malou Babilonia, Berkeley Danny Elfman, Los Angeles Jeff Kerns, Los Angeles Sammlung Olbricht, Essen, Germany