Nate Lowman was born in Las Vegas in 1979. His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Centre Pompidou, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Palais de Tokyo and Palazzo Grassi. Lowman’s work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN, Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway, Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Greenwich, CT, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO, Massimo de Carlo Gallery, London, UK and Milan, Italy, Gagosian Gallery, New York, and David Zwirner Gallery, London, UK, and New York. He lives and works in New York City.
Solo and two-person exhibitions
2023
“Pringles,” the National Exemplar at La Internacional Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Delusion Horizon,” Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy
2022
“Let’s Go,” David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY
2021
“Mother’s Indigestion,” Pièce Unique, Paris, France
2019
“October 1, 2017,” David Zwirner Gallery, London, UK
“AMERICA (Paintings 2002 – 2019),” The National Exemplar, Iowa City, IA
2018
“UNTITLED (flowers),” with Keith Sonnier, The National Exemplar, NYC
“Never Remember,” Gagosian Gallery, 980 Madison Ave, NYC
“Nate Lowman – Works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection,” Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway
“Elliptical Machine Gun,” Massimo de Carlo, Belgioioso, Milan, Italy
2017
“Before and After,” Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
2016
“54 Franklin / 114 Westville,” with Don Fleming, The National Exemplar, NYC
“Nate Lowman,” Maccarone, Los Angeles, CA
“World of Interiors,” FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
“Downtown Is A Construct,” Massimo de Carlo, London, UK
2015
“America Sneezes,” Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX
“Stock-Props,” with Keith Sonnier, The National Exemplar, NYC
2014
“Weeping Atlas Cedar,” Massimo de Carlo, London, UK
“Rave The Painforest,” Maccarone, NYC
2013
“Art Relax”, in collaboration with Leo Fitzpatrick, Karma, Amagansett, NY
2012
“Cats and Dogs,” with Hanna Liden, Carlson Gallery, London, UK
“Swiss Cheese and The Doors,” Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy
“The Triumph Arch,” with Hanna Liden, 5 Rue de Tilsitt, Paris, France
“I Wanted To Be An Artist But All I Got Was This Lousy Career,” Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Greenwich, CT
2011
“Bed Bugs,” with Rob Pruitt, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, NYC
“Trash Landing,” Maccarone/Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, NYC
“Love Roses,” works in collaboration with Dan Colen, The National Exemplar, NYC
“Three Amigos: Gift Ghost GAP,” The American Academy, Rome (“Three Amigos”, with Dan Colen at Palazzo Rospiglisi and Dash Snow at MACRO Rome)
“30 Million Dollar Smile,” mural, Triple A, Los Angeles, CA
2010
“Fill You With Holes,” Carlson Gallery, London, UK
“Come As You Are Again,” with Hanna Liden, Salon 94, NYC
“Karla Black and Nate Lowman,” Andrea Rosen Gallery, NYC
2009
“The Natriot Act,” Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway
“Nate Lowman,” The Hydra Workshop, Hydra, Greece
“A Dog From Every County,” Maccarone, NYC
2008
“Wet Pain,” works in collaboration with Dan Colen, Maccarone, NYC
“Wet Pain,” works in collaboration with Dan Colen, A Palazzo, Brescia, Italy
2006
“Axis of Praxis,” Midway Contemporary Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
2005
“THE END. And Other American Pastimes.” Maccarone, NYC
Group exhibitions
2023
“A Study In Form (Chapter One),” curated by Arden Wohl, James Fuentes, New York, NY
“Drunk vs. Stoned 3,” The Ranch, Montauk, NY
2022
“In Bloom,” Pièce Unique, Paris, France
2020
“20/20,” David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY
“Lìxià,” David Zwirner Gallery, Hong Kong
2019
“ASS,” The National Exemplar, NYC
INVISIBLE-EXPORTS presents Pure ‘Joy,’ Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
“MCMXXXIV,” Massimo de Carlo, Milan – Lombardia, Italy
2017
“FEEDBACK,” curated by Leo Fitzpatrick, Marlborough Contemporary, NYC
“Street Hassle,” Marlborough Contemporary, London, UK
“MIDTOWN,” organized by Maccarone, Salon 94 and Salon 94 Design, Lever House, NYC
2016
“These Days; Leaves of Grass,” curated by Michael St. John, Andrea Rosen Gallery, NYC
“Fields of War,” Massimo de Carlo, London, UK
“Outside,” curated by Matthew Higgs, Karma, Amagansett, NY
“Fresh Cuts,” curated by Agathe Snow, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2015
“The Now Forever,” Basilica Hudson, Hudson, NY
“Marlborough Lights,” Marlborough Broome Street, NYC
“Sprayed,” Gagosian Britannia Street, London, UK
“Storylines: Contemporary Art at the Guggenheim,” Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NYC
“#RAWHIDE,” Venus Over Manhattan, NYC
“Love for Three Oranges,” Karma at Gladstone Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
“Second Chances,” Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
2014
“Empire of Light,” Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
“Three Blind Mice,” with Dan Colen and Rob Pruitt, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Belgium
2013
“12e Biennale de Lyon,” La Sucriere, Lyon, France
“The White Album,” Louis B. James Gallery, NYC
“Passive Aggressive,” Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy
“Painting in Place,” Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND), Farmers & Merchants Bank, Los Angeles, CA
“Empire State: New York Art Now,” Palazzo Delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy, and Thaddeus Ropac, Paris, France
“DSM-V,” curated by David Rimanelli, The Future Moynihan Station, NYC
“Pizza Time,” Marlborough Gallery, NYC
“The Show Is Over,” Gagosian Gallery, London, UK
“Double Hamburger Deluxe,” Marlborough Chelsea, NYC
2012
“Alone Together,” Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
“To Be With Art Is All We Ask,” Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway
“We The People,” curated by Alison Gingeras and Jonathan Horowitz, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Project Space, NYC
“Holy Crap!” curated by Michele Maccarone, The Fireplace Project, Springs, NY
“Do Your Thing,” curated by Rub N Tug, White Columns, NYC
“(O)IKEA,” Hydra Schools Project, Hydra, Greece
2011
“Are You Glad to be in America?” Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy
“New York Minute,” curated by Kathy Grayson, Garage Museum, Moscow, Russia
“Post 9-11,” OHWOW, Los Angeles
“Ray’s A Laugh,” Half Gallery, NYC
“New Age End of the World,” Taxter & Spengemann, NYC
“George Herms: Xenophilia (Love of the Unknown),” MOCA, Los Angeles
“The Luminous Interval: The D. Daskalopoulos Collection,” Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain
“In the Name of the Artists – American Contemporary Art from the Astrup Fearnley Collection,” Bienal Pavilion, Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brazil
“Karma,” White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO
2010
“The Last Newspaper,” The New Museum, NYC
“RE-DRESSING,” Bortolami Gallery, NYC
“FRESH HELL,” Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
“Off the Wall Part 1: Thirty Performative Actions,” Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
“A.D.D. Attention Deficit Disorder,” Palazzo Lucarini Contemporary, Trevi, Italy
“Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance,” Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NYC
2009
“Beg, Borrow, Steal,” Rubell Family Collection, Miami
“Besides, With, Against and Yet: Abstraction and the Ready-Made Gesture,”The Kitchen, NYC
“New York Minute,” curated by Kathy Grayson, MACRO, Rome, Italy
“When the Mood Strikes: The Cooreman Collection,” Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Belgium
“Mapping the Studio: Artists from the François Pinault Collection,” curated by Alison Gingeras and Francesco Bonami, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
“Wall & Floor,” Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France
2008
“Expenditure,” Busan Biennale, Korea
“The Unforgiven,” Stellan Holm Gallery, NYC
“Nate Lowman / Agathe Snow / Aaron Young,” United Artists LTD, Marfa, Texas
“Meet Me Around the Corner – Works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection,” Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway
“Unmonumental,” The New Museum, NYC
“Murder Letters,” Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon, Portugal
2007
“Pop Art Is…” Gagosian Gallery, London, UK
“Beyond the Zero,” Peres Projects, Athens, Greece
“Sweet Bird of Youth,” curated by Hedi Slimane, Arndt + Partner Berlin, Germany
“Last Attraction Next Exit,” curated by Neville Wakefield, Max Wigram Gallery, London, UK
“Memorial to the Iraq War,” ICA, London, UK
2006
Art Basel Miami, Art Nova, Miami Beach
“Defamation of Character,” curated by Neville Wakefield, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, NYC
“When the Revolution Comes,” Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, NYC
“Down by Law,” The Wrong Gallery in collaboration with the 2006 Whitney Biennial, NYC
“Mangoes,” Peres Projects, Los Angeles
“Slow Burn,” curated by Jonah Freeman, Galerie Edward Mitterand, Geneva, Switzerland
2005
“Uncertain States of America,” Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway
“Greater New York,” PS1 Contemporary Art Center, NYC
“Interstate,” curated by Adam McEwen, Nicole Klagsbrun, NYC
“Bridge Freezes Before Road,” curated by Neville Wakefield, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, NYC
“Faith,” curated by Matt Johnson, Champion Fine Art, Los Angeles
2004
“The Mythological Machine,” curated by Francesco Manacorda, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, UK
“I Love Music,” curated by Matthew Higgs, Creative Growth, Oakland, CA
“Happy Days Are Here Again,” curated by Andre Schlechtriem, David Zwirner, NYC
“Power Corruption and Lies,” curated by Adam McEwen and Neville Wakefield, Roth Horowitz, NYC
“Drunk vs. Stoned,” Gavin Brown’s Enterprise @ Passerby, NYC
2003
“Foreplay,” Ritter/Zamet, London, UK
“Airtight Plan For Killing,” Buia Gallery, NYC
“A Matter of Facts,” curated by Clarissa Dalrymple, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, NYC
Apexart Summer Program, NY, curated by Katy Siegel, Mitchell Algus, Michele Maccarone
Grant Selwyn Fine Art, curated by Clarissa Dalrymple, Los Angeles
Marcus Ritter Gallery, curated by Rupert Goldsworthy, NYC
“The Kids Are Alright,” curated by Joe Bradley, ATM Gallery, NYC
2002
“Circumnavigating a Sea of Shit,” Cynthia Broan Gallery, NYC
“Extacy Falls,” curated by Erik Bakke, G-Module, Paris, France
“Power Ballads,” Rupert Goldsworthy Gallery, NYC
Exhibitions curated
2010
“Al-Quaeda is the CIA,” Sue Williams curated by Nate Lowman, 303 Gallery, NYC
2007
“Beneath the Underdog,” with Adam McEwen, Gagosian Gallery, NYC
2004
“Let the Bullshit Run A Marathon,” Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, NYC
2003
“No Platform Just a Trampoline,” Marcus Ritter Gallery, NYC