VIRGINIA OVERTON
*1971 Nashville TN, USA
Lives and works in New York City NY, USA

Education

2005 MFA, University of Memphis TN, USA
2002 BFA, University of Memphis TN, USA

Solo Shows

2014
MOCA Miami Beach, Miami, USA, cur. Alex Gartenfeld

2013
Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, GER
Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, CH
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY, USA

2012
Freymond-Guth Fine Arts, Zurich, CH
The Kitchen, New York City, USA
Delux, The Powerstation, Dallas TX, USA
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York City, USA

2011 Freymond-Guth Fine Arts Ltd, Zurich, CH

2010 Untitled (Milano), N.O. Gallery, Milano, IT
True Grit, Dispatch, New York NY, USA
Virginia Overton, Cheekwood, Nashville TN, USA

2009 This is Not A Ladder, Artlab, Memphis TN, USA

2008 Moving on South, White Box, New York NY, USA

2007 Virginia Overton, Powerhouse, Memphis TN, USA
Off the Grid, Brooks Museum, Memphis TN, USA

Group Shows (Selection)

2014
Monumental Fatigue, Freymond-Guth Fine Arts, Zurich, CH (forthcoming)
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY, USA
Like A Virgin, VI, VII, Oslo, NOR
Carpenter Art Center, Harvard University, MA, USA
Infinitude, Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA, USA
Ice Fishing, Max Wigram Gallery, London, UK
Servane Mary /Virginia Overton / Olivier Mosset, A Palazzo Gallery, Bracia, IT
Roving Room, Habersham Mills Complex, GA, USA
Work Order, Change Order, curated by Daniel Lefcourt, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, USA

2013
Illuminations, Curated by Matthew Higgs, Richard Telles Fine Arts, Los Angeles
LAT. 47°7‘N. LONG. 72°19‘., organized by Bob Nikas, Martos, East Marion, NY
Place is the Space, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Neo-Povera, L&M Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Ausstellungsraum Klingental, cur. Samuel Leuenberger, Basel, CH
„Rien faire et laisser rire.“ (Do nothing and let them laugh.), org. by Bob Nickas, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, BE
Frieze New York, with Freymond-Guth Fine Arts, New York, NY, USA
PalaExpo, cur. Sir Norman Rosenthal, AlexGartenfeld, Rome, IT
Heavy duty, silent haze, racing hearts, Freymond-Guth Fine Arts, Zurich, CH
Beyond The Object, Brand New Gallery, Milano, IT

2012
Art Basel Miami Beach, with Mitchell-Innes & Nash, Miami Beach, FL, USA
Emergency Cheesecake, cur. Wade Guyton and Jay Sanders, Performance, Whitney Musem, New York, NY, USA
Plenitude, cur. Stephan Tanbin Sastrawidjaja, Carl Freedman Gallery, London, UK
Angstrom Gallery organized by Israel Lund, Dallas, TX, USA
R4 FIAC, Ile Seguin, Paris, FR
Creature from the Blue Lagoon, organized by Bob Nickas
in conjunction with Martos Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York, USA
Bulletin Boards, Venus Over Manhatten & White Columns, New York, NY, USA
Henry Codax, Koenraad Dedobbeleer, Virginia Overton, Kyle Thurman,
Office Baroque Gallery, Antwerp, BE
Physical! Physical!, Freymond-Guth Fine Arts, Zurich, CH
Everyday Abstract, Abstract Everyday, cur. Matthew Higgs, James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
Frieze Projects, cur. Cecilia Alemani, Frieze New York, NY, USA
Shake and Bake, cur. Hard Hat, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, FR
Different Strokes, Hard Hat, Geneva, CH

2011 Glee, curated by Cecilia Alemani, Blum and Poe, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Independent New York, with Freymond-Guth Fine Arts (Zurich), New York, NY, USA
Impossible Vacation, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MI, USA
Intersection of Franklin and DuPont Streets, Greenpoint/ Brooklyn, USA
Indeterminate Activity, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York
Summer Affair, fordProject, New York
Multipli D‘Artista, N.O. Gallery, Milan

2010 Jacob Kassay, Robert Morris, Virginia Overton, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY, USA
Looking Back/The Fifth White Columns Annual, selected by Bob Nikas, White Columns, New York NY, USA
The Rule of the Game, Republique-Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
Run and Tell That!: New Work from New York, cur. by Eric Gleason and David Prince, SUArt Gallery, Syracuse NY, USA
The Artist as Collector: Olivier Mosset, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tuscon AZ, USA
Today I Made Nothing, cur. by Tim Saltarelli, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York NY, USA
Wait For Me at the Bottom of the Pool, organized by Bob Nikas, hosted by Jose Martos, Sagaponack NY, USA
Grass Grows by Itself, cur. by Sima Familant, Marlborough Gallery, New York NY, USA
Ecart, John Armleder & Mai-Thu Perret, Art 41 Basel, CH
the backroom, organized by Kate Fowle, Rotating Gallery, PS1 MoMA, Long Island City, NY, USA
Greater New York, PS1 MoMA, Long Island City NY, USA
Be Yourself, Burning Bridges, New York NY, USA

2009 From the Mississippi to the Hudson, Allen Projects, New York NY, USA
Portrait de l’artiste en motocycliste, Le Magasin, Grenoble, FR
edia Int‘l Group, cur. by Lucky de Bellevue, Foundation Barbin, New York NY, USA
The Audio Show, cur. by Seth Kelly, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York NY, USA
In Practice Projects, Sculpture Center, Long Island City NY, USA

2007 String Show, cur. by Josh Smith, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York NY, USA

2006 VA4398UV, Marshall Arts and Powerhouse, Memphis TN, USA

2005 MAX, curated by David Moos, Memphis TN, USA

Publications/Press

2011 “Virginia Overton,” Chris Bollen, Interview Magazine, April 2011
Critic’s Pick, Artforum.com; Lauren O’Neil-Butler, January 2011
Goings on About Town; The New Yorker, January 2011

2010 Untitled (Milan), text by Howie Chen, publ. by N.O. Gallery
Flash Reviews: Virginia Overton, Flash Art, Elena Bordignon, November 2010
At Saks, More Than Just Window Dressing, Wall Street Journal, May 18, 2010
Galleries-Downtown, The New Yorker, April 5, 2010
Critic’s Pick, Time Out New York, March 11, 2010

2009 Beaux Arts Magazine No. 306, 2009