Born in 1970 in Milwaukee, WI
Lives and works in Chicago
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
CANADA, New York, NY
2015
Kavi Gupta Chicago, Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL
Context Burger, Retrospective Gallery, New York, NY
2014
Scott Reeder, 365 Mission, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Paintings of Things, Kavi Gupta Berlin
People Call Me Scott, Lisa Cooley, New York, NY
2012
Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL
2011
Chicago Works: Scott Reeder, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago,IL
2010
Luce Gallery, Torino, Italy
2009
Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Gavlak Projects, Palm Beach, FL
2007
Liste Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
Inova, Milwaukee, WI
2006
Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, NY
Jack Hanley, San Francisco, CA
2005
Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN
2003
Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
2002
Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, NY
2001
Bronwyn Keenan Gallery (in association with Daniel Reich Gallery)
1999
Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY
1998
Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2008
Daniel Reich Gallery, New York (with Tyson Reeder)
2005
Gavin Brown's Enterprise 620A, New York (with Tyson Reeder)
2002
The Suburban, Oak Park (with Tyson Reeder)
Deluxe Projects, Chicago (with Milhaus)
2001
Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston (with David Robbins)
2000
China Art Objects, Los Angeles (with Laura Owens)
Angstrom Gallery, Dallas (with Cameron Martin)
1999
L.A.C.E., Los Angeles (with Michell Lopez)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Moondust: a screening and conversation with Ian F. Svenonius, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
99 Cents or Less, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI
2015
Laugh-In: Art, Comedy, and Performance, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA
2014
People’s Biennial, curated by Jens Hoffmann and Harrell Fletcher, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI
Purple States, curated by Sam Gordon, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
Another Look at Detroit: Parts 1 and 2, curated by Todd Levin, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
Awkward Phase, curated by Jeremy Willis and Lauren Novotny, 65 Maspeth Ave, New York, NY
2013
Paint Off, Paint On, Halsey McKay, East Hampton, NY
A Study of Midwestern Appropriation, curated by Michelle Grabner, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Draw Gym, organized by Brian Bellot, Know More Games, Brooklyn, NY
Please Come to my Show, Part II (1980-Now), organized by David Senior, MoMA Library, New York, NY
Summer Reading, The Hole, New York, NY
The Future is Stupid, Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2012
The Art of the Joke, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Spaced, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY
Portrait of a Generation, The Hole, New York, NY
Liminal Boundaries, Luce Gallery, Torino, Italy
Sentimental Education, Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2011
Performa 11, New York, NY
"...", The Hole, New York, NY
2010
Little Worlds, Luce Gallery, Torino, Italy
Abstract America, Saatchi Gallery, London
2009
Constellations, The Museum of Contempoary Art, Chicago, IL
Rob Pruitt's Flea Market, The Tate Modern, London, UK
Top Ten, New Jerseyy gallery, Basel, Switzerland
Wallgasm, Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
There, There Inova, Peck School of the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
2008
Pretty Ugly, Gavin Browns enterprise, New York, NY
I Won't Grow Up, Cheim & Read, New York, NY
Tales of the Grotesque, Karma International, Zurich, Switzerland
2007
Liste International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, Switzerland
Rob Pruitt's Flea Market, at GBE, Freize International Art Fair, London, UK
Jail City (w/ Tyson Reeder), Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fake Space, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Foot by Foot by Foot, Mogwai, Venice, CA
Mantua Festival, Dublin, Ireland
Fast Forward, Rockford Museum of Art , Rockford, IL
Secret Cache, Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA (organized by Andrea Zittel)
WuTang Googleplex, Gavin Browns at Passerby, New York, NY
Ceramics Show, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
Three Degrees of Francis Bacon, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee,WI
2006
Action Adventure, Canada, New York, NY
60 Second Video Festival, Fugitive Projects, Nashville, TN
On Platforming, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
Gas – issue number 4, Jacob Fabricius, Copenhagen, Denmark
Art Institute of Chicago Benefit Auction, Chicago, IL
White Columns Benefit Auction, New York, NY
The Art of the Artist Statement, Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Kids of the Black Hole, Stalke Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005
Drunk vs Stoned 2, Gavin Brown Enterprise, New York, NY
One Minute Rave, Canada Gallery, New York, NY
The Four Color Pen Show – Chicago, Van Harrison Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004
Strange Animal, L.A.C.E., Los Angeles, CA
The Four Color Pen Show, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going, Champion Fine Arts, (curated by Katherine Bernhardt) Los Angeles, CA
The Infinite Fill Group Show, (curated by Cory and Jamie Arcangel), Foxy Productions gallery, New York, NY
Sticker Project, Wrong Gallery, New York, NY
Drunk vs Stoned, at Gavin Brown's Enterprise/General Store, New York, NY
Yard Sale,Track House, Oak Park, IL
Under the Sun, Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada
What's Up With Milwaukee, Galapagos Art Space, New York, NY
Spacemakers, The Suburban/Lothringer Dreizen, Munich, Germany
Make Your Own Fun, Guild and Greyshkul, New York, NY
2003
Going West, Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX
Symbolic Space, The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
The Birdman Returns, D'Amelio Terras, New York, NY
Now Playing, D'Amelio Terras, New York, NY
Karaoke Death Machine Daniel Reich, New York, NY
The Burnt Orange Heresy, Space 101, New York, NY
Utopia Station, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
General Store (Milhaus booth) The Stray Show, Chicago, IL
Milhaus vs. Forcefield, Mixture Contemporary Arts, Houston, TX
Amfar 2 x 2, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX
Sculpture Show, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX
K-48 Kult Show, Scope Art Fair, New York, NY
The Party, Joymore, Chicago, IL
2002
Version 02, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Canceled Art Fair, China Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA
Tasty Dog, Krems, Austria (with Milhaus)
Newspaper Project, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York, NY
Realm of the Lair, Joymore, Chicago, IL
Plat & Form, Portable Hermetic & Foster Gallery
2001
Mortal, The Betty Rymer Gallery, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Memorial Show (part three),Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY
More, more, more, Chicago Project Room, Los Angeles, CA
The Armory Show 200, Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY
2000
Factory Soiree, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
The Next Wave: New Painting in Southern California, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
1999
Painting: fore and aft, ACME, Los Angeles, CA
Oriental Nights, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York, NY
1998
Yeah, Loyola Arts Research Center, Chicago, IL
Vienna Beef, Bricks and Kicks, Vienna, Austria
1997
Harry Karry Show, Diverse Works, Houston, TX
1996
The Speed of Painting, Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY
AWARDS / LECTURES / TEACHING
2003 - 2009
Associate Professor, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2009
Guest Lecturer Oslo Academy, Norway
2008
Visiting Professor, American University, Washington DC
2007
Mary L. Nohl individual Individual Artist Fellowship
Guest Lecturer, Pasadena Art Center, Pasadena, CA
Guest Lecturer, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
2006
Selected Artist, 2006 Artist Pension Trust, New York, NY
Guest Lecturer, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
Guest Lecturer,University of Oregon at Eugene, Eugene, OR
2003
Guest Panelist, Painting Symposium, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Guest Lecturer, Gallery 400, UIC, Chicago, IL
2002
Assistant Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Guest Lecturer, Gallery 400, UIC, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Guest Panelist, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
2001
Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2000
Visiting Faculty, Pasadena Art Center, Pasadena, CA
1999
Visiting Artist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Adjunct Faculty, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Guest Lecturer, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
1998
Adjunct Faculty, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1997
Teaching Assistantship, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
1993
Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale University, New Haven, CT
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2009
Club Nutz, Frieze International Art Fair, London, UK
Dark Fair- Cologne, Kolnischer Kunstrverin, Cologne, Germany
David Dunlap (w/ Mores McWreath curated by Andrea Zittel), The Cue Foundation, New York, NY
2008
Milwaukee International Art Fair 2, Milwaukee, WI
Dark Fair, The Swiss Institute, New York, NY
Presents, Rowley Kennerk Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007
Aquarium Show, Rob Pruitt's Flea Market, GBE at Frieze, London, UK
2006
Milwaukee International Art Fair, Milwaukee, WI
2005
Small Painting Show, Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS
Drunk vs Stoned 2, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY
The Early Show, White Columns, New York, NY
2004
4 Color Pen Show, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
Bumper Sticker project, Wrong Gallery, New York, NY
Drunk vs Stoned, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York, NY