Thomas LAWSON
1951, Scotland

Thomas Lawson biography:

Thomas Lawson is an artist with a diverse, project-driven output. He has exhibited paintings at Metro Pictures in New York, Anthony Reynolds in London, LAXART in Los Angeles, and in numerous other galleries and museums around the world. He is represented by David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles. Surveys of his work have been organized by the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art at La Jolla, the CCA in Glasgow and the Battersea Arts Centre in London. He has created temporary public works in New York, New Haven, Glasgow, Newcastle and Madrid. He has written extensively about contemporary art for various publications, including Artforum, Flash Art, and Afterall, and an anthology of his writing, Mining for Gold, was published in 2005 by JRP/Ringier. From 1979 until 1992 he, along with Susan Morgan, published and edited REAL LIFE Magazine, an irregular publication by and about younger artists interested in the relationship between art and life. An anthology of REAL LIFE Magazine was published by Primary Information, NY in 2007. Between 2001 and 2009 he was co-editor of Afterall , a journal of contemporary art based in both London and Los Angeles. Since 2009 he has been editor in chief of East of Borneo, an online art magazine and collaborative archive based in Los Angeles. He has also curated various exhibitions of younger artists for such venues as Artists Space and P.S.1 in New York and the Municipal Art Gallery in Los Angeles, and was a co-selector of the British Art Show in 1995. In addition to a Guggenheim Fellowship he has received three Artist Fellowships from the NEA, project support from Art Matters, Inc., and Visual Arts Projects, and a residency fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation and the Ucross Foundation. He lives and works in Los Angeles, where he is currently Dean of the School of Art at the California Institute of the Arts. In the spring of 2009 selections of older work were included in historical survey shows of the 80s at the Metropolitan Museum in New York and Magasin in Grenoble, and new work was included in the first Los Angeles Biennial, Made in LA at the Hammer Museum in 2012.

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Born 1951, Glasgow, Scotland
lives and works in Los Angeles, CA


EDUCATION

1979
Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY

1975
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland

1973
University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland


SELECTED SOLO / TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
(* indicates a publication)

2014
*DB14, Dallas Biennial, Dallas, TX

2012
In the Shadow of the Beast, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2009
Thomas Lawson: 1977 – 1987, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angels, CA

2007
History/Painting, LAXART, Los Angeles, CA

2004
The Suburban, Chicago, IL

2001
Sleeper, Edinburgh, Scotland

1998
Project Wall, Rosamund Felsen, Los Angeles, CA

1995
Viennese Paintings, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London, England; Norwich School of Art and Design, Norwich, England

1993
Sylvie Ferre, Lyon, France

1992
Sylvie Ferre, Lyon, France

1990
*Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, Scotland; Battersea Arts Centre, London, England
Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London, England
Battersea Arts Centre, London, England

1989
Metro Pictures, New York, NY
T.O.O. Gallery, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada

1988
Kuhlenschmidt/Simon, Los Angeles, CA

1987
The Party's Over, Metro Pictures, New York, NY
*Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London, England
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA

1986
Civic Virtues, City University Graduate Center Mall, New York, NY

1985
Metro Pictures, New York, NY

1984
OR Gallery, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada
Christminster Gallery, New York, NY

1983
Metro Pictures, New York, NY
Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1982
Metro Pictures, New York, NY

1981
Metro Pictures, New York, NY

1980
Mercer Union Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1977
In Camera, Artists Space, New York, NY


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
(* indicates a publication)

2014
Another Cats Show, 365 Mission, Los Angeles, CA
*Imaginary Portraits: Prince Igor, The Arnold and Marie Schwartz Gallery Met, The Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center, New York, NY

2013
Drawn from Life (on and around the work of R.B. Kitaj), curated by Jan Tumlir, Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer and Shirley Morales, ltd los angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Ends and Exits: Contemporary Art from the Collections of LACMA and The Broad Art Foundation, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

2012
*Made in L.A. 2012, organized by the Hammer Museum and LAXART, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
*25 Years of Talent, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
The Last Word, Peter B. Lewis Theatre, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

2011
Baker's Dozen III, The Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA

2010
ON PTG: Michelle Grabner, Thomas Lawson, Carrie Moyer, Scott Reeder, Julius Cæsar, Chicago, IL

2009
The Pictures Generation: 1974 – 1984, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

2007
A Palindromic Life, South La Brea Gallery, Inglewood, CA
Natural Geographic, Norma Desmond Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2005
The Empire Strikes Back, ATM, New York, NY

2004
The Undiscovered Country, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA

2003
Relocation, curated by Suzanne Adelman, Bliss, Pasadena, CA

2000
Chairs, Patios and Faces, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Empire Strikes Back, ATM, New York, NY
Exurbia, Gallery Luisotti, Los Angeles, CA

1997
Pacaembu, Laboratoire, Sao Paulo, Brazil

1995
Occupato, Burnett Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1994
Painting in the British Arts Council Collection, Chapter Arts, Cardiff, England
American Fine Arts, New York, NY

1993
Monumental Propaganda, ICI, New York, NY; Moscow, Russia
The Categories of Robert Smithson, Name Gallery, Chicago, IL

1992
Unfair, Tanja Grunert Galerie, Cologne, Germany
American Fine Arts, New York, NY
FAR Bazaar, Old Federal Reserve Building, Los Angeles, CA

1991
El Sueno Imperativo, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain

1990
A New Necessity, First Tyne International, National Garden Festival, Tyneside, England

1989
*A Forest of Signs: Art in the Crisis of Representation, MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
Art Of Renewal, Orchard Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland

1988
Group Show, Public Art Fund, City Hall Park, NY
Frontier Production, Critical Art Ensemble, Tallahassee, FL

1987
Art Against AIDS, citywide exhibition, New York, NY
*Working in Brooklyn: Painting, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Constitution, by Group Material, The Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1986
Correspondences, Laforet Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Rooted Rhetoric, Academia di Belli Arti, Napoli, Italy
The Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Por Encima del Bloqueo, Il Bienal de la Habana, Centro Wilfredo Lam, Havana, Cuba

1985
Americana, a Group Material project at the Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Anniotanta, Galeria Communale d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
The Public Art Show, Nexus Gallery, Atlanta, GA
*Minimal Representation: Another View of New York, curated by Charles Kessler, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1984
The Heroic Figure: thirteen artists from the US, Museum de Arte Moderne, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Santiago, Spain; Caracas, Venezuela
New York Now, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
Artists Call: Against US Intervention in Central America, city-wide exhibition, New York, NY
A Decade of New Art, Artists Space, New York, NY
The Heroic Figure, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
*Drawings: After Photography, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH
Contemporary Perspectives 1984, Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
*Contemporary Triptychs, Edith C. Blum Art Institute, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

1983
La Forma e l'Inform, Galeria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
*Compassionate Images, curated by Paul Krainak, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL; Art and Architecture Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

1982
Painting, Metro Pictures, New York, NY
*[(" ' ' ")] Frames of Reference, Whitney Museum of American Art, Downtown Branch, New York, NY
*Compassionate Images, curated by Paul Krainak, Herron Gallery, Herron School of Art/IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN
The Human Figure, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
Art and the Media, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
*New Figuration in America, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
*Image Scavengers, ICA: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

1981
Figuring, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
On Location, Texas Gallery, Houston, TX

1980
*Nuova Immagine, XVI Triennale, Palazzo del Triennale, Galleria del disegno, Milan, Italy
Illustration & Allegory, Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, NY
*Paesaggio di Paesaggi, curated by Flaminio Gualdoni, Salone degli Specchi del Teatro Comunale, Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy

1978
The Drawing Center, New York, NY


SELECTED PROJECTS

2002-present
Afterall, published by Central St. Martins and CalArts, co-editor with Charles Esche and Mark Lewis

2001
ReThinking Exhibitions, MOCA and Side Street Live, Los Angeles, CA, lecture series organized in partnership with Louise Sandhaus
The Pest of Scotland, published by The Centre, Glasgow, Scotland

2000
Shimmer, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curator

1999
Scottish Parliament Building, EMBT/RMJM, Los Angeles, CA

1998
Derry City Council Building, Derry, Northern Ireland, work proposal

1997
Hot Coffee, Artists Space, New York, NY, curator

1996
Deirdre, WB Yeats, produced by MUSE CalArts, presented at MOD Theatre, CalArts, Los Angeles, CA; Queens Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, set design
Shawhead Sentinel, a large-scale monument at Coatbridge, Scotland, work proposal

1994-1995
The British Art Show 4, Manchester, Edinburgh, and Cardiff and organized by National Touring Exhibitions, South Bank Centre, selector with Richard Cork and Rose Finn-Kelcey

1994
Color This! A Collection of Los Angeles Artists' Drawings, Pat Gomez, Haven Lin-Kirk, Annie Reiniger, Carrie Ungerman, eds., Los Angeles: Foundation for Art Resources, Inc., 1994, p. 58

1993
Power and Responsibility, a conference co-organized by Roberto Bedoya and David Jensen at the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, Russell Ferguson and Ann Goldstein, MoCA, Allan Sekula and Tomas Lawson, CalArts

1992-1978
REAL LIFE Magazine, co-publisher and editor with Susan Morgan

1991
Fallen Angel, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain, temporary commission

1990
Memory Lingers Here, Dunstan Soap Works, Gateshead, England, temporary commission
International Glasgow Green and Flourishing, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, mural
Here's Loooking at You, Kid, Bellgrove Station, Glasgow, Scotland, billboard

1989
Untitled, Exit 42, I-95, New Haven, CT, billboard
A Portrait of New York, Manhattan Municipal Building, New York, NY, commission

1988
Nostalgia as Resistance, The Clocktower, New York, NY, curator
Civic Virtues/Civil Rights, City Hall Park, The Public Art Fund, New York, NY, commission

1987
"Walking on Wilshire," LAICA Journal, published in CEPA Journal, Volume 4, Number 1, photography project

1984
Interference on the Line, Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Pennsylvania, PA, curator

1983
Real Life Magazine presents..., White Columns, New York, NY, curator

1982
Critical Perspectives, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY, curator
A Fatal Attraction, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, catalog cover
45 Minutes of Billie Holiday, Just Another Asshole #5, New York, NY, sound piece
Subculture, Group Material, the New York Subway, New York, NY, subway poster

1981
Real Life Magazine presents..., Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London, England, curator


PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR
(* indicates non-periodical book, catalog, or other publication)

2012
"Reviews: Jack Goldstein, Orange County Museum of Art," Artforum, December 2012, p. 269
"Michael Asher (1943 - 2012)," East of Borneo, October 15, 2012
"To Understand the Future of MOCA, Look at its Past," Los Angeles Magazine, August 16, 2012

2009
*"Los Angeles, City of Dust and Dreams," Berlin-Los Angeles: A tale of two (other) cities. Milan: Galleria Massimo De Carlo, 2009

2007
"Fractional Gift," Michael Hurson obituary, Artforum, April 2007, p. 67
"Art School Symposium," Art in America, May 2007
*An Escape Towards Liberty, Los Angeles: Nothing Moments Press, 2007

2006
"Top Ten List," Artforum, December 2006
"Reviews: Los Angeles, 65-85, Pompidou," Artforum, September 2006
"Pret a Prouve," Artforum, January 2006
*Paranoia on the High Seas, Santa Monica: White Wine Press, 2006

2005
Gretchen Bender obituary, Artforum, April 2005
"Not a Condition but a Process," Afterall, Number 11, 2005
"Considering the Effect of Rain: on Representation and the Weather," The New Moderns, The Showroom Annual 2004/05, 2005
"London Waiting, Thinking, Drinking: A Conversation about Patrick Caulfield's Interiors," with Katherine Lewis, Afterall, Number 12, 2005

2004
"Desperate Daydreams," Afterall, Number 9, 2004
"Thomas Lawson on Media Moguls," Artforum, October 2004

2003
*Laura Owens, Los Angeles: MOCA, 2003
Jack Goldstein obituary, X-tra, Volume 5, Number 4, 2003

2002
"Looking for Something to Read," Afterall, Number 6, 2002

2001
*The Pest of Scotland, Glasgow: The Centre, 2001

2000
*Shimmer, Los Angeles: LA Municipal Gallery, 2000
*"Interview with Richard Wright," Richard Wright, Newcastle upon Tyne: Locus+, 2000
"An Incident in California," Side Street Projects, 2000

1999
*"Flying into the Future," Curious, artists' research within expert culture, Glasgow: Visual Arts Projects, 1999

1998
*Empire, with Russell Ferguson, Glasgow: Brunswick St, reprinted by Eindhoven: Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, 1998
*You Crack Me Up, Georgina Starr, Tuberama, Birmingham: Ikon Gallery, 1998
*El Principe Rana, Chema Cobo, Sevilla: Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, 1998

1997
*Hot Coffee, New York, Artist's Space, 1997

1996
*"Attempting Community," Cultural Economies: Histories from the Alternative Arts Movement, New York: The Drawing Center, 1996
*Interview with Allan McCollum, Allan McCollum, Los Angeles: A.R.T Press, Los Angeles, 1996
*"I was a Teenage Vampire," 10 Years of Transmission, Glasgow: Transmission Gallery, 1996

1995
*"Jet Lag and Iron-Hard Jets," The British Art Show 4, London: National Touring Exhibitions, 1995, pp. 88-94

1993
Interview with Douglas Gordon, "Hello, it's me," Frieze, Number 9, March-April 1993, pp. 14-17

1992
*"Frontieres Perdues," Art et Espaces Publics, Givors: Maison du Rhone, 1992
*Guilt by Association, Dublin: Irish Museum of Modern Art, 1992

1991
"Angelic Visions," El Sueno Imperativo, Madrid: Circulo de Bellas Artes, 1991
*"Candies and Other Comforts: An Erotics of Care," Claes Oldenburg: Multiples in Retrospect 1964-1990, New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1991
*"The Theatre of the Mind: John Baldessari," Parkett No. 29, Zurich: Parkett-Verlag AG, 1991, pp. 38-42

1990
*"Time Capsule Explodes," Familie Beck, Richard Baim, Hartford: Real Art Ways, 1990
*"Memory Lingers Here," A New Necessity, First Tyne International, Newcastle on Tyne: Tyne and Wear Museum Services, 1990
"Going Public," New Art International (Art & Design), 1990, pp. 72-77

1989
*"A Collective Portrait of Andy Warhol," Andy Warhol: A Retrospective, New York: MoMA, 1989
*"The Theatre of the Mind: John Baldessari," Ni Por Esas, Madrid: Centro Nacional Exposicions de la Reina Sofia, 1989

1988
"An Interview with Critical Art Ensemble," REAL LIFE Magazine, Winter 1988/1989, pp. 2-9
"Time Bandits/Space Vampires," Artforum, January 1988
*"Nostalgia as Resistance," Modern Dreams, Long Island City: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, 1988

1987
"The Spiritual in Art at LACMA," LA Weekly, January 1, 1987
"Reheating The: 'Avant-Garde in the Eighties' at LACMA," LA Weekly, May 15-21, 1987, pp. 30, 33
*The Story of Henk Guth, Charlotte: Knight Gallery, 1987
*"Bunk: Eduardo Paolozzi and the Legacy of the Independent Group," This is Tomorrow, Long Island City: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, 1987

1986
"Five Critics Weigh LACMA's The Spiritual in Art: Thomas Lawson," L.A. Weekly, Volume 9, Number 5, December 26, 1986-January 1, 1987
*"The Future is Certain," Individuals: A Selected History of Contemporary Art 1945-1986, Los Angeles: MOCA, 1986
"Towards Another Laocoon, or, The Snake Pit," Artforum, March 1986

1985
"Horrorshow," The New Art Examiner, Summer 1985, cover, pp. 24-26
"Little Enough," C Magazine, Number 2, 1985
*"Nature Morte," Infotainment, New York: Reichard/Livet, 1985

1984
"Forum: Generation in Vitro," Artforum, September 1984, p. 99
*Livin' in the USA, New York: Damon Brandt Gallery, 1984
"Hilton Kramer: An Appreciation," Artforum, November 1984, pp. 90-91
"Forum: Generation in Vitro," Artforum, September 1984, p. 99
"How New York Stole the Idea of Modern Art: Abstract Expressionism, Freedom, and the Cold War," Artforum, Summer 1984
"Thomas Lawson & Ken Lum," Flash Art, June 1984
"Group Material, 'Timeline,' P.S. 1; James Brown, Tony Shafrazi Gallery," Artforum, May 1984
"Where's the beef?," ZG Magazine, Number 10, Spring 1984
*"On Art and Artists: Thomas Lawson," Profile, Volume 4, Number 2, March 1984
*"Interference on the Line," Contemporary Perspectives 1984, Lewisburg: Center Gallery at Bucknell University, 1984

1983
"An Interview with Komar and Melamid," REAL LIFE Magazine, Number 11/12, 1983
"'Terminal New York,' Brooklyn Army Terminal; Edouard Manet, Metropolitan Museum of Art," Artforum, December 1983
"Helmut Middendorf, Bonlow Gallery; Richard Bosman, Brooke Alexander Gallery; Francesco Clemente, Sperone Westwater Gallery and Mary Boone Gallery," Artforum, Summer 1983
"'The Beast' and John Dunkley-Smith, P.S. 1; Victor Alzamora and Jennifer Bolande, Artists Space," Artforum, March 1983
"Gerry Morehead, the Clocktower; Leon Golub, Susan Caldwell Gallery," Artforum, February 1983

1982
"Conflicting Panaceas," Cover, Number 6, 1982
*A Fatal Attraction, Chicago: The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, 1982
"Jimmy De Sana, Bonlow Gallery and Stefanotti Gallery; Marcus Leatherdale, The Clocktower," Artforum, December 1982
"Sigmar Polke," Artforum, October 1982
"Dennis Oppenheim, Bonlow Gallery," Artforum, September 1982
"Michael Smith, 'It Starts at Home,' a video installation at the Whitney Museum; Bernd Koberling, Annina Nosei," Artforum, June 1982
"Troppo Bello Per Essere Vero," Flash Art, Edizione Italiana, May 1982
"Michael Hurson, Paula Cooper; John Clark, 49th Parallel," Artforum, May 1982
"'Kandinsky in Munich 1896-1914,' Guggenheim Museum; Andy Warhol, Leo Castelli Gallery; Joseph Nechvatal, The Kitchen," Artforum, April 1982
"Fragments 1977-1982: Thomas Lawson," Profile, Volume 4, Number 2, March 1982
"William T. Wiley, Allan Frumkin Gallery; A.R. Penck, Sonnabend Gallery," Artforum, March 1982
"The Dark Side of the Bright Light," Artforum, November 1982, pp. 62-66
"Bruce Robbins, Blum Helman Gallery; Don Nice, Nancy Hoffman Gallery," Artforum, February 1982
"'In and Out of Power: Photographs from the New York Times,' P.S. 1; Forrest Bess, Whitney Museum of American Art; Alexander Liberman, Andre Emmerich," Artforum, January 1982

1981
"Last Exit: Painting," Artforum, October 1981, pp. 40-47
"We Must Embrace Or Joys and Sorrows," ZG Magazine, Number 3, Autumn 1981
"Too Good to be True," REAL LIFE Magazine, Number 7, 1981
"Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Tate Gallery," Artforum, December 1981
"Oskar Kokoshka, Marlborough Gallery; Salome and Luciano Castelli, Annina Nosel Gallery; Eric Bogosian, American Theatre Laboratory; Thornton Willis, Oscarsson Hood Gallery," Artforum, September 1981
"Sandro Chia, Sperone Westwater; April Gornik, Edward Thorp Gallery," Artforum, Summer 1981
"Emergent Artists at the Guggenheim 1981 Whitney Biennial," Flash Art, Summer 1981
"Schilderkunst in New York: Een geïllustreerde gids," Museum Journal, Number 3, 1981
"Gary Stephan: Mary Boone," Flash Art, Summer 1981
"Julian Schnabel: Mary Boone and Leo Castelli," Flash Art, Summer 1981
"Jack Bush, Andrew Emmerich Gallery; Katherine Porter, David McKee Gallery; Hans Haacke, John Weber Gallery; David Salle, Mary Boone Gallery; Eric Fischl, Edward Thorp Gallery; Robin Winters, Mary Boone Gallery," Artforum, May 1981
"Jasper Johns: Castelli," Flash Art, March/April 1981
"Jennifer Bartlett: Paula Cooper," Flash Art, March/April 1981
"Switching Channels," Flash Art, March/April 1981
"'The People's Choice,' Group Material; Richard Serra, Blum/Helman Gallery; Tony King, O.K. Harris Gallery," Artforum, April 1981
"John Walker, Betty Cunningham; Bernd Naber, Tony Shafrazi; Gerhard Merz, Sperone Westwater Fischer; 'Une Idée en l'Air'; Vincenzo Agnetti, Ronald Feldman," Artforum, February 1981
"William Eggleston, Charles Cowles Gallery; Sol LeWitt, John Weber Gallery; Richard Bosman, Brooke Alexander Gallery; Gary Bower, Max Protetch Gallery," Artforum, January 1981

1980
"Imre Koscis and Josef Erben, P.S. 1; Mel Kendrick, John Weber Gallery," Artforum, December 1980
"Livio Saganic and Leo Rabkin, Hal Bromm; Matt Mullican, Mary Boone," Artforum, November 1980
"Chia, Clemente and Cucci: Sperone, Westwater, Fisher," Flash Art, November 1980
"Italo Scanga: Frank Kolbert," Flash Art, November 1980
"'Deconstruction/Reconstruction,' The New Museum; Rena Small, Daniel Wolf; William Betsch, The Space," Artforum, October 1980
"Robert Mangold, John Weber," Flash Art, Summer 1980
"Michelangelo Pistoletto, The Clocktower," Flash Art, Summer 1980
"Miriam Schapiro, Barbara Gladstone, Lerner/Heller," Flash Art, March/April 1980
"Going Places," REAL LIFE Magazine, Number 3, 1980
"An Interview with Fashion Moda," REAL LIFE Magazine, Number 3, 1980
"Spies and Watchmen," Cover, Number 3, 1980
"Long Distance Information," REAL LIFE Magazine, Number 4, 1980
"Silently, By Means of a Flashing Light," October, Number 15, 1980
*"The Olympic Thirteen," Art at the Olympics: A Survey of the National Fine Arts Program, 1980 Winter Olympics, Lake Placid: Lake Placid Olympic Organizing Committee and the National Fine Arts Committee, 1980

1979
"Painting in New York: An Illustrated Guide," Flash Art, October/November 1979
"Painting in New York," Flash Art, October 1979
"The Uses of Representation: Making Some Distinctions," Flash Art, March/April 1979
"Frank Stella: Leo Castelli," Flash Art, March/April 1979
"Andy Warhol: Heiner Friedrich," Flash Art, March/April 1979
"Judith Bernstein at Brooks Jackson Iolas," Art in America, January/February 1979

1978
"Gas: 1978 Exxon National Exhibition," Skyline, Number 3, June 1, 1978, p. 3
"Rober Moskowitz at the Clocktower," Art in America, May/June 1978
"Marcia Hafif at Sonnabend," Art in America, May/June 1978
"Steven Gianakos at Droll/Kolbert," Art in America, March/April 1978

1977
"Every Picture Tells a Story, Don't It," REAL LIFE Magazine, Number 2, 1977

1976
*Norman Lewis: A Retrospective, New York: The Mall, The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York, 1976


PUBLISHED ANTHOLOGIES
(* indicates non-periodical book, catalog, or other publication)

2010
Dispatches and Directions: On Artist-Run Organizations in Los Angeles, Ronni Kimm and Jesse Aron Green, eds., Los Angeles: ART2102, 2010

2006
REAL LIFE Magazine: Selected Writings and Projects 1979-1994, Miriam Katzeff, Thomas Lawson, and Susan Morgan, eds., New York: Primary Information, 2006

2004
Mining for Gold: Selected Writings (1979-1996), Zurich: JRP|Ringier, 2004

1999
Postmodern Perspectives: Issues in Contemporary Art, Howard Risatti, ed., New York: Prentice Hall, 1999

1990
Flash Art: Two Decades of History, Giancarlo Politi, ed., Boston and New York: MIT Press, 1990

1988
Modern Dreams, Leffingwell and Marta, eds., Boston: MIT Press, 1988
Artwords 2, Jeanne Siegel, ed., Ann Arbor: UMI Press, 1988

1987
Blasted Allegories, Brian Wallis, ed., New York and Boston: The New Museum and MIT Press, 1987

1986
Individuals, A Selected History of Contemporary Art 1945-1986, Howard Singerman, ed., Los Angeles and New York: MOCA and Abbeville Press, 1986

1985
Theories of Contemporary Art, Richard Hertz, ed., New York: Prentice Hall, 1985
Infotainment, Nagy and Robbins, eds., New York: Reichard/Livet and J. Berg Press, 1985

1984
Art After Modernism, Brian Wallis, ed., New York and Boston: The New Museum and MIT Press, 1984


GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2003
Ucross Foundation Residency, Sheridan, WY

2002
Lewis Walpole Library Fellowship, Farmington, CT

1999
Visual Art Projects, Artists Research Fellowship, Glasgow Visual Art Projects, Artists Research Fellowship, Glasgow, Scotland

1997
Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Center Residency, Lake Como, Italy

1979-1991
NEA, Visual Artists Forums, annual funding for REAL LIFE Magazine
NYSCA Visual Arts Panel, annual funding for REAL LIFE Magazine

1989-1990
NEA, Artists Fellowship, Painting

1987
Art Matters Inc., Project Grant

1985-1986
NEA, Artists Fellowship, Painting

1982-1983
NEA, Artists Fellowship, Painting


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
(* indicates non-periodical book, catalog, or other publication)

2014
*Prince Igor: Imaginary Portraits, New York: Karma, 2014
"Culture & Capital in Dallas," Art in America, April 2014
Korek, Bettina, "A Closer Look: Thomas Lawson Creates for The Met Opera," Style.com, March 17, 2014
Brogan, Doris, " Artist focuses on many of the world's social issues," RichlandChronicle.com, February 25, 2014
Chininis, Jennifer, "Dallas Art Fair lures nearly 100 premier exhibitors to 6th annual extravaganza," Dallas.CultureMap.com, February 23, 2014
Simek, Peter, "This Week's 5 Best Art Events," DMagazine.com, February 12, 2014
Morgan, Kendall, "Dallas Biennial moves out of virtual world and into top art spaces," CultureMap.com, January 31, 2014
Simek, Peter, "Weekend Art Picks: Kiki Smith in Denton and DB14 at Goss-Michael," DMagazine.com, January 29, 2014
"IMAGINARY PORTRAITS: PRINCE IGOR to Open at Gallery Met, 1/31; New Production of PRINCE IGOR Opera Set for 2/6," BroadwayWorld.com, January 24, 2014

2013
Wagley, Catherine, "5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week, Including a Secret Restaurant," LA Weekly, December 18, 2013
"Tom Lawson - MOCA U - MOCAtv," MOCAtv, October 25, 2013, video.
Ziemba, Christine N., "Thomas Lawson's Portrait of Saint Laurent's Rebel Hedi Slimane in Lastest Vogue," Blog.CalArts.edu, September 25, 2013
Heller, Nathan, portrait by Thomas Lawson, "Cutting Edge," Vogue, September 2013, pp. 812-813
Albrecht, Lauren, "Watch Ends & Exits @ LACMA," Art-Nerd.com, July 15, 2013
T.S., "Laughing at Thomas Lawson," PaintingInLA.com, March 6, 2013

2012
Ellis Fox, Emily, "Reviews: Los Angeles: Thomas Lawson," Modern Painters, December 2012, p. 101
Kennedy, Randy, "Michael Asher, Conceptual Artist, Dies at 69," The New York Times, October 18, 2012, p. B19
Butler, Sharon, "Thomas Lawson: Lost Wholes," TwoCoatsOfPaint.com, October 2, 2012
Diehl, Travis, "Critics' Picks: Thomas Lawson," Artforum.com, September 27, 2012
"Exhibition of new paintings by Thomas Lawson opens at David Kordansky Gallery," ArtDaily.org, September 8, 2012
Katzban, Nicholas, "Thomas Lawson: In the Shadow of the Beast," 24700: News from California Institute of the Arts, September 7, 2012
Koester, Megan, "Thomas Lawson's 'In the Shadow of the Beast' at David Kordansky Gallery, Fabrik Media Network, September 5, 2012
"AR: '25 Years of Talent' at Marianne Boesky," Contemporary Art Daily, August 17, 2012
Howden Chapman, Amy, "Amy's Column 06 - MADE in LA review," Chartwell.org, July 18, 2012
*25 Years of Talent, texts by Michelle Grabner, Tim Griffin, Randi Hopkins and David Robbins, New York: Marianne Boesky Gallery, 2013
Politi, Giancarlo, and Helena Kontova, "What art will be," Flash Art, July-September 2012, pp. 54-58
*Ellegood, Anne, Lauri Firstenberg, Malik Gaines, Cesar Garcia, and Ali Subotnick, Made in L.A. 2012, Los Angeles: Hammer Museum, University of California, 2012, pp. 127, 147-150
Boucher, Brian, in conversation with Lauri Firstenberg, "Made in L.A.: The Biennial," Art in America, June/July 2012, p. 31
"'25 Years of Talent' at Marianne Boesky," Contemporary Art Daily, June 9, 2012
Blodgett, Lucy, "Made in LA: The Hammer Museum Presents The First LA Biennial," HuffingtonPost.com, June 4, 2012
Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter, "'Made in L.A.' New Art Now in Los Angeles," Artnet.com, June 1, 2012
Fabrik, Issue 17, Summer 2012, cover
Lee, Cynthia, "Hammer presents L.A. as vibrant hot spot of contemporary art," Today.UCLA.edu, May 31, 2012
"What's On: Made in LA 2012," The Art Newspaper, May 30, 2012
Finkel, Jori, "Hammer announces $100,000 prize for new biennial; 60 artists chosen," Los Angeles Times, March 14, 2012

2011
Howard, Christopher, "Thomas Lawson," Artforum.com, May 7, 2011

2009
*"Thomas Lawson," The Beat and the Buzz: Inside the L.A. Art World, edited by Richard Hertz, Ojai: First Minneola Press, 2009, pp. 248-260
Rosenberg, Karen, "Thomas Lawson 'New World'," The New York Times, July 17, 2009, p. C23
Lally, Phyllis, "Artist Profile: Tomas Lawson," Phillips Art Expert, July 10, 2009
Haber, John, "You Ought to Be in Pictures," HaberArts.com, 2009
Berardini, Andrew, "Thomas Lawson: 1977-1987,"
ArtReview, Summer 2009, p. 134
Cotter, Holland, "Framing the Message of a Generation," The New York Times, May 31, 2009, pp. AR1, AR25
Schjedldahl, Peter, "Alien Emotions: Pictures Art Revisited," The New Yorker, May 4, 2009, pp. 74-75
Cotter, Holland, "At the Met, Baby Boomers Leap Onstage," The New York Times, April 24, 2009, pp. C25, C28
Hirsch, Faye, "Voices from a Contentious Era," Art in America, April 2009, pp. 122-129
Yablonsky, Linda, "Photo Play: The Social Life of the Pictures Generation," Art in America, April 2009, pp. 102-109

2007
Miles, Christopher, "Thomas Lawson," Artforum, Summer 2007, pp. 506-507

2005
Helfand, Glen, "AB OVO," Artforum.com, November 8, 2005
Rubinstein, Raphael, "Person, Place and Thing," Art in America, January 2005, pp. 104-109
Hainley, Bruce, "'The Undiscovered Country': UCLA Hammer Museum," Artforum, January 2005, p. 189

2004
Harvey, Doug, "It's Alive, Art of the Living Dead," LA Weekly, October 15-21, 2004, p. 53
Pagel, David, "Art review: Leaving Room for Personality," Los Angeles Times, October 20, 2004, pp. E1, E4
*The Undiscovered Country, Los Angeles: Hammer Museum, 2004

2003
Rimanelli, David, "1989," Artforum, April 2003, p. 106
Rimanelli, David, "1982 cont," Artforum, March 2003, p. 115

2002
Cotter, Holland, "Art in Review: The Empire Strikes Back," The New York Times, April 19, 2002
Robinson, Walter, "Weekend Update," Artnet.com, April 20, 2002

2001
Campbell, Clayton, "Group Shows: Exurbia," Flash Art, January/February 2001, p. 66

1997
Frank, Peter, "True.Bliss: The Panel Discussion," LA Weekly, January 10, 1997

1995
Cork, Richard, "Visual Arts: strange paintings by Thomas Lawson," The Times, May 30, 1995

1991
Sheppard, Clarence, "Cold shoulder," Daily News, May 23, 1991

1990
Cembalest, Robin, "I Love Flamenco," Art News, November 1990, pp. 127-129
Blakey, Cliff, "Art out in the open," i Mag, Issue 2, May 1990, p. 22
Kent, Sarah, "Art," Tyne International, Number 14, May 1990, pp. 118-119

1989
Decter, Joshua, "Thomas Lawson," Arts Magazine, Summer 1989

1988
Hayne Bayless, D., "Pair of painters bring art to the arterial," New Haven Register, December 25, 1988
Molina, J., "Thomas Lawson se lleva a EE.UU. el arte 'kitch' de un bar sevillano," El Correo de Andalucia, October 7, 1988, p. 42
Hinson, Mark, "Critical Art Ensemble brings tough critic to town," Tallahassee Democrat, September 9, 1988, p. 5D
Jones, Ronald, "Hover Culture: The view from Alexandria," Artscribe, Summer 1988, pp. 46-51
Brenson, Michael, "Group Show," The New York Times, July 15, 1988
Jones, Amelia, "Connections to the Real," Artweek, March 26, 1988
E.H., "Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum," Art News, 1988

1987
Phillipson, Michael, "Thomas Lawson, Anthony Reynolds," Artscribe, November/December 1987
Archer, Michael, "London: Thomas Lawson, Anthony Reynold Gallery," Artforum, November 1987
Januszczak, Waldemar, "The devil in a dour Scot," The Guardian, July 1, 1987
Brenson, Michael, "Art: Brooklyn Painters," The New York Times, June 1987
"Goings on About Town: Thomas Lawson," The New Yorker, March 1987
Cotter, Holland, "Thomas Lawson at Metro Pictures," Art in America, June 1987, p. 156
*Working in Brooklyn: Painting, Brooklyn: The Brooklyn Museum, 1987

1986
Smith, Roberta, "Art: In the Mid-70's, Exploring the Image," The New York Times, December 1986
Indiana, Gary, "Landscape Today," The Village Voice, December 16, 1986
"Por encima del bloqueo," Trabajadores, December 2, 1986
Marti, Agenor, "Donan exposición a Cuba artistas norteamericanos," Granma, December 1, 1986
Oramas, Ada, "Un mensaje de amistad por encima del bloqueo," Tribuna, November 29, 1986
"Por encima del bloqueo," Cartelera, November 13, 1986
Larson, Kay, "Art," New York Magazine, October 20, 1986
"Going Out Guide: Showcase," The New York Times, September 29, 1986
"Drawings on Exhibition," Drawing, Volume VIII, Number 3, September-October 1986
Maloon, Terence, "Parody saves a scrambled Biennale," The Sydney Morning Herald, May 17, 1986, p. 50
Conway, Andrew, "McLaren trades punk rock for Manet," The Australian, May 16, 1986
"U.S. Artists and Painters Show Solidarity with Cuba," Granma, May 8, 1986
Piemonte, Nadia, "Afirman pintores de ese país que donaron obras a Cuba," uno más uno, May 2, 1986
Garcia Peguero, Raquel, "No todo el pueblo de EU comparte la política intervencionista de Reagan: Rudolf Baranik," El Día, May 2, 1986
Villarreal, Claudia, "Coctel en el Museo del Chopo," El Sol de México, May 2, 1986, Section C, p. 9
Vidales, Aura Maria, "El arte norteamericano en la exposición 'Camino a Cuba'," Novedades, May 2, 1986
"A Critical Operation: The Sixth Biennale Of Sydney 1986," FOLLOW me, Issue 22, April/May 1986, pp. 105-108
Camacho Suarez, Eduardo, "Artistas Plásticos de EU Donan Obras a Cuba," Excelsior, April 29, 1986
Mac Masters, Merry, "'Camino a Cuba', Donación Plástica que Discuten Artistas, Críticos y Diplomáticos," El Nacional, April 28, 1986
"'Camino a Cuba', una Donación de Obras de Autores Norteamericanos en el Chopo, Antes de ser Entregada," El Nacional, April 25, 1986, p. 7
"'Camino a Cuba', exposición que manifiesta amistad y solidaridad," El Universal, March 29, 1986, p. 12
Tibol, Raquel, "De Estados Unidos a Cuba via Mexico," Revista Proceso, Number 489, March 17, 1986

1985
Carrier, David, "Suspicious Art, Unsuspecting Texts," Arts Magazine, November 1985, pp. 32-35
Becker, Robert, "Art in View," Interview, July 1985, pp. 108-109
Silverthorne, Jeanne, "Thomas Lawson, Metro Pictures," Artforum, Summer 1985
Cullinan, Helen, "Art trades erasing regional labels," Cleveland Plain-Dealer, May 1, 1985
Wilson, William, "In Search of the Heroic," Los Angeles Times, April 28, 1985, pp. 92-93
Fox, Catherine, "Art Review: 'Suspects' focuses on media's influence on 'reality'," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 31, 1985

1984
"Thomas Lawson," Arts Magazine, November 1984
Johnson, Patricia C., "'Heroic Figure' exhibit doesn't measure up," Houston Chronicle, September 23, 1984, pp. 14,38
Everingham, Carol J., "A show that never should have been," The Houston Post, September 20, 1984, pp. 1F, 3F
Bankowsky, Jack, "Summer Show at Metro Pictures," East Village Eye, September 1984, p. 50
Kuspit, Donald B., "Thomas Lawson at Metro Pictures," Art in America, Summer 1984
Liebmann, Lisa, "Thomas Lawson," Artforum, March 1984
Kuspit, Don, "Tom Lawson: Metro Pictures," Vanguard, April 1984
"Thomas Lawson," East Village Eye, February 1984
E.H., "Thomas Lawson: Metro Pictures," Art News, 1984
Wood Adams, Laurel, "Art Press Review," New Art Examiner, January 1984, p. 5
Xavier de Mendonca, Casimiro, "A nova galáxia," Veja, January 18, 1984, pp. 102-103
Levin, "Thomas Lawson," The Village Voice, January 10, 1984, p. 59
*Drawings: After Photography, texts by William Olander and Andy Grundberg, New York: Independent Curators Incorporated, 1984
*Contemporary Triptychs, Linda Weintraub, ed., Annandale-on-Hudson: Bard College, 1984
*The Heroic Figure, texts by Linda L. Cathcart and Craig Owens, Houston: Contemporary Arts Museum, 1984

1983
Zimmer, W., "Young New York Artists: Thomas Lawson," Avenue, December-January 1984, p. 122
Brenson, Michael, "Thomas Lawson," The New York Times, December 16, 1983
"Thomas Lawson: Metro Pictures," New York Beat, Volume 1, Number 3, December 1983
Drohojowska, Hunter, "Closed Captions/Thomas Lawson," Los Angeles Herald, November 11, 1983
Russi Kirshner, Judith, "Chicago: 'Compassionate Images,' N.A.M.E. Gallery," Artforum, May 1983, pp. 102-103
Smith, Roberta, "Appropriation über Alles," The Village Voice, January 11, 1983
Glueck, Grace, "Artists Who 'Scavenge' From the Media," The New York Times, January 9, 1983
English, Christopher, "New Figuration," New Art Examiner, January 1983
Starenko, Michael, "What's an artist to do? A short history of postmodernism and photography," Afterimage, January 1983, pp. 4-5

1982
Sozanski, Edward, "Paintings and photographs inspired by media images," The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 12, 1982, p. P1
Krainak, Paul, "Art Press Review," New Art Examiner, December 1982
Rosenbaum, Lee, "Getting Smart About Art," Money Magazine, November 1982, pp. 201-202, 204, 206
Kuspit, Donald B., "Thomas Lawson," Artforum, June 1982, pp. 29-30
Levin, "Real Life Magazine Presents...," The Village Voice, May 25, 1982
Artner, Alan G., "New media show a never-never land of distorted reality," Chicago Tribune, May 9, 1982, Section 6, p. 17
Smith, Valerie, "Painting: Metro Pictures," Flash Art, May 1982, p. 49
"'Critical Perspectives'," Artforum, April 1982
Schjeldahl, Peter, "Mind Over Matter," The Village Voice, March 9, 1982, p. 79
*New Figuration in America, Milwaukee: Milwaukee Art Museum, 1982
*Image Scavengers: Photography, texts by Janet Kardon, Paula Marincola, and Douglas Crimp, Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 1982

1981
Roberts, John, "Performance at the Tate, 'Real life magazine presents…' at Nigel Greenwood," Artscribe, Issue 32, December 1981
Newman, Michael, "Polemics," Art Monthly, November 1981, pp. 33-35
Casademont, Joan, "Thomas Lawson," Artforum, September 1981, pp. 74-75
Collings, Mathew, "Nothing Deep," Artscribe, Issue 30, August 1981
"MAGS & RAGS: Small Press Publications," Down Town, April 1981, Volume 4, Number 4, p. 1
Tatransky, Valentie, "New York: The Opening of Metro Pictures," Flash Art, Issue 101, January/February 1981, p. 49

1980
Zimmer, William, "Group Exhibition: Metro Pictures," Soho News, Volume 8, Number 8, November 19-25, 1980
Simon, Joan, "Double Takes," Art in America, October 1980, pp. 113-117
Marzorati, Gerald, "Artful Dodger: Galleria," Soho News, September 1980
Tatransky, Valentin, "Illustration & Allegory," Arts Magazine, September 1980
Rickey, Carrie, "Advance to the Rear Guard," The Village Voice, August 17-September 2, 1980, pp. 65, 69
Rickey, Carrie, "Naïve Nouveau and its Malcontents," Flash Art, Summer 1980, pp. 36-39
Kramer, Hilton, "Art: 'Illustration & Allegory' on View," The New York Times, May 23, 1980
Larson, "Art: Illustration and Allegory," Voice Centerfold, May 21-27, 1980
Rickey, Carrie, "Smyth, Schmidt, Smitten," The Village Voice, January 1980

1979
"Scottish show opens tonight," The Chronicle-Herald, Volume 31, Number 188, Halifax, Canada, August 8, 1979
Caroli, Flavio, "Gruppo di immagini della nuova generazione: Giovani, americani, malati di 'Privato'," Corriere della Sera, April 22, 1979
Tatransky, Valentin, "Group Show: Drawing Center," Arts Magazine, 1979

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