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| Biography: | |
1987 |
BFA painting, State University of New York at Buffalo |
since 1989 |
MFA painting, University of New York at Buffalo |
| Lives in New York | |
| Solo Exhibitions: | |
2006 |
Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York |
2005 |
Matter Gallery Portland, Maine |
| My Embarrassing Beautiful Friends, Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY | |
2004 |
Stinky Zen, Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY |
1997 |
Turning Away, Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY |
1995 |
Stories, Edward Thorp, New York, NY |
1994 |
Thank You Jesus For All the Pretty Flowers, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| White Room, White Columns, New York, NY | |
1993 |
Apathy as Dogma, Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
1988 |
Shoeing the Mule, HALLWALLS, Buffalo, NY |
| Da-Da, Artist’s Gallery, Buffalo, NY | |
| Selected Group Exhibitions: | |
2005 |
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri |
2004 |
NY Collects Buffalo State, The Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY |
| Look Closer, AG Gallery, Williamsburg, NY | |
2003 |
Abbey Mural Workshop Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, NY |
| Portraits New York University, New York, NY | |
| Rally for Triple Candie, Triple Candie, New York, NY | |
2002 |
Circumventing a Sea of Shit, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY |
2001 |
Peaks, Kagan Martos, New York, NY |
2000 |
Line, Arena @ Feed, New York, NY |
1999 |
Love, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY |
| Salome, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY | |
1998 |
Some Women/Pretty Girls, The Schmidt Center Gallery, Boca Raton, FL |
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1997 |
Utz, Lennon Weinberg Gallery, New York, NY |
1996 |
Emerging, Radix Gallery, New York, NY |
| Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Comic Inspirations, Adam Baumgold Fine Art, New York, NY | |
| X-Sightings '96, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY | |
1995 |
Terrestrial Bodies, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA |
| Alternatives: 20 Years of HALLWALLS, 1975-1995, Burchfield Art Center, Buffalo, NY | |
| Chocolate, The Swiss Institute, New York, NY | |
| Human Nature, The New Museum, New York, NY | |
| NYU Faculty Exhibition, Apex Art, New York, NY | |
| Summer, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Gallery artists, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Chuck Agro/John Newsom, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Inaugural, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Not-Not (who's there), ES Van Dam Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Funhouse, ES Van Dam Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Smells Like Vinyl, Roger Merians Gallery, New York, NY | |
1994 |
Painting Royale, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY |
| Update, White Columns, New York, NY | |
| Le Cirque, Renee Fotouhi Gallery, East Hampton,NY | |
| Three Degrees of Separation, Sonnabend, New York, NY | |
1993 |
Untitled 14, Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York, NY |
| Pure Pop for Now People, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Mister Serling's Neighborhood, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |
| Will You Go Out With Me?, HALLWALLS, Buffalo,NY | |
| Group Grope, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA | |
| Activated Walls, Artists Space, New York, NY | |
| The Art of Self Defense and Revenge, Momenta Art, New York, NY | |
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1992 |
Group Show, BlumHelman Warehouse, New York, NY |
| Little Men/Little Women, White Columns, New York, NY | |
| A Paper Trail, Berland Hall, New York, NY | |
1988 |
42nd W.N.Y Exhibition, The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY |
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1986 |
41st W.N.Y Exhibition, The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY |
| Grants and Awards: | |
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2003 |
Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial mural workshop, National Academy of Design |
1988 |
Artist's Space, Artist Project Grant, New York City, NY |
1987 |
State University College at Buffalo, Art and Humanities Grant, Buffalo, NY |
| Exhibitions Curated | |
2000 |
Against an Infinite Horizon, Caren Golden Fine Arts, New York, NY |
| Maux Faux, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY | |
| A Space at HALLWALLS, A Space, Toronto, Canada | |
1994 |
Other Rooms, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY |
| Faux, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY | |
1989 |
Director/Curator, Bethune Gallery, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY |
1987 |
Director/Curator, Bethune Gallery, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY |
| Selected Bibliography | |
2005 |
Guernica, a magazine of art and politics, ‘My embarrassing beautiful friends’, June |
| Rifkin, Mark, ‘A Brooklyn Artist's Infectious Menagerie - Profile: Chuck Agro’, The New York Sun, April 4 | |
| Finch, Charlie, ‘More Agrovation’ Artnet magazine, January, 20 | |
2004 |
Ollman, Leah, ‘Vibrant colors mix with dopey grins’, Los Angeles Times, July 30 |
2000 |
Cotter, Holland, ‘Line’, The New York Times, May 12 |
1999 |
New York Contemporary Art Report, July-August |
1998 |
Mob Rule: Sense and Transcendence, NYarts magazine #17, January-February Hairpin Curves, The New Yorker, June 2 |
1996 |
Verrico, Shirley Tokash, “UB Art Department Faculty and Alumni Exhibition, ARTVOICE, 10/30 - 11/ 5 |
| CASA e JARDINE, Portugal, fall | |
| “BOMB Magazine, Artist Project, fall | |
1995 |
Heartney, Eleanor, Art In America, November, p.119 |
1994 |
Saltz, Jerry. “A Year in the Life: Tropic of Painting”, Art in America, October, p.95 |
| LaBelle, Charles. “Grunge Lite”, Chuck Agro & Randy Wray at Christopher Grimes Gallery, | |
| Artweek, August 18, V.25, #16, p.24. | |
1993 |
Pagel, David. Earl McGrath Gallery review, Los Angeles Times, August 26. |
| Smith, Roberta. “Shades of a Rebirth for Painting”, The New York Times, June 18 | |
1992 |
Faust, Gretchen. Berland/Hall review, Arts Magazine, April, p.95 |
| The Politics of Sexuality”, Journal 188, V1, | |
| Huntington, Richard. “Art that knocks the world off center”, Buffalo News, October 10 | |
| Books and Catalogues | |
2004 |
NY Collects Buffalo State, The Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY |
2001 |
Haden-Guest, Anthony, On the Track of the “S” Word: A Reporter’s Notes, pg. 54-55, Sticky Sublime, edited by Bill Beckley |
1999 |
Gass, Katherine, Salome: Images of Women in Contemporary Art, Castle Gallery, catalog f for exhibition |
| Earl McGrath Gallery, Turning Away, New York, NY | |
1995 |
Sweet, Christopher. “Terrestrial Bodies”, Pennsylvania State University, catalog for exhibition The Swiss Institute, Chocolate, NY, NY |
| Alternatives: 20 Years of HALLWALLS, 1975-1995, Burchfield Art Center, Buffalo, NY | |
1994 |
White Columns, Update, NY, NY (Catalog) |
1988 |
Ross, David. “42nd W.N.Y. Exhibition”, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, catalog essay for exhibi tion |
| Public Collections: | |
| Castellani Art Museum, Lewiston, New York | |
| Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington | |
| Progressive Insurance | |
| The Bass Museum of Art, Miami, Florida | |