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Rosson Crow: Rosson Crow: Westification, 2018
Rosson Crow: Rosson Crow: Westification, 2018
Installation view, MOCA Tucson, AZ
Rosson Crow: States of Shock, 2018
Rosson Crow: States of Shock, 2018
Acrylic, spray-paint, photo transfer, oil, and enamel on canvas
66 x 90 inches
Rosson Crow: Don't California My Texas, 2017
Rosson Crow: Don't California My Texas, 2017
Acrylic, spray-paint, photo transfer, oil, and enamel on canvas
60 x 48 inches
Rosson Crow: Madame Psychosis Holds a Séance, 2015
Rosson Crow: Madame Psychosis Holds a Séance, 2015
Installation view, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Rosson Crow: Madame Psychosis Holds a Séance: Film Still #4, 2015
Rosson Crow: Madame Psychosis Holds a Séance: Film Still #4, 2015
Chromogenic print
19 x 36 inches Edition of 5 + 1 AP
Rosson Crow: The Shadow of Your Smile, 2015
Rosson Crow: The Shadow of Your Smile, 2015
Acrylic, Xerox transfer, spray-paint, and oil on canvas
84 x 120 inches
Rosson Crow: Rosson Crow, 2014
Rosson Crow: Rosson Crow, 2014
Installation view, Musée Régional d'Art Contemporain de Serignan, France
Rosson Crow: The Pop Shop, 2010
Rosson Crow: The Pop Shop, 2010
Oil, acrylic, and enamel on canvas
108 x 144 inches
Rosson Crow: Bowery Boys, 2010
Rosson Crow: Bowery Boys, 2010
Installation view, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Rosson Crow: FOCUS: Rosson Crow, 2009
Rosson Crow: FOCUS: Rosson Crow, 2009
Installation view, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX
Rosson Crow: Night at the Palomino, 2008
Rosson Crow: Night at the Palomino, 2008
Installation view, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Biography

EDUCATION
2006
MFA, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2004
BFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Westification, Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson, Tucson, AZ
2017
The Happiest People on Earth, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Madame Psychosis Holds a Séance, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
HYSTERIA: Spatial Conversations with Florine Stettheimer, Sargent’s Daughters, New York, NY
2014
Rosson Crow, Musée Régional d’Art Contemporain de Sérignan, France
2013
RECONSTRUCTION, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France
2012
Ballyhoo Hullabaloo Haboob, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Myth of the American Motorcycle, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Bowery Boys, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
2009
Paris, Texas, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France
FOCUS: Rosson Crow, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
Texas Crude, White Cube, London, UK
2008
Night at the Palomino, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Hotel and Lounge, Canada, New York, NY
2005
With Love, From Texas, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France
2004
Estate Between, Canada, New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
The Thousand and One Nights, Artual Gallery, Mina al-Hosn
2018
Xeriscape, Library Street Collective, Detroit, MI
2017
Man Alive, Jablonka Maruani Mercier, Brussels, Belgium
2016
Highlights from the Permanent Collection, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
Fresh Cuts, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
The Neon Wilderness: Voices from Los Angeles, The Conversation, Berlin, Germany
2015
All Killer No Filler, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2014
Go With the Flow, The Hole, New York, NY
Positivilly Marvillainous, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Ephemera As Evidence, Visual AIDS, New York, NY
Domestic Unrest, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK
2013
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music, curated by Thorsten Albertz, Friedman Benda, New York, NY
Chicken or Beef?, curated by Jesper Elg, The Hole, New York, NY
2012
In Between, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Brussels, Belgium
2011
NY: New Perspectives, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
Contemporary Magic: A Tarot Deck Art Project, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Uncovered, presented by New York Academy of Art and Eileen Guggenheim, Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barts
2010
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Le Meilleur des Mondes, Musee d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2009
New York Minute, curated by Kathy Grayson, Macro Future Museum, Rome, Italy,
Stages, organized by Lance Armstrong and Nike, Galerie Emannuel Perrotin, Paris, France
Bitch Is The New Black, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Substraction, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Out of Storage I – Peintures Choisies de la Collection, Musee d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2007
Cabinet of Curiosities, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Distinctive Messengers, House of Campari, New York, NY
Accidental Painting, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY
2006
The Garden Party, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
2005
Little Odysseys, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
The Third Peak, Art Concept Gallery, Paris, France
2004
Yearning for Yours, SVA Gallery, New York, NY
Familiar Haunts, The Happy Lion, Los Angeles, CA
Majority Whip, White Box, New York, NY
Poets of Miniature, Office Ops, Brooklyn, NY
Mira, Mira, Look, Look, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2003
K48 Klubhouse, Deitch Projects, Brooklyn, NY

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2006
Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

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PUBLICATIONS
2014
Audiffren, Helene and Timothee Chaillou. Rosson Crow. Sérignan: Musée Régional d’Art Contemporain de Sérignan
2012
Schad, Ed. Rosson Crow: Ballyhoo Hullabaloo Haboob. Los Angeles: Honor Fraser
2011
Gavin, Francesca. 100 New Artists. London: Laurence King Publishing
2010
Grayson, Kathy. Bowery Boys. New York: Deitch Projects
2009
T.D. Neil, Jonathan. Rosson Crow: Texas Crude, London: White Cube
2007
Klein, Norman. Night at the Palomino. Los Angeles: Honor Fraser Inc
Flores, Tatiana. More Is More – Maximalist Tendancies In Recent American Painting. Florida: Museum Of Fine Arts, Florida State University
2006
Mullins, Charlotte. Painting People: Figure Painting Today. New York: D.A.P.
Grayson, Kathy. Rosson Crow. Paris: Galerie Nathalie Obadia