Curriculum Vitæ

°1967, Newport Beach, California
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California

 

Education

1993 MFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
1991 BA Humanities, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California

 

Curated Projects

2013

Sylvia Sleigh, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool

2010

Houseguest: Frances Stark Selects from the Grunwald Collection, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California

 

Solo Exhibitions

2016

UH-OH: Frances Stark 1991-2015, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts

2015

UH-OH: Frances Stark 1991-2015, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California

Intimism, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Sorry for the Wait, greengrassi, London, United Kingdom

2014

Clever/Stupid, Galerie Buchholz, Cologne, Germany

Bobby Jesus’s Alma Mater, Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, California

Osservate, Leggete Con Me, Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom

2013

Frances Stark, Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf, Germany

Frances Stark: My Best Thing, Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne, Australia

My Best Thing, screening, Cube Cinema, Bristol, United Kingdom

My Best Thing, screening, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado

Memento Mori, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California

2012

Osservate, leggete con me, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, New York

My Best Thing, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

2011

My Best Thing, MoMA PS1, New York City, New York

Other parts considered in relation to their whole, Performa 11, New York, New York

The whole of all the parts as well as the parts of all the parts, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, California

My Best Thing, Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada

My Best Thing, screening, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London

My Best Thing, screening, Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, California

I’ve Had It and a Half, Performance, April 17, 2011 at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles

Selections 1: “I Went Through My Bin Again (with Open Robe)”: A Very Short Introduction to Frances Stark, Pollock Gallery/Division of Art, Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

2010

This could become a gimick [sic] or an honest articulation of the workings of the mind, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts

But what of Frances Stark, standing by itself, a naked name, bare as a ghost to whom one would like to lend a sheet?, Center for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, Scotland

I’ve Had It! And I’ve Also Had It!, Performance, June 30, 2010 at the Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, Colorado

2009

But what of Frances Stark, standing by itself, a naked name, bare as a ghost to whom one would like to lend a sheet?, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, England

and possibly but not certainly Mark Leckey and Frances Stark, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Berlin, Germany

2008

The New Vision, Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany

A Torment of Follies, Secession, Vienna, Austria

A Torment of Follies, greengrassi, London, England

The Fall of Frances Stark, Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal

2007

The Fall of Frances Stark, Van Abbemuseum, Eindoven, the Netherlands

The Fall of Frances Stark, FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon, France

2006

Structures That Fit My Opening and Other Parts Considered in Relation To Their Whole, Glassel School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

Structures That Fit My Opening, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, California

Frances Stark at Hudson Showroom, Artpace, San Antonio, Texas

Textual Works: Bethan Huws and Frances Stark, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, California

2005

In and on an Unergonomic Mind, CRG, New York, New York

2004

Bless This Mess, greengrassi, London, England

Destroy Date, Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany

2003

And not another one at the same time, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California

2002

A Bomb upon the Ceiling, MARC FOXX, Los Angeles, California

Hammer Projects, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California

Self-Portraiture, greengrassi, London, England

2001

CRG, New York, New York

ICH SUCHE NACH MEINE FRANCES STARKE SEITE, Munich Kunstverein Galerie, Munich, Germany

Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany

1999

No, No, No, No, Now, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, California

What Part of Now Don’t You Understand, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, California

like a rainbow and so unlike a rainbow, CRG, New York, NY

1998

Impossible the grassy maxim’s dream…, greengrassi, London, England

In other places light’s pitched happy tents, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, California

1997

Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California

1996

Plain Sheets No Pillow, CRG, New York, New York

Studio 246, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany

1995

Last year b/w I hate language, ACME, Santa Monica, California

1994

Spring for Fall, LEAK, Los Angeles, California

1993

Slough (it off) b/w Purple Prose, MFA Gallery, Art Center College of Art and Design, Pasadena, California

1991

Total Babe, The Guest Room, Los Angeles, California

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2017

2017 Whitney Biennial, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York

Viva Arte Viva, 2017 Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

Soft Skills, The James Gallery, The Center for Humanities, CUNY

2016

Giles, Gagosian Gallery, Athens, Greece

The Grand Balcony, La Biennale de Montreal, Montréal

HOME, LUMA Westbau, Zurich, Switzerland

Manifesta 11: What People Do For Money, Zurich, Switzerland

Collected by Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

Me, Myself, I, China Art Objects, Los Angeles

Emotional Supply Chains, Zabludowicz Collection, London

SECRET SURFACE: Where meaning materializes, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany

Electronic Superhighway, Whitechapel Gallery, London

Migrating Forms, screening and Q&A, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Cinématek, New York, New York

 2015

Collected by Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York

Under the Clouds, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal

THE NEW HUMAN: You and I in Global Wonderland, Moderna Museet Malmö, Malmö, Sweden

Occupational Therapy, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri

Come as You Are: Art of the 1990s, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey (Telfair Museums, Savannah, Georgia; University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor; and Blanton Museum of Art, Unversity of Texas at Austin, Austin)

Material, issue 1 launch party, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

2014

Words as Doors: in Language, Art, Film, Kunstlerhaus Graz, Graz, Austria

Semiotics of the Kitchen; what happened after, Stigter Van Doesburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Welcome to Screenland: Alienation and Connection in Virtual Space, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia

2013

Dokfest, Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany

2013 Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Anamericana, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy

My Best Thing, Upfor Gallery, Portland, Oregon

The Cat Show, White Columns, New York, New York

In the Heart of the Country, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland

Who Runs May Read, South London Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Double Indemnity, Cornerhouse, Manchester, United Kingdom

The Sandy Relief Benefit for Printed Matter, Rauschenberg Project Space, New York, New York

A Point of View: Selected Gifts from the Laurence A. Rickels Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California

White Petals Surround Your Yellow Heart, Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sylvia Sleigh, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Revolution From Within, Kauffmann Repetto, Milan, Italy

More Love: Art Politics, and Sharing since the 1990’s, Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina

59th International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany

25th International Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2012

Things, Words and Consequences, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia

Lost Line: Contemporary Art from the Collection, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California

Infinite Jest, Hebbel Am Ufer, Berlin, Germany

Frieze Sounds, Frieze Projects New York, New York City, New York

Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, California

Candor: In Honor of Mike Kelley, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, California

Paper, Musée d’art moderne et d’art contemporain, Nice, France

Spelling the Image, Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York City, New York

0 to 100: The New Ages of Life, Palazzo de Enzo, Bologna, Italy and Trienniale, Milan, Italy

West Gallery: Frances Stark, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, California

2011

Quodlibet III – Alphabets and Instruments, Galerie Buchholz, Berlin, Germany

Venice Biennale 54th International Art Exhibition, Venice, Italy

15th Tallinn Print Triennial (diploma), Tallinn, Estonia

All of this and nothing, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California

MADE UP: Design’s Fictions, Art Center College of Art and Design, Pasadena, California

2010

The Artist’s Museum, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California

Following A Line, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

Restless Empathy, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado

Dexter Sinister, A Model of The Serving Library, Kunstverein, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

The Page, Kimmerich, New York, New York

for the blind man in the dark room looking for the black cat that isn’t there, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Michigan

for the blind man in the dark room looking for the black cat that isn’t there, de Appel Arts Centre, Amsterdam

for the blind man in the dark room looking for the black cat that isn’t there, Culturgest, Lisbon

Wunsch Zettel, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany

Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York

2009

Talk Show, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England

The Space of Words, Museum of Contemporary Art (MUDAM), Luxembourg

Poor.Old.Tired.Horse., Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England

Picturing the Studio, Sullivan Galleries at The School of the Art Institute Chicago, Illinois

for the blind man in the dark room looking for the black cat that isn’t there, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Missouri

for the blind man in the dark room looking for the black cat that isn’t there, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England

Collecting History: Highlighting Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California

1999: Ten Year Anniversary Show, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, California

Glue, Paper, Scissors: Collage based work by 15 artists from Los Angeles, Luckman Gallery, Cal State Los Angeles, California

2008

INDEX, Conceptualism in California from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California

Emerson vs Nietszche, China Art Objects, Los Angeles, California

Pretty Ugly, curated by Alison Gingeras, Gavin Brown Enterprise and Maccarone Gallery, New York City, New York

Typed, Sadie Coles, London, England

Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York

Yes No Other Options, curated by Jan Verwoert, Sheffield 08, Sheffield, England

Cohabitation: 13 Artists and Collage, Francesca Kaufmann Gallery, Milan, Italy

Grabbing at Straws, Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy

Word Event, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland

2007

Blind Date Istanbul, Sabanci Museum, Istanbul, Turkey

Learn to Read, Tate Modern, London, England

Fit to Print: Printed Media in Recent Collage, Gagosian Gallery, New York City, New York

for REE, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, California

If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution, Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium

Romantic Conceptualism, Nurenberg Kunstverein & BAWAG Foundation, Vienna, Austria

I can’t live without, The Showroom, London, England

Working on Talking, Gambia Castle, Auckland, New Zealand

2006

If I can’t Dance… Feminist Legacies and Potentials in Contemporary Art Practice, De Appel, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

The Studio, curated by Jens Hoffman and Christina Kennedy, The Hugh Lane Museum, Dublin, Ireland

Dereconstruction, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, New York

Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln, Metro Pictures, New York, New York

Esquiador en el fondo de un pozo, The Jumex collection, curated by Michel Blancsube, Mexico

6.6.06, curated by Jan Tumlir, Gayle and Ed Roski Fine Arts Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2005

Looking at words: the Formal Presence of Text in Modern and Contemporary works on Paper, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, New York

Monuments for the USA, White Columns, New York, New York

Gallery Artists, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, California

Faculty Exhibiton, University of Southern California School of Fine Arts, Los Angeles, California

Post No Bills, White Columns, New York

2004

Works on Paper, Philomene Magers, Munich, Germany

Martin Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany

The World Becomes a Private World: Selections from the collection of Penny Cooper and Rena Rosenwasser, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, California

2003

The Space of Writing, MKG Art Management, Houston, Texas

Filmscreening by Florian Pumosl, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany

for nobody knows himself if he is only himself and not another at the same time, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, California

Korrekturen, Galerie Kamm, Berlin, Germany

The Great Drawing Show: 1550–2003 A.D., Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, California

Drop Out!, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, California

Creeping Revolution 2, Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden

2002

Air Guitar: Art Reconsidering Rock Music, Milton Keynes Gallery, Central Milton Keynes, England

Zusammenhange herstellen, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Germany

A Show That Will Show That A Show Is Not Only A Show, curated by Jens Hoffman, The Project, Los Angeles, California

Group Show, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, California

N° 68 Jim, Jonathan, Kenny, Frances and Sol, curated by Maxine Kopsa, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Personal Plans, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland

Rock My World, CCAC, San Francisco, California

Paintings, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, California

2001

Drawings, Greene Naftali, New York, NY

Frances Stark meets Morgan Fisher, Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany

Patterns: Between Object and Arabesque, Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik, Denmark

The Slide Area, curated by Terry R. Myers, James Van Damme Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

Ileana Tounta, Athens, Greece

Locating Drawing, Lawing Gallery, Houston, Texas

White Album, curated by Jan Tumlir, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, California

2000

Circles, ZKM, Karlsruhue, Germany

OO, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY

Made In California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900–2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California

Of the moment: Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, San Francisco Museum of Moderrn Art, San Francisco, California

Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany

Jurgen Becker, Hamburg, Germany

Opere Su Carta, Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy

L.A., Monika Spruth & Philomene Magers, Cologne, Germany

1999

Philomene Magers Projekte, Munich, Germany

Hot Spots, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina

Hot Spots, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pennsylvania

1998

In the Beginning, Murray Guy, New York, New York

Word Perfect, Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Obscure Camera, 2nd Space Gallery, curated by Mary Ceruti, San Francisco, California

Paper Thin, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, California

L.A. on Paper, Three Day Weekend at Gallerie Krizinger, Vienna, Austria

Der Arbeit des Zeichnens, Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, Germany

New Work: Drawings Today, SFMOMA, San Francisco, California

Tracing Marks, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California

Paper, J. Christ Gallery, Boise, Idaho

Drawings: An Annual Bicoastal Invitational, Meyerson & Nowinski, Seattle, Washington

Sharon Lockhart, Laura Owens and Frances Stark, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, California

Ten Los Angeles Artists, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, California

1996

The Power of Suggestion: Narrative & Notation in Contemporary Drawings, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California

Just Past: The Contemporary and Permanent Collection 1975–1996, Museum of Contemporary Art at The Geffen Contemporary, Los Angeles, California

Stream of Consciousness, 8 Los Angeles Artists, University of California, Santa Barbara, California

Affairs, Institute for Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria

Controfiguro, Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy

Krisanamis/Stark, Marc Foxx, Santa Monica, California

First Person, Marc Foxx, Santa Monica, California

Robert Feintuch, Frances Stark, Bernard Voïta, CRG Gallery, New York, New York

1995

Dark Memories, Marc Foxx, Santa Monica California

Filmcuts, Neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany

New Testament, Marc Foxx, Santa Monica California

Smells Like Vinyl, Roger Merians, New York, New York

Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, New York

The Big Night, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California

1994

Inaugural Exhibition, ACME, Santa Monica, California

The Freed Weed, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, California

Red Rover, Red Rover, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, California

The Grammarians, Chapman College, Orange, California

1993

Invitational ’93, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, California

Zuzuglich, Merz Akademie und Room Tomoyo Kawai, Stuttgart, Germany

Caca @ Kiki, Kiki Exhibitions & Bits, San Francisco, California

 

Monographic Publications

2015

Stark, Frances and Ali Subotnick, UH-OH: Frances Stark 1991-2015, Hammer Museum and DelMonico Books, Prestel, 2015.

2014

Stark, Frances. Trapped in the VIP, New York: Gavin Brown’s enterprise, 2014. Print. 32pp.

2012

Stark, Frances. My Best Thing. Köln: Buchhandlung Walther König, 2012.

2010

Stark, Frances. This could become a gimick [sic] or an honest articulation of the workings of the mind. Cambridge: MIT List Visual Arts Center, 2010.

2009

But what of Frances Stark, standing by itself, a naked name, bare as a ghost to whom one would like to lend a sheet?. Nottingham: Nottingham Contemporary, 2009.

2008

Stark, Frances, Annette Südbeck, and Martin Prinzhorn. A Torment of Follies. Wien: Secession; Köln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2008.

2007

Stark, Frances and Stuart Bailey. Frances Stark, Collected Works. Köln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2007.

2003

Stark, Frances. Collected Writing: 1993–2003. London: Opus 3/Book Works, 2003.

1999

Stark, Frances. The Architect & the Housewife. London: Book Works, 1999.

 

Writing

2011

Stark, Frances. “Excerpt.” PARIS, LA, Fall 2011, Issue 7. 25–35.

2010

Stark, Frances. “Chorus Line.” Metropolis M, February–March 2010. Cover.

Stark, Frances. “Dear X, (excerpt).” The New City Reader: Common Circular 5 (New York City), December 19, 2010.

Stark, Frances. “For nobody knows himself, if he is only himself and not also another one at the same time. On Allen Ruppersberg.” In Failure, ed. Lisa Le Feuvre. London: Whitechapel Gallery; Cambridge: MIT Press, 2010. 173–177. [PDF]

Stark, Frances. “The Sycophancy of the Contemporary Artist and the Impossibility of Reaching Out to Mark E. Smith.” In Contra Mundum I–VII. Santa Monica: Oslo Editions, 2010. 192–210.

2009

Stark, Frances. “A Craft Too Small.” F.R. David, Winter 2009. 77.

Stark, Frances. “Always the Same, Always Different.” In 2HB, Volume 5. Glasgow: Center for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, 2009. 8–11. [PDF]

Stark, Frances. “Conceptual Painting.” In Frieze Projects, Frieze Talks, 2006–2008. London: frieze, 2009. 130–143.

Stark, Frances. “Frances Stark.” Parkett, #86, 2009. 188–200.

2008

Stark, Frances. “Frances Stark on why Dorothy Parker is the ‘perfect metaphor’ for her work.” Modern Painters, November 2008. 18.

Stark, Frances. “I must explain, specify, rationalize, classify, etc.” In Art 39 Basel 4–8/6/08. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2008. 214–215.

Stark, Frances. “O Arquitecto & Dona de Casa [excerpt].” In The Fall of Frances Stark. Lisbon: Culturgest Lisbon, 2008.

Stark, Frances. “Notes Towards the Eroticism of Pedagogy.” In Hey Hey Glossolalia (After). New York: Creative Time, 2008.

2007

Stark, Frances. “Recently I helped repair the broken horn of pan.” In The Artist’s Joke. London: Whitechapel; Cambridge: MIT Press, 2007. 179–181. [PDF]

Stark, Frances, ed. Primer: On the Future of Art School. New York City: Dexter Sinister, 2007.

Stark, Frances and Amy Yao. “Interview.” In North Drive Press, #4, 2007. 1–5.

2006

Stark, Frances. “At the Rim of The F*#@ing Paradigm.” In Uncertain States of America: American Art in the 3rd Millennium. Oslo: Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, 2005. 144–148.

Stark, Frances. “Dear Maxine.” In Just In Time: Proposal for Municipal Art Acquisitions. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 2006.

Stark, Frances. “just how erect is our greenery.” In Creepers and Climbers. Frankfurt am Main: Revolver, 2006. 41–47.

Stark, Frances. “Letter to Gean Moreno.” In Art Lies, Issue 51, 2006.

Stark, Frances. “Not School, not Church, not Home.” In Pine Flat. Milano: Charta, 2006. 134–136.

Stark, Frances. “On Biography (Féminin) Or …” Dot Dot Dot, Issue 11, 2006. Cover.

2005

Stark, Frances. “A Little Untoward History” In Recent Pasts: Art in Southern California from the 90s to Now. Zurich: JRP/Ringier, 2005.

Stark, Frances. “Always the Same, Always Different.” In Ed Ruscha: Course of Empire: Paintings by Ed Ruscha: United States Pavilion, 51st Venice Biennale. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2005. 8–13.

Stark, Frances. “Concord Mass.” In Monuments for the USA. San Francisco: California College of the Arts, 2005. 134–135.

Stark, Frances. “Ivory.” Cabinet, Issue 18, 2005. 12–14.

Stark, Frances. “Los Angeles.” Artforum, XLIV, No. 4, December 2005. 224–226.

Stark, Frances. “Untitled Poem.” In Alphabet. Köln: Galerie Daniel Buchholz.

2003

Stark, Frances. “The Importance of Planning.” X-Tra, Volume 3, #4, 2003. 28–30.

Stark, Frances. “Untitled.” In Juncture. Brooklyn: Soft Skull Press, 2003. 186.

2002

Stark, Frances. “For nobody knows himself, if he is only himself and not also another one at the same time.” Afterall, Issue 6, 2002. 64–69.

2001

Stark, Frances. “A beholder of fragments and ruiner of plans…” In Persönliche Pläne. Basel: Kunsthalle Basel, 2001. 6–7.

Stark, Frances. “All things to all people.” Afterall, Issue 04, 2001. 112–120.

Stark, Frances. “Scared to Death.” In Painting at the Edge of the World. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2001. 206–210.

Stark, Frances. “Type: 10SNE1.” artext, No. 75, November 2001–January 2002. 26–27.

Stark, Frances. “Type: Greek Revival” artext, No. 72, February–April 2001. 34–5.

Stark, Frances. “Type: Hard to Be at Home.” artext, No. 73, May–July 2001. 33–34.

Stark, Frances. “Type: Pull-Quotable.” artext, No. 74, September–October 2001.

2000

Books & Catalogues

2016

Liese, Jennifer, ed., Social medium: artists writing, 2000-2015, Paper Monument, 2016. 106-109.

Macel, Christine and Elisabeth Sussman. Collected by Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner, Yale University Press, 2016. 68, 226-227, 337.

Electronic Superhighway: From Experiments in Art and Technology to Art After the Internet, ed. Omar Kholeif, Whitechapel Gallery, 2016. 68-71.

2015

Whitney Museum of American Art: Handbook of the Collection, ed. Dana Miller. Yale University Press. 2015. 362.

Sharon Lockhart: Milena, Milena; A Work in Progress. Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm; Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw; Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucern. Exh. Cat. Silvana Editoriale, Milan, 2015. Inside back cover.

2013

de Zegher, Catherine. Bolshe Sveta More Light: Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Latvia: SIA Presses nams Baltic, 2013. 362.

“Virtual Curb Crawling, Lurkers & Terrorists Who Just Want to Talk.” In Alephbet: Essays on Ghost Writing, Nutshells & Infinite Space, ed. Darren Tofts. Czech Republic: PB Tisk, 2013. 40-51.

“Unmade Beds: Dwelling and Dreamspace.” In The Artist’s House: From Workplace to Artwork, ed. Kirsty Bell. Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2013. 50-63.

Schneider, Claire. More Love: Art, Politics, and Sharing since the 1990s. Pasadena: Typecraft Wood and Jones, 2013.

“The Architect & The Housewife.” In In A Manner of Reading Design–The Blind Spot, ed. Katja Gretzinger. The Netherlands: Casco and Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2013. 50-52.

“Frances Stark.” In Paper, ed. Gilbert Perlein. Italy: Litografia Bacchetta, 2013. 132-133.

2012

Higgs, Matthew. “20 Questions.” In Alex Katz: Give Me Tomorrow. London: Tate Publishing, 2012. 65. [PDF]

Da Zero a Centro: Le Nuove Età Della Vita, Milan Triennale 2012, Fondazione Marino Golinelli, Selegrafica 80, 2012.

2011

Ellegood, Anne, Douglas Fogle, Charles Long, and Corrina Peipon. All of this and nothing. Los Angeles: Hammer Museum, University of California, 2011. [PDF]

For Love Not Money, The 15th Tallinn Print Triennal, Ed. by Simon Rees. Tallin, 2011. 401–404.

Godfrey, Mark. “Longing for the Wind: Boetti’s Last Works and Legacies.” In Alighiero e Boetti. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011. 318–319.

Herbert, Martin. “Frances Stark.” In ILLUMInations. Venice: Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia, 2011. 272–273.

“Frances Stark.” In Contemporary Art In North America, ed. Phoebe Adler and Duncan McCorquodale. London: Black Dog Publishing, 2011. 118–121.

2010

Gallois, Christophe and Frances Stark. “Performing Texts [interview].” In The Space of Words. Luxembourg: Mudam éditions, 2010. 142–157. [PDF]

Jacobson, Heidi, Christian Rattemeyer, and Matthew Thompson. Restless Empathy. Aspen: Aspen Art Museum, 2010.

Verwoert, Jan. Tell me what you want, what you really, really want. Rotterdam: Piet Zwart Institute and Sternberg Press, 2010.

2009

Bayrle, Helke. Portikus Under Construction. Germany: Sternberg Press, 2009. 35. [inclusion on DVD and catalogue]

Huberman, Anthony, and Will Holder. For the blind man in the dark room looking for the black cat that isn’t there. Saint Louis: Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, 2009.

Rattemeyer, Christian. Compass in hand: Selections from the Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2009.

Ruyters, Domeniek. “P.S.—Notes on a work by Frances Stark.” In All Around the Periphery. Rotterdam: Onomatopee, 2009. 65–70. [PDF]

Ruyters, Domeniek. “PS—Notities bij een werk van Frances Stark.” In Rondom. Rotterdam: Onomatopee, 2009. 65–70.

David Hockney: 1960–1968: A Marriage of Styles. Nottingham: Nottingham Contemporary, 2009.

“Frances Stark.” In Hammer Projects, 1999–2009. Los Angeles: Hammer Museum, 2009. 148–151. [PDF]

2008

Eshoo, Amy, and Derrick R. Cartwright. 560 Broadway: A New York Drawing Collection at Work, 1991–2006. New York: Fifth Floor Foundation, 2008.

Huldisch, Henriette, and Shamim Momin. Whitney Biennial 2008. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008.

Verwoert, Jan and Dexter Sinister. Exhaustion & Exhuberance. Sheffield: Sheffield Contemporary Art Forum, 2008.

Svenungsson, Jan. “How others write.” In An Artist’s Textbook. Helsinki: Finnish Academy of Fine Arts. 31–33.

2007

Esche, Charles and Katarina Stenbeck. There’s gonna be some trouble: the five year Rooseum book: 2001–2006. Malmö: Rooseum, 2007.

Fuchs, Albrecht. Portraits. Köln: Snoeck, 2007.

Heiser, Jörg. “Frances Stark.” In Romantic Conceptualism. Bielefeld: Kerber Verlag, 2007. 118–121.

Hoffman, Jens and Kennedy, Christina. The Studio. Dublin: Dublin City Callery The Hugh Lane, 2007.

Leclere, Mary. For Some Perverts the Sentence is a Body: On the Work of Frances Stark. Houston: Glassell School of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2007.

2006

Ackermann, Rita and Matthew Higgs. Dereconstruction. New York: Gladstone Gallery, 2006.

Gronlund, Melissa. “Frances Stark.” In Frieze Art Fair Yearbook 2006–7. London: Frieze, 2006.

2005

Krauss, Chris, Jan Tumlir, Jane McFadden. LA Artland. London: Black Dog Publishing Limited, 2005.

2003

Arnatt, Matthew. “Frances Stark.” In Zusammenhange herstellen (Contextualize). Hamburg: DuMont Literatur und Kunst Verlag, 2003. 71–75.

2002

Comer, Stuart, “Frances Stark.” In Air Guitar: Art Reconsidering Rock Music. Milton Keynes: Milton Keynes Gallery, 2002. 58–59.

Rugoff, Ralph. “Untimely Mediations.” In Rock My World: Recent Art and the Memory of Rock ‘n’ Roll. San Francisco: CCAC Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, 2002.

2001

Burkard, Lene, and Karsten Ohrt. Patterns: Between Object and Arabesque. Odense: Brandts Klædefabrik, 2001.

Relyea, Lane. “L.A.-Based and Superstructure.” In Public Offerings. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2001. 248–265.

2000

Cruz, Amanda. “Frances Stark.” In Fresh Cream – Contemporary Art in Culture. London: Phaidon, 2000. 574–579.

1997

Ferguson, Russell. “The Sound of Ripping Canvas.” In Sunshine & Noir: Art in L.A., 1960–1997. Humlebaek, Denmark: Louisiana Museum Of Modern Art, 1997.

1996

Butler, Cornelia H. The Power of Suggestion: Narrative and Notation in Contemporary Drawing. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1996.

 

Press

2014

“Who Cares If It’s Painting? Artist Frances Stark Talks with Curator Lanka Tattersall.” The Museum of Modern Art, www.moma.org.

Sheerin, Mark. “The Unbearable Lightness of Frances Stark.” Hyperallergic, www.hyperallergic.com, July 3, 2014.

“Frances Stark at Marc Foxx.” Contemporary Art Daily, www.contemporaryartdaily.com, July 4, 2014.

Liberty, Megan. “Frances Stark on Reading Robert Ryman.” Hyperallergic, www.hyperallergic.com, June 23, 2014.

Duray, Dan. “Gavin Brown Sells Frances Stark’s Instagrams at Independent.” Gallerist, www.galleristny.com, March 6, 2014.

Russeth, Andrew. “Stark Realities: Frances Stark on Mike Kelley at PS1.” The Observer, www.gallerist.com, January 21, 2014.

Varadi, Keith J. “Steel Your Mind: The 2013 Carnegie International.” Artfrum.com, January 16, 2014.

2013

Kitnick, Alex. “Text after Text.” Parkett No. 93, 2013. 66–77.

Roelstraete, Dieter and Monika Szewczyk. “Computerliebe.” Parkett No. 93, 2013. 78–89.

Gurk, Christoph. “Addicted to Fantasy: Frances Stark’s Put a Song in Your Thing.” Parkett No. 93, 2013. 90–103.

Ito, Gregory. “Frances Stark at Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco.” San Francisco Arts Quarterly Online, www.sfaqonline.com, March 7, 2013.

Chun, Kimberly. “‘Memento Mori’: A Reflection on Mortality, Choices in Life.” The San Francisco Chronicle, 24 February 2013.

Higgie, Jennifer. “Ten Women Who Use Film.” UbuWeb, www.ubu.com, February 3, 2013.

Godfrey, Mark. “Friends with Benefits: Mark Godfrey on the Art of Frances Stark” Artforum, January 2013. 159–165.

2012

Haramis, Nick. “The Art of Romance: Klaus Biesenbach, Director of MoMA PS1 and Chief Curator at Large at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, Selects Five Works That Best Exemplify Love.” Bullett, Vol. VIII, Fall 2012. 29.

Cooper, Dennis. “Galerie Dennis Cooper presents… Frances Stark.” DC’s, www.denniscooper-theweaklings.blogspot.com, December 5, 2012.

Russeth, Andrew. “Enhanced Epistles: Frances Stark on Her Show at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise.” Gallerist NY, www.galleristny.com, April 13, 2012.

Johnson, Ken, “Frances Stark: Osservate, Leggete Con Me.” New York Times, March 30, 2012. C26.

Griffin, Kevin. “Frances Stark: using her personal life to make My Best Thing.” Vancouver Sun Blog, www.blogs.vancouversun.com, March 16, 2012.

Rosenfield, Rachel. “Frances Stark: Not Just Idle Chat.” Canadian Art, www.canadianart.ca, March 15, 2012.

Guthery, Summer. “Frances Stark: My Best Thing.” Pastelegram, pastelegram.org, January 31, 2012.

Griffin, Jonathon. “Best of 2011: Part 6.” frieze blog, www.blog.frieze.com, January 1, 2011.

2011

Abu ElDahab, Mai. “Best of 2011.” Artforum, December 2011. 216–217.

Barber, Jeremiah. “Video Artists Stark and Herschend Embrace Humor, Unbearably Long Titles, and PowerPoint.” KQED Arts, November 27, 2011.

Berardini, Andrew, “Not Safe For Work.” Artforum diary, www.artforum.com, Los Angeles, April 25, 2011.

Berardini, Andrew. “The Letter Writer, Frances Stark.” Mousse, #26, December 2010–January 2011. 106–114. [PDF]

Bishop, Claire. “Safety in Numbers.” Artforum, September 2011. 281.

Casavecchia, Barbara. “Best of 2011: Part 3.” frieze blog, www.blog.frieze.com, December 21, 2011.

Fanelli, Franco. “I’ve included a very well-known outsider: Tintoretto!.” The Art Newspaper, June 1, 2011.

Gioni, Massimiliano. “Amore, Bugie e Chatroulette.” Wired Italia, September 2011.

Griffin, Jonathan. “All of This and Nothing.” frieze, Issue 138, April 2011. 143.

Higgs, Matthew. “Best of 2011.” Artforum, December 2011. 214–215.

Lange, Christy. “Postcards from Performa 11: Part 5.” frieze blog, www.blog.frieze.com, December 21, 2011.

Latimer, Quinn. “Best of 2011: Part 1.” frieze blog. frieze, 21 Dec. 2011.

Lehrer-Graiwer, Sarah. “All of This and Nothing.” Artforum, May 2011.

Mizota, Sharon. “Art review: ‘All of This and Nothing’ at UCLA Hammer Museum.” The Los Angeles Times, 2 March 2011.

Neudorf, Paula. “PS1′s New Exhibits Highlight Video Art.” Queens Chronicle. December 1, 2011.

Ollman, Leah. “The mind and art of Frances Stark.” The Los Angeles Times, December 26, 2011. E5.

Princenthal, Nancy. “Frances Stark.” Art in America, January 4, 2011.

Papararo, Jenifer. “Frances Stark: I’ve Had it and a Half.” C Magazine, Autumn 2011. 53-55.

Saltz, Jerry. “The Year in Art.” New York Magazine, December 2011.

Saltz, Jerry. “Generation Blank.” New York Magazine, June 19, 2011.

Smee, Sebastian. “An artist who labels herself.” The Boston Globe, December 5, 2010.

Smith, Roberta. “So Big, Performa Now Misses the Point.” The New York Times, November 26, 2011.

Tan, Lumi. “A review of Frances Stark’s Put A Song In Your Thing.” PERFORMA Magazine, November 2011.

Yablonsky, Linda. “Artifacts: Frances Stark’s Best Thing.” New York Times Magazine, October 26, 2011.

2010

Herbert, Martin. “David Hockney & Frances Stark.” frieze, Issue 128, January–February 2010. 116–117.

Holte, Michael Ned. “Frances Stark.” Artforum.com, September 1, 2010.

Kotzé, Talitha. “But what of Frances Stark, standing by itself, a naked name, bare as a ghost to whom one would like to lend a sheet?” The List, March 18–April 1, 2010. 89.

Macchi de Vilhena, Catherine. “Frances Stark: Why should you not be able to assemble yourself and write?.” ROVEN, #3, Spring–Summer, 2010. 105–109.

Mansfield, Susan. “Making a minimal disturbance show.” The Scotsman, March 23, 2010. 37–38.

Majeski, Anna. “Frances Stark tackles the riddles of the creative process.” The Tufts Daily, November 1, 2010.

Moira, Jeffrey. “Textual Relations.” Scotland on Sunday, February 21, 2010.

Oksenhorn, Stewart. “She’s got it! Stark gives Aspen musical a spin.” The Aspen Times, June 30, 2010.

“Art Preview: Frances Stark.” The Scotsman, February 23, 2010.

“Frances Stark.” The Times Scotland, March 6–12, 2010. 21.

2009

Carey-Thomas, Lizzie. “Solo shows: Frances Stark.” frieze, January–February 2009.

Clark, Robert. “David Hockney/Frances Stark.” The Guardian Guide, November 14–20, 2009. 39.

Fiduccia, Joanna, “The Space of Words.” Artforum, April 2009.

Fox, Dan. “Poor. Tired. Old. Horse..” frieze, Issue 126, October 2009. 226.

Herbert, Martin. “David Hockney and Frances Stark.” frieze. January–February 2010. 116–117.

Holder, Will. “ART AND INDUSTRY.” Roland, May 2009. 32–36.

Lack, Jessica. “Artist of the week 46: Frances Stark.” The Guardian, June 24, 2009.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/jun/24/artist-frances-stark

Searle, Adrian. “The pleasure principle.” Guardian.co.uk, November 11, 2009.

“Frances Stark.” Roland, November 2009–January 2010. 11.

2008

Borchhardt-Birbaumer, Brigitte. “Und ewig lockt die Spottdrossel.” Wiener Zeitung, April 29, 2008.

Champion, Miles, “Frances Stark.” Art Monthly, January 2008.

Cohen, David. “Whitney Biennial Has Adopted A Boho Vibe.” The New York Sun, March 5, 2008.

Cotter, Holland, “Art’s Economic Indicator.” The New York Times, March 7, 2008.

Cotter, Holland. “Indirect Object at Mitchell-Innes & Nash.” The New York Times, December 18, 2008.

Fessler, Ann Kathrin. “Teile von Teilen und kein Ganzes.” Der Standard, May 2, 2008.

Hafner, Hans-Jürgen. “Double Residence. ‘Collected Writings’ and ‘Collected Works.’” Spike, No. 15, April 2008. 55–63.

Milliard, Coline. “Frances Stark: A Torment of Follies.” Art Review, April 2008. 129.

O’Neill, Paul. “If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want to be Part of Your Revolution.” Art Monthly, February 2008. 31–32.

O’Neill-Butler, Lauren and Frances Stark. “500 Words: Frances Stark.” Artforum, November 2008.

Pomba, Susana. “All My Friends.” Lux Frágil, February 2008

Rees, Simon. Frances Stark (FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon France). US Art, Issue 21, September 22, 2008.

Verwoert, Jan. “Private Lives, Public Gestures 2.” frieze, March 2008.

“Frances Stark.” Kunstbulletin, #6, 2008. 68.

2007

Bell, Kirsty, “Frances Stark at van Abbemuseum.” frieze, #109, September 2007. 177–178.

Eichler, Dominic. “If I Can’t Dance… Part II.” frieze, Issue 106, April 2007.

Kopsa, Maxine. “Doubting Frances.” Art on Paper, September 2007.

Verwoert, Jan. “Use Me Up: Exhaustion and the limits of the potential to perform.” Metropolis M, February 2007.

White, Michelle. “Frances Stark: Structures that fit my opening….” ArtLies, Spring 2007. 115.

Wood, Catherine. “Biennials, Surveys and Retrospectives: Looking Back.” frieze, Issue 112, January–February 2008.

2006

Goddard, Dan R. “Artworks built on writing.” San Antonio Express News, June 25, 2006.

Gonzalez, Michele. “San Antonio: An Interview with Hudson Show (Room) artist Frances Stark.” Mightbegood, Issue #69, May 12, 2006.

Hainley, Bruce. “Artquake.” The New York Times Magazine, October 2, 2006.

Harmanci, Reyhan. “Between the Lines: Textual Works.” San Francisco Chronicle, June 8, 2006.

Miles, Christopher. “Saying it in words and in pictures.” The Los Angeles Times, June 16, 2006.

Mitrovic, Sinisa. “If I Can’t Dance, I don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution.” frieze, Issue 97, March 2006. 170.

Putze, Patrick. “Frances Stark at ArtPace.” Voices of Art, Volume 14.2, 2006. 24.

Rhodes, Dusti. “‘Open’ Sesame: Frances Stark lets the sexual innuendo roll.” The Houston Press, December 21, 2006.

Walworth, Catherine. “Frances Stark.” Glasstire, July 2006.

2005

Charlesworth, JJ. “Frances Stark CRG Gallery New York.” Tema Celeste, issue 110, July/August 2005. 72.

Weissman, Benjamin. “Frances Stark: As Eloquence Appears.” frieze, Issue 92, June–August 2005. Cover, 140–5.

“School of Fine Arts welcomes distinguished new faculty.” Artfacts: USC School of Fine Arts, Vol IX, No. I, 2005. 2–4.

“Short List.” The New Yorker, May 16, 2005. 24.

2004

Burnett, Craig. “Preview Frances Stark, London.” Guardian Unlimited, November 13, 2004.

2003

Abs, Peter. “Mut zur Schaeche: Frances Stark in der Galerie Daniel Buchholz.” Text Zur Kunst, Heft Nr. 54, June 2004.

Bell, Kirsty. “Frances Stark: Collected Writing: 1993–2003.” Camera Austria International, 86, 2004.

Diedrichson, Diedrich. “A Fan’s Notes: On Mike Kelley’s Writings.” Artforum, January 2003.

Hoffburg, Judith. “Artist Books Reviews.” Umbrella, Volume 26, #3⁄4, December 2003. 119–120.

Meltzer, Eve. “Frances Stark.” frieze, Issue 72, January–February 2003. 94.

Tumlir, Jan. “Spinning One’s Wheels In Los Angeles.” Flash Art, December–January 2003.

2002

Ammirati, Domenick. “Frances Stark.” Modern Painters, Volume 15, Number 1, Spring 2002. 114–5.

Ebner, Joern. “Laecheln fur den Affen menschen – Nigel Cooke bei Modern Art und Frances Stark bei greengrassi in London.” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, #75, March 30, 2002. 56.

Isé, Claudine. “Hammer Projects: Frances Stark.” Los Angeles: UCLA Hammer Museum.

Newhouse, Kristina. “Frances Stark at UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.” art/text, 2002. 91.

Wilsher, Mark. “Frances Stark Self-Portraiture.” What’s On, April 3–10, 2002. 25.

Wood, Eve, “Frances Stark at the UCLA Hammer Museum,” Artweek, Volume 33, Issue 8, October 2002. 21.

2001

Prinzhorn, Martin. “The housewife in public.” Afterall, Issue 04, 2001. 104–111.

Richard, Frances. “Frances Stark, CRG Gallery.” Artforum, XL, No. 3, December 2001. 144–145.

Smith, Roberta. The New York Times, October 12, 2001.

Tumlir, Jan. “Baldessari’s Urn: 90s Art in Los Angeles.” artext, No. 71, November 2000–January 2001. 42–51.

2000

Hess, Barbara. Flash Art, Vol. xxxiii, No. 215, November–December 2000. 111.

Hess, Barbara. “Frances Stark at Daniel Buchholz.” Flash Art, Volume xxxiii, No. 215, November–December 2000. 111.

Holert, Tom. “Frances Stark – Daniel Buchholz Gallery, Cologne.” frieze, 2000.

1999

D’Souza, Aruna. “Reviews.” Art in America, May 1999. 152–153.

Erickson, Karl. “Frances Stark: The Architect & The Housewife.” Cakewalk, No. 3, Fall 1999. 64.

Levin, Kim. “Voice Choices.” The Village Voice, February 2, 1999. 80.

1998

Harvey, Doug. Art Issues, Summer 1998. 42.

Intra, Giovanni. “Frances Stark at Marc Foxx Gallery.” Art/Text, No. 61, May–June 1998. 82–3.

Meyers, Terry R. “Frances Stark: In other places light’s pitched happy tents.” On Paper, Vol. 2 No. 5, May–June 1998. 49.

Owens, Laura. Cakewalk, Spring–Summer 1998. 13–14.

1997

Auerbach, Lisa Anne. “Sharon Lockhart, Laura Owens and Frances Stark at Blum & Poe.” L.A. Weekly, June 27–July 3, 1997.

Bonetti, David. “Gallery Watch.” San Francisco Examiner, May 9, 1997.

Cooper, Dennis. “Frances Stark.” Artforum, XXXV, No. 8, April 1997. Cover, 80–81.

Intra, Giovanni. “Sharon Lockhart, Laura Owens & Frances Stark.” FlashArt, November–December 1997. 76.

Hainley, Bruce. “Sharon Lockhart, Laura Owens & Frances Stark at Blum & Poe.” Artforum, XXXVI, No. 3, November 1997. 119–120.

Hackett, Regina. “Ephemeral Themes.” Seattle Post Intelligencer, July 11, 1997.

Helfand, Glen. “Art Museum and Galleries.” Bay Guardian, May 7, 1997.

Jakobsen, Klaus Thejll. Ojeblikket, #32/33, Summer 1997.

Kandel, Susan. “Exploring Power of Three Among Friends.” The Los Angeles Times, July 4, 1997. F18.

Knight, Christopher. “Riding Tradition’s Currents to a Higher ‘Consciousness.’” The Los Angeles Times, October 9, 1997. F4.

Martin, Vitcoria. Art Week, Volume 28, #8, August 1997.

Pagel, David. “Isolated Concepts.” The Los Angeles Times (Orange County Edition), February 1997. F12.

Rickles, Lawrence. “Already Given at the Office: On Techno Feminism.” Paralax 5, 1997. 73.

Schnoor, Chris, “3 Syllables.” Performance on Paper, #8, June 1997.

1994

Curtis, Cathy. “Freeing Words from their Life Sentence.” The Los Angeles Times, 1994.

1993

Anderson, Michael. “Invitational ’93.” Art Issues, #3, 1993.

DiMichele, David. “Fresh Work, Invitational ’93.” Artweek, Volume 24, #21, November 4, 1993.

Kandel, Susan. “Invitational ’93′s Controlling Personas.” The Los Angeles Times, Volume 24, #21, October 14, 1993.

 

Print Editions

2013

Untitled, London Underground, Art on the Underground, (unlimited edition of posters, print edition of 150)

2011

Untitled, The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada (edition of 20 + 2 AP)

2010

Consider the following again: Why should you not be able to assemble yourself and write?, Artists Space (edition of 100 + 20 ap)

2009

Conceited girl wants to show she has a seat (after Goya), Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (edition of 100 + 10 ap)

Untitled, Nottingham Contemporary (edition of 100)

2007

The members of our class…, Emily Carr Institue Press, Print Portfolio (edition of 15)

 

Selected Lectures & Outside Teaching

2016

Frances Stark in conversation with Alexander Dumbadze. Conversations with Artists Lecture Series, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., March 24

2015

Panel discussion with producer Daniel Voll, “Freeway” Rick Ross, Coach Cornell Ward, and former Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Robert Juarez, moderated by Frances Stark, regarding the documentary film Freeway: Crack in the System as part of the programming associated with UH-OH: Frances Stark 1991-2015, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, December 1

Alexyss K. Tylor in conversation with Frances Stark, as part of the programming associated with UH-OH: Frances Stark 1991-2015, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, October 27

Panel discussion with actor Will Ferrell, director Matt Piedmont, writer Andrew Steele, and producer Jessica Elbaum, moderated by Frances Stark, regarding the film Casa de mi Padre as part of the programming associated with UH-OH: Frances Stark 1991-2015, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, October 25

“On Sturtevant.” Artists on Artists Series, MOCA, Los Angeles, CA, July 23

Stanya Kahn in conversation with Frances Stark. In conjunction with a screening of “Don’t Go Back to Sleep” by Stanya Kahn. 356 Mission Road, Los Angeles, CA, June 20

Lecture in conjunction with opening reception of the Intimism exhibition, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, May 21

“At the Rim of the F*#%ing Paradigm,” Keynote Address, Contemporary Artists’ Books Conference, LA Art Book Fair, Los Angeles, CA, January 31

2014

“Complex Education: Paying Homage; A Lecture by Frances Stark.” Lecture at MoMA PS1, New York, NY, January 19

“Who Cares if it’s Painting?” Interview by Lanka Tattersall in the exhibition Alibis: Sigmar Polke 1967-2010. MoMA, New York, NY, May 5

Frances Stark and David Kravitz. “Opening the Kimono.” Seven on Seven 5th Anniversary, New Museum, New York, NY, May 3

Frances Stark in conversation with Douglas Fogle with introduction by Leigh Ledare. 2014 Sound and Vision – the Conversations, Paris Photo, Los Angeles, CA, April 26

“On Robert Ryman.” Artists on Artists Lecture Series, Dia Art Foundation, New York, NY, June 16

2013

Artist talk and group critique, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, October 28

Artist talk with Ed Atkins, moderated by Klaus Biesenbach, Julia Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany, September 7

Artist talk, from the Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, May 20

Artist talk, from International House, in conjunction with exhibition White Petals Surround Your Yellow Heart, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 4

Frances Stark in conversation with Michael Smith. The Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO, February 5

2012

Artist talk, Paul Branch Lecture Series, from Bijou Theater, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, October 11

Artist talk, Graduate Fine Arts Lecture Series, from Graduate Fine Arts Studios, Otis College of Art and Design, April 26

Artist talk, Spring Visiting Lecture Series, from Grivetz Hall, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, April 19

Artist talk, Graduate Art Seminar Lecture Series, from LA Times Theater, Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, California, April 3

Artist talk and book signing, from Emily Carr Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia, February 3

2011

Screening of “Structures That Fit my Opening and Other Parts in Relation to Their Whole.” The Life of the Artist series, Piet Zwart Institute for Postgraduate Studies and Research, Rotterdam, April 9

Lecture as part of Frances Stark: The whole of all the parts as well as the parts of all the parts, Danforth Lecture Hall, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA, December 7

“Houseguest: Frances Stark Selects from the Grunwald Collection.” Lecture, from Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California, January 16

Artist talk, MFA Lecture Series: Frances Stark from Roski School of Fine Arts, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, January 26

McCarthy, Tom and Pendleton, Adam and Frances Stark. “Staging Language.” Lecture, Performa 11 from Fredrick P. Rose Auditorium, Cooper Union, New York City, March 28

2010

Artist talk, Princeton University, Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton, New Jersey, November 23

“The Sycophancy of the Contemporary Artist and the Impossibility of Getting to Know Mark E. Smith.” Lecture and teaching engagement, Sommerakademie from Kunsthalle Bern/Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland, August 12

2009

Gaines, Malik and Stark, Frances. “Scholars in Dialogue: Art and Text.” Discussion, from Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, California, June 6

Otto-Knapp, Silke, Jan Verwoert, Frances Stark, Flora Wiegmann and Lindsay Fischer (Ballet Master of National Ballet of Canada). “Standing anywhere in the space in a relaxed position.” Panel Discussion, from the Banff Centre, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Canada, July 26

Artist talk, PSU Monday Night Lecture Series, from Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, May 11

Stark-Hanson, Arlo and Stark, Frances. Radio interview. Art Talk AM on the Radio from 98.1 KPSU, May 11

“Why are Conceptual Artists Painting Again? Because They Think It’s a Good Idea.” Banff Centre, Banff, Canada. Program faculty, July 6–August 14, and public talk, July 21

Panel discussion with Anthony Huberman, Jimmy Raskin, David Hullfish Bailey, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri

Artist Talk, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California

“The Sycophancy of the Contemporary Artist and the Impossibility of Reaching Out to Mark E. Smith.” Contra Mundum VII, Mandrake, Los Angeles, CA, December 6

2008

Artist talk, Randolph Cliff Residency, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, May 2008

“Hey! Hey! Glossolalia! The Eroticism of Pedagogy.” A Creative Time event, Judson Church, New York City, New York

“Hey! Hey! Glossolalia!: Exhibiting the Voice; The Eroticism of Pedagogy.” With Frances Stark, Ryan Gander & Bedwyr Williams, Liam Gillick & Tirdad Zolgadhr, and Adam Pendleton. Creative Time event at Judson Church, New York, NY, May 4

Artist talk as part of Frances Stark: A Torment of Follies, Secession, Vienna, Austria, April 25

Visiting artist lecture, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, California

Artist talk, The New Vision, Stadelschule, Frankfurt, Germany, November 28

2007

Poetry reading by Frances Stark, Bruce Hainley and Jeremy Sigler, MAK Center for Art, Los Angeles, CA, April 15

Symposium with related publication, “On the Future of Art Schools.” Roski School of Fine Arts, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, January 27

2005

Art Center, Pasadena, CA, June 25

Claremont College, Claremont, CA, April 13

OXBOW High School of the Arts, Napa, CA

2004

Symposium lecture, “First Draft: Toward a History of the Chinatown Art Scene.” Recent Pasts: Art in Southern California: From the 90s to Now, MOCA at the Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA, June 13

San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

2003

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA

University of California, San Diego, CA

2002

Royal College of Art, London, UK

2001

Yale University, New Haven, CT

Readings from Scripts by Raymond Pettibon, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA

“In Honor of Raymond Pettibon”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

Jurgen Becker Gallery, Hamburg, Germany

2000

Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, November 22

1999

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, Venice, CA

The Hanbury Community Project, Hanbury Hall, London, UK

1998

Gallery 400, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL

Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA

University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

New Collector’s Forum, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA

“One Half Hour of Air”, KXLU, Los Angeles, CA

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1997

CRG, New York, NY

Eagle Rock Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA

Seca, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA

University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Women’s History Month Guest, California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, Venice, CA

1996

University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy

Künstlerhaus Bethanian, Berlin, Germany

Artist talk with Sharon Lockhart, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Germany

Merz Akademie, Stuttgart, Germany

1995

Mellon Foundation Guest, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

Reading, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, Venice, CA

1994

Reading, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, Venice, CA

1993

“Twenty Fall Into Three,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles Poetry Festival, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA