Mitchell-Innes & Nash

Virginia Overton

Biography

VIRGINIA OVERTON

Born: 1971, Nashville, TN
Lives & works in Brooklyn, NY

2005 MFA University of Memphis, Tennessee
2002 BFA University of Memphis, Tennessee

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012
Deluxe, The Power Station, Dallas
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, NY (forthcoming)
The Kitchen, NY (forthcoming)

2011
Freymond Guth, Zurich

2010
Untitled (Milan), N.O. Gallery, Milan, Italy
Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN
True Grit, Dispatch, NY
Ecart, John Armleder and Mai-Thu Perret, Basel 41, Basel, Switzerland

2009
This Is Not A Ladder, Artlab at AMUM, Memphis, TN

2008
Solo exhibition, White Box, New York, NY

2007
Powerhouse, Memphis, TN

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011
Sentimental Education, Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach
Florbelles (After Sade), Air de Paris, Paris
Glee, curated by Cecilia Alemani, Blum and Poe, Los Angeles
Bridgehampton Biennial, curated by Robert Nickas, Martos Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
Summer Affair, fordProject, New York
Broken Umbrellas, Laurel Gitlen, New York
Against the Way Things Go, Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, New York
Impossible Vacation, White Flag Projects, St. Louis
Indeterminate Activity, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York
Street Trash, Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Multipli D'Artista, N.O. Gallery, Milan

2010
White Columns Annual, White Columns, NY
Jacob Kassay, Robert Morris, Viriginia Overton, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, NY
Wait for Me at the Bottom of the Pool, curated by Bob Nickas, hosted by Jose Martos, Bridgehampton, NY
The Rule of the Game, Republique-Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
Today I Made Nothing, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, NY
Grass Grows By Itself, curated by Sima Familant, Marlborough Gallery, NY
the backroom, organized by Kate Fowle, Rotating Gallery, PS1 MoMA, Long Island City, NY
Greater New York, PS1 MoMA, Long Island City, NY
Windows at Saks 5th Avenue, New York, NY
True Grit, Dispatch, New York, NY
Cheekwood, Temporary Contemporary, Nashville, TN
Be Yourself, Burning Bridges, New York, NY

2009
From the Mississippi to the Hudson, Michel Allen Projects, New York, NY
Portrait de l'artiste en motocycliste, le Magasin-CNAC, Grenoble, France
edia Int'l Group, organized by Lucky DeBellvue, Foundation Barbin, New York, NY
The Audio Show, organized by Seth Kelly, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY
In Practice, SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY

2007
String Show, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY

2006
Off the Grid, Brooks Museum, Memphis, TN
VA4398UV, Memphis, TN


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Chris Bollen, “Virginia Overton,” Interview Magazine, April 2011
Lauren O'Neill Butler, “Jacob Kassay, Robert Morris, and Virginia Overton,” artforum.com, January 2011
“Virginia Overton,” The New Yorker, April 5, 2010
Howie Chen, “Virginia Overton: Untitled (Milan),” 2010
VA4398UV, 2006-2007

Artist Exhibitions

Jacob Kassay, Robert Morris, Virginia Overton - December 17, 2010 - January 29, 2011

Artist Images

Variables II
1964-65
Oil on canvas
60 by 80 in. 152.4 by 203.2 cm.


Nightfall
1961
Oil on canvas
62 by 76 in. 157.5 by 193 cm.


Rime
1966
Oil on canvas
95 by 53 in. 241.3 by 134.6 cm.


P73 #4
1973
Oil on canvas
96 by 68 in. 243.8 by 172.7 cm.


Bend
1969
Oil on canvas
50 by 62 in. 127 by 157.5 cm.


Trace
1966
Oil on canvas
50 by 69 in. 127 by 175.2 cm.


Idling II (WNY - 70 #1)
1970
Oil on canvas
80 by 70 in. 203.2 by 177.9 cm.


P73 #7
1973
Oil on canvas
90 by 127 in. 228.6 by 322.6 cm.


Variables Section (I)
1963
Oil on canvas
53 1/2 by 23 in. 135.9 by 58.4 cm.


Installation view


Installation view


Installation view


Installation view


Installation view


Barrier Series #5
1963
Oil on canvas
64 1/2 by 80 in. 163.8 by 203.2 cm.


Untitled (Triangle)
2010
Douglas Fir
Dimensions variable


Untitled
2010
Wood and sheetrock mud
153 by 130 by 18 in. 388.6 by 330.2 by 45.7 cm.


Untitled
2010
Fluorescent light fixture and ink jet print on paper
3 by 96 by 3 in. 7.6 by 243.8 by 7.6 cm.


Untitled (kitchenette set for CN & SP)
2010
Chairs, light fixture, light bulbs and ratchet strap
45 by 20 by 20 in. 114.3 by 50.8 by 50.8 cm.


Untitled (ladder)
2009
Sculpture Center, New York


Untitled (chimney)
2010
Inkjet print on vinyl
Installation view: MoMA PS1, New York


Untitled (Convex)
2011
Acrylic mirror and ratchet strap
44 by 49 by 53 in.


Untitled (Concave) and Untitled (Convex)
2011
Installation view


Untitled (1107 Basement II)
2011
Lumber, bulb, socket and electrical wiring
85 by 2 1/2 by 6 in. 215.9 by 6.4 by 15.2 cm.


Untitled (color)
2011
Lightbox construction, acrylic and inkjet print on paper
35 5/8 by 23 5/8 by 6 3/16 in. 90.5 by 60 by 15.7 cm.


Installation view, Untitled (blonde)
2011


Installation view, Untitled (Echo)
2011
Acrylic mirror and ratchet straps


Untitled (hash mark decal)
2012
Adhesive vinyl
172 x 15 inches
Installation view: The Power Station, Dallas


Untitled (Upended)
2011
Digital Print on vinyl
Installation View: White Flag Projects, St. Louis


Untitled (basement)
2011
Wood, chair, ratchet strap


Tube Installation
2011
Sonotube, vinyl records, record player, pedestal, hardware
3 by 96 by 3 in. 7.6 by 243.8 by 7.6 cm.