Sean Scully

(http://www.artnet.com 12-9-08)1945 Born in Dublin, Ireland on January 3rd 1949 Family moved to London 1965 - 1968 Croydon College of Art, London 1968 - 1972 Newcastle University, UK 1972 - 1973 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 1973 - 1975 Taught at Chelsea School of Art and Goldsmiths' School of Art, London, UK 1975 Moved to the United States 1977 - 1983 Taught at Princeton University 1983 Received Guggenheim Fellowship 1983 Became American Citizen 1983 Received Artist's Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts 1990 Monograph published by Hudson Hills Press, New York 1992 Revisited Morocco in December to make a film on Matisse for the BBC 1993 First exhibition of the Catherine Paintings in the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas 1994 Made first paintings in new studio in Barcelona in the summer 1994 Participated in the Joseph Beuys Lectures, Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford University, Oxford, UK 1994 Participates in a colloquium held in conjunction with the exhibition 'Richard Pousette, Dart (1916, 1992)' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1994 Moved into a new studio in Chelsea, New York City 1994 Made an honorary member of the London Institute 2002 Starts working as a part-time professor of painting at Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, Germany 2003 Massachusetts College of Art, Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degree 2003 National University of Ireland, Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degree 2006 Sean Scully Room, A room dedicated to Sean Scullys’ work, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Dublin, Ireland, opened on May 5th 1945 - Present Living in USA Selected Exhibitions 2007 'Sean Scully; Walls of Aran', Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, May 4 – June 2 2007 “Sean Scully,” Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain 2007 “Sean Scully,” Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zürich, Switzerland 2007 “The Prints of Sean Scully,” Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; Traveled through 2008 to Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and the Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York 2006 - 2007 'Sean Scully', Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, November 22 – January 20 (solo) (cat.) 2005 - 2007 'Wall of Light', Phillips Collection, Washington DC, October 22, 2005 – January 08, 2006; The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Dallas, Texas, February 12 – May 28; Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio, June 26 – September 03; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA, September 25 – January 14, 2007 (cat) (solo) 2006 'Sean Scully', L.A.Louver, California, USA, May 12 – June 30 (cat.) (solo) 2005 'Soltanto Un Quadro Al Massimo', Accademia Tedesca Roma Villa Massimo, Roma, Italy 2005 'SIAR 50', Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland 2005 'Minimalism and After IV', DaimlerChrysler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany 2005 'Eye of the Storm: The IMMA Collection', Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland 2005 'The Giving Person, curated by Lorand Hegyi, Fondazione Culturale Edison, Naples, Italy 2005 'Points of View: Landscape and Photography', Galerie Lelong, New York 2005 'Sean Scully, Painting & Works on Paper', Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria, UK, March 21 – June 25 (cat.) (solo) 2005 'Sean Scully, Faith – Hope – love', Augustinerkloster, Erfurt, Germany, March – April, (solo) (cat) 2005 'Sean Scully', Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, UK, May 25 – July 23 (cat.) (solo) 2005 'Sean Scully', Staatliche Museum, Kassel, Germany, April 15 – September 05 (solo) 2005 'Sean Scully: New Work', Galerie Lelong, New York, USA, May 12 – June 25 (solo) 2005 'Sean Scully, le Centre de la Gravure et de l’image Imprimée', La Louviere, Belgium, May 14 – August 14 (solo) 2005 'Sean Scully, Fotografías', Galeria Carles Taché, Barcelona, Spain, May – July (cat) (solo) 2005 'Sean Scully', Sala Alcala 31, Madrid, Spain, October 27 – December 11 (solo) 2004 'Sean Scully': Neues Museum Weimar, Weimar, Germany (cat) 2004 'Sean Scully, España-Spain-Spanien' Kunsthalle Weimar Harry Graf Kessler, Weimar, Germany 2004 'Sean Scully':National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia (cat) 2004 'Sean Scully: Photographs', Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich, Germany 2004 'Sean Scully, Winter Robe', Galerie Lelong, Paris 2004 'Sean Scully, Estampes 1983-2003', Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France 2004 'Sean Scully: 'Holly Paintings'', Kunstverein Aichach, Aichach, Germany 2004 'Sean Scully', Centro Jose Guerrero and Federico Garcia Lorca Foundation, Granada 2004 'Sean Scully', Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland 2004 'Los Monocromos. De Malevisch Al Presente', Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain 2004 'Sean Scully: Prints 1983-2003', Irish Cultural Centre, Paris, France 2003 Sara Hilden Art Museum-Tempere, Finland travels to Neues Museum Weimar, Germany, Seville, Spain 2003 'Divergent', Galerie Lelong, New York 2003 ‘Sean Scully: Wall of Light, Figures’, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London (cat.) 2003 ‘Sean Scully’, Galeria Carles Tache, Barcelona, (cat.) 2003 'Sean Scully', Hotel des Arts, Toulon, France, (cat.) 2002 'Sean Scully', Galeria Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, Mexico(cat.) 2002 Centro de Arte Helio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil(c) 2002 L.A. Louver Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2002 Gemaldegalerie Neue Meister Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, Germany(c) 2002 Camara de Comercio de Cantabria, Santander, Spain TRAVELS to Ayuntamiento de Pamplona, Polvorin de la Cindadela (c) 2002 'No Object, No Subject, No Matter…Abstraction in the IMMA Collection', Irish Museum of Modern Art. 9 May –1 September 2002 2002 Kouors Gallery, New York, NY, “Margins of Abstraction” Curated by Robert Knafo 2002 Fundação Bienal De São Paulo, 25° Bienal De São Paulo - São Paulo, Brazil. (c) 2002 Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria, “Augenblik, Foto/Kunst”. (c) 2002 'Sean Scully: Wall of Light/Muro de Luz', Museo de Arte Moderno, March 27 – June 30, 2002 2002 'The 177th Annual National Academy of Design', National Academy of Design Museum, New York, May 1 – June 9, 2002 2001 'Sean Scully', Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, October, 2001 – January, 2002 2001 'Sean Scully: New Photographs and Works on Paper', Galerie Lelong, New York, March 10 – April 21, 2001 2001 'Sean Scully', Kunstammlung Nordheim Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany, March 17 – June 4, 2001 2001 'Sean Scully', 'Barcelona Etchings for Federico Garcia Lorca', Instituto Cervantes London, UK 2001 'Sean Scully: Light and Gravity', Knoedler + Company USA, New York, NY (cat.) 2001 'Sean Scully Work on Paper', Rex Irwin Gallery, Woollahra, Australia Travelled to Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 2001 'Sean Scully', Le Musée Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland 2001 'Sean Scully: walls/windows/horizons', David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, USA 2000 'Sean Scully' Galeria Carles Tache – Barcelona, Spain (cat.) 2000 'Estampes 1983, 1999' Musee des Beaux, Arts de Caen – Caen, France (cat.) 2000 'Sean Scully Photographies' Galerie de l’ancien college Ecole municipale d’Arts plastiques – Chatellerault, France 2000 'Sean Scully' Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, UK 2000 'Graphics' Galleria d’Arte A+A, Venice, Italy 2000 'Sean Scully on Paper', Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY 1999 'Sean Scully, 'New Paintings and Works on Paper' Danese Gallery and Gallery Lelong – New York, USA; South London Gallery – London, UK (cat.) 1999 'Sean Scully', Galerie Lelong – Paris, France 1999 'Print Retrospective' Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Austria, Travelled to Musee du Dessin et de l’Estampe Originale – Gravelines, France; Von der Heydt Museum – Wuppertal, Germany; (catalogue raisonné) 1999 'Inner Eye: Contemporary Art from the Marc and Livia Srauss Collection',, Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, CT, travels to: Nueberger Museum of Art, Purchase NY (1-4/200). 1998 - 1999 'Sean Scully: Works on Paper 1975-1996', Milwaukee Art Museum; Carpenter Center, Harvard University; Denver Art Museum; Bemis Art Museum, Omaha, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo (1-4/2000) Literature 2007 McKeith, Eimear, ‘Throwing the book at art’, Sunday Tribune Ireland, 20th May 2007 ‘The Mystery of Inis Meáin’, (extract taken from, Sean Scully, Walls of Aran. Introduction by Colm Tóibín), The Guardian, 12th May 2007 McGuane, Elizabeth, ‘Abstract meets ancient in Scully’s vision’, Irish Sunday Business Post, 29th April 2007 Wei, Lilly, Light Masonry, Art in America, January, p116-121 2007 Sean Scully – Walls of Aran, photographs by Sean Scully, text by Colm Tóibín and Sean Scully, published by Thames & Hudson 2007 McGuane, Elizabeth, ‘Abstract meets ancient in Scully’s vision’, Irish Sunday Business Post, 29th April 2006 Naves, Mario, ‘Color Them Beautiful: Marden, Scully Paint Politely’, The New York Observer, 12.11.2006, p.15 2006 Ayers, Robert, ‘Sean Scully’, ARTnews, December 2006, p. 144 2006 Wright, Karen, ‘Painter Sean Scully Evokes Springsteen, Boxing: Karen Wright’, Bloomberg.com, 1.12.2006 2006 Richer, Francesca and Rosenzweig, Matthew (ed?s), No. 1 First works by 362 Artists 2006 Kutner, Janet, ‘Block Party’, The Dallas Morning News, 22 February 2006 Wennerstrom, Nord, ‘Sean Scully, Phillips Collection’, Artforum, February, p. 216 2006 Kuspit, Donald, ‘Sacred Sadness’, Artnet Magazine 2006 Pearce, Sara, ‘The early word’, The Enquirer, 23 June 2006 Baird, Liz, ‘Art: Gallery Re-Opens with new display’, The Belfast Telgraph, 16 June 2006 ‘City Art Gallery Set to Re-Open’, BBC News, 27 May 2006 Pearce, Sara, ‘Art museum’s special exhibits range from dressy to dreamy’, The Enquirer, 21 May 2006 Stein, Jerry, ‘American Masterpieces Coming to Art Museum’, The Cincinnati Post, 19 May 2006 ‘Sean Scully: Wall of Light’, The Cincinnati Post, 18 May 2006 ‘Coming Shows at the Metropolitan Museum’, Artnet News, 16 May 2006 ‘United States: our selection A-Z’, The Art Newspaper, May 2006 Wolgamott, L. Kent, ‘Abstract paintings an exercise in repetition, variation’, JournalStar.com, 2 April 2006 Langan-Peck, Jessica, ‘Hugh Lane easing back open after expansion’, Circa Art Magazine, 24 Feb 2006 'Sean Scully: Recent Paintings', LA Louver 2006 Grosz, David, ‘The Miracle of Turning Stone into Light’, The New York Sun, 28 September 2006 Kohler, Andrea, ‘Zusammenarbeit mit dem Licht’, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 20 October 2006 Graham, Ruth, ‘Light shines at the Met’, The New York Sun, 22 September 2006 Frank, Peter, ‘Sean Scully’, LA Louver, Califonrnia, ARTnews, September, pp.148 2006 ‘Sean Scully: Wall of Light First Major Solo Exhibition’, artdaily.com, 27 July 2006 ‘Arts in S. Florida’, Miami Herald, 2 July 2006 Geracimos, Ann, ‘Patent Office is new state of the arts’, The Washington Times, 26 June 2006 Denham, Sue, ‘Comment: Sue Denham’, The Sunday Times-Ireland, 25 June 2006 Heilenman, Diane, ‘Viewpoints: Artful Travel’, The Courier Journal, 18 June 2006 'Sean Scully: The Architecture of Colour, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein 2006 Ingleby, Florence (ed.), 'Sean Scully: Resistance and Persistance', Selected Writings, published by Merrell Publishers 2006 'First Works by 362 Artists', Richer, Francesca, Rosenzweig, Matthew, eds. No 1 2005 'Wall of Light', essays by Michael Auping, Stephen Bennett Phillips, and Anne Straus, The Phillips Collection, Rizzoli, New York, USA 2005 'Sean Scully: Paintings and Works on Paper', essays by Edward King and William Feaver, interview by Liliane Tomasko, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Lakeland Arts Trust, Kendal, Cumbria, UK, March 21 – June 25 2005 'Sean Scully', with text of a lecture given by Sean Scully at the Institute Valencia d'Art Modern 4 May 2004, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, UK 2005 'Sean Scully: Fotografías', text by Mia Fineman, Galería Carles Taché, Barcelona, Spain 2005 Ribas, João, 'IN THE NEWS: Sean Scully', ARTINFO, 20 October 2005 Leitch, Luke, ‘Turnaround at the Tate’, The Evening Standard, 29 September 2005 Black, Catriona, 'Smudging the sharp edges of minimalism', The Sunday Herald, Edinburgh, 19 June 2005 Chapman, Peter, 'Sean Scully', The Independent 'Private View', 18 June 2005 Jeffrey, Moira, 'Sean Scully', The Herald 'The Choice', 16 June 2005 Cohen, David, 'Sean Scully', Gallery Lelong, The New York Sun, 2 June 2005 'If you're only going to see one thing this week……Art: Sean Scully' The Guardian, 30 May 2005 McGlone, Jackie, 'Painting the magic and tragic', Scotland on Sunday, Review, May 22, p.9 2005 Scully, Sean, ‘Man of the North’, Ian Stephenson 1934-2000, New Art Centre, Salisbury, UK 2005 Glover, Michael, 'Sean Scully', Abbot Hall, Kendal, The Times T2, 18 May 2005 Hickling, Alfred, 'Sean Scully', Abbot Hall, Kendal, The Guardian, 2 May 2005 'Sean Scully', Abbot Hall, Kendal, The Guardian Guide, 19 March, p. 37 2005 Langan-Peck, Jessica, ‘Hugh Lane Easing Back Open After Expansion’, Circa Art Magazine, 24 Feb 2005 ‘Sean Scully Philips Collection’, Artforum International, September 2005 Bain, Alice, ‘Painting Sean Scully’ 2005 Gale, Iain, ‘Square Root of Success Lies in Thinking Outside the Boxes’, Scotland on Sunday, 10 July 2005 Mottram, Jack, ‘First Flush of Colour Fades to Leave a Sour Afterglow’, The Scotsman, 14 July 2005 Baram, Marcus, ‘Contemporary Art Sales Surge’, The Wall Street Journal Online, 24 June 2005 Arendt, Paul, ‘It Could be you, says Tate’, The Guardian, 16 June 2005 ‘Five Best Exhibitions’, The Independent, 26 May 2005 Inch, Denis,‘Lifting the Shadow of the Shark’, Artwork, March/April 2005 2005 ‘First Choice-Visual Art-Sean Scully’, The Times T2, 2 April 2004 'Sean Scully: Winter Robe', Galerie Lelong, Paris, (interview by Michael Peppiatt and essay by Amin Zweite) (exhibition catalogue) 2004 'So good, he painted it twice', Sue Hubbard, The Independent Review, Tuesday 6 April 2004 'Sean Scully', by David Carrier, Thames & Hudson, London 2004 'The Color of Time: The Photographs of Sean Scully', Steidl, Design, Gottingen, Ed. Garrett White, (essays by Arthur C Danto and Mia Fineman and interview by Edward Lucie-Smith) 2004 'Sean Scully', Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere, Finland and Stiftung Weimarer Klassik und Kunstsammlungen, Weimar, Germany, essays by: Timo Vuorikoski,Donald Kuspit, Jürgen Habermas and Marjatta Saari, (exhibition catalogue) 2003 ‘Sean Scully: Wall of Light, Figures’ Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, (interview by Kevin Power) 2003 Harrison, Sara, ‘Sean Scully: Timothy Taylor Gallery’, Time Out London, July 2-9, p. 54 2003 Falconer, Morgan, ‘Sean Scully: Wall of Light, Figures / Timothy Taylor Gallery’, What’s On in London, July –9, p. 25 2003 Frank, Peter, ‘reviews: Sean Scully at L.A. Louver’, ARTnews, February 2003 Barrett, Terry, ‘Interpreting Art: Reflecting, Wondering, and Responding’, McGraw Hill, New York, pp. 99, 110 2002 ‘Reviews: Sean Scully at L.A. Louver’, The Art Newspaper, No. 130, November 2002 Pagel, David, ‘Monumental paintings done with a light touch’, Los Angeles Times, November 22nd 2002 Name, Daniela, ‘no calor da Rocinha’, O Globo (Brazil), 19th September 2002 Dunne, Aidan, ‘The Painter’s Painter; defender of the Faith’, The Irish Times, August 3rd 2002 De Circasia, Victor, ‘Fade into Paint; Sean Scully speaks with critic and curator, Victor de Circasia’, Label Magazine No 7 (Italy), Autumn 2002 Wei, Lily, ‘Reviews: Sean Scully at Knoedler and Galerie Lelong’, Art in America, January 2002 ‘Echt Ire’, Suddeutsche Zeitung, September 1st Carrera, David, ‘Estructuras y colores en Sean Scully ‘, alerta, January 19th 2002 Gutierrez, jose maria, ‘La Faceta mas Personal y Genuina de Sean Scully, La Fotografica, Se Exhibe en el Palacete’, en Dario montanes, October 19th