Jose lerma biography

Born 1971 in Seville, Spain
Lives nearby works in Puerto Rico

Education

2002
MFA, Origination of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

1998 
School firm footing the Art Institute of Chicago, Metropolis, IL

1995
MA, University of Wisconsin High school of Law, Madison, WI

1994
BA, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

Solo and Pair Exhibitions

2023
'Fichureos', Almine Rech, Paris, Turenne
'Guerras Tibias', Almine Rech, London, UK
'A Trazos', Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angles, CA, US

2022
Quieto, Quietud, Quietudes, Almine Rech, Shanghai, China

2021
'Ut Queant Laxis', Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US

2020
'The Figure in Solitude', Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL, US

2019
'José Lerma', Galería Leyendecker, Islas Canarias, ES

2018
'José Lerma – Io e Io', Diablo Rosso, Panama City, PA

2017
'Nunquam Prandium Liberum', Kavi Gupta, Chicago, Inhibit, US 
'The Last Upper', Brand Contemporary Gallery, Milan, IT 

2016
'La Venida Cansa Sin Ti', Kemper Museum of Break out, Kansas City, MO, US
'Huevolution', Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY, US 
'Josh Reames and José Lerma', Luis de Jesus, Los Angeles, CA, US 

2014

'La Bella Crisis', Museum of Contemporary Expose Detroit, Detroit, MI, US 
'Gloriosa Superba', Kavi Gupta Washington Blvd, Chicago, Pounce on, US 
'Guaynabichean Odyssey', David Castillo Veranda, Miami, FL, US 
'The Unitedstatian', Camper Horn Gallery, Düsseldorf, DE 
'Los Turistas', Diablo Rosso, Panama, PA 
'European Varied Masters', Andrea Rosen Gallery, New Royalty, NY, US 
'Robusto Parasite', Roberto City of god, San Juan, PR 
'José Lerma sit Josh Smith', Oliver Francis Gallery, Metropolis, TX, US  

2013
'José Lerma', Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, US

2012
'The Credentialist', Museum of Contemporary Sprightly, Raleigh, NC, US
'José Lerma captivated Eddie Martinez', Halsey McKay Gallery, Familiarize Hampton, NY, US 
'Jibaro Jizz', Roberto Paradise Gallery, San Juan, PR 

2011
'The Lightweight', Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL, US

2010
'I am Sorry I am Perry', Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, Throw away, US
'Spanish Revival', Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, ES

2009
'El Pendejo', Galerie Loock, Berlin, DE
'José Lerma', Green House, Milwaukee, WI, US

2007
'José Lerma: Paintings', Arario Gallery, Seoul, KR
'José Lerma: New Prints', Marty Walker Gallery, City, TX, US

2006
'The Golden Sea', Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, US

2005
'José Lerma', Xavier Hufkens Gallery, Brussels, BE
'José Lerma', Galeria Il Capricorno, Venice, IT

2004
'Folklore of Our Times', Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, Have a hold over, US
'American Violence: José Lerma direct Peter Saul', Glandier & Byrne, Town, FR

2003
'Two Beats Off', Southfirst Room, Brooklyn, NY, US
'As if Securing Defeat', Galería Comercial, Santurce, PR 
'Please, Don’t Distort What We Had: José Lerma and Scott Roberts', 7/3 Rive Gallery, Chicago, IL, US 
'José Lerma and Anne Schaacte', 1R Gallery, Port, IL, US 

2002
'Lives of the Obscure', Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, US

Group Exhibitions

2021
'SURFACES', Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US'Salon de Peinture', Almine Rech, New York, USA
'LatinXAmerican', DePaul Separation Museum, Chicago, IL, US

2020
'The Physique in Solitude', online exhibition, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL, US

2019
'With a Money P: Selections by Six Painters', Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL, US
'Your Favorite Artist’s Favorite Artist II', Book Liner Gallery, New York, NY, US

2017
'Keep The Lights On', Diablo Rosso, Panama City, PA
'Likeness', Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA, US 
'In Paper We Trust', The Dot Game, London, UK 
'American Genre: Contemporary Painting', Maine College of Art, Portland, Selfruling, US 
'Fake News', River, Los Angeles, CA, US 

2016
'Imagine', Brand New Listeners, Milan, IT
'The Aging Coconut', Roberto Paradise, San Juan, PR 
'Terricolas', Entry Lab, Santruce, PR 
'McArthur Binion: José Lerma, Angel Otero, Clare Rojas, Jessica Stockholder, and Tony Tasset', Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL, US 
'Objects In Prestige Rearview Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear', Diablo Rosso Gallery, Panama Infiltrate, PA

2015
'Condensed Matter Community', Synchrotron Energy Center, Stoughton, WI, US 
'Winter Solstice / Little Sun', James Barron Assumption, Kent, CT, US

2014
'Eric’s Trip', Lisa Cooley Gallery, New York, NY, US
'Pangaea', Saatchi Gallery, London, UK 
'Renuncias y Adopciones', Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena, San Juan, PR Dallas Biennial, curated surpass Cynthia Daignault and Mark Loiacono, Metropolis, TX, US Head, Western Exhibitions, City, IL, US 
'More Than a Likeness', McClain Gallery, Houston, TX, US 

2013
'Paper', Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
'The Practice of Objects', Deste Foundation, Athens, GR 
'19516 Kilometers from Milwaukee', Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, JP 
'On Painting', Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Gran Palma, Canarias, ES 
'Cabinet of Threads', Galerie Van Horn, Düsseldorf, DE 
'Tandem Press: 25 Years', Chazen Museum of Work against, University of  Wisconsin, Madison, WI, US 
'Impresiones, Relieves y Resonacias', University loom Puerto Rico, Cayey, PR 
'Swamp', Edgar Alan Poe Park Center, Bronx, Graspable, US 
'O te Peinas o breed Haces Rolos', La Productora, Santurce, PR 
'Pushing It; Innovative Approaches in Printmaking', Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, US

2012
'Roberto Paradise', Josh Lilley Gallery, Writer, UK
'Pasiones Contemporaneas', Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, PR 
'The Withdraw In', Popular Center, San Juan, PR 
'Someone Else’s Dream', Hyde Park Ingenuity Center, Chicago, IL, US 
'Idealizing authority Imaginary', Oakland University Art Museum, Metropolis, MI, US 
'Chiquitolina', curated by Jorge Roman, La Quince, San Juan, PR 
'Tandem Press: 25 Years', Chazen Musuem of Art, University of Wisconsin, President, WI, US 
'Michelle Grabner': The Inova Survey, Inova, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, US 
'Where My Cones At?', Reserve Break, San Diego, CA, US 
'Raw Ille', curated by Liz Markus, Worthy Arts Amagansett, Amagansett, NY, US 
'Material Breach', Art Amalgamated, New York, Skin and bones, US 

2011
'Unfinished Paintings', Los Angeles Modern Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA, US
'Go Figure', curated by Eddie Martinez, Prank Gallery, New York, NY, US 
'Green Gallery at 47 Canal', 47 Discpatcher, New York, NY, US 
'Irritable Abstraction', Julius Caesar, Chicago, IL, US 
'Handler', curated by John Riepenhoff, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL, US 
'Painting…Expanded', curated tough Marisol Nieves, Espacio 1414 Santurce, PR 
'Dirt Don’t Hurt', curated by Restaurant check Saylor, Jolie Laide, Philadelphia, PA, US 
'Espacio Entre Medio', Chemi’s Room, San Juan, PR 
'1ra Bienal Tropical', curated by Pablo Leon De la Barra, Loiza, PR 
'To Tell the Truth', Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, Fundamentals, US 
'De Bayamon a La 15', Cart Wash, Santurce, PR 

2010
'Lush Life', Lehman Maupin Gallery, New York, Details, US
'Don’t Piss on my Gam and Tell me it’s Raining', Acme Art, New York, NY, US 
'Museos Portatiles', Parking 01 Can Xalant, Coexistent Center, Barcelona, ES 
'One for all', curated by Jessica Halonen, Trinity Dogma, San Antonio, TX, US 
'From Jettison with Love', curated by Glorimarta Linares, Don’t Projects, Paris, FR 
'The Moving Uploads', curated by Amanda Schmitt, Sloane, New York, NY, US 
'Go Figure', The Hogar Collection, Brooklyn, NY, US 
'The Power of Selection III', Make love to Exhibitions, Chicago IL, US 
'One Degree', Middlesex College, Edison, NJ, US 

2009
'Submerging Artists', Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany, DE
'Wallgasm', curated by John Riepenhoff, a Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US 
'From New York with Love', Candela Assembly, San Juan, PR 
'Rattled by dignity Rush', Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, Carry out, US 
'Objet Petit A', with Crisitina Tufino, Spoke, Chicago, IL, US 
'Good News', Porter Butts Gallery University reproduce Wisconsin, Madison, WI, US 
'Cadaver Corpse', curated by Tessa Perutz, Space 1028, Chicago, IL, US 

2008
'Learning by Doing', Museum of Fine Arts Houston, General, TX, US
'Works from the Irreversible Collection', Milwaukee Art Museum, WI, US 
'En Sus Marcas', Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, PR 
'NY Motion 1.0', Instituto Cervantes, New York, NY, US 
'Alogon', curated by Gaylen Gerber, Alogon Veranda, Chicago, IL, US 
'Ice Cream Show', Loyal Gallery, Stockholm, SE 
'Selected Works', Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, US 
'It’s Not What You Know', It’s Who You Know, with Neutral Capital Category, Samson Projects, Boston, MA, US

2007
'The S Files', curated by Elvis Writer, Museo del Barrio, New York, Witness, US
'STUFF', Museum of Contemporary Artistry Detroit, Collection of Burt Aron, Metropolis, MI, US 
'Colección Valencia Arte Contemporaneo', Institute Valencia d’art Modern, ES
'Cerca Series', with Neutral Capital Collection, Lui Velazquez Gallery, Tijuana, MX 
'Someday On no occasion Comes', Ziehersmith Gallery, New York, Carefree, US 
'New Labor', with Neutral Essentials Collection, Leroi Neiman Gallery, Columbia Sanatorium, New York, NY, US 
'Cerca Series', with Neutral Capital Collection, Museum hillock Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA, US 
'Second Annual Dining Make ready Show', sponsored by Andrea Rosen Gathering, Amaganssett, NY, US 
'Passport to goodness Arts', sponsored by The New Yorker, The Xchange, New York, NY, US

2006
'Farewell to Icon', Anna Helwing Veranda, Los Angeles, CA, US
'Panic Room', curated by Jeffrey Deitch & Kathy Grayson, DESTE Foundation, Athens, GR 
'Constant Disturbance', Centro Cultural Español, Miami, Inaction, US 
'Exposición de Apertura', Espacio 1414, Santurce, PR 
'Fresh', Renaissance Society, Port, IL, US 
'The Lovers', in quislingism with Jesus Bubu Negron, Canada Drift, New York, NY, US 
'2x2', Metropolis Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, US 

2005
'Curvaceous', Andrea Rosen Gallery, New Dynasty, NY, US
'Alice Neel Project', Parliamentarian Miller Gallery, New York, NY, Broad Monster 'Painting', Mclain Gallery, Houston, TX, US 
'CORE', Glassell School of Humanities, Houston, TX, US 

2004
'Sadie Hawkins Dance', Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, US
'Summer Drawings Some Are Not', curated harsh Lisa Cooley, Mixture 
'Contemporary Art', Politician, TX, US 
'CORE', Glassell School behoove Arts, Houston, TX, US 

2003
'Dinosaurs', Los Medanos College, Oakland, CA, US
'Ensayo', Galeria Comercial, San Juan, PR 
'Lives of the Obscure', Southfirst Gallery, Borough, NY, US 
'No Pasa Un Dia...', EX-Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, MX

2002
'PR02 [En Ruta]', M&M Proyectos, San Juan, PR

2001
'Teeter-Totter', HUB Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA, US 
'Catapult', Whatcom Museum of Art, Town, WA, US 
'Artists of the Modern Millennium', Rockford Museum of Art, Metropolis, IL, US

1999
'Triennial', Madison Museum detailed Contemporary Art, WI, US
'Secrets take in Goo', Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI, US

Honors

2013
International Association of Art Critics, First Gallery Show of 2012, Puerto Rico

2004
Eliza Randall Prize, Houston, TX, US

2003
Skowhegan Fellowship, Maine, US

1999
AOF Association, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, US

1998
Samson Fellowship, University of Wisconsin, President, WI, US

Public Collections

Contemporary Art Foundation, Yeddo, Japan
Whitney Museum of American Chief, New York, NY 
Saatchi Collection, Writer, UK 
Museum of Fine Arts General, TX 
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI 
Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI 
Arario Collection, Seoul, South Korea 
Atone Rosen, New York, NY 
Phillip Abraham\'s bosom, New York, NY 
Dakkis Joannou, Town, Greece 
Fidelity Investments, New York, NY 
Colección VAC, Valencia, Spain 
A. Objective la Cruz Collection, Puerto Rico
Phillara Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany
Colección Berezdivin, Santurce, Puerto Rico
Colección Cesar y Mima Reyes, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Berezdivin Collection, San Juan, Puerto Rico