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JP Munro

Born 1975, Inglewood, CA. Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.

Education

2000
MFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA

1997
BFA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Solo Exhibitions

2012

International Art Objects Galleries

2009
China Art Objects Galleries at Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

2008
Sadie Coles HQ, London, England

2006
The Marseillaise, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA

2005
The Foundations of the Twenty-first Century, Sadie Coles HQ, London, England

2004
Torture Garden, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA

2002
Ending is Better Than Mending, Sadie Coles HQ, London, England
Blood on the Floor, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012

Disorder, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York City

30 Days of Peace Love and Painting, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam

2011

Mind Games, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles

2010

The Incomplete-Paris, Galerie Jean-Luc and Takako Richard, Paris

2008
JP Munro and Pentti Monkkonen, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
Call the Interruptions Day, Leo Koenig Inc, New York, NY

2007

The Incomplete, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY

2006
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY
Hotel California, The Glendale College Art Gallery, Glendale, CA
Drawing and Drawn, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Cerrito, CA
Alle-Gory, Mandarin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2005
Sunset in Athens, Vamiali, Athens, Greece, February-March.
Art Athina 2005: Californian Artists in Greek Collections, Athens, Greece
“Walead Beshty, Erlea Maneros, JP Munro & Andy Ouchi, Sean Landers, Michael Wetzel,” China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA

2004
She’s Come Undone, Curated by Augusto Arbizo, Artemis-Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY, June
Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, February
100 Artists See God, Curated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston, ICA, London, England, Traveled to the Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA, the Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA, Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN, Albright College Freedman Art Gallery, Reading, PA

2003
Drawings, Metro Pictures, New York, NY, March
Dirty Pictures, The Approach, London
Women Beware Women, Curated by David Rimanelli, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Drop Out!, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
The Great Drawing Show, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Works for Giovanni, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA

2002
Fair, Organized by Curating Contemporary Art, The Royal College of Art, London, England, March

2001
The Cult, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
Morbid Curiosity, Curated by Jan Tumlir, ACME, Los Angeles, CA, Traveled to I-20 Gallery, New York, NY
Psychobobble, Raucci / Santamaria, Napoli, Italy
China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA

2000
New School, Works on Paper, Los Angeles, CA
The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Laughter, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA

Selected bibliography

2012
Berardini, Andrew, “JP Munro at International Art Objects and Gustave Moreau at the Hammer Museum,” LA Weekly, October 11, 2012
Knight, Christopher, “Art Review: Glimpses of the past re-imagined for today,” Los Angeles Times, October 10, 2012

2009
Lehrer-Graiwer, Sarah, “JP Munro in Chinatown,” ArtSlant, October 20, 2009

2006
Plagens, Peter, “The Art of the Deal” Newsweek, March 6, p.56
Brooks, Amra, “Must See Art,” LA Weekly, November 24

2005
Kraus, Chris, Jan Tumlir & Jane McFadden, LA Artland (London: Black Dog Publishing)
Sumpter, Helen, “JP Munro,” Time Out, 9 August
“Picks of the Week: If you’re only going to see one thing this week…” The Guardian, 25 July
Lack, Jessica, “Preview: JP Munro,” The Guardian Guide, 23-29 July
Güner, Fisun, ”JP Munro,” Metro, 18 July
“JP Munro Foundations of the 21st Century (Picking at the wounds of mythology),” Flux, issue 49
Núñez-Fernández, Lupe, ‘The month ahead: Top Choice’, Art Review, July

Archer, Michael, “JP Munro,” Art Review, September

2004
Nelson, Arty, “Hunters and Gathers“ LA Weekly, May 28
Healy, Murray, “In Deeper Reference Praise,” POP, Autumn / Winter
John Russell, Frozen Tears II (UK: ARTicle Press)

2003
Morton, Tom, “Reviews,” Frieze #74, April
Buck, Louisa, “JP Munro: Ending is Better than Mending,” The Art Newspaper – What’s On, No. 132, Jan.

2002
Gaines, Malik, “JP Munro at China Art Objects, Los Angeles”, Artext #78, Fall
Tumlir, Jan, Morbid Curiosity, I-20 and Art Center, Pasadena, CA and New York, NY (catalogue)
Tumlir, Jan, “Morbid Curiosity: The Art School Curiculum and Modernism Unbound,” Artext, No. 78, Fall
Rimanelli, David, “JP Munro,” Interview, May, p. 46
Smith, Roberta, “The Armory Show, Grown up and in Love With Color”, New York Times, Friday, February 22

Sarah Braman, Sam Falls, Mark Hagen, JP Munro, Pae White - NADA
Dec 6 to Nov 9, 2012 Sarah Braman, Julia Dault, Sam Falls, Kim Fisher, Mark Hagen, JP Munro, Seb Patane, Jon Pylypchuk, Pae White - Frieze Art Fair and Frieze Sculpture Park
Oct 9 to Oct 14, 2012 JP Munro - JP Munro at Cottage Home
Oct 17 to Nov 14, 2009 JP Munro - The Marseillaise: JP Munro
Nov 4 to Dec 23, 2006 JP Munro - JP Munro: Torture Garden
May 1 to May 31, 2004 JP Munro - JP Munro: Blood on the Floor
May 25 to Jun 22, 2002

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