B.A., Art and Design and Art History, Columbia College, Chicago
Solo Exhibitions
2013
Elemental, Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA, October 25 – December 15, 2013; Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA, May 30 – August 18, 2013; Elemental Selections, Fullerton Public Library, Fullerton, CA, February 1 – April 28, 2013
2012
Brian Dettmer, University of Maribor Library, Gospejna ulica 10, Maribor, Slovenia
Elemental, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA (traveling)(catalog)
Selected Works, Jewish Community Center, San Francisco, CA
2011
Altered Books, Kinz and Tillou Fine Art, New York, NY
2010
New Worlds to Conquer, SALTWORKS, Atlanta, GAEx Libris, MiTO Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2009
New Mixed Medium, Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Adaptations, Packer Schopf, Chicago, IL
2008
Brian Dettmer, Kinz, Tillou + Feigen, New York, NY
The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, MiTO Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2007
Brian Dettmer, Safety-Kleen Gallery One, Elgin College, Elgin, IL
Remixed Media, Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Postoperative, International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, IL
Remnants, Harper College, Palatine, IL
2006/7
Second Nature, Art & Idea, New York, NY
2005/6
Altered States- explorations in media modification, Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004
Book Work, Digitas, Chicago, IL
2003
Book Work, Dissections and Excavations, Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013
Four Atlantans, SALTWORKS, Atlanta, GA
Drawing Inside the Perimeter, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Rebound: Dissections and Excavations in Book Arts, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Charleston, SC
PaperWorks, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
E-merge: Contemporary Atlanta Artists, Hartsfield-Jackson Int'l Airport, Atlanta, GA
2012
40 Under 40, Smithsonian American Art Museum , Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2011
Bookish, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
BRP Paper, Black Rat Projects, London, England
Paperwork in 3D, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT
2010
The Cutting Edge, Valle Orti, Valencia, Spain
The Book as Sculpture, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI
Altered Books, Artspace, University of Central Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
Skin, Wellcome Collection London, England
Holland Paper Biennial, Museum Rijswijk, Rijswijk, Netherlands
Paper Cut, KOP, Graphic Design Festival Breda, Breda, Netherlands
Open Book, Eastern Michigan University Art Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI
Substitute Teacher, The Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
Hi Fructose 5th Anniversary Show, Copro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Beyond Words, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2009
Slash: Paper Under the Knife, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NYOn, Of or About: 50 paper works, Texas State University, San Marcos, TXProzess, Lyons Wier, New York, NY
Arte Santander, w/ MiTO Gallery, Santander, Spain
Bookmarks, Gallery Walk at Terminus, Atlanta, GA
All American, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
A Flood of Pictures, Saltworks, Atlanta, GA
4th International Festival of Illustrated Books, MiTO Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Deviate, Schroeder Romero, New York, NY
Papershapers, Scion Space, Los Angeles, CA
Inappropriate Covers, Brown University, Providence, RI
Novel Ideas, Oakville Galleries, Toronto, Canada
The Book Borrowers, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
All Over the Map, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Cutters, Hunterdon Museum, Clinton, NJ
Cutters, Hunter College, New York, NY
Market, International Art Fair, Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden
2008
Banned & Recovered, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
Ten, Toomey Tourell, San Francisco, CA
Domestica, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Selects, Romo Gallery, Atlanta, GA
HereThereEverywhere, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2007
Urtopia, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Another Story, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Singularity in the Communal Tide, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
Clarence Morgan, Nancy Blum, Brian Dettmer, Romo Gallery, Atlanta, GA
ARCO, International Art Fair, Art & Idea, Madrid, Spain
2006
Soft Opening II, Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL
Brian Dettmer and Mark Crisanti, Aron Packer Gallery- Michigan, Three Oaks, MI
Silk Road Oasis, Chicago Tourism Center, Chicago, IL
Interregno, Art & Idea, Mexico City, Mexico
Reconstructing the Mundane, Unit B Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Heart Pounder, Hotcakes Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2005
Just Good Art, Show + Auction, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL