Brian Dettmer

Biography

Lives and works in Atlanta
Education
1993 - 97
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
Project Storm, Auction, Mackey Gallery, Houston, TX
Think Small!, curated-Robert Sill, Illinois State Museum Lockport Gallery Lockport, IL
The 4th Book & Paper Arts Triennial, Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL
The Chicago Solution Show, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
Living Artists Invitational, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art Chicago, International Art Fair, w/ Aron Packer Gallery, Butler Field, Chicago, IL
Think Small!, curated-Robert Sill, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
2004
Think Small!, curated-Robert Sill: Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery, Chicago, IL
Disparate Visuals, Northern Michigan Univ. Art Museum, Marquette, MI
2003
New Vibrations, curated- Thomas Plum, A & D Gallery, Chicago, IL
If you don’t follow the creative process you screw up, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL
Politics as Usual, Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
Zounds, curated- Jeremy Biles, The Hyde Park Art Center Chicago, IL
2002
Somewhat Small Works, Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
Just Good Art, Show + Auction, The Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Sound Canopy, Curated- M.W. Burns, Organized by The Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Natural History, Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001
Pilsen Winter Show, The Soda Pop Atrium, Chicago, IL
Cabaret Xcentric, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
Outfield, ATC Space, Chicago, IL
Barking Dogma, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
Men, Judith Racht Gallery, Harbert, MI
Chicago Art Invitational, Juried- Gregory Knight, Judith Racht Gallery Chicago, IL
2000
Going Postal, St. Louis Florissant Valley College, St. Louis MO
Rhymes and Rhythms, ArtWorks, New Bedford, MA
Artists of the New Millennium, Juried- James Yood, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Small Works, Harper College, Palatine, IL
Bibliography
2010
Barrett, Carly, "Book sculptures" Digital Artist Magazine, Issue 08, 2010 (Reproduction)
Bonart Magazine, "Brian Dettmer, Mito Galeria d'Art Contemporani", July, 2010 (Reproduction)
Bufill, Juan, "Brian Dettmer esculpe y excava libros enciclopédicos" La Vanguardia, June 28, 2010 (Reproduction)
Burton, Charlie, "Lit-crit's knifeman", Wired Magazine UK, May, 2010 (Reproductions)
Dohmann, Antje, "Hunger nach Echtem", Page Magazine, May, 2010 (Reproductions)
Elk City – House of Tongues, Album Cover, 2010 (Reproductions)
Hutchinson, Kate, The Sow's Ear Poetry Review, (image commission) Vol. XIX, No 4 Winter 2010 (Reproduction)
Jacobus, Lee A., A World of Ideas, book cover/image commission) 2010 (Reproduction)
Northrop, Jillian and Toast, Hi Fructose Collected Edition 2 Box Set , 2010 (Reproductions)
Swartz, Rose, Hayden's Ferry Review Spring/Summer 2010 (Reproductions)
Thompson, Jason, Playing With Books, published 2010 (Reproductions)
Unbridled Books, Fall Catalog, 2010 (Cover, Reproductions)
Vejnoska, Jill, "Literary Expression", The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 2, 2010 (Reproductions)
Walker, Rob, "Hit Rewind", The New York Times Magazine, April 25, 2010 (Reproduction)
2009
Baker, Kenneth, ‚"Brian Dettmer turns books into sculptural pieces‚" San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 12, 2009
Black Dog Publishing, Paper Tear Fold Rip Crease Cut, published 2009 (Reproductions)
Broz, Joan, ‚"Learn how to turn passion for art into a career‚" Daily Herald, January 26, 2009
Cardman, Zena, ‚"Excavations, and interview with Brian Dettmer ‚" Tract Magazine, May, 2009 (Reproductions)
Cook, Greg, ‚"Rock n Roll saves the day‚", The Providence Phoenix, May 6, 2009
Celdran, Helana, ‚"Libro Viejo Busca Vida Nueva‚" Calle 20, Feburary 2009, #35 (Reproduction)
Dahlgren, Jeff, ‚"Brian Dettmer, Tracing the Untraceable‚", Artvoices, Issue 21, 2009 (Reproductions)
Dewan, Shaila, ‚"An Upstart Art Scene, on Atlanta's West Side‚", The New York Times, November 22, 2009
Edgar, Ray, ‚"The fine art of cracking old spines‚", The Age, August 21, 2009 (Reproduction)
Edwards, Natalie, ‚"Review: Brian Dettmer/Packer Schopf Gallery‚" New City, April 13, 2009 (Reproduction)
Fox, Catherine, ‚"Atlanta Artist Digs Old Books‚", Atlanta Journal Constitution, July 3, 2009 (Reproduction)
Gestalten Publishers, Beyond Architecture, published 2009 (Reproductions)
Gestalten Publishers, Papercraft, published 2009 (Reproductions)
Gestalten.tv, "Brian Dettmer, Altered State of the Art", released March 2009, video podcast interview
Guimaraes, Mariana, ‚"Numa folha qualguer‚", abc Design Maxi Graphica, November 2009 (Reprioductions)
Huang, Nickmatul, ‚"A Thousand Words‚" Singapore Home Concepts, June, 2009 (Reproductions)
Ise, Claudine, ‚"Brian Dettmer at Packer Schopf‚" Bad at Sports article, April 10, 2009
Kaiser, Sarah, ‚"Excavations of Printed Matter‚" Chicago Contemporary Art Examiner, April 6, 2009
Klein, Paul. Online review Art Letter, April 3, 2009 (Reproduction)
Lamster, Mark, ‚"Brush with Greatness‚" ID Magazine, March, April, 2009
Matthews, Anita, ‚"Inappropriate‚ re-envisions appropriation‚" The Brown Daily Herald, April 13, 2009
McFadden, David Revere, ‚"Slash‚" Museum of Arts and Design Exhibition Catalog, 2009 (Reproductions)
Nance, Kevin, ‚"Balancing the Books‚" Poets & Writers Magazine, Jan/Feb 2009 (Reproductions)
Regev, Hanna, ‚"Banned and Recovered‚" San Francisco Center for the Book Exhibition Catalog, 2009
Schillinger, Lisa, ‚"Words Without Borders‚", The New York Times, October 18, 2009 (Reproduction)
Tullis, James Lee, ‚"Book Extracts‚" American Express Platinum Magazine, Summer 2009 (Reproductions)
Tullis, James Lee, ‚"Book Extracts‚" American Express Centurion Magazine, Fall 2009 (Reproductions)
Upchurch, Michael, ‚"An unsettling, yet remarkable, display of books‚", Seattle Times, February 27, 2009
2008
Brown, Ellen Firsching ‚"The Cut-Up Artist‚" Fine Books & Collections Magazine, May/June 2008 (Reproductions)
Chiara, Federico, ‚"Books‚" Vogue Italia, March, 2008 (Reproductions)
Christia, Natasha, ‚"Brian Dettmer Cementerio de Libros Olvidados‚" Calle 20 Barcelona, February, 2008
Feaster, Felicia, ‚"Speakeasy with Brian Dettmer‚" Creative Loafing, February 6, 2008
Feaster, Felicia, ‚"Book Smarts‚" The Atlantan, December, 2008 (Reproductions)
Freeman-Zachery, Rice. ‚"Artist Portfolio Brian Dettmer‚" Somerset Studio, July/August 2008 (Reproductions)
Gestalten Publishers ‚"Fully Booked‚" Cover Art & Design for Books, published 2008 (Reproductions)
Greenburg, Gary ‚"A Mind of its Own‚" Harper‚ Magazine (image commission) June, 2008 (Reproduction)
Harmanci, Reyhan, 96 Hours Guide, San Francisco Chronicle, August 14, 2008 (Reproduction)
Hawgood, Alex, T, The New York Times Style Magazine, (image commission) March 30, 2008 (Reproduction)
Hernandez, Noelia, ‚"Nuevos libros viejos‚" La Vanguardia, February 13, 2008 (Reproduction)
Heuer, Renko, ‚"Counter Movement to the Intangeable World‚" Lodown Magazine, July 2008 (Reproductions)
Hobson, Kenneth, ‚"Artist carves images from books‚" Gadsden Times, April 8, 2008 (Reproductions)
Kinkley, Jonathan, ‚"You ought to be in pictures‚" Time Out Chicago, Issue 196, Nov.27-Dec.3, 2008
Landow, George, ‚"Hors Livre‚" Modern Painters, November 2008, (Reproductions)
Mazzei, ‚"Art Smarts‚" CS Interiors, Spring 2008 (Reproductions)
Millan, Alicia San, ‚"Escultor de libros‚" Lamono Magazine, May 2008, Number 43 (Reproductions)
Morgan, Elanor, ‚"Book Surgeon‚" Dazed and Confused Magazine, Issue #58, February 2008
Northrop, Jillian and Toast, ‚"Brian Dettmer‚" Hi Fructose Magazine, Vol.7, March 2008 (Reproductions)
Paul, Anne Murphy, ‚"The First Ache‚" New York Times Magazine (Images for article), February 10, 2008
Wark, Randal, Interview- Outside the Artists Studio, Podcast Episode 20- Fall 2008
Wong, Alva, ‚"Brian Dettmer‚" IdN International designers Network Volume 15, Number 2, 2008 (Reproductions)
Vance, David Ray, Vitreous Poetry Book Cover, released Spring 2008 (Reproductions)
2007
Artner, Alan, ‚"Art Reviews‚" Chicago Tribune, April 6, 2007
Balzer, David, ‚"Eye Candy‚" Eye Weekly, Aug. 30, 2007 (Reproduction)
Bischoff, Dan, ‚"Small space, big talents‚" New Jersey Star Ledger, May 25, 2007
Cataldi, Alberto, ‚"Mensagem Oculta‚" Dom De Outro Modo, December 2007
Faiwell, Sara, ‚"Art of the Ordinary‚" Daily Herald, February 1, 2007 (Reproductions)
Genocchio, Benjamin, ‚"Tougher Than the Rest‚" The New York Times, July, 1, 2007
Goddard, Peter, ‚"Summer in the City of Dreams‚" Toronto Star, August 30, 2007 (Reproduction)
Klein, Paul. Online review Art Letter, February 2, 2007 (Reproduction)
Leaverton, Michael, ‚"Digging Into a Good Book‚" San Francisco Weekly, July 9, 2007
Loerzal, Robert, ‚"Artistic Surgeries create unusual work‚" Pioneer Press, February, 2007
Martin, Stacy, ‚"ReMixed Media‚" San Francisco Bay Guardian, July 25, 2007
Nikolopoulos, Stephanie, ‚"You Are What You Art‚" www.gothamist.com, January 1, 2007
Rosas, Blanca Gonzalez, ‚"Maco 2007‚", Proceso Magazine, May 6, 2007
Schechter, Fran, ‚"Ideal Worlds‚", Now Toronto Magazine, Aug. 30, 2007 (Reproduction)
Tyson, Josh, ‚"Spine Surgery‚" Time Out Chicago, March 29, 2007 (Reproduction)
Varner, Jon, ‚"Cut to the chase‚" Closerlook.com, May 1, 2007
Whiteside, Jessica, ‚"Brian Dettmer- Remixed Media‚", www. artbusiness.com July 5, 2007
2006
Baker, R.C. ‚"Best in Show, Buzz-Worthy‚" Village Voice, December 21, 2006
"Don't Miss‚", Time Out Chicago, Issue 46, January 12-19, pg.54 (Reproduction)
Cain, Amina. ‚"The Inner Light, Brian Dettmer: Visual Art DJ‚" CAC Newspaper, June 2006 (Reproductions)
Gilmour, Amy Ritthaler. ‚"Reconstructing the Mundane‚" Online Review, www.mightbegood.com, March 24, 2006
Gonzalez Valdez, Michelle. ‚"In Review‚" Online Review, www.glasstire.com, May 6, 2006
Holland, Richard. ‚"Bad at Sports Episode 19‚" Podcast review -www.badatsports.com, January 8, 2006
Slingerland, Cara. ‚"Hotcakes showcases love‚Äôs saucier side‚" The Marquette Tribune, February 10, 2006
Walworth, Catherine. ‚"Reconstructing the Mundane‚" Online Review, www.artoridiocy.com, March 22, 2006
Walworth, Catherine. ‚"The Art Capades‚" San Antonio Current, April 5. 2006 (Reproduction)
2005
Camper, Fred. ‚"Reading is Incidental‚" Chicago Reader, December 23, 2005, Sec 2, p. 24 (Reproduction)
Catania, Lance. (director, producer) Cup of My Blood, Movie, 2005 (Artwork in Scene)
Klein, Paul. Online review Art Letter, December 9, 2005 (Reproduction)
Sill, Robert. (curator, writer) think small!, Exhibition Catalog, p. 14-15, 26, 64, 2005 (Reproduction)
Snyder, Jason. (editor) New Standards fiction journal anthology, 2005 (Reproductions )
Sundell, Ivy. (editor) Living Artists Crow Woods Publishing, 2005, p. 70-71 (Reproduction)
2003
Biles, Jeremy. (curator) ‚"Vulnerescence‚", Exhibition Catalog, p. 1, 2003 (Reproduction)
Dutchover, Yvonne. ‚"Holy Art‚" f NEWS, April, 2003
Faulkner, Tamara. ‚"Galleries and Museums‚" Chicago Reader, March 7, 2003, Sec. 2, p. 25 (Reproduction)
Faulkner, Tamara. ‚"Galleries and Museums‚" Chicago Reader, August 1, 2003, Sec. 2, p. 28 (Reproduction)
Feigley, Amy. ‚"Politics as Usual in Unusual Artistic Gallery‚" Islam Online.net, Aug. 30, 2003 (Reproduction)
Gehring, Kristin. ‚"Reading paper entrails‚" Chicago Journal, November 2003, p.1, Sec. 2 (Reproduction)
Iannacci, Elio. ‚"Of Artists and Icons‚" UR Chicago Culture, April 15, 2003, p.31 (Reproduction)
Iannacci, Elio. ‚"Short & Sweet‚" UR Chicago Culture, July 17, 2003, p.19 (Reproduction)
Mast, Audrey Michelle. ‚"Glossing, Politics as Usual‚", f NEWS, November, 2003
Weins, Ann. ‚"Vibrant Viewing‚" The Chicago Collection, Fall/Winter 2003, p. 62. (Reproduction)
2002
Lautman, Victoria. (radio DJ, critic) ‚"848 radio show review‚", WBEZ 91.5, May, 2002