Bio
1978 Born in Honolulu, Hawaii
2001 BA, Art History, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, New York
The artist lives and works in New York.
Solo Exhibitions
2014 Ara Dymond: Surviving the Pinocchio Locomotive, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY, United States.
2013 Ara Dymond: Famous, New York, Modernism Everywhere, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA, United States.
2012 WimIpeNrsGonSat!ion, with Jesse Willenbring, Laurel Gitlen, New York, New York, United States.
2011 Ara Dymond and Jason Nocito, Taxter and Spengemann, New York, New York, United States.
2008 Ara Dymond & Uri Aran: New York, Mesler & Hug, Los Angeles, California, United States.
Group Exhibitions
2017 Lucky Draw, The Sculpture Center, New York
2016 THÈÂTRE DE L’ABSURDE (PREQUEL), Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2016 NADA: New York, Feuer Mesler / Mesler Feuer, NY, United States.
2015 Lucky Draw 2015: Sculpture Center, New York, NY, United States.
2015 Puente, Kinman Gallery, London, UK
2014 Stars and Stripes: American Art of the 21st Century from the Goldberg Collection, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, Australia.
2014 Miami Art Basel: Mothers Tankstation, Focus, Miami, FL, United States
2014 Frieze Art Fair: London, Mothers Tankstation, NOVA. London, UK
2014 Stars and Stripes: American Art of the 21st Century from the Goldberg Collection, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Lisa and Danny Goldberg, Toured by Musems and Galleries of NSW. Curated by Richard Perram OAM
2013 Ground Control to Major Tom, Cookie Butcher, Antwerp, Belgium
2013 NADA: New York, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY United States
2013 ABSOLUT Open Canvas, Absolut, Brooklyn, NY, United States.
2013 NADA: Miami Beach Art Basel, Marlborough Chelsea, Miami, FL, United States
2013 Dallas Art Fair: Marlborough Chelsea, Dallas TX, United States
2013 The Wall Marlborough Chelsea. New York NY, United States
2013 ...But The Clouds..., Room East, New York, NY, United States.
2013 Tenth Anniversary Show, Wallspace, New York, NY, United States.
2012 Objectified: Sculpture Today, Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
2012 Economy of means: toward humility in contemporary sculpture, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States.
2012 Gran Prix, Gresham’s Ghost, in collaboration with Nudashank, Baltimore, MD, United States.
2012 EAGLES, Marlborough Madrid in Collaboration with Marlborough Chelsea, Madrid, Spain.
2011 CHAD OCHOCINCO, AraDymonDarrenBader Collaborative Works, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
2011 Back Room, Untitled Gallery, New York, NY, United States.
2011 HISTOIRES DE VOTRE VIE, AraDymonDarrenBader Collaborative Works, Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium
2011 Balice Hertling & Lewis at Front Desk Aparatus, New York, New York, United States.
2010 G_M_O_[sho], Nero Magazine online, New York, NY, United States. http://www.neromagazine.it/gmo.html
2010 Number[s], Eighth Veil, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
2010 The Coke Factory, curated by Jonathan Ellis King, Ritter/Zamet, London, United Kingdom.
2010 Ma, Curated by Carter Mull, Taxter and Spengemann, New York, New Yok, United States.
2009 The Living and the Dead, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, New York, United States.
2009 Odeon, Ritter/Zamet, London, United Kingdom.
2009 Time-Life Part II, Taxter and Spengemann, New York, New York, United States.
2009 On From Here, Guild & Greyskul, New York, New York, United States.
2008 CUBE, GBE @ Passerby, New York, New York, United States
2008 Pruesspress, Rental, New York, New York, United States.
2008 Sunshine, Ritter/Zamet Gallery at Rental, New York, New York, United States.
2007 Wu tang/Googolplex, curated by Darren Bader, GBE @ Passerby, New York, New York, United States.
2007 MoMA Presents: Dutch Elm Disease, curated by Darren Bader, GBE @ Passerby, New York, New York,
Select Bibliography
2016 Artspace: Art Advisor Benjamin Godsill’s Favorite Works From NADA New York 2016
https://www.artspace.com/magazine/contributors/picks/benjamin-godsill-nada-ny-2016-picks-53760
2016 Artspace: WME | IMG Exec Peter Knell’s Favorite Works From NADA New York 2016
http://www.artspace.com/magazine/contributors/picks/peter-knell-nada-new-york-2016-picks-53764
2016 Artnews: NADA New York: Wolf Spiders Bondage Polaroids and Crapstraction Opening day at NADA
2014 Frieze London: Miley Cyrus, Sleeping Guards, and Race-Car Hunting Trophies
2014 IMMA BLOG Irish Museum of Modern Art, The Best of Frieze Week, mothers tankstation, Frieze Focus
http://immablog.org/2014/10/31/the-best-of-frieze-week/
2014 Postcardwall, Three Hundred And Sixty, By Sophie Hill. mothers tankstation, Frieze Focus,
https://postcardwall.wordpress.com/2014/10/23/three-hundred-and-sixty/
2014 Opening Cermony: SO TRENDY! NEON & MIRRORS FOR SELFIES
https://www.openingceremony.com/entry.asp?pid=10739
2014 CRITIC’S VIEW: Art Basel Miami Beach, – Happy Days are Here Again. HapmtonsArtHub,
http://hamptonsarthub.com/2014/12/06/happy-days-are-here-again/
2013 Art Observed AO ON-SITE: NADA New York Art Fair at Basketball City
2013 Interview: 25 Questions for Cacti-Inspired Conceptual Artist Ara Dymond
2013 Ara Dymond: Famous, New York, Modernism Everywhere,
http://smdp.com/event/ara-dymond-famous-new-york-modernism-everywhere
2013 Farago, Jason. “...But The Clouds....” ArtForum Critics’ Picks
http://artforum.com/index.php?pn=picks&id=39288&view=print
2012 Perrine, Forrest “Ara Dymond and Jesse Willenbring Show”,
http://beautifuldecay.com/2012/10/11/ara-dymond-and-jesse-willenbring-show/
2012 Friedman, Julia. “Economy of means: toward humility in contemporary sculpture.” Artforum Critics Picks, March 17, 2012,
http://artforum.com/index.php?pn=picks&id=30456&view=print
2012 Interactive Technology, Sculptural Minimalism (...), Economy of means: toward humility in contemporary sculpture, Phoenix News Time Feb 9, 2012
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/interactive-technology-sculptural-minimalism-and-the-latest-work-from-kiki-smith-open-tomorrow-at-smoca-6558540
2012 Lehrer-Graiwer, Sarah. “Darren Bader.” ArtForum
http://artforum.com/picks/id=25004&view=print
2012 Ara Dymond/Jesse Willenbring. The New Yorker, September 24, 2012
http://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/art/ara-dymond-jesse-willenbring
2011 Greenberg, David. “Darren Bader.” Art in America March 2011
http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/reviews/darren-bader/
2011 Ara Dymond “Balice Hertling & Lewis” at Front Desk Apparatus, Contemporary Art Daily.
https://www.contemporaryartdaily.com/tag/ara-dymond/
2010 “SIMON SOMETHING”,
http://www.timeout.com/newyork/art/ara-dymond
2009 Coxhead, Gabriel. “Odeon.”. Ara Dymond, Darren Bader and Uri Aran Time Out London, May 21, 2009, p. 53
http://www.timeout.com/london/art/odeon