BRAD TUCKER
Born in 1965 in West Covina, California
Lives and works in Austin, Texas
Table of Contents
- Education
- Solo Exhibitions
- Selected Group Exhibitions
- Performances
- Selected Bibliography
- Publications
- Awards and Residencies
- Public Collections
Education
MFA Sculpture, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, 2009
BFA Painting and Drawing, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, 1991
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Solo Exhibitions
2009
Tijuana Brass, Inman Gallery, Houston, Texas
2008
Opportunity Knocks, Art Palace, Austin, Texas
2005
Night and Day, Inman Gallery, Houston, Texas
2004
Brad Tucker, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2004
Arthouse Presents: Brad Tucker, Arthouse, Austin, Texas
2003
Present Future, ARTissima 10, Turin, Italy
2003
Long Distance Lovers, Inman Gallery, Houston, Texas
2002 Singles, The Suburban, Oak Park, Illinois
2002
Flip Flop, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York City, New York
2002
The Verge: Brad Tucker, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota
2002
Brad Tucker, Ray Gun, Valencia, Spain
2001 Drum Solos, Inman Gallery, Houston,
Texas
2000 Brad Tucker, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas Texas
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Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Learning by Doing, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Material Culture, Center for Visual Research, TCU, Fort Worth, Texas (curated by Frances Colpitt)
Probably, Inman Gallery, Houston, Texas
2007
Selections form the Texas Biennial, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas
Texas Biennial, Site 1808, Austin, Texas
2006
Fresh, Liz Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2005
Drive Friendly: Bill Davenport, Francesca Fuchs, Brad Tucker, Ibid Projects, London, England (curated by John Slyce)
Conversational Lag, Freight and Volume Gallery, New York City, New York
Color Line Pattern, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
TWANG, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas (curated by Sean Horton)
ArtLA, Inman Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2004
Rock , Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Brothers, Fresh Up Club, Austin, Texas
TWANG, Southeast Museum of Art, Beaumont, Texas (curated by Sean Horton)
Treble, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, New York (curated by Regine Basha)
Altoids Coriously Strong Collection, Arthouse, Austin, Texas
I Heart Texas, Alston Skirt Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts (curated by Sean Horton)
2003
Brad Tucker & Todd Hebert, Sala Diaz, San Antonio, Texas
Come Forward: Emerging Artists from Texas, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas (curated by Suzanne Weaver and Lane Relyea)
Beyond the Academy: Encouraging New talent from texas, Arthouse, Austin, Texas
Hanging, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2002
LISTE '02, Lombard-Freid Fine Art, Basel, Switzerland
Blip , Contemporary Art Museum of the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida (curated by Sharon Englestein and Aaron Parazette)
Hard Core, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston
Friends and Family, Lombard-Freid Fine Art, New York City, New York
2001
Off The Wall, Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Core exhibition 2001, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, Texas
Armory Show, Inman Gallery and Lombard-Freid Fine Art, New York City, New York
Art Chicago 2001, Inman Gallery, Chicago, illinois
2000
Some New Minds, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York (curated by Carolyn Christov-Bukargiev)
Thrifting, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York (curated by Kerry Inman)
Stempo, Homeroom, Munich, Germany (two person exhibition with Stephen Fritsch)
Ludwig Schwarz, Brad Tucker, Katrina Moorhead, Francesca Fuchs, Inman Gallery, Houston, Texas (curated by Bill Davenport)
HiJinx, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas (curated by J. Davidow, J. Pomara, and S. Slatterly)
Core Show 2000, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, Texas
1999
Firesale 2000, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1998
Jeff Elrod Mark Flood Brad Tucker, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, Texas
We Know Where You Live, Nancy littlejohn Fine Art, Houston, Texas (two person show with Mai Braun)
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Performances
2008
Bad Trucker Nature Boys,July 27th, Black Swan, Tivoli, New York
Bad Trucker Classic Acyion Medlee, June 28th, Williams Dorm, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Bad Trucker @ Art Palace, February 16th, Art Palace, Austin, Texas
Bad Trucker Material Culture, February 15th, Abandonded Pizza parlor, TCU, Arlington, Texas
2007
Bad Trucker Performs SoLaD, December 5th, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas
Bad Trucker Live at Fisher, July 12th, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Bad Trucker , Ken Little's Hometown Rodeo, The Cove, San Antonio, Texas
Bad Trucker Returns to Austin, March 3rd, March 16th, and April 4th, Texas Biennial 2007, Austin, Texas
2006
Bad Trucker Bard, two performamces in June and July, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
2004
Bad Face Austin, April 30th, Arthouse, Austin, Texas
2003
Bad Face Houston, June 30th, House Music, 1911 Bradshaw, Houston, Texas
2002
Beautiful Songs of the World, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Texas
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Selected Bibliography
2008
Simblist, Noah. "Material Culture", Artlies, Issue 58, Summer 2008.
Rios, Josh. "Brad Tucker: Opportunity Knocks", http:wwwfluentcollab.org/mbg/index.php/reviews/review/92/3
2006
Allen, Wren M. "Bill Davenport, Francesca Fuchs, and Brad Tucker at Ibid Projects", Artlies, #49, Spring 2006.
2004
Ewing, John. "Treble", Artlies, Summer 2004, p.104-105.
Cox, Christoph. "Treble", Artforum, September, 2004, p. 262.
Smith, Roberta. "ART REVIEW; At Shows Painted With Sound, Be Prepared to See With Your Ears", New York Times, May 21, 2004, Section E, p. 29.
2003
Fauerso, Joey. "Brad Tucker and Todd Hebert", Arlies, Winter 2003-2004, p.98.
Klaasmeyer, Kelly. "Idiot Savant", Houston Press, June 5-11, p.49.
Jankauskas, Jennifer. "Come Forward: Emerging Art in Texas", Artlies # 38, Spring 2003, pp. 72-73.
Kuther, Janet. "DMA Hooks Up With Young Artists", The Dallas Morning News, March 9, 2003, P. C1.
2002
Sirmans, Franklin. "Brad Tucker, Flip Flop", Time Out New York, Jan. 31- Feb. 7, 2002.
Henning, Sarah. "Tuckered", The Forum (Fargo), Sunday, Jan. 27, 2002, p. C1.
Newhall, Edith. "Dude, Where's My Art?", New York Magazine, January 21-28, 2002, p. 98.
Johnson, Ken. "Brad Tucker, Flip Flop", The New York times, Jan. 18, 2002, p. B42.
2001
Davenport, Bill. "Brad Tucker at Inman Gallery", Tire Iron # 15, June 21, 2001, www.glasstire.com.
Davenport, Bill. "Core Fellows 2001 at the Glassell School", March 6, 2001, www.glasstire.com
2000
Hebert, Todd. "Brad Tucker at Angstrom Gallery", Artlies, Winter 2000-2001, p. 63.
Colpitt frances, "Space City Takes Off", Art in America, October 2000, p. 75.
Klaasmeyer, Kelly. "De-Meaning Objects", Houston Press, June 29-July 5, 2000.
Klaasmeyer, Kelly. "Young at Art", Houston Press, April 13-19, 2000, p. 57.
Kutner, Janet. "Hi Jinx' Targets art Forms, Life Forms", The Dallas Morning News, April 9, 2000, Arts Section p. 1.
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Publications
2007
Texas Biennial 2007, Texas Biennial 2007, Austin, Texas, catalog with essays by Rachel Cook and Anjali Gupta.
2005
Brad Tucker: Night and Day, Inman Gallery, Houston, Texas, exhibition brochure with essay by Christopher French.
2004
Twang: Contemporary Sculpture from Texas, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas, catalog with essay by Sean Horton.
2003
The Suburban, The Early Years: 1999-2003, The Suburban, Oak Park, Illinois, catalog with essays by David Robbins, Nicholas Frank, Matthew Higgs, and Peter Ribic.
Come Forward: Emerging art in Texas, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, catalog with essays by Lane Relyea and Suzanne Weaver.
2002
The Verge: Brad Tucker, Plains Museum of Art, Fargo, North Dakota, catalog with essay by Rusty Freeman.
2001
Core 2001, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, Texas, catalog with essays by Susie Kalil and Keith Marshall.
2000
Core 2000, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, Texas, catalog with essays by Susie Kalil and Keith Marshall.
Hi Jinx, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlinton, Texas, cataolg with essays by Richard Scheiss and Alan Smithee.
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Awards and Residencies
2007
Nomination from Bard College for Dedalus Award.
Juror's Choice Award, Texas Biennial 2007, Austin, Texas.
2006
Selected for Participation in APT Los Angeles (Artist Pension Trust).
2003
Individual Artist Grant, The Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County, Houston, Texas.
1999-2001
Core Program, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, Texas.
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Public Collections
Altoids' Curiously Strong Collection
Carnation Corporation, San Diego, Caifornia
Dear Fieldbinder, Brooklyn, New York
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
MinuteMaid Corporation, Houston, Texas
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, Texas
New Museum, New York City, New York
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