Amy O'Neill

b. 1971, Beaver, PA
Lives and works in New York, NY

Solo and two-person exhibitions

  • 2017

    Convex Cornea, Kristina Kite Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

  • 2015

    Dura Mater, Pinksummer, Genova, IT
    Parade Float Graveyard, Chateau Bussy-Rabutin, FR

  • 2014

    Loaded and Rolling, Karma, New York, NY
    TRUCKS, MAMCO, Geneva, CH

  • 2013

    The Escapement, Public commission for Foundation France, curated by Xavier Douroux, Grande-Riviere, FR

  • 2012

    HLUSA, Swiss Institute, New York, NY
    V, Blancpain Art Contemporain, Geneva, CH
    V, FRAC Basse-Normandie, Caen, FR

  • 2011

    V Gardens, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, FR
    Forests, Gardens & Joes, Centre Cultural Suisse, Paris, FR

  • 2010

    Pilgrim Boudoir in Au verso des images - Cycle Futur antérieur, séquence d'été 2010, MAMCO, Geneva, CH

  • 2009

    Old Women's Shoe/ Zoo Revolution, Printemps de Septembre, curated by Christian Bernard, Toulouse, FR
    Slow Ice, Blancpain Art Contemporain, Geneva, CH

  • 2008

    Pilgrim Motel, Gallery Praz-Delavallade, Berlin, DE
    Forest Park Forest Zoo, The Box, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
    Hollow Trees and Storybook Ruins, FriArt, Fribourg, CH

  • 2007

    Forest Park Forest Zoo, Blancpain Art Contemporain, Statements, Art 38 Basel, CH
    The Golden West, Alexandre Pollazzon LTD, London, UK
    Forest Park Forest Zoo, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY

  • 2006

    Home Sweet Home, CCC, Tours, FR
    Parade Float Graveyard, L’Usine, Le Consortium, Dijon, FR
    If I Were A Carpenter, Blancpain Stepczynski Gallery, Geneva, CH

  • 2005

    The Vintage Years, Specta Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Happy Trails Supersized (from Parade Float Graveyard), Magasin, Grenoble, FR

  • 2004

    Old Noah’s Ark (from Parade Float Graveyard), curated by Bob Nickas, PS1/MOMA, Long Island City, NY
    Happy Trails, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, FR
    Pink Summer Gallery, Genova, IT

  • 2003

    New Installations, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY
    Ojo de Dios, MAMCO, Geneva, CH
    dm-melkenburg, with Emmanuel Piguet, Centre d’édition contemporaine, Geneva, CH

  • 2002

    Häagen-Dazs® monde, CAP, Fribourg, CH

  • 2001

    Florida, Circuit, Lausanne, CH
    LOKN4U, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY

  • 2000

    “Curtains” for Lyric Theatre, Francesca Pia Gallery, Bern, CH

  • 1997

    A Tramp Abroad, Forde · Espace d’art contemporain, Geneva, CH

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2018

    Le Printemps de Septembre, Fracas et Frêles Bruits, Toulouse, FR
    CONDO NY, Kristina Kite Gallery hosted by Bureau, New York, NY

  • 2017

    May 68, New York, NY 
    Strange Attractors: The Anthology of Interplanetary Folk Art, Vol. 1 Life on Earth, curated by Bob Nickas, Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA 
    Always Someone Awake Always Someone Asleep, curated by Arlene Berceliot Courtin, Galerie des Galeries, Paris, FR

  • 2015

    Trisha Donnelly, Bob Nickas, Amy O'Neill, Arthur Ou and Adam Putnam, Graz Kunstverein, Graz, AU
    30/130 Thirty years of books and catalogs, etc., curated by Bob Nickas, White Columns, New York, NY
    The Daily Show, Bureau, New York, NY
    Biens Publics, Museé Rath, Geneva, CH

  • 2014

    Plateforme(s), CACY, Yverdon-Les-Bains, CH
    Another, Once Again, Many Times More, curated by Bob Nickas, Martos Gallery, East Marion, NY
    Parti-Pris 1989-2014, Blancpain Art Contemporain, Geneve, CH

  • 2013

    Post-Mortem, Ford Gallery, Geneve, CH
    LAT. 41 7'N., LONG. 72 19'W, organized by Bob Nickas, 12395 Main Road, East Marion, NY
    L’Eternel Detour. Sequence printemps 2013, MAMCO, Geneve, CH

  • 2012

    Love Is Not In Control, organized by Vidya Gastaldon, New Jerseyy, Basel, CH
    Le FRAC s’invite au Consortium, Le Consortium, Dijon, FR
    cycle L’Eternel Detour, MAMCO, Geneve, CH
    ERASED, curated by Stephen Felton, Ventana244, Brooklyn, NY
    Creature From the Blue Lagoon, organized by Bob Nickas, Bridgehampton, NY
    Standard Operating Procedure, curated by Piper Marshall, Blum and Poe, Los Angeles, CA
    A Child’s Guide to Good and Evil, Ramiken Crucible, New York, NY

  • 2011

    The 2011 Bridgehampton Biennial, organized by Bob Nickas, Bridgehampton, NY
    Grounded, curated by Stephen Felton, 88 Eldridge St/4th Fl, New York, NY
    Sculpture, curated by Alexis Johnson, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
    Voici un dessin Suisse (1990-2010), Kunstmuseum d’Aarau, CH

  • 2010

    Looking Back, The Fifth White Columns Annual, curated by Bob Nickas, White Columns, New York, NY
    Let’s Dance, Le Musee d’art contemporain, Val de Marne, FR
    Extraits de Printemps, Experience Pommery # 8, Pommery, FR
    Sound Design For Future Films, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
    Voici un dessin Suisse (1990-2010), Museé Rath, Geneva, CH

  • 2009

    Variety Show, organized by Jason Fulford, PS1, Long Island City, NY
    SOT-L’Y-LAISSE, Batiment d’art contemporain, Geneva, CH
    Parades and Procession, Parasol Unit, London, UK
    Flower Power, curated by Andrea Busto, Villa Giulia, Verbania, IT

  • 2008

    Variety Show, curated by Jason Fulford, Aperture Foundation, New York, NY
    The Alliance, curated by Seungduk Kim & Franck Gautherot, doART, Seoul, Korea
    Abstraction Extension, curated by Christian Besson, Julien Fronsacq and Samuel Gross, Chateau d'Arenthon, Alex, FR
    Village Oblivia (with Invernomuto), RAUM, Bologna, SP
    On Procession, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
    The Alliance, curated by Seungduk Kim & Franck Gautherot, doART, Seoul, Korea
    Revisited, a proposition by Dan Walsh, La Salle de Bains, Lyon, FR

  • 2007

    Bastard Creature, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
    The Happiness of Objects, curated by Sarina Basta, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY
    Worker Drone Queen, curated by Nicolas Trembley, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, FR
    The Stable, curated by Jason Fulford and Leanne Shapton, OKOK Gallery, Seattle, WA
    Plastic / Une proposition de John Tremblay / Objets en plastique thermoformé, des années 1960 à nos jours, Cabinet des estampes du Musée d’art et d’histoire, Geneva, CH

  • 2006

    J & L Presents, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
    All we ever wanted was everything, curated by Corinne Charpentier, Centre d’art contemporain La Synagogue, Delme, FR
    Conversation Pieces / Regards sur la collection du Fonds d’art contemorain de la Ville de Genève (FMAC), Centre d’art contemporain, Geneva, CH

  • 2005

    Enchanté Château, curated by Christian Bernard, Fondation pour l’art contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, Château d’Arenthon, Alex, FR
    Gallery Artists, Blancpain Stepczynski Gallery, Geneva, CH
    Andersen Associations, Specta Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
    From the Street, curated by John Tremblay, Champion Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA

  • 2004

    None of the Above, curated by John Armleder, Swiss Institute, New York, NY
    The Age of Optimism, curated by Fabrice Stroun, Kilchmann Plus Gallery, Zurich, CH
    Negociation: for Love or Money? / A collective exhibition of drawing, curated by Eveline Notter, donzévansaanen Gallery, Lausanne, CH
    Doubtiful / Dans les plis du réel, Galerie Art & Essai, Université Rennes 2, Rennes, FR
    Genesis Sculpture, curated by Stéphanie Moisdon, Domaine Pommery, Reims, FR

  • 2003

    Never Mind Your Step, curated by John Armleder, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal, CH
    Jammed, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam, NL
    First International Prague Biennial, Prague, CZ
    Vidya Gastaldon, Amy O’Neill, Pierre Vadi, Centre d’art contemporain, Geneva, CH
    The Return of the Creature, curated by Steven Parrino, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, AT
    Ojo de Dios, Galerie des arts visuels, Québec, a part of Happiness and Pretence, Québec City Biennial, Quebec
    Geneva News, MAMCO, Geneva, CH

  • 2002

    Animation: Vidéos, Centre d’édition contemporaine, Geneva, CH
    7 Grays, curated by Dan Walsh, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY

  • 2001

    How Is Everything? Everything’s Going To Be... Alright., curated by Bob Nickas, Elizabeth Cherry Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ

  • 2000

    2o / Summer Exhibition, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY
    Etat des lieux # 2 | Préfiguration du Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson (AZ) • Collection JRP, curated by Lionel Bovier, Fri-Art Centre d’art contemporain, Fribourg, CH      
    Buy-Self, CAPC Musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux, FR

  • 1999

    The Bastard Kids of Drella / Part 9, curated by Steven Parrino, Le Consortium, Dijon, FR
    xn 99, curated by Stéphanie Moisdon (with the assistance of Lionel Bovier), Espace des Arts, Chalon-sur-Saône, FR

  • 1998

    In Vitro e Altro / Affiches d’artistes / Hors-scène #3, Cabinet des estampes du Musée d’art et d’histoire, Geneva, CH
    Architectural Drawing Show, curated by Klaus Biesenbach, PS1, Long Island City, NY

  • 1997

    Post-production · Dan Walsh et éditions Forde 1996-1997, curated by Lionel Bovier and Christophe Cherix, Forde · Espace d’art contemporain, Geneva, CH
    504 / Ein Austellungsprojekt der Klasse John Armleder / Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Zentrum für Kunst, Medien und Design, Braunschweig, DE

Selected Bibliography

  • 2017

    Wagley, Catherine. “5 Free Art Shows to See in L.A. This Week.” LA Weekly, June 28. 
    O'Neill-Butler, Lauren. “500 Words: Amy O'Neill.” ArtForum, June 2. 

  • 2014

    “'Never Ending Stories' at MAMCO, Geneva.” Mousse Magazine, 2014. 
    “The Never Ending Stories Cycle, Autumn-Winter 2014-2015 Sequence.” Artmap, 2014.

  • 2012

    “A Conversation between Gianni Jetzer, Piper Marshall, and Amy O’Neill,” Swiss Institute, Issue No.4-November 2012
    “Amy O'Neill.” E-Flux, December 12. 
    “Amy O'Neill, HLUSA.” TimeOut New York, November 7.

  • 2011

    Colard, Jean-Max. “La gloire des sentiers.” Les Inrockuptibles, May 2011
    Nikas, Bob. “Memory and Displacement in the Work of Amy O’Neill.” Catalogue Forests, Gardens & Joe’s, 2011, co-published by Centre Culturel Suisse and JL books “Amerique,” Le Journal des Arts, May 2011
    Fromaigeat, Séverine. “Amy O’Neill- Les lieux (des) enchantes de l’âpre Amérique.” Kunstbulletin, May 2011, p. 54-59
    Wolf, Laurent. “Comment se Trouver ou se perdre dans les miroirs de la mémoire,”  Le Temps, 17 May, 2011

  • 2010

    Cotter, Holland. “‘Looking Back’:’The Fifth White Columns Annual’,” New York Times, December 23, 2010. 
    Tissot, Karine. “La campagne nord-américaine s'installe à Genève,” La Tribune des Arts, September 10, 2010, p.40
    Let's Dance, entretien Alexia Fabre et Franck Lamy, MAC/VAL, 2010 (cat.)

  • 2009

    O’Neill, Amy. The Old Woman’s Shoe. Paris: Onestar Press, 2009.

  • 2008

    Gasparina, Jill. “Amy O’Neill,” 02 magazine, Spring 2008.
    Miller, John and Frank Gautherot. Amy O’Neill: Suburban Imagination. Zurich: JRP-Ringier, 2008.
    Chauvy, Laurence. “Les ruines de la nature,” Le Temps, April 8, 2008.
    Carmen, René. “Amy O'Neill - Culture made in USA,” Accrochages, March 2008.
    O'Neill, Amy, futuro contemporary / art 14, March 2008.
    Schellenberg, Samuel. “Magnifique déchéance,” Le Mag, March 29, 2008.
    “Zwischen Natur und Kultur,” Freiburger Nachrichten, February 2008.
    Sterchi, Jacques. “Une artiste dans un zoo désert,” La Liberté, February 2008.
    Grandjean, Emmanuel, “Le centre d’édition contemporaine vous invite à la prison de Mecklenburg,” Tribune de Genève, January 30, 2008.

  • 2007

    Moulène, Claire. “Reines de l’utopie,” Les Inrockuptibles, n°594, April 2007.
    Trembley, Nicolas. “Au pays d’Amy / Interview,” Numéro, Paris: May 2007.
    Allsop, Lauren. “The Golden West,” Art Review, April 2007.

  • 2006

    “Amy O’Neill / Slide Show,” Frog (Paris: March 2006)
    Dumont, Etienne. “Amy O’Neill plante ses séquoias à Genève,” Tribune des Arts, Geneva: March 2006, p. 18.

  • 2005

    “Amy O’Neill, Floats, The Vintage Years,” Schweizer Kunst. Zurich: February 2005, p. 2-7.
    Pécoil, Vincent. “Amy O’Neill / Praz-Delavallade,” Flash Art, Milano: January 2005, p. 120.

  • 2004

    J & L Illustrated #2, Drawings commissioned and edited by Jason Fulford.
    “Amy O’Neill / Praz-Delavallade,” Beaux Arts Magazine, Paris: November 2004, p. 44.
    “Goings on About Town: Amy O’Neill,” The New Yorker, New York: January 2004.

  • 2003

    Chauvy, Laurence. “Vadi, O’Neill, Gastaldon / L’inquiétante étrangeté baba cool de trois artistes genevois,” Le Temps. Geneva: 26 August 2003.
    Sterchi, Jacques. “Trangression, mode d’emploi,” La Liberté, Fribourg: 19 July 2003.
    Grandjean, Emmanuel. “Le Centre d’art crève l’écran,” Tribune de Genève, Geneva: 9-20 July 2003, p. 12.
    Stroun, Fabrice. “Amy O’Neill / Mamco - Centre d’édition contemporaine,” Frieze, London: Summer 2003, p. 112.
    Pécoil, Vincent. “Amy O’Neill, notre agent au Bunker,” Kunst-Bulletin, Zurich: April 2003.

  • 2002

    Pécoil, Vincent. “Amy O’Neill,” Flash Art, Milan: March/April 2002, p. 110.

  • 2001

    Nickas, Bob. “First Take · Amy O’Neill,” Artforum, New York: January 2001, p. 117.

  • 2000

    Buy-Self, edited by Zebra 3, page 50

  • 1999

    Anaïd Demir, “The Party,” Technikart, Paris: October 1999, p. 62-66.
    Harry Bellet, “L’art contemporain fait la fête sens dessus dessous à Chalon-sur-Saône,” Le Monde. Paris: 31 January-1 February 1999.

  • 1998

    Lionel Bovier and Ingrid Martraix, “Amy O’Neill,” Documents sur l’art, Dijon: Fall/Winter 1997/1998, p. 7.