Martin Basher

BIOGRAPHY
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MARTIN BASHER
1979 Wellington, New Zealand
  Lives and works in New York
   
Education  
2013-2016 Low Res DocFA, Auckland University, Auckland New Zealand
2008 MFA Columbia University, New York, NY
2003 BA in Fine Art Columbia University, New York, NY
   
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2015 Starkwhite, Auckland, New Zealand
2014 Peppermint Schnapps, City Gallery of Wellington, Wellington, New Zeland
2013 Untitled, Starkwhite, Auckland, New Zealand
2012 Package and Handling. Saatchi & Saatchi, New York, NY
  Armory Show, New York, for Starkwhite, March 8-12, 2012
2011 Paradise Salé, Rockefeller Apartments, New York, NY
2010 States of Peace and Calm w. Personal Touch and Easy Ordering. Star Auckland, New Zealand
  High Class Boner Meds/Paradise Sale Lopdell House, Titirangi, New Zealand
2009 Free Spirit No Interest, Starkwhite, Auckland, New Zealand
2008 The Spectacular Fall. Starkwhite, Auckland, New Zealand
2007 Martin Basher: Susan Inglett, New York, NY
2006 Blackwater: Hirschfeld Gallery, City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand
  Fine Dining. High Street Project, Christchurch, New Zealand
   
Selected two person and group show
2014 On The Blue Shore of Silence, Tracy Williams Gallery, New York, NY
  Henry Codax and Martin Basher, Brand New Gallery, Milan
  Duck Rabbit, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA - Cur. Jason Losh
  Display, Contemporary Art Galleries, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut - Cur. Barry Rosenberg
  Anomie, Dowd Gallery, State University of New York, Cortland, NY
2013 Freedom Farmers, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland New Zealand - Cur. Natasha Conland
  Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Sydney, Australia
  Auckland Art Fair, Auckland New Zealand
  Sweatpanting, Orgy Park, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Toi Aotearoa, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zeland
  Strangers In A Strange Land, LMAK, New York, NY
  Group Show, Starkwhite, Auckland, New Zealand
  Temptations, Extra Extra, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Group Show, Starkwhite, Auckland, New Zeland
  Chinese Takeout, Art in General, New York, NY
2010 Total Recall, The Public Art Fund, MetroTech Plaza, Brooklyn, NY
  Collected, Cuchifritos, New York, NY
  Unspecific Objects, Thierry Goldbery Projects, New York, NY
  The Grand Century, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
  Dancing Feet, 179 Canal, New York, NY - Cur. Colby Bird & Tova Carlin
  Light Black and Silver, Mahara Gallery, Waikanae, New Zealand
2009 Heavier Than A Death In The Family, 25CPW, New York, NY
  Two Degrees of Separation, Gallery Satori, New York, NY
  Autumn, Neiman Gallery, Columbia University
  Magazine, Gambia Castle, Auckland, New Zealand
  Reality Sandwiches, Artnews Projects, Berlin, Germany
  The Perfect Human, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
  The Armory Show, for Socrates Sculpture Park. New York, NY
2008 Spaghetti Junction, 64zero3 Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
  The New Academy, Lehman Art Center, North Andover, MA
  Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, New York (through March 2009)
  Summer Mixtape, Exit Art, New York, NY
  Prescience. Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
  M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition. Fisher-Landau Center, Queens, NY
  Supernatural. Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York, NY
2007 2007 ARTSPACE Editions. ARTSPACE, Auckland, New Zealand
  Vanishing Point. Mary Newton Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
  Dream Wheels, Mahara Gallery, Waikanae, New Zealand
  First Year MFA Exhibition. Columbia University, New York
2006 HEADWAY. ARTSPACE, Auckland, New Zealand
  Western Way. Mary Newton Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2005 Good As Gold Group Show. Good as Gold, Wellington
2004 Objects of Desire II: Printed Artist Books and Objects. Leroy Neiman Center for Print Studies: Columbia University, New York
2003 Martin Basher and Alexeis Reyes. Niagara, East Village, New York, NY
  Undergraduate Thesis Exhibition. Columbia University, New York
  Prints: Advanced Techniques in Printmaking. Columbia University, New York
  The New York Arts Society Invitational, The New York Arts Society, New York
 
Curatorial projects
2010 Lovers, Starkwhite, Auckland New Zealand. Kevin Appel, Martin Basher, Whitney Bedford, Tamar Halpern, Amy Howden-Chapman, Kate Newby, Peter Nicholls, Brie Ruais, Layla Rudneva-MacKay, David Scanavino and Gordon Walters
2009 Dance Sons and Daughters Dance! The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand, and Gambia Castle, Auckland, New Zealand. Leigh Ledare, Rashawn Griffin, Mads Lynnerup, Colby Bird and Wu Ingrid Tsang
2008 The Leisure Suite, Leroy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York. Beth Campbell, Tim Davis, Friedrich Kurnath, Matt Keegan, Keren Cytter, Kate Gilmore, Michael Schmelling, Divya Mehra, Ben Turner