Sean Scully
Born 1945 in Dublin, Ireland
Lives and works in New York, Barcelona, and Munich
FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS
"Sean Scully: Change and Horizontals," curated by Brett Littman and Joanna Kleinberg, exhibition will travel to Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England; MIMA-Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough, England; Museo Carlo Bilotti, Rome, Italy; The Drawing Center, New York, 2012 - 2013
"Sean Scully: Retrospective, curated by Annick Haldemann, exhibition will travel to Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland, March 9 - June 24, 2012; Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria, July - October 2012
Sean Scully, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 14, 2012 – February 17, 2013
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
"Sean Scully," Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
"Sean Scully. Works on Paper," Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, The George Washington University, Washington D.C.
“Sean Scully: Works from the 1980s,” Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
2010
“Liliane,” Alexander and Bonin, New York, New York
Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England
“Iona,” Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
“Works from the 1980s,” Organized by Visual Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow, Ireland and Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, United Kingdom
“The Pictorial World of Sean Scully,” Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
“Sean Scully: Works from the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth,” Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas
2009
“Recent Paintings,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
Walter Storms Galerie, Munich, Germany
“Paintings from the 80’s,” Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England
“Constantinople or The Sensual Concealed: The Imagery of Sean Scully,” MKM Museum Küppersmühle of Modern Art, Duisburg, Germany. Traveled to Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland; Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany; Kunstsammlungen, Chemnitz, Germany
Modern Gallery / László Vass Collection, Verszprém, Hungary
2008
“The Art of the Stripe,” Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
“The Painted Surface,” Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
Galeria Carles Tache, Barcelona, Spain
2007
“Walls of Aran,” Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
“Dedicate a Garcia Lorca,” Instituto Cervantes Dublin, Ireland
“Aran,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain; Traveled through 2008 to Musée d’art Moderne Saint-Étienne Métropole, Saint-Étienne, France; MACRO al Mattatoio, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma, Rome, Italy
Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zürich, Switzerland
“The Prints of Sean Scully,” Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Traveled through 2008 to Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota; the Hyde Collection, Glen Falls, New York
“Walls of Aran,” Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2006
Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England
Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris, France
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
“Recent Paintings,” LA Louver, Venice, California
“The Architecture of Colour,” Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
2005
“Wall of Light,” Phillips Collection, Washington D.C. Traveled through 2007 to Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Lakeland Artists Trust, Kendal, Cumbria, England
“Faith Hope Love,” Augustinerkloster, Erfurt, Germany
Ingelby Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
“Malerei – kleine Formate,” Neue Galerie, Staatliche Museen Kassel, Kassel, Germany
Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
La Louviere Museum, Bois-du-Luc, Belgium
“Graphic Works,” Fenton Gallery, Cork, Ireland
Sala Acala 31, Madrid, Spain
2004
Neues Museum Weimar, Weimar, Germany
Galerie 422, Gmunden, Austria
“España-Spain-Spanien,” Kunsthalle Weimar Harry Graf Kessler, Weimar, Germany
Centro Jose Guerrero, Granada, Spain
“Etching for Federica Garcia Lorca,” Federico Garcia Lorca Foundation, Granada, Spain
“Holly,” Kunstverein Aichach, Aichcach, Germany
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich, Germany
“Fotografias,” Galeria Estiarte, Madrid, Spain
“Paintings from the 70’s,” Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England
“Winter Robe,” Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
“Estampes 1983-2003,” Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France
Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
2003
Alexander and Bonin, New York, New York
“Body of Light,” Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere, Finland. Traveled to Stiftlung Weimarer Klassik, Weimar, Germany; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zürich, Switzerland
L’Hotel des Arts, Toulon, France
LA Louver, Venice, California
Galeria Carles Tache, Barcelona, Spain
2002
Camara de Comercio de Cantabria, Santander, Spain; Traveled to Ayuntamiento de Pamplona, Polvorin de la Cindadela
“Wall of Light, Figures,” Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England
Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden, Germany
Centro de Arte Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, California
2001
“Wall of Light,” Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico. Traveled to Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico
“Light to Dark,” Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
“Walls/Windows/Horizons,” David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany. Traveled to: Haus de Kunst-Munich, Germany; Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Valencia, Spain
“Light and Gravity,” Knoedler and Company, New York, New York
“Sean Scully: Work on Paper,” Rex Irwin, Woollahra, Australia. Traveled to Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
“Light to Dark” Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
“Barcelona Etchings for Frederico Garcia Lorca,” Instituto Cervantes, London, England
Le Musée Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland
Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich, Germany
2000
“Sean Scully on Paper,” Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Galeria Carles Tache, Barcelona, Spain
“Estampes 1983-1999,” Musee des Beaux-Arts de Caen, Caen, France
Galerie de l’ancien College Ecole Municipale d’Arts Plastiques, Chatellerault, France
“Graphics,” Galleria d’Arte A+A, Venice, Italy
“Prints 1994 – 1998,” Alan Cristea Gallery, London, England
1999
“Ten Barcelona Paintings,” Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich, Germany
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Austria. Traveled to Musee du Dessin et de l’Estampe Originale, Gravelines, France; Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
Galerie Lelong and Danese Gallery, New York, New York
“Work form Garner Tullis Workshop,” Galerie Kornfeld, Zürich, Switzerland
Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
“New Paintings,” South London Gallery, London, England
1998
“Works on Paper 1975-1996,” Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Traveled to Carpenter Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Denver Art Museum, Colorado; Bemis Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska; Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
South London Gallery, London, England
Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Berlin, Germany
Galeria Antonia Puyo, Zaragoza, Spain
Galerie Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark
Bawag Foundation, Vienna, Austria
Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England
Galerie Le Triangle Bleu, Stavelot, Belgium
Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich
Galeria Estiarte, Madrid, Spain
“Seven Mirrors and Harris and Lewis Shacks,” Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1997
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Seven Unions,” Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England
“Floating Paintings and Photographs,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
“Works on Paper 1975-1996,” Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Mary Boone Gallery, New York, New York
“Sean Scully 1987-1997,” Sala de Expositions Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain. Traveled to Salas del Palacio Episcopal, Plaza del Obispo, Malaga, Spain; Fundacio la Caixa, Palma de Mallorca,
Spain
“Sean Scully 1982–1996,” Manchester City Art Galleries & The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, England
Cultergest, Lisbon, Portugal
Galeria DV, San Sebastian, Spain
Jamileh Weber Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
“Sean Scully 1982-1996,” Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester, England
1996
Graphische Sammlung, Munich, Germany. Traveled to Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; Henie-Onstadt Museum, Hovikodden, Norway; Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Art, Dublin, Ireland; Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, England; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Wisconsin; Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
Galeria Arte Moderna, Villa delle Rose, Bologna, Italy
“New Pastels,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
“Works on Paper 1975 – 1996, “ Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Neue Pinakothek, Munich,
Germany. Traveled to Museum Folkwang Essen, Germany; Henie-Onstad Kunstenter, Hovikodden, Norway; Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, England; Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Art, Dublin, Ireland
“Floating Paintings, Paintings and Work on Paper, Galerie National de Jeu de Paume, Paris, France. Traveled to Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz, Austria
Editions T, Barcelona, Spain
Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Dusseldorf, Germany
Galeria Carles Tache, Barcelona, Spain
1995
“Sean Scully: Twenty Years, 1976-1995,” Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. Traveled to High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia; La Caixa des Pensiones, Barcelona, Spain; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland; Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
Galeria El Diario Vasco, San Sebastian, Spain
Galerie De L'Ancien College, Chatellerault, France
Waddington Galleries, London, England
Mary Boone Gallery, New York, New York
Bernd Kluser Galerie, Munich, Germany
1994
“The Light in the Darkness,” Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo Japan
Knoedler and Company, New York, New York
Butler Gallery, Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
“Obra Graphica 1991 – 1994,” Galeria DV, San Sebastian, Spain
“The Form and the Spirit,” Galleria Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
1993
Waddington Galleries, London, England
Mary Boone Gallery, New York, New York
“The Catherine Paintings,” Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas. Traveled through 1996 to Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium; Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefield, Germany; Casino Luxembourg, Forum d’Art Contemporain, Luxembourg
Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich, Germany
1992
Weinberger Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, New York
Brooke Alexander Editions, New York, New York
Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Santa Monica, California
“Paintings 1972 - 1992,” Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
“Woodcuts,” Stephen Solovy Fine Art, Chicago, Illinois
Waddington Galleries, London, England
1991
Jamileh Weber Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
1990
“Prints,” M. Art, Tokyo, Japan
“Monotypes from the Garner Tullis Workshop,” Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, New York
Galerie de France, Paris, France
McKee Gallery, New York, New York
1989
Grob Gallery, London, England
David McKee Gallery, New York, New York
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England. Traveled to Palacio Velázquez, Madrid, Spain;
Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
“Bilder und Zeichnungen,” Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany
1988
“Four Paintings,” Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Traveled to Matrix/University Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Crown Point Press, New York, New York and San Francisco, California
1987
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
“Monotypes from the Garner Tullis Workshop,” Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Monica, California. Traveled to David McKee Gallery, New York, New York; Flanders Contemporary Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
“Matrix/Berkley 112,” University Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Mayor Rowan Gallery, London, England
Galerie Schmela, Dusseldorf, Germany
1986
David McKee Gallery, New York, New York
1985
David McKee Gallery, New York, New York Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Traveled to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf, Germany
1984
Juda Rowan Gallery, London, England
Galerie S65, Aalst, Belgium
1983
David McKee Gallery, New York, New York
1982
William Beadleston Gallery, New York, New York
1981
Rowan Gallery, London, England
Museum fur (sub)Kultur, Berlin, Germany
“Paintings 1971-1981,” Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England, sponsored by the Arts Council of
Great Britain. Traveled to Sunderland Arts Centre, Sunderland, England; Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland; Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Warwick Arts Trust, London, England
Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, New York
1980
Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, New York
1979
“Painting for One Place,” Nadin Gallery, New York, New York
Rowan Gallery, London, England
The Clocktower, New York, New York
1977
Duffy-Gibbs Gallery, New York, New York
Rowan Gallery, London, England
1976
La Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1975
Rowan Gallery, London, England
La Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1973
Rowan Gallery, London, England
1972
Bookshop Gallery, Ceolfrith Art Centre, Sunderland, England
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
“The Cincinnati Art Award: Gifts and Warhol Portraits of Doug Cramer,” Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio
“Zettels Traum: Die Zeichnungsammlung Bernd und Verena Kluser,” Von Der Hevdt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
“Photography: Richard Deacon, Frederick Hammersley, Sean Scully, Juan Usle,” LA Louver Gallery, Venice, California
“Gravity,” Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
“Multiplicity,” Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
“Modern Masters: Sean Scully and John Walker,” Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
“The Indiscipline of Painting: International abstraction from the 1960s to now,” Tate St. Ives, St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom
“Body and Soul: Lawrence Carroll, Gotthard Graubner, Sean Scully,” Hôtel des Arts, Toulon, France
“Eroi (Heroes),” GAM—Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Turino, Italy
“The Minimal Gesture,” Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, United Kingdom
“Creating the New Century: Contemporary Art from the Dicke Collection,” The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio
“The Shadow of the Corner of the Wall. Liliane Tomasko and Sean Scully,” Das Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany
“Photography,” LA Louver Gallery, Venice, California
“The Cracked Looking Glass,” Main Gallery and Milberg Gallery, Firestone Library, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
2010
“Building a Collection: Recent Acquisitions of Prints and Drawings,” National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
“17 Malern,” Bayerische Akademia der Schonen Kunst, Munich, Germany
“The Moderns: The Arts in Ireland from the 1900s to the 1970s,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“Decameron,” New York Studio School, New York, New York
“Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
“Summer Exhibition 2010,” Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
“More Photographs Than Bricks,” The George Washington University, Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, Washington, D.C.
“From Homer to Hopper: American Watercolor Masterworks from the Currier Museum of Art,” Manchester, New Hampshire
“Works of Art from the UBS Art Collection,” Der OpernTurm, Frankfurt, Germany
“Memento,” 401 Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
“Hugh Lane Contemporary Print Collection,” The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Ireland
2009
“Traces: IMMA Limited Editions,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“just what is it...100 years of modern art from private collections in Baden-Württemberg,” ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karsruhe, Germany
“Modern & Contemporary Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art,” Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
“Shaping Reality: Geometric Abstraction after 1960,” Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
“Markierungen,” 401 Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
“Histories of the Frontier,” Institut Valencia d'Art Modern (IVAM), Valencia, Spain
“Preview for upcoming exhibitions,” Jamileh Weber Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
“Pop to Present,” Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford, California
“Synchronies: Undercurrents in European and American Postwar Abstraction,” Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Building with Colour,” Gallery North, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
“Drei. Das Triptychon in der Moderne,” Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
“Regards Croises. Les oeuvres de la BEI a la BCEE,” Galerie d’Art Contemporain Am Tunnel & Espace Edward Steichen, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2008
“Abstraction in the IVAM Collection,” Institut Valencia d'Art Moderne, Valencia, Spain
“Masterpieces of Modern British Art: Selected works from the Derek Williams Trust and
Amgueddfa Cymru National Museum Wales,” Osborne Samuel Gallery, London, England
“Art is for the Spirit: Works from The UBS Art Collection”, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
“MAXImin, Maximum Minimization in Contemporary Art,” Fundacion Juan March, Madrid, Spain
“Degas to Diebenkorn: The Phillips Collections,” The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.
“Monet - Kandinsky - Rothko und die folgen Wege der abstrakten Malerei,” BA-CA Kunstforum Wien, Palais Ferstel, Vienna, Austria
“Unique Act. Five Abstract Painters,” Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
“New Horizons: the collection of the Ishibashi Foundation,” Bridgestone Museum of Art, Ishibashi Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
“Rhythmus 21 - Positionen des Abstrakten, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus,” Munich, Germany
“Paper Trail II: Passing Through Clouds,” The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
“The 183rd Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art,” National Academy Museum & School of Fine Arts, New York, New York
“A Year in Drawing,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
“Reflections on Light. 30 Years Galerie Bernd Klüser,” Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich, Germany
“Camouflage II,” Galleria Gentili, Prato, Italy
“Hugh Lane Centenary Print Collection,” The Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
“Made in Munich,” Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
“Fifty Percent Solitude,” Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
“Color into Light,” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
2007
“The Jeff Baldus Collection,” Clausen Art Gallery, Briar Cliff University, Sioux City, Iowa
“Samuel Beckett,” Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
“Klasse Scully,” whiteBOX e.V., Kultfabrik, Munich, Germany
“Radharc,” Galway Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland
“(I’m Always Touched) By Your Presence, Dear: New Acquisitions,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“Before and After Minimalism: A Century of Abstract Tendencies in the Daimler Chrysler Collection,” Museu d’Art Espanol Contemporani Fundacion Juan March, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
“Große Malerei,” Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz, Austria
“Collecting the Past, Present, Future – Highlights of British Art From Turner to Freud,” Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria, England
“Themes and Variations in Painting and Sculpture,” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
“frisch gestrichen,” Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Switzerland
“DE-Natured. Painting, Sculpture and Work on Paper from the Anderson Collection + the Anderson Graphic Arts Collection,” San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
“No answer is also an answer – Recent acquisitions 2005 – 2007,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“La vida privada – Coleccion Josep Civit,” Centro de Arte y Naturaleza – Fundacion Beulas, Huesca, Spain
2006
“Modern Photographs: The Machine, the Body and the City – Gifts from the Charles Cowles Collection,” Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida; traveled to Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York
“Out of Line: Drawings from the Collection of Sherry and Joel Mallin,” Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
“About Light,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
“Big Juicy Paintings (and more): Highlights from the Permanent Collection,” Miami Art Museum,
Miami, Florida
“Kunst und Photographie / Photographie und Kunst,” Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich, Germany
“Against the Grain: Contemporary Art from the Edward R. Broida Collection,” Museum of Modern
Art, New York, New York
“Nomaden im Kunstsalon – Begegnungen mit der Moderne von Bayer bis Sol Lewitt,” Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz, Austria
“Homage to Chilida,” Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
“The Unknown Masterpiece,” ARTIUM Centro – Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporaneo, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
“The Collector’s Collection,” Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Ireland
“Sammlung Essl – Kunst der Gegenwart,” Kunstverein Villa Wessel, Iserlohn, Germany
2005
“Soltanto Un Quadro Al Massimo,” Accademia Tedesca Roma Villa Massimo, Rome, Italy
“SIAR 50,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“Minimalism and After IV,” DaimlerChrysler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
“Eye of the Storm: The IMMA Collection,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“Western Biennale of Art: Art Tomorrow,” John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
“The Giving Person,” Fondazione Culturale Edison, Naples, Italy
“Points of View: Landscape and Photography,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
“Von Paul Gauguin bis Imi Knoebel. Werke aus der Hilti art foundation,” Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
“After The Thaw – Recent Irish Art from the AIB Collection,” Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
“Nueva tecnologia – nueva iconografia – nueva fotografia,” Museo de Arte Abstracto Español, Cuenca, Spain
“Summer Group Show,” McKee Gallery, New York, New York
“Fotografia,” Galeria Estiarte, Madrid, Spain
“Summer Group Show,” Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
“Sean Scully, Stephan Girard, Nicolas Ruel,” Galerie Orange Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada; Traveled to Galerie Lacerte Art Contemporain, Quebec City, Canada
“Pairings II. Discovered Dialogues in Postwar Abstraction,” Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, California
2004
“Behind Closed Doors: Collectors Celebrate the Museum’s Golden Anniversary,” Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York
“Los Monocromos,” Museu Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
“Destination Germany,” Kunst Galerie-Furth, Furth, Germany
“Pop Art to Minimalism: The Serial Attitude,” Albertina, Vienna, Austria
“Masterprints,” Sundsvalls Museum, Sundsvall, Sweden
“A Vision of Modern Art, In Memory of Dorothy Walker,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin,
Ireland
“Picasso to Thiebaud,” Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, Stanford, California
“Bearings: Landscapes from the IMMA Collection,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“In the Time of Shaking: Irish Artists for Amnesty International,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“Beneath the Sky,” Cavan County Museum, Ballyjamesduff, Ireland
“Views from an Island and Representing the Tain,” Millennium Monument Museum, Beijing, China and Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
“Monocromos. De Malevich al presente,” Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
“Matisse to Freud: A Critic’s Choice – The Alexander Walker Bequest,” British Museum, London, England
“Bloomsday 16 Juni 1904 – 16 Juni 2004,” Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich, Germany
“The Gallery selects…,” Alexander and Bonin, New York, New York
“New Technology, New Iconography, New Photography,” Museu d’Arte Espanol Contemporani, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
“La Collection,” Hotel des Arts, Toulon, France
2003
“Abstraction in Photography,” Von Lintel Gallery, New York, New York
“Human Stories – Photographs and paintings from the Essl Collection,” Ludwig Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary
“Inaugural Group Show,” Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, United Kingdom
“Avantgarde und Tradition,” Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz, Austria
“The Museum Store Collects,” Arizona State University Art Museum, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona
“Divergent,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
“Streifzuge,” Galerie Lelong, Zürich, Switzerland
“Nachbarschaften – Arbeiten auf Papier,” Galerie Dittmar, Berlin, Germany
“Drawing Modern: Works from the Agnes Gund Collection,” Cleveland Art Institute, Cleveland, Ohio
“The Eighties – Part II: USA,” Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich, Germany
“Grafiikkaa ja piirustuksia,” Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland“Tache a Pelaires (Carroll, Cragg, Kounellis, Rousse, Scully),” Centro Cultural Contemporani Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2002
“Selected Works – A Collection,” Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich, Switzerland
“Profile of a Collection: The Gordon Lambert Trust Collection at IMMA,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“The Rowan Collection: Contemporary British and Irish Art,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“Augenblik, Foto/Kunst,” Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria
“Choose your partner – An International Drawing Show,” Nusser & Baumgart Contemporary, Munich, Germany
“abstraction,” Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
“25? Bienal De São Paulo,” Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
“Epic Paintings from the Luther W. Brady Collection,” Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, George Washington University, Washington D.C.
“Eight New Paintings,” Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
“Extranjeros – Los otros artistas españoles,” Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Esteban Vicente, Segovia, Spain
“Margins of Abstraction,” Kouros Gallery, New York, New York
“177th Annual Exhibition,” National Academy of Design, New York, New York
“No Object, No Subject, No Matter…Abstraction in the IMMA Collection,” Irish Museum of Modern
Art, Dublin, Ireland
“Independent Visions,” John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Watercolor,” New York Studio School, New York, New York
“Color/Concept,” National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
“110 Years: The Permanent Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth,” Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas
2001
“Group Show,” McKee Gallery, New York, New York
“Content is a Glimpse,” Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England
“A Century of Drawing,” National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
“Watercolor: In the Abstract,” Hyde Collection Art Museum, Glens Falls, New York. Traveled to Rockefeller Arts Center Gallery, State University of New York Fredonia, Fredonia, New York; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; Ben Shan Gallery, William Patterson University, Wayne, New Jersey; and Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
2000
“Works on Paper,” Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England
“Sean Scully/Edwardo Chillida,” Alan Cristea Gallery, London, England
Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zürich, Switzerland
“On Canvas: Contemporary Painting from the Collection,” Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York
“Colleccion MMKSLW: Viena, de Warhol a Cabrita Reis,” Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
“L’Ombra Della Ragione,” Galleria D’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
“September Selections,” Knoedler & Company, New York, New York
“Group Show,” Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England
“Une Ville – Une Collection,” Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimee, La Louviere, Belgium
“Import,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“Shifting Ground. Selected Works of Irish Art 1950 – 2000,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
1999
“Pars Pro Toto, Architectural Photography and Editions,” Galerie Lelong, Zürich, Switzerland
“Inner Eye: Contemporary Art from the Marc and Livia Straus Collection,” Harn Museum of Art,
Gainsville Florida; Traveled to Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennesse; Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia; the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia; and the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York
“Re-Structure,” Bucksbaum Center for the Arts, Grinnell College Art Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
“Tore A. Holm’s Collection of Contemporary European Art - An Encounter between North and South,” Centro Cultural del Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain
“The Essl Collection: The First View,” Museum Sammlung Essl-Klosterneuburg, Vienna, Austria
“Signature Pieces: Contemporary British Prints and Multiples,” Alan Christea Gallery, London,
England
“Unlocking the Grid,” University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island
“Drawing in the Present Tense,” Parsons School of Design, New York…… Traveled to Eastern
Connecticut State University, Willimantic, Connecticut
“1999 Drawings,” Alexander and Bonin, New York, New York
“Side by Side,” Knoedler & Company, New York, New York
“25 Jahre – 25th Anniversary,” Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zürich, Switzerland
“Geometry as Design: Structures of Modern Art from Albers to Paik,” Neue National Galerie, Berlin, Germany
“A Land of Heart’s Desire – 300 years of Irish Art,” Ulster Museum of Art, Belfast, Ireland
“The Art of Collecting,” Flanders Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
“Zeitschnitt 1900 – 2000: 100 Jahre, 100 Werke,” Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz, Austria
1998
“Large Scale: Works on Paper,” Danese Gallery, New York, New York
“Zeit und Materie,” Baukunst, Cologne, Germany
“Contemporary Art: The Janet Wolfson de Botton Gift,” Tate Gallery, London, England
“The Edward R. Broida Collection: A Selection of Works,” Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida
“Photographies,” Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
“On a Clear Day,” Graphische Sammlung, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
“Large Scale Works on Paper: Le Va, LeWitt, Mangold, Scully, Serra, Winters,” Danese Gallery, New York, New York
“Welcome Back!,” Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
“Cleveland Collects Contemporary Art,” The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
“Arterias,” Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
Galeria Estiarte, Madrid, Spain
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
“Corcoran Biennial,” Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
“Sarajevo 2000,” Museum Moderner Kunst StiftungLudwig Wein, Vienna, Austria
“Acquisitions 1997,” Le Conseil General du Val-de-Marne FDAC, exhibited at Hotel du Departement, Creteil, France
“Matrix Berkeley 1978-1998,” University of California Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, California
“Lawrence Carroll and Sean Scully,” Lawing Gallery, Houston, Texas
“En Norsk Samling Au Europeisk kunst,” Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim, Norway
1997
“Without Trembling,” Galerie Fortlaan 17, Gent, Belgium,
“After the Fall: Abstract Painting,” Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York
“British Arts Council Collection,” Royal Festival Hall, London, England
“The Pursuit of Painting,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
“A Century of Irish Paintings: Selections from the Collection of the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art,” Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland. Traveled to The Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan; The Mitaka City Gallery of Art, Mitaka, Japan; and Yamanashi Perfectural Museum of Art, Yamanashi, Japan
“The View From Denver: Contemporary American Art from the Denver Art Museum,” Museum
Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria
“Thirty Five Years at Crown Point Press: Making Prints, Doing Art,” National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Traveled to The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
“Singular Impressions: The Monotype in America,” National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
1996
“Limited Edition Artists Books,” Brooke Alexander, New York, New York
“Parallels: Nicola De Maria, Donald Judd, Joan Mitchell, Sean Scully, Frederic Matys Thursz,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
“XV Salon de los 16,” Museo de Antropologia, Madrid, Spain
“Balancing Act,” Room Gallery, New York, New York
“Nuevas Abstracciones,” Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain. Traveled to Kunstalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany; Museo d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
“Bare Bones,” TZ Art, New York, New York
“Festival de Culture Irlandaise Contemporain,” Ecoles des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
“Thinking Print,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York “Holländisches Bad: Radierungen zur Renaissance einer Technik, Kunsthaus,” Hamburg, Germany; Traveled to Brecht-Haus-Weissensee, Berlin, Germany
1995
“Color + Structure,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
“Seven from the Seventies,” Knoedler Gallery, New York, New York
“New Publication,” Brooke Alexander Editions, New York, New York
“New York Abstract,” Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
“US Prints,” Retretti Art Center, Punkaharju, Finland
1994
“Paper Under Pressure. Work in Collaboration with Garner Tullis,” Sun Valley Center Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
“Recent Print Acquisitions,” The Tate Gallery, London, England
“Contemporary Watercolors: Europe and America,” University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, Texas
“For 25 years: Brooke Alexander Editions,” The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
“Recent Acquisitions: Paintings from the Collection,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“L'Incanto della Trascendenza,” Galleria Civica de Arte Contemporanea, Trento, Italy
“British Abstract Art. Part 1: Painting,” Flowers East, London, England
“Recent Acquisitions: Prints, Drawings and Photographs,” The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
“An American Passion: The Susan Kasen Summer and Robert D. Summer Collection of Contemporary British Painting,” McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, Scotland and Royal College of Art, London, England
1993
“Tutte le strade portano a Roma,” The Exhibition Centre of Rome, Rome, Italy
“Beyond Paint,” Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, New York
“Drawing in Black and White,” The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
The Grolier Club, New York, New York
“American and European Prints,” Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan
“American and European Works on Paper,” Gallery Martin Wieland, Trier, Germany
“Italia/America: L'Astrazione ridefinita, Dicastro Cultura,” Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Repubblica di San Marino, Italy
“Partners,” Annely Juda Fine Art, London, England
“25 Years,” Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio
“New Moderns,” Baumgartner Galleries, Washington, D.C.
“5 One-Person Shows,” Jamileh Weber Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
“The Turner Prize,” Tate Gallery, London, England
“Ausgewählte Druckgraphik,” Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich, Germany
1992
“Surface to Surface,” Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
“Four Series of Prints,” John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Recent Abstract Painting, Collaboration in Monotype from the Garner Tullis Workshop,” Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio
“Geteilte Bilder,” Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
“Collaborations in Monotype from the Garner Tullis Workshop,” Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
“Behind Bars,” Thread Waxing Space, New York, New York
“Color Block Prints of the 20th Century,” Associated American Artists, New York, New York
“Whitechapel Open,” Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England
“Verso Bisanzio, con disincanto,” Galeria Sergio Tossi, Arte Contemporanea, Prato, Italy
“Painters on Press: Recent Abstract Prints,” Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
“Monotypes, Woodcuts, Drawings,” Europanische Akademie fur Bildende Kunst, Trier, Germany
‘Monotypes from Garner Tullis Workshop,” SOMA Gallery, San Diego, California
“44th Annual Academy-Institute Purchase Exhibition,” American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York
Galleria Sergio Tossi, Prato, Italy
1991
“Small Format Works on Paper,” John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Postmodern Prints,” Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Louver Gallery, New York, New York
“La Metafisica della Luce,” John Good Gallery, New York, New York
“Large Scale Works on Paper,” John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
1990
“Stripes,” Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
“Drawings: Joseph Beuys, Paul Rotterdam, Sean Scully,” Arnold Herstand & Company, New York, New York
Anthony Ralph Gallery, New York, New York
“Geometric Abstraction,” March Richards Gallery, Santa Monica, California
“Artists in the Abstract,” Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina
“Sean Scully / Donald Sultan: Abstraction / Representation,” Stanford University Art Gallery, Stanford, California
1989
“The Elusive Surface,” The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
“Drawings and Related Prints,” Castelli Graphics, New York, New York
“Essential Painting,” Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
“The 1980s: Prints from the Collection of Joshua P. Smith,” National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
“The Linear Image: American Masterworks on Paper,” Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, New York
1988
“17 Years at the Barn,” Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, New York
“In Side,” Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
“Works on Paper: Selections from the Garner Tullis Workshop,” Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, New York
“New Additions, Crown Point Press,” San Francisco, California and New York, New York
“Large Works on Paper,” Mayor Rowan Gallery, London, England
“Sightings: Drawings with Color,” Instituto de Estudios Norteamericanos, Barcelona, Spain; Traveled to Casa Revilla, Valladolid, Spain; Museo Barjola, Gijon, Spain; Caloust Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal; Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, New York; Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
“Sean Scully & Jose Maria Sicilia: New Editions,” Crown Point Press, San Francisco, California & New York, New York
“The Presence of Painting: Aspects of British Abstraction 1957-1988,” Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom; Traveled to Laing Art Gallery & Hatton Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; Harris Museum & Art Gallery, London, England
1987
“Logical Foundations,” Pfizer Inc., New York, New York
“Large Scale Prints,” Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
“Works on Paper,” Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, New York
“Corcoran Biennial,” Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
“Harvey Quaytman & Sean Scully,” Helsinki Festival, Helsinki, Finland
“Drawing from the 80's - Chatsworth Collaboration,” Carnegie Mellon University Art Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
“Drawn-Out,” Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
“Magic in the Mind's Eye: Parts I & II,” Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Rochester, Michigan
“Winter,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
“Large Works by Rowan Artists,” Mayor Rowan Gallery, London, England
“Monotypes by Catherine Lee, John Walker, Sean Scully,” Rubin Gallery, New York, New York
1986
“After Matisse,” The Queens Museum, Flushing, New York. Traveled through 1988 to The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine; Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida; The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.; Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio; Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts
“An American Renaissance in Art: Painting and Sculpture Since 1940,” Fort Lauderdale Museum of Fine Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
“Public and Private: American Prints Today,” Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York
“Cal Collects I,” University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, California
“The Heroic Sublime,” Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, New York
“Structure/Abstraction,” Hill Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
“Courtesy David McKee,” Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, New York
“Detroiters Collect: New Generation,” Meadowbrook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan
“Recent Acquisitions,” Contemporary Arts Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
“Group Drawing Show,” Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
“Catherine Lee & Sean Scully,” Cava Gallery
“25 Years: Three Decades of Contemporary Art,” Juda Rowan Gallery, London, England
1985
“Painting 1985,” Pam Adler Gallery, New York, New York
“Abstract Painting at Surface and Object,” Hillwood Art Gallery, C.W. Post Center, Long Island University, Greenvale, New York
“An Invitational,” Condeso/Lawler Gallery, New York, New York
“Decade of Visual Arts at Princeton: Faculty 1975-1985,” Princeton University Museum of Art, Princeton, New Jersey
“Abstraction/Issues,” Tibor de Nagy, Oscarsson Hood, Sherry French, New York
“Art on Paper,” Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina
“Masterpieces of the Avant-Garde,” Annely Juda Fine Art/Juda Rowan Gallery, London, England
“Small Works,” Juda Rowan Gallery, London, England
1984
“From Color Surface: Painting About Itself,” Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
“An Invitational Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture,” The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
“Four Painters: Pat Steir, Sean Scully, Robert Mangold, Robert S. Zakanitch,” McIntosh/Drysdale Gallery, Houston, Texas
“Twelve Abstract Painters: Part I,” Siegel Contemporary Art, New York, New York
“ROSC,” The Guinness Hops Store, Dublin, Ireland
“Currents #6,” Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
“Small Works: New Abstract Painting,” Lafayette College and Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania
“Group Exhibition,” Susan Montezinos Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
“Hassam & Speicher Purchase Fund Exhibition,” American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York
“Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture,” William Beadleston Fine Art Inc., New York, New York
“Art on Paper,” Galerij S65, Aalst, Belgium
1983
“Three Painters: Sean Scully, David Reed, Ted Stamm,” Zenith Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
“American Abstract Artists,” Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina; Traveled to Moody Gallery of Art, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Nocturne, Siegel Contemporary Art, New York, New York
“Contemporary Abstract Painting,” Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania
David McKee Gallery, New York, New York
“New Work New York (Newcastle Salutes New York),” Newcastle Polytechnic Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
“Student’s Choice Exhibition,” Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
1982
“Critical Perspectives,” P.S.1 The Institute for Art & Urban Resources, New York, New York
“Recent Aspects of All-Over,” Harm Boukaert Gallery, New York, New York
“Pair Group: Current and Emerging Styles in Abstract Painting,” Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey
“Workshop F,” Chelsea School of Art, London, England
“Group Invitational,” Sunne Savage Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
“Art for A New Year,” organized by Art Lending Service, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
1981
“Abstract Painting,” Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey
“Arabia Felix,” Art Galaxy Gallery, New York, New York
“New Directions,” Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, New York
“Art for Collectors,” Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
“New Directions: Contemporary American Art from the Commodities Corporation Collection,” Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale; Traveled to Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California; Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan; Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin; Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama
1980
“Marking Black,” Bronx Museum of Art, The Bronx, New York
“New Directions,” Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey
“The Newcastle Connection,” Polytechnic Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
“The International Connection,” Sense of Ireland Festival, Roundhouse Gallery, London, England
“Growing Up with Art,” Leicestershire Collection for Schools and Colleges, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England
“ROSC,” University College Gallery and National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
“Irish Art 1943 - 1973,” Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland & Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland
1979
“New Wave Painting,” The Clocktower, New York, New York
“Fourteen Painters,” Lehman College, the City University of New York, The Bronx, New York
“First Exhibition,” Toni Birkhead Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
“The British Art Show,” Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, England; Traveled to Laing Art Gallery and Hatton Gallery, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Arnolfini, Bristol and Royal West of England Academy, England
Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, New York
“Tolly Cobbold Eastern Arts 2nd National Exhibition,” Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England. Traveled to Norwich Art Gallery, Norwich; Ipswich, London and Sheffield, United Kingdom
1978
“Certain Traditions: Recent British and Canadian Art,” Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Traveled through 1980 to Glenton Institute, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Art Gallery of Windsor, Ontario, Canada; Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Regional Art Gallery, Ontario, Canada; St. John’s Memorial University of Newfoundland, Newfoundland, Canada; Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, Wales; Museum and Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland; Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry, United Kingdom; Commonwealth Institute Gallery, London, England
Rowan Gallery, London, England
“Small Works,” Newcastle Polytechnic Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
1977
“Four Artists,” Nobe Gallery, New York, New York
“British Painting 1952 - 1977,” The Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
“Works on Paper – The Contemporary Art Society’s Gifts to Public Galleries 1952 -1977,” Diploma Galleries, The Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
Rowan Gallery, London, England
1976
John Weber Gallery, New York, New York
“7 Artists from the Rowan Gallery,” Sunderland Arts Centre, Sunderland, England
Rowan Gallery, London, England
“Invitational Exhibition,” Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, New York
1975
“Contemporary Art Society Art Fair,” London, England
“The British Art Coming: Contemporary British Art,” De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts
Rowan Gallery, London, England
The Arts Club, London, England
1974
“Tenth International Biennale of Art,” Menton, France
Rowan Gallery, London, England
“British Painting,” Hayward Gallery, London, England
“John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 9,” Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England
1973
“La Peinture Anglaise Aujourd'hui,” Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
“Critic's Choice,” Gulbenkian Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
1972
“John Moore's Liverpool Exhibition 8,” Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England
“Northern Young Painters,” University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
1971
“Art Spectrum North,” Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England; Traveled to City Art Gallery, Leeds, England; Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, England
“Annual Students’ Summer Exhibition,” Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
1970
“London Young Contemporaries,” traveling exhibition, Arts Council of Great Britain
“Northern Young Contemporaries,” Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, England
AWARDS
2003
Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland
1984
National Endowments for the Arts Fellowship
1983
Guggenheim Fellowship
National Endowments for the Arts Fellowship
1975
Harkness Fellowship
1973
John Knox Fellowship
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Arts Council of Great Britain, London, England
Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia
Bayerische Staatsgemaeldesammlung, Munich, Germany
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France
British Council, London, England
Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico
Ceolfrith Art Centre, Sunderland, England
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, New York
Chemical Bank, New York, New York
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Contemporary Arts Society, London, England
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Council of National Academic Awards, London, England
Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
The DG Bank Collection, Frankfurt, Germany
Eastern Arts Association, Cambridge, England
First Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
La Fondation Edelman, Lausanne, Switzerland
Fundacio La Caixa Galicia, La Coruña, Spain
Galleria D’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Austria
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York
Glenstone, Washington, D.C.
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
L’Hotel des Arts, Toulon, France
Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencià, Spain
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Leicestershire Educational Authority, Leicester, England
Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester, England
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas
Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Musee du Dessin et de l’Estampe Originale, Gravelines, France
Musee du Val de Marne, Ivry-sur-Seine, France
Museo d’ Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Caracas, Venezuela
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Museum für (Sub)Kultur, Berlin, Germany
Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
National Gallery of Victoria, Felton Bequest, Melbourne, Australia
Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz, Linz, Austria
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina
Northern Arts Association, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida
Paine Webber Group, Inc., New York, New York
Philip Morris, Inc., New York, New York
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
Power Institute of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Ruhr Universitat Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Saastamoisen Saatio, Helsinki, Finland
Saint Louis Museum of Art, St. Louis, Missouri
Sammlung Essl, Vienna, Austria
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California
Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Tate Gallery, London, England
Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan
Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, England
Zentrum fur Kunst und Medien Technologie, Karlsruhe, Germany
Lives and works in New York, Barcelona, and Munich
FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS
"Sean Scully: Change and Horizontals," curated by Brett Littman and Joanna Kleinberg, exhibition will travel to Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England; MIMA-Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough, England; Museo Carlo Bilotti, Rome, Italy; The Drawing Center, New York, 2012 - 2013
"Sean Scully: Retrospective, curated by Annick Haldemann, exhibition will travel to Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland, March 9 - June 24, 2012; Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria, July - October 2012
Sean Scully, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 14, 2012 – February 17, 2013
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
"Sean Scully," Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
"Sean Scully. Works on Paper," Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, The George Washington University, Washington D.C.
“Sean Scully: Works from the 1980s,” Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
2010
“Liliane,” Alexander and Bonin, New York, New York
Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England
“Iona,” Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
“Works from the 1980s,” Organized by Visual Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow, Ireland and Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, United Kingdom
“The Pictorial World of Sean Scully,” Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
“Sean Scully: Works from the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth,” Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas
2009
“Recent Paintings,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
Walter Storms Galerie, Munich, Germany
“Paintings from the 80’s,” Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England
“Constantinople or The Sensual Concealed: The Imagery of Sean Scully,” MKM Museum Küppersmühle of Modern Art, Duisburg, Germany. Traveled to Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland; Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany; Kunstsammlungen, Chemnitz, Germany
Modern Gallery / László Vass Collection, Verszprém, Hungary
2008
“The Art of the Stripe,” Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
“The Painted Surface,” Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
Galeria Carles Tache, Barcelona, Spain
2007
“Walls of Aran,” Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
“Dedicate a Garcia Lorca,” Instituto Cervantes Dublin, Ireland
“Aran,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain; Traveled through 2008 to Musée d’art Moderne Saint-Étienne Métropole, Saint-Étienne, France; MACRO al Mattatoio, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma, Rome, Italy
Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zürich, Switzerland
“The Prints of Sean Scully,” Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Traveled through 2008 to Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota; the Hyde Collection, Glen Falls, New York
“Walls of Aran,” Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2006
Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England
Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris, France
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
“Recent Paintings,” LA Louver, Venice, California
“The Architecture of Colour,” Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
2005
“Wall of Light,” Phillips Collection, Washington D.C. Traveled through 2007 to Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Lakeland Artists Trust, Kendal, Cumbria, England
“Faith Hope Love,” Augustinerkloster, Erfurt, Germany
Ingelby Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
“Malerei – kleine Formate,” Neue Galerie, Staatliche Museen Kassel, Kassel, Germany
Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
La Louviere Museum, Bois-du-Luc, Belgium
“Graphic Works,” Fenton Gallery, Cork, Ireland
Sala Acala 31, Madrid, Spain
2004
Neues Museum Weimar, Weimar, Germany
Galerie 422, Gmunden, Austria
“España-Spain-Spanien,” Kunsthalle Weimar Harry Graf Kessler, Weimar, Germany
Centro Jose Guerrero, Granada, Spain
“Etching for Federica Garcia Lorca,” Federico Garcia Lorca Foundation, Granada, Spain
“Holly,” Kunstverein Aichach, Aichcach, Germany
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich, Germany
“Fotografias,” Galeria Estiarte, Madrid, Spain
“Paintings from the 70’s,” Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England
“Winter Robe,” Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
“Estampes 1983-2003,” Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France
Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
2003
Alexander and Bonin, New York, New York
“Body of Light,” Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere, Finland. Traveled to Stiftlung Weimarer Klassik, Weimar, Germany; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zürich, Switzerland
L’Hotel des Arts, Toulon, France
LA Louver, Venice, California
Galeria Carles Tache, Barcelona, Spain
2002
Camara de Comercio de Cantabria, Santander, Spain; Traveled to Ayuntamiento de Pamplona, Polvorin de la Cindadela
“Wall of Light, Figures,” Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England
Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden, Germany
Centro de Arte Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, California
2001
“Wall of Light,” Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico. Traveled to Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico
“Light to Dark,” Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
“Walls/Windows/Horizons,” David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany. Traveled to: Haus de Kunst-Munich, Germany; Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Valencia, Spain
“Light and Gravity,” Knoedler and Company, New York, New York
“Sean Scully: Work on Paper,” Rex Irwin, Woollahra, Australia. Traveled to Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
“Light to Dark” Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
“Barcelona Etchings for Frederico Garcia Lorca,” Instituto Cervantes, London, England
Le Musée Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland
Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich, Germany
2000
“Sean Scully on Paper,” Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Galeria Carles Tache, Barcelona, Spain
“Estampes 1983-1999,” Musee des Beaux-Arts de Caen, Caen, France
Galerie de l’ancien College Ecole Municipale d’Arts Plastiques, Chatellerault, France
“Graphics,” Galleria d’Arte A+A, Venice, Italy
“Prints 1994 – 1998,” Alan Cristea Gallery, London, England
1999
“Ten Barcelona Paintings,” Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich, Germany
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Austria. Traveled to Musee du Dessin et de l’Estampe Originale, Gravelines, France; Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
Galerie Lelong and Danese Gallery, New York, New York
“Work form Garner Tullis Workshop,” Galerie Kornfeld, Zürich, Switzerland
Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
“New Paintings,” South London Gallery, London, England
1998
“Works on Paper 1975-1996,” Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Traveled to Carpenter Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Denver Art Museum, Colorado; Bemis Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska; Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
South London Gallery, London, England
Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Berlin, Germany
Galeria Antonia Puyo, Zaragoza, Spain
Galerie Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark
Bawag Foundation, Vienna, Austria
Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England
Galerie Le Triangle Bleu, Stavelot, Belgium
Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich
Galeria Estiarte, Madrid, Spain
“Seven Mirrors and Harris and Lewis Shacks,” Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1997
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Seven Unions,” Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England
“Floating Paintings and Photographs,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
“Works on Paper 1975-1996,” Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Mary Boone Gallery, New York, New York
“Sean Scully 1987-1997,” Sala de Expositions Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain. Traveled to Salas del Palacio Episcopal, Plaza del Obispo, Malaga, Spain; Fundacio la Caixa, Palma de Mallorca,
Spain
“Sean Scully 1982–1996,” Manchester City Art Galleries & The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, England
Cultergest, Lisbon, Portugal
Galeria DV, San Sebastian, Spain
Jamileh Weber Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
“Sean Scully 1982-1996,” Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester, England
1996
Graphische Sammlung, Munich, Germany. Traveled to Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; Henie-Onstadt Museum, Hovikodden, Norway; Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Art, Dublin, Ireland; Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, England; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Wisconsin; Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
Galeria Arte Moderna, Villa delle Rose, Bologna, Italy
“New Pastels,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
“Works on Paper 1975 – 1996, “ Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Neue Pinakothek, Munich,
Germany. Traveled to Museum Folkwang Essen, Germany; Henie-Onstad Kunstenter, Hovikodden, Norway; Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, England; Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Art, Dublin, Ireland
“Floating Paintings, Paintings and Work on Paper, Galerie National de Jeu de Paume, Paris, France. Traveled to Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz, Austria
Editions T, Barcelona, Spain
Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Dusseldorf, Germany
Galeria Carles Tache, Barcelona, Spain
1995
“Sean Scully: Twenty Years, 1976-1995,” Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. Traveled to High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia; La Caixa des Pensiones, Barcelona, Spain; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland; Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
Galeria El Diario Vasco, San Sebastian, Spain
Galerie De L'Ancien College, Chatellerault, France
Waddington Galleries, London, England
Mary Boone Gallery, New York, New York
Bernd Kluser Galerie, Munich, Germany
1994
“The Light in the Darkness,” Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo Japan
Knoedler and Company, New York, New York
Butler Gallery, Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
“Obra Graphica 1991 – 1994,” Galeria DV, San Sebastian, Spain
“The Form and the Spirit,” Galleria Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
1993
Waddington Galleries, London, England
Mary Boone Gallery, New York, New York
“The Catherine Paintings,” Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas. Traveled through 1996 to Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium; Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefield, Germany; Casino Luxembourg, Forum d’Art Contemporain, Luxembourg
Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich, Germany
1992
Weinberger Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, New York
Brooke Alexander Editions, New York, New York
Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Santa Monica, California
“Paintings 1972 - 1992,” Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
“Woodcuts,” Stephen Solovy Fine Art, Chicago, Illinois
Waddington Galleries, London, England
1991
Jamileh Weber Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
1990
“Prints,” M. Art, Tokyo, Japan
“Monotypes from the Garner Tullis Workshop,” Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, New York
Galerie de France, Paris, France
McKee Gallery, New York, New York
1989
Grob Gallery, London, England
David McKee Gallery, New York, New York
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England. Traveled to Palacio Velázquez, Madrid, Spain;
Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
“Bilder und Zeichnungen,” Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany
1988
“Four Paintings,” Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Traveled to Matrix/University Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Crown Point Press, New York, New York and San Francisco, California
1987
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
“Monotypes from the Garner Tullis Workshop,” Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Monica, California. Traveled to David McKee Gallery, New York, New York; Flanders Contemporary Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
“Matrix/Berkley 112,” University Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Mayor Rowan Gallery, London, England
Galerie Schmela, Dusseldorf, Germany
1986
David McKee Gallery, New York, New York
1985
David McKee Gallery, New York, New York Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Traveled to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf, Germany
1984
Juda Rowan Gallery, London, England
Galerie S65, Aalst, Belgium
1983
David McKee Gallery, New York, New York
1982
William Beadleston Gallery, New York, New York
1981
Rowan Gallery, London, England
Museum fur (sub)Kultur, Berlin, Germany
“Paintings 1971-1981,” Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England, sponsored by the Arts Council of
Great Britain. Traveled to Sunderland Arts Centre, Sunderland, England; Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland; Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Warwick Arts Trust, London, England
Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, New York
1980
Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, New York
1979
“Painting for One Place,” Nadin Gallery, New York, New York
Rowan Gallery, London, England
The Clocktower, New York, New York
1977
Duffy-Gibbs Gallery, New York, New York
Rowan Gallery, London, England
1976
La Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1975
Rowan Gallery, London, England
La Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1973
Rowan Gallery, London, England
1972
Bookshop Gallery, Ceolfrith Art Centre, Sunderland, England
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
“The Cincinnati Art Award: Gifts and Warhol Portraits of Doug Cramer,” Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio
“Zettels Traum: Die Zeichnungsammlung Bernd und Verena Kluser,” Von Der Hevdt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
“Photography: Richard Deacon, Frederick Hammersley, Sean Scully, Juan Usle,” LA Louver Gallery, Venice, California
“Gravity,” Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
“Multiplicity,” Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
“Modern Masters: Sean Scully and John Walker,” Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
“The Indiscipline of Painting: International abstraction from the 1960s to now,” Tate St. Ives, St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom
“Body and Soul: Lawrence Carroll, Gotthard Graubner, Sean Scully,” Hôtel des Arts, Toulon, France
“Eroi (Heroes),” GAM—Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Turino, Italy
“The Minimal Gesture,” Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, United Kingdom
“Creating the New Century: Contemporary Art from the Dicke Collection,” The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio
“The Shadow of the Corner of the Wall. Liliane Tomasko and Sean Scully,” Das Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany
“Photography,” LA Louver Gallery, Venice, California
“The Cracked Looking Glass,” Main Gallery and Milberg Gallery, Firestone Library, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
2010
“Building a Collection: Recent Acquisitions of Prints and Drawings,” National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
“17 Malern,” Bayerische Akademia der Schonen Kunst, Munich, Germany
“The Moderns: The Arts in Ireland from the 1900s to the 1970s,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“Decameron,” New York Studio School, New York, New York
“Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
“Summer Exhibition 2010,” Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
“More Photographs Than Bricks,” The George Washington University, Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, Washington, D.C.
“From Homer to Hopper: American Watercolor Masterworks from the Currier Museum of Art,” Manchester, New Hampshire
“Works of Art from the UBS Art Collection,” Der OpernTurm, Frankfurt, Germany
“Memento,” 401 Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
“Hugh Lane Contemporary Print Collection,” The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Ireland
2009
“Traces: IMMA Limited Editions,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“just what is it...100 years of modern art from private collections in Baden-Württemberg,” ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karsruhe, Germany
“Modern & Contemporary Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art,” Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
“Shaping Reality: Geometric Abstraction after 1960,” Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
“Markierungen,” 401 Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
“Histories of the Frontier,” Institut Valencia d'Art Modern (IVAM), Valencia, Spain
“Preview for upcoming exhibitions,” Jamileh Weber Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
“Pop to Present,” Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford, California
“Synchronies: Undercurrents in European and American Postwar Abstraction,” Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Building with Colour,” Gallery North, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
“Drei. Das Triptychon in der Moderne,” Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
“Regards Croises. Les oeuvres de la BEI a la BCEE,” Galerie d’Art Contemporain Am Tunnel & Espace Edward Steichen, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2008
“Abstraction in the IVAM Collection,” Institut Valencia d'Art Moderne, Valencia, Spain
“Masterpieces of Modern British Art: Selected works from the Derek Williams Trust and
Amgueddfa Cymru National Museum Wales,” Osborne Samuel Gallery, London, England
“Art is for the Spirit: Works from The UBS Art Collection”, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
“MAXImin, Maximum Minimization in Contemporary Art,” Fundacion Juan March, Madrid, Spain
“Degas to Diebenkorn: The Phillips Collections,” The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.
“Monet - Kandinsky - Rothko und die folgen Wege der abstrakten Malerei,” BA-CA Kunstforum Wien, Palais Ferstel, Vienna, Austria
“Unique Act. Five Abstract Painters,” Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
“New Horizons: the collection of the Ishibashi Foundation,” Bridgestone Museum of Art, Ishibashi Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
“Rhythmus 21 - Positionen des Abstrakten, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus,” Munich, Germany
“Paper Trail II: Passing Through Clouds,” The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
“The 183rd Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art,” National Academy Museum & School of Fine Arts, New York, New York
“A Year in Drawing,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
“Reflections on Light. 30 Years Galerie Bernd Klüser,” Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich, Germany
“Camouflage II,” Galleria Gentili, Prato, Italy
“Hugh Lane Centenary Print Collection,” The Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
“Made in Munich,” Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
“Fifty Percent Solitude,” Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
“Color into Light,” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
2007
“The Jeff Baldus Collection,” Clausen Art Gallery, Briar Cliff University, Sioux City, Iowa
“Samuel Beckett,” Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
“Klasse Scully,” whiteBOX e.V., Kultfabrik, Munich, Germany
“Radharc,” Galway Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland
“(I’m Always Touched) By Your Presence, Dear: New Acquisitions,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“Before and After Minimalism: A Century of Abstract Tendencies in the Daimler Chrysler Collection,” Museu d’Art Espanol Contemporani Fundacion Juan March, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
“Große Malerei,” Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz, Austria
“Collecting the Past, Present, Future – Highlights of British Art From Turner to Freud,” Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria, England
“Themes and Variations in Painting and Sculpture,” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
“frisch gestrichen,” Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Switzerland
“DE-Natured. Painting, Sculpture and Work on Paper from the Anderson Collection + the Anderson Graphic Arts Collection,” San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
“No answer is also an answer – Recent acquisitions 2005 – 2007,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“La vida privada – Coleccion Josep Civit,” Centro de Arte y Naturaleza – Fundacion Beulas, Huesca, Spain
2006
“Modern Photographs: The Machine, the Body and the City – Gifts from the Charles Cowles Collection,” Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida; traveled to Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York
“Out of Line: Drawings from the Collection of Sherry and Joel Mallin,” Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
“About Light,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
“Big Juicy Paintings (and more): Highlights from the Permanent Collection,” Miami Art Museum,
Miami, Florida
“Kunst und Photographie / Photographie und Kunst,” Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich, Germany
“Against the Grain: Contemporary Art from the Edward R. Broida Collection,” Museum of Modern
Art, New York, New York
“Nomaden im Kunstsalon – Begegnungen mit der Moderne von Bayer bis Sol Lewitt,” Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz, Austria
“Homage to Chilida,” Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
“The Unknown Masterpiece,” ARTIUM Centro – Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporaneo, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
“The Collector’s Collection,” Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Ireland
“Sammlung Essl – Kunst der Gegenwart,” Kunstverein Villa Wessel, Iserlohn, Germany
2005
“Soltanto Un Quadro Al Massimo,” Accademia Tedesca Roma Villa Massimo, Rome, Italy
“SIAR 50,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“Minimalism and After IV,” DaimlerChrysler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
“Eye of the Storm: The IMMA Collection,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“Western Biennale of Art: Art Tomorrow,” John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
“The Giving Person,” Fondazione Culturale Edison, Naples, Italy
“Points of View: Landscape and Photography,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
“Von Paul Gauguin bis Imi Knoebel. Werke aus der Hilti art foundation,” Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
“After The Thaw – Recent Irish Art from the AIB Collection,” Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
“Nueva tecnologia – nueva iconografia – nueva fotografia,” Museo de Arte Abstracto Español, Cuenca, Spain
“Summer Group Show,” McKee Gallery, New York, New York
“Fotografia,” Galeria Estiarte, Madrid, Spain
“Summer Group Show,” Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
“Sean Scully, Stephan Girard, Nicolas Ruel,” Galerie Orange Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada; Traveled to Galerie Lacerte Art Contemporain, Quebec City, Canada
“Pairings II. Discovered Dialogues in Postwar Abstraction,” Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, California
2004
“Behind Closed Doors: Collectors Celebrate the Museum’s Golden Anniversary,” Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York
“Los Monocromos,” Museu Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
“Destination Germany,” Kunst Galerie-Furth, Furth, Germany
“Pop Art to Minimalism: The Serial Attitude,” Albertina, Vienna, Austria
“Masterprints,” Sundsvalls Museum, Sundsvall, Sweden
“A Vision of Modern Art, In Memory of Dorothy Walker,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin,
Ireland
“Picasso to Thiebaud,” Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, Stanford, California
“Bearings: Landscapes from the IMMA Collection,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“In the Time of Shaking: Irish Artists for Amnesty International,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“Beneath the Sky,” Cavan County Museum, Ballyjamesduff, Ireland
“Views from an Island and Representing the Tain,” Millennium Monument Museum, Beijing, China and Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
“Monocromos. De Malevich al presente,” Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
“Matisse to Freud: A Critic’s Choice – The Alexander Walker Bequest,” British Museum, London, England
“Bloomsday 16 Juni 1904 – 16 Juni 2004,” Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich, Germany
“The Gallery selects…,” Alexander and Bonin, New York, New York
“New Technology, New Iconography, New Photography,” Museu d’Arte Espanol Contemporani, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
“La Collection,” Hotel des Arts, Toulon, France
2003
“Abstraction in Photography,” Von Lintel Gallery, New York, New York
“Human Stories – Photographs and paintings from the Essl Collection,” Ludwig Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary
“Inaugural Group Show,” Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, United Kingdom
“Avantgarde und Tradition,” Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz, Austria
“The Museum Store Collects,” Arizona State University Art Museum, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona
“Divergent,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
“Streifzuge,” Galerie Lelong, Zürich, Switzerland
“Nachbarschaften – Arbeiten auf Papier,” Galerie Dittmar, Berlin, Germany
“Drawing Modern: Works from the Agnes Gund Collection,” Cleveland Art Institute, Cleveland, Ohio
“The Eighties – Part II: USA,” Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich, Germany
“Grafiikkaa ja piirustuksia,” Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland“Tache a Pelaires (Carroll, Cragg, Kounellis, Rousse, Scully),” Centro Cultural Contemporani Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2002
“Selected Works – A Collection,” Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich, Switzerland
“Profile of a Collection: The Gordon Lambert Trust Collection at IMMA,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“The Rowan Collection: Contemporary British and Irish Art,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“Augenblik, Foto/Kunst,” Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria
“Choose your partner – An International Drawing Show,” Nusser & Baumgart Contemporary, Munich, Germany
“abstraction,” Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
“25? Bienal De São Paulo,” Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
“Epic Paintings from the Luther W. Brady Collection,” Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, George Washington University, Washington D.C.
“Eight New Paintings,” Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
“Extranjeros – Los otros artistas españoles,” Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Esteban Vicente, Segovia, Spain
“Margins of Abstraction,” Kouros Gallery, New York, New York
“177th Annual Exhibition,” National Academy of Design, New York, New York
“No Object, No Subject, No Matter…Abstraction in the IMMA Collection,” Irish Museum of Modern
Art, Dublin, Ireland
“Independent Visions,” John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Watercolor,” New York Studio School, New York, New York
“Color/Concept,” National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
“110 Years: The Permanent Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth,” Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas
2001
“Group Show,” McKee Gallery, New York, New York
“Content is a Glimpse,” Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England
“A Century of Drawing,” National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
“Watercolor: In the Abstract,” Hyde Collection Art Museum, Glens Falls, New York. Traveled to Rockefeller Arts Center Gallery, State University of New York Fredonia, Fredonia, New York; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; Ben Shan Gallery, William Patterson University, Wayne, New Jersey; and Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
2000
“Works on Paper,” Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England
“Sean Scully/Edwardo Chillida,” Alan Cristea Gallery, London, England
Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zürich, Switzerland
“On Canvas: Contemporary Painting from the Collection,” Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York
“Colleccion MMKSLW: Viena, de Warhol a Cabrita Reis,” Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
“L’Ombra Della Ragione,” Galleria D’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
“September Selections,” Knoedler & Company, New York, New York
“Group Show,” Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England
“Une Ville – Une Collection,” Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimee, La Louviere, Belgium
“Import,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“Shifting Ground. Selected Works of Irish Art 1950 – 2000,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
1999
“Pars Pro Toto, Architectural Photography and Editions,” Galerie Lelong, Zürich, Switzerland
“Inner Eye: Contemporary Art from the Marc and Livia Straus Collection,” Harn Museum of Art,
Gainsville Florida; Traveled to Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennesse; Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia; the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia; and the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York
“Re-Structure,” Bucksbaum Center for the Arts, Grinnell College Art Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
“Tore A. Holm’s Collection of Contemporary European Art - An Encounter between North and South,” Centro Cultural del Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain
“The Essl Collection: The First View,” Museum Sammlung Essl-Klosterneuburg, Vienna, Austria
“Signature Pieces: Contemporary British Prints and Multiples,” Alan Christea Gallery, London,
England
“Unlocking the Grid,” University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island
“Drawing in the Present Tense,” Parsons School of Design, New York…… Traveled to Eastern
Connecticut State University, Willimantic, Connecticut
“1999 Drawings,” Alexander and Bonin, New York, New York
“Side by Side,” Knoedler & Company, New York, New York
“25 Jahre – 25th Anniversary,” Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zürich, Switzerland
“Geometry as Design: Structures of Modern Art from Albers to Paik,” Neue National Galerie, Berlin, Germany
“A Land of Heart’s Desire – 300 years of Irish Art,” Ulster Museum of Art, Belfast, Ireland
“The Art of Collecting,” Flanders Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
“Zeitschnitt 1900 – 2000: 100 Jahre, 100 Werke,” Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz, Austria
1998
“Large Scale: Works on Paper,” Danese Gallery, New York, New York
“Zeit und Materie,” Baukunst, Cologne, Germany
“Contemporary Art: The Janet Wolfson de Botton Gift,” Tate Gallery, London, England
“The Edward R. Broida Collection: A Selection of Works,” Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida
“Photographies,” Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
“On a Clear Day,” Graphische Sammlung, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
“Large Scale Works on Paper: Le Va, LeWitt, Mangold, Scully, Serra, Winters,” Danese Gallery, New York, New York
“Welcome Back!,” Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
“Cleveland Collects Contemporary Art,” The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
“Arterias,” Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
Galeria Estiarte, Madrid, Spain
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
“Corcoran Biennial,” Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
“Sarajevo 2000,” Museum Moderner Kunst StiftungLudwig Wein, Vienna, Austria
“Acquisitions 1997,” Le Conseil General du Val-de-Marne FDAC, exhibited at Hotel du Departement, Creteil, France
“Matrix Berkeley 1978-1998,” University of California Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, California
“Lawrence Carroll and Sean Scully,” Lawing Gallery, Houston, Texas
“En Norsk Samling Au Europeisk kunst,” Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim, Norway
1997
“Without Trembling,” Galerie Fortlaan 17, Gent, Belgium,
“After the Fall: Abstract Painting,” Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York
“British Arts Council Collection,” Royal Festival Hall, London, England
“The Pursuit of Painting,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
“A Century of Irish Paintings: Selections from the Collection of the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art,” Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland. Traveled to The Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan; The Mitaka City Gallery of Art, Mitaka, Japan; and Yamanashi Perfectural Museum of Art, Yamanashi, Japan
“The View From Denver: Contemporary American Art from the Denver Art Museum,” Museum
Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria
“Thirty Five Years at Crown Point Press: Making Prints, Doing Art,” National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Traveled to The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
“Singular Impressions: The Monotype in America,” National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
1996
“Limited Edition Artists Books,” Brooke Alexander, New York, New York
“Parallels: Nicola De Maria, Donald Judd, Joan Mitchell, Sean Scully, Frederic Matys Thursz,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
“XV Salon de los 16,” Museo de Antropologia, Madrid, Spain
“Balancing Act,” Room Gallery, New York, New York
“Nuevas Abstracciones,” Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain. Traveled to Kunstalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany; Museo d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
“Bare Bones,” TZ Art, New York, New York
“Festival de Culture Irlandaise Contemporain,” Ecoles des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
“Thinking Print,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York “Holländisches Bad: Radierungen zur Renaissance einer Technik, Kunsthaus,” Hamburg, Germany; Traveled to Brecht-Haus-Weissensee, Berlin, Germany
1995
“Color + Structure,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
“Seven from the Seventies,” Knoedler Gallery, New York, New York
“New Publication,” Brooke Alexander Editions, New York, New York
“New York Abstract,” Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
“US Prints,” Retretti Art Center, Punkaharju, Finland
1994
“Paper Under Pressure. Work in Collaboration with Garner Tullis,” Sun Valley Center Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
“Recent Print Acquisitions,” The Tate Gallery, London, England
“Contemporary Watercolors: Europe and America,” University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, Texas
“For 25 years: Brooke Alexander Editions,” The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
“Recent Acquisitions: Paintings from the Collection,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“L'Incanto della Trascendenza,” Galleria Civica de Arte Contemporanea, Trento, Italy
“British Abstract Art. Part 1: Painting,” Flowers East, London, England
“Recent Acquisitions: Prints, Drawings and Photographs,” The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
“An American Passion: The Susan Kasen Summer and Robert D. Summer Collection of Contemporary British Painting,” McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, Scotland and Royal College of Art, London, England
1993
“Tutte le strade portano a Roma,” The Exhibition Centre of Rome, Rome, Italy
“Beyond Paint,” Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, New York
“Drawing in Black and White,” The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
The Grolier Club, New York, New York
“American and European Prints,” Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan
“American and European Works on Paper,” Gallery Martin Wieland, Trier, Germany
“Italia/America: L'Astrazione ridefinita, Dicastro Cultura,” Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Repubblica di San Marino, Italy
“Partners,” Annely Juda Fine Art, London, England
“25 Years,” Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio
“New Moderns,” Baumgartner Galleries, Washington, D.C.
“5 One-Person Shows,” Jamileh Weber Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
“The Turner Prize,” Tate Gallery, London, England
“Ausgewählte Druckgraphik,” Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich, Germany
1992
“Surface to Surface,” Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
“Four Series of Prints,” John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Recent Abstract Painting, Collaboration in Monotype from the Garner Tullis Workshop,” Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio
“Geteilte Bilder,” Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
“Collaborations in Monotype from the Garner Tullis Workshop,” Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
“Behind Bars,” Thread Waxing Space, New York, New York
“Color Block Prints of the 20th Century,” Associated American Artists, New York, New York
“Whitechapel Open,” Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England
“Verso Bisanzio, con disincanto,” Galeria Sergio Tossi, Arte Contemporanea, Prato, Italy
“Painters on Press: Recent Abstract Prints,” Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
“Monotypes, Woodcuts, Drawings,” Europanische Akademie fur Bildende Kunst, Trier, Germany
‘Monotypes from Garner Tullis Workshop,” SOMA Gallery, San Diego, California
“44th Annual Academy-Institute Purchase Exhibition,” American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York
Galleria Sergio Tossi, Prato, Italy
1991
“Small Format Works on Paper,” John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Postmodern Prints,” Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Louver Gallery, New York, New York
“La Metafisica della Luce,” John Good Gallery, New York, New York
“Large Scale Works on Paper,” John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
1990
“Stripes,” Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
“Drawings: Joseph Beuys, Paul Rotterdam, Sean Scully,” Arnold Herstand & Company, New York, New York
Anthony Ralph Gallery, New York, New York
“Geometric Abstraction,” March Richards Gallery, Santa Monica, California
“Artists in the Abstract,” Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina
“Sean Scully / Donald Sultan: Abstraction / Representation,” Stanford University Art Gallery, Stanford, California
1989
“The Elusive Surface,” The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
“Drawings and Related Prints,” Castelli Graphics, New York, New York
“Essential Painting,” Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
“The 1980s: Prints from the Collection of Joshua P. Smith,” National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
“The Linear Image: American Masterworks on Paper,” Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, New York
1988
“17 Years at the Barn,” Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, New York
“In Side,” Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
“Works on Paper: Selections from the Garner Tullis Workshop,” Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, New York
“New Additions, Crown Point Press,” San Francisco, California and New York, New York
“Large Works on Paper,” Mayor Rowan Gallery, London, England
“Sightings: Drawings with Color,” Instituto de Estudios Norteamericanos, Barcelona, Spain; Traveled to Casa Revilla, Valladolid, Spain; Museo Barjola, Gijon, Spain; Caloust Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal; Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, New York; Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
“Sean Scully & Jose Maria Sicilia: New Editions,” Crown Point Press, San Francisco, California & New York, New York
“The Presence of Painting: Aspects of British Abstraction 1957-1988,” Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom; Traveled to Laing Art Gallery & Hatton Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; Harris Museum & Art Gallery, London, England
1987
“Logical Foundations,” Pfizer Inc., New York, New York
“Large Scale Prints,” Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
“Works on Paper,” Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, New York
“Corcoran Biennial,” Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
“Harvey Quaytman & Sean Scully,” Helsinki Festival, Helsinki, Finland
“Drawing from the 80's - Chatsworth Collaboration,” Carnegie Mellon University Art Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
“Drawn-Out,” Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
“Magic in the Mind's Eye: Parts I & II,” Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Rochester, Michigan
“Winter,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
“Large Works by Rowan Artists,” Mayor Rowan Gallery, London, England
“Monotypes by Catherine Lee, John Walker, Sean Scully,” Rubin Gallery, New York, New York
1986
“After Matisse,” The Queens Museum, Flushing, New York. Traveled through 1988 to The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine; Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida; The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.; Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio; Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts
“An American Renaissance in Art: Painting and Sculpture Since 1940,” Fort Lauderdale Museum of Fine Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
“Public and Private: American Prints Today,” Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York
“Cal Collects I,” University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, California
“The Heroic Sublime,” Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, New York
“Structure/Abstraction,” Hill Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
“Courtesy David McKee,” Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, New York
“Detroiters Collect: New Generation,” Meadowbrook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan
“Recent Acquisitions,” Contemporary Arts Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
“Group Drawing Show,” Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
“Catherine Lee & Sean Scully,” Cava Gallery
“25 Years: Three Decades of Contemporary Art,” Juda Rowan Gallery, London, England
1985
“Painting 1985,” Pam Adler Gallery, New York, New York
“Abstract Painting at Surface and Object,” Hillwood Art Gallery, C.W. Post Center, Long Island University, Greenvale, New York
“An Invitational,” Condeso/Lawler Gallery, New York, New York
“Decade of Visual Arts at Princeton: Faculty 1975-1985,” Princeton University Museum of Art, Princeton, New Jersey
“Abstraction/Issues,” Tibor de Nagy, Oscarsson Hood, Sherry French, New York
“Art on Paper,” Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina
“Masterpieces of the Avant-Garde,” Annely Juda Fine Art/Juda Rowan Gallery, London, England
“Small Works,” Juda Rowan Gallery, London, England
1984
“From Color Surface: Painting About Itself,” Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
“An Invitational Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture,” The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
“Four Painters: Pat Steir, Sean Scully, Robert Mangold, Robert S. Zakanitch,” McIntosh/Drysdale Gallery, Houston, Texas
“Twelve Abstract Painters: Part I,” Siegel Contemporary Art, New York, New York
“ROSC,” The Guinness Hops Store, Dublin, Ireland
“Currents #6,” Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
“Small Works: New Abstract Painting,” Lafayette College and Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania
“Group Exhibition,” Susan Montezinos Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
“Hassam & Speicher Purchase Fund Exhibition,” American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York
“Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture,” William Beadleston Fine Art Inc., New York, New York
“Art on Paper,” Galerij S65, Aalst, Belgium
1983
“Three Painters: Sean Scully, David Reed, Ted Stamm,” Zenith Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
“American Abstract Artists,” Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina; Traveled to Moody Gallery of Art, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Nocturne, Siegel Contemporary Art, New York, New York
“Contemporary Abstract Painting,” Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania
David McKee Gallery, New York, New York
“New Work New York (Newcastle Salutes New York),” Newcastle Polytechnic Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
“Student’s Choice Exhibition,” Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
1982
“Critical Perspectives,” P.S.1 The Institute for Art & Urban Resources, New York, New York
“Recent Aspects of All-Over,” Harm Boukaert Gallery, New York, New York
“Pair Group: Current and Emerging Styles in Abstract Painting,” Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey
“Workshop F,” Chelsea School of Art, London, England
“Group Invitational,” Sunne Savage Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
“Art for A New Year,” organized by Art Lending Service, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
1981
“Abstract Painting,” Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey
“Arabia Felix,” Art Galaxy Gallery, New York, New York
“New Directions,” Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, New York
“Art for Collectors,” Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
“New Directions: Contemporary American Art from the Commodities Corporation Collection,” Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale; Traveled to Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California; Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan; Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin; Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama
1980
“Marking Black,” Bronx Museum of Art, The Bronx, New York
“New Directions,” Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey
“The Newcastle Connection,” Polytechnic Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
“The International Connection,” Sense of Ireland Festival, Roundhouse Gallery, London, England
“Growing Up with Art,” Leicestershire Collection for Schools and Colleges, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England
“ROSC,” University College Gallery and National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
“Irish Art 1943 - 1973,” Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland & Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland
1979
“New Wave Painting,” The Clocktower, New York, New York
“Fourteen Painters,” Lehman College, the City University of New York, The Bronx, New York
“First Exhibition,” Toni Birkhead Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
“The British Art Show,” Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, England; Traveled to Laing Art Gallery and Hatton Gallery, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Arnolfini, Bristol and Royal West of England Academy, England
Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, New York
“Tolly Cobbold Eastern Arts 2nd National Exhibition,” Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England. Traveled to Norwich Art Gallery, Norwich; Ipswich, London and Sheffield, United Kingdom
1978
“Certain Traditions: Recent British and Canadian Art,” Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Traveled through 1980 to Glenton Institute, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Art Gallery of Windsor, Ontario, Canada; Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Regional Art Gallery, Ontario, Canada; St. John’s Memorial University of Newfoundland, Newfoundland, Canada; Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, Wales; Museum and Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland; Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry, United Kingdom; Commonwealth Institute Gallery, London, England
Rowan Gallery, London, England
“Small Works,” Newcastle Polytechnic Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
1977
“Four Artists,” Nobe Gallery, New York, New York
“British Painting 1952 - 1977,” The Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
“Works on Paper – The Contemporary Art Society’s Gifts to Public Galleries 1952 -1977,” Diploma Galleries, The Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
Rowan Gallery, London, England
1976
John Weber Gallery, New York, New York
“7 Artists from the Rowan Gallery,” Sunderland Arts Centre, Sunderland, England
Rowan Gallery, London, England
“Invitational Exhibition,” Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, New York
1975
“Contemporary Art Society Art Fair,” London, England
“The British Art Coming: Contemporary British Art,” De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts
Rowan Gallery, London, England
The Arts Club, London, England
1974
“Tenth International Biennale of Art,” Menton, France
Rowan Gallery, London, England
“British Painting,” Hayward Gallery, London, England
“John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 9,” Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England
1973
“La Peinture Anglaise Aujourd'hui,” Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
“Critic's Choice,” Gulbenkian Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
1972
“John Moore's Liverpool Exhibition 8,” Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England
“Northern Young Painters,” University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
1971
“Art Spectrum North,” Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England; Traveled to City Art Gallery, Leeds, England; Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, England
“Annual Students’ Summer Exhibition,” Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
1970
“London Young Contemporaries,” traveling exhibition, Arts Council of Great Britain
“Northern Young Contemporaries,” Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, England
AWARDS
2003
Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland
1984
National Endowments for the Arts Fellowship
1983
Guggenheim Fellowship
National Endowments for the Arts Fellowship
1975
Harkness Fellowship
1973
John Knox Fellowship
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Arts Council of Great Britain, London, England
Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia
Bayerische Staatsgemaeldesammlung, Munich, Germany
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France
British Council, London, England
Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico
Ceolfrith Art Centre, Sunderland, England
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, New York
Chemical Bank, New York, New York
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Contemporary Arts Society, London, England
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Council of National Academic Awards, London, England
Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
The DG Bank Collection, Frankfurt, Germany
Eastern Arts Association, Cambridge, England
First Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
La Fondation Edelman, Lausanne, Switzerland
Fundacio La Caixa Galicia, La Coruña, Spain
Galleria D’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Austria
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York
Glenstone, Washington, D.C.
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
L’Hotel des Arts, Toulon, France
Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencià, Spain
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Leicestershire Educational Authority, Leicester, England
Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester, England
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas
Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Musee du Dessin et de l’Estampe Originale, Gravelines, France
Musee du Val de Marne, Ivry-sur-Seine, France
Museo d’ Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Caracas, Venezuela
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Museum für (Sub)Kultur, Berlin, Germany
Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
National Gallery of Victoria, Felton Bequest, Melbourne, Australia
Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz, Linz, Austria
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina
Northern Arts Association, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida
Paine Webber Group, Inc., New York, New York
Philip Morris, Inc., New York, New York
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
Power Institute of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Ruhr Universitat Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Saastamoisen Saatio, Helsinki, Finland
Saint Louis Museum of Art, St. Louis, Missouri
Sammlung Essl, Vienna, Austria
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California
Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Tate Gallery, London, England
Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan
Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, England
Zentrum fur Kunst und Medien Technologie, Karlsruhe, Germany