VALERIE SNOBECK
Born 1980 Wadena, MN
Lives and works in New York, NY
EDUCATION
2006-2008
MFA, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1998-2003
BFA, St. Cloud State University, St Cloud, MN
1999
Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014
Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK
2013
Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels, Belgium
Mechanic of Fluid, Art Basel Parcours, Basel, Switzerland
Distance Body, Kiehle Gallery, St. Cloud State University, St Cloud, MN
2012
Grand Beauty Salon, Essex Street, New York, NY
American Standard Movement, Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, IL
Tool Construct, Le Consortium, Dijon, France
They Seem Removed, Thomas Duncan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Black Optic with Rope, Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels, Belgium
Black Optic with Rope, University of Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
2010
Valerie Snobeck, 8 rue Saint Bon, Paris, France
Valerie Snobeck, Renwick Gallery, New York, NY
2009
The Materials of Thousand Uses, DOVA Temporary, Chicago, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
ANAMERICANA, Depart Foundation, in collaboration with the American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
Out of Place, curated by Joanna Kleinberg, Locust Projects, Miami, FL (with Tracey Goodman)
Out of Memory, Curated by Eleanor Cayre, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
Transforming the Known: The Collection of Bert Kreuk, Gemeentenmuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands
Group Exhibition organized by Shane Campbell, Federica Schiavo Gallery, Rome, Italy
From where I come…maybe…I don’t know, Raucci Santamaria, Naples, Italy
The Handler of Gravity, Essex Street, New York, NY
2012
Christmas Jewels, 8 rue Saint-Bon, Paris, France
New York: Directions, Points of Interest, Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy (exh. cat)
I Think and That Is All That I Am, Thomas Duncan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Mirages, Fountains & Dissociatives Compositions, Curated by Catherine Sullivan & Catherine Bastide, Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels, BE
Broken Umbrellas, Laurel Gitlen, New York, NY
Tax Day News & Smoke, Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, NY
Group Show, Tony Wight Gallery, Chicago, IL
Vide-Poche, Sculpture Center, New York, NY
Zak Kitnik and Valerie Snobeck, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
Science Po Pour Prix, l'Art Contemporain, Paris, France (exh. cat)
2010
We Thought Maybe You Were in the Plot, Rowley Kennerk Gallery, Chicago, IL
A Relative Expanse, Renwick Gallery, New York, NY
A Selection from a Decade of Painting at the Department of Visual Arts, DOVA Temporary, Chicago, IL
2009
The Forces of Nature, Eel Space, Chicago, IL
From a Position, Evanston Art Center, Chicago, IL
2008
Cryptomesia, DOVA Temporary, Chicago, IL
This Process Alone Will Not Save Us, SGCC, Richmond, VA
2007
Plant Worship, Swan Song Contemporary Art, Maiden Rock, WI
We All Unknown #1, GMW Project Space, Bloomington, IL
Unoccupied Spaces, Georgia College and State University Gallery, Milledgeville, GA
2006
Set the Controls to the Center of the Sun, Kiehle Visual Arts Center, St. Cloud, MN
Darken Day, The Front Room, St. Paul, MN
2005
Moving Targets, Universität der Künste, Berlin, DE
Draw, Soo, Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
Intimate Immensities, TranSpace Gallery, Normal, IL
2004
Project Room Exhibition, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
CATALOGUES
2012
New York: Directions, Points of Interest (Massimo De Carlo, Milan).
2011
Science Po Pour Prix (l’Art Contemporain, Paris).
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
2013
C. Stewart and A. Hothi, ‘Valerie Snobeck’, Tank (Spring): 104.
J. Torres, ‘Out of Place’, WUM Online Journal for the Arts (12 May)
K. Patrick, ‘A Studio Visit with Valerie Snobeck‘, Muse Magazine Blog (7 May)
E. Carmicheal, ‘25 Artists to Watch in 2013’, Complex Online (2 January).
2012
N. Tembley, ‘L’atelier – Valerie Snobeck’, Numéro, no. 134 (June-July).
P. Soto, ‘Valerie Snobeck Makes Networks’, Art in America Online (29 May).
B. Walsh, ‘Valerie Snobeck Makes Networks’, Art in America Online (15 December).
2011
L. Bovier, ‘8, rue Saint-Bon, Paris’, JRP-Ringier Newspaper: 24.
A. Goldstein, ‘The Agenda: Vide-Poche’, ArtInfo Online (28 March).
K. Madden, ‘Critics’ Picks: Vide-Poche’, Artforum Online (18 March).
2010
J. Fiduccia, ‘Carol Bove, Blinky Palermo, Renwick Gallery group exhibitions’, Artforum Online (28
November).
K. Rosenberg, ‘Valerie Snobeck’s First New York Solo’, The New York Times (5 November): C32.
B. Salsbury, ‘Critics’ Picks: A Relative Expanse’, Artforum Online (5 June).
2009
B. Stabler, ‘Portrait of the Gallery: Eel Space’, Newcity Art Online (10 August).
P. Connelly, ‘From a Position/Evanston Art Center’, Newcity Art Online (8 June).
K. Born, ‘From a Position at Evanston Art Center’, Chicago Now Online (4 June).
AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2008
Teaching Fellowship, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2007
Greatmiddlewest Artist Residency / Co-founder, Bloomington, IL
2006
The Harveyville Project, Artist Residency, Harveyville, KS
2004
Soap Factory Artist Residency, Minneapolis, MN