CHARLES LABELLE
Born : 1964, Dearborn, Michigan. Lives and works in Hong Kong.
EDUCATION
1988 - B.A., University of California, Los Angeles
SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2011 - Charles LaBelle, Number One Gallery, Bangkok
- Charles LaBelle, Saamlung, Hong Kong
2010 - Charles LaBelle, MobArt at the Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences, Hong Kong
- Charles LaBelle, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles
2009 - Lines of Flight, Stage 1, Hong Kong
- California Suite: Selected Works 1993 – 2009, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley
2008 - Charles LaBelle, Para/Site Central, Hong Kong
- Charles LaBelle, Maass Gallery, Purchase College, NY
- Polis / Persona, Lawrimore Project, Seattle
2007 - Fieldworks, Tony Wight, Chicago
- Sugar Hill Suite, Anna Kustera, New York
- Buildings Entered 1997-2007, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley CA
2006 - Sugar Hill Suite, Tony Wight/Bodybuilder & Sportsman, Chicago
2005 - Columbus Suite, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus OH
2004 - Miami Drift, Lemon Sky, Miami
- Driftworks, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles
2003 - Intervals + Intensities, Ten in One Gallery, New York
2002 - Darkness and Light, Bodybuilder and Sportsman, Chicago
- Holiday, Traywick Gallery, Berkeley
- Dearborn, Roberts & Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles
2001 - Horror of Light, Pomona College Museum of Art, Pomona, CA (catalogue)
- Sunset at Dawn, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus OH
2000 - Illuminated Trees, Traywick Gallery, Berkeley
- Disappearer, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles (catalogue)
1999 - Night Moves, Lemon Sky, Los Angeles (catalogue)
1998 - Manifestation, Post Los Angeles
1997 - Charles LaBelle, University of Texas, San Antonio Satellite Space, San Antonio, Texas
1995 - Works on Paper, domestic setting, Los Angeles
1993 - Colonies II, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica
1992 - Colonies, Philippe Briet Gallery, New York
SELECTED PROJECTS AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 - Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco
2011 - Taking Time, Nou Gallery, Taipei
- Size Matters, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles
- Singapore Biennale, Singapore
2010 - Charles LaBelle and Scott Ingram, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York
2009 - Urban Alienation, Blue Lotus Gallery, Hong Kong
- Of People and Places, Louisiana State University Museum of Art, Baton Rouge
2008 - The Silver Shed, New York
- to: Night; Hunter College Art Galleries, New York
- Road Trip, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA
- Urbanity on Paper, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York
- Person of the Crowd, Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
2007 - What a Beautiful Space You Have, Claremont College Museum of Art, Riverside, CA
- The Uncertainty Principle, Northern Illinois University Museum, Dekalb IL
2006 - Local Transit, Artist’s Space, New York
2005 - In the Neighborhood of Infinity, Sixteen to One Gallery, Los Angeles
2004 - In Focus: Themes in Contemporary Photography, Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo
- Rimbaud (curated by Max Henry), I-20 Gallery, New York
- Topographies, San Francisco Art Institute (traveled, catalogue)
2003 - I am a curator, Chisenhale Gallery, London
- Justine LaCroix, Marseille
2002 - Cut, Colored, Pulled and Burnt, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
Glow: - Aspects of Light in Contemporary American Art (curated by Francis Colpitt), ArtPace and University of Texas, San Antonio (travelled, catalogue)
- Liminal Spaces, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, New York
2001 - ... a preacher and a bible..., Galerie La Friche, Marseilles, France
- In Through the Outdoors, Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, CA
- Wattage & Friendship, Muller-DiChiara Gallery, Berlin
- In the City (Curated by Lorelei Stewart), Gallery 400, Chicago
- Travelogue, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana
- Ken Fandell and Charles LaBelle, Bodybuilder and Sportsman, Chicago
2000 - Under the Influence: New Art from LA, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City
- Charles LaBelle & Chris Sauter, Sala Diaz, San Antonio
- Cleaning Up, University of Southern California Art Gallery, Los Angeles
- Utopia, Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger, Norway (catalogue)
- Night Moves, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
1999 - Venus, Ehemals Raum Brasilica, Vienna
- The Mourning After, Barnsdale Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles (catalogue)
1998 - Some Related Areas (curated by Brad Spence), Art Gallery, University of California Irvine
- Wings of Desire,Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
1997 - CA 9001-185, W139, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1996 - True Bliss, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles (catalogue)
1995 - Its Only Rock 'n Roll (curated by David Rubin), Contemporary Arts Center,Cincinnati, Ohio (catalogue, traveled)
- Rezone, DiverseWorks, Houston, Texas
1994 - Let the Artist Live, Exit Art/The First World, New York
- For Your Pleasure......, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica
- Altered Egos , Santa Monica Museum of Art (catalogue)
- Mapping (curated by Frances Colpitt), University of Texas, San Antonio Art Gallery, San Antonio
(catalogue, traveled)
- Le Temps d'un Dessin, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Lorient, France (catalogue, traveled)
1993 - Poverty Pop, Exit Art/The First World, New York
1992 - In Flux, Gallery 400, Chicago
- Evidently, Dooley Le Cappellaine Gallery, New York
- Fever, Exit Art/The First World, New York (traveled)
- A/C Project Room, New York
- Crusoe (Refiguring Reality), Dooley Le Cappellaine Gallery, New York
GRANTS, AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS
2007 - MacDowell Colony Fellow
2006 - Lower Manhattan Cultural Center, Swing Space Grant
2003 - Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Study and Conference Center Fellow
- Triangle France/ La Friche de la Belle de Mai Residency, Marseilles, France
- Los Angeles Metropolitian Transit Authority Project Award
2000 - Getty Trust Fellowship
1995 - Art Matters Fellowship
Artist’s Books
2011 - “Corpus,” MCCM Creations, Hong Kong
- “Architecture from the Outside,” Ood Press, Los Angeles/ Rio de Janeiro
SELECTED ARTICLES, REVIEWS AND CATALOGS
2011 - Warden, Kathleen Suraya. “Charles LaBelle and Michael Lee at the 2011 Singapore Biennale,” Asian Art News,
p. 127-129 (images)
- Palmer, Daniel. “2011 Singapore Biennale,” Frieze, May
- Peckham, Robin. “Photo Tour Singapore Biennale 2011,” Randian, April 27 (images)
- Yao, Pauline. “2011 Singapore Biennale,” Art Agenda, March 18 (image)
- Singapore Biennale 2011 Catalogue. Text by Nuit Banai and artist’s folio p. 234
2010 - Bryan, Kate. “Charles LaBelle at the Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences,” Asia Art News, July/August p95
(images)
- Batten, John. “Personal Mapping,” Perspective, July p.24 (images)
- Agnew, Mary. “Eye Spy,” Time Out Hong Kong - Peckham, Robin. “LaBelle at HKMSS,” ArtSlant (images)
- Teh, Yvonne. “Charles LaBelle,” South China Morning Post, May 27 (image)
- In Magazine, April + May (images)
- Anonymous. “Archaeologies of the future by Charles LaBelle,” Post Internet (A Project of the Creative Capital | Andy Warhol Foundation Arts’ Writers Grant Program), April 22
2009 - Lam, Yuki. “Artistic Documentation,” Today’s Living, December , p 46-49 (images)
- Visualingual. “Archaeologies of the Future,” Oct 10 (images)
- Hackett, Regina. “Charles LaBelle- Archaeologies of the Future,” ArtsJournal.com, Sept (image)
- Szupinski, Joanna,. “Charles LaBelle at Traywick Contemporary,” Artweek, May (image)
2008 - Lippens, Nate. “Time Space Location: Catching Charles LaBelle’s Drift,” Arcade, June (image)
- Shipley, Jonathan. “Charles LaBelle (review),” Art Lies!, Summer (image)
- Demetre, Jim. “Charles LaBelle at Lawrimore Project,” Art Dish (image)
- Lippens, Nate. “Videos at Lawrimore Take Us Far and Wide,” Seattle PI, March 20 (image)
- Grant, Adriana. “Charles LaBelle and his Bare Chest,” Seattle Weekly, March19 (image) - Genocchio, Benjamin. “A Walk on the Wild Side, and Then Some,” New York Times, February 10 (image)
2007 - Grabner, Michelle. “Charles LaBelle- Fieldworks,” Time Out Chicago, Oct. (image)
- Ewing, John. “Charles LaBelle: Sugar Hill Suite,” Art Lies, Issue 53, Spring (image)
- Wilson, Michael. “Charles LaBelle at Anna Kustera Gallery,” Artforum, April (image)
2006 - Jones, Amelia. Self/Image: Technology, Representation and the Contemporary Subject. Routledge, p 110-115
- Wienstein, Lauren. “Charles LaBelle: ‘Sugar Hill Suite,’” Time Out Chicago, April 13-20
- Artner, Alan. “Charles LaBelle’s ‘Sugar Hill Suite,’ Chicago Tribune, March 31
2004 - Daigle, Claire. “Rimbaud at I-20 Gallery,” Art Papers, November/December p. 49 (image)
- Frank, Peter. “Charles LaBelle at Roberts & Tilton,” Art Review, November 2004 (image)
- Baker, Kenneth. “LaBelle Adrift at Traywick,” San Francisco Chronicle, October 23 (image)
- Wood, Eve. “Charles LaBelle at Roberts & Tilton,” Flash Art, Oct. (image)
- Knight, Christopher. “The Result of Aimless Drifting,” Los Angeles Times, August 6 p. E6
- Smith, Roberta. “Rimbaud,” New York Times, July 30
- Buck, David. “Topographies,” Artweek, June 2004
- “Topographies,” Exhibition Catalogue, Essays by Steve Dietz, Jeanne Przblysky and Noah Snyder,
- San Francisco Art Institute and the Fellows of Contemporary Art, Artist Folio pg. 6A
2003 - Colpitt, Frances. “Charles LaBelle & Randy Wray: Sudden,” ArtLies! Issue 41, Winter 2003-4, p. 94
- Goddard, Dan. “Visionary Art,” San Antono Express-News, November 13 (image)
- Matlick, Justin. Critics’ Choices: Charles LaBelle,” Chicago Reader, Jan. 3-9
2002 - Zwartjes, Arend. “Glow: Aspects of Light in Contemporary American Art,” Artlies, Fall 2002, p. 95-96
- Baker, Kenneth. “LaBelle at Traywick,” San Francisco Chronicle, October 12, p. D10
2001 - “Horror of Light,” Exhibition Catalogue, Pomona College Museum of Art
- Fryer-Kohles, “Street of Dreams Under a Lens,” The Columbus Dispatch, Sept. 30, 8F (image)
- “Sunset at Dawn,” Exhibition Catalogue, Rebecca Ibel Gallery
- “Hollywood 101,” project for Zing Magazine, Spring/ Summer (image)
- Starker, Melissa. “Here’s Looking at You,” Columbus Alive, May 10 (image)
- Helfand, Glen. “Charles LaBelle, Traywick Gallery,” Art on Paper, Jan-Feb. (image)
2000 - Meyer, James. “Top Ten: Charles LaBelle,” Artforum, December, p. 114 (image)
- “Disappearer,” Exhibition Catalogue, Essay by Jacqueline Cooper, Smart Art Press, Santa Monica
- Thornson, Alice. “Under the Influence: Young Artists Celebrate LA’s Culture,” Kansas City Star, October 21
- Harvey, Doug. “Charles LaBelle at Roberts & Tilton,” Art Issues, p. 48 (images)
- Moreno, Gean. “Polis as Playground: Contemporary Artists in Urban Space,” Art Papers, September/October,
p. 28-35, (images)
- Zellen, Jody. “Rites of Passage,” d’Art International, p. 27 (image)
- Cooper, Jacqueline. “The Fashion Show,” New Art Examiner, May, P. 56 (image)
- Tumlir, Jan.”The Fashion Show,” Art & Text, May-July, p. 94-95
- Allherholm, Milou. “Narstudie Los Angeles,” Dagens Nyheter (Sweden), April 12, p B3 (image)
- Harvey, Doug. “Gallaria,” LA Weekly, April 7-13, p. 47 (image)
- Knight, Christopher. “In Charles LaBelle’s World Things are Inside-Out,” Los Angeles Times, March 17,
p. F25 (image)
- Crowder, Joan. “Working on those Night Moves,” Santa Barbara Press-News, March 17, p. 3 (image)
- Meeker, Cheryl. “Drive By: Snapshots from the Cultural Landscape,” Art Papers, January/February p. 57 (image)
- Colpitt, Frances. “Charles LaBelle at Lemon Sky,” Art in America, January, p. 126 (Image)
1999 - Ise, Claudine. “Articulating Grief Though the ‘Art of Loss’,” Los Angeles Times, April 16, p. F30 (image)
- Frank, Peter. “The Mourning After,” LA Weekly, April 13
- “The Mourning After,” (exhibition catalogue), Los Angeles Municiple Art Gallery, essay by Susette Min
1998 - Curtis, Cathy. “When Seeing Isn’t Believing,” Los Angeles Times, Oct. 15
1997 - Finkel, Jori. Review of Refusalon Show, San Francisco Express, May 23, p. 52 (image)
- Goddard, Dan. “Stained Bedsheets Underlie LaBelle’s Embroidered Art,” San Antonio Express-News, January 29
1996 - True.Bliss. (exhibition catalogue), Essays by David Greene and Julie Joyce, Artist’s Folio p.21,
- Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
- “Abstract Eroticism”, Art & Design #47, organized by Michael Petry, p. 20-21
1995 - It’s Only Rock and Roll (exhibition catalogue), Contemporary Art Center, Cincinatti, organized by David S. Rubin - Kandel, Susan. "Art of Mixing," Los Angeles Times, June 22, p. F4
1994 - Hess, Elizabeth. "No Exit Art," Village Voice, October 11, p. 109
- Jones, Amelia. "Taro Chiezo, Michael Cohen, LouAnne Greenwald, Charles LaBelle and Marie Lafia at domestic
- setting," Artforum, October, p. 109
- Wilson, William. "Santa Monica's Exquisite Deceptions," Los Angeles Times, July 16, p. F4
- Altered Egos (exhibition catalogue), Essays by Karen Moss and Amelia Jones, Artist's text, p. 39-42, color folio
p. 77, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica
- Mapping (exhibition catalogue), Essay by Frances Colpitt, p19, Artist's folio, p. 31, University of Texas, San Antonio
- Le temps d'un Dessin (exhibition catalogue), Ecole des Beaux Arts, Lorient, France
1993 - Ostrow, Saul. "On Kawara and Six Other Artists," Flash Art, September, p. 79 (image)
- Pagel, David. "Charles LaBelle at Robert Berman Gallery," Artforum, May, p.110-111 (image)
- Greenstein, M.A. "Edgy in Edge City," Artweek, April 22, p. 16-17 (image)
- Taylor, Simon. "Charles LaBelle at Philippe Briet," Art in America, March, p. 114-115(image)
- Kandel, Susan. "Charles LaBelle's Bourgeois Revolution," Los Angeles Times, January 28, p. F8
- Levin, Kim. "Voice Choices: Fever," Village Voice, January 5, p. 56
1992 - Smith, Roberta. "The Los Angeles Art World's New Image," New York Times, Dec. 29, p. B1
- Hess, Elizabeth. "Pillows to Post (Graffiti)," Village Voice, November 17, p. 109 (image)
Public and Private Collections
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Berkeley Art Museum; Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo; Santa Barbara Museum of Art; Deautsche Bank Collection; The Stuart & Judy Spence Collection; Microsoft Collection; Hewlett-Packard Collection; Nationwide Collection; Banana Republic Collection
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