Born in Philadelphia in 1968
Lives in Brooklyn
Education
1993Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA; MFA, Sculpture
1990Washington University, St. Louis, MO; BFA, Sculpture
One-Person Exhibitions
2006g-module, Paris
2003g-module, Paris
2002Feature Inc., New York
1999Feature Inc., New York
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010“The Rule of Typical Things,” Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco
“Skulture,” Feature Inc., New York
2009“Reflections and Reflected Color for Sale” (group exhibition), Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles
2008“Begin Again Right Back Here,” White Columns, New York; curated by B. Wurtz
“White House Redux: The Exhibition,” Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York
“Shit,” Feature Inc., New York
“g-salon,” g-module, Paris
2006The 181st Annual, National Academy Museum, New York
“Dynasty,” Gallery MC, New York; curated by Amy Goldrich, Christopher K. Ho, Omar Lopez-Chahoud and
Sara Reisman
2005“The sun rises in the evening.,” Feature Inc., New York
“Heavenly, or a Slice of White,” Bertha and Karl Lubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, New York; curated by
Julia Jacquette & Joie Rosen
“Solitude and Focus: Recent Work by MacDowell Colony Fellows in the Visual Arts,” Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT (catalogue)
2003“Marsha Cottrell: Drawing/Alan Wiener: Sculpture,” g-module, Paris
2002“Artists to Artists: A Decade of the Space Program,” Ace Gallery, New York (catalogue)
2001“2001 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition,” Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
2000“John Torreano/Alan Wiener,” Feature Inc., New York
“Hairy Forearm’s Self-Referral,” Feature Inc., New York
“2002,” M du B, F, H & g, Montreal
“Marsha Cottrell/Alan Wiener,” GAGA, New York
1999“Spaceship Earth,” Art in General, New York
1998“Architecture, Architecture, Architecture,” Hunter College, New York
“Blunt Object,”Smart Museum, Chicago; curated by Courtenay Smith (catalogue)
“Southern Exposure,” Ambrosino Gallery, Miami
“Wall Work,” White Columns, New York (brochure)
“TIGHt: sphincteric arhatship,” Trans Hudson Gallery, New York
“Science,” Feature Inc., New York
1997“Blind Faith,” White Columns, New York; curated by Paul Ha
“Emerging Artists,” PaceWildenstein, New York
“Plastered,” Shoshona Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“A Closer Look,” Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, PA (brochure)
1996“Hers was a ghost face at the window in a dream; and then the glass pane turned it into a drowned face staring
up from the bed of a clear river,” Feature Inc., New York
1995“Philadelphia Selections,” Moore College of Art, Philadelphia; curated by Terrie Sultan
Selected Bibliography
2007Untitled publication, no. 1 (Spring), Feature Inc., New York (reproduction)
Bors, Chris. Report from Paris, artnet.com, 2 March >link (accessed 22 August, 2007)
2002Faust, Lily. Review, M, December, 16
1999Bakke, Erik. “Studio Visit: Alan Wiener,” NY Arts, February, 61 (reproduction)
Cotter, Holland. “Changes Aside, SoHo Is Still Very Much SoHo,” New York Times, 12 February, B:33, 35
Schmerler, Sarah. Review, Time Out New York, 25 February, 59 (reproduction)
1998Cotter, Holland. Review of “Blind Faith,” New York Times, 9 January, E39
Smith, Roberta. Review of “Wall Work,” New York Times, 12 June
1997Rice, Robin. “White Noise: A Show that Rewards Contemplation at Beaver College,” Philadelphia City Paper,
7 February, 30
Sozanski, Edward. “Sparse Show Delivers with Unresolved Tension,” Philadelphia Inquirer,
31 January, (reproduction)
Awards and Residencies
2001John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship
MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
1994The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, New York
1993La Napoule Art Foundation, La Napoule, France
1991Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
1989Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME