Rio Arriba, 2015
Urethane on linen
48 x 60 in (121.9 x 152.4 cm)
Untitled, 2015
Urethane and gold leaf on bone
56 x 28 x 17 in (142.2 x 71.1 x 43.2 cm)
White Wizard, 2015
Urethane on aluminum
100 x 7 x 11 in (254 x 17.8 x 27.9 cm)
Super Nova, 2015
Urethane on linen
46 x 46 in (116.8 x 116.8 cm)
Home Brew, 2015
Urethane on fiberglass
37 x 25 x 10 in (94 x 63.5 x 25.4 cm)
Keep on Truckin', 2015
Urethane on aluminum, gold plated needles
25 x 30 x 10 in (63.5 x 76.2 x 25.4 cm)
Semi-precious, 2015
Urethane, polyester body filler, fiberglass, cardboard
72 x 36 x 69 in (182.9 x 91.4 x 175.3 cm)
Zoom at the Top, 2015
Urethane, imitation gold leaf on fiberglass and cardboard
118 x 66 x 44 in (299.7 x 167.6 x 111.8 cm)
Eileen, 2015
Urethane on aluminum, gold plated needles
38 x 29 x 24 in (96.5 x 73.7 x 61 cm)
Vanishing Point, 2015
Urethane on linen
24 x 32 in (61 x 81.3 cm)
Finish Fetish, 2015
Urethane on aluminum, gold plated needles
42 x 46 x 33 in (106.7 x 116.8 x 83.8 cm)
Black Cherries, 2014
Gold plated bronze and urethane on aluminum
Edition 3 of 3
33 x 24 x 12 in (83.8 x 61 x 30.5 cm)
Heavy Bag, 2014
Urethane on aluminum with gold plated chain
Edition 3 of 3
18 x 18 x 84 in (45.7 x 45.7 x 213.4 cm)
Stagecoach, 2012-2014
Mixed media
101 x 180 x 80 in (256.5 x 457.2 x 203.2 cm)
Parking Block, 2010
Urethane on fiberglass
72 x 7.75 x 5 in (182.9 x 19.7 x 12.7 cm)
b. 1973 in Westerly, Rhode Island
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
EDUCATION
1995 BFA Rhode Island School of Design
SOLO and TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2016 The Hollow Earth Theory, Galerie Lange + Pult, Zurich, Switzerland
Coca Cola Cowboy, Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
2015 Like A Rock, Gavlak, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Old and New, Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
Vincent Szarek, Galerie Clemens Gunzer, Zurich, Switzerland
2013 CNP, Los Angeles, California
2012 Divine Felony, V1 Copenhagen, Denmark
Olivier Mosset, Vincent Szarek , Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
2011 Hi-Fi Chassis, Leo Koenig, Inc. Projekte, New York City
The Essential Collection, Zurich, Switzerland
2009 Gold, Oil, Corn, Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
2007 Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
2006 Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
Almine Rech, Paris, France
Mario Diacono at Ars Libri, Boston, Massachusetts
2005 Vincent Szarek / Michael Zahn, ZKMax, Munich, Germany
2004 Sandra Gering Gallery, New York City
Old Glory, Fusebox, Washington, D.C.
2003 PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York City
Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, France
2002 Sandra Gering Gallery, New York City
Kink, Fusebox, Washington, D.C.
2001 Sandra Gering Gallery, New York City
2000 Vincent Szarek / Michael Zahn, CAIS Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1999 Vincent Szarek / Sebastiaan Bremer, Gallery: untitled, Dallas, Texas
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 Tech-né-Color, Sandra Gering Inc., New York, NY
2015 10 Year Anniversary, Gavlak, Los Angeles, CA and Palm Beach, FL
2014 Inaugural Exhibition, Gavlak, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Beer, curated by Drew Heitzler, Green Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
White House, curated by Vincent Szarek, Galerie Clemens Gunzer, Zurich, Switzerland
Painting in Place, curated by Shamim M. Momin, LAND, Los Angeles, California
2012 Pop Up, Galerie de Multiples, Paris, France
Tonight We Won't Be Bored, V1, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hell Raisers, Lange + Pult, Zurich, Switzerland
Doppelgangster Arena 1, curated by Allen Tombello, Los Angeles, California
Hell Raisers 2, Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris, France
Death Can Dance, TOWNHOUSE, Zurich, Switzerland
Take Off Your Silver Spurs And Help Me Pass The Time, Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
Art & Stars & Cars, curated by Renate Wiehager, Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart, Germany
2011 Hirschfaktor, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany
Make Skateboards, organized by Scott Ogden and Jonathan Lavoie, I-20 Gallery, New York City
Opera Seria, Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
Olivier Mosset, Jeffrey Schad, and Vincent Szarek, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, California
The Artist as Collector: Olivier Mosset, MoCA Tucson, Arizona
2010 Geometria en el siglo XX en la Daimler Art Collection, curated by Renate Wiehager, Malba
Fundacion Costantini, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Endless Bummer, curated by Drew Heitzler, Blum and Poe, Los Angeles, California
The Brucennial, curated by Vito Schnabel and The Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York City
Cars: Warhol, Fleury, Longo, Szarek, The Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria
Both Sides of the Pulaski, curated by Andrea Salerno, New York City
2009 Olivier Mosset: Portrait de L'artiste en Motocycliste, Magasin Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France
2008 Is It Tomorrow Yet?, Singapore Art Museum
The Boys Are Back In Town, curated by Wes Lang, V1, Copenhagen, Denmark
MAXImin - Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Spain
Rot Red Rouge, Residenzgalerie, Salzburg, Austria
2007 Half Square, Half Crazy, Villa Arson, Nice, France
Back to Nature, Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
Cosmic Dreams, Centre Cultural Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
A Moitie Carre a Moite fou, La Villa Arson, Nice, France
Antes y después del minimalismo Museu d´Art Espanyol Contemporani, Palma de Mallorca
2006 The Gold Standard, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York City
An Ongoing Low-Grade Mystery, Organized by Robert Nickas at Paula Cooper, New York City
Outside Europe Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Minimalism and After V, DiamlerChrysler Collection, Berlin, Germany
2005 Di Sculptura, Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
Roundhouse, Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
Extreme Abstraction, Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, New York
General Dynamics, Synagogue de Delme, Delme, France
Die Gute Form, Mehdi Chouakri Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2004 Minimalism and After III, DiamlerChrysler Collection, Berlin, Germany
Genesis Sculpture, Domaine Pommery, France
Art History of Surf Culture, Milk Studios, New York
Grotto 2, Jessica Murray Projects, New York City
Sculptures, Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, France
On A Wave, Jessica Murray Projects, New York
2003 Greetings From New York, Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
SKULPTURE 03, Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
#21, Champion Fine Art, New York City
Perpetual Bliss, Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
2002 Guide to Trust No. 2, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, traveling after, curated by Jimmy Dams
Chromophilia, Fusebox, Washington, D.C.
The Young and the Hung, Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Optical Optimism, Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, Louisiana
2001 Geometry and Gesture, Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Fresh, Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City
Perfect 10: Ten Years in Soho, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York City
2000 Open The Pod Bay Doors Hal, Feature Gallery, New York City
1999 Antiworld, curated by Marcos Rosales, Gallery: untitled, Dallas, Texas
SELECTED PRESS
2015 Matthew Stromberg, “Snap Review: Vincent Szarek Like A Rock,”
Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, September
2013 Shana Nys Dambrot, “Vincent Szarek: Everything the Artist Touches Turns to
Glitter,” Flaunt Magazine, February 21, 2013
