b. 1977
Lives and works in New York
Education
1999 BFA; Minor in Art History, School of Art and Design at Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Solo Exhibitions
2021
Alison Jacques, London, UK
The Flag Art Foundation, New York, NY
2013
Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK
2009
Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK
2006
Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2005
ACME., Los Angeles, CA
2003
Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2002
Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2022
Meticulous, on view through January 2023, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Among Friends: Three Views of a Collection, The FLAG Art Foundation
2019
Drawn Together, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
2017
Cynthia Daignault, Dan Fischer, Ellen Lesperance: Makers Catalogue, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Introspective, A group exhibition of self portraits, BravinLee programs, New York, NY
2014
Year After Year: Drawings from the UBS Art Collection, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan, Italy
Top Drawer: Select Drawings from the High's Collection, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
2013
Lifelike, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA
2012
Lifelike, Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
Graphite, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Grey Full, curated by Geoffrey Young, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Among Flesh, Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK
Making a Mark: Drawings from the Contemporary Collection, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Robert Mapplethorpe: Night Work, curated by Scissor Sisters, Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK
Idée Fixe: Drawings of an Obsessive Nature, Winkleman Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Earth Paint Paper Wood, The Menil Collection, Houston, TX
The Pencil Show, Foxy Production, New York, NY
2009
The Anniversary Show, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Picturing the Studio, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Mark-Making: Dots, Lines, and Curves, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX
The Making of Art, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
2008
Matisse and Beyond: Selections from the Permanent Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Wall Rockets: Contemporary Artists and Ed Ruscha, curated by Lisa Dennison, The FLAG
Art Foundation, New York, NY
Two Years, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Attention to Detail, curated by Chuck Close, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
2007
love and death in MODERN TIMES, Dinter Fine Art, New York, NY
UBS Young Art, g27, Zurich, Switzerland
NeoIntegrity, curated by Keith Mayerson, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Block Party II, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Likeness (Portraits from All Angles), Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
On Line: Contemporary Drawing, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, CA
Light in August, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Block Party: An Exhibition of Drawings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Twice Drawn, The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
Inaugural Group Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2004
Art on Paper 2004, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Pencil Me In, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
The Rose Garden without Thorns, Galerie Lisa Ruyter, Vienna, Austria
Finesse, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Colored Pencil, KS Art, New York, NY
Gio Ponti: Furnished Settings and Figuration, ACME., Los Angeles, CA
2003
Process and Possibility: Contemporary Drawings at the MFAH, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Chance Encounters: “Un” Selected from the Addison Collection, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
The Summer of Lust, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Drawings, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Living With Duchamp, The Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY
Ballpoint Inklings, K.S. Art, New York, NY
2002
Ballpoint Inklings, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington,MA
2001
Luck of the Drawn, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington. MA
2000
Useful Indiscretions, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
1999
Return to Splendor, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Bibliography
2012
Engberg, Siri. Life Like. Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 2012. Print.
2011
Berry, Ian, editor. Twice Drawn: Modern and Contemporary Drawings in Context. Saratoga Springs, N.Y.: Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College; Munich, Germany: DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2011. Print.
2010
Kamien-Kazhdan, Adina. Modernism in Dialogue: 20th Century Painting and Sculpture in the Israel Museum. Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 2010. Print.
2009
Smith, Roberta. "Dan Fischer at Derek Eller Gallery.” The New York Times 11 Dec. 2009. Print.
Wilson, Michael. "Dan Fischer at Derek Eller Gallery.” Time Out New York 3-9 Dec. 2009. Print.
Shaw, Cameron. "Dan Fischer at Derek Eller Gallery. artforum.com 7 Dec. 2009. Web.
"How I Draw: Dan Fischer.” The Guardian Sep. 2009. Print.
Weinhart, Martina and Max Hollier. The Making of Art. Frankfurt, Germany: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, 2009. Print.
2007
Smith, Roberta. “Going the Way of All Flesh, Artistically.” The New York Times 10 Oct. 2007: E5. Print.
Loratadine, Logan. "A Portrait of the Artist as an Artist.” NY ARTS Nov-Dec. 2007. Print.
2006
Heartney, Eleanor. “Dan Fischer at Derek Eller.” Art in America Sep. 2006:166-67. Print.
Sonnenborn, Katie Stone. "Dan Fischer.” frieze Jun.-Aug: 274. Print.
Ross, Lauren. “Dan Fischer.” The Brooklyn Rail May 2006.. Print.
Hinz, Caitlin. “”Dan Fischer; Felix Gonzalez-Torres (Perfect Lovers).” Twice Drawn Mar. 2006. Print.
Johnson, Ken. “Dan Fischer: Strangelove.” The New York Times 31 Mar. 2006: E25. Print.
Baker, R.C. “Dan Fischer.” The Village Voice 29 Mar - 4 Apr. 2006: 84. Print.
Hobbs, Robert. “Dan Fischer: Xerox Realism.” New York, NY: Derek Eller Gallery, 2006. Print.
2004
Dailey, Meghan. “Dan Fischer.” Artforum Feb. 2004: 152. Print.
2002
Cotter, Holland. “Ivan Witenstein & Dan Fischer.” The New York Times 13 Sep. 2002. Print.
Awards
2006 UBS Art Scholarship, North American Recipient
Public Collections
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Menil Collection, Houston, TX
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
Tate, London, UK
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY