b. 1971
Lives and works in New York City
Education
1997 MFA, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
1994 BA, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Solo Exhibitions
2016
Law of Dissipation, Tops Gallery, Memphis, TN
2015
Sublunary World, The Green Gallery East Milwaukee, WI
Frozen Period, Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, WI
2013
Alkali Desert, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Alkali Desert, Tops Gallery, Memphis, TN
2012
Alkali Desert, Center for Land Use Interpretation, Wendover, Utah
2010
Skydiving, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Snowbound, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY (North Room)
2005
Estimated Landscapes, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2002
Lost Domain, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2001
Landscapes, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016
Post Hudson, Frontispiece Hudson, Coxsackie, NY
The Sound Behind You II, CR10, Linlithgo, NY
2014
Binding Image Second Edition, Tetterode, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2013
Photobooks installation at The ICP Triennial, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Seescape, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Works, Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012
That Sinking Sense of Wonder, Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Situation, Deborah Berke Partners, New York, NY
2011
Channel to the New Image, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY
80WSE Presents, 80WSE Gallery, New York, NY
Climate (screening), ArtProjx Cinema, SVA Theater, New York, NY
2010
50 Artists Photograph the Future, Higher Pictures, New York, NY
Virtual Bowery, Passing Time, 80WSE Gallery, New York, NY
Seven Summits, Mount Tremper Arts, Mount Tremper, NY
The Breezy Pines, Royal Lace Paper Works, Mabou Mines, NY
We Pictured You Reading This, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC
Gold in Braddock, UnSmoke Systems Artspace, Braddock, PA
2009
The Audio Show, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY
SCANZ, Govett-Brewster, New Plymouth, New Zealand
ColLABoration, Teachers College, New York, NY
2008
Cosmological Embeddedness OR The Flying Spaghetti Monster, Higher Pictures Gallery, New York, NY
Double Take, Eyebeam, New York, NY
2007
Virtual Unreality, The Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA
String Show, Greene Naftali, New York, NY
...a landscape show, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
Play, Proteus Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY
NeoIntegrity, curated by Keith Mayerson, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
An Orchid in the Land of Technology, curated by Joseph R. Wolin, OH+T Gallery, Boston, MA
Landescapism, curated by Joseph R. Wolin, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
2006
Think Twice, Young American Photography, TH Inside, Milan, Italy
Screened and Selected: Contemporary Photography and Video Acquisitions 1999-2005, Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, VT
Inaugural Group Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Weather Gallery, Fairbanks Museum, St. Johnsbury, VT
There's a City in My Mind, Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004
#12 - Escapism: A Viable Political Alternative, A Fia Backström Projet, Champion Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
Axxxpresssunizm, Vilma Gold, London, UK
#13 - Pictures With People, curated by Roe Ethridge, Champion Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
The Baxters, Robert Beck Memorial Cinema, New York, NY
2003
Game Engine, curated by Ze Frank, Graham Leggat, and Katie Salen, New York Video Festival, Walter Reade Theater, New York, NY
Focus-Pocus: Fact & Fiction, curated by A. A. Rucci, Beaker Gallery, Tampa, FL
Faking Real, curated by Stephen Hilger, Leroy Nieman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
The Club in the Shadows, Kenny Schachter Gallery, New York, NY
2002
<ALT> DigitalMedia, curated by Carl Goodman, American Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, NY
Phenomena, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Graphic, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY
séduire/seduce, Sotheby's, New York, NY
Landscape, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2001
Synth, White Columns, New York, NY
2000
Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
Unbottled, Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden, North Salem, NY
Pogo Stick, Contemporary Arts Collective Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
1999
Game Show, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Mr. Fascination, Thread Waxing Space, New York
Animal Artifice, The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
1998
Photo Op, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
People, Places and Things, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
1997
Blind Faith, White Columns, New York, NY
Curated Exhibitions
2006
A Rabbit as King of the Ghosts, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
2004
Reading Room, Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2002
I Just Can't Pretend, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Bibliography
2014
Lesy, Alex, and Triple Canopy. Invalid Format: An Anthology of Triple Canopy, Vol. 3. New York: Triple Canopy, 2014. Print.
2013
Pollack, Maika. "'New Photography 2013' at the Museum of Modern Art.” The New York Observer 24 Sept. 2013. Print.
Zuckerman, Matthew. Situation. New York: Deborah Berke Partners, 2013. Print.
2012
Cullen, Paul. "Despatch: On the Road from the Spiral Jetty.” Art News New Zealand Spring 2012. Print.
"That Sinking Feeling of Wonder.” Wagmag 1 Jul. 2012. Print.
"Art Pick: Eye Wide Shut.” The New Yorker 2 Mar. 2012. Print.
Lesy, Alex, and Triple Canopy. Invalid Format: An Anthology of Triple Canopy, Vol. 2. New York: Triple Canopy, 2012. Print.
Chamberlain, Colby, and Triple Canopy. The Binder and The Server. New York: Triple Canopy, 2012. Print.
Paper Monument. Draw It With Your Eyes Closed: The Art of the Art Assignment. Brooklyn, NY: Paper Monument, 2012. Print.
2011
“Paper Trail.” Bookforum.com 6 May 2011. Web.
“Tahoe Passage.” Triple Canopy issue 12 5 May 2011. Print.
2010
Pulitzer, Sam. “Critics’ Picks: Dan Torop.” Artforum.com 15 Dec. 2010. Web.
Schwendener, Martha. “Focus Here! A Round-up of Current Photography Exhibits.” The Village Voice 1 Dec. 2010: 33. Print.
Torop, Dan. Skydiving. Ithaca, NY: A-Jump Books, 2010. Print.
Murison, Jason. "Black Bleeds Red.” Paper Monument Issue 3 2010. Print.
2009
Wolf, Alexander. "The Audio Show.” Modern Painters Nov. 2009. Print.
Torop. Dan. "Virtual Bowery.” Triple Canopy, Issue 6 2009. Print.
Spoonbill & Sugartown. This is my book, This is your book. New York: Near Fine Press, 2009. Print.
Jennings, Susan. This: A Collection of Artists' Writings. New Yoblurk: Right Brain Words, 2009. Print.
"The Blue Room.” Modern Painters Feb. 2009. Print.
2008
Pollack, Barbara. "Faces of Photography Now: Eight Under 40.” Departures Nov/Dec. 2008. Print.
Rosenberg, Karen. "Rough-Hewn Images for Rough-Hewn Times.” The New York Times 18 Sept. 2008. Print.
Juarez, Jerry. "Code for the End of the World.” Simple Mechanisms June. 2008. Web.
Torop, Dan. “Street View: A Selection.” Triple Canopy Issue 2 2008. Web.
2007
Zamudio, Raul. "Dan Torop." Flash Art Oct. 2007: 124. Print.
“Dan Torop, Ocean Beach/Ocean Beach Ocean, Ocean14758-00063, Corner Ocean, Controls12.” Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art, issue 45 2007. Print.
Russell, John. Frozen Tears I I I. Birmingham, UK: ARTicle Press, 2007. Print.
Wolin, Joseph. “Dan Torop”. Time Out New York, Art Reviews. July 5-11.
Schwendener, Martha.”Snowbound.” The New York Times 29 Jun. 2007. Print.
Genocchio, Benjamin. “New World Ordering.” The New York Times 11 Mar. 2007. Print.
2006
Bloom, Philip E. and Donadio, Emmie. Screened and Selected Contemporary Photography and Video Acquisitions 1999-2005. Middlebury, VT: Middlebury College Museum of Art, 2006. Print.
Fry, Naomi. “A Rabbit as King of the Ghosts.” Artforum.com Jul. 2006. Print.
“A Rabbit as King of the Ghosts.” The New Yorker 31 Jul. 2006. Print.
Grosz, David. “Haunted by Ghosts, and by the Art World.” The New York Sun 3 Aug. 2006. Print.
Kazakina, Katya. “Spiritual Photography.” Bloomberg News 12 Jul. 2006. Print.
Lichtenstein, Miranda. “The Artist’s Artists.” Art Forum International Dec. 2006: 111. Print.
Maerkle, Andrew. “Photography: A Rabbit as King of the Ghosts.” Flavorpill NYC, issue 320 25 Jul. 2006. Print.
Neil, Jonathan T.D. “A Rabbit as King of the Ghosts.” Modern Painters Sep. 2006: 101. Print.
Rosenberg, Karen, “The Best of the Summer Art Shows in Chelsea,” New York Magazine 17 Jul. 2006. Print.
Ross, Lauren. “A Rabbit as King of the Ghosts.” The Brooklyn Rail Sep. 2006: 38. Print.
Schmerler, Sarah. “A Rabbit as King of the Ghosts.” Art on Paper Sep. 2006. Print.
Schmidt, Jason. “Work In Progress: Weird Science.” V Magazine, issue 43 Fall 2006: 145. Print.
Schwendener, Martha, “A Rabbit as King of the Ghosts.” Time Out New York Aug. 2006: 10-16. Print.
Smith, Roberta. “Critic’s Notebook: Chelsea Is a Battlefield: Galleries Muster Groups.” The New YorkTimes 28 Jul. 2006. Print.
2005
Murison, Jason. “Dan Torop Estimated Landscapes.” The Brooklyn Rail Oct. 2005: 24. Print.
“Don't Miss!.” Time Out New York 6-12 Oct. 2005: 78. Print.
"Artist Project: Ocean Photographs.” Cabinet, issue 16 2005. Print.
2004
Tuchman, Phyllis. "Mark Wyse at Wallspace.” Art in America Apr. 2004. Print.
Russell, John. Frozen Tears II. Birmingham, UK: ARTicle Press, 2004. Print.
2003
Gunn, Angela, "The Personal Touch.” Time Out New York 9-16 Jan. 2003. Print.
Putnam, Adam. Into The Abyss. New York, NY: Adam Putnam, 2003. Print.
2002
Mahoney, Robert. “Landscape.” Time Out New York 21-28 Feb. 2002: 51. Print.
Newhall, Edith. "The Drifters.” New York Magazine 2 Dec. 2002: 100. Print.
Takahashi, Corey. “Exhibiting A Potential For Digital Art.” Newsday 8 Dec. 2002. Print.
2001
Griffin, Tim. “Synth." Time Out New York 5-12 Jul 2001: 60. Print.
Goings on About Town, "Dan Torop.” The New Yorker 14 May 2001: 27. Print.
Fabry, Alexis, Céline Fribourg, and Grégory Leroy. Séduire/Seduce. Paris: Coromandel Press, 2001. Print.
"New Jersey Portfolio.” Purple Magazine, issue 7 2001. Print.
Hibino, Yasuyo. “Chelsea.” Esquire Magazine Japan, Vol 15, No 11 Nov. 2001: 82. Print.
Wilson, Michael. “New York roundup.” Art Monthly, no 247 Jun 2001: 43-45. Print.
1999
Gangitano, Lia. "Mr. Fascination.” Trans, Volume 6 1991: 16-25. Print.
Hall, Emily. "The Art of Play.” The Stranger Dec 1999: 16-22. Print.
Lombardi, D. Dominick. "A Show That Shapes Perception of Animals.” The New York Times 5 Dec. 1999. Print.
Bernheimer, Alan. Billionesque. Great Barrington, MA: The Figures, 1999. Print.
1998
Cotter, Holland. “Art in Review: Blind Faith.” The New York Times 9 Jan. 1998. Print.