b. 1954, Edison, New Jersey
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
The Dead Supreme New York, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
The Dead Supreme Los Angeles, Parker Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
C’est La Vie, Studio Voltaire, London, England
2022
Scott Covert: I Had a Wonderful Life, NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale FL
2021
Scott Covert: presented by FIERMAN, NADA House, New York NY
2020
Scott Covert: Of the United States, F Gallery, Houston TX
2018
Mail Art: Scott Covert & Ray Johnson, Keyes Art, East Hampton NY
2017
Scott Covert: The Dead Supreme, Situations and FIERMAN, New York NY
2013
Scott Covert: New Paintings, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica CA
2012
Scott Covert, Edelman Arts, New York, NY
2009
Scott Covert: Paintings, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica CA
2006
The Dead Supreme, Plan B Gallery, Forest Park IL
2005
The Dead Supreme, Lakeside Gallery, Lakeside MI
2000
Scott Covert, Randall/Ericson Gallery, Luminaries in Stone, Palm Springs CA
1999
Scott Covert: New Paintings, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica CA
Scott Covert: New Work, Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio TX
1998
Scott Covert, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Malibu CA
1992
Tombstone Travels, Lee Arthur Studio, New York NY
1990
Europe Revisited, Curated by Caroline Spitzer, Paris, France
Scott Covert, Lee Arthur Studio, New York NY
1989
Scott Covert, Makeshift Gallery, Provincetown MA Scott Covert, XX Century Gallery, New York NY
Tombstones, Barbara Braathen Gallery, New York NY
1984
Modern Martyrs, Ricky Clifton Gallery, New York NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Basquiat x Warhol. Painting 4 Hands, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
HOMO ANGELICUS, Barzda and Snow, New York NY
2022
Boxers, The Main Event, New York NY
Agosto Machado: The Forbidden City, Gordon Robichaux, New York NY
2020
Painting is Painting’s Favorite Food, South Etna Montauk Foundation, Montauk NY
2019
Notebook, 56 Henry, New York NY
Circus of Books, FIERMAN, New York NY
Frederick Douglass: Embers of Freedom, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah GA
2017
Club 57: Film, Performance, and Art in the East Village, 1978-1983, Museum of Modern Art, Curated by Ron Magliozzi and Sophie Cavoulacos with Ann Magnuson, New York NY
Love Among the Ruins: 56 Bleecker Gallery and Late ‘80s New York, Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project, Some Serious Business, Inc., New York, NY
2016
11th Annual Thanksgiving Collective, Tripoli Gallery, East Hampton NY
2011
East Village West, Royal/T Art Space, Curated by Ann Magnuson and Kenny Scharf, Los Angeles CA
2005
Rock Stars, Glen Horowitz Gallery, East Hampton NY
Big Holy, Cartelle Gallery, Marina Del Rey CA
2000
Paint, American Style, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica CA
1999
Big, Skidmore Gallery, Malibu CA
1998
Hollywood Satan, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica CA
1993
Urban Analysis, Barbara Braathen, New York NY
Masks for Aids, Marcel Sitcoske, New York NY
1992
Transformations, Lee Arthur Studio, New York NY
1989
56 Bleecker Street, New York NY
1984
The Fun Gallery, New York NY Patrick Fox Gallery, New York NY
1979
Found Objects, Club 57, Curated by Keith Haring, New York NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023
Wolens, Ariella [et. al.] "It’s Fun to be Dead", New York: American Art Catalogues
Jana, Rosalind. "Scott Covert: Why one artist has made it his life's mission to hunt down dead celebrities." BBC (April 16, 2023)
Jovanovich, Alex. "To Die For." Artforum (April 2023)
Moorhead, Joanna. "Daylight Rubbery: The Cemetery Stalker Who Turns Celebrity Gravestones Into Art." The Guardian (February 13, 2023)
Gavin, Francesca. "Rough Version W/ Scott Covert" NTS (January 31, 2023)
Revely-Calder, Cal. "Scott Covert: The Artist Who Lets the Dead Speak from Beyond the Grave." The Daily Telegraph (January 25, 2023)
Clavarino, Elena. "Beyond the Grave." Air Mail (January 21, 2023)
Westall, Mark. "Scott Covert, C’est La Vie, First Solo Show Outside The USA." FAD Magazine (January 12, 2023)
Tarasoff, Sabrina. "Sometimes, Dead is Better: Scott Covert." Mousse Magazine #82 (Winter, 2023)
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2022
Thomason, John. "Artist Immortalizes the Dead in Beautiful NSU Art Museum Show." Bocamag.com (December 9, 2022).
2021
Higgs, Matthew. "Scott Covert: The Dead Supreme." The Paris Review Issue 238 (Winter, 2021)
Yablonsky, Lind. "New York Harbor favors Independents." The Art Newspaper (August 23, 2021)
Whittle, Andrea. "The Return of the IRL Gallery Show." W Magazine Online (July 16, 2021)
2019
Covert, Scott. "Graveside with Scott Covert: Painter of the Dead." Ursula (Winter, 2019)
2018
"Keyes Art Pairs Artists Ray Johnson and Scott Covert’s Unique Mediums and Visions Together." ArtDaily.org (August 18, 2018)
2017
Gingeras, Alison M., "The Dead Supreme." Heinzfeller Nileisist
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2014
Griffin, Chloé. "Edgewise: A Picture of Cookie Mueller." Berlin: Bbooks Verlag
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2010
Curley, Mallory. "A Cookie Mueller Encyclopedia." Randy Press (January, 2010)
2006
Holmes, Tom. "The Dead Supreme: Grave Rubbings Come Alive." Forest Park Review (February 14, 2006)
Grant, Paul. "More Than Just Rubbing Gravestones." ART TALK (February 12, 2006)
2005
Long, Robert. "Three Artists Exhume Rock ‘n’ Rollers of Yore." East Hampton Star (March 24, 2005)
Fox, Patrick. "The Silent Ladder, or, Le Frottage de Scott Covert." Enthrive.com (September 6, 2005)
1999
Goddard, Dan R. "Life, Celebrity, Honored by Tombstone Rubbings." San Antonio Express (February 2, 1999)
Venus, Rosa. “The Artist in his Studio: Scott Covert.” Flaunt (May 1999)
1998
Lyons, Tina. "Scott Covert" Index Magazine (September-October, 1998)
1996
Lyons, Tina. "At Work: Scott Covert." Real Life
1989 Hirsh, David. "They Don’t Talk Back: Celebrity Tributes." New York Native
Kimura, Haruna. "Covert: Sacred Memories." Brutus Magazine (June 16, 1989)
Musto, Michael. The Village Voice (1989) Trebay, Guy. "Necropolitan Life." The Village Voice
1988
Mueller, Cookie. "Art and About." Details (February, 1988)
1986
Hager, Steven. "Art After Midnight: The East Village Art Scene." St. Martin’s Press
1985
Mueller, Cookie. "The 6 Best, Most Undiscovered Artists in NYC." The Saturday Review (August, 1985)
1984
Mueller, Cookie. “Let Us Pray.” NY Talk (1984) Mueller, Cookie. “Who’s Who in the Past.” Soho News