University of Texas, San Antonio, BFA
University of Chicago, Chicago, MFA
Born Dallas, Texas
Currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2020
GEORGE HORNER, INCOHERENTS, The Waiting Room, 57W57, New York ARTWORKS, A BENEFIT FOR ARTS GOWANUS, Shapeshifter Lab, Brooklyn GENERAL STORE, Curated by Chris Bors, Spring/Break Art Show New York
2019
ORNAMENT: HO HUM ALL YE FAITHFUL #3, BravinLee Programs, New York GIFTS BY ARTISTS HOLIDAY SHOW & SALE, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn THE CONSTRUCTIONS, A COMPLETE FABRICATION, Curated by John Gagne, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn CAB, COMIC ARTS BROOKLYN, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn THE TOWER, Arts Gowanus at Shapeshifter Lab, Brooklyn LIGHT, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn ARTWORKS: A BENEFIT FOR ARTS GOWANUS, Shapeshifter Lab, Brooklyn VISUAL AIDS, THE 21stANNUAL POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE, Hosted by Bortolami, New York
2018
small / MIGHTY, La Bodega, Brooklyn ARTWORKS, A BENEFIT FOR ARTS GOWANUS, Shapeshifter Lab, Brooklyn SPRING SHOW, Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse, Brooklyn VISUAL AIDS, THE 20thANNUAL POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE, Hosted by Gallery 524, New York
2017
WRAP AROUND 13: George Horner, Laurence de Valmy & Karen Lederer, Curated by Renée Riccardo at ARENA at Suite 806, New York ARTWORKS, A BENEFIT FOR ARTS GOWANUS, Shapeshifter Lab, Brooklyn WHITE TRASH, an exhibition of artworks from the personal collection of Larry Clark, Luhring Augustine, Brooklyn RECOLLECTION, Curated by Marly Hammer and John Richey, The Shoppe, Brooklyn BLACK MIRROR / RECOLLECTION, Curated by Marly Hammer and John Richey Spring/Break Art Show, New York MARKED URGENT, An Exhibition in Defense of Free Press, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn VISUAL AIDS, THE 19THANNUAL POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE, Hosted by Metro Pictures, New York
2016
GOWANUS OPEN STUDIOS, Brooklyn BLACK AND WHITE AND RE(A)D ALL OVER: PART II, Art Helix, Brooklyn WRITING LIGHTLY, an exhibition investigating the relationship of language and neon, Work/Release, Sponsored by the Rutter Family Art Foundation, Norfolk, Virginia MUSTERING OF THE MUTAGENICS 1970-1979, South Texas Pop Culture Center, San Antonio, Texas VISUAL AIDS, THE 18THANNUAL POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE, Hosted by Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York THRU THE RABBIT HOLE, Sideshow Nation and Life on Mars, Brooklyn
2015
BIZARRE BAZAAR, Arts Gowanus, Littlefield, Brooklyn OPEN CALL, Lorimoto Gallery, Brooklyn NEWCOLLECTORBK, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn GOWANUS OPEN STUDIOS, Brooklyn TYPE INDICATORS, Curated by Wilson Duggan, ArtHelix, Brooklyn BRENDAN CASS BENEFIT AUCTION SOIREE, Canada, New York
2014
GEORGE HORNER, I GAVE YOU A RETROSPECTIVE AT THE CITY DUMP! Judith Charles Gallery Project Space, New York (solo) BOWRY LANE 3, Judith Charles Gallery, New York DB14, DALLAS BIENNIAL, Beefhaus Gallery, Dallas THE MUTT CUBISTS & S.A.M.O.M.A.’s SECOND MULTIPLE, TreMendez Studio, San Antonio
2013
END OF DAYS, Max Fish, New York NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON’T, Terrace 8thAnnual 2013, London ARTISTS OF S.A.M.O.M.A. FROM THE SAMA COLLECTION, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio SINGLE FARE 3, RH Gallery, New York
2012
THE COLLAGE POTTAGE SHOW, Swampspace Gallery, Miami NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL ART: VOL 2, Oliver Francis Gallery, Dallas DALLAS BIENNIAL, Dick Higgins Gallery, Dallas HENNESSY YOUNGMAN PRESENTS ITSA SMALL, SMALL WORLD, Family Business, New York
2011
SUMMER SALT, Conceived & Curated by Ingrid Dinter, The Proposition, New York DARK HUMOR / TERMINAL JEST, Delaware County Community College, Media, Pennsylvania SINGLE FARE 2: PLEASE SWIPE AGAIN, a show of small works on used Metrocards, Sloan Fine Art, New York
2010
WHAT’S SO FUNNY? Exploring Humor in Art, Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown, New York POWER TO THE PEOPLE, Feature Inc., New York
2009
RECESSION SPECIAL, Curated by Marly Hammer & Kate Bryan, CVS Cultural & Educational Center, New York
2008
I THINK I CAN MAKE IT, Online Project Room, Dinter Fine Art, New York HOW TO COOK A WOLF: PART ONE, Dinter Fine Art, New York
2007
death & love in MODERN TIMES, Dinter Fine Art, New York
2003
8.5 x 11, Jen Bekman, New York
2001
PAPER, Mark Pasek Gallery, New York BEAUTIFUL YOU, Curated by Larry Krone, Mark Pasek Gallery, New York
2000
2000 CLOWNS, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois NIGHT OF 1,000 DRAWINGS, Benefit Exhibition, Artists Space, New York
1999
GROWING UP POST MODERN, Curated by Barry Blinderman, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
1998
RE: DUCHAMP / CONTEMPORAY ARTISTS RESPOND TO MARCEL DUCHAMP’S INFLUENCE, Abraham Lubelsky Gallery, New York NIGHT OF 1,000 DRAWINGS, Benefit Exhibition, Artist’s Space, New York
1997
SEX / INDUSTRY, Curated by John Yau, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York NIGHT OF 1,000 DRAWINGS, Benefit Exhibition, Artist’s Space, New York
1996
SUMMER TRASH, Curated by Kenny Schachter, Flamingo East, New York GROUP SHOW, Curated by Renee Riccardo, Arena / the Art Exchange Show, New York DONALD BAECHLER, GEORGE HORNER, RAYMOND PETTIBON, Department of Art, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
1995
NATURAL-NEW DRAWINGS, Curated by Renee Riccardo, Arena, New York CONTRADICTORY CONCLUSIONS, Curated by Rhonda Wall. Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
1994
HEAD GAMES, Horodner Romley, New York SUMMERSHOW, Curated by Steve Rand, Apex Art, New York THE EVERY-TICKET-GETS-A-WORK-RAFFLE, American Fine Arts, New York
1993
AUTUMN SALON, Curated by Renee Riccardo, Arena, New York ANGEL ART 93, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles CONTEMPORARY DRAWINGS PART II, Curated by Renee Riccardo, Arena, New York PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT, Curated by Rhonda Wall, Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
1992
GEORGE HORNER, NEW WORK, Arena, New York (solo) THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York MULTIPLE ORGASM, A SHOW OF MULTIPLES, Curated by Renee Riccardo, Arena, New York
1991
ORNAMENT, John Post Lee Gallery, New York LOUDER, Curated by Kathryn Hixon & Tony Tasset, Gallery 400, Chicago POSTERS, Illinois Union Art Gallery, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois FRONT & BACK / IN & OUT, Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago A NEW LOW, Curated by Collins & Milazzo, Claudio Bottello Arte, Torino, Italy NEW AMERICAN TALENT, Curated by Richard Marshall, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas OUTSIDE AMERICA: GOING INTO THE 90’s, Curated by Collins & Milazzo, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1990
GEORGE HORNER, The P Show: Putties, Paintings, Posters and Prints, Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago (solo) NEW AMERICAN TALENT, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas
1989
GEORGE HORNER, Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago (solo) WORD PLAY, Soho Center for the Visual Arts, New York SMALL FORMAT, Lang & O’Hara Gallery, New York
1988
RAIN FOREST, 48 Laight Street, New York DISCOVERIES, Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago
1987
SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE, Timothy Greathouse Gallery, New York SOME PEOPLE’S WORK WE REALLY LIKE, Northern Illinois University, Chicago YOUNG AMERICAN PAINTERS, Barry Stevens Gallery, New York ART AGAINST AIDS, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
1986
POST PRODUCTION, Feature, Chicago LIFT OFFS, Feature, Chicago GEORGE HORNER, N.A.M.E., Chicago (solo) ART FOR YOUNG COLLECTORS, The Renaissance Society, Chicago GROUP SHOW, Baskerville & Watson Gallery, New York PROMISES, PROMISES, C.A.G.E., Cincinnati, Ohio
1985
NEW ORDER, Feature, Chicago ENGAGEMENT, Feature, Chicago PAYOLA, Curated by Bob Nickas, Mo David Gallery, New York INVITATIONAL, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago CRITICS AND DEALERS, Curated by Bob Nickas, Mo David Gallery, New York
1984
RECENT WORK: MARCEL DUCHAMP, IAN EDWARDS, FRANCISCO GOYA, GEORGE HORNER, JEAN AUGUSTE INGRES, RONALD JONES, YVES KLEIN, STEPHEN LAPTHISOPHON, KASMIR MALEVICH, N.A.M.E., Chicago GEORGE HORNER, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago (solo)
1977
GEORGE HORNER, MUTT CUBISM, S.A.M.O.M.A., San Antonio, Texas (solo)
1976
Co-founded S.A.M.O.M.A., San Antonio Museum of Modern Art, the first artist run gallery in San Antonio, Texas
SELECTED PERIODICALS AND CATALOGUES
“White Trash,” Artforum, May, 2017: 41
Arts in Bushwick , Making History Bushwick, 2016: 246
“The Approval Matrix”, New York Magazine, July-August, 2013: 104
Stamatina Gregory and Michael Hall, “Terminal Jest, Dark Humor in Recent Art”, Delaware County Community College, Catalogue, 2011: 10
Steel Stillman, “The Feature Story”, Art in America, December, 2010: 57-62
Jean Stein, “Disguises”, Grand Street 58, Fall, 1996: 229
Collins & Milazzo, “Theoretically Yours”, Regione Autonoma della Valle d’Aosta, 1992:100
Jennifer P. Borum, “George Horner, Arena”, ArtForum, Summer, 1992: 111
Donald Baechler, “All Thumbs: George Horner’s Drawings”, Mark Pasek Gallery, Catalogue, 1991
Kathryn Hixson, “Chicago Review”, Arts Magazine, March, 1991: 104
Jim Yood, Chicago, “George Horner, Nancy Lurie Gallery”, ArtForum, February, 1991: 132
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, “Who’s Bad? Accounting for Taste”, ArtForum, November, 1991: 119-125
Carlo McCormick, “High Art”, High Times, August, 1991:50
Collins & Milazzo, “A New Low”, Claudio Bottello Arte, Turin, Italy, Catalogue, May, 1991: 32-33
Collins & Milazzo, “Outside America: Going Into The 90’s”, Fay Gold Gallery, Catalogue, 1991: 34
Roland Hagenberg, “Happy-Happy, A Children’s Coloring Book by Contemporary Artists”, 1990: 36
Carlo McCormick, “Putty As A Picture”, ArtForum, April, 1987: 92-93
HONORS
1990 Grumbacher Award / New American Talent
1987 National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Arts Grant