- About
- Neville Wakefield is a writer and commentator on contemporary art,
culture and photography. He is currently the Creative Director for
Adam Kimmel Projects and Creative Consultant for Calvin Klein. He
recently finished terms as Senior Curatorial Advisor for PS1 MoMA
and Curator of Frieze Projects at the Frieze Art Fair. Among many
projects, he was Co-Creative Director of Tar Magazine and is a
Co-Founder and Co-Producer of Destricted, a series of films that
address the issue of sexuality in art. His latest curatorial
project, 'Autobody' opened at Ballroom Marfa, Texas on September
30, 2011. Neville has contributed to W Magazine, ACNE Paper, The
Journal, Artforum, among others.
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- Contact
- info(at)nevillewakefield.com
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- Representation
- Rassa Montaser LLC
121 Wyckoff St. Suite #1
Brooklyn NY 11201
t. +1 347 529.6955
e. info(at)rassamontaser.com
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- Curriculum Vitae
- Education
- MA in Philosophy, Royal College of Art
- BA in Philosophy First with Distinction, University College of London
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- Selected Exhibitions / Projects
- 2011
- Autobody, Ballroom Marfa, Texas
- Helmut Lang: Make It Hard, The Fireplace Project, New York
- George Herms: Xenophilia (Love of the Unknown),MOCA at the Pacific Design
Center, Los Angeles
- Commercial Break, Garage Projects, 54th Venice Biennale
- Involuntary, Ford Project, New York
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- 2010
- Normal Dimensions, Half Gallery, New York
- Matthew Barney: Prayer Sheet with the Wound and the Nail, Schaulager, Basel
- Greater New York, PS1 MoMA, New York
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- 2009
- 1969, PS1 MoMA, New York
- Frieze Projects 2009, Frieze Art Fair, London
- Built to Survive the Real World, Andrew Roth, New York
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- 2008
- Frieze Projects 2008, Frieze Art Fair, London
- That Was Then...This Is Now, PS1 MoMA, New York
- Helmut Lang: Alles Gleich Schwer, Kestnergesellschaft, Hanover
- God Is Design, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, Sao Paolo
- W Magazine, November Arts Issue
- Fashion in Motion, Today Museum, Beijing
- Adam Kimmel, Pitti Immagine Uomo, Florence
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- 2007
- Adel Abdessemed: Dead or Alive, PS1 MoMA, New York
- Andreas Zybach, PS1 MoMA, New York
- Kris Martin, PS1 MoMA, New York
- Frieze Projects 2007, Frieze Art Fair, London
- Jim Denevan / Ari Marcopoulos, PS1 MoMA, New York
- Last Attraction Next Exit, Max Wigram Gallery, London
- Organizing Chaos, PS1 MoMA, New York
- Linder, PS1 MoMA, New York
- Joe Deutch, PS1 MoMA, New York
- W Magazine, November Arts Issue
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- 2006
- Defamation of Character, PS1 MoMA, New York
- Time Frame, PS1 MoMA, New York
- Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs, PS1 MoMA, New York
- Kon Trubkovich, PS1 MoMA, New York
- Hiding In The Light, Mary Boone Gallery, New York
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- 2005
- Bridge Freezes Before Road, Gladstone Gallery, New York
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- 2004
- Power, Corruption and Lies, Roth Horowitz, New York
- Mario Sorrenti: Draw Blood for Proof, Roth Horowitz, New York
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- 2003
- Madonna and Steven Klein: X-STaTIC Pro=CeSS, Deitch Projects, New York
- Mario Sorrenti: Draw Blood for Proof, Roth Horowitz, New York
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- 2002
- Copy, Roth Horowitz, New York
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- 1998
- Mario Testino: Any Objections, Mary Boone Gallery, New York
- Martin Kippenberger and Richard Prince: Psychoarchitecture, Anton Kern
Gallery, New York
- View (One), Mary Boone Gallery, New York
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- Selected Publications
- 2011
- Good Hand Subbed, Garage No. 1 (Fall/Winter 2011), Pages 254-255
- Ari Marcopoulos: Directory, Rizzoli
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- 2010
- Holy Crap and Transcendental Stupidity, Dan Colen: Out of the Blue,
Gagosian Gallery
- Matthew Barney: Prayer Sheet with the Wound and the Nail, Laurenz Foundation /
Schaulager Basel
- In Numbers: Serial Publications by Artists Since 1955, JRP|Ringier /
PPP Editions
- Greater New York 2010, MoMA PS1
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- 2009
- Nate Lowman: The Natriot Act, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art
- David Benjamin Sherry: Its Time, Damiani
- Banks Violette, Walther König
- Helmut Lang: Alles Gleich Schwer, Walther König
- Legends of the Fall, ACNE Paper
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- 2008
- John McCracken: Sketchbook, Radius Books
- Kris Martin: K.M., DruckVerlag Kettler, Bönen
- Matthew Barney: Drawing Restraint Vol. 5, Walther König
- Michael Sailstorfer: Reaktor, Lukas & Sternberg
- Urs Fischer: An Artist Impossible to Pin Down..., Another Magazine No. 14 (Spring/Summer 2008)
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- 2006
- Adam McEwen: Live a Little Better, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York
- Dark Album, Whitney Biennial 2006: Day for Night, Whitney Museum of American Art
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- 2005
- Bridge Freezes Before Road, Gladstone Gallery, New York
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- 2004
- Craig McDean: Lifescapes, Steidl
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- 2003
- Juergen Teller: Märchenstüberl, Steidl & Partners
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- 2002
- Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle, Guggenheim Museum
- Richard Prince: Its a Free Concert From Now On, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
- Flashbulb Memory, Thomas Demand, Lenbachhaus München / Louisiana Museum of
Modern Art
- Daido Moriyama: 71-NY, Roth Horowitz, LLC / PPP Editions
- Adam Fuss: My Ghost, Twin Palms
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- 2001
- Jeff Burton: Dreamland, powerHouse Books
- The Book of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic, Roth Horowitz, LLC / PPP Editions
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- 2000
- Stan Douglas & Douglas Gordon: Double Vision, Dia Art Foundation
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- 1999
- Rachel Whiteread: Looking Up, Scalo
- Craig McDean: I Love Fast Cars, powerHouse Books
- Emotion, Hatje Cantz
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- 1998
- Fashion: Photography of the Nineties, Scalo
- Ed Ruscha: New Paintings and a Retrospective of Works On Paper, Anthony d'Offay
- Saul Fletcher: Photographs, Anton Kern Gallery
- Karen Kilimnick, Malcolm Morley, and Ugo Rondinone, Parkett No. 52
- Thomas Schutte, Phaidon
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- 1997
- Vija Celmins: Works 1964 - 96, ICA, London
- Echoes: Contemporary Art at the Age of Endless Conclusions, Monacelli Press
- Keith Edmier, University of South Florida, Contemporary Art Museum
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- 1994
- Ann Hamilton, Tate Publishing
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- 1995
- Matthew Barney: Pace Car for the Hubris Pill, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
- Walter De Maria: Measure and Substance, Flash Art 28, No. 182 (May - June 1995)
- Brillant: New Art from London , Walker Art Center
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- 1990
- Postmodernism: The Twilight of the Real, Pluto Press