SERVANE MARY
Born 1972, Dijon, France, lives and works in New-York City. Attended Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs (ENSAD), Paris, France, 1998, BFA; Ecole des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA), Atelier de la Glaciere, Lithographic Department, Paris, France, 2000
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Realms, A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia, Italy, May 29 – October 31
2024
Cristal Medium Green, Everybody Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, February 10 – April 6
2023
Nine Paintings, Banca Mediolanum Palazzo Biandra, Milano, Italy, January 5, 2023 – January 31, 2024
2022
Project space @ 89 Greene, organized by Kathy Battista, June 18 – July 30
In Themselves, 39 Great Jones (window), New-York, February 1 – March 31
2021
Glitches, San Carlo, Cremona, Italy, September 15, 2021 – February 4, 2022
2019
Remakes 2006-2018, Joan, Los Angeles, March 2 - April 14
2018
Untitled (Tucson, AZ), 2018, Everybody Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, January 26 - February 25
2017
Defamiliarization / Reactivation, A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia, Italy, March 25 - May 13
2016
NADA, Triple V Gallery, Solo Presentation, NADA Miami Art Fair, Miami, December 1 - 4
Surface Conversions, organized by Angela Missoni and A Palazzo Gallery, Missoni, New-York, October 26, 2016 - January 29, 2017
Babyliss, Triple V Gallery, Paris, France, September 8 - November 5
Mary a Mosset, La Capelleta Cultural Space, Carrer de la Come Gelada, Mosset, France, July 9 – 31
2015
American Cowgirls of the 40's, Kayne Griffin Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, September 10 - October 24
2013
Things Are What They Seem, Triple V Gallery, Paris, France, September 14 - October 27
FIAC, Triple V Gallery, Solo Presentation, Grand Palais, Paris, France, October 24 - 27
2012
Orange Joyce, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Canada, July 5 - 28
God Dies, Martos Gallery, New York, February 17 - March 17
2009
The Golden Age, Martos Gallery, New York, September 17 - October 24
2008
Black Dawn, Maisonneuve Gallery, Paris, France, April 12 - May 10
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Panorama Pozzuoli, organized by Chiara Parisi, the Flavian Amphitheater, Pozzuoli, Italy, September 10 - 14
Every Weekend, there is Something Different, organized by Tomas Lucader and Bob Nickas, Beall & Bell, Greenport, NY, July 7 – August 17
Couch Paintings, Canada Gallery, April 18 - May 24
R U Still Painting?, organized by Falcon Art Collective, 520 8th Ave, New York, May 6 - 31
2024
Artist's Scores, Scenarios, and Instructions, organized by Kolja Glaeser and Piper Marshall, Gstaad Art 2024, Gstaad, Switzerland, February 16 – 18
2023
Drunk vs. Stoned 3, The Ranch, Montauk, NY, September 16 - October 28
2022
Moon Webs organized by Bozidar Brazda and Caroline Snow, 95 Ave B, New York, November 16 – 22
Sors de ta réserve #1, Frac Île-de-France, Les Reserves, Romainville, France, June 23 - October 1
Strange attractors, The Anthology of Interplanetary Folk Art Vol. 3: Lost In Space, organized by Bob Nickas, A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia, IT, May 21 - September 18
Greater New York, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, October 7, 2021 - April 18
2021
Greater New York, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, October 7, 2021 - April 18, 2022
Peut mieux faire, Alain Bernardini, Servane Mary, Matthieu Saladin, Cally Spooner organized by Frac Franche-Comte, Lycée Condorcet, Belfort, France, January 11 - February 5
2020
We gave a party for the gods, and the gods all came, Servane Mary, John Giorno, Ugo Rondinone, A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia, Italy, September 8 - November 20
2019
L’ Emploi du Temps, organized by the FRAC Franche-Comte, Musee du Temps, Besancon, France, June 22 - September 22
Another Music In a Different Kitchen: Studio Recordings & Records by Artists, Organized by Bob Nickas and Matt Shuster, Karma Bookstore, NY, April 7 - May 12
Notebook, 56 Henry, New-York, curated by Joanne Greenbaum, February 9 - March 31
2018
Etant Donnes, a collaboration with Servane Mary and Sylvere Lotringer, Rocky Point Press, MECA, Puerto Rico, November 16 - 19
Time is the Game of Man, curated by Kasia Redzisz, Castello di Ama, Castello di Brolio, Colle Bereto, Felsina, Gagliole, Borgo San Felice, and Castello di Volpaia, Tuscany, Italy, July 1 - 31
October 14
Easy Rider, curated by Luca Beatrice and Arnaldo Colasanti, La Venaria Reale, Turin, Italy, July 6 - December 30
41 Wythe Avenue Exhibition, with Olivier Mosset and Virginia Overton, May 10 – 18
2017
Sequence 67 / interieur nuit, Triple V Gallery, Paris, France, November 10 - December 22
1107 PT. II, Spencer Browstone Gallery, New York, Mark Dagley, Amy Granat, Jacob Kassay, Servane Mary, Matthew McCaslin, Olivier Mosset, Chuck Nanney, Virginia Overton, Steven Parrino, and Mai-Thu Perret, September 10 - December 7
The Futur Should Be Dangerous /Le Futur Doit Etre Dangeureux, organized by Amelie Lavin, Dole Beaux-Arts Museum, November 11, 2016 - February 19, 2017
2016
Inaugural Exhibition 5 Rue du Mail, curated by Vincent Pecoil, Triple V Gallery, Paris, France, February 4 - 27
Group Show, Christian Anderson, James Angus, Henry Codax, Raquel Dias, Stephane Kropf, David Malek, Servane Mary, Olivier Mosset, Virginia Overton, Hugo Pernet, Gerald Petit, Sylvain Rousseau, et Pierre Vadi, Triple V Gallery, March 17 - April 9
2015
Everybody Knows (Or Should), installation curated by Michel Auder featuring works by Sam Anderson, Mark Handforth, Servane Mary, Olivier Mosset, Martos Gallery (back room), September 17 - October 31
MOMMA organized by Bob Nickas, Servane Mary / Virginia Overton / John Miller / Olivier Mosset /Michel Auder, Rothman's Hardware store, Southold, NY, September 4 - 20
Servane Mary / Marine Provost / Virginia Overton / Morgane Tschiember organized by Olivier Mosset, Laleh June gallery, Basel, Switzerland, September 4 - November 7
Venice Meeting Point, Navy Officers' Club-Arsenale, Venice, May 5 - 8
OMM, 138 Eldridge Street, New York, March 4 - 24
Mary / Miller / Mosset / Overton, Triple V Gallery, Paris, France, January 17 - March 14
2014
The Museum of Love and Devotion, organized by Jason Metcalf, Fairview Museum of History and Art, Utah, December 13, 2014 - April 11, 2015
Lili Marlen, Vinyl Edition at Le Magasin, Grenoble for Art in Pop, October 10, 2014 - January 4
Scripted Space, Martos Gallery, Los Angeles, October 9 - November 8
Servane Mary / Virginia Overton / Olivier Mosset, A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia, Italy, May 23 - September 15
Another, Once Again, Many Times More, Four Parts curated by Walead Beshty and Kelley Walker; Carol Bove; Ryan Foerster; Bob Nickas and Virginia Overton, Martos Gallery summer location, East Marion, New-York, July 12 - September 14
Shakti, Brand New Gallery, Milan, January 23 - March 8
2013
Piston Head, Venus Over Manhattan, 111 Lincoln Road, Miami, FL, December 3 - 8
Social Photography III, Carriage Trade, NY, December 12, 2012 - January 18, 2013
Arsenio, curated by James Cope, Shoot The Lobster, Luxembourg, November 22 - December 21
Hymns For Mr.Suzuki, curated by Karen Archey, Abrons Center, New-York, Sept 6 - Oct 6
Objekt Underscore Object, organized by James Cope, Artaida, New-York, Sept 5 - November 15
No Place Like You, organized by Peter Scott, Shoot the Lobster, New-York, June 20 - August 2
Rock Art & the X-ray Style, organized by Ryan Foerster, Brooklyn, New-York, August 10 - September 30
LAT. 41° 7ʹ′ N. LONG. 72° 19ʹ′ W., organized by Bob Nickas, Martos Gallery summer location, East Marion, N-Y, July 13 - September 2
Galaxie 500, Jacob Kassay / Servane Mary / Olivier Mosset, organized by Gianni Jetzer, Swiss Institute, New-York, February 15 - 17
2012
Family Portrait, Carriage Trade, October 19 - December 9
Davina Semo and Servane Mary, Shoot The Lobster, Marseille, September 1 - 16
Creatures from The Blue Lagoon, curated by Bob Nickas, Bridgehampton, New-York, July 21- September 3
Can’t Stop Rock Lobster, curated by Merkx & Gwyne, Shoot the Lobster, New-York, June 19 - 30
2011
Exhibition and Auction for Women for Women International curated by Jenny Saville and Nadja Romain, Gagosian Gallery, Britannia Street, London, September 27- October 1
Sprung, organized by Rochelle Goldberg and Bozidar Brazda, The Hotel Chelsea, New-York, June 12 -15
2008
Love, Love, Love, Martos Gallery, New-York
Delicatesse des Couleurs, Hangar-7, The Red Bull Foundation, Salzburg, Austria
2006
This Ain’t No Karaoke, curated by Max Henry, Haas & Fischer Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Helter Helter, curated by Max Henry, Anne de Villepoix Gallery, Paris, France
2005
Women On The Verge, Alona Kagan Gallery, New York
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022
Eileen Kinsella, Greater New York,’ MoMA PS1’s Closely Watched Survey, Returns to Excavate New York’s Past and Reckon With Its Surreal Present, Art News, October 5, 2021
Patricia Leigh Brown, Oyster Shoreline at ‘Greater New York’ Has a Pearl of a Message, New York Times, October 8, 2021
Martha Schwendener, Greater New York, 'a Show of the Moment, Dwells in the Radical Past, New York Times, October 8, 2021
Alex Greenberger, 8 Standouts at MoMA PS1’s Greater New York: Passionate Protests, Otherworldly Beings, and More, Artnews, October 6, 2021
Scott Lynch, Sprawling, Vital 'Greater New York' Exhibition Fills MoMA PS1, Gothamist, October 6, 2021
Shannon Lee, 8 Artists to Discover at MoMA PS1’s Greater New York 2021, Artsy, October 6, 2021
2021
Giulia Ronchi, Contemporary art in a deconsecrated church: the new San Carlo space opens in Cremona, Artribune, September 14, 2021
Maria Gradzia Teschi, San Carlo Il passato e gia oggi, La Provincia, September 16, 2021
Glitches by Servane Mary: The first contemporary art exhibition in San Carlo church, Cremona, My Art Guides, News, September 23, 2021
After years of neglect, the seventeenth-century church of San Carlo reopens with an exhibition by the French artist Servane Mary, Cermonasera, September 14, 2021
2019
Pascale Krief, La photographie. Pratiques contemporaines, Art Press, Hors-Série, n°52, Nov, 2019
James Meyer, Notebook, Art Forum, May 2019
Andrew Russeth, Nota Bene, March 18, 2019
Editor’s pick, Notebook curated by Joanne Greenbaum – Notebook pages now turned into works of art, Cultbytes, February 2019
Jessica Simmons, Critics’ Picks, Servane Mary at Joan, Los Angeles, Art Forum, March 21, 2019
2018
Hit Journal 2018, Page 68 - 71, 2018
Sansom Anna, In Search of the Grape and the Good, The Art Newspaper, July/August, 2018
Chasse à l’art contemporain dans les caves de Toscane, Numéro Magazine, July, 2018
Colombo Elisabetta, La Sfida del Pop, Corriere della Sera, August 5, 2018
Braga Sonia S, Arte Diffusa, AD Italia July/August, 2018
Ferraioli, Mariacristina, Torna Art of the Treasure Hunt, la rassegna che porta l’arte nelle cantine del Chianti, Art Tribune, June 17, 2018
Wheels, Edition Patrick Frey, edited by Gianni Jetzer, Ford Galaxie 500, pp. 183 to 192, 2018
2016
Au musee des Beaux-Arts, “Le futur doit etre dangereux”, Le Progres, December 10, 2016
Siska Lyssens, Missoni transforms its New York flagship into an artist’s haven, Wallpaper, Oct 28, 2016
Stephanie Waldek, Missoni Examines Fashion and Art in Its New Project - Surface Conversion, Architectural Digest, October 28, 2016
Missoni launches Surface Conversion with artist Servane Mary, Untitled, October 27, 2016
Judicael Lavrador, Bikeuses Plein Fards, Liberation, September 17 - 18, 2016
Servane Mary’s Babylis at Triple V Gallery, Blouin Artinfo, September 7, 2016
Olympia Scarry, An All-Female Curation of Frieze New York, Another Magazine, May 5, 2016
Vivian Sky Rehberg, “Around Town”, Frieze magazine, May 2016
“Exposition Inaugural, Paris 2eme, Triple V”, Paris Art, February 2016
2015
“Mary/Miller/Mosset/Overton”, Les InRocks, Janvier 19, 2015
Judicael Lavrador,"Servane Mary, La Delicate", Beaux-Arts Magazine no 376, Special Edition "Pourquoi Le Pop Art est Partout", October, 2015
Emily McDermott, "Imaging The American Woman", Interview Magazine, September 11, 2015
2014
Tracy Zwick, Another, Once Again, Many Times More, Art Review Magazine, September 2014
“Another, Once Again, Many Times More” at Martos, Contemporary Art Daily, August 31, 2014
Olivia Swider, “Top Exhibitions Opening This Week in New-York”, Whitewall Magazine, July 9,
2014
Andrew Russeth “Ten Things to do in NY Art World before July 14th”, The Gallerist, July 7, 2014
2013
The Swiss Institute Experience 2006-2013, Jacob Kassay, Olivier Mosset, Servane Mary, Ford Galaxie 1964, 2013, pp. 410- 411, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art and JRP | Ringier, September 2013
Piston Head, Artists Engage the Automobile, Venus Over Manhattan, 2013
Priscilla Frank, Famous Artists Turn Cars into Canvases in Automobile-Centric Exhibition, The Huffington Post, December 6, 2013
Auto Didact, Art Forum, December 6, 2013
Shelly Davidov, “Piston Head” Art Basel exhibit: Playboy, Ferrari and Crushed Cars Collide”, Miami News Time, December 6, 2013
Charlie Schultz, High Octane Art Fair for Miami Art Week, Artsland, December 7, 2013
Emily McDermott, Miami Beach’s Auto Bodies, Interview Magazine, December 8, 2013
Kevin McGarry, On View | For Art Basel, Miami’s Swankiest Garage Becomes a Gallery Yet Again, T Magazine, December 3, 2013
Fan Zhong, Speed Freak, W Magazine, December 4, 2013
Jonathan Bell, Full Throttle: A Fleet of Supercharged Art Cars Goes on Show in Miami, Wallpaper, December 4, 2013
Karen Rosenberg, “Wry to Whimsical, a Summer Eden for Improvisers”, The New York Times, July 18, 2013
Tracy Zwick, “Coordinates: Martos Gallery’s summer group show on the North fork”, Art in America, July 29, 2013
Zoe Lescaze, Domestic Art: Dealer Jose Martos Is Bringing It All Back Home”, Gallerist NY, August 13, 2013
Rachel Young, “East Marion family’s home serves as exhibit backdrop”, The Suffolk Times, August 18, 2013
2012
Karen Rosenberg, “Check Out the Gallery in The Freezer”, New York Times, August 2, 2012
Sutton, Ben. “Martos Gallery Makes for the Hamptons, Filling a Collector's Beach House With High-Priced Hipster Art.” Artinfo, August 3, 2012
Russeth, Andrew, and Michael H. Miller, “East End? It’s Only Beginning! At Last, the Hamptons Is Attracting Edgy Art to Match Its Glitzy Collectors,” Gallerist NY, August 8, 2012
Michael H. Miller, “Bob Nickas Curates Summer Show in Bridgehampton One Last Time,” Gallerist NY, May 22, 2012
R.M. Vaughan, Women of substance, on wisps of silk, The Globe and Mail, July 20, 2012
The Painted World, Servane Mary at Martos Gallery, March 22, 2012
2011
The Actresses, postcards at Artbook, MOMA PS1, Long Island City, New York
Women by Women, The Paris Review, No 199. Winter 2011
2010
Timothee Verrecchia, “La Melancolie De La Celebrite”, L’Officiel Hommes, No. 22, November, 2010
2009
Hannah Kugel, "Jose Martos - Grégoire Maisonneuve", in: Technikart, No. 1, March, 2009
2008
Jeffrey Wright, “Sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll mark summer’s arrival”, in: Chelsea Now, June 2008
2006
Philippe Dagen, “Helter/Helter”, Le Monde, June 17, 2006
Valerie Duponchelle, “Erik Parker, DJ de l’art contemporain”, in: Le Figaro, July 10, 2006
“Glanzlichter der Woche”, in: Kunst, September 20, 2006
Claudia Herstatt, “Karaoke im Arbeiterviertel”, in: Der Tagesspiegel, September 9, 2006
2005
“Women on The Verge”, The L Magazine, March 2, 2005
PUBLICATIONS
Servane Mary: 2006–2018, Published by Pacific and A Palazzo, 2019, Monograph, Edition of 500
Jetzer, Gianni (ed.), “Ford Galaxie 500” in Wheels (Zürich: Edition Patrick Frey, 2018), 183–192
Jetzer, Gianni (ed.), “Jacob Kassay, Olivier Mosset, Servane Mary, Ford Galaxie 1964” in The Swiss Institute Experience 2006–2013, (New York: Swiss Institute, 2013), 410–11
Lindeman, Adam (foreword), Pistonhead: Artists Engage the Automobile (New York: Contemporary Art and JRP|Ringier, 2014)
TEACHING / LECTURES
How Do Women Make a Mark? Visual and Critical Studies Continuing Education Program, The School of Visual Art (SVA), New York, February 7 - April 4, 2022
The Artists Lectures, CCA, San Francisco, March 8 - 9, 2017
Workshop on Sculptography and organization of an exhibition at Four Boxes, Krabbesholm Art Architecture and Design School, Denmark, November 16 - 20, 2015
Work Presentation, Photo History Class, The School of Visual Art, New-York, November 12 - 13, 2014
RESIDENCIES
2012-2014
Residency at The Lower East Side Print Shop (LESP), New-York
CURATORIAL
Curation and programming of exhibitions at San Carlo, Cremona, Italy, Year 2022-2023
The Pop-Up Postcard Project by Servane Mary and Michel Auder, Cleopatra’s, NY, January 17- February 8, 2016
The Pop-Up Postcard Project by Servane Mary and Aura Rosenberg, Joan, Los Angeles, April 29 - June 12, 2016
The Pop-Up Postcard Project by Servane Mary and White Columns, New York Art Book Fair, September 15 - 18, 2016, at MoMA PS1, Queens, NY