Resume

Education: BFA, 1976, Parsons School of Design/New School, NYC
Born, Pittsburgh, PA

EXHIBITIONS, SOLO

• 2019: “Observer Effect” online exhibition curated by Michael Pena for Artsy
• 2016:  “Light, Space,” Werkstadt Graz, Austria
• 2014: “galleries, etc.” Luisotti Gallery Santa Monica, CA
• 2012: Saul Ostrow Presents: Shirley Irons, 21st Street Project Space NYC
• 2010: “Objects & Institutions,” Luisotti Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
• 2009: “A Perfect Day,” Staniar Gallery, Washington and Lee University, Virginia
• 2006: “Meadowland,” Luisotti Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
• 2003: “Common Landscape,” Luisotti Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
• 2002: Tyler Gallery, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
• 2001: Project: Painting-in-the-Floor, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY
• 1998: “Road Show,” Luisotti Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
• 1992: White Columns, New York, NY
• 1985: Queens Museum, Queens, NY

TWO OR THREE PERSON

• 2019: Inside/Outside (with Joachim Brohm and Catherine Wagner), Luisotti Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
• Transitory Nature (with Jeri Coppola) CAS, Livingston Manor, NY
• 2015:  “Ordinary Things,” Heskin Contemporary, NYC, with Lizzie Scott
• 2011: On View: 305 Van Brunty with Jen Nelson
• 2008: Thresholds of Visibility, Surface Library, Springs, Long Island, NY (4-person)
• 2006: Now, Voyager, Islip Museum of Art, New York (6-person, catalogue)
• 2001: Visibility, Fair, Murray Guy, NYC (w/Bill Adams and Judith Eisler)
• 2000: Mapping the Imaginary, (w/Kathy Prendergast and Nancy Dwyer) Hobart & Wm Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
• 1999: Rita McBride, Sylvia Mangold, and Occasional Guests, Alexander and Bonin, NYC
• 1996: Blender V, artist/writer collaboration with Lydia Davis, Four Walls, NY
• 1995: Division of Breath and Air, (w/Uta Barth and Karin Davie) Patrick Callery, NYC
• 1993: Reversible World,(3-person w/Laurence Hegarty and Lindsay Walt) B-4-A, NYC
• 1991: Bain Douche, collaborative installation with Andrea Blum and Jeanne Silverthorne, Simon Watson Gallery, New York, NY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• 2019: ‘What the Eye Wants,” Jennifer Landes, East Hampton Star, March
• https://deliciousline.org/review/396 by Saul Ostrow 9/19
• 2013: “A Way That Fully Resonates,” Christopher Knight, LA Times
• Transformation, Art Papers, Artist Project, March/April
• 2012: “Draw it with your eyes closed: the art of the art assignment,” Paper Monument, eds.
• 2010: Shirley Irons, LA Times, April 16, 2010,Christopher Knight review of Luisotti show Seen, Daily du Jour, April 5, 2010, Chris Stanton
• ART PAPERS, Dinah Ryan(review of Staniar Gallery show), March/April, p. 51
• EAST OF BORNEO, inagural issue, www.eastofborneo.org (reproduction ony)
• 2003: Jochen Gerz, LíAnthologie de ëArt, Les Presses du Reel, French edition
• C & R online review of exhibition,artscenecal.com
• 2001: ART MONTHLY, review and reproduction, June 2001, no. 247, Michael Wilson,
• TIME OUT, review and reproduction, Andrea K. Scott, May 10-17
• M. review and reproduction, “Bill Adams, Judith Eisler & Shirley Irons,”
• Merrily Kerr, May FLASH ART, “Exurbia,” Clayton Campbell, January/February
• 2000: Los Angeles Times,”Between Rural and Suburban,” review and reproduction, 12/15/00, Christopher Knight,
• Baltimore City Paper, “A Few Words About 1,000 Pictures,” Mike Giuliano, 11/8/00 (reproduction)
• “Exurbia,” Santa Monica Mirror, 11/8/00
• NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, Sunday 3/26/00, Mary Tannen
• 1998: LA Times, 10/16/98, Claudine Ise, review of exhibition
• New York Times, 5/15/98, Holland Cotter, review of Disappearing Act
• 1996: New York Times,7/26/96, Grace Glueck, review of the Baseball Show; also
• Time Out, #45, 7/31-8/7/96, Linda Yablonski;
• Village Voice, 7/23/96, Kim Levin Isaak, Joanna,
• The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Laughter, Ch. “Mapping the Imagination,” Routledge
• 1995: Time Capsule, Creative Time
• 1993: Promotional Copy (artists’ book organized by Robin Kahn)
• 1992: TEMA CELESTE, December, reproduction p. 7
• “Talk of the Town,” NEW YORKER, March 23, 1992
• “Dictionary of Art Terms,” ACME, Vol. 1, Spring (collaborative project)
• 1991: Catalogue essay for Lewis Baltz retrospective, Rule Without Exception, UNM Press;
• “1992,” conceptual art calendar for BLAST magazine
• 1987: BOMB magazine, “In Her Own Voice,” by Saul Ostrow, Fall issue
• CODA magazine, Amsterdam, Summer issue
• 1986: Heresies #20, collective, co-editor, Political Activism

GROUP SHOWS

• 2020
  • Books, Gallerie Thomas Zander, Cologne
  • Gallery group show, Studio 11, East Hampton, NY
  • Social Photography VIII, carriage trade, New York
•  2019
  • A Walk in the Woods, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
  • Inside Interiors, curated by Romanov Grave, Russell Steele, East Hampton NY
  • Social Photography VII, carriage trade, NYC
•  2018
  • No Longer Supported, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
  • Through the Looking Glass, Sotheby’s NYC
  • Black and White and Red (All Over), Galleria Huuto,Helsinki
  • Snarl of Twine, Magenta Plains, NYC
  • Social Photography VI, carriage trade, NYC
•  2017
  • Social Photography V, carriage trade, NYC
  • Demontage, Werkstadt Graz, AU
•  2014
  • Whitney Biennial as part of Critical Practices, Inc. Whitney Museum, NYC
• 2013
  • The Way We Live Now, Gallery Luisotti, Bergamont Station, Santa Monica, CA
• 2012
  • Social Studies, La Conservera, Murcia, Spain
• 2011
  • Chain Letter, Samson, Boston, MA
  • Social Photography II, carriage trade, NYC
• 2009
  • Octet, Pera Museum, Istanbul (curated by Suzanne Anker and Peter Hristoff)
  • Night Town, Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA
• 2007
  • Brief Encounters, Caren Golden Gallery, NYC
  • The End(s) of Photography, MCDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, Ohio (curated by Saul Ostrow, traveling)
  • Holiday Shopping, Emily Harvey Gallery, NYC (curated by Robin Kahn)
• 2006
  • Now Voyager, Islip Museum, Long Island, NY (curated by Susan M. Canning, catalogue)
• 2005
  • On Paper, Pace University, NYC
  • Copilandia, Seville, Spain (curated by Robin Kahn and Kiirby Gookin)
  • Anthologie der Kunst, Academy of Art, Berlin
• 2003
  • Small Works, Marcel Scheiner Gallery, Hilton Head, NC
• 2000
  • “Trailer,” Luisotti Gallery, Santa Monica
  • “Iím Still in Love with You,” Steven Hull exhibition and LP publication, LA
• 1998
  • “Disappearing Act,” Bound & Unbound and Leslie Tonkonow, NYC
  • “Valentine,” Rosamund Felson Gallery, Santa Monica (catalogue)
• 1997
  • “Get Busy,” P.S. 122, NYC (curated by Susan Canning)
  • “Blind Date,” Cal Arts, Valencia, CA (curated by Steven Hull, catalogue)
  • Possessions, School of Visual Art, NYC
• 1996
  • The Baseball Show, Curt Marcus Gallery, NYC (curated by Barbara Ess)
  • Scratch, Threadwaxing Space, NYC
  • Conceptual Documents for Impossible Art, 473 Broadway, NYC
• 1995
  • Jobs II, Four Walls at Ronald Feldman Gallery, NYC
  • Partly Sunny, Tomorrow, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
• 1994
  • Untitled Installation, Hunter College Faculty Invitational, NYC
  • Between, University of Akron, traveling to Allegheny College (catalogue)
• 1993
  • Songs of Retribution, Richard Anderson Gallery, NYC
  • BOMB Benefit, Fawbush Gallery, NYC
• 1992
  • Mr. B’s Curiosity Shop, Threadwaxing Space, NYC (curated by Saul Ostrow, catalogue)
  • Update, White Columns, NYC
• 1991
  • Physical Relief, Leubsdorf Gallery at Hunter College, NYC (catalogue)
• 1990
  • 84 Fragments, Parts and Wholes, White Columns, NYC
  • Public Mirror, Clocktower, NYC, Bali Miller Gallery, NYC; McNeil Gallery (Vanguard),
  • Philadelphia; AIR Gallery, NYC; Solo Gallery, NYC;
  • Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, NYC; DiMauro Gallery, NYC; Kamikaze, NYC;
  • Printed Matter, NYC; Jack Tilton, NYC; PS l, Long Island City, NYC;
  • De Facto, NYC, ABC No Rio

GRANTS & AWARDS

1983: New York State Council on the Arts (CAPS), Painting
1977-79: Teaching Assistantship, Lithography, Parsons School of Design

CURATORIAL

2021 “The Fall,” online exhibition, Critical Practices, Inc. https://www.criticalpractices.org/cpi-vrp

2017 “Traveler,” SVA, NYC

2013″The Way We Live Now,” Luisotti Gallery, Santa Monica

2008 “Red is a Feminist Color,” SVA, NYC

2004 “Alien Bodies,” SVA NYC

2001 “Exurbia,” Luisotti Gallery, Santa Monica

“Alien Bodies,” SUNY Purchase

LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS

• 2012
  • Mixed-media workshop, Art Therapy Program, SVA
• 2007-ongoing
  • Instructor, Fine Art Department, School of Visual Arts, 2nd year painting workshop and painting/photography courses
• 2002
  • Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA, graduate painting seminar
  • CalArts visiting artist, Advanced Painting seminar
  • Claremont College, Painting seminar
• 2000-2001
  • Visiting Artist, Painting, SUNY Purchase
  • MFA Thesis Committees, NYU (Clover Archer, Jennifer Nelson) , NYU School of Art
• 1999-2001
  • Lecturer, graduate special project class, New York University School of Art & Art Education
• 1993-ongoing
  • Instructor, “Exploring Multimedia,” School of Visual Arts, NYC
• 1997
  • Visiting Artist, CalArts, Valencia, CA (January – May), graduate painting seminar and
    undergraduate painting
• 1993-1996
  • Co-director, Theoretical Studies in Art, a seminar series at White Columns
• 1995
  • “Imaging Madness,” NYU School of Medicine at NYVAMC
• 1993
  • “Painting, Poetry and Schizophrenia,” 3-part seminar for TSA, White Columns
• 1982, 83
  • Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, visiting artist, 2nd year painting and 4th year painting seminars)
• 1984
  • The Child School, New York City (with learning disabled children)
• 1978 80
  • Instructor, lithography, Parsons School of Design, NYC
• 1980 84
  • Instructor, summer only, lithography, Parsons School of Design
• 1987
  • Instructor, painting, Scarsdale YMCA, NY