Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
B. 1979
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
2009
MFA, Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York, NY
2001
BA, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
SELECTED SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023
See Thru Palm, Dio Horia Gallery, Athens, GR
2022
Madonna Undone, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021
Psychic Nerve, Chapter NY, New York, NY
2020
Supple As The Supplicant, Galería Agustina Ferreyra, Mexico City, MEX
2019
Herfugue, JOAN, Los Angeles, CA
Sawblade To The Sun, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, FRA
2018
High Hell, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Self Seed, Lumber Room, Portland, OR
2017
Call NOW, Chapter NY, New York
2016
Future Woman, Yuz Foundation, Shanghai, CHN
2015
Want Position // Red, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, FRA
Yes, Chapter NY, New York
Is She Is She Psychic, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Bodyrite, with Sarah Peters, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, NY
OK WORMHOLE, with Amelia Saddington, Know More Games, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Bodytonic, Kansas Gallery, New York, NY
Mira Dancy & Alice Shaw, Artadia Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY
2012
No Eyes For Irma, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Afterglow, Acquavella Galleries, Palm Beach, FL
2021
3.0, Chapter NY, New York
Therefore I am, Spurs Gallery, Beijing, CN
Sunburst, Various Small Fires, Seoul, KR
2020
Majeure Force, Part One, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Paper, Chapter NY, New York, NY
Mira Dancy, France-Lise McGurn, Claire Woods, Simon Lee, New York, NY
2018
She Stares Back, The Fed Galleries, Kendall College of Art and Design, Ferris State University, Grand Rapids, MI
2017
Reinventing the Figure: Katherine Bernhardt, Katherine Bradford, Mira Dancy, Derek Fordjour, Grace Weaver, Galleria Monica De Cardenes, Zouz, CH
Summer Trip, curated by Katherine Bernhardt & Tripoli Patterson, Tripoli Gallery, Southampton, NY
Jane Freilicher, Mira Dancy, Daniel Heidkamp, Derek Eller, New York, NY
2016
Flowers in Your Hair, FUSED, San Francisco, CA
Human Condition, Los Angeles, CA
Wacking the Pinata, LTD Los Angeles, CA
Greek Gotham, curated by Maria Brito, Dio Horia Gallery, Mykonos, GR
Anonymous Gallery, Mexico City, MX
Surreal, König Gallerie, Berlin, DE
Untitled Body Parts, Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY
2015
No Man’s Land, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
Unrealism, organized by Jeffrey Deitch and Larry Gagosian, Miami, FL
Greater New York, MoMA PS1, New York, NY
Let’s Get Figurative, Nicelle Beauchene, New York, NY
F.B.I., Arturo Bandini, Los Angeles, CA
Feed the Meter, Bernard Ceysson, Luxembourg City, LX
2014
Don’t Look Now, organized by 247365, Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, NY
Rumpus Room, David Shelton Gallery, Houston, TX
Hot House, organized by Black Rock, Know More Games, and Night Gallery, New York, NY
The Metropolitan Art Center, curated by The Suzanne Geiss Company, Beirut, LB
Particular Pictures, curated by Emily Ludwig Shaffer & Joshua Abelow, The Suzanne Geiss Company, New York, NY
Feeling Human, Bleecker Street Arts Club, New York, NY
2013
SPLAZITCH!, Side Effects Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Snail Salon, curated by Adrianne Rubenstein, Regina Rex, Brooklyn, NY
Nacket Gläubigen : Be Leaf Me, Infernoesque, Berlin, DE
Mira Dancy, Summer Wheat, Jessica Williams, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY
2012
Invagination: Write To Life, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Christian Sampson/Mira Dancy/Sasha Braunig, Bull and Ram, Brooklyn, NY
Sauna>sauna, New York, NY
It’s a Process: Cassavetes-style Star Search & Comeback Chat Action Episode with Speacial Guest: Mira Dancy and Debo Eilers, Primetime, Brooklyn, NY
Hot German Painting, Hans Eisler Nail Salon, Brooklyn, NY
2011
Invagination / A Seagull Presents Woman to Woman, New York, NY
Tidepool: MADAM performance, Sara Metzler Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Collective Show, Participant Inc, New York, NY
Madam presents Accessorx, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Das Heilmittel, Night Gallery at Economy, Frankfurt, DE
Acts Are For Actors, SouthFirst, Brooklyn, NY
Visionary/Visions are Scary, French Neon Pop-Up Space, Brooklyn, NY
Private Life, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Invagination: The Death of Hamster, New York, NY
New Mirrors, Exit Art, New York, NY
2009
ABCyz, Silvershed Gallery, New York, NY
Whitney’s Biennial, Cream Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Jennifer Sullivan’s It’s a Process: Garage Sale, Heist Gallery, New York, NY
WRONG: A Program of Word and Image, Eighth Veil, Los Angeles, CA
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2009
Toby Fund Award
2008
D’Arcy Hayman Scholarship Award, Columbia University
2001
John Bard Award, Bard College
2000
Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale University School of Art
1999
Suzanne Clements Zimmer Prize, Bard College
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023
Stone, Amelia. “Artists Laurie Simmons, Martine Gutierrez, Sydnie Jimenez, and More Bring You Into Their Barbie World,” Cultured, July 20, 2023
2022
“10 Must-See Gallery Shows in Los Angeles This Month, From Vintage Cindy Sherman Photographs to Sand-Inflected Abstractions,” Artnet News, October 4, 2022.
Nys Dambrot, Shana. “Meet Inverse Archetype Painter Mira Dancy,” LAWeekly, September 26, 2022.
2021
Smith, Roberta. “The Best Art Shows of 2021 Were in Galleries,” The New York Times, December 7, 2021.
Small, Rachel. “Mira Dancy – Psychic Nerve,” The Guide.Art, November 18, 2021.
2020
Sheets, Hilarie M. “Artist Mira Dancy and Night Gallery’s Davida Nemeroff Talk a Decade of Collaboration,” Galerie, July 15, 2020.
Goldstein, Caroline. “9 Megawatt Gallery Shows to Check Out During Armory Week, From Kara Walker’s Drawings to Julian Schnabel’s Latest Works,” artnet news, March 3, 2020.
Goldstein, Caroline. “Editors Picks: 11 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week,” artnet news, February 3, 2020.
2019
Kron, Cat. “Mira Dancy at JOAN.” Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, October 30, 2019.
2017
Cohen, Alina. “Mira Dancy.” Art in America, September 1, 2017.
Carrigan, Margaret. “Polychromatic Clairvoyance.” Blouin Modern Painters, May 2017.
Indrisek, Scott. “When Words Fail.” Cultured, April 2017.
“’Mira Dancy: FUTURE WOMAN // remake me’ at Yuz Museum, Shanghai.” Blouin Artinfo, January 9, 2017.
2016
Gittlen, Ariela. “Mira Dancy.” Elephant Magazine, no. 28, 2016.
Korman, Sam. “Mira Dancy.” Cura, no. 21, 2016.
Kazanijan, Dodie. “Mira Mira”, Vogue, June 2016.
Zhong, Fan. “Go Figure! An Unfashionable Art Trend Makes a Comeback,” W Magazine, April 15, 2016.
Saltz, Jerry. “11 Artists Poised to Have a Breakout Year.” The Cut, New York Magazine, April 11, 2016.
Binlot, Ann. “Art Basel in Hong Kong Kicks Off with Optimism and Style”, ArtNet News, March 22, 2016.
2015
Artsy Editorial. “The Top 15 Emerging Artists of 2015.” Artsy.net, December 15, 2015.
McDonald, Christian. “Mira Dancy.” Interview Magazine, December 2, 2015.
Pomar, Aina. “Frieze London 2015: The Artists.” Art Dependence Magazine, October 16, 2015.
Cotter, Holland. “At ‘Greater New York’, Rising Art Stars Meet the Old Stars’, The New York Times, October 15, 2015.
Goldstein, Andrew M. “5 Artists to Watch at Frieze London.” ArtSpace, October 15, 2015.
Blinlot, Ana. “5 Things to See at Frize London.” Forbes, October 14, 2015.
Russeth, Andrew. “PS1’s Sprawling ‘Greater New York’, Show Broadens its Purview with Mixed Results.” ArtNews, October 9, 2015.
Smith, Roberta. “Mira Dancy’s Yes.” The New York Times, June 25, 2015.
Vogel, Wendy. “Mira Dancy.” Art in America: The Lookout, June 2015.
Steer, Emily. “Mira Dancy: Yes.” Elephant Magazine, June 18, 2015.
“Mira Dancy: ‘YES’ at Chapter NY.” Artnews.com, June 15, 2015.
Stagg, Natasha. “Post Woman.” Kaleidoscope, Winter 2015.
Berardini, Andrew. “Critic’s Pick: Mira Dancy.” Artforum, January 2015.
2014
Bradley, Paige K. “Mira Dancy and Sarah Peters,” Artforum Critic’s Pick, November 2014.
Butler, Sharon. “Quick Study,” Two Coats of Paint, November 7, 2014.
Indrisek, Scott. “5 Must-See Gallery Shows in New York,” Blouin ArtInfo, October 30, 2014.
Franco, Kit. “’As A Body’” at Cooper Cole Gallery.” POVarts, August 25, 2014.
Adelaide, Kari. “Feeling Human at Bleeker Street Arts Club.” Huffington Post, March 2014.
2013
“Critic’s Pick: Mira Dancy, Bodytonic.” Time Out New York, July 24, 2013.
Stopa, Jason. “Whitehot Watch.” Whitehot Magazine, July 2013.
Reid, Caris. “Look.” Dossier Journal, May 11, 2013.
Rosenberg, Karen. “NADA NYC Art Fair at Basketball City.” The New York Times, May 10, 2013.
Rosenberg, Karen. “A Roving Art Fair Finds a Home Court Advantage,” The New York Times, May 4, 2013.
2012
Johnson, Alexis. “Paint the Town.” LA Confidential, September 2012.
2011
Tam, Herb. “Painting in 2030.” Mind Spray, September 2011.
2010
“Art.” FRV Magazine, Summer 2010.
Reid, Caris. “Look.” Dossier Journal, May 2010.
Butler, Sharon. “New Mirrors: Painting in a Transparent World.” The Brooklyn Rail, February 2010.
EXHIBITION PUBLICATIONS
Future Woman, text by Ashton Cooper, catalogue published by Yuz Museum, Shanghai, 2016.
NO MAN’S LAND, text by Anna Stothart and Tami Katz-Freiman, published by Rubell Family Collection, Miami, 2015.
After Stanley Donen, ed. Jibade-Khalil Huffman, published by Eighth Veil/Paper Chase Press, Los Angeles, 2009.
Popular Hallucinations for the Home, text by Karen Davidson, published by Mass Gallery and Refraction Arts, 2007.
Re: Generation/35th Anniversary of the Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series, published by Douglass College and Rutgers University Libraries, 2005.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Yuz Museum, Shanghai, CHN
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
2009
MFA, Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York, NY
2001
BA, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
SELECTED SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023
See Thru Palm, Dio Horia Gallery, Athens, GR
2022
Madonna Undone, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021
Psychic Nerve, Chapter NY, New York, NY
2020
Supple As The Supplicant, Galería Agustina Ferreyra, Mexico City, MEX
2019
Herfugue, JOAN, Los Angeles, CA
Sawblade To The Sun, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, FRA
2018
High Hell, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Self Seed, Lumber Room, Portland, OR
2017
Call NOW, Chapter NY, New York
2016
Future Woman, Yuz Foundation, Shanghai, CHN
2015
Want Position // Red, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, FRA
Yes, Chapter NY, New York
Is She Is She Psychic, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Bodyrite, with Sarah Peters, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, NY
OK WORMHOLE, with Amelia Saddington, Know More Games, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Bodytonic, Kansas Gallery, New York, NY
Mira Dancy & Alice Shaw, Artadia Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY
2012
No Eyes For Irma, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Afterglow, Acquavella Galleries, Palm Beach, FL
2021
3.0, Chapter NY, New York
Therefore I am, Spurs Gallery, Beijing, CN
Sunburst, Various Small Fires, Seoul, KR
2020
Majeure Force, Part One, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Paper, Chapter NY, New York, NY
Mira Dancy, France-Lise McGurn, Claire Woods, Simon Lee, New York, NY
2018
She Stares Back, The Fed Galleries, Kendall College of Art and Design, Ferris State University, Grand Rapids, MI
2017
Reinventing the Figure: Katherine Bernhardt, Katherine Bradford, Mira Dancy, Derek Fordjour, Grace Weaver, Galleria Monica De Cardenes, Zouz, CH
Summer Trip, curated by Katherine Bernhardt & Tripoli Patterson, Tripoli Gallery, Southampton, NY
Jane Freilicher, Mira Dancy, Daniel Heidkamp, Derek Eller, New York, NY
2016
Flowers in Your Hair, FUSED, San Francisco, CA
Human Condition, Los Angeles, CA
Wacking the Pinata, LTD Los Angeles, CA
Greek Gotham, curated by Maria Brito, Dio Horia Gallery, Mykonos, GR
Anonymous Gallery, Mexico City, MX
Surreal, König Gallerie, Berlin, DE
Untitled Body Parts, Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY
2015
No Man’s Land, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
Unrealism, organized by Jeffrey Deitch and Larry Gagosian, Miami, FL
Greater New York, MoMA PS1, New York, NY
Let’s Get Figurative, Nicelle Beauchene, New York, NY
F.B.I., Arturo Bandini, Los Angeles, CA
Feed the Meter, Bernard Ceysson, Luxembourg City, LX
2014
Don’t Look Now, organized by 247365, Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, NY
Rumpus Room, David Shelton Gallery, Houston, TX
Hot House, organized by Black Rock, Know More Games, and Night Gallery, New York, NY
The Metropolitan Art Center, curated by The Suzanne Geiss Company, Beirut, LB
Particular Pictures, curated by Emily Ludwig Shaffer & Joshua Abelow, The Suzanne Geiss Company, New York, NY
Feeling Human, Bleecker Street Arts Club, New York, NY
2013
SPLAZITCH!, Side Effects Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Snail Salon, curated by Adrianne Rubenstein, Regina Rex, Brooklyn, NY
Nacket Gläubigen : Be Leaf Me, Infernoesque, Berlin, DE
Mira Dancy, Summer Wheat, Jessica Williams, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY
2012
Invagination: Write To Life, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Christian Sampson/Mira Dancy/Sasha Braunig, Bull and Ram, Brooklyn, NY
Sauna>sauna, New York, NY
It’s a Process: Cassavetes-style Star Search & Comeback Chat Action Episode with Speacial Guest: Mira Dancy and Debo Eilers, Primetime, Brooklyn, NY
Hot German Painting, Hans Eisler Nail Salon, Brooklyn, NY
2011
Invagination / A Seagull Presents Woman to Woman, New York, NY
Tidepool: MADAM performance, Sara Metzler Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Collective Show, Participant Inc, New York, NY
Madam presents Accessorx, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Das Heilmittel, Night Gallery at Economy, Frankfurt, DE
Acts Are For Actors, SouthFirst, Brooklyn, NY
Visionary/Visions are Scary, French Neon Pop-Up Space, Brooklyn, NY
Private Life, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Invagination: The Death of Hamster, New York, NY
New Mirrors, Exit Art, New York, NY
2009
ABCyz, Silvershed Gallery, New York, NY
Whitney’s Biennial, Cream Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Jennifer Sullivan’s It’s a Process: Garage Sale, Heist Gallery, New York, NY
WRONG: A Program of Word and Image, Eighth Veil, Los Angeles, CA
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2009
Toby Fund Award
2008
D’Arcy Hayman Scholarship Award, Columbia University
2001
John Bard Award, Bard College
2000
Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale University School of Art
1999
Suzanne Clements Zimmer Prize, Bard College
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023
Stone, Amelia. “Artists Laurie Simmons, Martine Gutierrez, Sydnie Jimenez, and More Bring You Into Their Barbie World,” Cultured, July 20, 2023
2022
“10 Must-See Gallery Shows in Los Angeles This Month, From Vintage Cindy Sherman Photographs to Sand-Inflected Abstractions,” Artnet News, October 4, 2022.
Nys Dambrot, Shana. “Meet Inverse Archetype Painter Mira Dancy,” LAWeekly, September 26, 2022.
2021
Smith, Roberta. “The Best Art Shows of 2021 Were in Galleries,” The New York Times, December 7, 2021.
Small, Rachel. “Mira Dancy – Psychic Nerve,” The Guide.Art, November 18, 2021.
2020
Sheets, Hilarie M. “Artist Mira Dancy and Night Gallery’s Davida Nemeroff Talk a Decade of Collaboration,” Galerie, July 15, 2020.
Goldstein, Caroline. “9 Megawatt Gallery Shows to Check Out During Armory Week, From Kara Walker’s Drawings to Julian Schnabel’s Latest Works,” artnet news, March 3, 2020.
Goldstein, Caroline. “Editors Picks: 11 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week,” artnet news, February 3, 2020.
2019
Kron, Cat. “Mira Dancy at JOAN.” Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, October 30, 2019.
2017
Cohen, Alina. “Mira Dancy.” Art in America, September 1, 2017.
Carrigan, Margaret. “Polychromatic Clairvoyance.” Blouin Modern Painters, May 2017.
Indrisek, Scott. “When Words Fail.” Cultured, April 2017.
“’Mira Dancy: FUTURE WOMAN // remake me’ at Yuz Museum, Shanghai.” Blouin Artinfo, January 9, 2017.
2016
Gittlen, Ariela. “Mira Dancy.” Elephant Magazine, no. 28, 2016.
Korman, Sam. “Mira Dancy.” Cura, no. 21, 2016.
Kazanijan, Dodie. “Mira Mira”, Vogue, June 2016.
Zhong, Fan. “Go Figure! An Unfashionable Art Trend Makes a Comeback,” W Magazine, April 15, 2016.
Saltz, Jerry. “11 Artists Poised to Have a Breakout Year.” The Cut, New York Magazine, April 11, 2016.
Binlot, Ann. “Art Basel in Hong Kong Kicks Off with Optimism and Style”, ArtNet News, March 22, 2016.
2015
Artsy Editorial. “The Top 15 Emerging Artists of 2015.” Artsy.net, December 15, 2015.
McDonald, Christian. “Mira Dancy.” Interview Magazine, December 2, 2015.
Pomar, Aina. “Frieze London 2015: The Artists.” Art Dependence Magazine, October 16, 2015.
Cotter, Holland. “At ‘Greater New York’, Rising Art Stars Meet the Old Stars’, The New York Times, October 15, 2015.
Goldstein, Andrew M. “5 Artists to Watch at Frieze London.” ArtSpace, October 15, 2015.
Blinlot, Ana. “5 Things to See at Frize London.” Forbes, October 14, 2015.
Russeth, Andrew. “PS1’s Sprawling ‘Greater New York’, Show Broadens its Purview with Mixed Results.” ArtNews, October 9, 2015.
Smith, Roberta. “Mira Dancy’s Yes.” The New York Times, June 25, 2015.
Vogel, Wendy. “Mira Dancy.” Art in America: The Lookout, June 2015.
Steer, Emily. “Mira Dancy: Yes.” Elephant Magazine, June 18, 2015.
“Mira Dancy: ‘YES’ at Chapter NY.” Artnews.com, June 15, 2015.
Stagg, Natasha. “Post Woman.” Kaleidoscope, Winter 2015.
Berardini, Andrew. “Critic’s Pick: Mira Dancy.” Artforum, January 2015.
2014
Bradley, Paige K. “Mira Dancy and Sarah Peters,” Artforum Critic’s Pick, November 2014.
Butler, Sharon. “Quick Study,” Two Coats of Paint, November 7, 2014.
Indrisek, Scott. “5 Must-See Gallery Shows in New York,” Blouin ArtInfo, October 30, 2014.
Franco, Kit. “’As A Body’” at Cooper Cole Gallery.” POVarts, August 25, 2014.
Adelaide, Kari. “Feeling Human at Bleeker Street Arts Club.” Huffington Post, March 2014.
2013
“Critic’s Pick: Mira Dancy, Bodytonic.” Time Out New York, July 24, 2013.
Stopa, Jason. “Whitehot Watch.” Whitehot Magazine, July 2013.
Reid, Caris. “Look.” Dossier Journal, May 11, 2013.
Rosenberg, Karen. “NADA NYC Art Fair at Basketball City.” The New York Times, May 10, 2013.
Rosenberg, Karen. “A Roving Art Fair Finds a Home Court Advantage,” The New York Times, May 4, 2013.
2012
Johnson, Alexis. “Paint the Town.” LA Confidential, September 2012.
2011
Tam, Herb. “Painting in 2030.” Mind Spray, September 2011.
2010
“Art.” FRV Magazine, Summer 2010.
Reid, Caris. “Look.” Dossier Journal, May 2010.
Butler, Sharon. “New Mirrors: Painting in a Transparent World.” The Brooklyn Rail, February 2010.
EXHIBITION PUBLICATIONS
Future Woman, text by Ashton Cooper, catalogue published by Yuz Museum, Shanghai, 2016.
NO MAN’S LAND, text by Anna Stothart and Tami Katz-Freiman, published by Rubell Family Collection, Miami, 2015.
After Stanley Donen, ed. Jibade-Khalil Huffman, published by Eighth Veil/Paper Chase Press, Los Angeles, 2009.
Popular Hallucinations for the Home, text by Karen Davidson, published by Mass Gallery and Refraction Arts, 2007.
Re: Generation/35th Anniversary of the Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series, published by Douglass College and Rutgers University Libraries, 2005.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Yuz Museum, Shanghai, CHN