Winston Wächter Fine Art | New York :: the biography of Caio Fonseca

BORN: 1959, New York

Solo Exhibitions
2009	Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, UK
2008	The Drawing Room Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2007	Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
2005	Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, UK
2004	Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, D.C. Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
2003	Instituto Valeniano de Arte Moderno (IVAM), Valencia, Spain David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2002	John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
2001	Douglas Udell Gallery Vancouver, BC, Canada Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2000	John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, St. Louis , MO David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO
1999	Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY University Art Gallery, University of California at San Diego, CA Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, N.C.
1998	John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA Knoedler & Co., New York, NY
1996	Knoedler & Co., New York, NY Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY Meredith Long & Co., Houston, TX
1995	John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994	Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
1993	Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
1991	Galeria Anna Ricart, Barcelona, Spain
1985	Vill D'elatre, Lucca, Italy

Selected Group Exhibitions
2008	"Contemporary Watercolors," The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA
2007	"Solstice," David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO
2006	"Black + White," Nathan Bernstein & Co, Ltd., New York, NY "Sliding Scale ," Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY
2005	"Cross Section," Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY "Fuori Tema/Italian Feeling," XIV Quadriennale di Roma, Rome, Italy
2004	"Expansion," Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2003	"Rotations" Winston Wächter Mayer Fine Art, New York, NY "Drawing Modern: Works from the Agnes Gund Collection," Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
2002	"New York Renaissance: Selections from the Whitney Museum," Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy "Abstraction," Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2001	"Summer 2001," Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
2000	"Painting," Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
1999	"Processes," Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton and Vancouver, Canada "Acquisitions," John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA "Abstraction," Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI "Abstract Painting," Robert Kidd Gallery, New York, NY
1997	"Basically Black & White," Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY "Purely Painting," Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York "Contemporary Masterworks," Knoedler & Co., New York
1996	"The New York Scene 1996," Gotlands Knost Museum, Visby, Sweden
1995	"Under Glass," Charles Cowles Gallery, New York "Essence & Persuasion: The Power of Black & White," The Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1994	"About Color," Charles Cowles Gallery, New York
1993	"Essentials," Charles Cowles Gallery, New York "Summer Invitational," David Beitzel Gallery, New York

Print Exhibitions
2003	"Caio Fonseca: Prints and Works on Paper," The Ralls Collection, Washington, DC "Caio Fonseca: Prints," Eckenroth Gallery, Vail, Colorado
2002	"Caio Fonseca: Prints," Paulson Press, Berkeley, CA "Caio Fonseca: Prints," Works on Paper, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
2001	"James Brown and Caio Fonseca: New Color Etchings," Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1998	"Caio Fonseca: Etchings," Betsy Senior Gallery, NY

Selected Periodicals
2005	Falconer, Morgan. "Exhibition Diary," The World of Interiors, November 2005, p. 173. Wilkin, Karen. "Painting a Paradox," Art in America, September 2005, p.142. Craven, Jo. "Profile," British Vogue, November 2005.
2004	Kunitz, Daniel. "One Painter, Two Lives," Vanity Fair, October 2004, p. 332. "Caio Fonseca," ArtReview, December/January 2004 "Even Silent, a Piano Performs," The New York Times, November 14, 2004 "Caio Fonseca," The New Yorker, November 8, 2004 "An Artist's Way," Washington Life, November 2004 Wright, Karen. "The Painter and his Tools," Modern Painters, Autumn 2004, p. 87. "Strokes of Genius," Departures, September 2004
2003	Grant, Daniel. "Caio Fonseca's Abstracts Gain American Aficionados," ARTnewsletter, Volume XXVIII, Number 14, March 4, 2003, p. 5. Oksenhorn, Stewart. "A maestro of painting," Aspen Times Weekly, March 8-9, 2003, pp. B1, B8. Marí, Rafa. "Mitología y modernidad en el IVAM," Las Provincias, March 14, 2003, p. 59.
2002	Worth, Alexi. "Caio Fonseca," The New Yorker, June 10, 2002, p. 20. Johnson, Ken. "Caio Fonseca," The New York Times, June 7, 2002, p. E35. Halkin, Talya. "Caio Fonseca," The New York Sun, June 13, 2002, p. 9. Elley, Peter. "Caio Fonseca," BOMB, Fall 2002, pp. 10-13. Bonuccelli, Ilaria. "Un angolo di astrattismo a Pietrasanta," Il Tirreno, July 27, 2002, p. XI. Sozanski, Edward J. "Musical values are expressed in his prints," The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 11, 2002, pp. W36-W37.
2001	Fahey, Anna. "Caio Fonseca at Winston Wachter Fine Art," Art Access, April 2001, pp. 10-11. Farr, Sheila. "Looking beyond Fonseca's simple forms," The Seattle Times, March 16, 2001, p. 40G. Reilly, Maura. "Caio Fonseca at Paul Kasmin," Art in America, March 2001, pp. 135-136.
2000	Gilmore, Jonathan. "Caio Fonseca: Paul Kasmin," Art News, Summer 2000, p. 206. Stunda, Hillary. "The meaning of art, when art speaks of art," The Aspen Times, February 12-13, 2000, p. 7B. Dannatt, Adrian. "NY Artist Q&A: Caio Fonseca," The Art Newspaper, No. 102, April 2000. Wilkin, Karen. "At the Galleries," Partisan Review, Summer 2000.
1999	Jana, Reena. "Caio Fonseca: John Berggruen," Flash Art, March-April 1999, pp. 14-15. Van Proyen, Mark. "Caio Fonseca: John Berggruen Gallery," New Art Examiner, April 1999, p. 52. Klesper, Laura. "Caio Fonseca: Music to the Eyes," Décor & Style, August 1999, pp. 64-67.
1998	McInerney, Jay. "Playing the Paint," Modern Painters, October 1998, pp. 30-32 (reprinted in The Independent as "Good Old-Fashioned Modernism," September 29, 1998, p. 11) "Caio Fonseca," The New Yorker, April 27-May 4, 1998.
1997	I Dominuque Lombardi, D. "Art Review: Is painting dead?" The Bedford/Pound Ridge Record Review, October 31, 1997. Rose, Charlie. "Interview with Caio Fonseca," WNET-TV.
1996	Bowyer Bell, J. "Reviews & Previews of Current Exhibitions in New York: Caio Fonseca at Knoedler Gallery," Review, November 15, 1996. MacAdam, Alfred. "Caio Fonseca: Knoedler Gallery," Art News, November 1996, p. 129. Wakefield, Neville. "Caio Fonseca," Elle Décor, November 1996, pp. 62-66, 68. Melrod, George. "Order Beneath the Chaos," Art & Antiques, June 1996, pp. 114-117. Eco, Stefano. "Caio Fonseca," Capital (Italy), June 1996. Karmel, Pepe. "Caio Fonseca: Charles Cowles Gallery," The New York Times, April 19, 1996. Gardner, Paul. "Music to the Eyes," Harper's Bazaar, April 1996, Issue no. 3413, pp. 200-203. Rose, Charlie. "Interview with Caio Fonseca," WNET-TV. Lecture at New York Studio School of Painting
1995	Melrod, George. "Looking Back," Art & Antiques, April 1995.
1994	Glueck, Grace. "Gallery Watch," The New York Observer, April 2, 1994. Daspin, Eileen. "Painting the Town," W, May 1994, p. 40. Brock, Hovey. "Caio Fonseca," Art News, September 1994, p. 128.
1993	Mifflin, Margot. "Living with the Modern Muse," Elle, April, pp. 86, 90. Colacello, Bob. "Caio Fonseca," Vanity Fair, April 1993. Hapgood, Susan. "Caio Fonseca at Charles Cowles," Art in America, September 1993, p. 111. Huntoon, Siri. "Caio Fonseca: Charles Cowles," Art News, October 1993, p. 168. Yablonsky, Linda. "Caio Fonseca: Charles Cowles Gallery," ArtForum, November 1993, p. 107.
1991	Mennin, Mark. "Caio Fonseca: Galeria Ana Ricart," Art News, p. 145.

Catalogs and Books
2005	Caio Fonseca, New Paintings (hardbound, 71 page exhibition catalogue). London: Ben Brown Fine Arts. Inventions: Recent Paintings by Caio Fonseca (hardbound, 88 page book accompanying museum exhibition). Washington D.C.: Corcoran Gallery of Art.
2003	Kunitz, Daniel. Caio Fonseca: Paintings, (hardbound, 201 page book accompanying museum exhibition). Valencia, Spain: IVAM.
2002	New York Renaissance: Highlights from the Whitney Museum of American Art (exhibition catalogue). Milan, Italy: Palazzo Reale. Caio Fonseca (exhibition catalogue). New York, NY: Paul Kasmin Gallery. Caio Fonseca (exhibition catalogue). San Francisco, CA: John Berggruen Gallery.
1999	Caio Fonseca (exhibition catalogue). San Francisco, CA: John Berggruen Gallery
1998	Di Piero, W.S. Caio Fonseca (exhibition catalog). New York, NY: Knoedler & Co.
1996	The New York Scene 1996, Gotlands Konst Museum Catalog. 1996, Sweden. Wilkin, Karen. Caio Fonseca (exhibition catalogue). San Francisco, CA: John Berggruen Gallery.
1994	Adams, Brooks. Caio Fonseca (exhibition catalogue). New York, NY: Charles Cowles Gallery. Wilkin, Karen. Caio Fonseca (exhibition catalogue). New York, NY: Charles Cowles Gallery.
1991	Giralt-Miracle, Daniel. Caio Fonseca (exhibition catalogue). Barcelona, Spain: Galeria Anna Ricart.

Selected Public Collections
	The Museum of Modern Art, New York The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York The Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. The Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas The Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin, Texas Kemper Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri The United States Embassy, Vienna, Austria Cesar Pelli, architect. Reagan National Airport Washington D.C., Mural commission. Renzo Piano, architect. Bovis Lend Lease, Aurora Place, Sydney, Australia Mural commission. Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Art, Fine Arts Museums, San Francisco, California Goldman Sachs, New York, New York The Microsoft Collection, Seattle, Washington IVAM, Valencia, Spain National Airport, Washington, D.C., Mural Commission The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio

Solo Exhibitions

Selected Group Exhibitions

Selected Public Collections