Nate Lowman

Nate Lowman was born in 1979 in Las Vegas, he currently lives and works in New York.


Lowman’s work delves into the intersections of power, beauty, and violence within art and society. These themes are intricately woven into a highly specific and intimate relationship with materials, often employing labour-intensive studio techniques like pointillist dot painting, intended to mimic silkscreens and intricately shaped hand-stretched canvases. Reflecting on contemporary issues such as mass consumerism, celebrity pop culture, and violence, Lowman appropriates and manipulates pre-existing imagery to generate symbolic references.


Lowman’s work is held in numerous public collections including the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

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Biography

Solo exhibitions
Year
Country, Exhibition Name, Location
2023
I, Delusion Horizon, MASSIMODECARLO, Milano
2022
UK, Nate Lowman: Let’s Go, David Zwirner, London
2021
F, Mother’s Indigestion, MASSIMODECARLO Pièce Unique, Paris
2019
UK, Nate Lowman: October 1, 2017, David Zwirner, London
2018
USA, Never Remember, Gagosian, New York
I, Elliptical Machine Gun, Massimo De Carlo, Milano
N, Nate Lowman - Works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo
USA, Nate Lowman & Keith Sonnier: UNTITLED (flowers) [two-person exhibition], The National Exemplar, New York
N, Nate Lowman – Works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection, Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo
2017
USA, Before and After, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen
2016
USA, Nate Lowman & Don Fleming: 54 Franklin / 114 Westville [two-person exhibition], The National Exemplar, New York
USA, Nate Lowman, Maccarone, Los Angeles
F, World of Interiors, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims
UK, Downtown is a Construct, Massimo De Carlo, London
2015
USA, Nate Lowman & Keith Sonnier: Stock-Props [two-person exhibition], The National Exemplar, New York
USA, America Sneezes, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas
2014
UK, Weeping Atlas Cedar, Massimo De Carlo, London
USA, Rave the Painforest, Maccarone, New York
2013
USA, Art Relax, Karma, New York
2012
USA, I Wanted to Be an Artist but all I got was this Lousy Career, The Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Greenwich
F, The Triumph Arch, 5 Rue de Tilsitt, Paris
UK, Cats & Dogs, Massimo De Carlo, London
I, Swiss Cheese and The Doors: A One Night Stand, Massimo De Carlo, Milano
2011
USA, Bed Bugs, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York
USA, Trash Landing, Maccarone, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York
USA, Love Roses, The National Exemplar, New York
USA, 30 Million Dollar Smile, Triple A, Los Angeles
USA, Hanna Linden and Nate Lowman, Maccarone project room, New York
Three Amigos: Gift Ghost GAP, American Academy in Rome, Roma
2010
USA, Karla Black and Nate Lowman, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
USA, Come As You Are Again, Salon 94, New York
UK, Fill You With Holes - EXTRA CONTENT Lygia Clark, Massimo De Carlo, London
Group exhibitions
Year
Country, Exhibition Name, Location
2022
F, In Bloom, MASSIMODECARLO Pièce Unique, Paris
2021
USA, The American Landscape, David Nolan Gallery, New York
2020
USA, 20/20, David Zwirner, New York
USA, A Possible Horizon, de la Cruz Collection, Miami
2019
USA, Inaugural Exhibition, Leila Heller Gallery, New York
I, MCMXXXIV, Massimo De Carlo, Milano
USA, ASS, The National Exemplar, New York
USA, Chairs Beyond Right & Wrong, R & Company, New York
USA, DOUBLE VISION, Leila Heller Gallery, New York
USA, Third Dimension: Works from The Brant Foundation, The Brant Foundation, New York
USA, Pure 'Joy', Western Exhibitions, Chicago
USA, More/Less, de la Cruz Collection, Miami
USA, MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM: THE ART SHOW, The Hole, New York
USA, From Day to Day, De La Cruz Collection, Miami
2018
USA, Adam McEwen Selects: Exhibition and Sale to Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Gladstone Gallery, New York
2017
USA, FEEDBACK, Marlborough Contemporary, New York
USA, Portable Art: A Project by Celia Forner, Hauser & Wirth, New York
USA, MIDTOWN, Lever House, New York
USA, Force and Form, de la Cruz Collection, Miami
UK, Street Hassle, Marlborough Contemporary, London
2016
UK, Fields of War, Massimo De Carlo, London
USA, Progressive Praxis, de la Cruz Collection, Miami
USA, Fresh Cuts, Eric Firestone Gallery, New York
USA, These Days; Leaves of Grass, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
USA, Shrines to Speed: Art And The Automobile: From The Minimal To The Postmodern, Leila Heller Gallery, New York
USA, Outside, Karma, Amagansett, New York
2015
USA, #RAWHIDE, Venus Over Manhattan, New York
USA, Storylines, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
USA, Second Chances, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen
USA, You've Got to Know the Rules...to Break Them, de la Cruz Collection, Miami
USA, 2015 White Columns Benefit Exhibition, White Columns, New York
USA, The Now Forever, Basilica Hudson, Hudson, New York

Bibliography

Year
Author, Publication Title, Date
2023
Nate Lowman, Exhibition Catalogue.
2019
Freeman, Nate, Artnet, October 1
Cascone, Sarah, Artnet, September 20
2018
Yerebakan, Osman Can, Bomb Magazine
2017
Alioto, Daisy, Garage, December
Interview Magazine, December
2016
La Repubblica (il venerdi), 18 March
Cura Magazine, May
Artlimited
Timeout Magazine, February
Schlenker, Kenneth, Whitewall Magazine
Laster, Paul, Observer Culture, March
Duncan, Thomas, Contemporary Art Review, November
2015
Benedetti, Alejo, Glasstire, May
Braithwaite, Hunter, Artforum.com, April
Freeman, Nate, Observer Culture, April
Anspon, Catherine D., Papercity, April
Smart, Lauren, Dallas Observer, May
2014
Lowman, Nate e Hanna Liden, Cats & Dogs, Exhibition Catalogue.
Lowman, Nate, I Wanted To Be An Artist But All I Got Was This Lousy Career
Bollen, Christopher, Interview Magazine, May
Chaffee, Cathleen, Mousse, December - January
2013
Barrilà, Silvia Anna, Plus24 - Il Sole 24 Ore, March
Empire State: New York Art Now, Exhibition Catalogue.
Meanwhile…Suddenly, and Then
The Show Is Over
Poli, Francesco, La Stampa, 16th September
Disaster: End of Days
2012
Scoccimarro, Antonio, Mousse, May/June
Alessi, Chiara, ZERO
Campanini, Cristiana, La Repubblica, April
Stella, Marta, Marie Claire.it, April 17

Public collections

Country
Location
France
Centre National d’Art et de la Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris
Norway
Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo
Sweden
Moderna Museet, Malmoo
The Netherlands
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
United Kingdom
The Whitworth Collection, Manchester
The Zabludowicz Collection, London
United States of America
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas
Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The New Museum, New York
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

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