Ser Serpas
CV
Lives and works in Paris, France
Education
2021
MFA, HEAD, Geneva, CH
2020
B.A. in Visual Arts, Columbia University, NY, US
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Hall, Swiss Institute, New York (upcoming)
2022
Monakhos, LC Queisser, Tbilisi
HEAD BANGER BOOGIE, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin
2021
Ser Serpas, Balice Hertling, St Martin + Gravilliers, Paris
Ser Serpas and Elene Chantladze, Conceptual Fine Arts, Milan
Guesthouse, LC Queisser, Tbilisi
2020
Two Take Red Series, Karma International, Zurich
Models, Karma International, Zurich
2019
Against Attachment, curated by Franziska Sophie Wildförster, Ludlow 38, New York
what we need is another body, curated by Mohamed Almusibli, Truth and Consequences, Geneva
Stars are Blind, (with Sitara Abuzar Ghaznawi), curated by Lisa Offermann, LC Queisser, Tbilisi
2018
you were created to be so young (self-harm and exercise), curated by Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen, LUMA Westbau, Zurich
Bare Teeth, (with Bri Williams), curated by Luis Miguel Bendaña and Sam Lipp, Queer Thoughts, New York
2017
Dust Patterns, curated by Quinn Harrelson, Current Projects, Miami
2016
"Dumbo Open Studios", (with Donna Huanca), Smack Mellon Gallery, New York
Group Exhibitions
2023
It's Personal, OCDCHINATOWN, New York (upcoming)
Looking Back, White Columns, New York
2022
L’arcobaleno riposa sulla strada, Istituto Svizzero, Rome
Mettere al mondo Iil mondo, Thomas Dane Gallery, Napoli
And Your Flesh Is My Greatest Poem, Antenna Space, Shanghai
SIREN (some poetics), Amant, New York
24h, BRAUNSFELDER, Cologne
HOUSE TAKEN OVER, Milieu, Bern
From One Fetish to Another, curated by Carlye Packer, Carlye Packer, Los Angeles
Sketch for Summer, Karma International, Zurich
A Mimetic Theory of Desire, David Lewis Gallery, New York
The Puppet Show, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, Genève
Hamishi Farah, Ser Serpas, SoiL Thornton, Maxwell Graham / Essex Street, New York
2021
STILL TIME, Fitzpatrick Gallery, Paris
Oxygen Biennial 2021 - Rites of Passage, Tbilisi
Dora Budor: Autoreduction, Progetto, Lecce
Overture - Inaugural exhibition , Bourse de Commerce, Pinault Collection, Paris
"The Sun Also Rises", Jenny's, New York
Palai, Palazzo Tamborino Cezzi, Lecce
2020
CORPOREALITY - when can a body be said to exist, CUADRO22, Chur
The Phantom Moves Through Space And Through Different Bodies, Kevin Space, Vienna
Weststrasse 70, Karma International, Zurich
Notes on Entropy, Arcadia Missa, London
Group show, Karma International, Zurich
Made in LA, curated by Myriam Ben Salah and Lauren Mackler, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Untitled, Punta della Dogana, Venice
2019
We Shall Survive in the Memory of Others, curated by Bärbel Trautwein and Daniel Herleth, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin
A Home is not a House, curated by Nicolas Brulhart, Fri Art, Kunsthalle Fribourg, Fribourg
Kreislaufprobleme, curated by Anna Gritz, Croy Nielsen, Vienna
Dog Days, curated by Olivier Babin, Clearing Gallery, New York
Tissue, curated by Elizabeth Lamb and Sophie Morner, Company Gallery, New York
2018
who loves in the world, curated by Harry Burke, Canton Gallery, Guangzhou
SOMETHING IN MY HOUSE, Karma International / Gavin Brown’s enterprise / VIVA Projects, Paris
obsequies, curated by manuel arturo abreu, AA|LA, Los Angeles
Putting Out, curated by Taylor Trabulus and Reba Maybury, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York
READYMADES BELONG TO EVERYONE, curated by Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen, Swiss Institute, New York
Who Wants to Be Human All the Time, curated by Jenny Schlenzka and Bjarne Melgaard, Performance Space New York, New York
2017
strap your hands across my engine, curated by Camille Schefter and Thomas Linder, Tin Flats, Los Angles
Entre Nous, curated by Andreas Waris, Bad Reputation, Los Angeles
Clay Club, (with Hayley Silverman), Sculpture Center, Long Island City
Prick Up Your Ears, curated by Taylor Trabulus, Karma International, Beverly Hills
Cabin Pressure, curated by Quinn Harrelson, BBQLA, Los Angeles
Undergraduate Visual Arts Senior Thesis Exhibition, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, New York
Black Mirror: SPRING/BREAK Art Show #2345, (with Rindon Johnson) curated by Teriha Yaegashi, Spring/Break Art Show, New York
Eric Schmid is an Idiot, curated by Eric Schmid for Kavita B Schmid and What Pipeline, Cave Gallery, Detroit
All Fine Figures, curated by Kenta Murakami, Osmos Address, New York
2016
Hopes and Fears: The Next Four Years, curated by The Curators, Pace University Gallery, New York
Date Night: An Art Salon by Elliott Brown Jr., curated by Elliott Brown Jr., 475 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn
Authority Figure, curated by Monica Mirabile and Sarah Kinlaw, Knockdown Center, Maspeth
Publications
January - July 2021, KONA Books, Tbilisi
Guesthouse, KONA Books, Tbilisi
Carman, Based on the Opera, König Books, London
Shade the King, Capricious, New York
amores perros, Publishing House, New York
Press
The New York Times, January 2023
Frieze, November 2022
032c, November 2022
Super Super Markt, October 2022
Pin-Up, June 2022
Gallerytalk, June 2022
Exberliner, June 2022
the little queer review, May 2022
Tagesspiegel, April 2022
Frieze, November 2021
Flash Art, November 2021
Conceptual Fine Arts, April 2021
Flash Art, March 2021
Cool Hunting, December 2020
Art-Agenda, November 2020
LA Times, November 2020
Mousse Magazine, 2020
Artforum, April 2019
Cultured, November 2019
Document Journal, July 2018
AQNB, August 2017