BIOGRAPHY
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| BETTY TOMPKINS | |
| 1945 | Born in Washington, DC |
| Lives and works in New York, NY, and Mount Pleasant, PA | |
| Education | |
| 1998 | BA, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA |
| 2003 | MFA, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL |
| Solo & Two PersonExhibitions | |
| 2018 | Betty Tompkins, Ribordy Contemporary, Genève, CH |
| Selected, Recent Paintings and Drawings - A Prospect 4 Satellite Exhibition, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA | |
| 2017 | Betty Tompkins, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, BE |
| Betty Tomkins & Jean Baptiste Bernadet, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY | |
| Betty Tompkins, Kunstraum lnnsbruck, lnnsbruck, AT | |
| Virgins, P.P.O.W., New York, NY | |
| Small, Malborough Contemporary, New York, NY | |
| 2016 | Sex Works/ WOMEN Words, Phrases, and Stories, Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| WOMEN Words, Phrases, and Stories, The Flag Art Foundation, New York, NY | |
| 2015 | Real Ersatz, FUG, New York, NY |
| 2014 | Paintings & Works on Paper: 1972-2013, Sarah Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL |
| Art Basel Feature, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Basel, CH | |
| 2013 | Home Alone 2, Betty Tompkins and Dadamanio, New York, NY |
| Woman Words, Dinter Fine Art Online, New York, NY | |
| 2012 | Fuck Paintings, Galerie Rodolph Janssen, Brussels, BE |
| 2011 | Sex Works, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Zurich, CH |
| 2009 | New Work,Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2008 | Fuck Paintings and Drawings 1973 - 2007, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA |
| 2007 | Sex Works, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2006 | Fuck Paintings and Drawings, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Zurich, CH |
| 2005 | New Paintings and Drawings, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2002 | Fuck Paintings 1969 - 1974, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY |
| Group Exhibitions | |
| 2018 | Historia da sexualidade, Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo (MASP), Sao Paolo, BR |
| Tainted Love, Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, FR | |
| HARD, University Hall Gallery, Boston, MA | |
| Institute for Contemporary Art, Richmond, VA | |
| Stadtgalerie, Saarbrucken, DE | |
| 2017 | Fur Barbara, Hall Art Foundation Schloss Dernebu rg Museum, Derneburg, DE |
| Nude, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK | |
| A Space For Thought, Brand New Gallery, Milan, lT | |
| Sex Works, Frieze London, U nited Kingdom | |
| Cunt, Venus LA, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Flaming June VII, Gavlak, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Secret Garden: The Female Gaze on Erotica, Untitled Space, New York, NY | |
| Ear Putty, 56 Henry Annex, New York, NY | |
| 2016 | Tie His Hands Gently, Romeo, New York, NY |
| #PUSSYPOWER, David & Schweitzer Contemporary, New York, NY | |
| Supercaligragiisticexpialidocious, Whitebox, New York, NY | |
| Uniques en Leurs Genres, Galerie Christophe Gaillard, Paris, FR | |
| Dicks, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY | |
| The Bill and Betty Show, with Bill Mutter, Plato's Cave at EIDIA House, Brooklyn, NY | |
| Beyond Secretary, Mark Borghi Fine Art, New York, NY | |
| LANSCAPES, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY | |
| Summer Reading, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY | |
| WE: AMEricans, Station Independert Projects, New York, NY | |
| 2 Years of Looking, curetd by Erik Hanson, New Art Project, London, UK | |
| Something Possible Everywhere: Pier 34, NYC 1983-84, 205 Hudson Gallery, New York, NY | |
| The Gemale Gaze, Part Two: Women Look at Men, Cheim & Read, New York, NY | |
| Smile!, Shin gallery, New York, NY | |
| Balck Sheep Feminism, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX | |
| 2015 | A sight for sore Eyes, with Lucas Jardin, Artsy at Art Brussels, Brussels, BE |
| Word by Word, curated by Francesco Bonami, Luxemburg & Dayan, London, UK | |
| Viewer Discretion…Children of Bataille, curated by Kathleen Cullen, Stux Haller Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Verganza (I don't want to be friends), organized by Gea Politi, Milan, IT | |
| Lust, HVCCA, Peeksil, New York, NY | |
| Fertility, presented by Jane Kim, 33 Orchand, New York, NY | |
| The Shell (Landscape, Portraits & Shapes), a show by Eric Troncy, Almine Rech Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Eureka!, Curated by Kendell Geers, Galerist, New York, NY | |
| Ten Year Anniversary, Gavlak Palm Beach, CA; Gavlak Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2014 | Rear Window Treatment, Louis B. James, new York, NY |
| A Drawing Show, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY | |
| CORPUS, Zacheta National Gallery, Warsaw, PL | |
| A Chromatic Loss, curated by Jeffrey Uslip, Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Selections from the Sara M. & Michelle Vance Waddell Collection, Art Academy of Cincinnati, OH | |
| 2013 | Independents, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK |
| A Few of My Favourite Things, CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Skin Trade, P.P.O.W., New York, NY | |
| She, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY | |
| the origin of the world/the force of the source/the cause of the vigor, Samson Projects, Boston, MA | |
| Sunset and Pussy, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY | |
| DSM-V, The Future Moynihan Station, New York, NY | |
| Jew York, Untitled, New York, NY | |
| Sex Money and Power, Maison Particuliere, Brussels, BE | |
| 2012 | In the Pink, Joe Sheftel Gallery, New York, NY |
| Dark Garnaal, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen; Villa - Knokke, Knokke - Heist, BE | |
| ff Temporary Autonomous Zone, Lisa Ruter Gallery, Vienna, AT | |
| Screw you, Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, NY | |
| FUCK - BETTY TOMPKINS Works on Paper 1969-2010, The M Building, Miami, FL | |
| 2011 | No government No cry, a project by Kendell Geers, CIAP Actuele Kunst, Hasselt, BE |
| Invitation to the Voyage, Algus Greenspon, New York, NY | |
| Griaille, Luxembourg and Dayan, New York, NY | |
| 2010 | Lust and Vice: The Seven Deadly Sins From Durer to Naumann, Kunstmuseum Bern and Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, CH |
| Visible Vagina, Francis Naumann Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Consider the Oyster, James Graham and Sons, New York, NY | |
| 2009 | elles@centrepompidou, Centro Pompidou, Paris, FR |
| Naked! Size Matters, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Revolver, COCO, Vienna, AT | |
| The Line Is A Lonely Hunter - Drawings in New Jerseyy, New Jerseyy, Basel, CH | |
| 2008 | How To Cook a Wolf: Part 1, Dinter Fine Art, New York, NY |
| 2007 | La Plaissir au Dessin, Musee de Beaux Arts, Lyon, FR |
| Handsome Young Doctor, Cubitt Gallery, London, UK | |
| Into Position, Baurnmarkt, Vienna, AT | |
| 2006 | Exquisite Corpse - Cadavre Exquis, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY |
| Uncertaint State of America, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK | |
| 2005 | La Beauté de L'Enfer, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, BE |
| 2004 | [Untitled/Nudes], Printed Matter, New York, NY |
| Nouvelles Acquisitions, Ouevres Conteporaines, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR | |
| 2003 | It Happened Tomorrow, Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, FR |
| Public Collection | |
| Allen Art Museum, Oberlin, OH | |
| Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY | |
| Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR | |
| Fondation d'Enterprise Frances, Senlis, FR | |
| Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY | |
| Museum of the City of New York, NY | |
| Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT | |
| Zimmereli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ | |
| Public Installation | |
| Weir Farm National Historic Site / National Park Service, Wilton, CT | |
| Cow Parade | |
| Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York, NY | |
