Betty Tompkins (b. 1945)
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2018
Betty Tompkins, Ribordy Contemporary, Geneve, Switzerland
2017
Betty Tompkins, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
Betty Tompkins, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Virgins, P·P·O·W, 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, Switzerland
2013
Betty Tompkins and Dadamanio, Home Alone 2, New York, NY
Woman Words, Dinter Fine Art Online, New York, NY
2012
Fuck Paintings, Galerie Rodolph Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
2011
Sex Works, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Zurich, Switzerland
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, Switzerland
2005
New Paintings and Drawings, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY
2002
Fuck Paintings 1969 - 1974, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
The Feminist Avant-Garde from the 1970s: Works from the SAMMLUNG VERBUND, Brno House of Arts, Brno, Czech Republic
2018
The Feminist Avant-Garde from the 1970s: Works from the SAMMLUNG VERBUND, Stavanger Art Museum, Stavanger, Norway
Historias da sexualidade, São Paulo Museum of Art, São Paulo, Brazil
Tainted Love, Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
HARD, University Hall Gallery, Boston, MA
In the Cut, Stadtgalerie, Saarbrücken, Germany
Institute for Contemporary Art, Richmond, VA
2017
The Feminist Avant-Garde from the 1970s: Works from the SAMMLUNG VERBUND, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Fur Barbara, Hall Art Foundation Schloss Derneburg Museum, Derneburg, Germany
Nude, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
A Space For Thought, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
Sex Works, Frieze London, United 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
Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2016
Tie His Hands Gently, Romeo, New York, NY
#PUSSYPOWER, David & Schweitzer Contemporary, New York, NY
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Whitebox, New York, NY
Uniques
en Leurs Genres, Galerie Gaillard,
Paris, France
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
LANDSCAPES, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
Summer Reading, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY
WE: AMEricans, Station Independent Projects, New York, NY
2 Years of Looking, curated by Erik Hanson, New Art Projects, London, England
Something Possible Everywhere: Pier 34, NYC 1983-84, 205 Hudson Gallery, New York, NY
The Female Gaze, Part Two: Women Look at Men, Cheim & Read, New York, NY
Smile!, Shin Gallery, New York, NY
Black Sheep Feminism, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2015
A Sight For Sore Eyes, with Lucas Jardin, Artsy at Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Word by Word, curated by Francesco Bonami, Luxembourg & Dayan, London, England
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 Polity, Milan, Italy
Lust, HVCCA, Peeksil, New York, NY
Fertility, presented by Jane Kim, 33 Orchard, New York, NY
The Shell (Landscapes, Portaits & Shapes) a show by Eric Troncy, Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, France
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, Poland
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
A Few of My Favorite 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
Sunsets 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, Belgium
2012
In The Pink, Joe Sheftel Gallery, New York, NY
Dark Garnaal, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen; Villa - Knokke, Knokke - Heist, Belgium
ff Temporary Autonomous Zone, Lisa Ruter Gallery, Vienna, Austria
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, Belgium
Invitation to the Voyage, Algus Greenspon, New York, NY
Grisaille, Luxembourg and Dayan, New York, NY
2010
Lust and Vice: The Seven Deadly Sins From Dürer to Naumann, Kunstmuseum Bern and Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland
Visible Vagina, Francis Naumann Gallery, New York, NY
Consider the Oyster, James Graham and Sons, New York, NY
2009
elles@centrepompidou, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Naked! Size Matters, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
Revolver, COCO, Vienna, Austria
The Line Is A Lonely Hunter - Drawings in New Jersey, New Jersey, Basel, Switzerland
2008
How To Cook A Wolf: Part 1, Dinter Fine Art, New York, NY
2007
La Plaissir au Dessin, Musee de Beaux Arts, Lyon, France
Handsome Young Doctor, Cubitt Gallery, London, England
Into Position, Baurnmarkt, Vienna, Austria
2006
Exquisite Corpse - Cadavre Exquis, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY
Uncertain States of America, Serpentine Gallery, London, England
2005
La Beauté de L'Enfer, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
2004
[Untitled/Nudes], Printed Matter, New York, NY
Nouvelles Acquisitions, Ouevres Contemporaines, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2003
It Happened Tomorrow, Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France
PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS
Weir Farm National Historic Site / National Park Service, Wilton, Connecticut
CowParade
Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York
SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Fondation d'Enterprise Frances, Senlis, France
Museum of the City of New York