HOPE ATHERTON
1974 Born in Warrenton, Virginia. Lives and works in New York.
1997 BFA Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Umbra, Gratin Gallery, New York, March 6 - April 12
2018 Gavin Brown’s enterprise, Sant’Andrea de Scaphis, Rome, Italy, June 27 – September 15
2010 Fabio Tiboni Gallery, Bologna, Italy, January 30 – March 13
2008 Bortolami, New York, March 29 – May 3
2007 Patrick Painter Inc., Los Angeles, March 3 – April 14
2006 Recent Paintings, Bortolami Dayan, New York, March 2 – April 1
2004 Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, April 3 – May 8
2002 Shrine, Sperone Westwater, New York, September 13 – October 26
Howl, Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Rome, Italy, April 12 – May 20
Group Exhibitions
2024 The Secret History, Gladstone Gallery, New York (curated by Alissa Bennett), June 20 – August 2
Yours Truly, Nahmad Gallery, New York (curated by Eleanor Cayre), July 10 – September 14
2019 SĪMURĞ, Bienvenu Steinberg & C, (curated by Muriel Quancard), November 23, 2019 – January 18, 2020
2014 L’Etat des choses, Galerie Poirel, Nancy, France (curated by Robert Stadler and Alexis Vaillant), June 13 – October 12
2013 Hope Atherton, Adam McEwen, Brie Ruais & Keith Sonnier, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles (curated by Clarissa Dalrymple), March 21 – April 27
2012 One day at a time, Peres Projects Mitte, Berlin, Germany, June 30 – July 28
2011 Paul Clay, Salon 94, New York, June 23 – August 12
2010 Re-Dressing, Bortolami Gallery, New York, September 15 – November 6
Homage to the Artists, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho December 31 – January
Light Breaks Where No Sun Shines, Bortolami Gallery at The Webster, Miami, February 26 – March 21
2007 Looking Up, Mario Sequeira, Portugal, June 9 – September 9
2006 Clarissa Dalrymple’s Exhibition of Young Artists to Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Bortolami Dayan, New York, February 16 – 25
2005 Hanging by a Thread, The Moore Space, Miami, September 8 – November 1
Greater New York, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, March 13 – September 22
Almost, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, January 20 – February 26
2003 Druid: Wood as a Superconductor, Space 101, New York, September 13 – October 25
Lines of Engagement, Sperone Westwater, New York, June 1 – July 31
How Come?, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, May 21 – June 21
2002 American Bricolage, Sperone Westwater, New York, November 2 – December 22
2001 Heroine, Dee/Glasoe, New York, July 12 – August 17
Peaks, Kagan Martos Gallery, New York, February 8 – March 3
2000 Wine, Women, And Wheels, White Room, White Columns, New York, December 2 – January 21
Press / Text
2025 Bennett, Alissa, “Umbra: Hope Atherton,” Gratin Gallery, New York, March 6 - April 12
2023 Bollen, Christopher, “Cryptic Crossroads,” World of Interiors, May 16
2006 Finel Honigman, Ana, “Shaman Chic,” Art Review International Edition, March/April, p.20 – 23
2005 Finel Honigman, Ana, “All Dressed Up, No Place To Go?,” Art Review, June, p.86 – 87
Rimanelli, David, “Greater New York 2005,” Artforum International, XLIII, No.9, May, p.239 – 240
2004 Finel Honigman Ana, “Under the Skin,” Artnet Magazine, March
“Hope Atherton – Sculptress,” America, Issue 1, Spring, p. 26
Wakefield, Neville, “Hope Atherton: This Month’s View Woman,” Interview, April, p.48 – 54
2003 Pointurier, Marie, “Drole d’Oiseau,” Paris Vogue, September, p.185 – 86
2002 Norwich, William, “Whiskey A Go-Go,” New York Times Magazine, October 6, p.126
Valdez, Sarah, “Hope Atherton: Shrine,” Paper, October, p.12
Capasso, Angelo, “Hope Atherton: Gian Enzo Sperone,” Tema Celeste, August, p.100
Schoenhoff, Britt, “Hopey Atherton: road-kill romanticist,” Paper, April
2001 “Heroine,” The New Yorker, October 13
Wher, Anne, “Heroine,” Time Out New York, August 2-9, p.53
Canigula, Julie, “American Bricolage: Sperone Westwater,” Art Forum, February, p.152
Chambers, Christopher, “American Bricolage @ Sperone Westwater,” Flash Art, January/February, p.51
“Wine, Women, and Wheels,” The New Yorker, January 8, p.16