Dorothy Iannone

Dorothy Iannone is an American-born, Berlin-based self-taught artist famous for her psychedelic, erotically-charged work.

Biography

Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1933, Iannone graduated from Boston University in 1957 with a B.A. in American Literature. She went on to study English Literature at the graduate level at Brandeis University. In 1958 she married the painter James Upham and the couple moved to New York City. The following year, Iannone began to paint alongside her husband. Iannone exhibited her work frequently between 1963 and 1967 at the Stryke Gallery, an exhibition space she ran with her husband in New York when they were not traveling and working in Europe and Asia. On a trip to Reykjavik, Iceland in 1967, Iannone met the artist Dieter Roth. She and her husband separated and Iannone lived with Roth in Düsseldorf, Reykjavik, Basel and London until 1974. She spent two years in southern France before relocating to Berlin in 1976 where she continues to live and work today. Her work has been featured in numerous group and solo exhibitions in the United States and across Europe throughout her life.

Recent Exhibitions

• 2013 "Encore! Dorothy Iannone editions and books, 1964-2013", Galerie de Multiples, Paris, France
• 2013 "Dorothy Iannone, Innocent and Aware," Camden Arts Center, London, UK
• 2012 "Sunny Days and Sweetness," Peres Projects, Berlin, Germany
• 2012 "Dorothy Iannone: The Next Great Moment In History Is Ours," MOCA Tucson, Tucson, AZ
• 2010 "The Sweetness Outside of Time," Peres Projects, Los Angeles, CA
• 2009 "Dorothy Iannone: Lioness," New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York NY
• 2009 "Rebelle. Art and Feminism 1969-2009," Museum vor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, The Netherlands
• 2008 "Follow me," September Gallery, Berlin, Germany
• 2006 "Seek the Extremes: Dorothy Iannone and Lee Lozano," Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
• 2006 "Féminine mystique," Galerie Steinek, Vienna, Austria
• 2005 "Dieter Roth & Dorothy Iannone," Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany
• 2005 "Day for Night: Whitney Biennial," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York NY

Public collections

• Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
• Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
• Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (MUMOK), Vienna, Austria
• The Living Art Museum (NYLO) Reykjavik, Iceland
• Musée d'art moderne de Saint Etienne métropole

News/magazine coverage

• Trinie Dalton, "I'm Still Game: Dorothy Iannone" Paris, LA Issue #4 (Summer 2010), pp. 61–71.
• Sharon Mizota, "Erotic Passion Serves as Guide", Los Angeles Times, April 23, 2010, p. D14.
• Julian Kreimer, "Dorothy Iannone: New Museum and Anton Kern," Art in America v. 97 no. 10 (November 2009).
• Trinie Dalton, "Dorothy Iannone: Anton Kern Gallery," Modern Painters (November 2009), p. 71.
• Karen Rosenberg, "Art Review: Dorothy Iannone. An Iconoclast Who Valorizes the Erotic and Ecstatic." New York Times" (July 31, 2009).
• Jarrett Gregory, "Dorothy Iannone: Lioness" [exhibition brochure], New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York NY (2009).
• Dominic Eichler, "Review: Dorothy Iannone. September Gallery, Berlin, Germany" Frieze Magazine, Issue 119 (November–December 2008)
• Melissa Logan, Dorothy Iannone, "Do Not Go Genitally: Dorothy Iannone [Interview]" introd. by Domenick Ammirati, Modern Painters (February 2008), pp. 66–73.
• Maurizio Cattelan, "Dorothy Iannone: Revolutionary Life," Flash Art (March–April 2006), pp. 78–81.
• S.B., "Dorothy Iannone [Stryke]", ARTnews v. 65 (October 1966), p. 12.
• W.B., "Dorothy Iannone [Stryke]", Arts Magazine v. 39 (September–October 1965), p. 74.
• N.A.L, "Dorothy Iannone [Stryke]", ARTnews v. 64 (Summer 1965), p. 16.
• S.G., "Dorothy Iannone [Stryke]", ARTnews v. 63 (April 1964), p. 57.
• T.A.S. "Dorothy Iannone [Stryke]", ARTnews v. 61 (January 1963), p. 15.

External links

• Dorothy Iannone at Air de Paris, Paris
• Dorothy Iannone at Peres Projects, Berlin & Los Angeles
• Dorothy Iannone at Anton Kern Gallery, New York
• "Dorothy Iannone: Lioness" exhibition website, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York NY (2009)