Born:
San Francisco, California, 1964

Education:
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, M.F.A.
School of Visual Arts, Fine Arts Graduate Program, New York
University of California, Davis, B.A.S., Chemistry & Art

Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

One-Person Exhibitions

2012
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA

2011
75001 Listening Room, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA

2010
Dave Muller, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

2009
iamthewalrus, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
Allover, Not Over at All (adventures in field recordings), Gladstone Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2008 Medium, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
I Like Your Music, I Love Your Music, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain
Sandra and Gerald Fineberg Art Wall, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
The World on a Wheel, The Approach W1, London, UK

2006
Piles and Globes, Likes and Loves, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
I Want It Louder, Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY

2005
Thirty-Three, Revolutions?, And One Third, The Approach, London, UK
Dave Muller, The Wrong Gallery, New York, NY
Stars and Bars (American), Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

2004
I Like Your Music, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
New Work: Evan Holloway and Dave Muller, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Dave Muller, Engholm Engelhorn Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Side Street Projects 11th Annual Phantom Ball, Pasadena, CA

2003
Dave Muller, The Approach, London, UK
Dave Muller: May I Please Speak with Mr. Murray Guy? (along with a number of likely asides, and a breath of fresh air) 2, Murray Guy, New York, NY

2002
Dave Muller: Sprawling (and mini-sprawl), Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
Dave Muller: Connections, (Center for Curatorial Studies Museum) Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

2001
Current 85, Dave Muller: Spatial, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MI
Clothes, Polaroids, Movies & Music, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
Dave Muller, Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy

2000
How to Secede (Without Really Trying), The Approach, London, UK
Spatial, Murray Guy, New York, NY
Thermal, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA

1999
here and there, Four Walls, San Francisco, CA
Chelsea, (Project Wall) Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1998
L, L, L, L, L, L, L, L, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
Apple, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY

1997
Love is All Around (In Black and White and Color), Spanish Box, Santa Barbara, CA

1996
Studio 246 (with Alex Slade), Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
 
1993
A Number of Ladders (Borrowed), D301 Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Rex Ravenelle, David A. Muller, Due North, D300 Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

1992
Woo, Mint Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

1990
Games, Oblong Salon, Davis, CA

1989
David A. Muller & William Matthew Humphrey, Basement Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA

Group Exhibitions

2011
Announce, Thomas Solomon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Broodwork: It’s About Time, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Abstract Now and Then, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Echoes - La musique faite image, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France

2010
The Artist’s Museum, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Big New Field: Artists in the Cowboys Stadium Art Program, Cowboys Stadium, Dallas, TX
The Art Auction at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Chicago, IL
Peter Saville: Accessories to an Artwork, Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton, NY
Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection, New Museum, New York, NY
The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl, Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, NC; traveled to Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL; and Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
At Home/Not at Home: Works from the Collection of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg, (Hessel Museum of Art) Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

2009
Dilettantes, Dandies, and Divas, Gavlak Projects, Miami, FL
Rock – Paper – Scissors, Pop Music as Subject of Visual Art, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria
Inaugural Group Exhibition, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA

2008
Jeremy Deller: Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and Me, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO

2007
Artists Benefit for Free Speech TV, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
Deaf 2 "From the Audible to the Visible,” Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris, France
Panic Room - Works from The Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
Public Art Fund Silent Auction, The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers, New York, NY
scaleSCALE, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
White Columns Annual Benefit Auction, White Columns, New York, NY

2006     
Between Your Hand and My Head, Western Front Exhibitions, Vancouver, Canada
Good Vibrations Le arti visive e il Rock, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy
White Columns Annual Benefit Auction, White Columns, New York, NY
Thank You for The Music (London Beat), Spruth Magers Lee, London, UK
Seeing Blue, The Gallery at Buck House, New York, NY
Intersteller Low Ways, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

2005
WORDS: THE FORMAL PRESENCE OF TEXT IN MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY WORKS ON PAPER, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
8e Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon 2005, Lyon, France
Situation Comedy: Humor in Recent Art, Independent Curators International, New York, NY
Dialogues, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA
Think Blue, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
in words and pictures, Murray Guy, New York, NY
Trade, White Columns, New York, NY

2004
A Molecular History of Everything, Australian Center for Contemporary Art, Victoria, Australia
Dave Muller, (Three Day Weekend) Public Art Fund Projects in Central Park in collaboration with the Whitney Biennial, The Arsenal Building, New York, NY
Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA (traveled to Wattis Institute, San Francisco, CA; McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC; ICA, Boston, MA; Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia; University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA; Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta, Canada)

2004
Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Playlist, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
SPF Self-Portraits, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2003
Inaugural Group Show, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
It Happened Tomorrow, 7th Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France
For the Record: Drawing Contemporary Life, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
Subtle Occupation, Murray Guy, New York, NY
Intimates, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Funny Papers, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Melvins, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

2002
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
Rent-a-bench, Los Angeles, CA
Air Guitar: Art Reconsidering Rock Music, Milton Keynes Gallery, UK (traveled to Cornerhouse, Manchester/Angel Row; Nottingham/Tullie House, Carlise, Great Britain)
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now, Low, Los Angeles, CA
Curatorial Practice Today, Arco International Contemporary Art Fair 2002 (Panel Discussion), Madrid, Spain
L.A. On My Mind: Recent Acquisitions from MOCA's Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

2001
Humid, The Moore Building, Miami, FL
Revolutions Per Minute, Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
Drawn from LA (home is where the heart is), Midway Initiative Gallery, St. Paul, MN
Extra Art: A Survey of Artists' Ephemera 1960-1999, CCAC Institute, San Francisco, CA
Jennifer Bornstein, Mark Grotjahn, Dave Muller, Florian Maier-Aichen, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
"Imaginary" Monumental Sculpture Lawn (IMSL), Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The Artist's World, CCAC Institute, San Francisco, CA
En el cielo, TRANS, Venice, Italy
I Want More, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin, Ireland
Music, Three Day Weekend, Els Hanappe Underground, Athens, Greece

2000
L.A., Ileana Tounta Gallery, Athens, Greece
White Album, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
H20, Works on Paper, Los Angeles, CA
Can (Re-Mix), Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
Made in California: Now, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Dancing Horses, Acuna Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Conversation, Murray Guy, New York, NY
Ever Get the Feeling You've Been ... Cheated, A22, London, UK
L.A., Monika Spruth, Cologne, Germany
Goddamn the Pusherman, The Showroom, London, UK
Democracy!, Royal College of Art, London, UK
as i love you you become more pretty, 937 N. Hudson, Los Angeles, CA
People are (still) Animals, Suzanna Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA

1999
The Sea The Sea, Murray Guy, New York, NY
Project Room, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
Standing Still & Walking in Los Angeles, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
Matthew Antezzo, Sam Durant, Dave Muller, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
After the Gold Rush, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY
Post Millennial Fizzy (addressing the possibility of the future), Luckman Art Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA, (traveled to Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, PA)
Group Exhibition, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY

1998
Encyclopedia 1999, Turner & Runyon, Dallas, TX
L.A. or Lilliput?, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Bowie, Rupert Goldsworthy, New York, NY
Time Dilates, (Three Day Weekend) Soho Arts Festival, New York, NY
Wahlverwandtschaften, Appenzel, Switzerland
L.A. On Paper 2: Fantastic Matter of Fact, (Three Day Weekend) Krinzinger Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Cover, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA

1997
Hot Coffee, Artist's Space, New York, NY
Summer of Love, Fotouhi Cramer Gallery, New York, NY
Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles (Version), Three Day Weekend, Malmø, Sweden (traveled to Jason & Rhodes, London, UK; Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA)
Los Angeles Visits, (Three Day Weekend) P-House, Tokyo, Japan

1996
Stream of Consciousness, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Chalk: A Momentary Chillout Room, Factory Place, Los Angeles, CA
Mod Squad, Spanish Box, Santa Barbara, CA
Love's Labors Lost, SITE, Los Angeles, CA

1995
Smells Like Vinyl, Roger Merians Gallery, New York, NY
Occupato, Bennett Roberts Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
Redevelopment, Victoria Room, San Francisco, CA
Three Day Weekend Takes an Extended Working Vacation, Diverse Works, Houston, TX
Time + Space Projects Addressing the Closing of the Site, FOODHOUSE, Santa Monica, CA
 
1994
On the Eve of New Year's Eve: A Cocktail Party, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA
Thanks, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA
Dave's Not Here, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA
Labor & Leisure, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
Red Rover, Red Rover, Send Dave Right Over, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA

1993
Sound Art Derby, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA

1992
Extravaganza, Open House, Los Angeles, CA

Bibliography

2010
Smith, Robert. “Self-Fulfilling Prophecies,” New York Times, April 16, 2010.

2009
Beradini, Andrew. “Tourist Trap.” Artforum Diary, April 7, 2009.
Jauregui, Danny. “Tour Guide: L.A. Art Weekend,” Art in America, April 7, 2009.
“L.A. Steps Out,” Artinfo.com, April 9, 2009.
“Los Angeles Art Weekend,” Los Angeles Times, April 4, 2009.
Miles, Christopher. “Dave Muller: Blum & Poe.” Artforum 47, no. 10 (Summer 2009): 345.
Steinhauser, Jillian. “Dave Muller in Los Angeles.” Artinfo.com, April 2, 2009.

2008
Aguirre, M. “Dave Muller: MUSAC.” Arte y Parte, no. 73 (February-March 2008): 89.
Ciccone, Terri. “The Beacon evaluates the foyers of MFA & ICA,” Berkeley Beacon, March 20, 2008.
“Dave Muller to Exhibit at Armory Center for the Arts,” Pasadena Now, October 28, 2008.
Jones, Laura K. “London Dispatch,” Artnet Magazine, April 8, 2008.
Kozlowski, Carl. “Dancing with Dave,” Pasadena Weekly, November 11, 2008.

2007
Edgers, Geoff. “Wall of sound,” Boston Sunday Globe, November 25, 2007.
Valdez, Sarah. “Dave Muller at Blum & Poe.” Art in America 95, no. 6 (June-July 2007): 213.

2006     
Cambell, Clayton. “News: Los Angeles.” Contemporary, no. 88 (2006): 21-22.
Hershenson, Roberta. “Hospital Art Designs That Keep Healing in Mind,” New York Times, January 22, 2006.
Hilger, Stephen. “Dave Muller.” Teme Celeste (July/August 2006): 69.
Muller, Dave. “Bedrock of Pop Culture.” Walrus (February 2006): 28-32.
Pagel, David. “Around the Galleries: For your listening pleasure,” Los Angeles Times, December 22, 2006.
Plagens, Pete. “Madison Avenue Ennul.” Art in America 94, no. 6 (June-July 2006): 76-79.
Roussel, Noellie.  “Los Angeles: Elsewhere is Everywhere.” Artpress.com, April 2006.
Thornton, Sarah. “Off the Record.” Art Review, no. 10 (Feb 2006): 96-99.
Wilder, Matthew. “Dave Muller.” Artforum.com. December 20, 2006

2005
Baker, Kenneth. “Muller mulls pop music at Meier,” San Francisco Chronicle, January 22, 2005.
Gagnon, Adrienne. “Dave Muller: Stars & Bars (American),” SFWeekly.com, January 26-February 1, 2005.
Kraus, Chris. “Dave Muller.” In LA Artland: Contemporary Art from Los Angeles. London: Black Dog, 2005, 172-173.
Myers, Julian. “Dave Muller.” Frieze (January/February 2005): 113-114.
Olson, Marisa S. “Dave Muller at Anthony Meier Fine Arts.” Artweek 36, no. 2 (March 2005): 14.
Orden, Abraham. “Dave Muller.” Flash Art, no. 38 (March-April 2005): 118.
Pagel, David. “A lens in a mirror,” Los Angeles Times, September 7, 2005.
Tumlir, Jan. “Lessons of the Class of 90: Sighting Recent Art in Los Angeles.” In LA Artland: Contemporary Art from Los Angeles. London: Black Dog, 2005, 24-39.

2004
Bourriaud, Nicolas. Playlist. Paris: Palais de Tokyo; Editions cercle d’art, 2004, 147.
Diez, Renato. “Alla Bienale del Whitney: Torna la Pittura.” Arte (April 2004): 104-111.
Higgs, Matthew. “My Pop: Dave Muller.” Artforum 43 no. 2 (October 2004): 55.
Higgs, Matthew. “Likeness, Portraits of Artists by Other Artists.” CCA Wattis Institute Independent Curators International (February 2004): 17, 49.
Knight, Christopher. “Binary days at the Biennial,” Los Angeles Times, April 11, 2004.
Lavrador, Judcaël. “Dessin: le Trait Réanimé.” Beaux Arts, no. 240 (May 2004): 74-81.
Roberts, Jo.  “As an Artist, Muller rocks.”  The Age, December 22, 2004.
Rothkopf, Scott. “Subject Matters.” Artforum 42 no. 9 (May 2004): 168-176, 233, cover.Thornton, Sarah. “The Rear View: What is a ‘good eye’?” Artreview (September 2004): 114.

2003
“Dave Muller.” New Yorker, March 19, 2003.
Grabner, Michelle. “The Suburban, The Early Years 1999-2003.” Chicago: The Suburban, 2003, 24.
Green, David A. “Class Reunion.” Modern Painters 16, no. 1 (Spring 2003): 76-79.
Muller, Dave. “Top Ten.” Artforum 41, no. 10 (Summer 2003): 67.
Stern, Steven. “Dave Muller, ‘May I Please Speak with Mr. Murray Guy?’” Time Out (New York) (March 27-April 3, 2003): 54.

2002
Cruz, Amada. “Dave Muller's Connections.” Dave Muller: Connections (Center for Curatorial Studies/Bard College Publications) (October 2002): 7-11.
Diaconescu, Sorina. “Return of the Long Weekend,” Los Angeles Times, November 14, 2002.
Harvey, Doug. “Sam & Dave: The Politics of Mixology.” LA Weekly (October 18-24, 2002): 32-33.
Higgs, Matthew. “Dear Dave.” Dave Muller: Connections (Center for Curatorial Studies/Bard College Publications) (October 2002): 19-23.
Higgs, Matthew. “Best of 2002.” Artforum 41, no. 9 (December 2002): 110-111
Hughes, Jeffrey. “Dave Muller: Saint Louis Art Museum.” New Art Examiner 29, no. 3 (January-February 2002): 78-79.
Klefstad, Ann. “Drawn From L.A. (Home Is Where the Heart Is).” New Art Examiner 29, no. 4 (March-April 2002): 73.
Pagel, David. “MOCA Sampler Is a Mixed Treat,” Los Angeles Times, February 8, 2002.
Pagel, David. “Variations on a Commercial Theme,” Los Angeles Times, December 2,  2002.
Paik, Tricia. “Dave Muller: Connections. Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College.” Art on Paper 7, no. 1 (September-October 2002): 95.
Smith, Roberta. “Hudson Valley Shows Focus on America,” New York Times, July 26, 2002.
Young, Paul. “Always the Bass Player.” Angeleno (November 2002): 232-233.

2001
Dannatt, Adrian. “The Strange Magic of Simon Callery.” Art Newspaper 12, no. 111 (February 2001): 69.
Erickson, Karl. “Dave Muller at Blum & Poe.” Flash Art, no. 219 (July - September 2001): 122
Godfrey, Mark. “Dave Muller: The Approach, London; Murray Guy, New York.” Frieze, Issue 57 (March 2001): 102-103.
Knight, Christopher. “Still Life With Quirk,” Los Angeles Times, May 18, 2001.
McLaren, Duncan. “Dave Muller and Peter Harris.” Contemporary Visual Arts, Issue 33 (2001): 48-53.
Rugoff, Ralph. “Working Weekend: The Art of Dave Muller.” Artforum 39, no. 9 (May 2001): 162-65.

2000
Beasley, Mark. “Dave Muller Interviewed.” Untitled, no. 22 (Summer 2000): 8-10.
Grabner, Michelle. “Dave Muller and Three Day Weekend.” New Art Examiner 28, no. 3 (November 2000): 22-25, 68.
Intra, Giovanni. “Dave Muller: Free Software.” Art/Text, no. 69 (May-July 2000): 68-71.

1999
Johnson, Ken. “After the Gold Rush,” New York Times, June 18, 1999.
Harvey, Doug. “Futurama, Post-millennial deja vu at Luckman Fine Arts.” LA Weekly, (April 9-15, 1999): 45.

1998
Baltin, Brian. “Small is Psychedelic, Los Angeles under a microscope.” LA Weekly, (Nov. 28-December 3, 1998): 47.
Darling, Michael. “Michael Darling's Top 10 Plus 10.” LA Weekly (January 8-14, 1999):50.
Frank, Peter. “Pick of the Week.” LA Weekly (June 5 - 12, 1998): 159.
Frankel, David. “Jane Kaplowitz/Dave Muller: Curt Marcus Gallery.” Artforum 37, no. 3 (November 1998): 113-14.
Haines, Gordon. “Dave Muller at Blum & Poe.” Art Issues, no. 54 (September-October 1998): 45.
Pagel, David. “Muller Celebrates Art in the Real World,” Los Angeles Times, May 22, 1998.
Wilson, William. “'Lilliput: Small Art in the Big City of L.A,” Los Angeles Times, November 24, 1998.

1997
Darling, Michael. “The Muller Temporary.” L.A. Weekly (November 7 -13, 1997): 39.
Greene, David A. “Title.” Frieze, no. 36 (September-October 1997): page.
Knight, Christopher. “Right Here, Right Now,” Los Angeles Times, May 18, 1997.
Saltz, Jerry. “Regular, No Sugar.” Time Out (New York), February 1997.
Schjeldahl, Peter. “La-la Band,” Village Voice (February 18, 1997): 91.

1996
Knight, Christopher. “Riding Tradition's Currents to a Higher Consciousness,” Los Angeles Times, October 10, 1996.

Public Collections

Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de ?Castilla y León?, León, Spain
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
New School University, New York, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY