WILLIAM BUZZELL
williambuzzell1026@gmail.com studio: www.space1026.com publisher: www.cantabpublishing.com
Solo Shows | |
| 2005 | |
| “Mutts and Mongrels Dirty Blood Heritage Society”, New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
2 and 3 Person Shows | |
| 2006 | |
| “Young Lions”, Galeri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden “Good Grief”, Aftermodern, San Francisco, CA | |
| 2004 | |
| “Parts and Labor”, Anno Domini, San Jose, CA “Garbage Strike”, Camp Fig, Austin, TX | |
| 2001 | |
| “RUTGOT”, Anno Domini, San Jose, CA | |
Group Shows | |
| 2006 | |
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"A Piece Apart", Aldan Savoy Gallery, New York, NY “Riviera Triennial”, Riviera, Brooklyn, NY “Grand Union”, Frontroom, Brooklyn, NY “Art LA 2006”, Art Fair, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA | |
| 2005 | |
| “Fresh Produce”, Anno Domini, San Jose, CA “Mystery Meat”, Future Prospects Art Space, Quezon City, Philippines “Fun With Dead Bodies”, Rotofugo, Chicago, IL “Some of My Best Friends Are American”, curated by Rotgut, New Image Art , North Hollywood, CA “Cantab Publishing Presents...”, Evos Arts, Lowell, MA “A World of Influence”, Urbis Artium, San Francisco, CA “New Image Art Show”, RVCA, Costa Mesa, CA “Raw Dogs: Move #12”, New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2004 | |
| “Sneaker Pimps: The Worlds Largest Touring Sneaker Exhibition”, Lots of Places, The Earth “Moniker: Art of the Road and Rail”, Webb Gallery, Waxahachie, TX “Pressure Lines and Graceless Heirs”, Riviera, Brooklyn, NY “Hollywood: The Remix”, Wooster Art Space, New York, NY “Workhorse Visuals Collective Show” ,Young Blood Gallery, Atlanta, GA “Incidental Contact”, CPOP, Detroit, MI “Up Far Too Close”, Tin Man Alley, Philadelphia, PA “Big Men In Little Cars”, Tin Man Alley, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 2003 | |
| “Scribble Jam”, Behind Annie’s Nightclub, Cincinnati, OH “Global Aerosol Domination”, Liminal Art Gallery, Oakland, CA “Assembly”, Front Room, Brooklyn, NY | |
| 2002 | |
| “Namenlosen”, Anno Domini, San Jose, CA | |
| 2001 | |
| “Namenlosen”, Anno Domini, San Jose, CA | |
Published Work | |
| Paper Rodeo | |
San Francisco Chronicle February 26, 2006
Review by Kenneth Baker
Here's to ... William Buzzell, who ... nearly walks away with "Good Grief," the show of work by three East Coast artists at Aftermodern, one of the newer galleries in town.
One need not know what Jasper Johns did with the map of the United States -- though it helps -- to appreciate [his] handling of the world's most famous geographic silhouette. A street-oriented artist … [he] has cobbled together numerous map profiles of the United States from bits of wood and other found materials and subjected them to comic, sometimes critical disfigurement.
"Heart of Darkness" (2006), which can stand for the lot, divides the country into jagged shapes, a few suggestive of corresponding states. Brickwork patterns cover its red, khaki and blue components, the whole thing turned to a cartoon face by a peace symbol mouth, a missile of a nose and coffinlike eyes.
Miming folk art sounds easy but it takes a special touch, which [he] has, for the effort not to feel forced… [William Buzzell] puts most of the good into "Good Grief."
