Ceysson & Bénétière

The latest works by Joe Fyfe - who is evolving within a moving space suspended between painting, sculpture and drawing - explore both the legacy of non-figurative art and its current trends. In his work, his writings and conservation projects - including his curatorship of the controversial "Le tableau" exhibition organised in 2010 for Cheim & Read in New York - Fyfe acknowledges the utopian aspiration of the early expressions of non-figurative art, while adapting a more pragmatic (and often playful) approach to the alternations of our material culture.

In an intensification of the poetics of everyday life, of the marginal and overlooked, Fyfe has increasingly made use of materials found by the wayside, like a kite abandoned by a child, a sign that has been thrown away or an abandoned banner. He thus creates almost abstract compositions influenced both by serendipity and by the noblest expressions of formalism. In so doing, Fyfe creates a sort of contraction in his work, a "push and pull" between happenstance and reflection, which in turn endows his apparently informal works with an obsessive precision.

Solo shows at Ceysson Gallery
Joe Fyfe, Wandhaff
January 13 - March 03, 2018

JOE FYFE, Genève
January 14 - March 12, 2016


Group shows at Ceysson Gallery
Spring Saint-Étienne, Saint-Etienne
June 12 - July 25, 2020

Joe Fyfe - Claude Viallat, Saint-Etienne
December 21, 2018 - February 23, 2019

FEED THE METER, Wandhaff
September 26, 2015 - January 30, 2016

Special Guest New York, Offsite
September 08 - September 28, 2015

Denis Castellas - Joe Fyfe, Luxembourg
November 23, 2013 - February 01, 2014


Solo Shows

2019
Joe Fyfe: but a flag has flown away, Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, USA

2016
Vagabond Paintings, Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Geneva, Switzerland

2014
Make Me One With Everything, Longhouse Projects, New York, USA

2013
Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Luxembourg

2012
Elecciones, Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne, Germany
White Colums, New York, USA

2011
James Graham & Sons, New York,USA

2010
ACME Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, USA

2009
James Graham & Sons, New-York, USA

2007
JG Contemporary, New York, USA
Ryllega Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, USA

2005
JG Contemporary, New York, USA
Galerie Pitch, Paris, France

2004
Mai's Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

2002
Jay Grimm Gallery, New York, USA

1998
Nicholas Davies Gallery, New York, USA

1997
Morehead State University, Morehead, USA
Nicholas Davies Gallery, New York, USA

1983
Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York, USA

Group shows (Selection)

2020
Printemps , Galerie Ceysson & Bénétière, Saint-Étienne, France

2018
68-18, Shin Gallery, New York, USA

2017
Polaroids: The Disappearing, Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, USA
In Neuen Räumen, Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne, Germany

2016
Boys and Girls Can Still Draw, Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, USA

2015
Human Nature, Salon 659 Jefferson Ave., curated by Claire Corey, New York, USA
Group exhibition, Galerie Christian Lethert. Cologne, Germany
Between the Eyes, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, USA
Summer painting exhibition, Longhouse Projects, New York, USA
Special Guest, Bernard Ceysson at Galerie Zurcher, New York, USA
Feed The Meter, Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Luxembourg

2014
Picture/Painting/Object, Albert Baronian Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
On the Blue Shore of Silence, Fitzroy Gallery, New York, USA
The Bulletin Board, White Columns, New York, USA

2013
Donut Muffin, Dorsky Projects, New York, USA
Wit, Painting Center, New York, USA
Group Show, Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne, Germany
Memphis Social, Tenn, Memphis, USA
My Crippled Friend, CCAD Columbus, Columbus, USA
Building Materials, Real Art Ways, Hartford, USA
Taking Note or the Curious Eye, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

2012
Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne, Germany
Arbeiten auf Papier, Zietkunst Galerie, Kitzbühel, Austria
ARCO, Madrid, Spain
B. Wurtz & Co. Group Show, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA
Peinture mode d'emploi, Centre régional d'art contemporain, Montbéliard, France
Ever Since | Put Your Picture in a Frame, Glasgow International Exhibition of Visual Art, Glasgow, United-Kingdom
Abstraction Everyday - Everyday Abstraction, New York, USA
NADA, New York, USA

2011
Flag Day, Art Museum, Islip, USA

2010
Take Five, Plus Gallery, Denver, USA
Devotion, Züricher Studio, New York, USA
Redi-Mix, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, USA
Le Tableau, Cheim&Read, New York, USA
Consider the Oyster, James Graham & Sons, New York, USA
Between Picture and Viewer : The Image in Contemporary Painting, SVA Gallery, New York, USA

2009
Abstractionists Unite ! Who Give You Just Enough To Last A Life Time, Glendale College Art Gallery, Glendale, USA
Chunky Monkey, Red Flagg, New York, USA
Assemblage Abstract, Dinter Fine Art, New York, USA
Blue, James Graham & Sons, New York, USA

2008
Present Tense, Spanierman Gallery, New York, USA

2006
Intersections, Myers School of Art, USA
Paint/Not Paint, Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art, New York, USA
Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art, New York, USA
Carton Rouge, Atelier Tampon-Ramier, Paris, France

2005
Traces Everywhere, Tracy Williams, New York, USA
Field Questions, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
Helter Skelter, Capsule Gallery, New York, USA

2004
Summer, Bruno Marina Gallery, Brooklyn, USA
A Conversation, Marvelli Gallery, New York, USA
Under the Influence, Barbara Mathes, New York, USA

2003
Grisaille, JG Contemporary, New York, USA
Simple Marks, Cheim&Read, New York, USA
The Invisible Thread ; Buddhist Spirit in Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, USA

2002
Contra/post, Von Lintel Gallery, New York, USA
Landscape, Lindsey Brown Gallery, New York, USA
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, USA

2001
Project Wall, Pierogi 2001, New York, USA
Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Abstractions II, New York Studio School, New York, USA

2000
Project Wall, Pierogi 2000, New York, USA
Fundamental Occurrences, Malca Fine Arts, New York, USA

1999
Joe Fyfe, James Hyde, Merlin James : Drawings, Thomas Korzelius Gallery, New York, USA
Double Vision, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, USA
Painting III, New York, N-3 Project Space, New York, USA

1996
Madeleines, Apex Art, New York, USA
Fin de Siècle, Nicholas Davies Gallery, New York, USA
Art Exchange Show, New York, USA
Living Room, 558 Broadway, New York, USA

1995
Visiting Faculty Biennial, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA

1993
Men, myths and masculinities, LedisFlam Gallery, New York, USA

1992
360, Pino Molica Gallery, New York, USA

1985
Drawings, Knight Gallery, Charlotte, USA

1984
Painting and Sculpture Today : 1984, Indianapolis Museum, Indianapolis, USA

1983
Art on Paper : 1983, Weatherspoon Gallery, Greensborough, USA

1982
Spring Exhibition, Weatherspoon Gallery, Greensborough, USA

1980
The Times Square Show, Colab, New York, USA

2012
Ken JOHNSON, "Wayne Koestenbaum, Jane Corrigan, Joe Fyfe", Art In Review, New York Times
David PAGEL, "All The Arts, All The Time", Los Angeles Times

2011
Walter ROBINSON, "Joe Fyfe : Painter's Apotheosis, Artnet,

2010
Albert MACADAM, "Le Tableau", ARTnews, october
James GLISSON, "Le Tableau", Artforum.com, summer
Andrew RUSSETH, "Le Tableau", Modern Painters, august
Robert C. MORGAN, "When Hypothesis Trumps Quality", ArtCritical.com, july
Lance ESPLUND, "Le Tableau", Wall Street Journal, august
Michael WILSON, "Le Tableau", Time Out NY, august
The New Yorker, 'Le Tableau', august
Roberta SMITH, "Le Tableau", New York Times, july
David COHEN, "Orgy in the Raw", New York Sun, june
Fredric KOEPPEL, "Reality rendered in vibrant colors", Gomemphis, march

2009
Lamar CLARKSON, "Joe Fyfe: James Graham & Sons", ARTnews, may
Stephanie BUHMANN, "
Joe Fyfe: Recent Work at James Graham & Sons", ArtCritical.com, march


2008
James BISHOP, "Painting by other means", october
John ARMLEDER, "Used Verbatim or Slightly Altered, february

2007
Roberta SMITH, "Joe Fyfe Paintings 2004-07", New York Times, march
"Joe Fyfe", The New Yorker, march 12th
David COHEN, "Minimalism with feeling...", New York Sun, february 2nd
Stephen MUELLER, "A Contrarian's Esthetic", inGay City News, february 16th
Stephen MAINE, "Joe Fyfe at JG Contemporary", Art in America, september

2006
Vietnam News November, december

2005
Jackie GENDEL, "Le Vu", february
Ken JOHNSON, "Joe Fyfe. Paintings from Vietnam", New York Times, april 27th
Stephanie BUHMAN, "Joe Fyfe. Paintings from Vietnam", Brooklyn Rail, april
David COHEN, "Joe Fyfe, Mary Heilman...", New York Sun, april 12th
Benjamin LA ROCCO, "Traces everywhere", Brooklyn Rail, february
Edward SOZANSKI, "Abstracts with no obvious links", The Philadelphia Inquirer, january 28th
"A painters question", Fallon&Rosoff's Artblog, january 24th

2004
James KALMAN, "A boom grows in Brooklyn", Brooklyn Rail, july
"Americans message to Vietnam", Vietnam net bridges, june 27th
Thu NGOC, "Exhibit samples the simple by US artist", Vietnam News, june 1st


2003
"Joe Fyfe at Jay Grimm Gallery", Art in America, march
"Simple Marks", The New Yorker, september 3rd

2002
"Joe Fyfe. Review", The New Yorker, july 1st
Artnet.com, august
 2nd

2000
Ken JOHNSON, "Fundamental Occurences. Malca Gallery", New York Times, july 1st

1999
Alfred CORN, "Joe Fyfe at Nicholas Davies", Art in America, april
"This Wonderful Exile of the Artist", Modern Painters, autumn, pp. 77-79
Ken JOHNSON, "Drawings", New York Times, october 22nd

1998

"Joe Fyfe's Land of Make Believe", Artnet, february 11th

1997


Appearances, n°24

1994


Art, Das Kunstmagazin, december, pp.89-91

Ecrits de l'artiste

2010


"Sopheap pich at Tyler Rollins", Artforum, february

2009


"A French Alternative Martin Barré", january

2008


"In Deep Water: Jun-Nguyen Hatsushiba", september
"Things the mind already knows Urs Fischer at Tony Shafrzi", september

2007


« On his work, on the work of others and on ohter places », Studio School, New York, december
"Outside the system: despite continuing problems with officialdom, Saigon Open City exhibition series reveals the vitality of Vietnam's contemporary art scene", october
"Hans Josephsohn's Lateness" september

2006


"The Heart at Midnight. On the work of the Late Bill Rice", march

2003


"Making it new: despite limited funds and bureaucratic trepidation, Hanoi has a burgeoning art scene that features performance, video and collaborative", january
"Requiems for a lost future? Epic scale and forceful geometric forms have long preoccupied Al Held, perhaps nowhere more than in his "Requiem" and "Siena"… four monumental paintings by Al Held, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center", january

2002


"The Art of Failure: in recent years, Michael Smith and Joshua White have created a series of highly detailed installations that satirize society in general…", january
"Alma Thomas's late blossoms: an African-American woman artist who emerged in the mid-20th century, Thomas was a pioneer throughout her career…in 1964 when, close to paralysis and bedridden, the 73-year-old...", january