CLAUDE WAMPLER

Born 1966 in Pennsylvania
Lives and works in New York

EDUCATION

1998-1999 Masters Degree in Performance Studies, New York University Tisch School of the Arts
1992–94 Studied in Tokyo with the Hakutobo Butoh Company
1985–89 BFA, State University of New York at Purchase, Conservatory of Theater Arts & Dance with Academic Credits from Columbia University, School of Arts & Sciences; and Operatic Study at Carnegie-Mellon University, Music Division.

EXHIBITIONS and PERFORMANCES

2003 Vive La France, Postmasters Gallery, New York
Stable (Stupidity Project Part 10), Performance Space 122, NYC
Static, curated by Edwin Carels, TENT, Rotterdam
Song&Dance(and a good movie), TENT and Schouwburg Theater, Rotterdam
2002 Digital Sublime, curated by Wonil Rhee, media_city seoul 2002, Seoul International Media Art Biennale, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
New Attitudes in Sculpture, curated by Ken Fried, Gallery@Green Street, Boston
denislavant, Menagerie de Verre, Paris
Song&Dance(and a good movie), Gulbenkian Foundation Center of Modern Art, Lisbon
Infiltration, Museumsquartier, Vienna
Ambulance, Diverse Works, Houston
Richard Wampler, The Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
2001 Don’t Believe in Yourself, Richard Telles Gallery, Los Angeles
Panic, curated by Dan Cooney, Julie Saul Gallery, New York
Statuts, curated by Boris Charmatz, Menagerie de Verre, Paris
Present Absence, Kaaitheater, Brussels, Belgium
Bad Job/Cruel World: Stupidity 2001, Part II, US$700 Stunt with Wedgy, New Museum for Contemporary Art, NYC
Expose and Dawson, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
2000 Painting, the movie, Postmasters Gallery, New York
Critic as Grist, curated by Michael Portnoy, White Box, New York
human/nature, curated by Jane Harris, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York
Richard Wampler, IMPAKT Festival, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Transpeciality, Kaaitheater, Brussels
1999 Story, curated by Elyse Goldberg, AC Project Room, New York
Minty, curated by Bruce Hainley, Richard Telles Gallery, Los Angeles
Bucket, the working title, PS 122, New York, Vroouit Theatre, Ghent, Belgium,
Kaaitheater, Brussels & TripleX Festival, Amsterdam
1998 Bucket, the working title, The Arches, Glasgow, Scotland,National Review of Live Arts, Glasgow
Blanket, the surface of her, City of Women, Ljubljana Slovenia & Somner Szene, Salzburg Austria
Poor Traits, Postmasters Gallery, New York
Bathroom, curated by Wayne Koestenbaum, Thomas Healy Gallery, New York
1997 Threesome (with Anissa Mack and Aaron Rose), Postmasters Gallery, New York
Muffle, Postmasters Gallery @ The International Gramercy Art Fair, New York
Blanket, the surface of her, Performance Space 122, New York
1996 Permanent Brain Damage, written and directed by Richard Foreman, Ontological Hysteric Theater, New York
CULT OF CLAUDE Instructional Ritual Video, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York
Hydrobeastaphilia/Kohi/Mamanucleosis, Pilot Arts, New York
Knitease: Ms.LeFarge Gives Another Historical Performance, Apex Art, New York
Vertical Smile, Postmasters Gallery
Geisha Secretia, Panda’s Glands: A Pheromonal Pursuit, P.S. 122, New York
Cult Of Claude, HERE, New York
1995 The Adventures of HER (Part 1 of 4) Landing #01.19.30.12.15.19.95 TAN CHILLY–Solid Lifeform, HERE, New York
NEOPAN 8mm, Fourth World A.W.O.W. Gallery, New York
Four Records One Dog, Judson Church, New York
The 17th State, produced by Rebo Co. (Japanese/British Co-Production) for High Definition Television
Siamese Tease, One Dream Theater, New York
1-900-10-27 (LuvMe), The Knitting Factory, New York
She is high. True or False?, P.S. 122, New York
Cake Fur, HERE, New York
1994 Mabou Mines Artist in Residence.
Shaft, SlimFit Gallery, CT
Felt Bell or Little Reverse Nurse, HERE, NYC
MAMA, P.S. 122/Mabou Mines, New York
1993 She’s Not Bad, She’s Just Genetically Mean, SOHO, New York
Dozen, "Chalmers" art space, Tasmania, Australia
Gala’s Gall Bladder, Melbourne Arts Festival, Australia
1992 Tsumu o Tsuki, Kirin Plaza, Osaka
Butoh Kukan, Akasaka Playbox, Tokyo
Nostalgia, X-Point, Tokyo
1991 Junk Idee, Octobre Festival, Rouen, France

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Chas Bowie, "Slapstick Disaster Verité," Glass Tire: Texas Visual Art Online, January 18, 2002
Michael Rush ,"A Note: Performance Art Lives," Fashion Theory, September 2001
Sally De Kunst, "De dwingende afwezigheid van Claude Wampler," De Morgen, May 25, 2001
Herman Asselberghs, "Broken Contract," TIJD Cultuur, May 16, 2001
Dominique LeGrand, "Claude Wampler: Goodbye to the Body," Le Soir, May 2, 2001
Wayne Koestenbaum ,"Sixteen Fables for Claude Wampler," Dietsche Warande & Belfort, March 2001
Jane Harris, "Claude Wampler," Art&Text, December/January 2001
Michael Rush, "Claude Wampler at Postmasters," Art in America, February 2001
Wayne Koestenbaum, "Top Ten/Figures and Faces," Artforum, December 2000
David Humphrey, "Claude Wampler at Postmasters/New York e-Mail," Art Issues, November/December 2001
" Claude Wampler," Goings On About Town, The New Yorker, October 9, 2000
Holland Cotter, "Claude Wampler,", The New York Times, September 29, 2000
Sarah Valdez, "Claude Wampler," Time Out NY, September 21-28, 2000
" Out There - Claude Wampler," Interview, February 2000
Bruce Hainley, "Best of the ‘90s - Claude Wampler," Artforum, December 1999
Tom Murrin, "Merry Prankster - The Canny and Controversial Claude Wampler," Paper,
February 1999
Peter Plagens, "Claude Wampler- High Performance,", Newsweek, January 25, 1999
Peter Plagens, "Stage Fright," Artforum, January 1999
Wayne Koestenbaum, "The Best of 1998", Artforum, December 1998
Peter Plagens, "The Best of 1998", Artforum, December 1998
RoseLee Goldberg, Performance: Live Art Since the 1960ties, Harry N. Abrams, 1998
E.E.F. "Ein dringendes Bedurfnis", Sud Zeitung, July 1998
Holland Cotter, "Bathroom", New York Times, June 26, 1998
David Romanelli, "Bathroom", New Yorker, July 6, 1998
RoseLee Goldberg, "Blanket, the surface of her", Artforum, September 1997
Kim Levin, "Fair Play", Village Voice, May 29, 1997
Steven Druckman, "Send in the Claude", Village Voice, April 22,1997
Bruce Hainley, "Dumb Up", Artforum, December 1996
Sarah Schmerler, "Vertical Smile", Time Out New York, July 3,1996
Bruce Hainley, "All The Rage", Artforum, March 1996
Tom Murrin, "Summer Stage", Paper Magazine, Summer 1995
Bruce Hainley, "Cake Fur", Artforum, April 1995

WRITINGS BY CLAUDE WAMPLER

" Sri Sri Sarada Devi", New Observations , Summer 1998
" INDIA", Index, March/April 1998
" Why Did Richard Foreman Cross The Road?...", Index, March 1997
" Cult of Claude", Things Review , March 8, 1996

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