Biography
1964 San Francisco, CALive and works in Los Angeles
1993 MFA California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
1990-91 Fine Arts Graduate Program School of Visual Arts, New York
BAS, Chemistry & Art, University of California, Davis, CA

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Engholm Engelhorn, Vienna
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
‘Dave Muller’, The Approach, London
Murray Guy, New York
‘Dave Muller: Sprawling (and mini-sprawl)’, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
‘Dave Muller: Connections’, curated by Amada Cruz, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, and Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles
‘Spatial’, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MI
‘Clothes, Polaroids, Movies, & Music’, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
Galleria Allesandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy
‘How to Secede (Without Really Trying)’, The Approach, London
‘Spatial’, Murray Guy, New York, NY
‘Thermal, Three Day Weekend’, Los Angeles, CA (with David Hughes)
‘here and there’, Four Walls, San Francisco, CA
‘Chelsea’, Project Wall, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
‘L.A., L.A., L.A., L.A., L.A., L.A., L.A., LA., L.A., L.A.’, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
‘Apple’, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY
‘Love is All Around (In Black and White and Color)’, Spanish Box, Santa Barbara, CA
‘Studio 246’, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (with Alex Slade)
‘A Number of Ladders (Borrowed)’, Broad Studio #2, Cal Arts D301, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
‘Rex Ravenelle, David A. Muller’, Due North, D300 Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
‘Woo’, Mint Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
‘Games’, Oblong Salon, Davis, CA

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Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Playlist, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
It Happened Tomorrow, 7th Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art, Lyon (curated by Robert Nickas)
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, curated by Bob Nickas, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh (curated by Vicky Clark and Barbara Bloemink), (cat)
Rent-a-bench, Los Angeles (curated by Jacob Fabricius)
Air Guitar: Art Reconsidering Rock Music, Milton Keynes Gallery, England (curated by Emma Mahony), (travels to Cornerhouse, Manchester/Angel Row, Nottingham/Tullie House, Carlise, Great Britain (cat.)
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now, Low, Los Angeles, Ca
Curatorial PracticeToday, Arco International Contemporary Art Fair 2002, Panel Discussion, February 15 2002
L.A. On My Mind: Recent Acquisitions from MOCA's Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Humid, The Moore Building, Miami, FL (Curated by Dominic Molon)
Revolutions Per Minute, Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois at Chicago (organized by Lorelei Stewart)
Drawn from LA (home is where the heart is), Midway Initiative Gallery, St. Paul, MN, (curated by Julie Deamer)
Extra Art: A Survey of Artists' Ephemera 1960-1999, CCAC Institute, San Francisco, CA (curated by Steven Leiber), (cat.)
Jennifer Bornstein, Mark Grotjahn, Dave Muller, Florian Maier-Aichen,
Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
ÒImaginary” Monumental Sculpture Lawn (IMSL), Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The Artist's World, CCAC Institute, San Francisco, CA (curated by Ralph Rugoff)
En el cielo, TRANS>, Venice, Italy
I Want More, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin, Ireland
Music, Three Day Weekend, E l s H a n a p p e Underground, Athens
L.A., Ileana Tounta Gallery, Athens, Greece
White Album, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (curated by JanTumlir)
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
L.A., Monika Spruth, Cologne
Goddamn the Pusherman, The Showroom, London
Democracy! , Royal College of Art, London (cat.)
as i love you you become more pretty, 937 N. Hudson, Los Angeles, CA (organized by Karin Gulbran)
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 (curated by Terry R. Myers), (cat.)
Matthew Antezzo, Sam Durant, Dave Muller, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
After the Gold Rush, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY (curated by Lia Gangitano and Joseph Wolin)
Post Millennial Fizzy, (addressing the possibility of the future), Luckman Art Gallery, Cal State Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA , Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, PA(curated by Julie Joyce & Adam Ross)
Group Exhibition, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY
Encyclopedia 1999, Turner & Runyon, Dallas, TX
L.A. or Lilliput?, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA (curated by Michael Darling)
Bowie, Rupert Goldsworthy, New York, NY
Time Dilates, Three Day Weekend, Soho Arts Festival, New York (curated by Dave Muller)
Wahlverwandtschaften, Appenzel, Switzerland (curated by Hans-Ulrich
Obrist), (cat.)
L.A. On Paper 2: Fantastic Matter of Fact, Three Day Weekend, Krinzinger Gallery, Vienna, Austria (curated by Dave Muller)
Cover, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Dave Muller)
Hot Coffee, Artist's Space, New York, NY (curated by Thomas Lawson)
Summer of Love, Fotouhi Cramer Gallery, New York, NY
Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles (Version), Three Day Weekend, Malmo, Sweden (curated by Dave Muller), (travels to Jason & Rhodes, London, England, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA)
Los Angeles Visits, Three Day Weekend, P-House, Tokyo, Japan (curated by Dave Muller)
Stream of Consciousness, University Art Museum, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA (curated by Elizabeth A. Brown)
Chalk, Factory Place, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Sue Spaid)
Mod Squad , Spanish Box, Santa Barbara, CA (curated by Michael Darling)
Love's Labors Lost, SITE, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Sue Spaid)
Smells Like Vinyl, Roger Merians Gallery, New York, NY (organized by Thaddeus Strode & Sarah Seager)
Occupato, Bennett Roberts Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA (organized by Luciano Perna)
Redevelopment, Victoria Room, San Francisco, CA
Three Day Weekend Takes an Extended Working Vacation, at Rezone, Diverse Works, Houston, TX
Time + Space Projects Addressing the Closing of the Site, FOOD HOUSE, Santa Monica, CA
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
Sound Art Derby, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA
Extravaganza, Open House, Los Angeles, CA


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"Playlist", Exh. catalogue, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Horny, Henriette, ÒJede LP wird eingetauscht", Kurier, 24 January
Scheyerer, Nicole, ÒKunst Kurz", Falter, no. 4/04
Krumpl, Doris, ÒFruchtbare Engführung", Der Standard, 22 January
Stern, Steven, “Dave Muller, ‘May I Please Speak with Mr. Murray Guy?’”, Time Out New York, No. 391, 27 March -3 April, p. 54
“Dave Muller”, The New Yorker, 19 March
Diaconescu, Sorina. ÒReturn of the Long Weekend,” Los Angeles Times, 14 Novemeber., 2002, pg. E13
Cruz, Amada, Dave Muller's Connections, Dave Muller: Connections, Center for Curatorial Studies/Bard College Publications, October 2002, p. 7-11
Harvey, Doug, ÒSam & Dave: The Politics of Mixology,” LA Weekly, October 18-24, 2002,
p. 32-33
Higgs, Matthew, Dear Dave, Dave Muller: Connections, Center for Curatorial Higgs, Matthew, Best of 2002, Artforum, December 2002, p. 110-111
Studies/Bard College Publications, October 2002, p. 19-23
Mahony, Emma, ÒAnyone can play guitar,” Air Guitar: Art Reconsidering Rock Music, exhibition catalogue
Molon, Dominic, ÒClimatic Conditions,” Humid, exhibition catalogue
Pagel, David, MOCA Sampler Is a Mixed Treat, The Los Angeles Times, 8 February
Pagel, David, Variations on a Commercial Theme, The Los Angeles Times, 2 December, 2002, p. 5
Smith, Roberta, ÒHudson Valley Shows Focus on America", The New York Times, July 26, 2002, p. 31
Young, Paul, Always the Bass Player, Angeleno, November 2002, p. 232-233
Erickson, Karl, Dave Muller at Blum & Poe, Flash Art, vol. XXXIV, no. 219, p. 122,
July - September
Godfrey, Mark, Dave Muller: The Approach, London; Murray Guy, New York, frieze, March 2001, p. 102-103
Knight, Christopher, Still Life With Quirk, Los Angeles Times, May 18, 2001, p. 16
McLaren, Duncan, Dave Muller and Peter Harris, Contemporary Visual Arts, Issue 33, 2001,
p. 48-53
Rugoff, Ralph, Working Weekend: The Art of Dave Muller, Artforum, May 2001, p. 162-165
Grabner, Michelle, Dave Muller and Three Day Weekend, New Art Examiner, November 2000,
p. 22-25, 68
Beasley, Mark, Dave Muller Interviewed, Untitled, No. 22, Summer 2000, p. 8-10
Intra, Giovanni, Dave Muller: Free Software, Art/Text, May-July 2000, p. 68-71
Johnson, Ken, After the Gold Rush, The New York Times, June 18, 1999
Harvey, Doug, Futurama, Post-millennial deja vu at Luckman Fine Arts,
LA Weekly, April 9 - 15, 1999, p. 45
Baltin, Brian, Small is Psychedelic, Los Angeles under a microscope, LA Weekly,
November 28 - December 3, 1998, p. 47
Darling, Michael, Michael Darling's Top 10 Plus 10, LA Weekly, January 8-14, 1999, p. 50
Wilson, William, 'Lilliput': Small Art in the Big City of L.A., Los Angeles Times, November 24, 1998, p. 10 - 11
Frankel, David, Jane Kaplowitz/Dave Muller, Curt Marcus Gallery, Artforum, November 1998,
p. 133-134
Haines, Gordon, Dave Muller at Blum & Poe, Artissues, September/October 1998, No. 54, p. 45
Frank, Peter, Pick of the Week, LA Weekly, June 5 - 12, 1998, p.159
Darling, Michael, The Muller Temporary, The L.A. Weekly,
November 7 -13, 1997, p. 39
Pagel, David, Muller Celebrates Art in the Real World, Los Angeles Times, May 22, 1998,
p. F28
Greene, David A., Frieze, September/October 1997
Knight, Christopher, Right Here, Right Now, Los Angeles Times, May 18, 1997, p. 1, 3, 52-53
Saltz, Jerry, Regular, No Sugar, Time Out New York, February 1997
Schjeldahl, Peter, La-la Band, Village Voice, February 18, 1997, p. 91
Knight, Christopher, Riding Tradition's Currents to a Higher Consciousness, Los Angeles Times, October 10, p. 4, 6

Public Collections

The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
New School University, New York
The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, N.C.