Through acts of destruction and reconstruction, Marianne Vitale challenges the mythology of modernism and Western civilization. Her work draws on the remnants of American industrial growth—such as bridges, train tracks, factories, and dams—creating powerful symbols of the disintegration of Western society.
Marianne Vitale lives and works in New York. She participated in The Milk of Dreams, the Venice Biennial in 2022.
Born 1973 in East Rockaway, USA
Lives and works in New York, USA
Selected solo exhibitions
2023
Marianne Vitale: Menemsha, Galleria Doris Ghetta, Occhieppo Inferiore, Italy
2022
Bottles and Bridges: Advances in Collective Obliteration, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2020
Tennis Elbow, The Journal Gallery, New York, NY
The World, The Flesh and the Devil, Couvent des Cordeliers, Savenay, France
2019
Double Vision, Elaine de Kooning House, East Hampton, NY
2018
AMPUTATIONS / RESURRECTIONS, Mosquito Coast Factory, Campbon, France
WORTHIES (Permanent Installation), Savenay, France
On the One, Invisible-Exports, New York, NY
2017
Marianne Vitale – FAT CITY, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
2016
Marianne Vitale, Venus, Los Angeles, USA
Thought Field, Venus Over Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA
2015
Untitled, Karma, New York, USA
Oh Don’t Ask Why, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
Rudolf Stingel, Marianne Vitale, Karma, New York, USA
2014
Nine Worthies, Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, USA
Ann Craven / Marianne Vitale: Des astres, un pont et des oiseaux, Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Paris, France
2013
Bright Dark Future, Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
Diamond Crossing, Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, USA
Huey, Dewey & Louie, Kunstraum Innsburck, Innsbruck, Austria
Marianne Vitale, The Contemporary Austin, Austin, USA
2012
WHAT I NEED IS TO LIGHTEN THE FUCK UP ABOUT A LOT OF SHIT, Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, USA
2011
Too Much Satan For One Hand, IBID Projects, London, UK
2010
The Clipper, White Slab Palace, Kunstverein, New York, USA
2009
Boiler Quake at Dawn, IBID Projects, London, UK
Landswab Over Berberis, Sculpture Center, New York, USA
2008
The Missing Book of Spurs, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
OK KO: Broodies in the Nesting with Agathe Snow, White Columns, New York, USA
Selected group exhibitions
2023
Apocalypse Now, The Journal Gallery, New York, USA
2022
The Machine- Gunneress in a State of Grace, New Discretion, New York, USA
Terrena Spirituale, Galleria Doris Ghetta, Ortisei, Italy
Spits: Huey, Dewey and Louie, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento, Rovereto, Italy
2021
Hi Woman! La notizia del futuro, Museo di Palazzo Pretorio Prato, Italy
2018
The Domestic Plane: Objects Like Us, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, USA
Black Mirror: Art as a Social Satire, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2017
Hecate, Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, USA
Basilica SoundScape, Basilica Hudson, Hudson, USA
ROOM, Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
POST-ELECTION, September Gallery, Hudson, USA
Witches, September Gallery, Hudson, USA
2016
Sculptures, Matters, Matter, Textures…, Gallery Ceysson & Bénétière, Foetz, Luxembourg
2015
Six Doors, Foundation for Contemporary Art, New York, USA
Invisible Exports, Teeth Gnash Tennessee, New York, USA
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino, Italy
Metaforms, Art Basel Miami Beach Public, Miami Beach, USA
No Man’s Land, The Contemporary Arts Foundation, Miami, USA
Scapes, Auto Body, Bellport, USA
2014
Infinitude, Robert & Tilton, Culver City, USA
Combustion, SAKS Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
The Last Brucennial, New York, USA
Staging Interruptions (Stream of Life), Southard Reid, London, UK
Wrong’s What I Do Best, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, USA
Archeo, High Line Art, New York, USA
Natura Lapsa, Entrepot-galerie du Confort Modern, Poitiers, France
Pier 54, High Line Channel 14, New York, USA
2013
Frieze Projects, Frieze New York, New York, USA
Neo Povera, L&M Arts, Los Angeles, USA
Private Collection Selected By Number 1, Galerie Tatjana Pjeters, Gent, Belgium
Performa 13, New York, USA
Body Language, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2012
My Name Is Justin Lieberman: Valet of The Infinite, New Galerie, Paris, France
Marianne Vitale & Theodore Fivel: LOST MARBLES, La Marbrerie, Montreuil, France
Mindaugas Triennial, 11th Baltic Triennial of International, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
Eagles, Marlborough Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2011
Analia Saban, Aaron Spangler, Marianne Vitale, Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, USA
Are you glad to be in the America? Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy
Louise Despont, Jutta Koether, Alicja Kwade, Anj smith, Marianne Vitale, Unica Zürn, IBID PROJECTS, London, UK
Lost, Invisible-Exports, New York, USA
Norfolk, Thierry Goldberg, New York, USA
The Influentials, Visual Arts Gallery, School of Visual Art, New York, USA
2010
How Soon Now, Rubell Family Collection / Contemporary Arts Foundation, Miami, USA
Whitney Biennial 2010, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
Inaugural Exhibition, KRC Collection, Voorschoten, The Netherlands
2009
The Perpetual Dialogue, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, USA
The Prompt (Performa 09), screening, White Slab Palace, New York, USA
SUBJECT | MATTER, Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood, UK
Group Show, IBID PROJECTS, London, UK
In Practice Fall ’09, Sculpture Centre, New York, USA
2007
(Title Bound in Customs), screening, Miami Cinematheque, Miami, USA
Chemical City, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, USA
The Perfect Man Show, White Columns, New York, USA
2006
Chop Shop, New York, USA
Invasionistas, Kling & Bang, Reykjavik, Iceland
The “K” Sound, The Kitchen, New York, USA
I Know Who I Am, Sakanama Collective, Brooklyn International Film Festival, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, USA