Born in Lewes, Deleware. Lives and works in New York.

Studies

1992 B.F.A. California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

Solo Exhibitions

2019

Brother Ass, CENTRAL FINE, Miami Beach, FL

2018

Dog Skull Dogs, Miguel Abreu Gallery, NY NY,

Carbon Days, Galeria Nuno Centeno, Porto, Portugal

Burn it Clean, 1301PE, Los Angeles, CA

2016

Cabin of the Accused, Blaffer Art Museum, Houston, TX


Paris, Campoli Presti, Paris, France

These Pellets Here This Powder There, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, NY


2015

Peaceful Photographers, Campoli Presti, London, UK

Peaceful Photographers, Campoli Presti, Paris, France


2014
Warmilk, Mendes Wood, São Paolo, Brazil


On Fridays We Have Half Days, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, NY 


2013


A Moveable Feast – Part V: Blake Rayne, Campoli Presti, Paris, France

Blake Rayne, 1301PE, Los Angeles, CA 


2012


Wild Country, Campoli Presti, London, UK


2011

Blake Rayne, Formalist Sidewalk Poetry Club, Miami Beach, FL

Shade Subscription, Capitain Petzel Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Coastal Graphics, Sutton Lane, Paris, France

2010
Folder and Application, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, NY

Rationalisme Appliqué: Blake Rayne & Scott Lyall, 1301 PE, Los Angeles, CA

2009
The World of Interiors at War, Terri and Donna, Miami, FL

2008

Blake Rayne, Sutton Lane, Paris, France
Dust of Suns, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, NY

2007

The Disappearance of Red Pistachio Shells / The Dawn of the Californian Nut Industry(1979), Sutton Lane c/o Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France

2006

Wallace Nutting with Julia Hill, Sutton Lane, London, UK
Empedocles/Hölderlin, Cézanne/Gasquet, Straub/Huillet, Dominique Païni & Blake Rayne, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, NY


2005

Untitled Painting, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, FL
Untitled Painting, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York, NY

2003
Three of the Four Seasons: “August Evening Walkout,” Greene Naftali, New York, NY


2001
Three of the Four Seasons: “The Winter Line 2,” Greene Naftali, New York, NY

2000
Three of the Four Seasons: “The Winter Line 1,” Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany

1999
Three of the Four Seasons: “Fall Bouquet,” Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany

1998
Three of the Four Seasons: “Autumn Drive,” Greene Naftali, New York, NY

1997
The Arrangement, Newsantandrea, arte contemporanea, Savona, Italy

1996
Model, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions
 


2017

Summer Show, 1301PE, Los Angeles, CA

TRUTH BISTRO, curated by Gabriel Lima, Kai Matsumiya, New York, NY
 


2016
See sun, and think shadow, Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY


Tre Amici, Long Branch, NJ

Tales of Ratiocination, Campoli Presti, London

Small Choice in Rotten Apples, Off Vendome, New York, NY


Art Basel | Campoli Presti | 2016

SculptureCenter at EXPO CHICAGO 2016, SculptureCenter


1301PE at The Armory Show 2016, 1301PE

2015
Collected by Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Works on Paper, Greene Naftali, New York, NY 

Call and Response, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY

BLUEPRINT, Curated by Sebastiaan Bremer, Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, NY

Pure Paint for Now People, Curated by Lydia Gravis and Matthew Choberka, Mary Eliz- abeth Dee Shaw Gallery, Weber State University, Ogden, UT


Campoli Presti at Art Basel in Miami Beach 2015, Campoli Presti

SculptureCenter at Frieze New York 2015, SculptureCenter

1301PE at The Armory Show 2015, 1301PE


2014
Postcodes: Kind, Coletor, São Paolo, Brazil
PLIAGE/FOLD, Gagosian Gallery, Paris, France

Campoli Presti at Frieze London 2014, Campoli Presti

1301PE at Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2014, 1301PE

2013


Une tradition matérielle, FRAC - Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Poitou-Charentes, France
Chat Jet: Painting ‹Beyond›The Medium, curated by Sandro Droschl and Christian Eg- ger, Künstlerhaus, Graz, Austria 


2012
Art|43|Basel – Art Galleries, Miguel Abreu Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

I Think and That Is All That I Am, Thomas Duncan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2011

Art|Basel|Miami Beach – Art Galleries, Miguel Abreu Gallery, Miami, FL
Art Brussels 29, Miguel Abreu Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
System Analysis, Langen Foundation, Neuss, Germany
New York to London and Back: The Medium of Contingency, Thomas Dane Gallery, London, UK

2010

Systems Analysis, West London Projects, London, UK
Nikolas Gambaroff, Michael Krebber, R. H. Quaytman, Blake Rayne, Bergen Kunsthall, Norway
Swell: Art 1950 – 2010, Metro Pictures, New York, NY
Besides, With, Against, And Yet: Abstraction and The Ready-Made Gesture, curated by Debra Singer, The Kitchen, New York, NY
Fax, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong, SAR
Fax, curated by João Ribas (The Drawing Centre) and Independent Curators In- ternational, The Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA

2009

Collatéral, curated by Yann Chevalier, Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
“The Practice of Joy Before Death; It just would not be a party without you," a Die Störung Situation, Scaramouche Gallery, New York
Practice vs. Object, organized by Margaret Liu Clinton, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, NY
The Space of the Work and the Place of the Object, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY


2008
Art|39|Basel – Art Premiere, with Scott Lyall, Miguel Abreu Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

2007

Regroup Show, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, NY
Thanksgiving, Sutton Lane c/o Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
Form as Memory, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, NY
For the People of Paris, Sutton Lane c/o Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France (Cat.)

2006

Make Your Own Life: Artists In and Out of Cologne, Institute of Contemporary Art, Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, PA (touring: Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seat- tle, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami)
Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand

In Dialogue: Cecily Brown, Jacqueline Humphries, Blake Rayne, Pieter Schoolwerth, Josh Smith, Charline von Heyl, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York

2004

The Sublime is (Still) Now, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY
Establishing Shots, curated by Christian Rattemeyer, Artists Space, New York, NY

The New Romantics, Greene Naftali, New York, NY

2003
Nature Boy, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY

Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, FL

2002
Painting as Paradox, curated by Lauri Firstenberg, Artists Space, New York, NY 2001-02

Surrounding Interiors: Views Inside the Car, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale; Davis Mu- seum and Cultural Center, Wellesley Massachusetts; The Frederick R. Weisman Muse- um, University of Minnesota, MN

2001

Extended Painting, Monica De Cardenas, Milano, Italy

Group Show, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, FL


2000

New, New, New, curated by Patrick Callery, AdHoc in conjunction with The New Muse- um, New York, NY
3ness, curated by Dike Blair, Jim Dams & Edith Doove, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Belgium

Trailer, Greene Naftali, New York, NY

1999

Group show, Johnen + Schottle, Cologne, GermanyMalerei, Kunsthalle INIT, Berlin, Germany

Foul Play, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY
Free Coke, Greene Naftali, New York, NY
Part I. Quadrants - Answer yes, no, or don't know, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New YorkCruise Control, Cristinerose Gallery, New York

1998

I LOVE NEW YORK - crossover of contemporary art, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Encyclopedia 1999, Turner & Runyon, Dallas, TX
Surfacing the Surface, DFN Gallery, New York

Painting: Now and Forever, Part I, Pat Hearn / Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY

Super Freaks-Post Pop & the New Generation, Part II; Odyssey, Greene Naftali, New York, NY

1996-97
100 Photographs, American Fine Arts, Co., New York, NY 1996

The Garage Project: Form 6 Lumina; Thomas Baldwin & Blake Rayne, sponsored by the Mak Center for Art and Architecture, The Schindler Apartments, Los Angeles, CA


1995

Tell Everyone, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY

1994

Crash, Threadwaxing Space, New York, NY
Blake Rayne & Scott Lyall, John Good Gallery, New York, NY

Books and Publications

Blair, Dike. “Some Thoughts, 3 Things, and 9 Artists.” 3ness. Deurle: Museum Dhondt- Dhaenens, 2000.
Collatéral. Poitiers: Le Confort Moderne; London: Sutton Lane; Leipzig: Lubok, 2010. Duncan, Thomas, et al. Gambaroff, Krebber, Quaytman, Rayne. Bergen: Bergen Kun- sthall, 2010. pp. 50-65.

For the People of Paris. London: Sutton Lane, 2007. pp. 90-93.

I Love New York-crossover of contemporary art. Cologne: Museum Ludwig, 1998. Mackay, Robin, ed. The Medium of Contingency. London: Urbanomic; London: Riding- house, 2011.
Rayne, Blake. Miami, FL: Kevin Bruk Gallery, 2005.
Rayne, Blake, et al. Tense and Spaced Out. Houston; Blaffer Museum of Art; Berlin: Sternberg Press; New York: Sequence Press, 2017.
Schneider, Christiane Maria, ed. Systemanalyse. Neuss: Langen Foundation; Wupper- tal: Prometheus, 2011. pp. 34-39.
Schwabsky, Barry, and Jessica Stockholder, eds. Vitamin P2: New Perspectives in Painting. London: Phaidon, 2011. pp. 254-55.
Simpson, Bennett, and Joseph Strau. Make your own life: Artists in and Out of Cologne.Philadelphia, PA: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 2006.

Selected Bibliography

2017

Galvez, Paul. “Blake Rayne ,” Artforum, Vol. 55, No. 7, March 2017, pp. 273-274 Hawley, Anthony. “Proposing Painting as a Form of Refusal,” Hyperallergic, February 21, 2017

2016

“Blake Rayne, ‘These Pellets Here This Powder There’,” Time Out New York, May 30


2014

“Blake Rayne, ‘On Fridays We Have Half Days’,” Time Out New York, May 15-21

2012

Braithwaite, Hunter. “Critic’s Pick: Formalist Sidewalk Poetry Club,” Artforum.com, De- cember 27

2011
Beeson, John. “Mode of Production,” Texte zur Kunst, No, 84, December

Macaes, Bruno. “Blake Rayne’s Shade Subscription,” Art-agenda.com, October 11 2010

Burns, Aileen. “Gambaroff, Rayne, Quaytman, Krebber.” Art in America, November-De- cember
Halle, Howard. “Blake Rayne, Folder and Application,” Time Out New York. May 27 - June 2

2009

Lewis, David. “Critic’s Picks: Collatéral,” Artforum.com, July 13
Ho-Sing, Nikki. “A Solid Existence,” Tokion, V 2.9, March
Johnson, Ken. “Aesthetic Withdrawal in the Quest for Ideas,” The New York Times. Jan- uary 22

2008

Lewis, David. “Blake Rayne,” Frieze, October
Marshall, J. Piper. “Blake Rayne,” Art Papers, July-August
Basta, Sarina. “Blake Rayne,” Texte zur Kunst, No. 70, June
Coburn, Tyler. “Blake Rayne,” ArtReview, Summer
Bentley, Kyle. “Blake Rayne,” Artforum. Summer
Doran, Anne. “Blake Rayne,” Time Out New York. May 8-14, p. 62 Saltz, Jerry. “Critic’s Pick, Blake Rayne,” New York Magazine, April 29 Cotter, Holland. “Blake Rayne,” The New York Times, April 24


2007

Lavrador, Judicaël. “Blake Rayne,” Les Inrockuptibles. No. 600, May 29

2006

Burton, Johanna. "Sufficient Grounds," Artforum, October Moreno, Gean. "Blake Rayne," Artpapers, May-June

2004
Sholis, Brian. “Critic's Pick: ...The New Romantics,” artforum.com, January

Glueck, Grace. “The New Romantics,” The New York Times, January 23
2003

Kelsey, John. “Blake Rayne: Greene Naftali,” Artforum, September
McAllister, Jackie. “Blake Rayne ...August Evening Walk Out,” Time Out New York, May 29 - June 5
Johnson, Ken. “Art Review: Blake Rayne,” The New York Times, May 23

2001
Aukeman, Anastasia. “Blake Rayne at Greene Naftali,” Art in America, April

Simpson, Bennett. “Blake Rayne,” Frieze, Issue 58, April 2000

Brennan, Michael. “Painter's Journal”, artnet.com, November
Griffin, Tim. Review, “The Winter Line,” Time Out New York. November 16 - 23, p. 82

Review, “The Winter Line,” The New Yorker. November 13 Griffin, Tim. “Blake Rayne,” purple prose. Summer

1999

Roos, Von Renate. “Des Pudels Kern,” Review Galerie Johnen + Schottle, Kölner Stadt- Anzeiger. June 22
Jocks, Heinz-Norbert. “I Love New York,” Kunstforum. January-February, p. 346

1998

“Ich kaufe gern,” Das Wichtigste, July 11
Skelton, Carl. “Painting Now and Forever Part 1,” dART International, Fall
Blair, Dike. “Autumn Drive,” The Thing. www.thing.net, October
“Mob Rule #16: Are You Being Installed?,” NY Arts Magazinem No. 25, October, p. 7-8 Conley, Kevin. “Autumn Drive,” The New Yorker, October 12, p.19-20
Blackburn, Meg. “Autumn Drive,” NY Arts Magazine, No. 24, September, p.38 Schmerler, Sarah. “Autumn Drive,” Time Out New York, October 1-8, p. 64
Pinchbeck, Daniel. interview, The Art Newspaper, Vol, X, No. 84, September, p.60

1997

Berruti, Antonella. “The Arrangement,” Juliet
Conti, Viana. “The Arrangement,” Flash Art, Vol. XXX, No. 205
Dee Mitchell, Charles. “Blake Rayne at Greene Naftali,” Art in America, May

1996
Anastas, Rhea. “Notes toward a Criticism for Artists Who Write,” Spring

Teaching

2003-2010

Assistant Professor & Director of Graduate Studies, Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York

Awards

2010
Fellowship at the American Academy in Berlin



2001
Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters



Selected Public Collections

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY 

Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Cerntre Georges Pompidou, Paris France
FRAC - Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain Poitou-Charentes, France