Ballroom Marfa - Marfa, Texas

Data Deluge

Rachel Gugelberger and Reynard Loki (Curators), Rebeca Bollinger, Jon Brunberg, Jennifer Dalton, Anthony Discenza, Hans Haacke, Scott Hug, Loren Madsen, Michael Najjar, Roberto Pugliese, Adrien Segal, and Anna Von Mertens

2 March 2012 – 8 July 2012

Our 2012 spring visual arts exhibition, Data Deluge, curated by Rachel Gugelberger and Reynard Loki, celebrates the beauty of information through sculpture, furniture, painting, photography, video and sound. Opening reception is 2 March 2012.

Texas Contemporary Art Fair

20-23 October 2011

Ballroom Marfa is proud to participate in the inaugural Texas Contemporary art fair, a showcase for innovative and progressive visual art from around the world, at Houston’s George R. Brown Convention Center 20-23 October 2011.

Chalk the Block

Teresa Margolles

14-16 October 2011

Ballroom Marfa collaborated with Chalk the Block –- a downtown El Paso public arts initiative -– to install our recently commissioned video work by Teresa Margolles, Irrigación.

Ballroom at the High Line: Atom Fables

Laleh Khorramian, Shahzad Ismaily

10 and 11 October 2011

Join the High Line and Ballroom Marfa for Atom Fables, a new collaborative work by artist Laleh Khorramian and musician Shahzad Ismaily. Atom Fables features Khorramian’s one-minute films of transformations, which will be rearranged in real-time to a musical composition performed live by Ismaily and an accompanying ensemble.

AutoBody
Featuring North of South, West of East

Neville Wakefield (Curator), Meredith Danluck, Liz Cohen, Matthew Day Jackson, and Jonathan Schipper

30 Sept 2011 - 12 Feb 2012

In the fall of 2011, Ballroom Marfa will mount the exhibition AutoBody, which showcases a single new work and installation, North of South, West of East, by emerging film and video artist Meredith Danluck, alongside the sculptural works of Liz Cohen, Matthew Day Jackson and Jonathan Schipper, organized by curator Neville Wakefield.

Art in the Auditorium 3

Kelly Nipper

26 August - 27 August 2011

Ballroom Marfa will continue its collaboration with Whitechapel Gallery, London, and nine other international art spaces for the third installment of the film and video program, Art in the Auditorium.

The World According to New Orleans

Dan Cameron (curator), Jules Cahn, Bruce Davenport, Jr., Dawn Dedeaux, Courtney Egan, Skylar Fein, Roy G. Ferdinand, Srdjan Loncar, Deborah Luster, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Gina Phillips, Noel Rockmore, Michael P. Smith, Dan Tague

18 March 2011 - 14 August 2011

In the spring of 2011, Ballroom Marfa will collaborate with curator Dan Cameron on the exhibition, The World According to New Orleans, which focuses on artists living and working in New Orleans, LA.

Texas Biennial with Alyce Santoro

Alyce Santoro

25 April 2011-01 May 2011

Ballroom Marfa is pleased to participate in this year’s Texas Biennial with the artist Alyce Santoro, who will present her project, The Synergetic Omni-Solution, 29 April to 01 May 2011.

Immaterial

Barbara Kasten, Rachel Khedoori, Esther Kläs, Liz Larner, Erlea Maneros-Zabala, Linda Matalon, Julie Mehretu, Charline von Heyl, Rosy Keyser, Laleh Khorramian, Heather Rowe, Erin Shirreff

1 October 2010–20 February 2011

Ballroom Marfa is pleased to announce the opening of Immaterial, an exhibition that will focus on the physical and psychic tensions between form, color, and space across varied visual and structural mediums. Open October 2, 2010 – February 20, 2011.

IN LIEU OF UNITY / EN LUGAR DE LA UNIDAD

Eduardo Abaroa, Margarita Cabrera, Livia Corona, Minerva Cuevas, Mario García Torres, Máximo González, Paulina Lasa, Teresa Margolles, Pedro Reyes, Tercerunquinto

26 March 2010 - 19 September 2010

Curated by Ballroom Marfa’s Associate Curator Alicia Ritson, In Lieu of Unity brings together artists from Mexico whose practices are marked by ongoing explorations of social relations.

No Soul for Sale at the Tate Modern

Erika Blumenfeld

14-16 May 2010

Ballroom Marfa is excited to announce our participation in the second iteration of No Soul for Sale, A Festival of Independents, which will be hosted by the Tate Modern, London as part of its 10th anniversary celebrations.

No Soul for Sale at X-Iniative

Kaffe Matthews

24-28 June 2009

From 24 June through 28 June 2009, Ballroom Marfa will be participating in No Soul For Sale: A Festival of Independents at X-Initiative, New York, where we will showcase Kaffe Matthews’ Sonic Bed_Marfa, which was originally included in The Marfa Sessions.

Two Face

AARON CURRY and THOMAS HOUSEAGO

29 May - 13 December 2009

Two Face is an exhibition by Ballroom Marfa artists-in-residence Aaron Curry and Thomas Houseago. Based in Los Angeles, Curry and Houseago are sculptors who invoke a Janus faced approach to form and process: simultaneously looking to the past and the future.

Paul Villinski – Emergency Response Studio

Paul Villinski

14 March - 16 April 2009

Ballroom Marfa is proud to be hosting Paul Villinski’s Emergency Response Studio, a solar-powered, mobile artist’s studio repurposed from a salvaged FEMA-style trailer.

The Marfa Sessions

Emily Jacir, Nina Katchadourian, Christina Kubisch, Louise Lawler, Inigo-Manglano Ovalle, Kaffe Matthews, Angel Nevarez and Valerie Tevere, Dario Robleto, Steve Roden and Stephen Vitiello, Steve Rowell and Simparch, Deborah Stratman and Steven Badgett, Julianne Swartz

27 September 2008 - 28 February 2009

Independent curators Regine Basha, Rebecca Gates, and Lucy Raven will bring together fifteen artists with specific interests in sound work and its potential as a transgressive medium across place and geography.

Hello Meth Lab in the Sun

Alexandre Singh, Jonah Freeman and Justin Lowe

5 April - 4 August 2008

Ballroom Marfa’s Spring 2008 exhibition is a collaboration between three early career artists, Jonah Freeman, Justin Lowe, and Alexandre Singh.

Every Revolution Is a Roll of the Dice

Barry X Ball . Huma Bhabha . Carol Bove . Trisha Donnelly . Gardar Eide Einarsson . Jason Fox . Wayne Gonzales . Robert Grosvenor . Guyton\Walker . Adam Helms . Corey McCorkle . Wangechi Mutu . John Miller . Haim Steinbach . Mika Tajima . Joan Wallace

22 September 2007 - 3 February 2008

Every Revolution Is a Roll of the Dice is an exhibition of sculptural objects that, by way of their presentation, can be seen as actors on a stage.

Deep Comedy

Fischli and Weiss, Isa Genzken, Jef Geys, Rodney Graham, Christian Jankowski, Japanther, robbinschilds, Julia Scher, Roman Signer, Michael Smith, William Wegman, John Wesley, Joshua White, Elin Wikstrom

23 March - 30 July 2007

Deep Comedy is an exhibition of work by artists whose conceptual practices are underpinned by humor. Brought together by artist Dan Graham and independent curator Sylvia Chivaratanond, the works in Deep Comedy transform elements of the commonplace into playgrounds for amusement through a wide range of media including sculpture, video, installation, photography, and performance.

Peter Doig: STUDIOFILMCLUB

Peter Doig

29 September 2006 - 28 February 2007

Ballroom Marfa is thrilled to be holding a solo exhibition by one of the foremost painters of our times, the Scottish-native, Trinidadian resident, Peter Doig.

Anstis and Victor Lundy

Anstis and Victor Lundy

25 March - 30 July 2006

Ballroom Marfa is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition titled The Art and Architecture of Anstis and Victor Lundy, which will be on view at the gallery March 25 through July 30, 2006.

You Are Here

SunTek Chung, Larry Bamburg, Deborah Grant, Andrew Guenther, Hilary Harnischfeger, Adam Helms, Matthew Day Jackson, Karyn Olivier, Sigrid Sandstrom, Allison Smith, Ian Sullivan, Will Villalongo, Roger White, Raphael Zollinger

6 October 2005 - 27 February 2006

Ballroom Marfa is proud to announced its first group exhibition devoted to emerging artists whose work is informed by their experience of urban and suburban life in contemporary American culture. Curated by Fairfax Dorn, You Are Here will be on view October 6 through February 27, 2006.

Prada Marfa

Michael Elmgreen, Ingar Dragset

1 October 2005

Prada Marfa is a permanent public sculpture created by Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset and produced by Art Production Fund in collaboration with Ballroom Marfa.

Treading Water

Agnes Denes, Sigalit Landau, Maria Jose Arjona, Matthew Goulish, Michael Phelan, James Benning, and William L. Fox

27 May - 18 September 2005

Ballroom Marfa proudly presents its first single-topic exhibition, a multi-discipline project devoted solely to bringing attention to a global environmental issue: Water.

Richard Erickson

29 January - 15 May 2005

The Ballroom is proud to present two solo exhibitions opening on the night of January 29th. In the North Gallery, Richard Erickson exhibits The Folding Nose and Other Works and in South Gallery, Erika Blumenfeld presents Lunation 1011.

Erika Blumenfeld

January 29 - April 10, 2005

Through the generosity and non-financial support of the McDonald Observatory, Blumenfeld was granted the rare opportunity to work in an astronomer’s house at the Observatory’s main peak. During her two-month stay, Blumenfeld created the video work Moving Light: Lunation 1011.

Noel Waggener and Satch Grimley

Noel Waggener and Satch Grimley

8 October 2004 - 10 April 2005

Commissioned by The Ballroom as a component of the Fire Into Music presentation, the silkscreened mural was printed directly onto the gallery walls.

Franco Mondini-Ruiz

3 July - 12 December 2004

In the North Gallery, Franco Mondini-Ruiz presents a new, large-scale installation titled “Giant.” This massive, baroque assemblage of found objects dominates the Ballroom’s front gallery floor, expanding Mondini-Ruiz’ signature vignettes of culturally-fused visual components.

Sarah Morris

3 July - 12 December 2004

A survey of Sarah Morris’ film installations occupies Ballroom’s South Gallery. Known for her graphic paintings of abstract architecture and urban design, Morris has also explored the dynamics of urban space in four film works made since 1998.

OPTIMO: Manifestations of Optimism in Contemporary Art

Polly Apfelbaum, Martin Creed, Karen Finley, Forcefield collective, Emily Jacir, Beatriz Milhazes, Takashi Murakami, Adam Pendleton, Leo Villareal

23 April - 27 June 2004

Mirroring the vision of the Ballroom itself, a non-profit cultural space founded on the belief that art can impact the human spirit positively, OPTIMO brings together nine artists whose work celebrates life, incorporating visual pleasure, humor, interactivity, color, technology, industrial design, politics, landscape, spirituality, and popular culture.

Dominic Welhouse: In My Room

26 March 2004

Ballroom Marfa hosted Austin record collector Dominic Welhouse for a two-week residency called In My Room: Listening to Records in Marfa, Texas.

The Paper Sculpture Show

Janine Antoni, The Art Guys, David Brody, Luca Buvoli, Francis Cape, Minerva Cuevas, Seong Chun, E.V. Day, Nicole Eisenman, Spencer Finch, Charles Goldman, Rachel Harrison, Stephen Hendee, Patrick Killoran, Glenn Ligon, Cildo Meireles, Helen Mirra, Ric Obrosey, Ester Parteg, Liza Phillips, Paul Ramirez Jonas, Akiko Sakaizumi, David Shrigley, Eve Sussman, Sarah Sze, Fred Tomaselli, Pablo Vargas-Lugo, Chris Ware, Olav Westphalen, Allan Wexler

17 January 2004 - 16 March 2004

Ballroom Marfa invites you to create three-dimensional paper projects, designed by 29 artists.

Maria Jose Arjona

Maria Jose Arjona

10 October 2003 - 12 January 2004

In honor of Chinati Open House weekend, Columbian performance artist, Maria Jose Arjona, will perform Vault at the Ballroom for three days during the weekend.