SOLO EXHIBITIONS Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY; “Parents’ Day”, 9/07 Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY; “DIG”, with Wayne Smith (project room), 4/07 A +B Arratiabeer, Berlin, Germany, “Casper”, (with Matthew Lutz-Kinoy), 9/06 Derek Eller Gallery, NYC, NY; "rise", 10/05 Derek Eller Gallery, NYC, NY; "Beausoleil", 2/04 Derek Eller Gallery, NYC, NY; "The Road to Hell Less Traveled", 4/02 Derek Eller Gallery, NYC, NY; "Sculpture Garden", 4/00 John Berggruen Gallery, SF, CA; "Chorus", 5/99 Derek Eller Gallery, NYC, NY; "Knights Gathering Flowers", 11/98 Th.e.(Theoretical Events), Naples Italy; "Dust", 10/98 Jack Hanley Gallery, SF, CA; "Dandylion", 9/95 London Projects, England; "A Shepherd and His Flock", 5/95 Kiki, SF, CA; "Night of the Hunter", 10/94 ATA, SF, CA; "Political Stance" (installation documenting performance), 11/90 Les Indes Galantes, Paris, France; "Elvis Clocked", 7/89 GROUP SHOWS Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA, "The Proof Is In the Pudding," 6/08 LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York: "Face Forward", 2/08 Derek Eller Gallery, New York; "NeoIntegrity", curated by Keith Mayerson, 8/07 Mireille Mosler, Ltd., New York, NY; “Momento Mori”, 12/06 Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY; "Summer Group Exhibition", 6/06 The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY; "Twice Drawn", 3/06 Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY; "Inaugural Group Exhibition", 1/06 Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY; "Looking at Words: The Formal Presence of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper", 10/05 Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; “Drawing from the Modern, 1975-2005” 9/05 Laura Mars Group, Berlin, Germany; “Ordinary Travellers: D-L Alvarez / Rainer Kamlah” 10/04 P.P.O.W., New York, NY; “Impact- New Mural Projects”, 7/04 Nicole Klagsbrun, New York, NY; “On Paper”, 1/04 Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans; “Birdspace: A Post-Audubon Artists Aviary”, 1/04 Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY; “Drawings”, 7/03 Cohen Leslie & Browne, New York, NY; “Back in Black”, 6/03 New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, NJ; “Drawings 2002”, 9/02 Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY; "Landscape", 2/02 Museum of Art Arsenais, Gallery Noass, Latvia; Contemporary Utopia, 4/01 New Museum, New York, NY; "Fresh", The Altoids Collection, 1/01 LACMA, Los Angeles, CA; "Made in California", 2000 Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA; "Bestiary", 7/00 Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY; "Human/Nature", 7/00 Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY; "Sightings", curated by Jeffrey Walkowiak, 3/00 Berlin Bienale, Germany; "El Campo", 10/98 Rupert Goldsworthy, New York, NY; "Imaginary Friend", 9/98 John Begruen Gallery, SF CA; Chicklet 8/98 Debs & Co., New York, NY; "Agenda", 7/98 Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY; "Pay-per-View", 6/98 Theoretical Environments, Naples, Italy; "Canary", 2/98 MIX Experimental Film and Video Festival, New York, NY; "Stuttered Landscape", 11/97 Weatherspoon, Greensboro, NC; "Works on Paper", 10/97 Armand Hammer Museum, LA, CA; "Scene of the Crime", 7/97 New Langton Arts, SF, CA; "D-L Alvarez and Ruby Neri, New Works", 5/97 The Drawing Center, New York, NY; "Selections Winter", 1/97 SFMoMA, SF, CA; "SECA Award: D-L Alvarez, Anne Appleby, Barry McGee", 9/96 3580 Jackson, SF, CA; 'Wooster" (in-home installation), 2/96 Center for the Arts, SF, CA; "Fabricators", 9/95 LACE, LA, CA; "Wild Side", 8/95 SFMoMA, SF, CA; "Drawing the 20th Century", 7/95 Galeria de la Raza, SF, CA; "El Corazon Mi Dio un Salto", 6/95 University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA; "In a Different Light", 1/95 Center for the Arts, SF, CA; "Rooms for the Dead", 10/94 Jack Hanley Gallery, SF CA; Introductions 7/94 Alleged, New York, NY; "Bong", 7/94 Kiki, SF, CA; "Sick Joke", 12/9 Arts Commission Gallery, SF, CA; "Dress Code", 9/93 Kiki, SF, CA; "CaCa", 6/93 New Langton Arts, SF, CA; "Situation", 6/92 The LAB, SF, CA; "Broken", 9/90 Arts Commission Gallery, SF, CA; "What's Wrong with This Picture?", 10/89 CURATORIAL WORK MIX Experimental Film and Video Festival, New York, NY; "Spirograph", 11/96 New Langton Arts, SF, CA; "Tiny Shoes" 3/94 Walter Mcbean Gallery, SF, CA; "Carrie Mae Weems" (Adeline Kent Award) 6/92 Arts Commission Gallery, SF, CA; "Liquid Eyeliner", 6/90 PERFORMATIVE INSTALLATIONS Center for the Arts, SF, CA; "What I Was Wearing" (for Bay Area Now), 6/97 Highways, LA, CA; "Hot Wheels" (for Home Boy Beautiful), 1/96 Line, Basel; "Mousy", 12/94 Jack Hanley Gallery, SF, CA; "Narrow Rooms", 7/94 The LAB, SF, CA; "Red Asphalt" 5/94 Green Apple, SF, CA; "Blue Collar", 12/89--1/89 Uncle Bert's, SF, CA; "Slate", 10/89 Uncle Bert's, SF, CA; "Blight Spirit", 8/89 Orly, Paris, France; "Airport Whore", 8/89--9/89 Hotel Paris, France; "Comic Body", 6/89--9/89 2017 Sonora, Stockton, CA; "Work Ethic", 3/89--6/89 Warfield, SF, CA; "The Advantages of Fluid Exchange", 12/88 A Different Light, SF, CA; "Narrow Rooms", 10/88 Media & Best Western, SF, CA; "Stewart's Position", 2/88 Operation Concern & St. Paul Hotel, SF, CA; "Political Stance", 1/88--5/88 New Orleans Youth Hostel, Louisiana; "South", 5/87--9/87 Sutro Bathes, SF, CA; "Manual Alphabet", 3/87 STUD, SF, CA; "Deaf Romantic", 5/86 2017 Sonora, Stockton, CA; "Walk w/Dave", 4/86 BIBLIOGRAPHY 2008 Vogel, Traci. 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