Lionel Maunz
b. 1976, Washington DC Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
| 2004 | MFA, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX |
| 2001 | BFA, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX |
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
| 2025 | Obedience, Bureau, New York, NY |
| 2022 | Forest Passage, Darja Bajagić & Lionel Maunz, Downs & Ross, New York, NY |
| Where the Body Ends, Bureau, New York, NY | |
| 2018 | In the Sewer of Your Body, Bureau, New York, NY |
| 2017 | Discovery of Honey / Work of the Family, The Contemporary Austin, Austin, TX |
| 2016 | Statements, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland |
| Fealty, Bureau, New York | |
| Solo project, MoMA PS1, Queens, NY | |
| 2014 | Bureau at Frieze, Frame Section, New York, NY |
| Deluge, Bureau, New York, NY | |
| 2012 | Receipt of Malice, Bureau, New York, NY |
| 2010 | Wail Eternal Scorn of Geologic, Bureau, New York, NY |
| 2004 | Mountain View College, Dallas TX |
| 2003 | Paradigm Gallery, Dallas TX |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2025 | Fifteen-Year Anniversary Exhibition, Bureau, New York, NY |
| 2024 | The Sum of Our Parts, Swivel Gallery, Brooklyn, New York |
| 2023 | We didn’t ask permission, we just did it…, curated by Manuela Paz and Christopher Rivera, Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, New York, NY |
| 2020 | Until tomorrow: Ten Years of Bureau, Bureau, New York, NY |
| 2019 | Hidden Beauty/Beyond Obvious, Dowd Gallery, SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY |
| 2018 | Dead Eden, Lyles & King, New York, NY |
| 2017 | pər-ˈsō-nae, Klemm’s, Berlin, Germany |
| Lamerica, Bible, New York, NY | |
| Condo New York: Carlos Ishikawa hosted by Bureau, New York, NY | |
| 2016 | Rural Violence III, Holiday Forever, Jackson Hole, WY |
| It / Ego, Brennan & Griffin, New York, NY | |
| Omul Negru, Cantacuzino Palace, Bucharest, Romania | |
| COORDINATES, Dowd Gallery, Cortland, NY | |
| 2015 | Greater New York, MoMA PS1, New York, NY |
| Rural Violence, Contemporary Artists Center, Troy, NY | |
| It Rained Again, Bureau, New York, NY | |
| Rotrixagatze, On Stellar Rays, New York, NY | |
| 2014 | ARSC km15.1 simulation, Ramiken Crucible, New York |
| New Hells, cur. by Isaac Lyles, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Border Food, Loyal, Malmö, Sweden | |
| Les neuf vies d’un chat, Abel Nicosdriou Project, The Loft, Brussels, Belgium | |
| 2013 | BasilicaSoundScape, Basilica Hudson, Hudson, NY |
| Hair and Skin, cur. by Isaac Lyles, Derek Eller Gallery, NY | |
| Volcano This, Stone Age That, org. Ramiken Crucible, Cueva Archilla, Puerto Rico | |
| Monsalvat, Bureau, New York NY | |
| Receipt of Malice, Lovenbruck Gallery, Paris, France | |
| 2011 | 4 Pillars, Bureau at NADA Hudson, Hudson, NY |
| 2010 | Relax, cur. Jory Rabinowitz & Bridget Donahue, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY |
| I Wish I Was Dead Biennial, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA | |
| Us and Them, cur. Liam Everett, MRFA, NY | |
| 2009 | Mirror Me, cur. Kai Althoff & Brandon Stosuy, Dispatch, New York, NY |
| Conspiracy of Lightness, cur. Liam Everett, C.R.E.A.M. Projects, Brooklyn, NY | |
| Hideous Gnosis Conference, Public Assembly, New York, NY | |
| 2007 | Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2004 | G Gallery, Houston, TX |
| 2002 | Art League Houston, Houston, TX |
SELECTED PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
| 2025 | Jenny Wu, 'Lionel Maunz,' Artforum, Summer, p. 177 |
| 2022 | Travis Diehl, ‘What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries Right Now: Darja Bajagić and Lionel Maunz, The New York Times, November 9 |
| Adam Lehrer, 'Safety Propagandist #12: Lionel Maunz,' Safety Propaganda, April 12 | |
| 2021 | Lionel Maunz Peter Sotos, Amphetamine Sulphate & Nine-Banded Books |
| 2018 | Mira Dayal, 'Critic's Pick: Lionel Maunz,' Artforum.com, March 9 |
| 2017 | Nicholas Chittenden Morgan, ‘Critic’s Pick: Charlotte Greene and Lionel Maunz,’ Artforum.com, August |
| 2017 | Sam Korman, ‘Critic’s Guide: Condo New York,’ Frieze.com, July 4 |
| Christina Rees, ‘Lionel Maunz in Austin,’ Glasstire, May 2 | |
| Art Basel Year 47, Catalog, JRP Ringier, Zurich, Switzerland | |
| 2016 | Omul Negru, essays by Aaron Moulton, Alissa Bennett, Philip Zimbardo, published by Aaron Moulton and Galeria Nicodim, Romania |
| Carmen Casiuc, 'Boogeyman,' Revista–Arta.com, August 17 | |
| Cathy Lebowitz, 'The Lookout: Lionel Maunz,' ArtinAmerica.com, April 28 | |
| Nathaniel Lee, 'Critic's Pick: Lionel Maunz,' Artforum.com, April 15 | |
| Rachel Small, 'Lionel Maunz Taps Into Dark Corners of the Mind,' Interview Magazine, April 4 | |
| 2015 | Rachel Small, '10 Picks From Independent New York 2015,' Interview Magazine, March 6 |
| 2014 | Holland Cotter, 'New Hells', New York Times, July 31 2014 |
| Will Heinrich, "'New Hells' at Derek Eller Gallery," GalleristNY, July 30 2014 | |
| Beta Germano, 'Cruelty in Check,' CASA Vogue, May 20 | |
| Diana Kamin, ‘Lionel Maunz,’ Art in America, March | |
| Nana Asfour, "Lionel Maunz, 'Deluge'," Time Out New York, January 30 2014 | |
| Will Heinrich, "'Lionel Maunz: Deluge' at Bureau", GalleristNY, January 22 2014 | |
| Tara Plath, 'Lionel Maunz//Bureau", EXPOCHGO: The Seen, January 20 2014 | |
| Matthew Shen Goodman, 'Breaking Horses: Lionel Maunz at Bureau', Artinamericamagazine.com, January 10 2014 | |
| 2013 | Natacha Bergman, 'Vision Vagabonde: Les lumières de l'esprit éclairent les cimaises de l'hiver', Citizen K, Winter 2013 |
| 2012 | Nana Asfour, 'Lionel Maunz,' Time Out New York, April |
| Charles Schultz, 'A Letter to Lionel Maunz from Charles Schultz,' The Brooklyn Rail, April | |
| Leper Creativity, Eds. Ed Keller, Nicola Masciandaro & Eugene Thacker, Punctum Books | |
| 2011 | Dispatch 2007-2011 |
| 2010 | Mirror / Me , Ed. Brandon Stosuy, Primary Information |
| David Velasco, ‘White Columns Annual’, Artforum, December | |
| Hideous Gnosis: Black Metal Theory Symposium I, Ed. Nicola Masciandaro | |
| 2009 | Cathleen Chaffee, ‘Mirror Me’, Artforum.com, Critics Pick, August |
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Whitney Museum of American Art Museum of Modern Art, New York Blanton Museum of Art