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 |
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 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY & PUBLICATIONS
| 2025 | Wu, Jenny. “Lionel Maunz.” Artforum, Summer 2025. |
| 2022 | Diehl, Travis. “What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries Right Now: Darja Bajagić and Lionel Maunz.” The New York Times, November 9, 2022. |
| Lehrer, Adam. “Safety Propagandist #12: Lionel Maunz.” Safety Propaganda, April 12, 2022. | |
| 2021 | Sotos, Peter and Lionel Maunz. Lionel Maunz Peter Sotos, Amphetamine Sulphate & Nine-Banded Books, 2021. |
| 2018 | Dayal, Mira. “Critic's Pick: Lionel Maunz.” Artforum.com, March 9, 2018. |
| 2017 | Morgan, Nicholas Chittenden. “Critic’s Pick: Charlotte Greene and Lionel Maunz.” Artforum.com, August 2017. |
| Korman, Sam. “Critic’s Guide: Condo New York.” Frieze.com, July 4, 2017. | |
| Rees, Christina. “Lionel Maunz in Austin.” Glasstire, May 2, 2017. | |
| Art Basel Year 47. Zurich: JRP Ringier, 2017. | |
| 2016 | Casiuc, Carmen. “Boogeyman.” Revista–Arta.com, August 17, 2016. |
| Lebowitz, Cathy. “The Lookout: Lionel Maunz.” ArtinAmerica.com, April 28, 2016. | |
| Lee, Nathaniel. “Critic's Pick: Lionel Maunz.” Artforum.com, April 15, 2016. | |
| Small, Rachel. “Lionel Maunz Taps Into Dark Corners of the Mind.” Interview Magazine, April 4, 2016. | |
| Moulton, Aaron, Alissa Bennett, and Philip Zimbardo. Omul Negru, Galeria Nicodim, 2016. | |
| 2015 | Small, Rachel. “10 Picks From Independent New York 2015.” Interview Magazine, March 6, 2015. |
| 2014 | Asfour, Nana. “Lionel Maunz, ‘Deluge’.” Time Out New York, January 30, 2014. |
| Cotter, Holland. “New Hells.” The New York Times, July 31, 2014. | |
| Heinrich, Will. “‘New Hells’ at Derek Eller Gallery.” GalleristNY, July 30, 2014. | |
| Germano, Beta. “Cruelty in Check.” CASA Vogue, May 20, 2014. | |
| Kamin, Diana. “Lionel Maunz.” Art in America, March 2014. | |
| Heinrich, Will. “‘Lionel Maunz: ‘Deluge’ at Bureau.” GalleristNY, January 22, 2014. | |
| Plath, Tara. “Lionel Maunz//Bureau.” EXPOCHGO: The Seen, January 20, 2014. | |
| Goodman, Matthew Shen. “Breaking Horses: Lionel Maunz at Bureau.” Artinamericamagazine.com, January 10, 2014. | |
| 2013 | Bergman, Natacha. “Vision Vagabonde: Les lumières de l'esprit éclairent les cimaises de l'hiver.” Citizen K, Winter 2013. |
| 2012 | Asfour, Nana. “Lionel Maunz.” Time Out New York, April 2012. |
| Schultz, Charles. “A Letter to Lionel Maunz from Charles Schultz.” The Brooklyn Rail, April 2012. | |
| Leper Creativity, eds. Ed Keller, Nicola Masciandaro & Eugene Thacker, Punctum Books, 2012. | |
| 2011 | Dispatch 2007-2011 |
| 2010 | Velasco, David. “White Columns Annual.” Artforum, December 2010. |
| Mirror / Me , ed. Brandon Stosuy, Primary Information, 2010. | |
| Hideous Gnosis: Black Metal Theory Symposium I, ed. Nicola Masciandaro, 2010. | |
| 2009 | Chaffee, Cathleen. “Mirror Me.” Critics Pick, Artforum.com, August 2009. |
COLLECTIONS Whitney Museum of American Art Museum of Modern Art, New York Blanton Museum of Art