HOLTON ROWER
Holton Rower (b. 1962, New York, NY) is an artist currently living and working in Brooklyn, NY who attended The Putney School in Vermont. Rower has had numerous solo shows over the past three decades at institutions like Galerie 6, Aurau, Switzerland, Galleria Maeght, Barcelona, Spain and Paris, France, John McWhinnie, Jay Grimm Gallery, and Cencebaugh Contemporary in New York, NY, among others. He has released a multitude of books of his work and has also been featured in publications including Complex and the Huffington Post.
Rower’s newest works are a powerful exploration of movement, color, and form. By working with gravity while pouring paint onto various apparatuses, his works become psychedelic snapshots of his artistic process. Past works include sculptures constructed out of a variety of non-traditional materials including human hair, dollar bills, mutated locks, and fishhooks. While he does work within a wide variety of meaning, all of Rower’s works examine the processes and methods of creation, and reveal the inherent vibrancy that lies within each piece.
HOLTON ROWER
b. 1962, New York, NY
Lives and works in New York, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
Pace Beijing, Beijing, China (forthcoming)
The Hole, New York, NY
Shizaru Gallery, London, England
Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2010
John McWhinnie, New York, NY
2007
Galeria 6, Aarau, Switzerland
2001
Galeria Maeght, Barcelona, Spain
2000
Galeria Estudio Funetes, Madrid, Spain
Jay Grimm Gallery, New York, NY
Cencebaugh Contemporary, New York, NY
1998
Galerie Maeght, Paris, France
1995
Kunsthaus Orlikon, Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie 6, Aarau, Switzerland
1994
The William Ubee Kind Gallery, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Soft Machines, The Pace Gallery, New York, NY
SPECIAL PROJECTS
1997
Large Scale Prints, Galerie Maeght Print Shop, Paris France
1996
“Church of Sculpture”, 23′ high x 24′ wide x 20′ deep, private commission outdoor monumental sculpture, Nashville, TN
PUBLICATIONS
2010
“Scrap”, JMc &GHB Editions, New York, NY
1999
“Jaw Law”, Poems by John Sweeney/ Etchings by Holton Rower, Arte Publisher, Paris, France
1995
“The Grey Catalogue”, Kunsthaus Orlikon, Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie 6, Catalog, Aarau, Switzerland
1994
“The White Catalogue”, The William Ubee Kind Gallery, New York, NY
1993
Threshold Foundation Annual Report
1991
“Nettles,” a book of photographs, poems and drawings, Flockophobic Press LTD
1987
Threshold Foundation Annual Report
SELECTED PRESS
Artforum, Critic’s Picks, Allese Thomson Baker, 2011
The New York Times, Art in Review, Ken Johnson, July 28 2011
Style.com, The Perfect Pour, Celia Ellenberg, 2012
[...] Gallery‘s exhibition at Untitled Miami Beach art fair in December 2012 of pour paintings by Holton Rower, we look forward to more vibrant hues in both a new selection of small pieces by Rower and the new [...]