Holton Rower
Holton Rower
b. 1962, New York, NY
Lives and works in New York, NY
Holton Rower is an artist currently living and working in New York City who attended The Putney School in Vermont. Rower’s work has been the subject of numerous solo presentations both in the U.S. and abroad, including recent exhibitions at VENUS LA in Los Angeles, The Hole in New York and Arthur Roger Gallery in New Orleans; and previously at Galerie 6 in Aurau, Switzerland, Galleria Maeght in Barcelona, Galerie Maeght in Paris, John McWhinnie at Glenn Horowitz Booksellers in New York, and Cencebaugh Contemporary in New York. His work has also been featured in group exhibitions, recently at the Dubai Moving Image Museum, as well as in numerous publications and artists books, including “Pour” (2012), “Scrap” (2010), “Jaw Law” (1999), and “Nettles” (1991), a book of photographs, poems and drawings, published by Flockophobic Press.
Rower’s newer 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.
Select Solo Exhibitions
2017
Cutaways, Venus Over Manhattan, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Almost Eudaimonia, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2015
PSQUIRMOUR, The Hole, New York, NY
2014
Art in Action Exhibition, Louisiana Art & Science Museum, Baton Rouge, LA Viscous Resin Extruding from the Trunk, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Too Many Ideas, The Hole, New York, NY
Viscous Resin Extruding From The Trunk, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2013
Focus Paintings: Pour Paintings, The Hole, New York, NY
2012
Untitled Fair (solo booth with The Hole), Miami Beach, FL
Pour Paintings, 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
Select Group Exhibitions
2018
ALAC, The Hole, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Tectonic: The Moving Museum, curated by Simon Sakhai, Dubai
2011
Soft Machines, 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
Select Publications
2012
Pour Paintings, The Hole, Anteism Books, NYC NY
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
Select Press
2012
Geoffroy Boul, “Holton Rower ‘Pour Paintings’ @ The Hole,” La MJC, May 2
Leah Faye Cooper, “Holton Rower: Pour Paintings’ Set to be Housed at The Hole,” Societe Perrier, April 25
Celia Ellenberg, “The Perfect Pour,” Style.com, May 4
Sarah Howard, “Inspiration: Dior Vernis + Holton Rower,” Beautybanter.com, May 10
Jeff, “Pour Paintings by Holton Rower,” B0000000m.com, June 29
Suzanne Labarre, “Holton Rower’s Paintings Look Like Geodes, Dripping Off The Wall,” Fast Company Design
Tara Lamont-Djite, “Paint, Pour, Polish,” Beautylish.com, May 13
Alanna Martinez, “The weekend AGENDA: Seductive Antique Apothecary Bottles, Psychedelic Pour Paintings, and Antoni Muntadas at MoMA PS1,” Blouin Artinfo, April 27
Bryony Quinn, “Beautiful, flow-triumphant Pour Paintings by Holton Rower on show in New York,” It’s Nice That, May 4
Sara Roffino, “Holton Rower Pour Paintings,” Planet°, May 4
Cody Ross, “Art Basel, Miami 2012 South Beach,” CONTRA
John Tuite, “Holton Rower at The Hole,” Opening Ceremony Blog, April 30
“Pour Paintings by Holton Rower,” Inspired
“Trippy Pour Paintings by Holton Rower @ The Hole NYC,” Solifestyle™, April 30
“Holton Rower: Pour Paintings | The Hole NYC,” AMMO Magazine, May
“Opening the Eye Mind: Meditation with Sokuzan Bob Brown,” The Interdependence Project, May 17
“Exhibition of works by New York based artist Holton Rower opens at Shirazu in London,” Artdaily.org, May 24
“Holton Rower’s catalytic art (plywood + 50 gallons of paint + big imagination), Improvisedlife.com, May 4
2011
Allese Thomson Baker, “Critics’ picks New York: Soft Machines,” Artforum.com, August 10
Bradley Carbone, “Well Played: Holton Rower’s Pour Paintings are Trippy,” Complex art+design, February 10
Sarah E. Fensom, “Psyched Out,” Art&Antiques, September
Ken Johnson, “Art in Review: Soft Machines,” The New York Times, July 28
Alex Moshakis, “Holton Rower,” It’s Nice That, February 10
“Holton Rower: Pour,” Designboom, February 15
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