Todd Norsten
Exhibitions, CV, Press
Born 1967, Sunburg, MN
Lives and works in Minneapolis, MN
SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
An Imprecise Recollection of an Inaccurate Memory, Adams and Ollman, Portland, OR
2018
Palookaville, Federica Schiavo Gallery, Milan, IT
2017
The Future The Past, Adams and Ollman, Portland, OR
N O W H E R E, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN
2016
Chase the Ace, Adams and Ollman, Portland, OR
The Heart of Everything That Is, Federica Schiavo Gallery, Milan, IT
2013
Edited for Content, Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
This isn’t how it looks, Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton, NY
Everything is Everything, Diane Kruse Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
2011
Fitzroy Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Drunkasaurus, Tinderbox Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
2008
The Masterworks, Cohan and Leslie, New York, NY
2007
Arario Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2006
Safety Club, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN
Treasures from the Upper Midwest, Cohan and Leslie, New York, NY
2004
Happy Happy Happy, Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis, MN
2003
Allsomenone, High Point Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN
2001
TrueFalse, Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1999
Recent Paintings, Finesilver, San Antonio, CA
Paintings, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998
Sighting, Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1997
Paintings and Drawings, Jennifer Armetta Fine Art, Chicago, IL
1996
New Paintings, Montgomery Glasoe Fine Art, Minneapolis, MN
1994
Paintings and Drawings, Montgomery Glasoe Fine Art, Minneapolis, MN
1992
Paintings and Drawings, Vermillion Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Vote or Suck, Four Oceans One Family, Portland, OR
2023
I have done it again. / One year in every ten / I manage it——, Adams and Ollman, Portland, OR
2022
Conny Purtill’s The Ground, Adams and Ollman, Portland, OR
2019
The Pit Presents, curated by Adams and Ollman, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA
All In: A Highpoint Editions Exhibition, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis,
2016
Arancio, Heikes, Norsten, Pandian, Sala, Sherwood, Federica Schiavo Gallery, Rome, IT
2013
Do You Read Me? 10 Artists/10 Works/10 Books, Diane Kruse Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
2012
Summer: Works by Ellsworth Kelly, Vera Lutter, Justin Newhall, Todd Norsten, Alec Soth & Robert Therrien, Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2011
Creating the New Century, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
Ten Years of Highpoint, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Microwave, Eight, Josée Bienvenu Gallery, New York, NY
Paper A-Z, Sue Scott Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Self-Fulfilling Prophecies, Leo Koenig Inc., New York, NY
2009
Event Horizon, Permanent Collection, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Ground, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN
Why Painting Now, Blondeau Fine Art, Geneva, Switzerland
Talk Dirty to Me, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY
Moving the Goalposts, Tinderbox Contemporary Art, Hamburg, Germany
2007
On Paper: Recent Acquisitions, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
2006
Whitney Biennial 2006, “Day for Night”, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Only the Paranoid Survive, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
Art In America, Arario Museum, Seoul, Korea
2005
Minets À Polis/Minneapolis, Cohan and Leslie, New York, NY
New Prints 2005, International Print Center New York, New York, NY
Abstract Painting in Minnesota, Minnesota Museum of American Art, Minneapolis, MN
2004
Drawing: Seven Curatorial Responses, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Uncanny Visions, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
2003
Group Exhibition, Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2000
Group Exhibition, Dee Glasoe, New York, NY
Summer Show, Margaret Thatcher Gallery, New York, NY
Big, Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1999
Five McKnight Artists, MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1998
11/5/98, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY
1997
Dialogues, curated by Douglas Fogle, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Young Painters, Montgomery Glasoe Fine Art, Minneapolis, MN
1996
Five Jerome Artists, MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Visitor’s Voices: Recomposing the Collection, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Composing a Collection, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Drawings Midwest, Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint Paul, MN
1995
Brown Whiskey Club, Montgomery Glasoe Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Crossroads: Recent Abstract Painting, MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1994
Print and Drawing Council Exhibition and Sale, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
1993
Marks and Lines, Montgomery Glasoe Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Group Show, Michael Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1992
MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
AWARDS
1998
McKnight Visual Arts Fellowship
1995
Jerome Foundation Fellowship
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Hood Museum of Art
EDUCATION
1990
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
PUBLICATIONS
2008
The Masterworks, Todd Norsten & Cohan and Leslie, NY (artist’s book)
2007
Safety Club, text by Philippe Vergne, Midway Contemporary Art, MN (exhibition catalogue)
Todd Norsten, text by Yasmil Raymond, Arario Gallery, Seoul, South Korea (exhibition catalogue)
2006
Whitney Biennial 2006: Day For Night, Ed. Chrissie Iles & Philippe Vergne, Abrams, NY (exhibition catalogue)
Art in America, Arario Gallery, Seoul, South Korea (exhibition catalogue)
1997
Dialogues, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (exhibition catalogue)