Scott Reeder is a multi-disciplinary artist in Chicago,IL. He is currently represented by Canada in New York, NY and Kavi Gupta in Chicago, IL.
Biography
Reeder is currently an associate professor of painting and drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Reeder is best known for his irreverent take on modernism and memorable titles like 'Money in Bed' and 'Symmetrical Pirate.' A book of his Reeder's work, Scott Reeder: Ideas was published by Mousse Publishing in 2019. In 2002, with his brother Tyson Reeder, they established the storefront gallery General Store in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. General Store curated the exhibitions Drunk vs. Stoned and Drunk vs. Stoned 2 at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, and The Early Show at White Columns, New York. The Reeders also organized the Dark Fair, an art fair operated in a black-walled space lit only with candlelight, at the Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York in 2008 and as part of Art Cologne in 2009. Scott and Tyson Reeder additionally operate Club Nutz, billed as the world’s smallest comedy club. First established in a small 8’ x 8’ room adjacent to the Green Gallery in Milwaukee, Club Nutz has traveled to the Frieze Art Fair in London, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and Salon 94 in New York to host open-mics, dance parties, screenings, and lectures.
Exhibitions
Reeder currently has a solo exhibition, Didactic Sunsets, on view at Canada in New York, NY. In 2014, he debuted his first feature-length film, Moon Dust, shot over the span of eleven years. Set 100 years in the future, Moon Dust tells the absurd and sometimes heartbreaking story of a failing resort on the moon. Moon Dust has screened at Anthology Film Archives, NY, Whitney Museum of American Art, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and Kunsthall Stavanger, Norway. In March 2019, Reeder opened an exhibition titled “B-Side of the Moon” at the John Michael Kohler Art Center in Sheboygan, Wi. This exhibition facilitated the production of a feature length film; a sequel to Reeder’s first feature Moon Dust. Reeder’s paintings and projects have been reviewed in Artforum, Art & Text, Art Review, FlashArt, Frieze, The New York Times, Art News, Art In America, TimeOut, The Village Voice and The New Yorker. Select Solo and Two-Person Shows: 2020 Didactic Sunsets, Canada, New York, NY 2019 B-Side of the Moon, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI 2015 Context Burger, Retrospective, Hudson, NY Put The Cat On The Phone, Kavi Gupta, Chicago More Work, Natalia Hug, Cologne It Gets Beta, Marlborough Chelsea, NY 2014 Moon Dust, 356 Mission Road, Los Angeles, California 2013 People Call Me Scott, Lisa Cooley, New York The Future is Stupid, Green Gallery, Milwaukee, Paintings of Things, Kavi Gupta, Berlin, Germany Scott Reeder, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, Illinois 2011 Scott Reeder, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois Scott Reeder, Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL 2010 Scott Reeder, Luce Gallery, Torino, Italy 2008 Didactic Sunset, Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida Scott Reeder and Tyson Reeder, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York Nohl Fellowshio Exhibition, Inova at the Peck School of the Arts, Milwaukee 2006 Scott Reeder: New Works, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York Scott Reeder: French Thoughts, Jack Hanley, San Francisco, California 2005 Scott Reeder – Moon Museum, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota Intelligent Design, Gavin Brown’s enterprise 620A, New York 2003 Moon Dust, Gallery 400, Chicago, Illinois 2002 Scott Reeder: Flowers, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York The Suburban, Oak Park Deluxe Projects, Chicago 2001Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York Pretty Funny: Scott Reeder and David Robbins, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston 2000China Art Objects, Los Angeles Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, Texas 1999 Pat Hearn Gallery, New York L.A.C.E., Los Angeles 1998 Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
