Rick Prol

Lives and Works in New York City

Education
Cooper Union, B.F.A., New York, 1976-80
New York Studio School, New York, 1975-76
Joffrey Ballet, Scholarship Program, New York, 1974-75
High School of Music and Art, New York, 1971-75

Solo Exhibitions
2003 Maya Stendhal Gallery, NYC
1996 Andrew Kreps Gallery, NYC
1993 Kaj Forsblom Gallery, Helsinki
Frank Bustamante Gallery, NYC
1992 Stendhal Gallery, NYC
1991 Willoughby Sharp Gallery, NYC
1987 Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago
Saint Marks Gallery, NYC
1986 B-Side Gallery, NYC
Nada Gallery, NYC
1985 Barbara Farber Gallery, Amsterdam
Hal Bromm Gallery, NYC
B-Side Gallery, NYC
1984 Hal Bromm Gallery, NYC
B-Side Gallery, NYC
East 7th Street Gallery, NYC
Limbo Lounge, NYC
1983 Piezo Electric Gallery, NYC
Red Bar, NYC

Selected Group Shows
"Time's Up", Benefit, Protest Space, May 2007, NYC
2007 "Apokolypsis", May - August curated by Young Curators of the Art Museum of Western Virginia, Virginia
2006 "Postcards from the Edge",  Dec., presented by Sikkema Jenkins & Co. NYC
2006 "Native Spirit",  Mar.-Apr., curated by: David Gibson, Supreme Trading, Bklyn. NY
2006 "The Family", curated by: Ronnie Cutrone, Jonathan Shorr Gallery, NYC
2005 "Street Urchins" curated by Ronnie Cutrone, Casola Gallery, June- Aug., Peekskill NY
2005 "Vintage East Village", curated by Rick Prol, Hal Bromm Gallery, Jan.-Mar., NYC
2005 "East Village USA", curated by Dan Cameron, New Museum of Contemporary Art, Dec. 2004-April-2005, NYC
2004 "East Village ASU", curated by Rick Prol and Jan Lynn Sokota, B-Side Gallery,
Dec. 2004- Feb.- 2005, NYC
2003 The Proposition Gallery, Arteries/The Living Museum, curated by James
Romberger and Marguerite Van Cook. Aug. 2003
2002 "Postcards From the Edge" Sara Meltzer Gallery, NYC
2001 "Postcards From the Edge" Sara Meltzer Gallery, NYC
2000 "Art as Not" Gregg Smith Collection, St. Louis, MO
"Hiding in Plain Sight" 450 Broadway Gallery, NYC
1999" NY2K" Curated by Rich Colicchio, Tracy Zungola and Carlo McCormick at El Bohio Cultural Center, NYC
"Heyday" Art from the East Village - The 1980's, Life Cafe, NYC
"Valentine 99" Curated by Annie Heron & Larry Walczak, Eyewash Gallery, Brooklyn
"Little" Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art Ltd., NYC
"Cadaver Dog" Curated by Rick Prol, Life Cafe, NYC
"Souvenirs/ Documents: 20 Years" PS 122, NYC
"Deja Jadis" 20TH Anniversary (1979-1999) Modernism Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1997 "Current Undercurrent: Working in Brooklyn" Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
1998 "The Web Gallery" Web Gallery, NYC
1996 "Riptorn" Curated by Rick Prol & Todd Hignite, B-Side Gallery, NYC
"Waterline" Black and Herroa Gallery, NYC
"Last Roundup" Livestock Gallery, NYC
1995 "Other Rooms" Work by Artists from four Brooklyn, Spaces, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, NYC "
1st Holiday Group Show" Mary Anthonys Gallery, NYC "
Page 17" Curated by Gary Peterson, 450 Broadway Gallery, NYC
"Doggie Style" Curated by Rick Prol, B-Side Gallery, NYC
1993 "Summer Group Show" Frank Bustamante Gallery, NYC
"Group Show" Curated by Annie Herron, Test Site Gallery, NYC
"Boundaries" Curated by David Betz, NYC
"Variations in Abstraction" Curated by Tom Schreiber Frank Bustamante Gallery, NYC
1992 "Group Show" Frank Bustamante Gallery, NYC
1991 "Painting" Vacuum Gallery, NYC
"Sculpture" Vacuum Gallery, NYC
1990 "Action to Benefit the Homeless" Max Fish, NYC
1987 "Benefit for Fashion Moda" Ann Plumb Gallery, NYC
"Group Show" Curated by Chris (Daze) Ellis, Franklin Furnace, NYC
"Dreams" Curated by Chris (Daze) Ellis, The Tunnel, NYC
1986 "6 Giants" Fashion Moda, NYC
"East Village Art" F.I.T., NYC
"Chicago Art Fair" Hal Bromm Gallery, Chicago
"Zurich Art Fair" Barbara Farber Gallery, Zurich
"Liberties en Peinture" Union De Banques a Paris, Paris, France
"33 Young Stars" Di Laurenti Gallery, NYC
"Ten" Hal Bromm Gallery, NYC
1985 "57th Between A & D" Holly Solomon Gallery, NYC
"Summer Group Show" Benefit for Fashion Moda, Ronald Feldman Gallery, NYC
"Picture Frame" Gabriel Bryers Gallery, NYC
"40 Artists on Billboards" The Streets of Paris, Paris, France
"New Art from NY" Modernism Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"New Art from NY" Vorpal Gallery, NYC
"Double Vision" B-Side Gallery, NYC
"City Streets" Hall Bromm Gallery, NYC
"Hard Cold Facts" Curated by Rick Prol, B-Side Gallery, NYC
"Collaboration Murals" With Rick Prol, Crash, Daze, Ronnie Cutrone, Mark Kostabi, and James Poppitz, John Nichols Gallery, NYC
"Major Works" Hal Bromm. Gallery, NYC
"Present Pop" B-Side Gallery, NYC
"Drawing to the End" Frank Bemaducci Gallery, NYC
"Getting Off" Civilian Warfare Gallery, NYC
"Benefit for Gay Rights" Sotheby's, NYC
"Multiple Visions" Art Now Gallery, Groteborg, Sweden
The Living Art Museum, Reyjavik, Iceland
"East Village Galleries" Centre Saidye Bronfman, Montreal, Canada
"Romance and Catastrophe" Zellermayer Gallery, Berlin, Germany
"Zurich Art Fair" Barbara Farber Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
"The Leo Show" M-13 Gallery, NYC
"Stigmata" Curated by Steven Kaplan, Bond Street Gallery, NYC
"Avenue C by the Sea" Tower Gallery, Southampton, LI
"This Way" Thorpe Intermedia, NYC
"A Scream from the East" Palladium, NYC
"Stencil" Nico Smith Gallery, NYC
1984 "Summer in New York" Barbara Farber Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
"4 New York Painters" With Julian Schnabel, Rick Prol, Keith
Haring, Piere Cuvelier, Toulouse, France
"Neo York" Santa Barbara Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
"East Village Art" Virginia Art Museum, Richmond, VA
"Neo Expressionists" Larry Aldrich Museum, CT
"Terminal Show" Brooklyn Terminal, NYC
"Situation" Curated by Steven Kaplan, Bess Cutler Gallery, NYC
"Limbo" Curated by Carlo McCormick, P.S. 1, NYC
"Portrait Show" Curated by Jeffrey Deitch, P.S. 1, NYC
"Rick Prol; New Drawings" Hal Bromm Gallery, NYC
"Pain and Pleasure" Curated by Stefan Eins, Fashion Moda, NYC
"New Galleries on the Lower East Side" Artists Space, NYC
"East Side Story" Curated by Rick Prol, Cat Club, NYC
"Romance and Catastrophe" Piezo Electric Gallery, NYC
"Blast" Curated by Karen Scarpulla, B-Side Gallery, NYC
"Chill Out" Curated by Steven Kaplan, Kenkelaba House, NYC
"Acid Test" Curated by James Romberger, NYC
"Twilight Zone" Curated by Rick Prol, East 7th St. Gallery, NYC
1983 "Wild West" Curated by Carlo McCormick, Piezo Electric Gallery, NYC
"Nightmare" Curated by Rick Prol, East 7th St. Gallery, NYC
"Wish You Were Here" Curated by Carlo McCormick, ABC
"Dan Asher and Rick Prol" Two Person Show, Piezo Electric, NYC
1983 "Underdog" curated by Rick Prol, East 7th St. Gallery, NYC
"Ressurection" Curated by Steven Whitehead, Middle Collegiate Church, NYC
"Jump" P.S. 122, NYC

Publications
Rick Prol and Jan Lynn Sokota, NY Arts Magazine.com, "Back In The Day", Mar. 2005
Bellini, Andrea, Flash Art Italy, "Speciale East Village", Feb. 2005
Kalm, James, The Brooklyn Rail, "Village of the Damned", Feb. 2005
Saint George, Mikal, TriggerMagazine.com, Rick Prol Interview, Jan 5th, 2005
Morton, Julia, New York Press, " East Village USA, East Village ASU", Dec. 2004
Streitfeld, Lisa Paul, "Dueling Downtowns", New York Times, Dec 19, 2004
Comic Art #5, 2004 , comic strip insert by Rick Prol, Published by Todd Hignite
World War III Illustrated #34, 2003. "T.A.P." by Rick Prol
Azon, Gary. Night magazine. "Art Zone" Fall 2003
The Week, Oct. 2003, "where to buy....a selected exhibition in a private
gallery". Rick Prol at Maya Stendhal Gallery,New York, Oct. 2003
Munk, Loren . The Brooklyn Rail Dec. 03 - Jan. 04, "Rick Prol The
Metamorphisis, Maya Stendhal Gallery".
Kostabi, Mark. Flash Art Italy, Jan. 2004, "The East Village Mentality"
Leffingwell, Edward. Art in America, March 2004. "Rick Prol at Maya
Stendhal Gallery".
Douglas, Sarah. Art News, March 2004, "Disapearing Act"
Rimanelli, David. "Timecapsule 1986-1990" Art Forum, April 2003
Brickey, Greg. "Galleries" The Jersey Journal, June 1, 2001
Hignite, Todd. " St./ Louis" Art Papers, March/April 2001
Schroeder, Ivy. "Village Person" St. Louis Riverfront Times, 11/15/2000
dArt Intemational, Profile: Rick Prol, Winter 2001, 4/1
Saltz, Jerry. "Greater Expectations" Village Voice, March 14, 2000
Kirwin, Liza. "The Wild East: The Rise and Fall of the East Village"
Artforum, Oct. 1999
" Current, Life-Style" Juxtapoz, July/Aug. 1999
Vine, Richard. "New York Reviews: Rick Prol" Art in America, February 1997
Sidewater, Nancy. "Galleries" Time Out Magazine, NYC, Oct. 1995
Heartney, Eleanor. "New York Reviews: Rick Prol" Art in America, July 1993
Azzon, Gary. Front Cover, Downtown Magazine, May 1993
D'Arcy, David. "Basquiat Case" Vanity Fair, October 1992
Hughes, Robert. "Purple Haze of Hype" Time Magazine, October 1992
Kramer, Hilton. New York Observer, 1992
Adams, Brooks. "New York Reviews: Rick Prol" Art in America, June 1991
Artner, Alan. "At the Galleries" Chicago Tribune, February 1987
Heartney, Eleanor. "Simulations" Art News, January 1987
Mahoney, Robert. "Major Works" Arts Magazine 1986
Slayton, Amy. "Prol Gets Human" East Village Eye, June 1986
Tully, Judd. "Is the Party Over" New Art Examiner, March 1986
Pincus-Witten, Robert. "The New Irascibles" Vogue Magazine, Oct. 1986
Cameron, Dan. "The Old Back and Forth" Arts Magazine, Feb. 1986
Rose, Mathew. "Rick Prol" Arts Magazine, Feb.1986
Grimes, Nancy. "New York Reviews: Rick Prol" Art News, Feb. 1986
Rose, Mathew. "Up Against the Wall" New York Magazine, Dec. 1985
San Francisco Chronicle. "East Village Scene" May 1985
Sofer, Ken. "Review of Present Pop" Art News, April 1985
Cotter, Holland. "Double Vision" Arts Magazine, March 1985
Kuspit, Donald. "New York Reviews: Rick Prol" Art in America, March 1985
Collins, James. "Love and Loathing" Flash Art, March 1985
Brenson, Michael. "Figure" The New York Times, March 1985
Daineault, Gilles. "L,Art d,East Village" Le Devoir, Feb. 1985
Adforatie Magazine. "Rick Prol" Amsterdam, Holland, Feb. 1985
Burges, Goeman. "Punk uit East Village" De Tele Graaf, Feb. 1985
Glueck, Grace. "East Village Gets on the Fast Track" The New York Times, Jan. 1985
Mueller, Cookie. "Art and About" Details Magazine, Dec. 1984
Scemama, Marion. "East Village Galleries" Actuel Magazine, Sept. 1984
Levine, Kim. "Chill Out" Village Voice, Sept. 1984
Borgen, Trond. "Fra Graffiti til Norleggerikoner" Metropolen, July 1984
Harrison, Helen. "East Village Talents" The New York Times, July 1984
Moufferage, Nicolas. "The Year After" Flash Art, June 1984
Robinson, Walter. McCormick, Carlo. "Slouching Towards Avenue D"
Art in America, June 1984
Krainek, Paul. "Soho Center Show" Soho Arts Weekly, June 1984
Cotter, Holland. "City of Fire" Arts Magazine, May 1984
Waite, John. "City of Fire" Metropolis M, May 1984
Cameron, Dan. "The Last Round Up" Arts Magazine, May 1984
Falcon, Sylvia. Interview with Rick Prol, East Village Eye, March 1984
McEvilly, Thomas. "Underdog, Group Show Curated by Rick Prol"
Artforum, Jan. 1984
Robinson, Walter. "True West" East Village Eye, Sept. 1983
Herschkovits, David. "Art in Alphabet Land" Art News, Sept. 1984
"East Village USA", curated by Dan Cameron, New Museum of Contemporary Art,
Dec. 04- April 2005, NYC
"Vintage East Village" curated by Rick Prol, Hal Bromm Gallery, Jan. 05-April 2005

Bibliography
"Up Is Up, But So Is Down, New York's Downtown Literary Scene, 1974-1992", Oct., 2006
Greenfield-Sanders, Timothy. "Artworld" 1999
Hoban, Phoebe. "Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art" 1998
Kostabi, Mark. "Conversations with Mark Kostabi" 1996
"Jean-Michael Basquiat" Whitney Museum, 1992
D' Amato, Brian. "Beauty, A Novel" 1992
Carter, Michael. "Red Tape" 1992
Lippard, Lucy. "Mixed Blessings; New Art in Multicultural America" 1990
Barnett, Rick & Sahlman, Barbara. "The Center Show" Gay Men's Health Center, 1989 Taylor, Brandon. "Modernism, Post Modernism" 1987
Solomon, Holly. Anderson, Alexandra. "Living with Art" 1987
Siegel, Jean. "Art Talk The Early 80’s" 1986
Tanaka, Seiichi. "The Avant Gardes in New York" 1986
McKenzie, Michael. "New Used and Improved" 1986
Musto, Michael. "Downtown" 1986
Hagenberg, Roland. "East Village: A Guide, A Documentary" 1986
Bromm, Hal. "Ten" Hal Bromm Gallery 1985
Hagenberg, Roland. "East Village: A Guide, A Documentary" 1985
Plous, Phyllis & Looker, Mary. "Neo York: Report on a Phenomenon" University of CA 1984
Aldrich, Larry. "American Neo Expressionists" Larry Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT 1984
Zellermayer Gallery "East Village Art in Berlin" Cologne, Germany 1984
The Virginia Museum of Fine Art, "East Village Artists" 1984

Select Public Collections
Smithsonian Libraries Collection
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina
Larry Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
Contemporary Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
Guggenheim Museum, NYC
Holocaust Museum, Washington D.C.
Museum of Modern Art, NYC
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland

Private Collections
Michael Bennett, NYC
Ellen Berkenblit, NYC
Hal Bromm, NYC
Ed Cauduro, Portland, Oregon
Ronnie Cutrone, NYC
Norman Dubrow, NYC
Ellaine Danheisser, NYC
Giorgio Daolio, Italy
Robert Devoluy, NYC
Chris (Daze) Ellis, NYC
Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, Holland
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, NYC
Joel Handorff, NYC
Liberation Iannillo, NYC
Steve Kaplan, NYC
Mark Kostabi, NYC
John (Crash) Matos, NYC
Hubert and Dolores Neuman, NYC
Morton Neuman, Chicago, IL
Dorothy Newhouse, NYC
Mark and Lori Newhouse, NYC
S.I. Newhouse, NYC
Walter Robinson, NYC
Donald and Mera Rubell, NYC
Mikal Saint George, NYC
Herbert and Lenore Schorr, NYC
Eugene and Barbara Schwartz, NYC
Mark Seidenfeld, NYC
Ruth Siegel, NYC
Gregg Smith, Chicago, IL,
Jerry and Emily Spiegel, NYC
Barbara Sahlman, NYC
Jan Sokota, NYC
Lori Taschler, NYC
Tracy Zungola, NYC