Gudrun Mertes-Frady

Solo Exhibitions

2010Piquion+Trierweiler, Weimar, Germany
2009Maud Piquion, Berlin, Germany
2009Cynthia-Reeves, New York, NY
2007Reeves-Contemporary, New York, NY
2007Spheris Gallery, Hanover, New Hampshire
2005Reeves-Contemporary, New York, NY
2003Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY
2002Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY
2000Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY
1999Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY
1997Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY
1995Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY
1994Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY
1991Galerie Lommel, Cologne-Leverkusen, Germany
1988Galerie Lommel, Cologne-Leverkusen, Germany
1987Stark Gallery, New York, NY
1987Wright Gallery, Dallas, TX

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008Nuture Art Benefit, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
200880 Washington Square Galleries Small Works Show, New York, NY
2007Reeves-Contemporary, New York, NY
2005Spheris Gallery, Hanover, New Hampshire
2003A Common Thread, Hennepin County Government Center, Saint Paul, MN
2002Here is New York, Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC
Here is New York, Les Recontres d'Arles, Arles, France
Here is New York, Martin Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
Here is New York, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Here is new York, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago. IL
Here is New York, University of California, Berkley, CA
2001Synopsis, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY
2001Art 2001, e1 Gallery, London, England
2000Sunsigns, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY
2000(un)resolved, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY
1996Art Initiative Gallery, New York, NY Group exhibition, curated by Stephen Rosenberg
1994Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY Summer Solstice, curatedby Fran Kaufman
1993The Drawing Center, New York, NY "Cadavre Exquis"
1993Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY "The Tenth Summer"
1992Artspace, New York, "NY Painting," curated by Ursula Dievenich
1992Werner Kramarsky Collection, New York, NY
1991Jamison-Thomas Gallery, New York, NY, "Compulsion"
1991Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY, "Paper Trail," curated by Fran Kaufman
1990Stark Gallery, New York, NY, "Four Painters"
1990Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New York, "Surface and Light," curated by Fran Kaufman
1990The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA, "Painting"
1989The Drawing Center, New York, NY, "Selection 47"
1989Straus Gallery, New York, NY
1989Kenneth Allen Gallery, New York, NY
1988German Consulate, New York, NY, "Two Painters"
1987Stark Gallery, New York, NY, "Black and white"
1986Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY, "The New Humanism," curated by Eric Stark
1985Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY
1984Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, NY, Second Annual Exhibition, curated by Renato Danesi
1984Concordia College of Art, NY, Invitational exhibition

Selected Public Collections

The Busch Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge MA
The Rockefeller University, New York, NY
Werner Kramarsky Collection, New York, NY
Universal Music, London, England
Cohen & Lord, Santa Monica, CA
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, Minneapolis, MN
Kurt Solomon Associates International
Princess Cruise Lines, Los Angeles,CA (commission)
Thomas Weisel Partners, NYC

Selected Bibliography

2009 Martin Stolzenberg, TLZ, Weimar, Germany, December 9
2009Andrea Hilgenstock, Die Welt, Berlin, Germany,Novemvember 17
2009Jens Hindrichsen, Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin, Germany, November 3
2007 Constance Wyndham, Artnews, May
2007Mario Naves, Catalogue Essay, Reeves-Contemporary
2007Joseph Wallentini, Review, Abstract Art On Line, April
2004 Edward Leffingwell, Art in America, May
2003Ann Landi, ARTnews, December
2003Mario Naves, New York Observer, October 1
2002Lilly Wei, Catalog Essay, Rosenberg+Kaufman Fine Art, NYC
2000Ken Johnson, The New York Times, November 3
2000Joseph Wallentini, Review, Abstract Art on Line, November
1999Joseph Wallentini, Artist Profile, Abstract Art on Line, June
1999Jeannie Wilkinson, Catalogue Essay, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, NYC
1999Joseph Wallentini, Artist Profile, Abstract Art on Line, June
1997Lissa McClure, Review Magazine
1997Arlene Raven, Catalog Essay, Rosenberg+Kaufman Fine Art, NYC


Gudrun Mertes-Frady was born in Cologne Germany, where she studied at the Hochschule fr Art und Design.
She lives and works in Brooklyn New York.
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