lives and works in Vienna, Austria
Education
Hunter College Graduate Fine Arts Program; New York, 1991-2School of Visual Arts; New York, BFA Fine Arts, 1990
MCPS Art Center; Maryland, 1982-86
Solo Exhibitions
2008
Georg Kargl, Vienna, Austria; November 11 - DecemberTaka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan; February 23 - March 22
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France; January 12 - February 17
2007
Mimmo Scognamiglio Arte Contemporanea, Napoli, Italy; March2006
Team Gallery, New York, USA; AprilGalerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France; May
Lustpavillion, Mirabellgarten, Salzburg, Austria; May
2005
Arndt & Partner, Berlin, Germany; JanuarySt. Wolfgang Church, Regensburg, Germany; February
2004
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France; JanuaryDombergmuseum Freising, Freising, Germany; February - May
2003
Georg Kargl, Vienna, Austria; SeptemberArt & Public, Geneva, Switzerland; December
2002
Mario Diacono, Boston, USA; NovemberLeo Koenig, Inc., New York, USA; November
Arndt & Partner, Berlin, Germany; January
2001
Leo Koenig, Inc., New York, NY; February (catalog)Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany; March
Georg Kargl, Vienna, Austria; May
2000
Art + Public, Pierre Huber, Geneva, Switzerland; April1999
Dorothee DePauw Gallery, Brussels, Belgium; OctoberReali Arte Contemporanea, Brescia, Italy; October
Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, USA; March
1998
Rove/Kenny Schachter, New York, USA; MayMitchell Algus, New York, USA; May
1996
One Great Jones, New York, USA; November1994
Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, USA; December-January, 19941993
Wooster Gardens, New York, USA; MaySelected Group Exhibitions
2008
Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea, September 6—November 15
Leeahn Gallery, Daegu, Korea; Lisa Ruyter and Thomas Ruff, May 30-June 21
Colección Inelcom Arte Contemporáneo, Inaugural Exhibition, Madrid, Opening: February 15
2007
PKM Gallery Beijing, Imagery Play, September 29—November 10
Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea (CGAC), Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Cuestión Xeracional (Generational Issue), PECAR Collection of Contemporary Artists, curated by Carlos Urroz, September 7—November 4 (catalogue)
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Exposures, The Contemporary Self-Portrait, August
Hydra School Projects (palio gymnasio), Hydra, Greece, GRUPS (Dimitrios Antonitsis, Scott Campbell, Torben Giehler, Tillman Kaiser, Bjarne Melgaard, Rallou Panagiotou, Lisa Ruyter, Dash Snow, Konstantin Trubkovich, Aaron Young), July 7September 23
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, Rockers Island: Olbricht Collection, May 5—July 1 (catalogue)
Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Japan, POP ART 1960’s - 2000’s From Misumi Corporation, April 7—May 20, Exhibition to tour to Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art and Hachioji Yume Art Museum from April 7—November 25 (catalogue)
Kunstbuero, Vienna, Austria, Infinite Polar Bear Party, curated by Julie Ryan
(the) Melvins @ (the) Mandrake, Los Angeles, Album covers for the Melvins commissioned by Bob Nickas, February 25—March 31
2006
Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY, Only the Paranoid Survive, curated by Daniel Fuller, Opening: September 17
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Bucolica: The Contemporary Landscape, July 22—August 28
Mary Boone Gallery, New York, I Love My Scene: Scene 3, An exhibition in three parts curated by José Freire (Team Gallery), April 8—May 13
2005
Tottori Prefectural Museum, Tottori, Japan, Contemporary Voice: The Contemporary American Art from Misumi Collection, November 19—December 25 (catalogue)
Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, Korea, Painting The Edge, September—October (catalogue)
Abbaye Saint-André Centre d’art contemporain, Meymac, France; (…) et le canard était toujours vivant July—October
Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, NY, Slices of Life: Blueprints of the Self in Painting, curated by Karin Pernegger and Walter Seidl, January—April
Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria, Now’s The Time, January—February
2003
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria; "My Way Home" (with Dexter Dalwood and Bernhard Martin)Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany; "Painting Pictures-Malerei und Medien im digitalen Zeitalter"
Arario Gallery, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea; "Pop-Thru-Out" May
2002
Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany; "Shopping: Art and Consumer Culture"; (September-December, 2002), also at Tate Liverpool (December 2002-March 2003)The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; "Projects 77"; (October-November)
Art Unlimited, Basel, Switzerland; "Stations of the Cross" Art|33|Basel; (June) (catalog) (book: "Stations of the Cross" Jack Miles and Lisa Ruyter, published by Art & Public and Leo Koenig Inc.)(June)
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY; "From the Observatory" curator Bob Nickas; (March) (catalog)
14 Wharf Road/David Risley, London, England; "Love" curator David Risley; (March/April)
2001
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY; "Special Projects: Lisa Ruyter: Rooftops"; (October)C.A.I.S. Gallery, Seoul, Korea; "Ghost World" curator Michael Cohen; (October) (catalog)
Asbaek Galerie, Copenhagen, Denmark; "Come on, Feel the Noise"; (February)
Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, NY; "Before They Became Who They Are" curator Norman Dubrow; (January)
2000
Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York, NY; "Pastoral Pop" curator Debra Singer; (July-December)Galerie Frank "Sport," Jack Featherly and Lisa Ruyter, Paris, France; September
Reali ArteContemporanea, Brescia, Italy; "Wayne Gonzales, Lisa Ruyter, John Tremblay; (May)
About Studio, Bangkok, Thailand; "Transporter" curators Laurie De Chiara and Naomi Urabe (January-February)
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY; "Greater New York" curated in collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art. (February-May)
Kenny Schachter/Rove, London, England; "I Hate NY" May
Team Gallery, New York, NY; "Hex Enduction Hour by the Fall" curator Bob Nickas; January-February
1999
Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, California; "Other Paintings" curator Julie JoyceTomio Koyama, Tokyo, Japan; "eflny 1999" curator Tam Ochiai; September
Le Consortium, Dijon, France; "The Bastard Kids of Drella" curator Steven Parrino; July-August
Pat Hearn Gallery, "Jeff Elrod / Lisa Ruyter," New York, NY. (two person exhibition, March)
Exit Art, New York, NY; "Paradise 8: Permanent Resident" curator Odili Donald Odita; January-April
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; "Looking at Ourselves: Works by Women Artists From the Logan Collection" Curated by Gary Garrels (January-April) (catalog)
1998
Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico; "Cambio." September (catalog)Matthew Marks Gallery and Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY; "Painting Now and Forever." July
Mitchell Algus, "White," New York, NY; July
Clementine Gallery, New York, NY; July
Kent, New York, NY; "A Delicate Condition" Organized by Jerry Kearns; March
1997
Team Gallery, New York, NY; "Diamond Dogs". June32 Mercer Street, New York, NY; "Inside Out Art Fair" Organized by Kenny Schachter; May
1996
American Fine Arts, Co., New York, NY; "Roy Arden, AC2K, Chivas Clem, John Kelsey, Lisa Ruyter, Tom Burr, John Waters". JuneMitchell Algus, New York, NY; "The Gramercy Art Fair". May
1995
Thomas Solomon's Garage, Los Angeles, CA; "Saturday Night Fever" Organized by Michael Cohen and Catherine Liu. AprilHere, New York, NY; "The Joy of Painting" Organized by Alix Lambert; February
1994
Team Gallery, DC, Washington, D.C.; "Speed Trials". NovemberArthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA; "Disfunction, USA" Organized by Peter Halley and Robert Nickas.
Hohenthal Und Bergen Gallery, Köln, Germany; "Punishment + Decoration" Organized by Michael Corris; April-May (catalogue)
1993
Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY; Project with Chuck Nanney; JuneJay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY; "Steve DiBenedetto, Scott Grodesky, Bill Komoski, Peter Nagy, Lari Pittman, Lisa Ruyter". June
"What you are about to see is real" Muranushi Lederman Productions for the Chicago Art Fair; May
Christopher Grimes Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; "Fluff from New York" Organized by Trudie Reiss; May
211 East 10th Street, New York, NY; "Home Alone" Organized by Ricardo De Oliveira and Sarah Morris; March
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY; "Some artists I've been thinking about . . .". February
Heiligenkreuzerhof, School for the Applied Arts in collaboration with Galerie Metropol, Vienna, Austria; "Live in Your Head" Organized by Robert Nickas; January (catalogue)
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