SCOTT COVERT

Collaborations and Bootlegs: 10 Years of F Magazine
July 13 – August 17, 2024, Josh Pazda Hiram Butler, Houston

Independent
May 11 – 14, 2023, Spring Studios, New York

Of The United States
October 27 – December 5, 2020

b. 1954, Edison, NJ
Lives in New York, works internationally

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024  The Dead Supreme, Galerie Allen, Paris
2023  THE DEAD SUPREME NEW YORK, Derek Eller Gallery, New York
          THE DEAD SUPREME LOS ANGELES, Parker Gallery, Los Angeles
          C'est la vie, Studio Voltaire, London
2022  Scott Covert: I Had a Wonderful Life, NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2020  Of The United States, F, Houston
2017  The Dead Supreme, Situations + FIERMAN, New York
2013  New Paintings, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
2012  The Dead Supreme, Edelman Arts, New York
2009  Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
2006  The Dead Supreme, Plan B Gallery, Forest Park, IL
2005  The Dead Supreme, Lakeside Gallery, Lakeside, MI
2000  Luminaries in Stone, Randall/Ericson Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
1999  New Paintings, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
          New Work, Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX
1998  Skidmore Contemporary Art, Malibu, CA
1992  Tombstone Travels, Lee Arthur Studio, New York
1990  Europe Revisited, curated by Caroline Spitzer, Paris, France
          Lee Arthur Studio, New York
1989  Makeshift Gallery, Provincetown, MA
          XX Century Gallery, New York
          Tombstones, Barbara Braathen Gallery, New York
1984  Modern Martyrs, Ricky Clifton Gallery, New York

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024  INAUGURAL GROUP EXHIBITION, Derek Eller Gallery, New York
          The End, Mountain, NY
          Collaborations and Bootlegs: 10 Years of F Magazine, Josh Pazda Hiram Butler, Houston
          Parallel to Paradise, Hunter Dunbar, New York
          Vapours of Delphi, WHAAM!, New York
          Departures and Returns, Anton Kern WINDOW, New York
2023  Brigid Berlin, The Heaviest, Vito Schnabel Gallery, New York
          Dream Journal, Company Gallery, New York
          Treasures From Hell, Snow Gallery, New York
          Basquiat + Warhol. Painting four hands, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris
          Homo Angelicus, Snow Gallery, New York
2022  Boxers, The Main Event, New York
2021  Nothing of the Month Club, Off Paradise, New York
2020  Painting is Painting's Favorite Food, Art History as Muse, South Etna Montauk Foundation, Montauk, NY
2019  Frederick Douglass: Embers of Freedom, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
          Notebook, 56 Henry, New York, curated by Joanne Greenbaum
          Circus of Books, FIERMAN, New York
2018  Mail Art, Keyes Art, East Hampton, NY (two person exhibition with Ray Johnson)
2017  Club 57: Film, Performance, and Art in the East Village, 1978–1983, Museum of Modern Art, New York
          Love Among the Ruins, Howl Happening, New York
2016  11th Annual Thanksgiving Collective, Tripoli Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2005  Rock Stars, Glen Horowitz Gallery, East Hampton, NY
          Big Holy, Cartelle Gallery, Marina Del Rey, CA
2000  Paint, American Style, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1999  Big, Skidmore Gallery, Malibu, CA
1998  Hollywood Satan, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1993  Urban Analysis, Barbara Braathen Gallery, New York
          Masks for AIDS, Marcel Sitcoske, New York
1992  Transformations, Lee Arthur Studio, New York
1989  56 Bleecker Street, New York
1984  The Fun Gallery, New York
          Patrick Fox Gallery, New York
1979  Found Objects, Club 57, New York, NY (curated by Keith Haring)

MONOGRAPHS
2023  Wolens, Ariella [et. al.] Scott Covert, New York: American Art Catalogues (upcoming)
2017  Gingeras, Alison M. The Dead Supreme, New York: Heinzfeller Nileisist

PUBLICATIONS
2017  Magliozzi, Ron (ed.,) Club 57: Film, Performance, and Art in the East Village, 1978-1983, New York: Museum of Modern Art
2014  Griffin, Chloé, Edgewise: A Picture of Cookie Mueller, Berlin: Books Verlag
1986  Hager, Steven, Art After Midnight: The East Village Art Scene, New York: St. Martin’s Press

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023  Jana, Rosalind. "Scott Covert: Why one artist has made it his life's mission to hunt down dead celebrities," BBC Culture, April 16
          "'Grave Encounters,' Artist's portfolio: Scott Covert," Artforum online, April
          Jovanovich, Alex. "To Die For: on the Art of Scott Covert," Artforum, April
          Moorhead, Joanna. "Daylight rubbery: the cemetery stalker who turns celebrity gravestones into art," The Guardian, February 13
          Gavin, Francesca. "Rough Version w/ Scott Covert," podcast interview. NTS Radio, January 31
          Revely-Calder, Cal. "The artist who lets the dead speak from beyond the grave," The Daily Telegraph, January 25
          Tarasoff, Tara. "Sometimes, Dead is Better: Scott Covert," Mousse Magazine 82, Winter
2022  Thomason, John. "Artist Immortalizes the Dead in Beautiful NSU Art Museum Show," Boca Magazine, Dec 9
          Banse, Claire, and Guterman, Michelle. "Cribs: Scott Covert," The Drunken Canal, issue 12, September
          Graham, Jay. "If There's a Rip in It: A Conversation with Scott Covert," theparisreview.org, February 4
2021  Higgs, Matthew. “Scott Covert: The Dead Supreme,” The Paris Review, Issue 238
          Yablonsky, Linda. “New York Harbor Favors Independents,” The Art Newspaper Online, August 23
2020  Takac, Balasz. "South Etna Montauk Opens its Doors with a Brilliant Painting Show," Widewalls Magazine, July 17
          Whittle, Andrea. "The Return of the IRL Gallery Show,” W Magazine Online, July 16
2019  Kennedy, Randy. “Graveside with Scott Covert: Painter of the Dead,” Ursula, Issue 5, Winter
          Covert, Scott. “The Dead Supreme,” F Magazine, Issue 8: CELEBRITY, April
2018  “Keyes Art Pairs Artists Ray Johnson and Scott Covert’s Unique Mediums and Visions Together,” ArtDaily.org, August 18
2017  Sanderson, David Liam. “Scott Covert: The Dead Supreme,” ArteFuse.com, November 18
          “Goings On About Town: Scott Covert,” The New Yorker, November 15
          Coiro, Alex. “Scott Covert: The Dead Supreme,” Ravelin Magazine, November 15
          Jovanovich, Alex. “Critics’ Picks,” Artforum Online, November 10
          Vega, Arturo. Love Among The Ruins: 56 Bleecker Gallery and late 80s New York, New York: Some Serious Business, Inc.
2010  Curley, Mallory. "Covert, Scott," A Cookie Mueller Encyclopedia: Randy Press
2009  Buitrón, Michael. "Scott Covert," MutualArt.com, June 1
2006  Holmes, Tom. "The Dead Supreme: Grave Rubbings Come Alive," Forest Park Review, February 14
          Basho. "More Than Just Rubbing Gravestones," ART TALK, February 12
2005  Long, Robert. "Three Artists Exhume Rock n' Rollers of Yore," East Hampton Star, March 24
1999  Venus, Rosa. "The Artist in His Studio: Scott Covert," Flaunt Magazine, May
          Goddard, Dan R. "Life, Celebrity Honored by Tombstone Rubbings," San Antonio Express-News, February 12
1998  Lyons, Tina. “Scott Covert,” Index Magazine, September–October
1989  Hirsh, David. "They Don't Talk Back: Celebrity Tributes," New York Native
          Kimura, Haruna. "Covert, 'Sacred Memories,'" Brutus Magazine, June
          Trebay, Guy. "Necropolitan Life," The Village Voice
1985  Mueller, Cookie. "6 Best, Most Undiscovered Artists," Saturday Review, July/August