Dan Attoe

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Dan Attoe is a painter and sculptor born in 1975. He is represented by Peres Projects in LA and Berlin. Attoe was born in Bremerton, Washington in 1975 and moved through Idaho, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa before choosing his current location near Portland, Oregon. Attoe has used a variety of media in his art, but has become best known for his paintings. His art can be deceivingly simple, sometimes with layers concealing layers and often using provocative themes.


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[edit] Recent and upcoming solo exhibitions

  • "American Dreams," curated by Tania Pardo, MUSAC, Leon, Spain
  • Group Exhibition, "Shape of Things to Come," Saatchi Gallery, London
  • Group Exhibition, Contemporary Northwest Art Awards, Portland Art Museum, Portland
  • "Simple Thoughts and Complicated Animals," Peres Projects Berlin, Germany
  • "Loaded, Nailed, and short on Cash," Peres Projects, Los Angeles, CA
  • "You have more freedom than you are using," Peres Projects, Berlin, Germany
  • "Vilma Gold," London, UK 404 Arte Contemporanea, Naples, Italy
  • "Some of the best things I know," Peres Projects, Los Angeles, CA
  • "New Figuration," Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • "Some of the Best Things I know," Peres Projects, Los Angeles, CA


[edit] Recent group exhibitions

  • "Gravity's Rainbow" October 20 - November 24, 2007 Athens, Greece
  • "8th Northwest Biennial," Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
  • "Phantasmania," Kemper Museum of Contemporart Art, Kansas City, Missouri
  • "1627-2007," artnews projects, Berlin, Germany
  • "Let's go camping," John Connelly Presents, New York City, NY
  • "There's no fooling you (the classics)," Peres Projects, Los Angeles, CA
  • "Montezuma's Revenge," Nicole Klagsbrun, New York City, NY
  • "The Zine UnBound: Kults, Werewolves and Sarcastic Hippies," Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
  • "Growing Up Absurd," Hebert Read Gallery, Kent, England


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