Joseph Nechvatal
Biography
Joseph Nechvatal
1951 Born in Chicago, Illinois
Lives and works in Paris and in New York
Education
1974 B.F.A. Southern Illinois University
1974-75 M.F.A. Studio Work Cornell University
1977-78 M.Phil. Work in Philosophy Columbia University
1999 Ph.D. in the Philosophy of Art at the Centre for Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts (CAIIA),
University of Wales, Newport, Wales, U.K.
1999 Professor at The School of Visual Arts, NYC
2003 Professor at The Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N.J.
Selected one-Person exhibitions
2020 Orlando et la Tempête, Galerie Richard, Paris
Informed Men, Galerie Richard, Online Kunstmatrix
Viral Venture, White Page Gallery / Fuori Visioni Art Center, Piacenza
2019 Computer Virus Project 1.0, J. Yuan & Associates, New York, NY
2018 viral pastOral pleasures, Galerie Omnius, Arles, France
2017 Computer Virus 1.0 and the Return of Lazarus, Galerie Richard, New York, NY
2016 Destroyer of Naivetés: COMPUTER VIRUS 1.0, Galerie Richard, Paris
1% Owns 50% of the World, Anthology film Archives, New York, NY
2015 Odyssey pandemOnium, Galerie Richard, New York, NY
viral castratO, Budapest Art Factory, Budapest
bOdy pandemOnium, Art Laboratory Berlin; Berlin
2014 PrOtOcOls nOn, Galerie Richard, Paris
Joseph Nechvatal: From Photography to Post Photography, Galerie Omnius, Arles, France
2013 Aesthetic States of Frenzy, The New School, New York, NY
Destroyer of Naivetés (live projection), Neurosciences, Esthétique et Complexité, GDR ESARS, Paris
2012 nOise anusmOs, Galerie Richard, New York, NY
2011 Viral Venture large screen projection, Beatrice Theatre, School of Visual Arts, New York City
2010 art rétinal revisité: histoire de l`Oeil, Galerie Richard, Paris
vOglia, Claudio Bottello Galerie, Torino, Italy
Viral Venture, École Supérieure d'AudioVisuel, Université de Toulouse le Mirail, Toulouse
2009 terra incOgnitO, WM Turner Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2008 Joseph Nechvatal: Recent Paintings, Galerie Richard, Paris
2006 The Butler Institute of American Art’s Beecher Center, Youngstown, OH
Metaphysics and the Virtual, Roger Smith Lab Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Contaminations, Le Château de Linardié, Senouillac, France
Translaocation of the Virtual Reality, Galerie In Situ, Aalst, Belgium
Ex-naturae, la Chapelle des Templiers, Metz, France
2004 Aventures Virales, Galerie Mabel Semmler, Paris
Real Time, Universal Concepts Unlimited Gallery, New York, NY
After Virus, Galerie RLBQ, Marseille, France
Viral Counter-Attack, Espace Landowski, Paris
After Attack, Heart Galerie, Paris (with Music2eye)
2002 vOluptuary, an algorithic Hermaphornology, Universal Concepts Unlimited Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Compliant 2.0 Libidinal Bodies in the Bit-stream (Enhanced Corpus Rotundum), Julia Friedman
Gallery, Chicago, IL
Transformers (with Virus Projects 1.0 & 2.0), Moving Image Gallery, NY
SilicOn valley : nunciative mOdality and a viral redux, Galerie Karin Sachs, Munich
2000 es-satyricOn 2000, Universal Concepts Unlimited Gallery, NY
1999 Viral Beauty, Boston Cyber Arts, Boston
1997 Das Neural Netz, Galerie Karin Sachs, Munich
1996 Joseph Nechvatal Retrospective, Galerie Berndt, Köln
Joseph Nechvatal & Steve Miller, Parsons Gallery, Paris
1995 Alt.sex, Galerie In Situ, Aalst, Belgium
Les Archons, Galerie Multimedia, Paris
Angels, Broken Hearts and Computer Viruses, Galerie Karin Sachs, Munich
1994 Computer Virus Project, Espace d'Art Yvonamor Palix, Paris
Computer Virus Project, Galerie In Situ, Aalst, Belgium
Information Bruit Culture, Galerie Traje, Besancan, France
1993 Computer Virus Project, The Saline Royale, Arc-et-Senans, France
The Destiny of Painting, Galerie Karin Sachs, Munich
1992 Joseph Nechvatal, Galerie Antoine Candau, Paris
Tombeaux, Brooke Alexander, New York, NY
1991 Joseph Nechvatal, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1990 Musée des Beaux Arts, Dôle, France
Brooke Alexander, New York, NY
Galerie Karin Sachs, Munich
Galerie Antoine Candau, Paris
1989 Gallery Fahl, Stockholm, Sweden
Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1988 Joseph Nechvatal Computer-Robotic Paintings: 1986-1987, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
De Selby Gallery, Amsterdam
Galerie Antoine Candau, Paris
1987 Brooke Alexander, New York, NY
Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany
Gallery Engstrom, Stockholm, Sweden
1986 Joseph Nechvatal: Photographs,Greathouse, New York, NY
Anna Friebe Galerie, Köln Germany
Vanquard Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1985 Brooke Alexander, New York, NY
Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
XS: An Installation, Gray Art Gallery, East Carolina Univerity, Greenville, NC
1984 Brooke Alexander, New York, NY
Joseph Nechvatal: Grace Under Pressure, Gallery Nature Morte, New York, NY
1983 Joseph Nechvatal, Brooke Alexander, New York, NY
Joseph Nechvatal, Semaphore Gallery, New York, NY
Joseph Nechvatal, Spiritual America, New York, NY
1982 Joseph Nechvatal: The Occult Power of Technology: Part II, The Kitchen, New York, NY
1981 The Occult Power of Technology: Part I, P.S. #1, Long Island City, NY
Joseph Nechvatal, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Selected Group exhibitions
2020 Untitled, Galerie Richard, Paris
Viral Venture, The Sensorium Art Show: Media Virality and the Lockdown Aesthetic, University of
East London, University Square Stratford, London
Audiosphere: Social Experimental Audio, Pre- and Post-Internet, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte
Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
Non/Voluti, Politecnico, Milano, Italy
Festival del silencio, Aparador Cuchilla, Mexico City
2019 30 ans, Galerie Richard, Paris
Art and Artificial Intelligence, ZKM: Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany
Encountered Error, Société, Brussels, Belgium
2018 Digital Painting – Part 1, Galerie Richard, New York, NY
Plato’s Cave, EIDEA House, Brooklyn, NY
80’s New York, Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, NY
Color Matters, Galerie Richard, New York, NY
Mark Me / Group Drawing Show, Cross Contemporary Art, Saugerties, New York, NY
2017 Body Esc: Taboo - Transgression - Transcendance in Art & Science 26-28 May 2017, Ionian
University, Corfu Greece
The Real Estate Show: Documentation of the original show from 1980 from the Archive
Collection of ABC No Rio, Spor Klubu, Berlin
The Real Estate Show Extended/Berlin, Kunstpunkt, Berlin
arte/scienza/biotecnologia II, Museo del Ferrocarril, San Luis Potosf, Mexico
Collection Particulière, Galerie Omnius, Arles, France
Publishing as an Artistic Toolbox, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (Tellus #20 Media Myth, curated by Joseph Nechvatal, exhibited)
2016 Every Future Has A Price: 30 Years After Infotainment, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York City
Paradise: underground culture in NYC 1978-84, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York City
arte/scienza/biotecnologia, Museo Nacional de la Máscara, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
A More Store, Printed Matter, Inc., New York City
AHA Festival, Chalmers University of Technology, Departments of Architecture and Physics, Gothenburg Sweden
Battambang International Digital Arts Festival, Battambang, Cambodia (July 19th - 24th) Zan-A-Key Art Space, showing Les 1% possèdent 50% du mode (1% Owns 50% of the World) loop 2015
2015 Typology/Morphology Work from the Institute for Electronic Arts, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery Director, Sharon McConnell School of Art and Design NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Art Film Festival Asolo XXXIV Edizione, Asolo, Italy, Viral Venture screened November 4th
2014 Paris: 25 Years, Galerie Richard, Paris
The Real Estate Show, What Next, James Fuentes Gallery, New York, NY
RESx, ABC No Rio, New York, NY
20ème anniversaire de l'IESA multimedia, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris
2013 It's New / It's Now: Recent Gifts of Contemporary Prints and Drawings, Minneapolis Institute of Art,
Minneapolis, MN
Show Off, Espace Pierre Cardin, Galerie Richard, Paris, France
Machinarium, Hi Future Ipanema, Brazil
2012 One Year in New York, Galerie Richard, New York City
Desperately Seeking Susan, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY
2011 A Show about Colab (and Related Activities) Printed Matter, New York, NY
Art, Access & Decay: New York 1975-1985, Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles
Looking at Music 3.0, (Tellus) MOMA, New York, NY
Art Protects, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
Pixxelpoint, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Papay Gyro Nights 2011 Art Festival, Tredall, Papay Westray, Papay, Orkney
Faculty Selects, Fine Arts Gallery, Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY
2010 Parallel Threads, School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
Electronic work in the Collection Frank Popper, Centre d'Art Contemporain Frank Popper,
Marcigny, France
Sunday's Screening #2, Galerie Magda Danysz, Beijing
Piano Eye (with Christophe Avella-Bagur and Stefan Hoenerloh), Galerie Richard, Paris
2009 Maniac, Artspace Hartford, Hartford, CT
Art Protects, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
Colab Show, 100 Church Street, New York, NY
Best of Digital Art, Digital Art Museum, Berlin
Redux, Wm Turner Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
2008 Beaux Arts: French Contemporary, Wm Turner Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Colab Reduxe, Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, NY
After The Net, Observatori, Valencia, Spain
ECAM 2008, The National Center for the Arts, Mexico City, Mexico
Continuous Current, Westside Gallery, New York, NY
2007 The End(s) of Photography: Modeling the Photographic, McDonough Museum of Art,
Youngstown, OH
Insatiable Streams, Beijing BS1 Contemporary Art Center, Caochangdi, China
iea: Ten Years of The Institute for Electronic Arts, BS1 Contemporary Art Center and Zero
FieldArt Center, Beijing
Sound Art in a Limo, in coopération with Armory Art Fair, New York, NY
AIDES, Yvon Lambert, Paris
2006 The Downtown Show : The New York Art Scene 1974-1984, Grey Art Gallery. New York, NY
Reshuffle, Center for Curatorial Studies Bard College, New York, NY
The Downtown Show : The New York Art Scene 1974-1984, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
The Downtown Show : The New York Art Scene 1974-1984, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
Honest Echo, 2 X 13 Gallery, New York, NY
Computer Fine Art Collection of Doron Golan, Ausstellungsräume des Digital Art Museum, Berlin
Numeripop, Viral Counter Attack (with music2eye) St Brieuc, France
Re:connect, Institute for Electronic Arts, Alfred, New York, NY
2005 ElectroScape, Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
6eme carrefour de l'image de l'Océan Indien, Le Port. Ile de la Réunion
Vintage East Village, Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Digital Sublime: Gwangju Biennale, MOCA, Taipei
Reprotech, New York Academy of Science, New York, NY
Image-Mouvement, Metz France (with music2eye)
Hyper-Runt: Anxiety and Malformation in the Techno Womb, Inliquid, Philadelphia, PA
Art In Motion, University of Southern California School of Fine Arts, LA
Touch and Temperature, Bitforms Gallery, New York, NY
trans>, Participant Inc, New York, NY
Viral Counter Attack, Art Metz. Foire Européenne d'Art Contemporain, Metz, France
Digital Stories, [DAM] Ausstellungsräume des Digital Art Museum, Berlin
East Village USA, New Museum, New York, NY
Touch and Temperature, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, TX
Viral Counter Attack, Résidence à la Gaîté lyrique. Paris. France
Viral Counter Attack, Galerie RLBQ. Festival RIAM01, Marseille, France
2003 Synthetic Lightings: Complex Simulations of Nature, Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY
Notebook Artscape, Pinkard Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, PA
The Spiritual In Digital Art, Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam, Canada
Open For Action, The Center For Book Arts, New York, NY
FuturNET, Rome
Peam2003, Pescara, Italy
2002 Post-Flesh, University Gallery, California State University, Sacramento, CA
media_city seoul 2002, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
Ornamente : 3 Positions of Conceptual Art, Galerie Berndt, Köln
Night Vision, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Reality Revisited, In Situ, Aalst, Belgium
Reality Revisited, Galerie Martin Kudlek, Köln
Contaminaction, Jeune Creation, Paris
Night Vision, White Columns, New York, NY
Split Festival, Split, Croatia
info@blah :: mining the data glut, iKatun, Boston
2001 Cin-o-matic: Memory and Cinematic Perception, The New Museum, New York, NY
LE PROJET VIRUS 2001, Mains D’Oeuvres, Paris
The Collector, Universal Concepts Unlimited Gallery, New York, NY
1.44 Megs, Moving Image Gallery, New York, NY
The Graphic Art Biennial, Györ, Hungary
2000 R.E.D. - Remote Experience Dependency, UCU Gallery, New York, NY
Noise: The Digital and the Discrete, Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Cambridge, MA
The Perpetual Well, Samuel Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL
The Perpetual Well, Parrish Art Museum, Southhampton, NY
Rounders, UCU Gallery, New York, NY
polyALTERITY, UMF Art Gallery, Farmington, ME
1999 Reflex: Matthias Groebel, Joseph Nechvatal & Endre Tót, Galerie Berndt, Köln
Digital Hybrids, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH
TheTecho-Digital Sublime, Central Fine Arts, New York, NY
Ma(r)king, Central Arts, Tuscon, AZ
Three Computer-related Artists, Galerie Berndt, Köln
Links: Schilderkunst in Extremis? Kunstcentrum Sittard, Maastricht
Diverse Dialogues, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
Old School, Life, New York City, curated by Carlo McCormick
1998 Body Mécanique, Wexner Center, Columbus, OH
Thundergulch: Computer Arts Fellows, New York Technology Center, NY
Chaos and Capacity, Central Fine Arts, Inc. New York, NY
1997 Art Fractal, Galerie Richard, Paris
Zoom (Fractal), Stae University of New York, NY, Purchase (catalogue)
1995 Blast, Bioinformatica, Kolnischer Kunstverein, Köln
Blast,, Galerie des Archives, Paris
Veered Science, Huntington Beach Art Center, CA
In Corpus Machina, Espace d'Art, Paris
Blast, Bioinfomatica, Javier Lopez Gallery, London
Reinventing The Emblem, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Die Schnheit Der Fraktale, Galerie Karin Sachs, Munich
Transiti, Arx Art Gallery, Turino
Art Fractal: été, Galerie Angle Art Contemporain, St. Paul-Tro Château
1994 Excess in the Techno-Mediacratic Society, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Art & Virus, Gallery Yaki Kornblit, Amsterdam
Tohu-Bohu, Galerie de l'Etoile, Paris
Art & Virus, Galleria Del Ventaglio Contemporanea, Udine
Lo Specchio di Proteo, Perugia, Alessandria
Figures d'Origines, Chapelle Salpêtrière, Paris
1993 Computeruntersttzte Kunst, Kunstlerwerkstatt, Munich
L'Opera Al Femminile, Galleria Arx, Turino
Excess in the Techno-Mediacratic Society, Musée d'Arbois, France
Excess in the Techno-Mediacratic Society, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna
Bodies, Atelier of Philip Pocock, Köln
Mediale Hamburg (catalogue)
Erlebnis E Alterita, Galleria Marco Noire, Turino
Hiding / Revealing, Galerie In Situ, Aalst
La Fractalité dans l'Art, Campus de La Doua, Villeurbanne, Mediale Hamburg
Painting as Paradigm, Stark Gallery, New York, NY
Procédures Informatiques, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Paris
Presentation, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen
1992 Ecstasy, Dooley Le Cappellaine, New York, NY
L'Epreuve Numérique, Centre National de la Photographie, Paris
New York, NY Artists, Galerie Bernhard Steinmetz, Bonn
10th Anniversary Visiting Artists Exhibition, Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Representation, Reproduction and Photography, Usdan Gallery, Bennington College,
Bennington, VT
1991 Outside America: Going into the 90s, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Dilation, performed by the ballerina Lauren Houser at the residence of Bil Ehrlich, New York, NY
1990 20th Anniversary Exhibition White Columns, New York, NY
All Quiet on the Western Front, Galerie Antoine Candau, Paris
The Unique Print: 70s into 90s, Lois & Michael Torf Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Exchange of Information, New York, NY Telephone New York, NY
Le Tableau des Riches Inventions, Picaron Editions, Amsterdam
1989 Theater on Paper, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Once upon A Time There Was A Photograph, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL
After Collapse: Rebuilding Expressive Media, State University, Amherst, MA
Strange Attractors: Signs of Chaos, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Standplaats AKI, Akademie Voor Beeldende Kunst, Enschede, The Netherlands
Moderne Kunst, Malmo Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Malmo, Sweden
Erotic America, Galerie Antoine Candau, Paris
The Man Who Believed He Could Move: A Celebration of the Bicentennial of the French Revolution,
Dia Art Foundation, New York, NY
1988 Art at the End of the Social, Rooseum, Malmo, Sweden
New Visions of the Apocalypse, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
New York, NY Now, Guthenberg Art Museum, Switzerland and Finland
Computer Assisted: The Computer in Contemporary Art, Albright College, Reading, PA.
Committed to Print, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Perpetual Subversions, Bruno Facchetti, New York, NY
1987 Documenta 8, Kassel
Chemical Field, De Zaak, Groningen
Digital Visions: Computers and Art, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse
Digital Visions: Computers and Art, IBM Gallery, New York, NY
New Coordinates, Simard, Halm and Shee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
This is not a Photograph: Twenty Years of Large-Scale, Photography: 1966-1986
The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Fl
This is not a Photograph: Twenty Years of Large-Scale, Photography: 1966-1986, Akron Art
Museum, OH
This is not a Photograph: Twenty Years of Large-Scale, Photography: 1966-1986, The Chrysler
Museum, Norfolk, VA
Not a Door; A Spectacle, in collaboration with Scott B. Billingsley , Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
1986 Drawings from the Collection of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, University of Arkansas,
Little Rock, AR
Drawings from the Collection of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, University of Alabama Moody Gallery
of Art , AL
Drawings from the Collection of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, Tuscaloosa Pennsylvania
State University, PA
Drawings from the Collection of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, Palmer Museum of Art, University
Park, AK
Il Cangiante, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milano
Metabody, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
Spiritual America, CEPA, Buffalo, NY
Pay Attencion, Brandts Palchus Galleri, Copenhagen
Time after Time, Diane Brown Gallery, New York, NY
Face It, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
Drawings, Piezo Electric, New York, NY
XS: The Opera, with Rhys Chatham, Shakespeare Theatre, Boston, MA
1985 Whitney Biennial: Group Material, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Infotainment,Texas Gallery, Houston, TX
Infotainment, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Infotainment, Vanquard Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Infotainment, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
Infotainment, De Selby Gallery, Amsterdam
Infotainment, Galerie Montenay-Delsol, Paris
Correspondences: New York, NY Art Now, Laforet Museum Harajuku, Tokyo
Correspondences: New York, NY Art Now, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya
Correspondences: New York, NY Art Now, Tagaki Hall Espace Media, Kobe
Anniottanta Castel Sismondo, Palazzina Moster, Chiesa di Santa Maria ad Nives, Rimini
Anniottanta Castel Sismondo, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
Memento Mori, Moore College of Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
The End of the Night, with Rhys Chatham, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
XS: Night of Power, with Rhys Chatham, 8 BC, New York, NY
XS: Night of Power, with Rhys Chatham, Quando, New York, NY
1984 Drawings, Paintings, and Sculpture, Brooke Alexander, New York, NY
Smart Art: New Work from New York, NY, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA
Disarming Images: Art for Nuclear Disarmament, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Via Satellite, Amerika-Haus, Köln
Natural Genre, Fine Arts Gallery, School of Visual Arts, Florida State University, FL
The New Capital, White Columns, New York, NY
Drawings by Contemporary Figurative Artists, Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute, College of Art,
Baltimore, PA
Humanism: An Undercurrent, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Contemporary Perspectives, Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Motives, Albright-Know Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
New York, NY New: 26 Artists, Studio di Corrado Levi, Milano
Dessins, Galerie Gillespie-Laage-Salomon, Paris
Romance and Catastrophe, Piezo Electric, New York, NY
XS: The Opera Opus, with Rhys Chatham, Pyramid Club, New York, NY
XS: The Opera Opus, with Rhys Chatham, Club Danceteria, New York, NY
XS: The Opera Opus, with Rhys Chatham, 8 BC Club, New York, NY
XS: The Opera Opus, with Rhys Chatham, Dannheisser Foundation, New York, NY
1983 New York, NY, Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
New York, NY, Randers Kunstmuseum, Randers, Denmark
Contemporary Drawings, Barbara Krakow, Boston, MA
Four New York, NY Artists, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
Rotating Group Show, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
Speed Trials, White Columns, New York, NY
Joseph Nechvatal / Not Vital / Robin Weglinski, Gallery Nature Morte, New York, NY
1982 The Atomic Salon, Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York, NY
1981 New Drawings, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
The Positive Show, ABCNo Rio, New York, NY
The Inauguration Show, ABC No Rio, New York, NY
The Doomsday Show, Artists Space, New York, NY
The Monumental Art Show, Brooklyn, NY
Free Speech on Broadway Performance, Performance with Carol Parkinson and Cid Collins, New
York, NY
1980 Colab : Collaborative Projects, Brooke Alexander, New York, NY
Murder, Suicide &, Junk, ABC No Rio, New York, NY
The Times Square Show, Times Square, New York, NY
Artists for Survival, ABC No Rio,
1978 European Art/Performance, with Carol Parkinson and Cid Collins, Tour Centre of Experimental
Theatre, Antwerp
European Art/Performance, with Carol Parkinson and Cid Collins, Ecole d'Architecture, Tournai
European Art/Performance, with Carol Parkinson and Cid Collins, Theatre on the Rijn, Arnhem,
The Netherlands
Selected Installations and Performances
2020 Wave Farm Radio WGXC 90.7-FM broadcast the complete viral symphOny on June 6th Harvestworks, on June 23, 2020 at 5 pm, broadcast on Twitch.tv/harvestworks of the CD first movement of viral symph0ny by Joseph Nechvatal with interviews with the artist
Wave Farm WGXC radio 90.7-FM broadcas Cave Bacchus Destroyer of Naivetés on June 20th
2018 Pull My Crazy : a conversation on culture with Jean-Jacques Lebel and Joseph Nechvatal, Mona
Bismarck American Center Paris
2016 1% Owns 50% of the World, Anthology Film Archives, New York City, May 16-22nd
Four screen installation of 1% Owns 50% of the World at Harvestworks, New York City, May 27th
2015 Les 1% possèdent 50% du monde, animation projection, Galerie Richard Paris,September 27th
3 pOstmOrtems (for Dieter Roth), noise music performance at Art Laboratory Berlin, Berlin
2010 viral symphOny: a-life live projection followed by viral cOncertO a musical collaboration with Rhys
Chatham, Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris, September 26th
2002 Victoria High Quality reads ~~venus©-~Ñ~vibrator, even, Universal Concepts Unlimited, NYC
1991 Dilation, performed by the ballerina Lauren Houser at the residence of Bil Ehrlich, New York, NY
1989 The Man Who Believed He Could Move: A Celebration of the Bicentennial of the French
Revolution, collaboration with Yves Musard, Dia Art Foundation, New York, NY
1987 Not a Door; A Spectacle, collaboration between Scott B. Billingsley and Nechvatal, Hallwalls,
Buffalo NY
1986 XS: The Opera, a collaboration with with Rhys Chatham, Shakespeare Theatre, Boston
1985 The End of the Night, a video collaboration with with Rhys Chatham, Los Angeles County Museum
of Art, XS: Night of Power, a collaboration with with Rhys Chatham, 8 BC, New York, NY
XS: installation collaboration with with Rhys Chatham in Purgatorio Show ‘85, CUANDO, New
York, NY
1984 XS: The Opera Opus, a collaboration with with Rhys Chatham, Pyramid Club, New York, NY, Club
Danceteria, New York, NY, 8 BC Club, New York, NY, Dannheisser Foundation, New York, NY
1983 Isle of Dread, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, 71 Broadway and 120 Broadway, New York, NY
Future V Installation, 93 Prince Street, New York, NY, ABC-NO RIO Island of Negative Utopia,
Feb 1-5, co-producer with Seton Smith, The Kitchen, New York, NY
1982 Blame it on the Brain Installation, Zippers Night Club, New York, NY
1981 The End of the World, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Contemporary Psychedelia Installation, Club Inroads, New York, NY
1980 Free Speech on Broadway, art performance with Carol Parkinson and Cid Collins, New York, NY
1979 co-organizer of 3 day Public Arts International / Free Speech performance series at 75 Warren
Street, New York, NY
1978 European Art/Performance with Carol Parkinson and Cid Collins, Tour Centre of Experimental
Theatre, Antwerp, Belgium touring to Ecole d'Architecture, Tournai, Belgium and Theatre on the
Rijn, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Selected Bibliography
2012 Bird, Michael. 100 Ideas that Changed ART, Laurence King Publishing Ltd. pg. 199
2009 Shanken, Edward. Art and Electronic Media, Editions Phaidon
Leiser, Wolf. Digital Art, H.F. Ullman/Tandem Verlag
2007 Fisher,Ebon. Wigglism, Leonardo, Vol. 40, Number I, p 40, image p. 43
Couchot, Edmond. Des Images, du temps et des machines, édité Actes Sud, pp. 263-264
2006 Kuspit, Donald. Arte Digital y Videoarte, Circulo de Bellas Artes Madrid, p. 33-35, illust 2,3&4
de Lafayette, Maximillien. United States and the World Face to Face: America's Best and Worst
Popper, Frank. From Technological to Virtual Art, MIT Press, pp. 120-123
Wands, Bruce. Art in the Digital Age, Thames & Hudson Ltd, p. 65
2005 Blais, Joline & Ippolito, Jon. The Edge of Art,Thames & Hudson Ltd, p. 213
Reingold, Ken. Interactive Electronics for Artists and Inventors
Kuspit, Donald. The Matrix of Sensations, artnet web magazine,
2004 Debailleux, Henri-François. Peinture. Les travaux de Joseph Nechvatal exposés à Paris,
Libération, Oct. 27
Taylor, Brandon. Joseph Nechvatal in Collage book, Thames & Hudson Ltd, p. 221
Reed, John. Joseph Nechvatal, Artforum Web 3-2004 Critc’s Picks
Liu, Alan. Joseph Nechvatal in the book The Laws of Cool, Chicago Press, pp. 331-336 & 485-486
Rogue, Évelyne. Interview with Joseph Nechvatal, artcogitans.com
Rogue, Évelyne. Monographie sur CD de Joseph Nechvatal,
http://www.artcogitans.com/Fr./Actus/E.Rogue.CD.J.Nechvatal.doc.pdf
Suzanne Anker on Joseph Nechvatal in “reprotech” catalog
2003 Lewis, Joe. vOluptuary: an algorithmic hermaphornology,Art in America, March issue
Christiane Paul on Joseph Nechvatal in Digital Art (Thames & Hudson), pp. 57-58
Rachel Greene on Joseph Nechvatal, March 26, www.rhizome.org
Roth, David M. Postfesh, Artweek, April
Maline, Sarah. Joseph Nechvatal in “ polyALTERITY” UMF catalog
2002 Morgan, Robert C. vOluptuary: an algorithic hermaphornology, Tema Celeste Magazine #93, p. 94
Johnson, Ken. Joseph Nechvatal, New York Times
Weidle, Barbara. Computer paintings, artnet.com
2001 Wylde, Nanette. Regarding a Digital Aesthetic: Speculation in Context
Kevin Haas, Kevin. Joseph Nechvatal, http://www.accumulated.org/sgc.html
Lovejoy, Margot. Joseph Nechvatal in "Postmodern Currents: Art and Artists in the Age of
Electronic Media", Prentice Hall Press
Levy, Ellen. Joseph Nechvatal in “Responses”, Art Journal, Spring
2000 Morgan, Robert C. Joseph Nechvatal at Universal Concepts Unlimited, NY Arts Magazine, Dec p.69
Ebony, David. Joseph Nechvatal at Universal Concepts Unlimited, Artnet Magazine
Garnett, Joy. Newsgrist's Top 3: Nechvatal, Held, Ritchie, Newsgrist, Vol. 1, No. 51
Morgan, Robert C. Digital Hybrids, pp. 75-76, in Art Press #255 (March)
1999 Johnston, John. Machinic Vision, p.39, in Critical Inquiry, Vol. 26, No. 1
Krueger, Richard. Digital Hybrids Catalog, p. 5,Youngstown
Miller, Paul D. The Techno-Digital Sublime, Artbyte, Sept/Oct.
1996 Enstice, Wayne & Peters, Melody. Drawing: Space, Form, & Expression, New Jersey: Prentice Hall,
pp.312-313
Murphy, Jay. Joseph Nechvatal, Galeries Magazine
Staff. Bilder Zwischen Kulturwert und Schaulust, Kunstmarket Koln
staff. Joseph Nechvatal: Computervirussen, Aalst Press
1995 staff. Art Enters The Digital Age, Art News, Sept/Oct.
staff. Joseph Nechvatal's Virus Developement, Cause Toujours #2, May
staff. Joseph Nechvatal, CD-Media, June
Ambert, Cécile. Virus Project, Nov Art, June
Hémery, Annick. Le Clone Du Trim, Joseph Nechvatal, Clone, May
staff. Joseph Nechvatal, Libération, 24 mars
Picard, Gilles-François. Les Mystères de l'art Fractal, La Gazette No 2, March 17
1994 staff. Computer Virus Project, Bomb
staff. Joseph Nechvatal, Gazet Van Antwerpen
staff. Joseph Nechvatal; Computerbilder, Kunst Munich
Hémery, Annick. Joseph Nechvatal sur les traces de Pasteur
1993 Morgan, Robert C. Nechvatal’s Visionary Computer Virus, dans Gruson, L. ed. Joseph
Nechvatal: Computer Virus Project, Arc-et-Senans: Fondation Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, pp. 8-15
staff. Digital Diseases, Details, Nov.
staff. Joseph Nechvatal, l'art sur ordinateur, Le Progrès, August
Conde, Susan. La Fractalité dans l'Art, June
Morgan, Robert C. Joseph Nechvatal: Lamentations of the Soul, After the Deluge
Pagel, David. Techno Domination, Los Angeles Times, Sep.
Gruson, L. A Case of Contamination, In Gruson, L. ed.
Joseph Nechvatal: Computer Virus Project, Arc-et-Senans: Fondation Claude-Nicolas Ledoux
1992 Andre, Michael. Joseph Nechvatal, Cover, April
Hagen, Charles. A Show of Five Artists Who Use the Look of Photo Reproduction, The New York
Times, May 18
Pocock, Philip. Interview with Joseph Nechvatal, Journal of Contemporary Art
1991 Crockett, Tobey. I, Robot, Village View, March 1-7
Frank, Peter. Art Pick of the Week, LA Weekly, March 22-28
Tonkinson, Carole. Footloose, Elle Magazine, May
1990 Amine, Patrick. Joseph Nechvatal, Galerie Antoine Candau, Art Press
Borum, Jenifer P. Joseph Nechvatal, Artforum, Oct.
Cyphers, Peggy. Joseph Nechvatal, Arts, Sep.
Engelhorn, Patrizia. Landspace of Points, Prinz Magazine, Nov.
Groome, Carle VP. Ex Statis by Joseph Nechvatal, Ear, Oct.
Pallentin, Christian. Kunst, Siam, Dec.
1989 staff. Joseph Nechvatal, Los Angeles Times, March 10
Collins,Tricia & Milazzo, Richard. Hyperframes: A Post-Appropriation Discourse, Vol 1
Ehinger, Asa. Joseph malar med dator, Sydsvenskan, Lund
Frank, Peter. Pick of the Week, LA Weekly, April 7-13
French, David. Joseph Nechvatal, Artscene, March
Geer, Suvan. Joseph Nechvatal, L. A. Times, Dec. 1
Lovejoy, Margot. Postmodern Currents: Art and Artists in the Age of Electronic Media, UMI
Research
Kandel, Susan. Joseph Nechvatal, Arts
Marks, Ben. A Technology Under Control, Artweek, March
1988 Bromberg, Craig. The Collaborative Itch, ArtNews, Nov.
McCormick, Carlo. Joseph Nechvatal, Artforum, March
Miller, John. Joseph Nechvatal, Artscribe
Morgan, Robert C. Joseph Nechvatal, Arts, March
Sem-Sandberg, Steve. Vart Visuella Kaos (Our Visual Chaos), Svenska Dagladet, Dec.
Smith, Lawrence R. and Hagley, Doug. An Interview with Joseph Nechvatal, Caliban 5
Zellen, Jody. Joseph Nechvatal at Shoshana Wayne, Art Issues
1987 Hoog, Eckhard. Im Dschungel der Bilder Joseph Nechvatal im Aachener Kunstverein, Aachener
Volkszeitung, May
Levi, Corrado. Joseph Nechvatal, Cover, Feb.
Lottmann, Joachim. Documenta-Eindrucke von der Eroffnung, Wolkenkratzer Art Journal
Malsch, Friedemann. Joseph Nechvatal Galerie Anna Friebe, Kunstforum, Jan.
Siffrin-Peters, Annette. Gewirr aus feinen Linien, Documenta-Teilnehmer
Joseph Nechvatal vorab in Aachen zu sehen, Aachener Nachrichten, May
1986 Collins, Tricia and Milazzo, Richard. New York, NY: Tropical Codes, Kunstforum, March
Collins, Tricia and Milazzo, Richard. Joseph Nechvatal: Grace Under Pressure, Differentia
McCormick, Carlo. Joseph Nechvatal, Unsound Magazine, Vol.3 No.1
Larson, Kay. The Flash of Truth, New York, NY Magazine, Oct.
Levin, Kim. Artwalk, Village Voice, Oct.
Levin, Kim. Joseph Nechvatal, The Village Voice, Oct
Morlung, Ursula. Pollock als Vorbild: Joseph Nechvatal in der Galerie Anna Friebe, Külner Stadt
Oct
Raab, Jörgen. Humanisierung der Technik: Joseph Nechvatal bei Anna Friebe, Külner Illustrierte, Nov.
1985 Collins, Tricia and Milazzo, Richard. The New Sleep: Stasis and the Image-Bound Environment,
Art Journal
Crary, Jonathan. Joseph Nechvatal at Brooke Alexander, Art in America, Jan.
Moore, Alan and Miler, Marc. ABC No Rio Dinero: The Story of a Lower East Side Art Gallery,
Published by ABC No Rio with Collaborative Projects Inc. New York, NY
Pincus-Witten, Robert. The New Irascibles, Arts, Sept.
Raynor, Vivian. Joseph Nechvatal, The New York, NY Times, Oct.
1984 Brooks, Rosetta. Interview-Rhys Chatham & Joseph Nechvatal, ZG
Cotter, Holland, Joseph Nechvatal, Arts, Nov.
Deak, Edit. The Critic Sees through the Cabbage Patch, Artforum, April
Fisher, Jean. Joseph Nechvatal, Artforum, Jan.
Glueck, Grace. Joseph Nechvatal, The New York, NY Times, Sept.
Jones, Ronald. Joseph Nechvatal, Arts, Dec.
Kleyn, Robert, The Shadow Reflected, ZG
Kleyn, Robert, Protective Mimicry, Vanquard, March
Kuspit, Donald. Joseph Nechvatal, Artforum, Dec.
Masheck, Joseph. Smart Art, Published by Willis, Locker & Owens, New York, NY
Robinson, Walter and McCormick, Carlo. Slouching Toward Avenue D, Art in America
1983 Fine, Kimberly. Joseph Nechvatal, East Village Eye, Oct. 15
Levin, Kim. Shock of the Old, Village Voice, Sep. 27
Levin, Kim. Joseph Nechvatal / Not Vital / Robin Weglinski, The Village Voice, May
McCormick, Carlo. Joseph Nechvatal, New York, NY Beat, Dec.
1982 Lawson, Thomas. Joseph Nechvatal (The Kitchen), Artforum, April
Raynor, Vivian. The Automatic Salon, The New York, NY Times, June
Russell, John. Inaugural Show-Jack Tilton Gallery, The New York, NY Times, Oct. 7
Selected publications
2020
Stéphanie Lemoine, Imaginaires du virus, Le Journal des Arts, May 12th issue Kenneth Goldsmith, Duchamp Is My Lawyer: The Polemics, Pragmatics, and Poetics of UbuWeb, Columbia University Press, New York, p. 243
Bradley Rubenstein, Press Eject and Give Me the Tape: Dialogues, Interviews and Exchanges 2001-2020,
J. Nechvatal Interview with Taney Roniger & Bradley Rubenstein, Meridian Art Publishing, pp. 42-52
2018
Paul Crowther, Digital Art: Aesthetic Creation, Routledge, London & New York, pp.130 – 134 (2 images)
Gary Indiana, Vile Days: The Village Voice Art Columns 1985–1988, edited by Bruce Hainley, Semiotext(e) pp. 200 & 237
Matthias Mayer, The Real Estate Show: Extended Berlin, Kunstpunkt Berlin, 1 image
Florian Balotescu, Spatiul Poetic, Editura Tracus Arte, pp. 409,479-478,501 & image on the book cover
2015
Max Schumann (ed.), A Book About Colab (and Related Activities) Printed Matter, Inc, pp. 101 (on my Free Speech: Performance Art Festival), 153, 161 (3 video images), 172 (full page text by Nechvatal on Colab), 175 (full page image), 207 (image bottom left), 214 (2 images top of the page), 229 (in top photo, second to the right)
Thyrza Goodeve, The Migrant as Conscientous Objector: Joseph Nechvatal Interview, December/January 2015-2016,The Brooklyn Rail, pp. 14,15,16
Taney Roniger, Infected Paintings as an Allegory of Migration, Hyperallergic.com December 7, 2015
Alex Woolf, The Impact of Technology in Art, Heinemann Press, ISBN-10: 1484626400, pp 12-13
GianCarlo Pagliasso, Il deficit estetico nell'arte contemporanea. Un'analisi critica della forma-merce figurativa nel XXI secolo, Marcovalerio (collana Saggi) p.108
2014
Charlene Spretnak, The Spiritual Dynamic in Modern Art : Art History Reconsidered, 1800 to the Present, Palgrave Macmillan, p. 135, image #13
Marie-Laure Ryan, Lori Emerson, and Benjamin J. Robertson (eds), The Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media, Johns Hopkins University Press, p.501
GianCarlo Pagliasso, Cosmo e Virus: Joseph Nechvatal a Parigi, Zeta rivista internationale de poesia e ricerche, December 2014, page 3 (full page with 3 reproductions)
2013
Richard Milazzo, Introduction, Peter Halley, Selected Essays 1981-2001, Edgewise Press, NY, 2013, pp. 34-35
Patrick Lichty, Variant Analyses: Interrogations of New Media Art and Culture, Amsterdam, pp. 5, 83, 166
2012
Michael Bird, 100 Ideas that Changed Art, Laurence King Publishing Limited. 2012, pp. 198-199, reproduction of the painting Orgiastic abattOir : flawless ignudiO
Douglas Dreishpoon, Louis Grachos & Heather Pesanti,, Decade: Contemporary Collecting 2002-2012, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, 2012, p. 382, reproduction of two drawings from 1984
Thomas Bey William Bailey, Unofficial Release: Self-Released And Handmade Audio In Post-Industrial Society, Belsona Books Ltd., pp. 88-89, 2012
GianCarlo Pagliasso, nOise anusmOs, Verso #81 (Traduit de l'italien par Gérard-Georges Lemaire)
Jamie Allen, Book review of Joseph Nechvatal’s Immersion Into Noise, continent.2.1
The Lookout: Joseph Nechvatal at Galerie Richard, Art in America Staff, April 2012, Art in America
2011
Dominique Moulon, Art contemporain nouveaux médias, éditions Scala, 2011, p. 108
Gwen Allen, Artists' Magazines: An Alternative Space for Art', The MIT Press, 2011, p. 304
2010
Manuela de Barros, Noisy Viral Threat : Joseph Nechvatal: Review of Art rétinal revisité: histoire de l’oeil Published in Digitalarti Mag #4 October 2010
2009
Edward A. Shanken, Art and Electronic Media. London: Phaidon, pp. 42, 285, 160
Corrado Levi, È andata così: Cronaca e critica dell'arte 1970-2008, Joseph Nechvatal intervistato nel suo studio a New York (1985-86), pp. 130-135
2008
Marie-Paule Nègre, Des artistes en leur monde, volume 2, la Gazette de l'Hotel Drout, pp. 82–83
John Johnston, The Allure of Machinic Life: Cybernetics, Artificial Life, and the New AI, MIT Press, cover
The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, National Gallery of Art, pp. 191 & 227
2007
Ebon Fisher, Wigglism, Leonardo, Vol. 40, Number I, p 40, color image p. 43
Dominique Moulon, Conférence Report : Media Art in France, Un Point d'Actu, L'Art Numerique, pp. 124–125
2006
Frank Popper, From Technological to Virtual Art, MIT Press, pp. 120-123
Bruce Wands, Art in the Digital Age, Thames & Hudson Ltd, p. 65
Brandon Taylorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collage, Thames & Hudson Ltd, p. 221
Donald Kuspit, Arte Digital y Videoarte, Circulo de Bellas Artes Madrid, p. 33-35, color illustrations 2,3& 4
Dennis Michael Jon & Kristin Makholm, Vermillion Editions Limited: A History and Catalogue 1977-1992, pp. 186-187, illustrations of Nechvatal prints The Sex Prayers (1985) p. 86 & Push (1985-93) p. 87, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Maximillien de Lafayette,United States and the World Face to Face: America's Best and Worst
2005
Joline Blais and Jon Ippolito, The Edge of Art,Thames & Hudson Ltd, p. 213
Mario Costa, Phenomenology of New Tech Arts, Artmedia, Salerno, p. 6 & pp. 36 – 38
Ken Reingold, Interactive Electronics for Artists and Inventors
Donald Kuspit, The Matrix of Sensations, artnet web magazine,
http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/kuspit/kuspit8-5-05.asp
2004
Christine Buci-Glucksmann,L’art à l’époque virtuel, in Frontières esthétiques de l’art, Arts 8, Paris: L’Harmattan
Henri-François Debailleux, Peinture. Les travaux de Joseph Nechvatal exposés à Paris, 27 octobre 2004, Liberation
Brandon Taylor on Joseph Nechvatal in the book Collage, Thames & Hudson Ltd, p. 221
Dominique Moulon, L'art numérique: spectateur-acteur et vie artificielle, Les images numériques #47-48, pp. 124–125
John Reed “Joseph Nechvatal” Artforum Web 3-2004 Critc’s Picks
Alan Liu on Joseph Nechvatal in the book The Laws of Cool, Chicago Press, pp. 331-336 & 485-486
Évelyne Rogue “Interview with Joseph Nechvatal” artcogitans.com (defunct site) now pdf archived at Internet Archive Org
Évelyne Rogue, Monographie sur CD de Joseph Nechvatal
Suzanne Anker on Joseph Nechvatal in “reprotech” catalogue
2003
Joe Lewis “vOluptuary: an algorithmic hermaphornology” March issue Art in America
Christiane Paul on Joseph Nechvatal in Digital Art (Thames & Hudson) 2003, pp. 57-58
Rachel Greene on Joseph Nechvatal, March 26th Rhizome
David M. Roth ‘Postfesh’ Artweek April 2003
Sarah Maline on Joseph Nechvatal in “ polyALTERITY” UMF catalogue
2002
Robert C. Morgan “vOluptuary: an algorithic hermaphornology” Tema Celeste Magazine #93 (p. 94) Fall
Ken Johnson, “Joseph Nechvatal” Art Guide, New York Times, June 7
Barbara Weidle “Computer paintings” Artnet
Nanette Wylde Regarding a Digital Aesthetic: Speculation in Context
Kevin Haas on Joseph Nechvatal at http://www.accumulated.org/sgc.html
Margot Lovejoy on Joseph Nechvatal in "Postmodern Currents: Art and Artists in the Age of Electronic Media” Prentice Hall Press
Ellen Levy on Joseph Nechvatal in “Responses” Art Journal Spring 2001
2000
Robert C. Morgan, “Joseph Nechvatal at Universal Concepts Unlimited” NY Arts Magazine, Dec.Issue, p.69
David Ebony, “Joseph Nechvatal at Universal Concepts Unlimited” Artnet Magazine - http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/reviews/ebony/ebony(3)11-22-00.asp
Joy Garnett, “Newsgrist's Top 3: Nechvatal, Held, Ritchie” Newsgrist, Volume 1, no. 51 (2000)
Robert C. Morgan, “Digital Hybrids” pp. 75-76, in Art Press #255 (March)
1999
John Johnston, "Machinic Vision” p.39, in Critical Inquiry, Vol. 26, No. 1
Richard Krueger, Digital Hybrids Catalogue, p. 5,Youngstown
Paul D. Miller, The Techno-Digita Sublime, Artbyte, Sept/Oct
1996
Wayne Enstice & Melody Peters, Drawing: Space, Form, & Expression, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, pp.312-313
Jay Murphy, "Joseph Nechvatal” Galeries Magazine
staff, "Bilder Zwischen Kulturwert und Schaulust" Kunstmarket Koln
staff, "Joseph Nechvatal: Computervirussen” Aalst Press
1995
staff, "Art Enters The Digital Age” Art News, Sept/Oct
staff, "Joseph Nechvatal's Virus Developement” Cause Toujours #2, Mai
staff, "Joseph Nechvatal” CD-Media, Juin
Cécile Ambert, "Virus Project” Nov Art, Juin,
Annick Hémery, Le Clone Du Trim, Joseph Nechvatal, Clone Mai,
staff. "Joseph Nechvatal” Liberation (March 24)
Picard, Gilles-Francois "Les Mysteres de l'art Fractal” La Gazette No II (17 Mars)
1994
staff. "Computer Virus Project” Bomb (Winter)
staff, "Joseph Nechvatal” Gazet Van Antwerpen
staff, "Joseph Nechvatal; Computerbilder” Kunst Munich
Annik Hémery, “Joseph Nechvatal sur les traces de Pasteur” Imaginet
1993
Morgan, Robert C. “Nechvatal’s Visionary Computer Virus” In Gruson, L. ed. 1993. Joseph Nechvatal: Computer Virus Project. Arc-et-Senans: Fondation Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, pp. 8-15
staff. "Digital Diseases” Details (November)
staff. "Joseph Nechvatal, l'art sur ordinateur” Le Progress (August)
Conde, Susan "La Fractalité dans l'Art" (June)
Morgan, Robert C. "Joseph Nechvatal: Lamentations of the Soul" After the Deluge book)
Pagel, David "Techno Domination” Los Angeles Times (September)
Gruson, L. “A Case of Contamination” In Gruson, L. ed. 1993. Joseph Nechvatal: Computer Virus Project. Arc-et-Senans: Fondation Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, pp. 6-7
1992
Andre, Michael "Joseph Nechvatal” Cover (April)
Hagen, Charles "A Show of Five Artists Who Use the Look of Photo Reproduction” The New York, NY Times (May 18)
Pocock, Philip "Interview with Joseph Nechvatal” Journal of Contemporary Art (Fall)
Frank, Peter "Art Pick of the Week” LA Weekly (March 22-28)
Mennetrier, J.L. "Joseph Nechvatal nouveau ' locataire' de la residence d'artiste” La Voit du Jura (September)
Tonkinson, Carole "Footloose” Elle Magazine (May)
1991
Crockett, Tobey "I, Robot James Rosenquist and Joseph Nechvatal” Village View, L.A. (March 1)
1990
Amine, Patrick "Joseph Nechvatal, Galerie Antoine Candau” Art Press
Borum, Jenifer P. "Joseph Nechvatal” Artforum (October)
Cyphers, Peggy "Joseph Nechvatal” Arts (September)
Engelhorn, Patrizia "Landspace of Points” Prinz Magazine (November)
Groome, Carle VP. "Ex Statis by Joseph Nechvatal” Ear (October)
Pallentin, Christian "Kunst” Siam (December)
Steinlechner, Carin "Joseph Nechvatal” Donnerstag (October)
1989
staff "Joseph Nechvatal” Los Angeles Times (March 10)
Collins,Tricia & Milazzo, Richard "Hyperframes: A Post-Appropriation Discourse” Vol 1
Ehinger, Asa "Joseph malar med dator” Sydsvenskan, Lund
Frank, Peter "Pick of the Week” LA Weekly (April 7-13)
French, David "Joseph Nechvatal” Artscene (March)
Geer, Suvan "Joseph Nechvatal” L. A. Times, (December 15)
Lovejoy, Margot "Postmodern Currents : Art and Artists in the Age of Electronic Media” UMI Research
Kandel, Susan "Joseph Nechvatal” Arts (Summer)
Marks, Ben "A Technology Under Control” Artweek (March)
1988
Bromberg, Craig "The Collaborative Itch” ArtNews (November)
McCormick, Carlo "Joseph Nechvatal” Artforum (March)
Miller, John "Joseph Nechvatal” Artscribe (Summer)
Morgan, Robert C. "Joseph Nechvatal” Arts (March)
Sem-Sandberg, Steve "Vart Visuella Kaos" (Our Visual Chaos) Svenska Dagladet (December 2)
Smith, Lawrence R.- and Hagley, Doug "An Interview with Joseph Nechvatal” Caliban 5
Zellen, Jody "Joseph Nechvatal at Shoshana Wayne” Art Issues (Summer)
1987
Hoog, Eckhard "Im Dschungel der Bilder Joseph Nechvatal im Aachener
Kunstverein” Aachener Volkszeitung (May 22)
Levi, Corrado "Joseph Nechvatal” Cover (February)
Lottmann, Joachim "Documenta-Eindr¸cke von der Erroffnung" Wolkenkratzer Art Journal (summer)
Malsch, Friedemann "Joseph Nechvatal Galerie Anna Friebe" Kunstforum (January)
Siffrin-Peters, Annette. Gewirr aus feinen Linien. Documenta-Teilnehmer
Joseph Nechvatal vorab in Aachen zu sehen, Aachener Nachrichten (May 22)
1986
Collins, Tricia and Milazzo, Richard "New York, NY: Tropical Codes” Kunstforum (March)
Rockwell, John, “Where Avant-Garde Meets Rock-and-Roll, Music Flourishes” New York Times (July 27)
Palmer, Robert “The Names May Change, But the Beat Goes On” New York Times (June 19th)
Collins, Tricia and Milazzo, Richard "Joseph Nechvatal: Grace Under Pressure” Differentia (Fall)
McCormick, Carlo " Joseph Nechvatal” Unsound Magazine (Vol.3 No.1)
Larson, Kay "The Flash of Truth” New York, NY Magazine" (October 27)
Levin, Kim "Artwalk” Village Voice (October 21)
Levin, Kim "Joseph Nechvatal" The Village Voice (October 14)
Morlung, Ursula "Pollock als Vorbild: Joseph Nechvatal in der Galerie Anna Friebe” Kölner Stadt (Oct.24)
Raab, Jörgen "Humanisierung der Technik: Joseph Nechvatal bei Anna Friebe” Külner Illustrierte (Nov)
1985
Collins, Tricia and Milazzo, Richard "The New Sleep: Stasis and the Image-Bound Environment” Art Journal (Fall)
Crary, Jonathan "Joseph Nechvatal at Brooke Alexander”Art in America (January)
Moore, Alan and Miler, Marc "ABC No Rio Dinero: The Story of a Lower East Side Art Gallery” Published by ABC No Rio with Collaborative Projects Inc. New York, NY
Pincus-Witten, Robert "The New Irascibles” Arts (September)
Raynor, Vivian "Joseph Nechvatal” The New York, NY Times (October 18)
1984
Brooks, Rosetta "Interview-Rhys Chatham & Joseph Nechvatal” ZG, (#12 Fall)
Cotter, Holland "Joseph Nechvatal” Arts (November)
Deak, Edit "The Critic Sees through the Cabbage Patch” Artforum, (April)
Fisher, Jean "Joseph Nechvatal” Artforum, (January)
Glueck, Grace "Joseph Nechvatal” The New York, NY Times (September 21)
Jones, Ronald "Joseph Nechvatal” Arts (December)
Kleyn, Robert "The Shadow Reflected” ZG (#12 Fall)
Kleyn, Robert "Protective Mimicry” Vanquard (March)
Kuspit, Donald "Joseph Nechvatal” Artforum (December)
Masheck, Joseph Smart Art, Published by Willis, Locker & Owens, New York, NY
Robinson, Walter and McCormick, Carlo "Slouching Toward Avenue D” Art in America (Summer)
Iackson, Isaac “Messages” Folio, (February) p. 14
1983
Fine, Kimberly "Joseph Nechvatal East Village Eye (October15)
Levin, Kim " Shock of the Old” Village Voice (September 27)
Levin, Kim "Joseph Nechvatal / Not Vital / Robin Weglinski” The Village Voice (May 17)
McCormick, Carlo "Joseph Nechvatal” New York, NY Beat (December)
1982
Lawson, Thomas "Joseph Nechvatal (The Kitchen)” Artforum (April)
Raynor, Vivian "The Automatic Salon” The New York, NY Times (June 18)
Russell, John "Inaugural Show-Jack Tilton Gallery” The New York, NY Times (October 7)
Public and Private Collections
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Jubitz Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
artothek: Raum für junge Kunst, Köln, Germany
The Schyl Foundation, Malmo Konsthall, Sweden
The Olsson Art Collection, Stockholm, Sweden
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY, USA
Moderna Muset, Stockholm, Sweden
New Mexico Museum of Art, Museum of New Mexico, Santee Fe, New Mexico, USA
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, USA
Musée Leon Dierx, La Reunion, France
Frac Franche-Comté, France
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Saline Royale, Arc-et-Senans, France
Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Musée de Dole, Dole, France
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine, USA
Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA
The Municipal Museum of Art, Györ, Hungary
Robert Shiffler Foundation, Greenville Ohio, USA
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, USA
Malmö Konsthall, Sweden
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
University of Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
Academy Art Museum, Easton, Maryland, USA
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
South Dakota Art Museum, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, USA (image reproduced in The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, National Gallery of
Art, 2008, p. 191)
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA
Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana, USA
Marjorie Barrick Museum, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota, USA
Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio, USA
Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, Wyoming, USA (image reproduced in The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, National Gallery of Art, 2008, p. 227)