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PUBLIC PROJECTS AND INSTALLATIONS
(Paint on wall, dimensions variable unless otherwise noted)

“Soundtrack,” 2023, 6-part wall painting, Kay Rosen: Now and Then, Weserburg Museum for Modern Art, 2023-2024
“Short Story,” 1993/2023, wall painting Kay Rosen: Now and Then, Weserburg Museum for Modern Art, 2023-2024
“Something Happened,” 2016/2023, wall painting Kay Rosen: Now and Then, Weserburg Museum for Modern Art, 2023-2024
“The Shortest Distance,” 2000/2023, “Kay Rosen: Free Food (for thought),” pastel, snap line, chalk, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
“The Shortest Distance,” 2000/2023, detail
“The Shortest Distance,” 2000/2023, detail, snap line
“Pendulum,” 2003/2023, “Kay Rosen: Free Food (for thought),” Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
“Queue Up,” 2021, Kay Rosen: New Work 2020-2021, Sikkema Jenkins & Co, New York City
SORRY, 2021, a temporary commission for the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
“Black & Blue,” 2020, “Kay Rosen: 202020…,” Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
“Brown v.,” 2020, “Kay Rosen: 202020…,” Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas

“Big Talk,” 1985/2017, Kay Rosen: Jumbo Mumbo, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
“Removal from Office,” 2008/2017, Kay Rosen: Jumbo Mumbo, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
“H is for House,” 2017, Kay Rosen: H Is for House, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut
“H is for House,” 2017, Kay Rosen: H Is for House, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut
“Various Strata,” 1985/2018, This Brush For Hire: Norm Laich and Other Artists, ICA Los Angeles, Curated by Meg Cranston and John Baldessari
“(T)here to (T)here”, November, 2016, video collaboration with choreographer Liz Gerring, Lincoln Center White Lights Festival, Barishnikov Arts Center, New York City (photos by Miguel Anaya)

“Steps,” 2014/2016, Kay Rosen: Baroken, PPC Contemporary, Frankfurt, Germany
“AIDS, On Going, Going On,” Radiant Presence, projection by Visual AIDS, December 1, 2015, New York City
“This Means War…”, 2015, billboard, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
“This Means War…”, 2015, Mini/Goethe-Institut Curatorial Residencies Ludlow 38, New York City
“This Means War!” Multiple billboard sites Bremen, Germany, as part of Kay Rosen: Now and Then, Weserburg Museum for Modern Art, 2023-2024
“Map of the World: Yours Ours,” 2014, latex paint on wall, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
“Map of the World: Area of Detail”
“Map of the World: Area of Detail”
“Monuments,” 2014/2023, paint on wall, Kay Rosen: Now and Then, Weserburg Museum for Modern Art, Bremen, Germany, 2023-2024
“Divisibility,” 1987/2013, For the Time Being: Wall Paintings, Painted Walls, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany
“Wanderful!” 2013, For the Time Being: Wall Paintings, Painted Walls, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany
“Wanderful!” 2014, I Was a Double, Tang Museum at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
“Sheep in Wolf's Clothing,” 1987/2013, Semicolon, Hyphen, Bracket, MKG127 Gallery, Toronto, Canada
“Constructed Landscape (Winter)”, 2013/2019, Kay Rosen: The Gravity of Language, Osmos Station, Stamford, NY
“Constructed Landscape (Winter)”, 2013, One Wall One Work, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston
"Between a Rock and a Hard Place," 2012, The Art Institute of Chicago (collection)
"Unconstructed (Home)," 2012, Don't Smile, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
"Kiss On the Cheek," 2012, Kay Rosen: Wide and Deep, Sikkema Jenkins & Co, New York City
"Wild Blue Yonder," 2012, text banner pulled by airplane, Plane Text, Art Basel Miami Beach
"Construction Zone," 2012-13, onsite construction project, Aspen Art Museum, latex paint on covered sidewalk structure
“Deep Beep,” 2011, Debuilding, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu (structure above underground museum parking garage), Christchurch, New Zealand
“Yours/Ours,” 2010, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (collection)
“Go Do Good,” 2011, latex paint on brick wall, Art Loop 2011, State and Washington Streets, Chicago
“Manana Man,” 2011, Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
“Tent,” 2009/2011, In Other Words, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, University College Cork, Ireland
“Tent,” 2009/2010, Kay Rosen: Black and White and Read All Over, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston
“Intersection,” 2009, Kay Rosen: You and Your Landscapes!, Klosterfelde, Berlin
“Intersection,” 2009, Kay Rosen: You and Your Landscapes!, Klosterfelde, Berlin
“Exterior, Interior,” 2006/2008, Klosterfelde, Berlin
“Removal From Office,” 2008, Kay Rosen: Scareful!, Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York
“Justified,” 2008, Kay Rosen: Scareful!, Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York
“Seascape,” 2008, Kay Rosen: Huen, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
“063” (recto and verso), In the Beginning: Artists Respond to Genesis, 2008, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, photo: Sibila Savage
“Read Lips,” 1985/2007, Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris
“New Orleans 2005,” 2008, billboard, Prospect 1 Biennnial, New Orleans
“New Orleans 2005,” 2006, Kay Rosen: Wall Paintings and Drawings 2002-2006, Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York
“I Wish I Knew My Neighbor Better,” 2006, Kay Rosen: Wall Paintings and Drawings 2002-2006, Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York
“Phantom Limb,” 1993/2011, In Other Words, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, University College Cork, Ireland
“Phantom Limb,” 1993/2006, Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris
“Pendulum,” 2003/2010, Kay Rosen: Black & White and Read All Over, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston
“Never Odd Or Even,” 2005, Permanent Installation, Indianapolis Museum of Art; Detail
“Halfull,” 2004, Kay Rosen: Halfull, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara
“Yellowish/Reddish,” 2004, Kay Rosen: Halfull, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara
“Blurred,” Kay Rosen: Halfull, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, Photo: Tony Mastres
“Blurred,” 2004/2005, Kay Rosen: (No) Comment, Klosterfelde, Berlin
“Blurred,” 2004/2015, “Color Wheel,” (collection) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
“Star-Spangled,” 2000, Whitney Biennial
Drawing, “Signs and Sound of Music”
“Sight and Sound of Music,” 2001, Game Show, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MOCA), North Adams, Massachusetts
“Go Miami/Amigo Miami,” 2002, banner, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Beach, Florida
“The Shortest Distance,” 2000, pastel, chalkline on wall, Ten In One Gallery, New York
“HI.” 1997/2023, permanent installation Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
“Hi,” 1997/2012, Girl Talk: Women and Text, Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh
“Hi,” 1997/1998, Highway billboard, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
“Hi,” 1997/1998-1999, Kay Rosen: Lifeli[k]e, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles
“She-Man,” 1996/2004; “Hi,” 1997/2004, installation view, Kay Rosen: Big Talk, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
“Linger Longer,” 1999, Points of Departure: Art on the Line, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania train station
“Leak,” 1997/2017, Griffin Court, Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago
“Leak,” 1997, Galerie Michael Cosar, Dusseldorf, Germany
Kay Rosen: Lifeli[k]e, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art and Otis College of Art and Design, 1998-1999
“Various Strata,” 1996/1998-99
“9/10,” 1993/1999
“The Forest for the Trees,” 1990/1998-1999
Installation view: “Phantom Limb,” 1993/1998-1999; "The Ed Paintings," 1988
Installation view: publications and ephemera
"Big Talk," 1985/1998-1999;
"No Noose Is Good Noose," 1983-1984
“She-Man,” 1996, Private Collection, Chicago
“She-Man,” Matt Keegan and Kay Rosen: A Traveling Show, Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, 2016
“Elvis, Elvis,” 1994, Kay Rosen: Home on the Range, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
“Silence License,” 1995, Permanent installation, Chicago Public Library Mabel Manning Branch, east and west views
“AIDS,” 1990, Art Against AIDS on the Road, 50 bus tailgate posters, Chicago
“Border Piece,” 1984, Matt Keegan and Kay Rosen: A Traveling Show, Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, 2016
“Border Piece,” 1984, sign paint on wood panels, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York

PAINTINGS (enamel sign paint on canvas unless otherwise noted)

“Two Left Feet,” 2020, 34-1/2" x 24"
“Unsung,” 2020 13" x 18"
“Edges,” 2021,19" x 20"
“Decor,” 2021, 16" x 22"
“Echo,” 2014, 40" x 30"
“Head Over Heels,” 2016, acrylic paint on canvas, 36" x 24"
“Pivot,” 2016, acrylic paint on canvas, 36" x 24"
“Stilllife with Blue Table (Earthquake),” 2006/2015, 26-1/2" x 22-1/2"
“Murder Scene,” 2014, 22-1/2" x 30-1/4"
“Belted,” 2008, enamel paint, canvas, 18-1/8" x 17"
“Overbite,” 2008, enamel paint, canvas, 15" x 25"
“E. Rigby,” 2012, 21-3/4" x 26"
“Three Ships Passing In the Night,” 2009, 17-1/8" x 18-1/4"
“Skeleton Key,” 2006, 13" x 22-1/2"
“In the Rain,” 2002, 18-3/4" x 29"
“Little Statuette,” 1990, 20" x 21"
“Tidbit,” 1991, 7-1/2" x 18"
“Tricknees,” 1993, 22-3/4" x 22-1/2"
“Still Life,” 1993, 17-5/8" x 23-1/8"
“Tide,” 1994, 25" x 33-1/2"
“Elvis,” 1994, 8" x 10"
Ten Paintings, 1988, each 16" X 10", Installation view, Art Institute of Chicago, 2011
“Torsos Rot”
“The River”
“Sic, [sic], Sick”
“The Ed Paintings” (“Surprise,” “Technical Difficulties,” “Spit-it It Out,” “Blanks,” “ExEd”), 1988, each panel 32" x 20"
Detail, “Sp-spit it Out”
“Jarred,” 1986, 14" x 11" x 1-1/2"
“John Wilkes Booth,” 1987, 20" x 20"
“Edgar Degas,” 1987, 2 panels each 10" x 10" x 2-3/4"
“Go On Goon,” 1987, 4 panels, each 10" x 10" x 1-3/4"
“Without Saint Saens,” 1989, 10" x 10"

WORKS ON PAPER

Installation view, “Kay Rosen: Free Food (for thought),” Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
Detail, “Fig In a Frig,” 2021, colored pencil, paper, 12" x 18"
Detail, “Uneven,” 2021, colored pencil, paper, 12" x 18"
Detail, “Stay Away,” 2021, colored pencil, paper, 12" x 18"
“Prismism,“ 2020, acrylic gouache, watercolor paper, 22-1/2" x 30"
“I’m Green,” 2021, acrylic gouache, paper, 16" x 18"
“Leaning Tower (El Torre de Cuatro Pisos),“ 2021, acrylic gouache, paper, 22" x 30"
“The Hinge Thing,” 2020, acrylic gouache, paper, 21-1/2" X 22-1/4"
“An Ex-Texan,” 2021, acrylic gouache, paper, 30" x 22"
“Fucking Kings,“ 2020, acrylic gouache on Arches rough watercolor paper, 26-5/8 x18"
“What Women Want,“ 2020, acrylic gouache on Arches rough watercolor paper, 26 x 18" “SOB,” 2020, 12 x 18", colored pencil, paper
“Spring,” 2020, acrylic gouache on Arches rough watercolor paper, 13-1/4 x18-1/2"
“I Love Yellow,” “Ding Dong” “Better Days,” “Ever, Never Land,”Angered and Deranged,” all 2017-2019, various dimensions, Acryla Gouache on rough watercolor paper
“Did Ya Hear About the Pig Who Walked Into a Door?,” “Love For Three Oranges ” and “Three-Cornered Hat,” “Trickle Down,” “Something Happened,” “Even Steven,” “Ledge,” all 2015-2016, 22-1/2" x 15," acrylic gouache on rough watercolor paper
“Risk,” “Marooned,”” “Backtrack,“ All works 2013-2014, 22-1/2" x 30," acrylic gouache on rough watercolor paper
“Mayhem,” 2012, 21-3/4" x 15", acrylic gouache on paper
“Africa and Asia,” 2012, 20-1/2" x 19", acrylic gouache on paper
“Bacon Club, Pancakes and Syrup,” 2012, 22-1/2" x 30", acrylic gouache on paper
“Sundress and Sandals,” 2012, 20-1/2" x 20", acrylic gouache on paper
“Tumult,” 2012, 20-1/2" x 15", acrylic gouache on paper
“Stream of Consciousness,” 2012, 20-1/2" x 15", pencil on paper
“Debt Collector,” 1998, ink, gold paint on paper
“Room TA,” from “Room Series” (10), 2001, 30-1/4" x 22-1/2", latex and Japan colors on paper
“Shelf,” from “Room Series” (10), 2001, 30-1/4" x 22-1/2", latex and Japan colors on paper
“Oil Shtick,” 2002, 8" x 10", oil stick on board
“Dialogue,” 2003, 17-1/4" x 17-1/2", colored pencil, paper
“Spare Parts,” 2004, 18" x 30", colored pencil, paper
“Migration,” 2005, 18-1/8" x 20", colored pencil, paper
“Taking Charge,” 2005, 15" x 22-1/4", colored pencil, paper
“Summer,” 2005, 17-3/4" x 22-1/4", colored pencil, paper
“Two Sentences,” 1985, paint on photocopy, 2 panels, each 17" x 11"
“The Mexican Revolution,” 1986, paint on photocopy, 24" x 37"
“Classic Pairs II,” 1986, paint on photocopy, 23" x 24"
“Bam Boo,” 1985, paint, museum board, bamboo frames, overall dimensions 18" x 60"
“1984 Grid,” paint, museum board, overall dmensions 48" x 72"

FOUND

“On Top of Old Smokie (Olive Grove, Red Maple, Nomad's Trail, Buffalo Grass on top of Great Smokie Mountain),” from Kay Rosen: Collages 1999-2002, The Drawing Center, New York
“On Top of Old Smokie," Detail
“On Top of Old Smokie,” 2015, Over and Under, Sikkema Jenkins & Co, New York
“Mud Hut between Willow Tree and Apple Tree beside Rocky Road separated by Hedgerow from Copper Canyon,” 2011, latex house paint on wall, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
“Setting Plaster under Borrowed Light,” 2011, latex house paint on wall, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
“Four Seasons,” The Suburban, Oak Park, IL, 2004
“Trieste,” 2002, 7" x 10-3/4" x 3/4"
“Cowboy Nation,” 2012, 13-3/4" x 14-1/2"
“Filmore Space,” 2000, 12-1/2" x 8"
“Under and Overcooked,” 2004, 6" x 7-1/2"
“Bagged,” 2008, 14-1/2" 11-1/2" x 7-1/2"
“Like Trees, ” 2004, 10-1/8" x 14-1/8" x 1/2"
Installation view: Picturing the Studio, 2009, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Installation view: Kay Rosen,; Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago
Installation view: Kay Rosen: Collages 1999-2002, 2002, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Installation view: Kay Rosen: Collages 1999-2002, 2002, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Installation view: Kay Rosen: Halfull, 2004, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara
Detail-vitrine, Matt Keegan and Kay Rosen: A Traveling Show, Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, 2016

EDITIONS

“Two Figures,” 2020, Poster for “We Fight To Build a Free World: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz,” The Jewish Museum, New York City
“Palimpsest,” 1991/2023, paint on wall, Kay Rosen: Now and Then, Weserburg Museum for Modern Art, Bremen, Germany, 2023-2024
Installation view, Kay Rosen: Lists 1989-2021, Krakow Witkin Gallery, Boston (including “Palimpsest,” 1991/2020, wall painting)
“An American In Paris,” 2020, letterpress print, 13-5/8 x 10-1/2", edition 33 (Rene Schmitt)
Installation view with René Schmitt, Berlin: “Howdy Ma'am,” 15 silkscreen prints, “Between You, Me, and the Sea,” video, 48 min; 2019
“Between You, Me, and the Sea,” 2019, video, 48 minutes, detail
“Blue Monday,” 2015/2016, still from continuous loop DVD, Eine Ausstellung, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria (Barbara Krakow Gallery)
“Y,” 2014, painted bronze, 12" x 9-1/2" x 7/8" (Beyer Projects)
“Sweet Jesus,” 2012, stained glass, lead, wood, light box, 38-3/4" x 28-3/4" x 2-3/4" (Beyer Projects)
“Oh, Eau,” 1989/2023, paint on wall, Kay Rosen: Now and Then, Weserburg Museum for Modern Art, Bremen, Germany, 2023-2024
“Oh Eau,” 1989/2008, paint on wall (+ painting on canvas “Same”), “Kay Rosen:Scareful,” Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris
“Oh Eau,” 1989/2023, vinyl on window, “Worthersee-wortersee,” Kunstraum Lakeside, Klagenfurt, Austria, curated by Robin Waart
“IOU,” 2007/2017, letterpress print, 25" x 44" (Barbara Krakow Gallery)
“Spoof Proof,” 2012, serigraph, 22" x 21.5" (Paul + Wendy Projects)
“Pull Up a Chair,” 2007, silkscreen print, two panels each 9"x 12" (Dan Devening Projects)
“Seascape,” 2008, one-color screenprint with embossing and relief inking on Magnani litho (Ingleby Gallery)
“Cut Out,” 1993, lithograph, 12”x 15”
“Read Lips,” 1984/1993, silkscreen print, each panel 17" x 11" (Klosterfelde Edition)
“AIDS,” 1990/1999, handout from L.A. MoCA on World AIDS Day, 1999
“The Man,” 1991, etching, 25-1/2" x 19-1/2"
“The Man,” 1991/2019, vinyl text on wall, Sikkema Jenkins & Co, New York City
“Sisyphus,” 1991/2011, 7:30 video, Kay Rosen: Now and Then, Weserburg Museum for Modern Art, Bremen, Germany, 2023-2024
“Liszt,” 1990, one of four screen prints in “List Portfolio,” 30-1/8"x 22-1/2"
“In Lieu of Louis (1789-1870),” 1989/1996, silkscreen print, 13-5/8"x 16"

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