Ashley Bickerton

Biography

Ashley Bickerton was born in the West Indies in 1959. He studied at the California Institute of the Arts, graduating in 1982, and continued his education in the Whitney Museum Independent Studies Program in New York. Over the last twenty-five years Bickerton has exhibited extensively around the world and his artwork can be found in many museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art, The Guggenheim Museum, The Whitney Museum of American Art, all New York; The Tate Gallery, London and the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Currently his work may be seen in Fractured Figure: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection at the Deste Foundation in Athens, Greece and recently, he was included in The Incomplete at the Chelsea Art Museum and the East Village USA retrospective at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York. Bickerton was a seminal figure in the East Village scene in New York and one of the original members of the group of artists that came to be known as "Neo-Geo." He remains an influential figure with younger generations today and since 1993 Bickerton has taken up full-time residence on the island of Bali where he continues to work.
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Gallery Exhibitions

• Art 39 Basel, Hall 2.1 Booth F2 - June 4 - 8, 2008
• Ashley Bickerton, New Work 540 West 26th Street - March 20 - May 3, 2008
• The Armory Show 2008 - March 27 - 30, 2008
• Ashley Bickerton, LEHMANN MAUPIN + SONNABEND - May 6 - 26, 2006

Museum Exhibitions

• Art 39 Basel, Hall 2.1 Booth F2 - June 4 - 8, 2008
• Ashley Bickerton, New Work 540 West 26th Street - March 20 - May 3, 2008
• The Armory Show 2008 - March 27 - 30, 2008
• Ashley Bickerton, LEHMANN MAUPIN + SONNABEND - May 6 - 26, 2006

Selected Works

ASHLEY BICKERTON The Dream, 2008 acrylic and digital print on canvas in carved wood, coconut, mother of pearl and coin inlaid artist frame 72 x 86 x 7 inches 182.9 x 218.4 x 17.8 cm LM11266


ASHLEY BICKERTON Snake head Painting , 2008 acrylic, oil, digital print, mother of pearl and coconut on wood 36.61 x 30.71 x 1.97 inches 93 x 78 x 5 cm LM11343


ASHLEY BICKERTON Hammock No. 2, 2008 acrylic, oil, digital print, mother of pearl and coconut on wood 46 x 58 x 3.5 inches 116.8 x 147.3 x 8.9 cm LM11346


ASHLEY BICKERTON Single Snake Head , 2008 oil paint on bronze 35.04 x 6.69 x 27.95 inches 89 x 17 x 71 cm Edition 3 of 6 LM11447


ASHLEY BICKERTON Triple Snake Head , 2008 bronze 59 x 39 x 25 inches 149.9 x 99.1 x 63.5 cm Edition of 6


ASHLEY BICKERTON Yellow Canoe No. 2, 2008 acrylic, oil, digital print, mother of pearl and coconut on wood 46 x 58 x 3.5 inches 116.8 x 147.3 x 8.9 cm LM11374


ASHLEY BICKERTON The Best of Bickerton (floor version), 2008 printed floor dimensions variable Edition 1 of 1 LM10965


ASHLEY BICKERTON LH 17, 2007 oil and digital print on canvas in carved wood, coconut, mother of pearl and coin inlaid artist frame 80 x 72 x 7 inches 203.2 x 182.9 x 17.8 cm


ASHLEY BICKERTON Blue Bar, 2007 acrylic and digital print on canvas in carved wood, coconut, mother of pearl and coin inlaid artist frame 72 x 86 x 7 inches 182.9 x 218.4 x 17.8 cm LM10637


ASHLEY BICKERTON Famili, 2007 acrylic and digital print on canvas in carved wood, coconut, mother of pearl and coin inlaid artist frame 86 x 72 x 7 inches 218.4 x 182.9 x 17.8 cm


ASHLEY BICKERTON Yellow Canoe, 2006 acrylic and digital print on canvas in carved wood, coconut, mother of pearl and coin inlaid artist frame 72 x 86 x 7 inches 182.9 x 218.4 x 17.8 cm


Green Reflecting Head Version No. 2, 2006 printed paper 42 x 32 inches (paper) 106.7 x 81.3 cm Edition 2 of 15 LM9707


ASHLEY BICKERTON A.B. 20, 2006 embroidery on fabric 11.5 x 19 inches 29.2 x 48.3 cm 18.9 x 26.38 inches (framed) 48 x 67 cm LM9781


Green Reflecting Heads with Hula Girls No. 1, 2006 paper printed with silver ink 50 x 63 inches (paper) 127 x 160 cm LM9660


ASHLEY BICKERTON Snake Head No. 4, 2006 printed paper 23.5 x 19.5 inches (paper) 59.7 x 49.5 cm 26.5 x 22 inches (framed) 67.3 x 55.9 cm Edition of 15


ASHLEY BICKERTON Extradition with Fruit, 2006 c-print in mother of pearl inlaid artist frame 36.18 x 43.87 inches (paper) 92 x 111.5 cm 43.25 x 51.5 inches (framed) 110 x 130 cm Edition of 10 LM10684


Atoll Babe No. 1, 2006 printed paper 23 x 19 inches (paper) 58.4 x 48.3 cm Edition of 15 LM9717


ASHLEY BICKERTON A.B. 14, 2006 embroidery on fabric 11.5 x 19 inches 29.2 x 48.3 cm 18.9 x 26.38 inches (framed) 48 x 67 cm LM9775


ASHLEY BICKERTON Volcano No. 7, 2006 printed paper 32 x 45 inches (paper) 81.3 x 114.3 cm 38.75 x 51 inches (framed) 98.4 x 129.5 cm unique LM9697


ASHLEY BICKERTON Extradition with Palette, 2006 c-print in mother of pearl inlaid artist frame 36.18 x 43.87 inches (paper) 92 x 111.5 cm 43.25 x 51.5 inches (framed) 110 x 130 cm Edition 4 of 10 LM10028


ASHLEY BICKERTON Bismarck Archepelago Shark, 2002 rubber, leather, canvas, rope, coconuts, acrylic, PVC, Scope 113 x 37 x 27 inches 287 x 94 x 68.6 cm LM9889


ASHLEY BICKERTON Jack Blaylock, 2001 acrylic, aniline dye, oil, pencil and photographs on wood 72.05 x 96.06 x 13.39 inches 183 x 244 x 34 cm LM10506


ASHLEY BICKERTON Flight from Borneo to Sulawesi/ Ash's Atoll, 1993 resin, hydrostone, pigment, oil paint, aluminum fiberglass, foam, enamel paint 60 x 48 x 46.25 inches 152.4 x 121.9 x 117.5 cm LM10542


ASHLEY BICKERTON Rat Island Painting, 1993 mixed media 69 x 59 x 13 inches 175.3 x 149.9 x 33 cm LM10001


ASHLEY BICKERTON Abstract Painting for People 4 (Bad), 1987 lacquer and acrylic on polymer resin and plywood with anodised aluminum 68 x 48 x 15 inches 172.7 x 121.9 x 38.1 cm LM9869