Scott Reeder
Scott Reeder (b. 1970, Battle Creek, MI) is a multidisciplinary artist who uses deadpan humor and cultural critique to expose the absurdity of life.
Reeder draws from the traditions of still-life painting to project emotional affect and social relationships onto inanimate objects such as bread and butter, which he paints in brightly colored, cartoon-like settings. In his ongoing output of glazed, ceramic sculpture, Reeder presents an indexical array of ordinary and maligned objects, facsimiles from daily life that draw attention to consumer habits, desires and vices and are presented together without distinction. Reeder first became known for his text-based paintings and parodies of process painting, as well as for his feature-length improvised sci-fi film titled Moon Dust and his possibly ironic art fairs (The Milwaukee International and Dark Fair.)
Artist: Studio
Artworks
Scott Reeder,
Bread & Butter (Therapy),
2023,
Oil on canvas,
25 × 31 in (63.5 × 78.74 cm)
Scott Reeder,
Fruits dans la salle de bain,
2023,
Oil on canvas,
22 × 30 in (55.88 × 76.2 cm)
Scott Reeder,
Bread & Butter (Pool with Pink Palms),
2021,
Oil on canvas,
22 × 36 in (55.88 × 91.44 cm)
Scott Reeder,
Bread & Butter (Sunset Beach),
2022,
Oil on canvas,
24 × 30 in (60.96 × 76.2 cm)
Scott Reeder,
Bread & Butter (Online),
2021,
Oil on canvas,
28 × 24 in (71.12 × 60.96 cm)
Scott Reeder,
Potted Plants,
2020,
40 × 36 in (101.6 × 91.44 cm)
Acrylic and oil on canvas
Scott Reeder,
Bread & Butter (Beach),
2019,
30 × 40 in (76.2 × 101.6 cm)
Acrylic and oil on canvas
Scott Reeder,
Green Interior,
2020,
40 × 36 in (101.6 × 91.44 cm)
Acrylic and oil on canvas
Scott Reeder,
Bread & Butter (Therapy),
2020,
30 × 36 in (76.20 × 91.44 cm)
Acrylic and oil on canvas
Scott Reeder,
Untitled,
2019,
Oil and acrylic on linen
36 x 30 in (91.44 x 76.2 cm)
Scott Reeder,
Untitled (More Ideas for a TV episode or a painting),
2018,
36 × 30 in (91.44 × 76.2 cm)
Acrylic on canvas
Scott Reeder,
New kinds of music,
2017,
60 × 36 in (152.4 × 91.44 cm)
Wax pastel, and acrylic on canvas
Scott Reeder,
Untitled,
2016,
60 × 48 in (152.4 × 121.92 cm)
Ceramic and acrylic on canvas
Installation Views
Installation view of Scott Reeder's solo exhibition B-side of the Moon at John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, February 2 - August 4, 2019.
Installation view of Scott Reeder in Green Room: The Planter Show Organized by Fort Makers Design Studio, September 25–November 19, 2020
Exhibitions
Publications
Ideas (Cont.), Scott Reeder, 2019
Scott Reeder
Ideas (Cont.), 2019
Press
Emily Hall "Scott Reeder | Canada." Artforum July 1, 2020
John Michael Kohler Arts Center "Artist Scott Reeder Revisits Moon World at Kohler Arts Center." Shepherd Express July 3, 2019
Dan Fox "The Last Resort." frieze February 20, 2015
Andrew Russeth "Scott Reeder: Moonstruck." ArtNews February 6, 2015
David Pagel "Review: Cheeky explorer Scott Reeder goes in search of moon dust." Los Angeles Times February 21, 2014
Ben Carlson "1000 Words : Scott Reeder Talks About Moon Dust." Artforum Summer 2014
Nora Griffin "Scott Reeder, Lisa Cooley." Art in America February 2014
Roberta Smith "Scott Reeder : People Call Me Scott." The New York Times December 13, 2013
Andrew Russeth "'Scott Reeder : People Call Me Scott' at Lisa Cooley." The Gallerist November 26, 2013
Noah Dillon "I Called Him Scott : An Interview with Scott Reeder." Art in America November 3, 2013
"Scott Reeder." The New Yorker October 2013
"Scott Reeder." The New Yorker August 24, 2009
CV
Scott Reeder
b. 1970, Battle Creek, MI
Lives and works in Detroit, MI
Education
1998
MFA, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
1994
BFA, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024
Bread and Butter, Gallery JJ, Seoul, Korea (forthcoming)
2023
This, That, and the Other, Saenger Galería, Mexico City, Mexico
2021
LA Ashtrays, Bubbles Gallery, Chicago, IL
2020
Didactic Sunsets, CANADA, New York, NY
2019
B-Side of the Moon, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2015
Context Burger, Retrospective, Hudson, NY
Put The Cat On The Phone, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL
More Work, Natalia Hug, Cologne, Germany
2014
Moon Dust, 356 Mission Road, Los Angeles, CA
2013
People Call Me Scott, Lisa Cooley, New York, NY
Paintings of Things, Kavi Gupta, Berlin, Germany
Scott Reeder, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL
2011
Scott Reeder, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Scott Reeder, Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2010
Scott Reeder, Luce Gallery, Torino, Italy
2008
Didactic Sunset, Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Nohl Fellowship Exhibition, Inova at the Peck School of Arts, Milwaukee, WI
2006
Scott Reeder: New Works, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, NY
Scott Reeder: French Thoughts, Jack Hanley, San Francisco, CA
2005
Scott Reeder - Moon Museum (Scene 51: Shots 1-2), Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN
Intelligent Design, Gavin Browns Enterprise 620A, New York, NY
2003
Moon Dust, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
2002
Scott Reeder: Flowers, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, NY
2001
Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY
1998
Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee, WI