Background
Rhoades was born in Newcastle, California, United States, on July 9, 1965.
5212 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94618, USA
Jason Rhoades went on to briefly attend the California College of the Arts in Oakland, California.
800 Chestnut St, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA
Rhoades received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1988.
1 Art School Road, Skowhegan, ME 04950, Madison, ME 04950, United States
Rhoades studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Jason Rhoades entered the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1991 and received his Master of Fine Arts degree from it in 1993.
David Zwirner with Jason Rhoades at the artist's first gallery solo show, NY, 1993.
Jason Rhoades surrounded by his artworks.
Jason Rhoades' photo for the cover of his book Black Pussy Cocktail Coffee Table Book.
Jason Rhoades and Rachel Khedoori.
Jason Rhoades while presenting his installation.
Lucas Zwirner with Jason Rhoades, circa 2000.
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Rhoades was born in Newcastle, California, United States, on July 9, 1965.
Jason Rhoades went on to briefly attend the California College of the Arts in Oakland, California, before completing his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1988. He then studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. As a student at the Art Institute, he became interested in the performance work of Paul McCarthy, who was then teaching at the University of California, Los Angeles. After finishing his studies there he entered the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1991 and received his Master of Fine Arts degree from it in 1993.
During his studies in San Francisco, Rhoades became a founder of the movement called Funk o’ Metric, also known as FOM or FOAM. Among the members of this group were Peter Warren, Laurie Steelink, Bill Becchio, Sebastian Clough, and Marshall Weber.
Rhoades joined David Zwirner in 1993, becoming part of the gallery’s original list of artists, and soon he had his first New York one-man show. It included a Chevrolet V8 car engine, bicycle, tools made out of tinfoil, actual power tools, and a Howard Carter book and Carter photographs on the subject of his excavation of King Tut's tomb, among other objects, installed in and around a garagelike construction, all inspired by the 1969 Western musical Paint Your Wagon, starring Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, and Jean Seberg.
Since the 1990s, Rhoades has exhibited internationally on a regular basis. He was better known in Europe than the United States. In Europe, he had his first personal exhibit at Kunsthalle Basel in 1996. Both shows were met with favorable reviews. After that, his works were exhibited all around Europe, in the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, in 1998; Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany, also in 1998; Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany, in 1999; Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany in 2000; Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (MUMOK), Vienna in 2002; Le Magasin - Centre National d’Art Contemporain de Grenoble, France in 2005 and the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Spain in 2006. Among group shows which he was a part of included the Whitney Biennial (1995, 1997) and the Venice Biennale (1997, 1999).
Jason Rhoades quickly became well-known for making large-scale, chaotic, warehouselike environments filled with found, altered, and handmade objects. His installations were influenced by a combination of spiritual Eastern cultures in which he was interested, as well as popular Western cultures in which he lived and knew well.
Though he emerged within the context of 1990s installation, or "scatter" art, alongside Matthew Barney and Cady Noland, Jason Rhoades eventually distinguished himself through assembling provocatively conceived situations in which invited participants played a scripted role in the accomplishment of the work. For instance, Black Pussy Soirée Cabaret Macramé (2006), his last work in a five-year-long trilogy, comprised of, among a number of other mass-produced objects, Rhoades's growing collection of cross-cultural euphemisms for the female genitalia spelled-out in neon and black light as a setting for a party. This was his final project in Los Angeles before his unexpected death there in August 2006.
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2008Untitled
Garage Renovation New York
Lego Mecca Kaâba
From My Madinah: In pursuit of my hermitage…
Shelf (Mutton Chops) with Unpainted Donkey
The Creation Myth
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Untitled (Chandelier)
Chandelier 9
From My Madinah: In pursuit of my hermitage…
Twelve-Wheel Waggon Wheel Chandelier
Sweet Chocolate Nation
92 Caprice Book Stop
The Discoverydong
Quotations:
"To juggle the impossible was always an issue throughout my work - to take three objects, like a rubber ball, a chain saw and a live African elephant, and try to juggle."
"At one point in your life, you should just go to see one work of art, but don't try and turn it into a tourism of ancient sites. That is not what it is."
Quotes from others about the person
Paul Schimmel: "He was one of the most significant artists of his generation. Both he and his art were known for their humor - one could almost say buffoonery - but there was more importantly a poignant, tragic quality throughout. He addressed social taboos; it's almost as if he were constructing sculpture with irony. He was an American artist not of the East Coast - he was a California artist with an interest in architecture, popular culture, county fairs, extremes of lifestyle, sports, entertainment, music."
Rosamund Felsen: "Rhoades was just like a big boy having fun - but he was really smart."
David Zwirner Gallery: "I really think he was one of the most influential artists to emerge in the '90s. He leaves a huge legacy."
Hanna Schouwink: "Rhoades he was really ahead of his time. There is sort of a link that's missing to the greater art world."
Jason Rhoades was married to Australian-born artist Rachel Khedoori and they gave birth to a daughter named Rubi. Rhoades' sister-in-law (and his wife's identical twin sister) is Toba Khedoori, who is also a painter.