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BiographyUntitled, n.d.Moira Dryer (b. 1957, Toronto—d. 1992, New York) was educated at the School of Visual Arts (BFA), where she graduated with honors. During her early years in the city, Dryer was a student of Elizabeth Murray; she would subsequently be a studio assistant to Murray as well as to Julian Schnabel, while also working freelance as a prop and set maker for local theaters. She had her first solo exhibition in 1986 at John Good Gallery, NY, followed by two solos at Mary Boone Gallery, NY (1990,1992), and two exhibitions with Mario Diacono, Boston (1990,1991), among others. She has had solo museum exhibitions at Boston’s Institute for Contemporary Art in 1987 and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 1989. In 1993, a year after the artist succumbed to a five-year battle with cancer at age 34, a solo Projects exhibition of Dryer’s paintings was presented at The Museum of Modern Art, NY. Dryer’s work is included in the permanent collections of The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY; Whitney Museum of American Art, NY; and Museum of Modern Art, NY. Moira Dryer was born 1957 in Toronto, ON; she died 1992 in New York City.
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WorksExhibitions
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Sewn Burnt Folded Drawn Painted Collaged
Special Presentation: 3rd Floor January 12 - February 26, 2022Caetano de Almeida Marsha Cottrell Richard Diebenkorn Moira Dryer Jeronimo Elespe Robert Mangold Harvey Quaytman Alan Shields Anne Truitt Jack TworkovRead more -
Chroma
2nd Floor July 17 - August 16, 2019For its summer group exhibition, Van Doren Waxter is pleased to present Chroma, a show that brings together color-specific works by artists from the gallery’s roster and program. On view...Read more -
Moira Dryer
Paintings & Works on Paper April 4 - May 24, 2019Opening reception: Thursday, April 4, 6:30–8pm Exhibition talk by curator Lily Siegel Saturday, April 6 at 11 AM Free and open to the public Van Doren Waxter is pleased to...Read more -
Summer Exhibition
June 8 - July 29, 2016Read more -
Moira Dryer
Paintings & Works on Paper January 11 - February 7, 2016MOIRA DRYER: PAINTINGS & WORKS ON PAPER January 10 – February 7, 2016 | West Gallery | 195 Chrystie Street, NY, NY 10002 11R (formerly Eleven Rivington) is pleased to...Read more -
Group Show
Dryer, Murray, Shields, Jansana, Nesbit, Letha Wilson July 9 - August 8, 2014Group Show July 9 – August 8, 2014 | 11 Rivington St & 195 Chrystie St, NY Moira Dryer | Elizabeth Murray | Alan Shields Eleven Rivington is pleased to...Read more -
THE MOIRA DRYER PROJECT
January 12 - February 22, 2014THE MOIRA DRYER PROJECT January 12 – February 22, 2014 | 11 Rivington St & 195 Chrystie St, NY Eleven Rivington is pleased to present a two-part exhibition: a solo...Read more -
Women's Work
Paintings 1970 - 1990 March 22 - April 15, 2006Jennifer Bartlett • Lynda Benglis • Moira Dryer • Helen Frankenthaler • Mary Heilmann • Yayoi Kusama • Joan Mitchell • Elizabeth Murray • Dorothea Rockburne • Jessica Stockholder Greenberg...Read more
PublicationsPress-
Playful & Philosophical: The Paintings of Moira Dryer
by Barry Schwabsky, The New York Review of Books, April 27, 2020 -
Moira Dryer’s art of expectancy, at the Phillips Collection and Greater Reston Arts Center
by Kelsey Ables, The Washington Post, February 27, 2020 -
Moira Dryer: Paintings & Works on Paper
by David Rhodes, The Brooklyn Rail, May 28, 2019 -
Over 40 Art Shows to See Right Now
The New York Times, April 25, 2019
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