 Artist's arttributes:
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Works on Paper, Sculpture |
Most exhibitions in: |
| Country |
№ |
| USA | 33 |
| Austria | 2 |
| Japan | 1 |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 |
Most exhibitions shown with: |
| Artist |
Rank |
№ |
| Mike Kelley |
21 |
4 |
Most exhibitions held at: |
| Institution |
№ |
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Shane Campbell Gallery - Chicago, USA |
4 |
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Marianne Boesky Gallery, USA |
4 |
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Western Exhibitions, USA |
2 |
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Ingalls & Associates, USA |
2 |
Biography: 
1975 Born
1997 BA, Studio Art, Loyola University Chicago
2005 MFA, Fiber and Material Studies, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Lives and works in Chicago, IL (US)
External links: | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 38
Solo shows 10
2013
2011
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| William J. O'Brien: Works on Paper - Shaheen Modern and Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH |
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| William J. O'Brien - The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
2009
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| William J. O'brien - Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Ferndale, MI |
2007
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| William J. O'Brien - - Ingalls & Associates, Miami, FL (closed, 2008) |
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| the axis mundi - Shane Campbell Gallery - Chicago, Chicago, IL |
2006
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| Project Room: William J. O'Brien - Locust Projects, Miami, FL |
2005
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| A Fairy Tale - William J. O’Brien - - Ingalls & Associates, Miami, FL (closed, 2008) |
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| 12x12 - William J. O’Brien - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Chicago, IL |
Group shows 28
2012
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| Matthias Merkel Hess - Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS |
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| Someone Puts a Pineapple Together - ACME, Los Angeles, CA |
2011
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| Josh Faught and William J. O'Brian - Lisa Cooley Fine Art, New York City, NY |
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| Archetypes - Timothy Taylor Gallery, London (England) |
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| Making is Thinking - Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam |
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| Heads On Poles - Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL |
2010
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| The Maginot Line - David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL |
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| Drawing - Shane Campbell Gallery - Chicago, Chicago, IL |
2009
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| In Stitches - Leila Heller Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| An Expanded Field of Possibilities - Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA |
2008
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| Now you see it - Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO |
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| Base : Object - Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Child’s Play - Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, CA |
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| Andy Coolquitt, Frank Haines, William J. O'Brien - Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna |
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| Jesuvian Process - Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York City, NY |
2007
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| Eddie Martinez,William J O´Brian, Roman Wolgin, Jonas Wood - - Gallery Min Min, Tokyo (closed, 2009) |
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| Makers and Modelers - Gladstone Gallery - New York - 21st Street, New York City, NY |
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| Makers and Modelers: Works in Ceramic - Gladstone Gallery - New York - 24th Street, New York City, NY |
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| Jesse Chapman, Aliza Nisenbaum, William J. O'Brien - Shane Campbell Gallery - Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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| So wrong, I'm right - Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Automatic - Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York City, NY |
2006
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| Modern Primitivism - Shane Campbell Gallery - Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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| Eric Lebofsky & Josh Mannis & William J. O´Brien - Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL |
2005
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| Drawn Out - Gallery 400 - University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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| Take My Hand - ThreeWalls, Chicago, IL |
| Dealer Directory 3 |
USA
| | Shane Campbell Gallery - Chicago, Chicago, IL
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| | Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York City, NY
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Collections 1
United Kingdom
Catalogs
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