NAOMI FISHER
Born 1976, Miami, FL
Lives and works in Miami
Education
1998

1994
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Md., BFA,
summa cum laude, Photography Major, Intellectual History Minor
New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL, Academic Diploma
Visual Arts Major
Solo Exhibitions
2005

2004
2003

2002

2001

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1997

1996
1995
Co Operate, Bas Fisher Invitational, Miami, FL
Clear Cut, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Abandon, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, NY
You Know That It’s Real If You Feel That It’s Real, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
Naomi Fisher, Galleria Francesca Kaufmann, Milan, Italy
The Darkest Hour, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, NY
New Work Miami: Naomi Fisher, Miami Art Museum, FL
New Work, Fred Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
Backyard II, INOVA, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Backyard, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, NY
Backyard, Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
You Can’t Fight Mutha Nature, Space Cadette Gallery, Miami; traveled to 1401 Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Interpretive Vandalism, Space Cadette Gallery, Miami, FL
Lux Perpetua, Woodward Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore
Group Exhibitions
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1997




Think Warm, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Miami Now, Gallerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
Crash Test, Filter, Hamburg, Germany
At This Time, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
Figuratively Speaking, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
O, The Games We Play, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
Red, White and Blue, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY
She's Come Undone, Artemis Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY
Miami Nice, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
Obituary, Pacemaker, Miami, FL
Lock, Stock and Barrel, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
Women Beware Women, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Patty Chang, Tracey Emin, Naomi Fisher, Paul McCarthy, The Moore Space, curated by Silvia Karman Cubińá, Miami, FL
Imperfect Innocence: the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, The Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
Full Contact, Galleria Civica d'Arte Contemporanea Montevergini, Siracusa, Italy
Goddess, Gallery Lelong, New York, NY
Miami Currents: Linking Collection and Community, Miami Art Museum, Miami
Umano, Animale, Vegetale, Minerale, Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, curated by Mariuccia Casadio, Rome, Italy
Inaugural Exhibition, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Officina Americana/American Atelier, Galleria di Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
Humid, The Moore Space, Miami, curated by Dominic Molon
Let’s Talk About Sex: Sexuality and the Body in Contemporary Art, Kunst Haus Dresden, Germany
Mega Fino, Art Miami, curated by Peter Doroshenko, Miami, FL
Supernature, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
A Family Album: Brooklyn Collects, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Naomi Fisher and Deborah Mesa-Pelly, Magazin 4, Vorarlberger Kunstverein, Austria
Altered Landscape, LFL Gallery, New York, NY
Making Art in Miami: Travels in Hyper Reality, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Publikulture, Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Identities, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Germany
Nothing in Common, Audiello Fine Art, New York, NY
The Swamp, on the Edge of Eden, Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Selections from the Rubell Collection, USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa
Big River, International Artist’s Workshop Exhibition, National Museum of Trinidad, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies
Hot Spots: Los Angeles, Houston, & Miami, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
Booty Bass: Naomi Fisher & Luis Gispert, Center Gallery, MDCC, Miami, FL The Fashion Issue: Four Simple Steps Towards Younger Looking Skin, Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
360 Degrees, The Box, Miami, FL
Vulnerable Points / You Can’t Fight Mutha Nature, (Thesis show) Main Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
A Combination of Decoys & Decor (N. Fisher & J. Kim), Station Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Puppy Filled Pinata, An Introduction to Video, H. Lewis Gallery, Baltimore, MD Frank, an Adjective Connoting..., Superfantastic, Baltimore, MD
Residencies and Special Projects
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1999
Advisory Board, Art in General, New York
“Vai Ven,” panel discussion of Mega Fino artists moderated by Victor Zamudio-Taylor
“La Llama,” International Artist’s Workshop, Venezuela
“Radical Cheerleaders,” performance in conjunction with “Publikulture”, Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale
“Naomi Fisher,” artist’s talk with Massimiliano Gioni, INOVA, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
“Global Conceptualism,” panel discussion moderated by Peter Boswell, Miami Art Museum
“Naomi Fisher & Frank Benson,” visiting artist lecture, Stetson Univ, De Land, Florida
“Big River,” International Artist’s Workshop, Trinidad
“Booty Bass,” artist’s lecture, Center Gallery, MDCC, Miami
Bibliography
  Austin, Tom. “Naomi Fisher Focuses on that Obscure Object of Desire,” Ocean Drive, December 2001
Birbragher, Francine. Review: “Naomi Fisher, Glexis Novoa, Miami Art Museum,” Art Nexus, No. 43, Volume One, 2002
Bonami, Francesco. “Inova: Conversations,” Atlantica Revista, No. 32, Spring 2002
Cappellazzo, Amy, with Margaret Miller. “Selections from the Rubell Family Collection,” USF Contemporary Art Museum, catalog, 1999
Feinstein, Roni. “Report from Miami: Part II,” Art in America, November 1999, Vol. 87. 11, p. 58-65
Giovannotti, Micaela, “Backyard Review,” Tema Celeste, Issue 82 Fall 2000
Hay, David. “The Scene Heats Up Under Miami Sun,” The New York Times, 2/27/00
Humphrey, David. Review: “Backyard,” Art Issues, October 2000
Krainak, Paul. “Hot Spots” (review), Art Papers, Vol 23.6, November/December, 1999, p. 51-2
McCormick, Seth. “Ouverture: Naomi Fisher,” Flash Art Vol. XXXIV n.216, January/February, 2000, p.108.
Moreno, Gean. “Booty Bass” (review), Art Papers Vol. 23.6,
November/December, 1999, p. 32-3
---“The Fashion Issue: Four Simple Steps Towards Younger Looking Skin,” (review), Art Papers Vol 23.3, May/June, 1999, p. 38
---“On View: Miami,” New Art Examiner, April, 1999, p. 40-41
Morgan, Anne Barclay. “Miami Supports Miami,” Sculpture, December 2001
Ocaña, Damarys. “Ear Candy,” Street Miami, January 11-17, 2002
Riding, Alan. “Contemporary Art Moves Into a Parisian Fixer-Upper,” The New York Times, February 6, 2002
Schwabsky, Barry. “A Miami Native Makes Nature Lush and Threatening,” The New York Times, June 11, 2000
Tomcic, Goran. “Booty Bass: Naomi Fisher & Luis Gispert,” Centre Gallery, catalog 1999
---“Miami Spice: Hot Spots: Los Angeles, Houston and Miami,” catalog 1999
Triff, Alfredo. “All is Fair in the Art Market,” Miami New Times, February 1-7, 2001
Turner, Elisa. “Art Wars,” The Miami Herald, January 21, 2001
“Different Strokes,” The Miami Herald, June 11, 2000
“South Florida flora inspires photographer,” The Miami Herald, June 11, 2000
“Surreal Exhibit Shows Best of Young Local Talent,” The Miami Herald
June 20, 1999, p. 71
“Seductive photos, six-artist exhibit showcase new trends,” The Miami Herald, April 20, 2000
Wallach, Amei. “In Miami, a Hot Spot of Art, the Temperature’s Rising,” The New York Times, 9/16/01
ARBITARE Magazine, Miami Issue, #395
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