Reverend Ethan Acres



EDUCATION

1988-1989 Enrolled in Animation Program Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology Ontario, Canada

1991-1993 BFA University of Texas At Austin

1993-1996 MFA University of Nevada Las Vegas

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

May, 1996 "A Closer Walk With Thee", DonnaBeam Art Gallery, UNLV

June, 1997 "LAMB OF GOD", Patricia Faure Gallery
Los Angeles, CA

Feb., 1998 "Rev. Acres' HOLY WAR", Lisa Livingstone Gallery, Las Vegas

June., 1999 "JESUS FREAK", Patricia Faure Gallery, Los Angeles

Dec., 1999 "Rev. Acres' Rockin' Millenium Countdown." Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York

April 2002 "Biblical Sense" Patricia Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

October 2002 "Guise of Satan" FA Projects, London, U.K

March 2003 "Imago Pietatis" Guido Costa Projects, Torino, Italy

December 2007 "Sacred Heart 350"  Samuel Freeman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Nov. 1993 "49¢ Breakfast" Temporary Contemporary Las Vegas, NV Curated Dike Blair

Sept. 1999 "God Don't Make No Junk", Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX

Oct.-Dec, '99 "..With Love" Riga, Latvia. Stockholm, Sweden

Nov.-Jan., '00 "FAITH" The Aldritch Museum, Connecticut

Nov.. 2001 "Altoid's Curiously Strong Collection
NewYork, NYand Beyond

Sept. 2002 "The Magic Show," Graz. Austria

Feb.. 2002 "Officina America," Bologna Italy

2004 Traveling "100 Artists See God" USA

2004 "Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light" Grand Central Arts

2004 "100 Artists See Satan" Grand Centrral Arts Los Angeles CA

Summer 2004 Sacred Arts Biennial, the Vatican, Rome Italy

May 2005 Corcoran Biennial Washington DC

Selected Performances

April 20th, 1996 "Let MY People GO!" Area 51, Rachel, Nevada
June 5th, 1996 "Take a Chance on GOD!" Chance Conference, Whiskey Pete's Hotel and Casino, Primm, Nevada
Feb.17,1997 "GO HOME, GOD BOY!" U.C. SANTA BARBARA

June 1997 "The Panopticon of Oz" Patricia Faure Gallery Los Angeles, CA
Aug. 1997 "Street Preacher" LACE, Los Angeles, CA
August 1997 " Ford Dreamlover," collaboration with GRAM, Las Vegas, Nevada

Feb 1998 "Passion Play, " St. Elizabeth's Chapel, Umea, Sweden
June, 1999 "Ultra-Man!" Patricia Faure Gallery
Sept, 1999 "ULTRA-MAN RETURNS!" U.CIrvine...Fisher Gallery

Oct.-Dec, '99 "...With Love" Gallery P-2 Riga, Latvia. and TENSTA KONSTHALL, Stockholm, Sweden

October 1999 "ISN"T IT IRONIC......Alanis Morissett and the Devil" UMEA, SWEDEN

Nov. 2000 "Dear Jerry: A love letter." University of Southern Mississippi, Perkinston

Jan. 27. 2001 "Exercising Demons" UTSA Sattelite Space at BlueStar, San Antonio, Texas

Feb. 20,. 2001 "The Importance of Being Ernest," Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA

March 1,. 2001 "Snow Angel" The Ice Hotel, Kyrna, Sweden

March 22,. 2001 "A Wedding" The Sistene Chapel, Vatican City, Rome, Italy

April 14,. 2001 "The Parable of Mothra" The Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA.

July 14th, 2001 "Dunk!" a collaborative work with artist Hills Snyder, Art in the Hood, BlueStar, San Antonio, Texas

September 26th, 2001 "Elucidation" The Magic Hour, Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Austria

Dec. 2001 "FLASHDANCER!" Track 16, Los Angeles CA

Dec. 2001 "Vegans," James Kelly Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

April 2002 "FLASHDANCER II" Cal Arts,
Los Angeles, CA
October 2002 "PANOPTICON" TateModern, London

October 19 th , 2002 "Waterlillies" Pearl Art

October 2002, "Guise of Satan", FA Projects

October 2002, "Snake in the Grass," Eve Club, London

March 2003, "Imago Pietatis," Guido Costa Projects,
Torino, Italy
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April 2003, "Tinky Winky," Pompidou, Paris, France

July 2004, "Get Behind Me Satan," Grand Central Arts Los Angeles

July 2004 "Doubt Not Thomas," Grand Central Arts Los Angeles

August 2004 "Order of the Arrow" Patricia Faure Gallery, Los Angeles

May, June, July 2005 "The Fall of Babylon: An Epic Sermon" Corcoran, Washington DC

Selected Reviews


Feb. 1997 "Report from Las Vegas", Alysa Tager, Art in America
Feb. 1997 "Believin' Las Vegas", Carlo McCormick, PAPER

Feb. 1997 "Vegas Show Holds Mostly High Cards" David
Pagel, Los Angeles Times
March, 1997 "ViVA Las Vallance" Christopher Miles, DETOUR
June 8, 1997 "Preacher's Art of Spreading the Word", HunterDrohojowska Philip, Los Angeles Times

June 20, 1997 "An Unorthodox Blend of Faith and Kitsch" David Pagel, Los Angeles Times

Summer 1997 "Editor's Choice" David Pagel, BOMB Magazine

Sept/Oct. 1997 "Rev. Ethan Acres", Doug Harvey, Art Issues
Dec. 1997 "Rev. Ethan Acres", Charles Dee Mitchell, Art in America

Dec. 1997 "Top Ten X 12 , 1997". Dave Hickey, ARTFORUM

Dec. 21, 1997 "Top 10 Gallery Shows of 1997," Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times

March,1998 "Believin' Las Vegas" , Denis Angus, Technikart

November,1998 TOP 10 for 1998, "Sermon: Panopticon of Oz," Jim Shaw, Artforum

November,1998 "Painting His Religion," Colin Gardner, The New York Times Magazine

November,1998 "Transfiguration: Critic's Pick" Time

January , 1999 Cover of ArtIssues' 10th Anniversary Edition
June , 1999 "Art for God's Sake!" LA WEEKLY, Doug Harvey
June , 1999 "Rev. Acres Menagerie is Revealing." David PagelL A TIMES

August. 1999 "Our Father. who ART in Heaven" Scott DickensheetsLAS VEGAS WEEKLY

Sept.. 1999 "Holy War!" Bret McCabe, The MET

Sept.. 1999 "God don't Make No junk", Charles Mitchell, The Dallas Morning News

October, 1999 "Rappande Las Vegas- pastor i Tensta" Jenny MorelliSVENSKA DAGBLADET

December, 1999 "...with LOVE", Sara Arrhenius, NU: The Nordic Art Review

December, 1999 "The Rev. Ethan Acres at Bronwyn Keenan" Time Out New York

January , 2000 "The Masked Crusader" dART, Bruce Bauman
Jan. 21, 2000 "Rev. Ethan Acres," The New York Times, MichaelKimmelman

December, 2000 "Rev. Ethan Acres" FRIEZE, Carmine Iannaccone

February , 2000 "L A Revisited" Contemporary Visual Arts, Robin Marriner
April 21 , 2000 "Creative Souls.....," The New York Times, Grace Glueck

April 19 , 2001 "Rev.Ethan Acres: Performance Review," L.A. Times, David Pagel

Dec. 29th , 2001 "Top 10 of 2001," LA Weekly, Doug Harvey

February 2002 "Report from San Antonio," Art In America, FrancisColpitt

April 19 2002 "Rev. Ethan Acres," L.A Times, Christopher Knight

October 2002 "Heaven Sent" ArtReview, Pablo Lafuente

October 2002 "the Sermons of Rev. Ethan Acres" Contemporary, Kamini Vellodi

Sept 2003 Rev Ethan Acres. ArtPapers, Anjali Gupta

June 2003 The Reverend Ethan Acres. ARTPRESS, Christophe Kihm

December 2007  "Sacred Heart 350"  LA Times , David Pagel

January 2008  "Top Ten of 2007"  LA Weekly, Doug Harvey

SELECTED PUBLISHED WORKS

Nov., 2000 "Exercising Demons", Rev. Ethan Acres, Artissues

Feb., 2001 "Dear Jerry: A Letter to Jerry Falwell" Artissues

Nov. 2001 "The Sermons of Rev. Ethan Acres" A book of essays co-published by Artissues Press / Smart Art press

Jan. 2003 "The Boil" Boiler Magazine #1

Books

"In The Making" Linda Weintraub

"The Magic Hour" Alex Farquharson

"Christian Dinosaur Museum,: Jeffrey Vallance 2004

"100 Artists See God" Grand Central Arts

"100 Artists See Satan" Grand Central Arts 2004


 

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