Reverend Ethan Acres
1993-1996 MFA University of Nevada Las Vegas
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
December 2007 "Sacred Heart 350" Samuel Freeman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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