ROSTARR
b., 1971, Taegu, S. Korea
Lives and Works in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Solo Exhibitions
2007"DXA", Surrender Gallery, Singapore, SG
2006"FIVE POWER", Refill Gallery, Sydney, AU
2005"NEOSPECTIVES", Blk Mrkt Gallery, Culver City, L.A.
2003"INCONXISTENCE", Dyezu Gallery, Nakameguro, JP
2004"R.O.C.O.Q.O.", Galleria Carlos Irizarry, San Juan, P.R.
"ATTENTION CHIEN MECHANTS", Surface2Air, Paris, FR 2
"GRAPHYSICS / A.W.T.C.", Houston Gallery, Tokyo, JP
"X to Z", Alife, New York, N.Y.
2000"ICON-ODYSSEY", KBond, Los Angeles, CA
"BRANDSCAPES", Houston Gallery, Seattle, WA

Group Exhibitions
2007"Circa International Art Fair 07", Puerto Rico Convention Center, P.R.
"15 Years of Stereo", 3131 Clement, San Francisco, CA
2006-"Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art & Street Culture",
2004Curated by Aaron Rose & Christian Strike; Travels to:
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio;
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA;
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA;
The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD;
The University of South Florida Contemporary ArtMuseum, Tampa, FL;
Fondazione La Triennale,Milan, Italy;
Le Tri Postal, Lille, France
2006"Ugly Winners", Galerie Du Jour, Paris, FR
"High Math", V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
"Yankee Doodle Art Show", United Bamboo, Tokyo, JPN
2005"Serendip", White Box Gallery, Chelsea, NY
"RAR: Arkitip X Modernica", Modernica, Los Angeles, CA
"Temperature", The Artist Network, NY, NY
"Pretend Friendly", The Artist Network, NY, NY
2004"Kitty E.X. / 30th Anniversary", Mori Musuem, Tokyo, JPN
"Pictography", Art Basel Miami, Fla.,
"The Moment", I.D.N. gallery, Hong Kong
2003"Sessions: The Bowl", Deitch Projects, Wooster St, NY
"What about N.Y.?...a new New York Scene", Galerie Du Jour, Paris, FR
"Alife Store", Deitch Projects, Grand St, NY
"Final Modification II", Hakone Open Air Museum, Japan
"Wild Nights: Remembering Colin Deland", C.B.G.B. 313 Gallery, N.Y.
"Bazaar", Cuchifritos Gallery, L.E.S. NY
"Urban Fields 03", Kitchener Bern, Reitschule, Switzerland
"Move 9: Lead Poisoning", New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Final Modification II", Ex'Realm/Yamaha Gallery, Tokyo, JPN
2002"BOOMERANG", Agnes B, New York, N.Y.
"Streetwise 1", A-Part Gallery, London, U.K.
"Yuzen History Mix", Chiso Yuzen Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
"Yuzen History Mix", Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan
"Candela Arts Festival", Galleria Carlos Irizarry, San Juan, P.R.
"Final Modification I", Ex'Realm: Yamaha Gallery, Tokyo, JPN
"New American Painting: The Next Generation" Galerie Valerie Cueto, Paris, FR
"The Playground of the Fearless" Deitch Projects, Bklyn, N.Y.
2001"Young Guns III", ADC Gallery, New York, N.Y.
"Free Activation Series II: Visual Virus", Alife, New York, N.Y.
2000"Free Activation series I", Beams Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1999"Lifer", Rove Gallery, New York, N.Y.
"Paradise 8", Exit Art, New York, N.Y.
1998"Young Guns II", Art Directors Club Gallery, New York, N.Y.
"ORFI Presents: Rostarr & Jamil GS" , 407 Gallery, New York, N.Y.
"Collude Intrude", Creative Time, Brooklyn Anchorage, N.Y.
1996"Young Guns I", ADC Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1995"Custom Corpse", ACME Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

Barnstormers Group Exhibitions
2005"Tropic of Cancer" Supreme Trading, Brooklyn, NY
"Artnites", Museo De Arte De Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR 2004
"Barnstormers Retrospective", SECCA, Winston Salem, NC
"Unseen Messages:Barnstormers", Transport Gallery, L.A. CA.
2003"Barnstormers: Mind Hive Soundsystem", Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2002"Barn Painting Project 3", Public Work, Cameron, NC
"Working People" Public Work, Binghamton, NY
"Extensions Of The Spectacle", Miami Beach, FLA
"Profile Obscura", Williamsburg, Brooklyn
"Barnstormers", Museo De Puerto Rico, San Juan, P.R.
2001"Barnstormers Vs. HVW8", Society Des Arts Technologique, Montreal, CAN
"No Condition Is Permanent",30 day painting installation
Smackmellon Gallery, Dumbo, Brooklyn NY
2000"Live painting performance", Cripplebush Center, Williamsburg, NY
"Barnstormers",collaborative installation, Fishtank Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY
"Barn Painting Project 2", Public Work, Cameron, NC
1999"Barn Painting Project 1", Public Work, Cameron, NC

Filmography
2005"Percussive Movement" Produced & Directed by Rostarr
"Next: A primer on urban painting", Dir. Pablo Aravena, Love Streams Prod.
"The Run Up", Dir. Joey Garfield, Upper Playground Films
"Barnstormers 360", Barnstormers Films
2003"Letter to the President", Barnstormers Films
2002"Barnstormers Apostrophe", Barnstormers Films, prod. Gas Book Tokyo
2001"No Condition Is Permanent", Barnstormers Films, SmackMellon N.Y.

Bibliography
2006"Rostarr: Five Power; Show Catalog" published by Refill magazine, AU.
"Neospectives L.A. Review by Shana Nys Dambrot", Modern Painters, U.K.
"Los Angeles Reviews: April2006, by Michelle Kuo" Art Forum.com, U.S.
"JogaBonito: 2" published by Nike & Sartoria, Italy
"Stussy World Tour" published by Stussy, L.A.
"Helio Magzine # 2: Cover" published by Streetvirus, L.A.
"Prophecy 9; Artworld feature" published by Prophecy magazine, N.Y.
"Lemon Magazine issue one: Supernatural" published by Gumworld, MA.
"Remastered"published by Die Gestalten Verlag, Germany
"Flip the Script" published by Surface 2 Air, N.Y.
2005"Kitty EX 30 years: Perfect guide book"pub. by Kitty Exhibition Committee
"Fusion" published by Systems Design Limited. H.K.
"Rojo Magazine: Elen" published byRojo magazine, Madrid, Spain
"New York Ateliers"published by Gap Publishing, Japan
2004"Beautiful Losers:Contemporary Art & Street Culture" published by D.A.P.
"DPM: Disruptive Pattern Material" Published by Maharishi co. Ltd., U.K.
"Arkitip:Issue 25; Cover" published by Arkitip Editions, U.S
"(718) Brooklyn:New Style" published by Booth Clibborn Edt., U.K.
"Sticker Book" published by All Rights Reserved, Hong Kong
2003"If One Thing Matters, Everything Matters" by Wolfgang Tillmans pgs 70-71, Tate Publishing, UK
"W.W. 2" published by W.W. & All Rights Reserved, Hong Kong
"Heavy" published by Neverstop/Alife, Seattle, Wa.
"Boredom" published by Die Gestalten Verlag, Germany
2002"Step into the Gallery" show catalog, published by Galerie Valerie Cueto, Paris
"BIG 37: Celebrate; Guest Art Direction" published by Big magazine, Spain
"Pour La Victoire" Ltd Edt. published by Spoon/Surface2Air, Paris
"Streetwise 1" show catalog, published by Scrawl Collective & Apart gallery, U.K.
"Iconography" published by I.D.N./International Designers Network, H.K.
"GasBook 11: Q&A" Ltd Edt. published by Design Exchange/Gasbook, Japan
2001"Rostarr: Graphysics" edition of 1000, published by Alife, N.Y.
"Arkitip 9" Ltd Edt. published by Arkitip magazine, CA.
"Scrawl Too: Dirty Graphics" published by Scrawl/Booth Clibborn, U K.
"Lodown II" published by Lodown magazine, Germany
"Young Guns III" show catalog, published by Art Directors Club, N.Y.
2000"Free Activation Series Vol.3/Visual Virus" published by Neverstop
"I.D. Forty: Under 30" Annual Design Review, I.D. Magazine, N.Y.
"i-D 200 for 2000" i-D Magazine, U.K.
1999"Paradise" Published by Steidl, Germany.

Accolades
2004A.I.C.P. honoree; graphics for Nike Asia "Flow" Commercial, MOMA, N.Y.
2000"I.D. Forty under Thirty", International Design magazine, N.Y.

Collections
Agnes B (Paris), Darren Romanelli (L.A.), Larry Rinder (N.Y.), Sharleen Spiteri & Ashley Heath (London), Lisa Farjam (N.Y.), Alain Ho (Paris)

Clients
Nike (U.S./Asia), Shut Skates (N.Y.), Stereo Skateboards (L.A.), Gravis (U.S.), Stussy (L.A.), Atlantic Records (Lupe Fiasco), Truth & Soul Records (N.Y.), Yamaha (Japan), World Co. (Japan), ...