BILLY SULLIVAN
Aner, 2002. Lithograph. 22.5 x 18 in. Edition of 45
8 Rue de Sedaine, 2000. Lithograph. 30.5 x 21.5 in. Edition of 45
B. 1946, NEW YORK, NY
Billy Sullivan’s portraits of friends and acquaintances embrace the tradition of informal American portraiture capturing intimate moments from everyday life. In his still life paintings, drawings, and prints, the artist catalogues his travels and the casual beauty of the immediate.
Sullivan has been featured in numerous solo exhibitions including Nicole Klagsbrun, New York, NY; Still Looking, Kaufman Repetto, Milan, Italy; Now & Then, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO; Susan Hilberry Gallery, Ferndale, NY; East End Photographs, Salmon Contemporary, East Hampton, NY; Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich, Germany; Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA and many more. He has also been included in selected group shows including Watercolors, Phillips du Pury & Company, New York, NY; Come Closer: Art Around the Bowery, New Museum, New York, NY; Whitney Biennial, Day for Night (2006); Open Windows: Keltie Ferris, Jackie Saccoccio, Billy Sullivan, and Alexi Worth, curated by Carroll Dunham, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA. His work is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, NY; Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY; the Detroit Institute of Arts; New Orleans Museum of Art; the Norton Museum, West Palm Beach, FL; Portland Museum of Art; and the Denver Art Museum, as well as many other public and private collections.