James Siena, Converbatron, 2018, acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 75" × 60" (190.5 cm × 152.4 cm) © James Siena James Siena Detailsb. 1957, Oceanside, California James Siena is a New York based artist whose complex, rule-based linear abstractions have situated him firmly within the trajectory of modern American art.His artwork is driven by self-imposed predetermined sets of rules, or “visual algorithms,” which find their end-result in intensely concentrated, vibrantly-colored, freehand geometric patterns. Siena works across a diverse range of media, including lithography, etching, woodcut, engraving, drawing, and painting.His work is held in numerous prestigious public and private collections across the U.S., including the Hammer Museum, University of California, Los Angeles; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, among others. James Siena, Tnonde, 2017-18, acrylic on canvas, 90-1/2" × 70-1/4" (229.9 cm × 178.4 cm) © James Siena James Siena, Sretrisths, 2018, acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 90-1/2" × 70-1/4" (229.9 cm × 178.4 cm) © James Siena Exhibitions View All New York James Siena Painting Past Jan 11–Feb 9, 2019 New York Principia Mathematica Past Feb 8–Mar 17, 2018 New York James Siena Drawing Past Jan 12–Feb 11, 2017 Journal View All Films Artists Respond: James Siena May 27, 2020 Press "James Siena Changes His Approach" in Hyperallergic Jan 29, 2019 One-Artist Exhibitions Group Exhibitions Public Collections Periodicals Books and Catalogues Close James SienaOne-Artist Exhibitions James Siena One-Artist Exhibitions DatesBorn 1957, Oceanside, CaliforniaLives and works in New YorkEducation1979, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, BFA2021James Siena: Sculpture in the Garden, Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, New York, July 31–August 29, 2021.2020James Siena: Phased Resonators & Reciprocating Transitions: Paintings and Watercolors, Ratio 3, San Francisco, September 12–October 31, 2020.2019James Siena: Cascade Effect, Galerie Xippas, Paris, October 12–December 21, 2019.James Siena: Resonance Under Pressure, The Print Center, Philadelphia, April 19–July 27, 2019.Project Room: James Siena, Pace Prints, New York, January 18–February 23, 2019.James Siena: Painting, Pace Gallery, 537 West 24th Street, New York, January 11–February 9, 2019. (Catalogue)2017James Siena: Drawing, Pace Gallery, 537 West 24th Street, New York, January 12–February 11, 2017. (Digital catalogue)2016Inbox: James Siena, ‘Pockets of Wheat,’ The Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 26–April 15, 2016.2015James Siena: Typewriter Drawings, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, September 12–October 31, 2015. (Catalogue)James Siena: Labyrinthian Structures, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, September 5–December 20, 2015.James Siena: New Sculpture, Pace Gallery, 508 West 25th Street, New York, March 27–April 25, 2015. (Catalogue)James Siena, Xippas Art Contemporain, Geneva, January 30–March 14, 2015.2014James Siena: Sequence, Direction, Package, Connection, Dieu Donné, New York, May 10–June 21, 2014. (Brochure)James Siena, Galerie Xippas, Paris, March 22–April 26, 2014.2011James Siena, The Pace Gallery, 510 West 25th Street, New York, March 25–April 30, 2011.2010James Siena: Paintings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, November 6–December 4, 2010.James Siena, Pace Prints, New York, March 5–April 3, 2010.James Siena: From the Studio, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, January 16–April 18, 2010.2009Works by Master Artist James Siena, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, January 24–March 21, 2009.2008James Siena, PaceWildenstein, 545 West 22nd Street, New York, March 28–April 26, 2008. (Catalogue)2007Big Fast Ink: James Siena Drawings, 1996–2007, University Art Museum, University of Albany, New York, July 12–September 30, 2007. (Brochure)James Siena: Prints and States, Pace Prints, New York, February 9–March 10, 2007.2006James Siena, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, December 2, 2006–January 20, 2007.James Siena: as heads is tails, Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston, November 3–29, 2006.James Siena: Recent Editions, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, April 6–May 13, 2006.2005James Siena: New Paintings and Gouaches, PaceWildenstein, 534 West 25th Street, November 18, 2005–January 28, 2006. (Catalogue)James Siena: Ten Years of Printmaking, William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, April 8–May 14, 2005.2004James Siena: Selected Paintings and Drawings 1990–2004, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, May 29–July 10, 2004.2003James Siena, Gorney Bravin + Lee, New York, June 6–July 31, 2003.James Siena, drawing and painting, San Francisco Art Institute/Walter Galleries, January 24–March 15, 2003. Traveled to: University of Akron, Ohio, March 31–April 25, 2003. (Brochure)2002James Siena: Recent Paintings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, April 27–May 8, 2002.2001James Siena: 1991–2001, Gorney Bravin + Lee, New York, October 12–November 10, 2001. (Catalogue)2000James Siena, Project Room, Gorney Bravin + Lee, New York, March 18–April 15, 2000.James Siena, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, March 10–April 22, 2000.1998James Siena, Daniel Weinberg Contemporary Art, San Francisco, 1998.1997James Siena: Paintings, Cristinerose Gallery, New York, November 20, 1997–January 10, 1998. (Catalogue)1996James Siena, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, New York, 1996.1986James Siena, J. Noblett Gallery, Sonoma, California, 1986. James SienaGroup Exhibitions James Siena Group Exhibitions 2019New Typographics: Typewriter Art as Print, The Print Center, Philadelphia. April 19–July 27, 2019.2018The Annual Professional Painters’ Exhibition, Century Association, New York, November 29, 2018–January 10, 2019.The Heckscher Collects: Recent Acquisitions, Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York, November 17, 2018–May 12, 2019.The New Members Exhibition, Century Association, New York, October 2–November 16, 2018.Out of Control, Venus Over Manhattan, New York, June 28–August 10, 2018.Principia Mathematica, Pace Gallery, 32 East 57th Street, New York, February 8–March 17, 2018.The Projective Drawing, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, February 6–May 13, 2018. (Catalogue)2017Almost Nothing, James Barron Art, Kent, Connecticut, May 13–July 2, 2017.Why Draw? 500 Years of Drawings and Watercolors, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine, May 3–September 3, 2017. (Catalogue)In the Absence of Color: Artists Working in Black and White, Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, May 2–June 13, 2017.The State of New York Painting: Works of Intimate Scale by 26 Colorists, Kingsborough Art Museum, Brooklyn, March 6–April 5, 2017.2016Going Home: 43 Fifth Avenue, Bortolami Gallery, New York, November 15–December 18, 2016.Big Art / Small Scale, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, May 20–June 25, 2016.Talking on Paper, Pace Beijing, April 16–June 11, 2016.2015Systems and Corruptions, National Exemplar Gallery, New York, December 3, 2015–January 10, 2016.Intimacy in Discourse: Reasonable-Sized Paintings, Part I, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, October 18–December 22, 2015.Linear Elements: Alain Kirili and James Siena, OMI International Arts Center, Ghent, New York, October 11, 2015–January 3, 2016.On the Square Part II, Pace Gallery, 32 East 57th Street, New York, October 1–29, 2015.Drawings and Prints, Selections from the Permanent Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, September 29, 2015–January 4, 2016.SKIN (Part 1), National Exemplar Gallery, New York, September 14–October 18, 2015.Summer Group Show, Pace Gallery, 32 East 57th Street, New York, July 15–August 21, 2015.Black / White, Ameringer McEnery Yohe, New York, July 9–August 14, 2015.Eureka, Pace Gallery, 508 West 25th Street, New York, May 2–June 27 (extended through August 28), 2015.2015 Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, March 10–April 12, 2015.Back to the Future Part II, Life on Mars Gallery, New York, February 20–March 15, 2015.2014Line: Making the Mark, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 12, 2014–March 22, 2015.Space Out: Migrations to the Interior, Red Bull Studios, New York, October 9–December 14, 2014.Orly Genger and James Siena: Works on Paper, Sargent’s Daughter, New York, September 19–October 26, 2014.Pierogi XX: Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, Pierogi, New York, September 5–October 11, 2014.No.2: An Exhibition of Works in Graphite, DC Moore Gallery, New York, September 4–October 4, 2014.In the Round, Pace Gallery, 32 East 57th Street, New York, July 16–August 15, 2014.Oblique Strategies: Track 2, Peter Fingesten Gallery, Pace University, New York, January 27–February 21, 2014.The Age of Small Things, Dodge Gallery, New York, January 11–February 23, 2014.2013Heat Chaos Resistance: It’s Time to Live in the Scattered Sun, Radiator Gallery, Long Island City, New York, October 25–November 15, 2013. (Catalogue)Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Year 1, Industry City, Brooklyn, October 20–December 15, 2013.System/Repetition, Russell Bowman Art Advisory, Chicago, September 6–October 26, 2013.Image and Abstraction, Pace Gallery, 510 West 25th Street, New York, July 19–August 16, 2013.Abstract Generation: Now in Print, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, March 15–September 2, 2013.The Annual: 2013, National Academy Museum, New York, January 31–May 5, 2013.Geometric Abstraction, Pace Prints, New York, January 4–February 2, 2013.2012Recent Drawings, Valentine Gallery, Queens, November 30–December 23, 2012.Diamond Leaves: 86 Brilliant Artist Books from Around the World, Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Beijing, September 14–October 28, 2012.Summer Group Show 2012, The Pace Gallery, 32 East 57th Street, New York, July 30–August 24, 2012.Print/Out: 20 Years in Print, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 19–May 14, 2012. (Catalogue)2011Headcase, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, October 26–November 27, 2011.Paper A–Z, Sue Scott Gallery, New York, March 16–April 22, 2011.2010Recent Editions, Pace Prints, New York, December 2010.6 Abstract Painters, DC Moore Gallery, New York, November 4–December 18, 2010. (Curated by James Siena)50 Years at Pace, The Pace Gallery, 510 West 25th Street, New York, September 17–October 16, 2010. (Catalogue)Couples, Ferrin Gallery, Pittsford, Massachusetts, June 17–July 25, 2010.NeoIntegrity: Comics Edition, Museum of Comics and Cartoon Art, New York, March 12–May 30, 2010.The Visible Vagina, David Nolan Gallery, New York, January 28–March 20, 2010.On the Square, PaceWildenstein, 32 East 57th Street, New York, January 8–February 13, 2010.2009A Walk on the Beach, PaceWildenstein, 534 West 25th Street, New York, June 29–July 31, 2009.Patterns Connect: Tribal Art and Works by James Siena, Pace Primitive, New York, May 12–June 19, 2009.Morphological Mutiny, Nolan Judin Berlin, Germany, May 1–June 15, 2009. Traveled to: David Nolan Gallery, New York, December 10, 2009–January 23, 2010.New at the Morgan: Acquisitions Since 2004, The Morgan Library and Museum, New York, April 17–October 18, 2009.Talk Dirty to Me, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, February 26–March 28, 2009.2008Chroma, Ruth S. Harley University, Center Gallery, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, December 7, 2008–January 15, 2009.Revision, Reiteration, Recombination: Process and the Contemporary Print, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, Minnesota, March 6–April 5, 2008. (Curated by Leslie Wayne)Sensory Overload: Light, Motion, Sound, and the Optical in Art since 1945, Milwaukee Art Museum, January 24, 2008–October 2009.Attention to Detail, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, January 5–August 1, 2008. (Catalogue)2007All for Art! Great Private Collections Among Us, Museé des beaux-arts de Montréal, December 6, 2007–March 2, 2008. (Catalogue)Neointegrity, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, July 19–August 24, 2007.Judith Linhares / James Siena, University Art Museum, State University of New York, Albany, July 12–September 30, 2007 (Catalogue).Works on Paper, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, April 13–May 25, 2007.Tara Donovan, Sol LeWitt, Robert Mangold, James Siena: Minimalist Prints, Augen Gallery, Portland, Oregon, February 24–March 27, 2007.Not For Sale, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, February 11–April 16, 2007.Lateral Attitudes, Raritan Valley Community College Art Gallery, Somerville, New Jersey, January 29–February 22, 2007.2006Drawing Through It: Works on Paper from the 1970s to Now, David Nolan Gallery, New York, December 1, 2006–January 13, 2007.Dieu Donné Papermill: The First 30 Years, C.G. Boerner, New York, September 7–October 6, 2006.Contemporary Masterworks: Saint Louis Collects, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, April 7–June 11, 2006.The Compulsive Line: Etching 1900 to Now, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, January 25–April 17, 2006.2005James Siena by Chuck Close and James Siena Prints, Pace Prints, 32 East 57th Street, New York, December 1, 2005–January 3, 2006.Group exhibition, PaceWildenstein, 534 West 25th Street, New York, July 14–August 25, 2005.The 237th Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London, June 7–August 15, 2005.Patterns and Grids, Pace Prints, New York, June 2–July 8, 2005.Raising Questions: Contemporary Art from Madeline and Les Stern, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, May 21–July 30, 2005.New acquisition installation, Johnson Gallery for Drawings and Prints, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 26–July 24, 2005.Drawings from the 1960s to the Present, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, February 26–April 16, 2005.Logical Conclusions: 40 Years of Rule-Based Art, PaceWildenstein, 534 West 25th Street, New York, February 18–March 26, 2005. (Catalogue)two d, Green On Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, February 17–March 12, 2005.Super Cool, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, February 2005.Sets, Series, and Suites: Contemporary Prints, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, January 19–May 30, 2005 (Catalogue)2004Drawing a Pulse, A and D Slusser Gallery, UM School of Art and Design, Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 22–December 4, 2004.Summer 2004, PaceWildenstein, 32 East 57th Street, New York, July 8–September 10, 2004.The 2004 Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 11–May 31, 2004. (Catalogue)Endless Love, DC Moore Gallery, New York, January 7–February 7, 2004. (Brochure)2003Black White, Danese, New York, November 21–December 19, 2003.Presence: An Examination of the Relationship between Abstraction and Representation in Recent Art, Foundation to Life, Mount Kisco, New York, March 9, 2003–April 2, 2004.2002The Fall Line, OSP Gallery, Boston, December 3, 2002–January 25, 2003.New Editions and Monoprints, Pace Prints, New York, June 19–July 12, 2002.The 177th Annual: An Invitational Exhibition, National Academy of Design Museum, New York, May 1–June 9, 2002. (Catalogue)New Editions, Senior & Shopmaker Gallery, New York, April–May 2002.On Paper, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, February 16–March 16, 2002.The Tipping Point, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, January 12–February 23, 2002. (Brochure)2001Repetition in Discourse, Painting Center, New York, 2001.Accumulations, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Ohio, October 3–31, 2001.BOXY, Dee/Glasoe Gallery, New York, September 8–October 6, 2001.By Hand: Pattern, Precision, and Repetition in Contemporary Drawing, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, August 28–October 14, 2001. (Catalogue)2000Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina, November 20, 2000–January 14, 2001.Mapping, Territory, Connexions, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, September 19–October 18, 2000.Fluid Flow, James Graham and Sons, New York, June 22–August 25, 2000.Invitational exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, March 6–April 2, 2000.Greater New York, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, February 27–May 2000.1999Cyber Cypher Either End, Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston, 1999.Invitational Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 1999.Pattern, Graham Gallery, New York, 1999.Trippy World, Baron/Boisante Gallery, New York, 1999.New Work: Painting Today, Recent Acquisitions San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, December 17, 1999–March 2000.One by Four, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, November 12, 1999–January 8, 2000.Ultra Buzz, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas, February 14–March 31, 1999.Rage for Art (Pierogi Reborn), Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, February 12–March 15, 1999.Free Coke, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, January 30–March 13, 1999.post-hypnotic, University Galleries, Normal, Illinois, January 12–February 21, 1999. Traveled to: McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, June 12–July 25, 1999; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, September 4–November 7, 1999; Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Georgia, January 28–March 12, 2000; Chicago Cultural Center, April 22–June 25, 2000; Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth, February 6–April 8, 2001. (Catalogue)1998The Risk of Existence, Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, December 1998.Wallpaper, Nicholas Davies Gallery, New York, June–July 4, 1998.Exploring Interior Landscape: Art from the Collection of Clifford Diver, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, April 21–July 12, 1998. (Catalogue)1997All the Things You Are, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, 1997.Tracery, Betsy Senior Gallery, New York, 1997.Current Undercurrent, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, July 24, 1997–January 25, 1998.199696 Works on Paper, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, 1996.1995Group exhibition, S. Cono Pizzeria, Brooklyn, 1995.Obsession, Chassie Post Gallery, New York, 1995.Selections, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, 1995.Wheel of Fortune, Lombard/Freid Fine Arts, New York, 1995.Other Rooms, Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York, June 17–April 15, 1995.1994The Beauty Show, Four Walls, Brooklyn, 1994.Group exhibition, Lipton Owens Company, New York, 1994.Jobs Overseas, Kunstverein Munich, 1994.Sworn Statements, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, 1994.1993Group Grope, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, 1993.The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, Drawing Center, New York, November 6–December 18, 1993. Traveled to: Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February 5–April 10, 1994; Santa Monica Museum of Art, July 7–September 5, 1994; Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, September 30–November 12, 1994; America Center, Paris, December 1994–January 1995. (Catalogue)1992Vibology, White Columns, New York, October 9–November 1, 1992.1991The Painting Project, Four Walls, Brooklyn, 1991.1990A Question of Paint, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York, September 21–November 3, 1990.1989The Art of the Computer and Xerox Machine, Minor Injury Gallery, Brooklyn, 1989.Drawings, Wolff Gallery, New York, 1989.1988Almost White, Gabrielle Bryers Gallery, New York, 1988.James Siena / Cary Smith, Wolff Gallery, New York, 1988.1987Atelier Conversations, John Good Gallery, New York, 1987.Dan Schmidt / James Siena, J. Noblett Gallery, Sonoma, 1987.George Korsmit / Willy Heeks / James Siena, Jeffrey Neale Gallery, New York, 1987.Group exhibition, Wolff Gallery, New York, 1987.1981By Other Means, Just Above Midtown/Downtown, New York, 1981. James SienaPublic Collections James Siena Public Collections Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, MaineColby College Museum of Art, Waterville, MaineDaum Museum of Contemporary Art, State Fair Community College, Sedalia, MissouriDes Moines Art Center, IowaHammer Museum, University of California, Los AngelesHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MassachusettsThe Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New YorkHood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New HampshireHerbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New YorkMildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, MissouriMcNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TexasThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkMilwaukee Art Museum, WisconsinMuseum of Fine Arts, BostonThe Museum of Fine Arts, HoustonThe Museum of Modern Art, New YorkNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.Jorge M. Pérez Art Museum MiamiSan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtSheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NebraskaWhitney Museum of American Art, New YorkYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut James SienaPeriodicals James Siena Periodicals 2019Hoban, Phoebe. “James Siena: Painting” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Riot Material, 5 February 2019. https://www.riotmaterial.com/james-siena-painting/“James Siena at Pace Gallery, New York.” Art News, 30 January 2019. http://www.artnews.com/2019/01/30/james-siena-pace-gallery-new-york/McGlynn, Tom. “James Siena: Painting” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). The Brooklyn Rail, 5 February 2019. https://brooklynrail.org/2019/02/artseen/James-Siena-PaintingMichalarou, Efi. “Art Cities: N. York – James Siena” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Dream Idea Machine, accessed on 15 January 2019. http://www.dreamideamachine.com/en/?p=43874Yau, John. “James Siena Changes His Approach” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Hyperallergic, 27 January 2019. https://hyperallergic.com/480958/james-siena-painting-pace-gallery/2017Brody, David. “James Siena: ‘Drawing’ at Pace Gallery” (exhibition review). Art ltd., 22 February 2017. http://artltdmag.com/2017/02/james-siena-drawing-pace-gallery/Bui, Phong. “Colonization of Space” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). The Brooklyn Rail, 1 February 2017. http://brooklynrail.org/2017/02/artseen/Colonization-of-SpaceMichalarou, Efi. “Art Presentation: James Siena – Drawing” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Dream Idea Machine, accessed on 23 January 2017. http://www.dreamideamachine.com/en/?p=22442Prentnieks, Anne. “James Siena” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Artforum, accessed 10 February 2017. https://www.artforum.com/picks/id=66217Roniger, Taney. “Getting Lost in James Siena’s Drawn Labyrinths” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Hyperallergic, 1 February 2017. http://hyperallergic.com/355611/getting-lost-in-james-sienas-drawn-labyrinths/Saltz, Jerry. “To Do: 11. See James Siena, ‘Drawing’” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). New York, 11–25 January 2017.2016Barrett, Hannah van Sickle. “Art: Art’s Complexities.” TownVibe Berkshire, July 2016. http://www.townvibe.com/Berkshire/July-2016/Art-Arts-Complexities/Goodman, Jonathan. “New York: James Siena, Pace Gallery” (exhibition review). Sculpture 35, no. 1 (January/February 2016): 75, illustrated.Siena, James. “Zuber in Otis.” Art in Print 6, no. 4 (November–December 2016): illustrated.Siena, James. “James Siena on the Buddha of Medicine Bhaishajyaguru.” The Artist Project of The MET, accessed on 7 March 2016. http://artistproject.metmuseum.org/5/james-siena/2015Chiaverina, John. “James Siena, In 3-D: The Artist on His New Exhibition at Pace Gallery” (exhibition review). Art News, 23 April 2015. http://www.artnews.com/2015/04/23/james-siena-in-3-d-the-artist-on-his-new-exhibition-at-pace-gallery/“Galleries—Chelsea: James Siena” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). The New Yorker, 20 April 2015: 14.“James Siena at Pace Gallery” (exhibition review). Art in America, 15 April 2015. http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/exhibitions/james-siena/Siena, James. “’A Little Bit of Slippage’: The Sculptures of Painter James Siena” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Interview by Lee Ann Norman. Artcritical, 17 April 2015. http://www.artcritical.com/2015/04/17/lee-ann-norman-with-james-siena/2014“Art: Orly Genger / James Siena” (Sargent’s Daughters exhibition review). New Yorker, accessed 30 October 2014. http://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/art/orly-gengerjames-sienaCohen, Patricia. “Yaddo Honors Philip Roth.” The New York Times, 9 April 2014: C3.Siena, James. “A Conversation with James Siena.” Interview by Julia Schwartz. Figure/Ground, 10 March 2014. http://figureground.org/a-conversation-with-james-siena/Waltemath, Joan. “Mind Games: James Siena’s Typewriter Drawings” (Sargent’s Daughters exhibition review). The Brooklyn Rail, 2 October 2014. http://www.brooklynrail.org/2014/10/artseen/mind-games-james-sienas-typewriter-drawings2013Belcove, Julie. “The Artist as Collector.” Sotheby’s, 19 June 2013. http://www.sothebys.com/en/news-video/blogs/all-blogs/sothebys-at-auction/2013/06/artists-who-collect-damien-hirst-george-condo.htmlSiena, James. “Error and Generation: James Siena in Conversation with Caroline O’Donnell.” The Cornell Journal (March 2013): illustrated.Siena, James. “A Conversation with James Siena.” Figure/Ground. Interview by Julia Schwartz. 1 December 2013. http://figureground.org/a-conversation-with-james-siena/2011Finch, Charlie. “Noble or Nibble? Last Train to Dullsville” (The Pace Gallery exhibition review). artnet.com, 22 April 2011. http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/finch/dullness4-22-11.asp“Galleries—Chelsea: James Siena” (The Pace Gallery exhibition review). The New Yorker, 11 April 2011: 10.Vacui, Horror and David Reisman. “Horror Vacui, David Reisman on James Siena at Pace Gallery, New York” (exhibition review). Texte Zur Kunst, 7 August 2011. https://www.textezurkunst.de/daily/2011/jul/08/james-siena-david-reisman-pacegallery/Ochmanek, Annie. “Reviews: James Siena, Pace Gallery” (exhibition review). Artforum 49, no. 10 (Summer 2011): 402–403, illustrated.Wilson, Michael. “Review: James Siena” (The Pace Gallery exhibition review). Time Out New York, 22 April 2011.Yau, John. “Art Seen: James Siena, Pace Gallery” (exhibition review). Brooklyn Rail (April 2011): 56, illustrated.2010Asfour, Nana. “Art: Reviews—Morphological Mutiny: Steve DiBenedetto, Alexander Ross and James Siena” (exhibition review). Time Out New York, 14–20 January 2010: 42.Boehl, Sabine. “Abstraction—The Space of the Image and the Image’s Space in the 21st Century.” RES Art World/World Art, no. 5 (March 2010): 21, illustrated; 22, 24, discussed.Smith, Roberta. “To the Warp and Weft, Add Vision and Craft.” The New York Times, 26 January 2010: C1+, illustrated.2009Richard, Frances. “Tactical Antagonisms.” Art on Paper 14, no. 2 (November/December 2009): 23–26, illustrated.2008Beckman, Rachel. “‘Herb and Dorothy’: You Can’t Spell Heart Without Art.” Washington Post, 19 June 2008: C5.Cohen, David. “Gallery-Going: Abstraction & Adventure––From elaborate construction to raunchy figuration, artists blur the lines” (PaceWildenstein exhibition preview). New York Sun, 19 March 2008: S3.Cohen, David. “Gallery Going: Following, and Breaking, His Own Rules” (PaceWildenstein exhibition review). New York Sun, 3 April 2008: 22, illustrated.“Galleries––Chelsea: James Siena” (PaceWildenstein exhibition review). The New Yorker, 21 April 2008: 22.2007Schmerier, Sarah. “The Exhibitionists.” Time Out New York, 22–28 February 2007: 23, illustrated.2006Baker, R.C. “Galleries: James Siena.” The Village Voice, 18–24 January 2006.Glueck, Grace. “The Enduring Allure of Scratching on Metal” (The Museum of Modern Art exhibition review). The New York Times, 9 March 2006: E7, discussed.Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. Annual Report 2005–2006. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, 2006: inside front and back cover.“James Siena” (exhibition review). The New Yorker, 23 and 30 January 2006:18.Kino, Carol. “Op, Op and Away” (PaceWildenstein exhibition review). Town & Country (January 2006): 90, illustrated.McQuaid, Cate. “The Draw of These Abstracts? Changing Plot Lines” (Mario Diacono Gallery exhibition review). Boston Globe, 9 November 2006: 8C.Schmerler, Sarah. “The Compulsive Line: Etching 1900 to Now at the Museum of Modern Art, New York” (exhibition review). Art on Paper 10 (July/August 2006): 66–67.Sheets, Hilarie M. “The Big Draw.” Art News 105 (January 2006): 98–103, illustrated.Smith. Roberta. “Art in Review: James Siena” (exhibition review). The New York Times, 6 January 2006: E34, illustrated.Smith. Roberta. “Galleries: Chelsea – James Siena: New Paintings and Gouaches” (exhibition review). The New York Times, 20 January 2006: E30.Twomey, Chris. “James Siena” (exhibition review). www.thenewyorkartworld.com (January 2006): illustrated.Westfall, Stephen. “James Siena’s Linear Cosmos.” Art in America (April 2006): 120–123, illustrated.2005Belcove, Julie L. “Rule Breaker: Artist James Siena Has His Own Ingeniously Complicated, Utterly Mesmerizing Way of Painting.” W Magazine (December 2005): 208–212, illustrated.Bonetti, David. “James Siena: Ten Years of Printmaking at William Shearburn Gallery” (exhibition review). Art on Paper (September–October 2005): 73–74, illustrated.Bonetti, David. “Prints and Paintings Provide Strong Gallery Shows” (exhibition review). St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 24 April 2005: F4, illustrated.Brady, Sallie. “Young, Focused and Fearless.” Art and Antiques 28 (October 2005): 77, illustrated,Cohen, David. “Arts & Letters—Gallery Going: James Siena” (exhibition review). New York Sun, 17 November 2005: 12.Cohen, David. “Arts & Letters—Gallery Going: When the Rule Ruled” (exhibition review). New York Sun, 3 March 2005: 19+.Cooper, Andrew. “The Transcendent Imperative.” Tricycle (Winter 2005): 73–74, 77, illustrated.Cotter, Holland. “Art in Review: ‘Logical Conclusions’” (exhibition review). The New York Times, 18 March 2005: E42.Harris, Jane. “The ruling class: Seeking the poetic potential of neutral signs” (exhibition review). The Village Voice, 16–22 March 2005: 8.MacAdam. Barbara A. “Reviews: New York-Logical Conclusions, PaceWildenstein” (exhibition review). Art News 104 (June 2005): 119.Morgan, Robert C. “Reviews: Logical Conclusions, PaceWildenstein, New York” (exhibition review). tema celeste 110 (July–August 2005): 69.Naves, Mario. “Maddening Consistency Hampers Siena’s Intricately Pretty Pictures” (exhibition review). New York Observer, 5 December 2005: 18, illustrated.Ribas, João. “New and Features—The AI Interview: James Siena.” artinfo.com, 27 December 2005: illustrated.Siena, James. “James Siena in Conversation with Chris Martin.” Interview by Chris Martin. Brooklyn Rail (November 2005):16–17.2004“The Art World—What’s New: The Whitney Biennial” (exhibition review). The New Yorker, 22 March 2004: 100–101.Cohen, David. “Art and Letters: Gallery-Going.” New York Sun, 5 February 2004.“Endless Love” (exhibition review). The New Yorker, 2 February 2004.“’Endless Love’ Exhibits Artworks That Required Time and Effort” (exhibition review). Antiques and the Arts Weekly, 2 January 2004.Kimmelman, Michael. “Touching All Bases at the Biennial” (exhibition review). The New York Times, 12 March 2004: E27, E38.Kramer, Hilton. “This Endless Love Isn’t Really Romantic—It’s Reactionary” (exhibition review). New York Observer, 2 February 2004.Pagel, David. “They’re Fun and They’re Smart” (exhibition review). Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2004: E23.Smith, Roberta. “Art In Review: ‘Endless Love’” (exhibition review). The New York Times, 6 February 2004.Smith, Roberta. “Emerging Talent, and Plenty of It.” The New York Times, 12 March 2004: E27, E32, illustrated.Westerbeke, Julia. “Labor of love.” Time Out New York, 29 January–5 February 2004: 69, illustrated.“The Year in Prints: The First Annual New Print Review.” Art on Paper 9 (November/December 2004): 59, illustrated.2003Baker, Kenneth. “Siena Entwines Abstract Threads.” San Francisco Chronicle, 1 February 2003.Cohen, David. “Arts & Letters: Review” (exhibition review). New York Sun, 26 June 2003: 15, illustrated.Dannatt, Adrian. “Contemporary Commercial Galleries.” Art Newspaper (July–August 2003): 138, illustrated.Fyfe, Joe. “Strange Loops.” Art on Paper (January–February 2003): 44–49, illustrated.Naves, Mario. “Systematic Spaghetti.” New York Observer, 30 June 2003, p. 26.Saltz, Jerry. “Out of Line: Draw Me? An Artist Confounds His Dogged Copier.” The Village Voice, 2–8 July 2003: 56, illustrated.Shinn, Dorothy. “New York artist paints by the numbers.” Akron Beacon Journal, 15 April 2003: E9.Yablonsky, Linda. “Reviews: James Siena-Gorney Bravin + Lee” (exhibition review). Art News (October 2003): 126, illustrated.Zevitas, Steven, ed. New American Paintings (March 2003): 134–137.2002Atkins, Robert. “10 Artists to Watch: Making Connections.” Art News (March 2002): 97, illustrated.de Vegh, Suzanne. “James Siena, Gorney Bravin + Lee” (exhibition review). Brooklyn Rail. (January–February 2002): 30, illustrated.Frankel, David. “Reviews: James Siena at Gorney Bravin + Lee” (exhibition review). Artforum (January 2002): 138–139, illustrated.Koplos, Janet. “James Siena at Gorney Bravin + Lee” (exhibition review). Art in America (May 2002): 146–147, illustrated.Utter, Douglas Max. “Reviews: Accumulations” (exhibition review). New Art Examiner (2002): 76.2001Cohen, David. “Thank Heaven for Little Pictures.” artcritical.com, 11 November 2001: illustrated.“Goings on About Town/Galleries-Chelsea: James Siena at Gorney Bravin + Lee” (exhibition review). The New Yorker, 29 October 2001: 18.Johnson, Ken. “Art Guide: Galleries: Chelsea.” The New York Times, 2 November 2001: E37, illustrated.Johnson, Ken. “Art in Review: James Siena at Gorney Bravin + Lee” (exhibition review). The New York Times, 26 October 2001: E35.Johnson, Ken. “West Side: The Armory Show on the Piers Just Keeps Growing.” The New York Times, 23 February 2001: E33, discussed.Kalm, James. “Repetition in Discourse at the Painting Center” (exhibition review). NYArts (November 2001): 77, illustrated.MacAdam, Alfred. “Reviews: James Siena at Gorney Bravin + Lee, NY” (exhibition review). Art News (December 2001): 140.“Working Proof: James Siena, Nine Prints (1999–2001).” Art on Paper, (September–October 2001): 75, illustrated.2000Cotter, Holland. “New York Contemporary, Defined 150 Ways” (exhibition review). The New York Times, 6 March 2000: E1, E5.Cotter, Holland. “With a Nervy Sense of Today.” The New York Times, 25 February 2000: E39.“Galleries—Chelsea: James Siena.” The New Yorker; 17 April 2000: 20.Johnson, Ken. “Reviews: 'Invitational Exhibition—American Academy of Arts and Letters'” (exhibition review). The New York Times, 31 March 2000: E35.Newhall, Edith. “On View: New York's New Art.” New York, 28 February 2000: 76.Ottman, Klaus. “Review: Works on Paper at Baron/Boisante” (exhibition review). Art News (May 2000): 232.Siegel, Katy. “Review: Greater New York, P.S. 1” (exhibition review). Artforum (May 2000): 174, illustrated.“Working Proof: James Siena.” Art on Paper (July–August 2004): 55.1999Adams, Brooks. “The Risk of Existence, Phyllis Kind Gallery” (exhibition review). Artforum (February 1999): 93, illustrated.Grabner, Michelle. “Test Family.” New Art Examiner (October 1999).Johnson, Ken. “Trippy World at Baron/Boisante” (exhibition review). The New York Times, 22 October 1999.Kaneda. Shirley. “James Siena: In the Absence of Perfection.” Bomb 67 (Spring 1999): 98–100, illustrated.Smith, Roberta. “Rage for Art (Pierogi Reborn) at Pierogi 2000” (exhibition review). The New York Times, 19 February 1999.1998Amy, Michael. “James Siena at Cristinerose Gallery” (exhibition review). Art in America (November 1999): 130, illustrated.Smith, Roberta. “The Risk of Existence at Phyllis Kind Gallery” (exhibition review). The New York Times; 4 December 1998.1997Ebony, David. “David Ebony’s Top Ten: James Siena at Christinerose” (exhibition review). artnet.com, 29 December 1997: illustrated.Pall, Ellen. “The Neo-Dealers.” The New York Times Magazine, 1 September 1997.Smith, Roberta. “James Siena at Cristinerose Gallery” (exhibition review). The New York Times, 17 December 1997: E40, illustrated.1996Arning, Bill. “Art Reviews: James Siena, Pierogi 2000” (exhibition review). Time Out New York, 28 November–5 December 1996: 47, illustrated.“The Motivations of Young Redefined Abstraction.” Tema Celeste 58 (Autumn 1996): 54, illustrated.1987Sofer, Ken. “Atelier Conversations.” Art News (Summer 1997). James SienaBooks and Catalogues James Siena Books 2019James Siena: Painting (exhibition catalogue). Text by Marjorie Welish. New York: Pace Gallery, 2019.2018The Projective Drawing (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Christine Moser and Brett Littman. New York: Austrian Cultural Forum, 2018.2017The Art Museum. London: Phaidon, 2017: 422, illustrated.James Siena. Edited by Ariela Alberts. [New York]: Artifex Press, 2017. http://artifexpress.com/catalogues/james-sienaJames Siena: Drawing (digital exhibition catalogue). Text by Joe Fyfe. New York: Pace Gallery, 2017.Why Draw? 500 Years of Drawings and Watercolors (exhibition catalogue). Brunswick, Maine and Munich: Bowdoin College Museum of Art, DelMonico Books·Prestel, 2017: 159, illustrated.2016Carvalhais, Miguel. Artificial Aesthetics: Creative Practices in Computational Art and Design. Porto, Portugal: Universidade do Porto, 2016: 198, illustrated.2015James Siena: Typewriter Drawings (exhibition catalogue). Text by Robin Cembalest. Houston: Hiram Butler Gallery, 2015. http://hirambutler.com/flipbook/view/james-siena-typewriter-drawingsJames Siena: New Sculpture (exhibition catalogue). Text by Wayne Koestenbaum. New York: Pace Galley, 2015.2014James Siena: Sequence, Direction, Package, Connection (exhibition brochure). New York: Dieu Donné, 2014.No Boundaries: Aboriginal Australian Contemporary Painting from the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection (exhibition catalogue). New York: Prestel, 2014: illustrated.2013Heat Chaos Resistance: It’s Time to Live in the Scattered Sun (exhibition catalogue). Text by Alyssa E. Fanning. Long Island City, New York: Radiator Gallery, 2013: illustrated.Odifreddi, Piergiorgio. Abasso Euclide! Milan: Mondadori Editore, 2013: 132, illustrated.Siena, James. “An Interview with James Siena.” By Kevin McCaffrey. Drawing Things Out: Cartography, Automatic Drawing, and the Psyche: Kevin McCaffrey. S.l.: s.n., 2013: 37–43.2012Diacono, Mario. Archetypes and Historicity. Paintings and Other Radical Forms 1995–2007. Milan: Silvana Editoriale, 2012: 256–262.Print/Out: 20 Years in Print (exhibition catalogue). New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2012: 107, illustrated.Restive Units: James Siena. Text by Geoffrey Young. Great Barrington, Massachusetts: Social Security, 2012.Young, Geoffrey. Plain Sight: Short Essays on Eight Painters. N.p.: Sternum, 2012: 14–19, illustrated.2011Johnson, Ken. Are You Experienced? How Psychedelic Consciousness Transformed Modern Art. Munich: Prestel Verlag, 2011: 31, illustrated.2010Courier (exhibition catalogue). Text by James Siena, Janet Riker et al. Albany, New York: State University of New York, 2010: 11, illustrated.50 Years at Pace (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Arne Glimcher et al. New York: The Pace Gallery, 2010: illustrated.2009Between the Lines: A Coloring Book of Drawings by Contemporary Artists (Volume 2). New York: RxArt, Inc., 2009: illustrated.Cross, Susan and Denise Markonish, eds. Sol LeWitt: 100 Views (exhibition catalogue). North Adams, Massachusetts: MASS MoCA, 2009: 107.Godfrey, Tony. Painting Today. London: Phaidon Press Limited, 2009: illustrated.Grabowski, Beth and Bill Flick. Printmaking: A Complete Guide to Materials and Processes. London: Laurence King Publishing Ltd., 2009: 112, illustrated.Humphrey, David. Blind Handshake: David Humphrey Art Writing + Art 1990–2008. Cornwall, United Kingdom: Periscope Publishing, 2009: 201, illustrated.Rattemeyer, Christian, ed. The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection. Catalogue Raisonné. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2009: 253, illustrated.Riley II, Charles A. Art at Lincoln Center: The Public Art and List Print and Poster Collections. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009: 119, 202, illustrated.Welish, Marjorie and James Siena. Oaths? Questions? New York: Granary Books, 2009.2008Attention to Detail: Curated by Chuck Close (exhibition catalogue). New York: FLAG Art Foundation, 2008: illustrated.Brand X Projects, Inc. Presents a Brief Introduction to Screenprinting (brochure). New York: Brand X Projects, Inc., 2008: illustrated.James Siena (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Geoffrey Young, Mark Greenwold and Mark Strand. New York: PaceWildenstein, 2008.2007James Siena: Big Fast Ink, Drawings, 1996–2007 (exhibition brochure). Text by Geoffrey Young. Albany, New York: University Art Museum, 2007.2006Lindemann, Adam. Collecting Contemporary. Cologne: Taschen GmbH, 2006: 78, illustrated.Richer, Francesca and Matthew Rosenzweig, eds. No. 1: First Works by 362 Artists. New York: D.A.P./Distributed Arts Publishers, Inc., 2006: 347, illustrated.2005Dexter, Emma. Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing. London and New York: Phaidon Press Limited, 2005: 292–293, illustrated.Goldsmith, Kenneth. Spring. Wood engravings by James Siena. New York: Didymus Press, 2005.James Siena: New Paintings and Gouaches (exhibition catalogue). Text by John Yau. New York: PaceWildenstein, 2005.Logical Conclusions: 40 Years of Rule-Based Art (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Marc Glimcher. New York: PaceWildenstein, 2005: 138–143, illustrated.Lopez, Tony. Devolution. Drawings by James Siena. Great Barrington, Massachusetts: The Figures, 2005.Rexer, Lyle. How to Look at Outsider Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2005: 165, illustrated.Sets, Series, and Suites: Contemporary Prints (exhibition catalogue). Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2005: illustrated.2004Endless Love (exhibition brochure). Text by Mark Greenwold. New York: DC Moore Gallery, 2004: illustrated.The 2004 Biennial (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Chrissie Iles, Shamim M. Momin, Debra Singer, et al. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2004: 234, illustrated.2003James Siena: drawings and paintings (exhibition brochure). Text by Karen Moss. San Francisco: San Francisco Art Institute, 2003.Philbrick, Jane, ed. The Return of the Cadavre Exquis (exhibition catalogue). Text by Ann Philbin. New York: Drawing Center, 1993.Young, Geoffrey. Lights Out. Drawings by James Siena. Great Barrington, Massachusetts: The Figures, 2003.2002Bayrle, Thomas. Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting. London and New York: Phaidon Press Limited, 2002: 306–309, illustrated.Newman, Amy, ed. On the Needs of Visual Artists: A Roundtable 2001. Colorado Springs: Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, 2002.The 177th Annual: An Invitational Exhibition (exhibition catalogue). New York: National Academy of Design Museum, 2002: 85, illustrated.The Tipping Point (exhibition brochure). Text by David Cohen. Philadelphia: Locks Gallery, 2002.2001James Siena, 1991–2001 (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Robert Hobbs and the artist. New York and Los Angeles: Gorney Bravin + Lee; Daniel Weinberg, 2001.Lombino, Mary-Kay and Constance Glenn. By Hand: Pattern, Precision and Repetition in Contemporary Drawing (exhibition catalogue). Long Beach, California: University Art Museum, California State University, 2001.1999Blinderman, Barry and Tom Moody. post-hypnotic (exhibition catalogue). Text by Barry Blinderman. Normal, Illinois: University Galleries, Illinois State University, 1999.1998Exploring Interior Landscape: Art from the Collection of Clifford Diver (exhibition catalogue). Wilmington, Delaware: Delaware Art Museum, 1998.Luoma, Bill. Works & Days. West Stockbridge, Massachusetts: The Figures and Hard Press, Inc., 1998: cover.1997James Siena (exhibition catalogue). Text by Geoffrey Young. New York: Cristinerose Gallery, 1997.1996Young, Geoffrey. Pockets of Wheat. Drawings by James Siena. Great Barrington, Massachusetts: The Figures, 1996.