Sunny Buick
Lives and Works Paris, France
Education
1992 BA in Creative arts, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2022 “Daydream Believer” Festival de la Bande Dessinée de Aix en Provence, Galerie Vincent BERCKER, Aix en Provence, France
“Solo Show” Venomen Art Gallery, Strasbourg, France
“Paris 13 Tattoo Expo” City Hall of the 13th Arrondissement Paris, France
2016 “Print Show” Pied de Biche, Paris, France
2013 “La Dame de Piques” Pied de Biche, Paris, France
2006 “Born to Louvre” Born Bad, Paris, France
2005 “Let’s Go To Sunnyland” curated by Nicoz, True Hate Gallery, La Rochelle, France
2000 “Sunny Buick Solo Exhibition” Zen Center, San Francisco, California
1999 “Las Vegas Grind- Sunny Buick Solo Expo” Gold Coast Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
Installations
2020 “Tiger Goddess Mural” The Coven, Private Museum, Ibisa, Spain
2017 “Robot Luchadors” MUJAM Museo del Juguete Antiago, Mexico, Mexico City
1998 “Labarynth- Rooms for the Dead” Curated by René Yanez Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California
1999 “Casa de Espantos (House of Spirits) Curated by René Yanez SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, California
Selected Group Exhibiitons
2023 “We love earrings” Parcours Bijoux Paris, Galerie Amira Sliman
2021 “Apparitions”, Paradice Palace, New York
2020 “Popland”, curated by Ciou, Kochxbos Gallery, Amsterdam
2019 “Patriarchy is Burning” curated by Gang of Witches, Palais de Tokyo, Yoyo, Paris, France
“Ladies Ladies Art Show”, curated by Alex Mc Watt, 10th anniversary, Three Kings Tattoo, New York
2018 “Venus’ Revolution” curated by Gang of Witches, Espace Léon Cœur, Paris, France
2017 “Objectif Lune” curated by Gang of Witches, Galerie Basfroi, Paris, France
2016 “Tiffany” curated by Arts Factory, Pied de Biche, Paris France
2015 “Tattoo Art” curated by Artjaws, Galerie Vanessa Quang Paris, France
“La Mexicanita” curated by Leanka Platt, La Maison Bleu, Strasbourg, France
“International Women’s Day Art Show” MF Gallery, Brooklyn New York
2013 “Zombie Gateau” Akiza Gallery, Paris, France
2012 “Ladies, Ladies Tattoo Art Show” MF Gallery, New York
2010 “Angelique Houtcamp, Morg, and Sunny Buick” Mondo Bizzarro, Rome, Italy
“Offf Festival for the International Post Digital Creation Culture” Paris, France
“Ladies First” Ayden Gallery, Tinseltown, Canada
2009 “Tattoo Mystique” Outre Gallery, Melbourne and Sydney, Australia
“Childhood Heros” Strychnin Gallery, Berlin, Germany
“Exposition Elements” Arttoyz Galerie, Paris France
“Ladies First #3” Pravus Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2008 “Lowbrow on the High Seas 5” Marine Club, Vancouver, Canada
“Bowl-a-Rama II Group Show” curated by Jenny Duffy, Ashbury Lanes and Cry Baby Gallery, Asbury Park, New Jersey
“Pin-ups and Pistons” curated by the Poptarts,The Gallery at East Atlanta Tattoo, Atlanta, Georgia
“Hipster’s Holiday- Swanky Paintings for Tattooed Rebels” Harold Golen Gallery, Miami, Florida
“THE 2ND ANNUAL LADIES FIRST-Art & Music Festival” ANZA Club, Vancouver, Canada
“Viva Las Vegas 2nd Annual Art Show- sponsored by 8Ball”, The Gold Coast, Las Vegas, Nevada
“Freaks Club” L’art de Rien Galerie, Paris, France
2007 “Rome is Burning/The New School” Foster Museum Haas Fine Arts Center, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
“Grand Opening Group Show” Harold Golen Gallery, Miami, Florida
“Raw Power Moves” Cannibal Flower West, Los Angeles
“Bestial” Curated by Miss Van, Iguapop Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
“Tea and Circus” No Pain, No Brain Gallery, Berlin, Germany
“All Eyes On Them” curated by Jenny Duffy, Cry Baby Gallery, Asbury Park, New Jersey
“Ladies Only” curated by the Poptarts, Cry Baby Gallery, Asbury Park, New Jersey
“Ladies Only” curated by the Poptarts, The Gem Gallery, Ontario, Canada
“Viva Las Vegas Art Show- sponsored by 8 Ball” the Gold Coast, Las Vegas, Nevada
2006 “Everything Nice” Thinkspace, Los Angeles, California
“Everything Nice” Toy Room Gallery, Sacramento California
“Erotika” Curated by Nicoz, True Hate Gallery, La Rochelle, France
“Vanguard-Tattoo Art Show” Roshambo Winery, Healdsburg, California
“Skulls, Wheels and Ink” curated by Angelique Houtcamp, Outré Gallery, Sidney and Melbourne, Australia
“Bowl-a-Rama Group Show” Ashbury Lanes, Ashbury Park, NewJersey
“Hand Made” Copro Nason Gallery, Bergamot Center, Santa Monica, California
2005 “Paradirama” Musée International des Arts Modestes, Sete, France
“Le Très Etrange (et dernier) Nöel de l’A.F.” Art’s Factory, Paris, France
“Summer in the City” Art’s Factory, Paris, France
“Truckstops and Trailerparks” Tart Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
“War of the Monsters” Lazy Dog Gallery, Paris, France
2004 “Modern Love” M Modern Gallery, Palm Springs, California
“Things with Wings” M Modern Gallery, Palm Springs, California
“2 Steps Back” Traveling Art Show
“Skin Deep” Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, California
2003 “Robots Have Feelings Too” Culture Cache Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Beatsville” Gallery Outré, Melbourne, Australia
“Mexopolis-Lucha Libre” curated by Jorge R. Gutierrez, Gallery Bink, Portland, Oregon
“Live Fast, Die Young” Culture Cache Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Halloween Show” Shop Chuey, Los Angeles, California
“Juxtapoz Artists” Track 16 Gallery, Bergamot Center, Santa Monica, California
“Unplugged” Lucky1 Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
“Cold Steel Show” Toy Room Gallery, Sacramento California
2002 “Commercial Art by Uncommercial Artists” la Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
“Vicious, Delicious, Ambitious” Ne Plus Ultra-Project Space, Toronto, Canada
“Vicious, Delicious, Ambitious” Third Ave Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
“Vicious, Delicious, Ambitious” Copro Nason Gallery, Culver City, California
“Vicious, Delicious, Ambitious” Fuse Gallery, New York, New York
“Freak Show” Cpop Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
2001 “Commercial Art by Uncommercial Artists” La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
“Solar Return” Culture Cache Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Rat Fink Tribute” Kulture Shoq, Hollywood, California
“Tats Getcha Sex” Tart Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2000 “Commercial Art by Uncommercial Artists” La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
“Exotica 2000 Tiki Group Show” Chicago, Illinois
“Group Show” Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Group Show” Kulture Shoq, Hollywood, California
“3 Year Anniversary Show” Mission Badlands Gallery, San Francisco, California
“High Octane Kustom Kulture Show” Citi Arts, Wichita, Kansas
“Monster Show” Forbidden Gallery, Houston, Texas
“Definitive Retrospective” Copro Nason Gallery, Culver City, California
“My Personal Monster” Mission Badlands Gallery, San Francisco, California
1999 “Dangerous Dolls-Group Show” Jim Huset Gallery, Copenhagen
“Dangerous Dolls-Group Show” K-Bar Gallery, Stockholm
“Dangerous Dolls-Group Show” Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, Washington
“Annual Devil Show” Mission Badlands Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Lucha Libre” Mission Badlands Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Four Tattoo Artists” Virgin 69 Gallery, San Francisco, California
1998 “Virgin Destroyer- Group Show” Mission Badlands Gallery, San Francisco, California
“No Love Group Art Show” Mission Badlands Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Bizarro Erotica Group Show” Place Pigalle Gallery, San Francisco, California
“The Devil’s Ass- Group Show” Mission Badlands Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Dia de los Muertos- Group Show” Mission Badlands Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Acme Custom” SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco,
1997 “24 Women on 24th Street” Mission Badlands Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Carna Pintada” Mission Badlands Gallery, San Francisco, California
“The Devil and the Geisha- Group Show” curated by Anistasia Schinpani, Rouge Gallery, San Francisco, California
1996 “Pins and Needles- Group show of tattoo artists” Intersection for the Arts Museum, San Francisco, California
Curated
2003 “Sci-Fi Western” 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, California
2000 “Las Vegas Grind Lowbrow Art” Gold Coast Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
1998 “Annie Get Your Gun” Place Pigalle Gallery, San Francisco, California
Performance
2019 “Interlude Dada” Palais de Tokyo, Yoyo, Paris, France
“Eyecandy Bulimia” Wild Weekend, Majorca, Spain
2012 “Voyeur” curated by Nyctalopes, Cabaret Organique, Galerie Choiseul, Paris, France
Film
2023 “Sci Fi Western- 20th Anniversary”
2020 “Eye Candy Bulimia”
1992 “Heartaches”
Residencies/Awards/Art Fairs
2022 Satellite Art Fair Miami, House of Yes “The Vessel”
2022 Residency at CAMP in Aulus les Bains, France with Florence Peake
2020 Residency at The Coven, Private Museum, Ibiza, Spain
2019 Residency at The Coven, Private Museum, Ibiza, Spain
2004 (mention) Art direction for Douglas Fraser’s “Dead Astronaut” from Sci-Fi Western Art show curated by Sunny Buick Creative
Arts magazine
“Best art show worth waiting in line for” Sci-Fi Western Bay Guardian Newspaper
Selected Bibliography
Vale, V. Swing! The New Retro Renaissance RE/Search 2002 ISBN 1-889307-02-5
Cullison, Sherri. “Sunny Buick.” Vicious, Delicious, and Ambitious: 20th Century Women Artists. Shiffer Publishing, 2003 ISBN 0764316346
McIntosh, Martin. Beatsville. Outré Gallery Press, Melborne,Australia. 2003 ISBN 0-9751078-0-1
Buick, Sunny, and Clute, John. Sci-Fi Western. Last Gasp Publishing 2004 ISBN 0-86719-560-6
Von Stronheim,Otto. Tiki Art Now. Last Gasp 2006
Marc, Karl. Hand Made Vol. 2. Working Class Books 2006
Marc, Karl. Hand Made Vol. 3. Working Class Books 2007
Bolino, Pakito. Hoptal Brut No. 7. Le Dernier Cri 2007
Nicoz. True Hate Gallery Presents : Erotika XXXArt. 2009
Minguet, Eva. “Sunny Buick.” Tattoo Delirium. Monsa Publishing, Barcelona, Spain 2011 ISBN 978-0-06-174032-9
Pricco, Evan. “Sunny Buick.” Juxtapoz Tattoo 2. Ginko Press, 2016 ISBN 1584234229
Minguet, Joseph Maria. “Sunny Buick.” The New Tattoo. Monsa Publishing, Barcelona, Spain 2016 ISBN 978-84-16500-27-7
Minguet, Eva and Buick, Sunny. COLORING BOOK. Neo-Traditional Tattoo, Monsa Publishing, Barcelona, Spain 2017
Gang of Witches. “Poupées forain et Milagros.” Objective Lune. GOW Publishing 2017
Gang of Witches. “Retribution Ritual.” Venus Revolution. GOW Publishing 2018
Gang of Witches. “Herstory.” Patriarchy is Burning. GOW Publishing 2019
Pahud, Stéphanie. “Bonbon Cannibal- Portrait de Sunny Buick.” Chairisson-Nous! Nos corps nous parlent, Favre, Lausanne, Switzerland. 2020 ISBN: 978-2-8289-1771-5
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