Jocko Weyland
Born in Helsinki, Finland in 1967 Jocko Weyland is a writer, curator, editor, and artist. The author of The Answer is Never (Grove 2002) and various articles and stories published in Thrasher, The New York Times, Cabinet, Vice and Apartamento, amongst others, he is the founder of Elk Gallery and Elk Magazine. Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Solo Exhibitions
2010
"MK Guth & Jocko Weyland", Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
"Les Souvenirs Sont Cors de Chasse," Starcow, Paris
2009
"Life on Mars" Fake Space, Beijing, China
"Almost News" KS Art, New York, NY
2005
"Today your love, Tomorrow the World" (w/Thurston Moore) KS Art, New York, NY
2000
"Radical Contours b/w Influential Practitioners" Steffany Martz Gallery, New York, NY
1998
Steffany Martz Gallery, New York, NY
1996
"Same Same" Steffany Martz Gallery, New York, NY
1989
Annex Gallery, University of California at San Diego, CA
Group Exhibitions
2009
"Swipple & Gold,", curated by Jason Wright, Ever Gold Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Made in China," Undo-Redo, Paris, France
"Listen with Your Ears and Eyes Wide Open, This Time," curated by Rich Jacobs, Park Life Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008
"Everything Else" Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
"Don't Paint With Your Teeth", curated by Rich Jacobs, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
"Dropped Frames: A Collaborative Experiment in Film organized by J. Patrick Walsh III" Elk Gallery, New York, NY
"There is a Xerox on the Insides of Your Eyelids", curated by Rich Jacobs, Needles and Pens, San Francisco, CA
2007
"Move #15", curated by Rich Jacobs, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
"Ill Fitting (27 Sizes)", curated by Jason Wright, University of Michigan Residential College Art Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2006
"Le Boxx" curated by Pontus Alv and Nils Svensson, Stapelbaddsparken, Malmo, Sweden
"Square One" curated by Richard Gilligan, Monstertruck Studios, Dublin, Ireland
"6x4 Loads!" curated by Dave Bevan, The Lurking Hole, Nottingham, England
"Swipple Envelope Show", curated by Jason Wright, Swipple, Ypsilanti, Michigan (Catalogue)
"Boarding Borders" curated by Maurer United Architects (MUA), De Wittenplaats, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"Space Between the Spokes" KS Art, New York, NY
2005
"Merit Badge" curated by Jason Middlebrook, Jason Middlebrook Property, Columbia County, NY
"Move #13" curated by Rich Jacobs, Clementine Gallery, New York, NY
2004
"Move #11" curated by Rich Jacobs, 96 Gillespie, London, England
"Total Gym in…. The Primal Secrets", curated by Patrick Walsh, Foundation Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003
"Kult 48 Klubhouse" curated by Scott Hug, Deitch Projects, Brooklyn, NY
"Teenage Rebel: The Bedroom Show" curated by Scott Hug, Agnes B. Foundation, Paris, France
"Skate Culture: The Art of Skateboarding" curated by Rich Jacobs, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, VA (Catalogue)
K-48 Room in "Magasin" Marres, Maastricht, The Netherlands
2002
"Teenage Rebel: The Bedroom Show" curated by Scott Hug, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY
"Play Ground" Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA
"Stepping Back, Moving Forward: Human Interaction in an Interactive Age", Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, curated by William Stover and Laurie Halsey Brown (Catalogue)
2001
"Zone" curated by Ton van Gool, MU Foundation, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (Catalogue)
"Zone Skateboarding" Technical University, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (Catalogue)
2000
"5 Jahre Green Door" curated by Thomas Hauser, Green Door, Berlin, Germany
Steffany Martz Gallery, New York, NY
1999
"If You Build it, They Will Come" curated by Jason Middlebrook, Berrie Center for the Performing and Visual Arts at Ramapo College of New Jersey (Catalogue)
Steffany Martz Gallery, New York, NY
1997
"Chelsea" Steffany Martz Gallery, New York, NY
1996
"Primeval Sludge Tour" Hauser Gallery, Berlin, Germany
"Art from the Outside" 68 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY
Curated Exhibitions
2009
"Things That Stay, Things That Go, Danny Tinneny's Selective Salvage", Elk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Desirée Hammen, "Insieme", Elk Gallery, New York, NY (Catalogue)
Ale Formenti, "Sangue, Sbocco & Tipe", Elk Gallery, New York, NY
Rick Charnoski, "Kitty Cats and Nuclear Energy Come Together," Elk Gallery, New York, NY
Artus de Lavilléon, "No Deposit – No Return," Elk Gallery, Beijing, China (Catalogue)
2007
Gloria T. Park, "La Perriquière," Elk Gallery, Los Angles, CA (Catalogue)
"The Regency," Regency Apartments, Los Angeles, CA (Catalogue)
Patrick Walsh, "Ultra Trad Land," Elk Gallery, New York, NY
2006
"Now I Hate Summer," Elk Gallery, New York, NY (Catalogue)
Publications
2009
"China Apartments," (with photographs) Apartmento, issue #04
"Rest in Peace: Andy Kessler 6/11/61-8/10/09," Thrasher, November
"Very Specific Things: Charles Goldman's Spatial-Temporal Transferences," catalogue essay, Charles Goldman: PBLX., Southeastern Louisiana University
"Evan's Ramp," in Lost and Found, Stories from New York, Vol. 2 Mr. Beller's Neighborhood Books
"The Birdman," Vice, September
"Where the Secret Is," Concussion, No. 41
"Rolls Royce in the Snow," (with photographs) Apartamento, issue #03
"Wisdom Seed: An Interview with Vision Magazine's Maple Jiang", Vice, April
"The Lost Jew of Dali," Vice, August
2008
"Deathbowl to Downtown: The Evolution of Skateboarding in New York City," Story for Six Stair Production's feature length documentary film
"Zsa Zsa and the Prostitutes" and "Wash Your Body," Vice, May
"Time to Die", Thrasher, May
"Behind the Green Curtain," Vice, April
"Outward Expressions, Inward Reflections" at Three Shadows, Time Out Beijing, April
"Dark Tranquility Rocks Yugong Yishan," Vice, March
"Through the Windshield by Michael DeCapite," Rain Taxi, Vol. 13, No. 1, Spring
"Two-Fold Faction at PKM Gallery," Time Out Beijing, March
"Swell Toffs, "Luke Johnson," "Jesus Didn't Have Tattoos," "We Can Talk," "31PH,"
"Family Affair," Vice, January
"The 988 to the 944," in Sewn: Chile and China, catalog (nicoykatiushka)
2007
"The Mystery of the Umbrellas," The New York Times, December 9th
"From 108th St. to Point Hope" (Introduction) in Ivory Serra: The Serra Effect, Drago
"Unstoppable," The New York Times, April 29
"Eating Glass" and "Plush", Q & A, No. 1
"Square Watermelons and Leg Art: Exploring the Associated Press Photo Library", Cabinet, No. 24
2006
"Interview with Vito Acconci", The Journal, No. 18
"In Memory" and "New Sex Techniques", Vice, Fiction Issue
"Gee Vaucher at GBE", Time Out New York, November 23-29
"You Smell So Good", Kingpin, No. 35
"Guest Ed", The Skateboard Mag, No. 33
"Cold Chillin'" and "Yo Niga," Busters No. 3
"Vietnam is Number One," Open City, No. 22
"John Lurie, Alanna Heiss, Ed Rath, David Reed" Art Times Squared newspaper for HangART-7 exhibition, Salzburg, Austria
"Space Oddity", Time Out New York, August 10-16
"Be Our Guest" Editorial, New York Daily News, August 8
"Damned to be Free", Blight At The End Of The Funnel – Edward Colver, Grand Central Press/Last Gasp
"Hans Bellmer at Miguel Abreu Gallery" Time Out New York, May 18-24, 2006
"Call it nothing – Eric Mitchell" Time Out New York, January 19-25, 2006
"Two Turkey's Nest Stories" Busters, No. 2
2005
"The Oddjobsmen" Mass Appeal, No. 35
2004
"The Architecture of Paradoxical Pleasure" MU Bowl, Maurer United Architects
"Open Eyes for the Public Domain" Outside In, Emerging Expressions, Interventions and Participation in Public Space, Interactive Institute Play Studio
"Punk Funk" Adbusters No. 57
"Death and Forgetting in Guernica" Pool Dust No. 30
"En Piste: An interview with James Niehues" Cabinet, No. 15
"In The Now" The Shambhala Sun, September
"Pineapple and All Those Guys" Beautiful Losers: Street Culture in Contemporary Art, D.A.P./Iconoclast
"Attractive to the Unattractive" (Foreword) and "Rumble at Riverside" Life & Limb—Skateboarders Write from the Deep End, Soft Skull Press
"The Sharper the Pain" Laugh Now, Cry Later: Photography by Tobin Yelland, Ouch
"Sometimes Words Aren't Enough" Rich Jacobs–What Instrument do you Play?, Otto
"Man of the House: The Nicholas Roerich Museum" Time Out New York, April 29-–May 6
"American Splendor: Whitney Biennial Preview" Time Out New York, March 4–11
2003
"Gliding Along, And Gathering a City's Castoffs" The New York Times, October 19
"Code Blue at Heathrow" Kingpin, #5
"Craving Samizdat" Skate Culture: The Art of Skateboarding catalog, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia
"Despite Everything: A Cometbus Omnibus by Aaron Cometbus" Review, Rain Taxi, Summer
"The Three" Time Out New York, June 6–12
"Freewheeler—Mark Gonzales" The New York Times Magazine Part 2, Spring
"Bowled Over" Time Out New York, January 9–16
"Ritual Warfare and Entropy, Or, Bob Loseedo Wears a Speedo" Thrasher, January
2002
"The Answer is Never: A Skateboarder's History of the World", Grove Press
"Skateable Reverse Engineering" Cabinet, No. 8
"Revenge Against Boredom" Thrasher, October
"Holy Sites of the Golden Land" Adrenalin, No. 12
"The Elk and the Skateboarder" Open City, No. 15
"Salton Sea" K48, No. 2
2001
"Rumble at Rivesrside Skatepark" Mr. Beller's Neighborhood, December
"Skankytown Requiem" Thrasher, December
2000
"Lies Like Truth, or, A Little Bit of Luck and a Dash of Larceny" Bunnyhop, No. 10
"Skeet-Ball at the Chinese Embassy" Skatement, October
"Swimmer Without a Cause" Open City, No. 10
"Stacey Gibo and The Paradox of History" Thrasher, February
"Richard Armijo; Frontside Rock and Roll" Thrasher, January
1998
"Burrito" Open City, No. 6
"Damned to be Free, The Photographs of Edward Colver" Thrasher, September
"Same Same" Metropolis, July/August
1997
"Epiphany at Mecca" Thrasher, July
"The Woodpile" Concrete Jungle, Juno Books
"Strawberry Essence" Ben Is Dead, Spring
"Loisaida Palaver" Slant, No. 8