1982    
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Grand Rapids Museum of Art, Grand Rapids, MI
Madison Arts Center, Madison, WI
New Figuration in America, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Commodities Corporation Collection, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Image Scavenger, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
New York State Museum, Albany, NY
Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York, NY
General Mills Corporate Headquarters, Minneapolis, MN

1981    
New York, New Wave, MOMA 1 Long Island City, NY
Kenneth Anger Retrospective, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Eight Contemporary Photographers, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Couches, Diamonds, and Pie, P.S. 1 Museum of Art, Long Island City, NY
Out Art, C.A.G.E., Cincinnati, OH
Pictures and Promises, The Kitchen, New York, NY
Love Is Blind, Castelli Graphics, New York, NY
Auto Portraits, Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France
Rutgers University, Rutgers, NJ

1980    
Movin’, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Times Square Show, New York, NY
Dubbed in Glamour, The Kitchen, New York, NY
The Animal Show, Stefanotti, New York, NY
Collaborative Projects Benefit, Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, NY

1979    
Food and Pleasure, City Center, New York, NY
Floating Foundation of Photography Manifesto, New York, NY
Artist Postcard Show, Musee d’art Modern (Arc), Paris, France
Steffanotti, New York, NY

1978    
File 13, New York, NY
Batman Show, New York, NY
Income and Wealth, New York, NY
Punk Art Exhibition, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington D.C.

1977    
Image Bank Postcard Show, Vancouver, Canada

Select Bibliography

2023
Madey, Candice, et al. Luxe, Calme, Volupté. SJ Weiler Press; Candice Madey New York, 2023. Illus. pp 46, 49.
Donato, Claire. Kind Mirrors, Ugly Ghosts. Archway Editions, 2023 (cover image).
Dirks, Von Hilka. “Ikone der New Yorker Subkultur: Großer Auftritt für die Körperbilder von Jimmy DeSana in Berlin.” Tagesspiegel, December 11.
Handelman, Michelle, et al. “Lust, Kink, and the Emancipatory Potential of BDSM.” Texte Zur Kunst, no. 132, December 2023, illus. pp. 168.
Desire: When You Step Over the Line, the Line Becomes You. Notes on Oisín Byrne and Jimmy DeSana, Paris Internationale 2023. Brewer Street Press, 2023.

2022
Dorris, Jesse. “Jimmy DeSana’s Transgressive Vision of Life and Desire.” Aperture, December 14.
Aletti, Vince. “A Counterculture Chronicler Gets His Due.” The New Yorker, December 2022.
Lubow, Arthur. “Jimmy DeSana, Downtown Pioneer and Provocateur, Goes Mainstream, The New York Times, November 8.
Belknap, John. “Portfolio: Jimmy DeSana and Terrence Sellers.” Artforum, November 2022.

2021
Fusi, Lorenzo, et al. The Sodomite Invasion: Experimentation, Politics and Sexuality in the Work of Jimmy Desana and Marlon T. Riggs. Griffin Art Projects, 2021. 

2019
Barcena, Bryan. “Suburban/Submission.” Foam Magazine, September 2019.

2017
Simmons, William J. “Surreal Sexuality.” Aperture, January 18

2016    
Schwendener, Martha. “Jimmy DeSana and Hanna Liden. ‘Still Lives.’” New York Times, June 17.
Hudson, Mark. “Performing for the Camera, Tate Modern, review: ‘an intriguing snapshot of performance art’.” The Telegraph, February 16.

2015    
Munro, Cait, Simmons, William J. “Jimmy DeSana.” Aperture, Spring 2015.

2013    
Rutland, Beau. “Jimmy DeSana.” ARTFORUM, October.
McCormick, Carlo. “Jimmy DeSana: Party Picks: 1975-1987.” Photograph, September.
“Purple Visual Essay.” Purple Fashion, Fall/ Winter 2013.
Johnson, Ken. “Jimmy DeSana: Party Picks.” New York Times, August.
McCormick, Carlo. “Party Picks: Estate of Jimmy DeSana.” Photograph, July 26.
“Jimmy DeSana.” New Yorker, July.
“Critics Picks.” Time Out New York, June.
“My DeSana.” NY Arts Magazine, June.
Sherwin, Skye. “In Pictures | Jimmy De Sana: Suburban Color Sex Pictures.” AnOther Magazine, May 3.
Spencer, Corinna. “Jimmy De Sana: Suburban Color Sex Pictures.” Garageland Magazine, May 1.
Peer, Brendan. “Jimmy De Sana: Suburban Color Sex Pictures.” Used Magazine, May 11.
“Jimmy De Sana at Wilkinson Gallery, London.” Aesthetica, May.
Brown, Mark. “Glam! When piggy met Ziggy: Tate Liverpool traces art of the early 70s.” The Guardian, February.
“Jimmy De Sana: In Memoriam.” Le Journal de la Photographie, February.
Searle, Adrian. “Glam! at Tate Liverpool: through a mirrorball darkly.” The Guardian, February.
Fateman, Johanna. “Discipline- The Lost Collaboration of Terence Sellers and Jimmy De Sana.” Apology, Winter.

2010    
Manfellotto, Michelle. “(SHE).” Nero Magazine, October.

2009    
Sherwin, Skye. “Pick of the Week.” The Guardian Guide, December.
Simmons, Laurie. A Magazine, curated by Prenzlouer Shoer, June.
Giddins, Tom. “Jimmy De Sana.” Dazed and Confused, June.

2008    
Williams, Gilda. “Jimmy De Sana.” Artforum, August.
Cotter, Holland. “Last Chance: Eat the Document.” The New York Times, February 22.
“Short List: Eat the Document.” The New Yorker, February 25.

2007    
McClemont, Doug. “Blow Both of Us at Participant Inc.” Daily Magazine, January 26.
Cornell, Lauren, “Blow Both of Us.” Time Out New York, No. 591, January, pp 25-31.

2004    
Smith, Roberta. “Looking Back at the Flurry on the Far Side.” The New York Times, December 10.
Deitcher, David. “Spiritual America: David Deitcher on pre- teenspirit (Popisms).” Artforum, October.

1995    
Bourdon, David. “Jimmy de Sana at Pat Hearn - Review of Exhibitions.” Art in America, November.
Hainly, Bruce. Artforum, No. 3, Vol. XXXIV, November, pp 90-91.
Eckoff, Sally. “Jimmy De Sana: A Selected Survey at Pat Hearn Gallery.” Time Out, October, pp 18-25.
Hagen, Charles. “The Provocative Work of an Abbreviated Life.” The New York Times, September 29.
Morin, France. The Interrupted Life. New York, The New Museum of Contemporary Art. Exhibition catalogue.

1991    
Adams, Brooks. “Grotesque Photography.” The Print Collector’s Newsletter, Vol. 6, January/February.
Grundberg, Andy. “Critic”s Choice.” The New York Times, January 4.

1990    
“Artistic Voices are Many.” The Atlanta Journal, September 15.
Simmons, Laurie, Journal of Contemporary Art, Spring/Summer.

1989    
G.Roger Denson, Arts, ‘The Mirroring Enigmas’, May.

1988    
Smith, P.C. Art in America, November.
Smith, Roberta. The New York Times, January 29.
Lathem, Alexis. 108 Review, January.

1986    
Cortez, Diego. Wolkenkratzer, September.

1985    
Pincus-Witten, R. Psycho Pueblo, November.

1983    
Cohen, Ronnie. Print Collector’s Newsletter, May.
Wanning, Virginia. Omni, March.
Moufarrege, Nick. Flash Art, January.
Cohen, Ronnie. Art News, January.

1982    
Lawson, Thomas. Artforum, December.
Ricard, Rene. Artforum, December.
Smith, Roberta.Village Voice, October.
Tatransky, Valentine. Arts, March.

1981    
Cohen, Ronnie. Artforum.
Bannon, Victor. Buffalo News, December.
Flood Richard. Artforum, Summer.
Tatransky, Valentine. Cover, Summer.
Tatransky, Valentine. Arts, June.
Grundberg, Andy. The New York Times, May.
Lifson, Ben. The Village Voice, May.
Rose, Frank. Esquire, April.
O’Brien, Glenn. Interview, April.
Smith, Roberta. Art in America, January.

1980    
Pincus-Witten, R. Arts, September.
Tatransky, Valentine. Art, February.
Tatransky, Valentine. Flash Art, February.

1979    
Robinson, Walter. Adix, October.

Public Collections

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY