Bureau is proud to announce Tom Thayer’s inclusion in MoMA PS1's Greater New York 2026.
April 16 - August 17, 2026
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Tom Thayer will present a new installation, Counterdoses for the Home, a spellbinding atmosphere stitched together by overlapping sounds, images and floating shadows. The darkened room is brought to life by Thayer’s latest video animations on box monitors, a new motorized instrument-sculpture, a 35mm projected painted slide, and spindly, suspended puppets. The constellation of handmade elements synthesize and change in the conditions of the room, rendering it impossible to see the same configuration of Thayer’s creation twice. Several puppet sculptures, drawings and other objects are on display in a nearby vitrine for close inspection. The artist will also debut a new scenographic play as part of a series of performances presented at PS1 on May 30, 2026.
Tom Thayer (b. 1970, Chicago Heights, IL; lives and works in New Jersey). Solo and two-person exhibitions include I Want to Climb Through the Windows of My Eyes and Become Static Electricity, Matt Hoyt & Tom Thayer, Bureau, NY (2024); What you wonder about is what you know– as well as the other way around., Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY (2022); Einig, Matt Hoyt & Tom Thayer, Stations, Berlin, Germany (2019); Make a Pinch Pot Out of Your Mouth, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY (2019). Group exhibitions include Le Contre-Ciel, curated by Olivia Shao, Empty Gallery, Hong Kong (2024); Nurikabe, Tetsuo’s Garage, Nikko, Japan (2019); I got the Moon in the Morning and the Sun at Night, WallRiss Gallery, Fribourg, Switzerland (2019); 2012 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (2012); Looking Back: The White Columns Annual, selected by Jay Sanders, White Columns, New York, NY (2008).
Pictured: Still from Counterdoses for the Home, 2026, Mixed media, Dimensions variable
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