| Bibliography (selected):

| Selected Exhibition Catalogues and Brochures
Leiber, Steven & Alden, Todd, Extra Art: Surveying Artists' Ephemera, 1960-1999, California College of Arts
and Crafts, San Francisco, CA, 2001
Lieberman, Rhonda, Kay Rosen: Up and Down, Aspen Museum of Art, Aspen, CO, 2001
Heon, Laura, The Game Show, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCa), North Adams,
MA, 2001
Milevska, Suzana, "Words-Objects- Acts," Museum of the City of Skopje, Macedonia, 2001
Min, Susette, "Errant Gestures: Visual and Verbal Correspondence," Apex Art Curatorial Program, New York, NY, 2000
Heon, Laura, "Billboard: Art on the Road," Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA, 1999
Meyers, Terry R., "Sounding Out Kay Rosen," "Kay Rosen Lifeli[k]e," Museum of Contemporary Art and Otis Gallery of Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, 1998
Butler, Connie "the forest for the trees," "Kay Rosen: Lifeli[k]e," Museum of Contemporary Art and Otis Gallery of Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, 1998
Riddell, Jennifer, "Kay Rosen: Short Stories/Tall Tales," MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge,
MA, 1997
Wye, Deborah, "Thinking Print: Prints and Illustrated Books 1980-1985," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, 1996
"Art In Chicago: 1945-1995," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, 1996
Yood, James, "Second Sight: Modern Printmaking In Chicago," Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 1996
Von Uslar, Rafael, "Zimmerdenkmaler," Bochum, Germany, 1995
Van der Craats, Christopher, "Five Words Or Less," Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia, 1995
Nickas, Robert and Greenberg, Jeanne, "Altered States," Forum, St. Louis, MO, 1995
Weibel, Peter, "Pittura-Immedia: Painting In the 90's," Neue Galerie and Kunstler Haus, Graz,
Austria, 1995
Wasserman, Nadine, "Kay Rosen: Home On the Range," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, 1994
Day, Holliday, "Kay Rosen: Back Home In Indiana," Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1994
Kirshner, Judith and Knight, Gregory, "Korrespondenzen/Correspondences," Berlinische Galerie, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin and Chicago Cultural Center, 1994
Terry R. Myers, "Kay Rosen: A Picture Is Worth More Than a Thousand Words," (catalogue essay) "Korrespondenzen/Correspondences," 1994-95
Morgan, Robert, "Post-Dialectical Index," Piazza Costanza, Trieste; La Tuatta Studio, Milan, 1993
Horodner, Stuart, "Substitute Teachers," Sadie Bronfman Cultural Center, Montreal, Canada, 1993
Pagel, David, "Why Paint?" Renaissance Gallery, University of Chicago, 1992
Lux, Harm, "Manum de Tabula," Shedhalle, Zurich, Switzerland, 1991
Cameron, Dan, Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?, Hyde Collection,
Great Falls, NY, 1991
Collins, Tricia; Milazzo, Richard, "A New Low," Claudio Botelo Gallery, Turin, Italy, 1991
Rosenberg, Barry, "Artists In Words and #'s," Wright State University Museum of Contemporary Art, Dayton, OH, 1991
Hixson, Kathryn, "Awards In the Visual Arts X," Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C. (toured), 1991
Bowman, Russell, "Word As Image: American Art 1960-1990," Milwaukee Art Museum (toured), 1990
Collins, Tricia; Milazzo, Richard, "Spiritual America," CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 1986
Frank, Peter, "Indiana Influence," Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN, 1984
Urdang, Bertha, "Artist Tribute To Bertha Urdang," Israel Museum, 1982
Schwartz, Ellen, "Tracking, Tracing, Marking, Pacing," Pratt Manhattan Gallery,
New York, NY (toured), 1982
Browning, Robert H., "Icons/Logos: Word As Image," Alternative Museum, New York, NY, 1981


| Periodicals
Johnson, Ken, Extended Listing: Kay Rosen... ,The New York Times, Friday, May 10, 2005, p.B30
Herbert, Martin, Review: Between Letters and Abstraction, Art Monthly (UK) March, 2005, No.284, pp.33-34
Woodard, Josef, "Word play writ large," Art Scene, October 8-14, 2004, pp.16-17
Andrews, Carly, "Word Play," The Independent, October 7, 2004, p.53
Ryan, Paul, Review: "Kay Rosen," Art Papers, September/October 2004, p.46
Poppelwell, Louise, "Word Up," Pavement, New Zealand, Autumn 2004, Issue 63, p.98
Artner, Alan G., Review: "Kay Rosen finds excellence in found objects," Chicago Tribune, January 16, 2004, Section 7, p.19
Colman, David, "Sculpture, Improved by a Martini," The New York Times, September 7, 2003,
section 9, p.11
Princenthal, Nancy, Review: "Kay Rosen at the Drawing Room," Art in America, April, 2003, p.141
Richard, Frances, "New York Critics' Picks: Kay Rosen Collages 1999-2000," artforum.com,
October, 2002
Grace Glueck, Review: "Art May Not Be All Fun and Games, but Some of it Certainly Is," The New York Times, Friday, August 24, 2001, p.B31
Ken Johnson, Review: "Kay Rosen: Ten In One Gallery and Paul Morris Gallery," The New York Times, Friday, April 7, 2000, p.B38
Adrian Dannatt, "Our Choice of New York Contemporary Galleries: Slippery Words from Kay Rosen," The Art News-Paper, April, 2000, No. 102, p.77
Max Henry, Review: "Okay Kay uh-huh!" Gotham Dispatch/ Artnet.com, April 14, 2000
Eileen Myles, "True to Type," Art In America, September, 1999, Vol. 87, No.9, pp.110-115
Jacqueline Cooper, Extended Review, "Kay Rosen: Lifeli[k]e," New Art Examiner, April, 1999, Vol. 26, #7, p.43
Frank - Alexander Hettig, Review: "Kay Rosen: Lifeli[k]e," Kunstforum, March/April, 1999, pp.408-409
Claudine Ise, Review, "Reading Between Much More Than Just the Lines in Lifeli[k]e," Los Angeles Times, Friday, January 15, 1999
Peter Frank, Review, "Dreaming Out Loud: El, Ray 'n' Kay in L.A.," LA Weekly, January 15-21, 1999, p.49
Alan Artner," Chicago's Finest: 23 People Who Made Significant Contributions to the Arts in 1998/ Artist As Wordsmith," Chicago Tribune, Sunday, December 27, 1998, section 7, pp.1,4,6,9
Erica Firpo, "Read It and Speak: The Smart Text Art of Kay Rosen," LA Downtown News, December 21, 1998, Volume 27, No. 51, pp.1,13
Tim Porges," Kay Rosen: Lifeli[k]e," The Contemporary: The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Winter, 1999, pp.4-5
Kathryn Hixson, "Speech! An Interview with Kay Rosen," New Art Examiner, November, 1998, volume 26, #3, pp.38-43 And cover
Alan Artner, Review, "Kay Rosen at Ten in One Gallery," Chicago Tribune, October 23, 1998, section 7, p.66
Miriam Seidel, Review, "Kay Rosen at Beaver College Art Gallery," Art in America, October, 1998, pp.141-143
Katerina Gregos, Review, "Kay Rosen: Unlimited, Athens, Greece," Zing Magazine, Vol. 2, Winter, 1998, p.157
Edward J. Sozanski, Review, "Kay Rosen: Showing That ABC Isn't So Simple After All," The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 6, 1998, p.36
Victoria Donohoe, Review, "Kay Rosen: Beaver College," The Inquirer (Philadelphia), Sunday, March 1, 1998, MC2
H.N.Jocks, Review, "Kay Rosen: Summoning Lust for Lettering," West deutschZeitung (Dusseldorf), October 18, 1997
Tim Norris, Review, "Kay Rosen-M.I.T. List Visual Arts Center," New Art Examiner, September, 1997, p.61
Catherine Macchi, Review: "Kay Rosen: Art Concept," BlocNotes (Paris), No.14 (January-February, 1997), p.127
Katerina Gregos, Review: "Kay Rosen: Unlimited Gallery," Art Net (Athens), No. 4, Summer, 1997, p.72
Von Ralf Poerschke, Review: "Vom Mangel der Sprache-Short Stories: Kay Rosen in der Galerie Klosterfelde," Hamburger Rundschau, September 19, 1996, No. 39
Elizabeth Gerber, Review: "Bern:Kay Rosen in der Galerie Erika+Otto Freidrich," Kunst-Bulleetin, No 7/8, Jul./Aug., 1995, p.36
Rafael Rubenstein," Full Circle," Art in America, May, 1995, pp.108-109
Graeme Reid, "The Language of Art," Arts Indiana, March, 1995, Vol.17, No. 2, p.30
Holland Cotter, Review: "Kay Rosen: Morris Healy Gallery," New York Times, April 21, 1995, p.C19
Susan Kandel, Review: "Wonderful Tinkering By Rosen," Los Angeles Times, October 28, 1994, p.F23
Tim Porges, "Kay Rosen-Museum of Contemporary Art," New Art Examiner, #22, December, 1994, p.39
Sharon L. Calhoun, Review: "Kay Rosen-Back Home In Indiana/Indianapolis Musuem of Art," Dialogue, November/December, 1994, p.25
Terry R. Myers, "Painting Camp," Flash Art, November/December, 1994, Vol. 27, No. 179. pp.73-76
Terry R. Myers, "Bloc: Kay Rosen," BlocNotes (Paris), #5, January, 1994, pp. 68-69
Rhonda Lieberman, "Recent Painting by a Jewish Woman in Indiana," Art+Text, #46, Sept., 1993, pp.54-59
Eileen Myles, "Prints of Words," Print Collectors Newsletter, September/October, 1993, pp.132-135
Katherine Hixson, Review: "Kay Rosen: Rhona Hoffman Gallery," Flash Art, #168, Jan-Feb, 1993, p.94
Review, Nikkei Art, April, 1992, pp.188-189
Alan Artner, Review: "Kay Rosen-Rhona Hoffman Gallery," Chicago Tribune, November 6, 1992,
Sec. 7, p.38

John Byrum, Review: "Kay Rosen-Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art," New Art Examiner, Nov., 1992, pp.33-34
Mark Van De Walle, Review: "Kay Rosen-Laura Carpenter Gallery," THE Magazine (Santa Fe), October, 1992, p.17
Craig Adcock, "After Duchamp." Tema Celest, Sumamer, 1992, Edition 36, pp.50-53
Rhonda Lieberman, Review, Arts Magazine, April, 1992, p.75
Alan Artner, Review: "Is Painting Dead?" Chicago Tribune, April 12, 1992, p.16
Catherine Grout, Review: "Manum de Tabula: Shedhalle, Zurich," Arte Factum (Belgium), #42, Feb.-Mar., 1992. p.48
Susan Kandel, Review: "Kay Rosen, Shoshana Wayne Gallery," Los Angeles Times, Dec. 13, 1991, p.24
Ken Johnson, "The Painted Word," Vogue Magazine, Aug., 1991, pp.142-148
Kathryn Hixson, Review: "Kay Rosen, Insam-Gleicher Gallery," Arts Magazine, #65, May, 1991, p.106
John Brunetti, Review: "Kay Rosen, Insam-Gleicher Gallery," New Art Examiner, #18, May, 1991, p.44
Robert Mahoney, Review: "Kay Rosen, Feature," Arts Magazine, #65, January, 1991, p.104
Alan Artner, Review: "Kay Rosen, Insam-Gleicher," Chicago Tribune, March 1, 1991, sec. 7, p.38
Linnea B. Vacca, "Words, Words, Words," Arts Indiana, #31, May, 1991, pp.24-27
Liam Gillick, Review: "Kay Rosen, Victoria Miro Gallery," Artscribe, #85, Jan.-Feb., 1991, p.76
Judith Russi Kirshner, "Read, Read, Rosens," Artforum, #29, Dec., 1990, pp.91-95 + cover
Mark Thompson, Review: "Kay Rosen, Ed Ruscha," Art Monthly (London), #141, Nov., 1990, pp. 22-23
Janneke, Wesseling, Review: Witte de With, NRC Handelsblad CS, Oct. 31, 1990, p.5
Flora Steimer, "Pionierstaak Waargemaakt," Agetleen Dagblad (Rotterdam), Oct. 31, 1990
Stuart Morgan, Review: "Kay Rosen, Victoria Miro Gallery," Time Out (London), Sept. 26- Oct. 3, 1990, p.57
Roberta Smith, "The Group Show As Crystal Ball," The New York Times, July 6, 1990, pp.C1-C23
Kathryn Hixson, Review: "Dorothy," Center for Contemporary Art, Arts Magazine, #64, Nov. 1989, pp.109-110
Rob Wittig, Review: "Kay Rosen, Feature," Art In America, #77, Jan. 1989, p.157
Buzz Spector, Review: "Kay Rosen, Feature," Artforum, #26, May, 1988, p.154
Alan Artner, Review: Chicago Tribune, March 17, 1988, sec. 5, p.14
Walter Robinson, "State of the Art: Young, Gifted, and Affordable," Metropolitan Home, Nov., 1987, pp.58-70
Alan Artner, Review: Chicago Tribune, March 12, 1987, sec. 5, p.9F
Judith A. Hoffberg, Review: "Lines On Lines by Kay Rosen," Umbrella, #6, March, 1983, p.50
Vivian Raynor, "Kay Rosen/Kay Walkingstick, Bertha Urdang Gallery," The New York Times, Friday, June 19, 1981, p.C20
Deborah Bright, "New Dimensions: Time, Museum of Contemporary Art, New Art Examiner, #7,
April, 1980, p.23
Holland Cotter, Review: "Kay Rosen, Bertha Urdang Gallery," New York Arts Journal, Feb., 1979