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1926
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Born: in Cleveland, OH
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1944 - 1945
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University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
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1945 - 1949
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Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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1949 - 1950
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Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
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1951
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Marries Leon Golub, New York, NY
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1971
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Founding member of the A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
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1976 - 1977
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CAPS Fellowship, New York State Council on the Arts, New York, NY
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1977 - 1978
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National Endowment for the Arts Grant
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1991
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Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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1995
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Skowhegan Medal for Works on Paper
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1996
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Hiroshima Art Prize, Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art and Hiroshima City, Japan
The 1996 Printmaker Emerita Award, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
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1997
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Cityarts, New York, 29th annual award (jointly with Leon Golub)
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2001
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Artists Space, 2001 Spring Benefit Honoree
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2008
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Women’s Art: Women’s Vision Honoree, National Women's History Project
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Lives and works in New York, NY
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2009 |
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The Woman as Protagonist, Herbert-Boeckl-Preis 2009 for International Painting, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
“Unbuilt Roads,”e-flux project space, New York, NY
“Un Coup de Dent,” Galerie Lelong, New York, NY (solo)
“What’s the Word: Words and Symbols from the Lyman Allyn Art Museum,” Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT |
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2008 |
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Spero Speaks, de Appel Arts Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London, UK (solo)
“Nancy Spero,” Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London, UK (solo)
“Dissidances,” Museu d`Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Barcelona, Spain; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain; Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, Spain (solo)
“Reflections,” Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Close Encounters: Facing the Future,” American University Museum, Washington D.C.
“Women of a Certain Age and Beyond,” Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
"Unmonumental Picture,” The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY |
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2007 |
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Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Unmonumental: The Object In The 21st Century, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, Inaugural exhibition, New York, NY
27th Biennial of Graphic Arts, Centre of Graphic Arts, Lubljana, Slovenia
“WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution,” Geffen Center, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, NY
“Think with the Senses – Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense,” 52nd International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
“New Hangings of the Modern Collection,” Musée National d'art Moderne Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
“Nancy Spero: The Paris Black Paintings,” Galerie Lelong, Paris, France |
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2006 |
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"Twice Drawn,” Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
“Nancy Spero,” Francosoffiantino Artecontemporanea, Torino, Italy
“femme brut(e),” Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT
“Couples Discourse,” Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA |
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2005 |
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“Toward the Future: Through the Eyes of the Artists Awarded the Hiroshima Art Prize,” Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
“Cri du Coeur,” Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
“Tattoo,” Overtones, Los Angeles, CA
“Along the Way: MTA Arts For Transit, Celebrating 20 Years of Public Art”, UBS Gallery, New York, NY
“Persistent Vestiges: Drawing from the American-Vietnam War", Drawing Center, New York, NY |
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2004 |
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The War Series, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
“Esprit,” Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France
“Weighing the Heart Against a Feather of Truth,” Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
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2003 |
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The War Series, Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
Other Worlds, with Kiki Smith, Baltic Mill Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK |
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2002 |
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Nancy Spero: A Continuous Present, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany (solo)
“Azur,” Galerie Lelong, New York, NY |
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2001 |
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Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich, Germany
“Codex Artaud,” University of Massachusetts, MA
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
"Open Ends: Contemporary Art from 1960 - 2001", The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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2000 |
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"Kwangju Biennale 2000", Art and Human Rights Section, South Korea
"The Perpetual Well: Contemporary Art from the Collection of the Jewish Museum", Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
"The American Century, Art and Culture, Part II 1950-2000", The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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1998 |
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"Matrix/Berkeley: 20 Years", The University of California, Berkeley Art Museum, CA
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1998 |
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"Nancy Spero", Crown Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (solo) |
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1998 |
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"Black and the Red III", Galerie Montenay-Giroux, Paris, France
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1998 |
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"Nancy Spero NEUE ARBEITEN", Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich, Germany
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1998 |
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"Nancy Spero", IKON Gallery Birmingham, UK (solo)
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1998 |
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Leon Golub/Nancy Spero, Museo Jacobo Borges Carcas, Venezuela
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1998 |
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Contemporary Art: The Janet Wolfson de Botton Gift, Tate Gallery, London, UK
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1998 |
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Matrix/Berkeley: 20 Years, The University of California, Berkeley Art Museum, CA
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1997 - 1998 |
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Nancy Spero NEUE ARBEITEN, Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich, Germany |
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1997 |
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Documenta X, Kassel, Germany
"Art in Chicago 1945-1995", Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Figured, Associated Americain Artists, New York, NY
Partners in Printmaking: Works from SOLO Impression, The National Museum of Women in the Arts Washington, DC
4 Decades, PPOW, New York, NY
A Game of Chance, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL
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1996 |
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"Deformations: Aspects of the Modern Grotesque", The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
"Leon Golub • Nancy Spero - Contemporaries", The Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI |
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1995 |
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After Hiroshima, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan |
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1993 |
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"Torture of Women, The First Language' & 'The Hours of the Night", National Gallery of Canada, Ottowa, Canada |
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1992 |
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"Codex Artaud", Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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1991 |
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"Works on Paper 1981-1991", Salzburger Kunstverein, Künstlerhaus Salzburg, Austria
Josh Baer Gallery, New York, NY |
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Selected Public Collections: |
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Allen Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Tate Gallery, London, UK
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN |
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2004 |
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NANCY SPERO: Weighing the Heart Against a Feather of Truth. Spain: Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, 2004 |
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1998 |
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Sosa, Ana Teresa. Nancy Spero/Leon Golub. Caracas, Venezuela: Museo Jacobo Borges, 1998 (catalogue) |
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