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Fred Wilson (American, 1954)
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Fred Wilson
Untitled (Bust) 1992-2000
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Biography |
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Born in Bronx, NY, 1954 |
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Education |
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1976 S.U.N.Y. College at Purchase, B.F.A. |
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Awards |
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2003 American Representative at the United States Pavilion, 50th Venice Biennale, Italy |
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2002 Larry Aldrich Foundation Award, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT |
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1999 The MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant, Chicago, IL |
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1991 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture, New York, NY |
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1990 New York State Council on the Arts, New York, NY |
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1990 National Endowment for the Arts, New York, NY |
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1987 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture, New York, NY |
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Exhibitions |
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2005 |
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“The Anniversary Show,” Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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2004 |
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"Fred Wilson, Objects and Installations 1979-2000," Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL (solo) |
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2003 - 2004 |
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“Only Skin Deep, Changing Visions of the American Self,” International Center for Photography, New York, NY |
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2002 - 2004 |
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"Fred Wilson, Objects and Installations 1979-2000," Center for Art and Visual Culture, University of Maryland,Baltimore County, MD. The exhibition will travel to Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY; Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Universityof California, Berkeley, CA. Blaffner Gallery, The Art Museum, University of Houston, Houston,TX; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA; Santa Monica Museum, Santa Monica, CA; Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY;Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL. (solo) |
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2003 |
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American Representative, United States Pavilion, 50th Venice Biennale, Italy (solo) |
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2003 |
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“realUNreal,” Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, NV |
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2002 - 2003 |
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"10th Annual Larry Aldrich Foundation Award," The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT (solo) |
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2001 |
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Play's The Thing, (Organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program) Art Gallery of The Graduate Center, The University of New York, NY |
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2001 |
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“Crossing the Line,” Queens Museum of Art, Flushing, NY |
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2001 |
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"W,” Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dole, France |
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2001 |
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"Museum as Subjects," The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan |
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2001 |
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“Unpacking Europe,” Museum Boijmans Van Beuming, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
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2001 |
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“Pictures, Patents, Monkeys, and More…On Collecting,” Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA; John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI; Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH; Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA (2002); Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (2002); Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA (2003) |
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2000 |
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Outbound: Passages From the 90's, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX |
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2000 |
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Drawings & Maquettes for A Light Rail Station, Jersey City Museum, NJ (solo) |
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1999 |
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Fred Wilson: Speaking in Tongues A Look at the Language of Display," M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (solo) |
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1999 |
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"The Greeting Gallery," M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, organized by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA (solo) |
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1999 |
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Trace, The Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool |
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1999 |
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Uniform, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY |
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1999 |
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The Museum as Muse, Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA |
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1999 |
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To the Rescue: Eight Artists in an Archive, International Center of Photography, New York; Miami Art Museum, Florida; Contemporary |
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1999 |
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"Microminiatures from Armenia: The Eye of the Needle; The Greeting Gallery,” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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1998 |
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Re-Presentation, Freedom Gallery, Albright College Center for the Arts, Reading, PA |
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1998 |
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Viewing the Invisible, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne, Australia |
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1998 |
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Postcards From Black America, Hedendaagse Afrikaans-Amerikaanse Kunst, Boschstraat, The Netherlands |
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1998 |
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"Viewing the Invisible: An installation by Fred Wilson," The Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne, Australia (solo) |
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1997 |
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"Collectibles," Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo) |
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1997 |
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"Reshuffling the Deck: Selections from the U.C. Davis Collections," Richard L. Nelson Gallery and Fine Arts Collections, University of California, Davis (solo) |
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1997 |
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Heart, Mind, Body, Soul: American Art in the 1990's,” Whitney Museum of American Art, NY |
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1997 |
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Museum Studies: Eleven Photographer's Views, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA |
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1997 |
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Millenium Eve Dress, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH |
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1997 |
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Collected, The Photographer's Gallery and British Museum, London, England |
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