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Markus Baenziger (Swiss/American, 1959)
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Markus Baenziger
Abound 2006
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Markus Baenziger
Alba 2007-2008
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Markus Baenziger
Blades 2007
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Markus Baenziger
Flotsam 2005
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Markus Baenziger
Forever Never 2005
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Markus Baenziger
Jul 2008
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Biography |
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1959 |
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Born: Switzerland |
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1981 - 1982 |
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University of St. Gall, Switzerland - Business and Law |
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1984 - 1987 |
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Parsons School of Design, New York - BFA in sculpture |
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1989 |
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Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT - MFA in sculpture |
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1998 |
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Yale University, Rebecca Taylor Porter Award |
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1998 |
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Yale Norfolk Fellowship |
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2000 |
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State of Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Artist Fellowship |
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2003 |
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The Sculptors Guild, New York, NY |
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2005 |
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Theodore and Jane Norman Award, Brandeis University |
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2006 |
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Guggenheim Fellowship |
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Assistant Professor of Sculpture, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA |
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Exhibitions |
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2005 |
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Edward Thorp Gallery, New York |
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2004 |
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Touch and Temperature, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, TX |
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2004 |
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Greetings from Chelsea, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY |
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2003 |
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Take Out, Zabriskie Gallery, New York |
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2003 |
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Miraculous: Contemporary Evotos Paintings, ChezTGN Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY |
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2003 |
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Group Exhibition, Elizabeth Heskin Contemporary Art, New York, NY |
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2002 |
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From Chelsea with Love, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York |
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2001 |
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Fellowship Artists Exhibition, Commission on the Arts Gallery, Hartford, CT |
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2001 |
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Never Never Land, Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL |
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2000 |
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Never Never Land, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL |
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1999 |
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Bonakdar Jancou Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1998 |
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Then and Now and Later, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
100 Years of Sculpture: From The Pedestal to the Pixel, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN |
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1997 |
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Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1997 |
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Early Works in Artist Collections, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York |
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1996 |
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Summer Show, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York |
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1995 |
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Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York (solo)
Landskap, c/o, Oslo |
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1994 |
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Appetittvekkere: Markus Baenziger, Michael Rees and Matthew Weinstein, organized by Atle Gerhardsen for 'Prosjekt i Gamlebyen', Oslo
Drawing on Sculpture, Cohen Gallery, New York |
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1993 - 1994 |
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Cohen Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1993 |
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A Grand Tour, Swiss Institute, New York |
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1991 |
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Zurich meets New York, Swiss Institute, New York |
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1990 |
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Markus Baenziger, Cornelia Blatter, Felix Brunner, Andrea Wolfensberger, Shedhalle, Zurich |
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1989 |
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Yale at Rutgers, Mason Gross Gallery, New Brunswick |
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1987 |
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Moment, Fabrik Goldmatt, Zug, Switzerland |
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1986 |
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Small Works, Gallery 50W, New York |
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1983 |
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Kunstscene St. Gallen, Haus zur Volksstimme St. Gall, Switzerland
Installations, Musee Deutsch, Lausanne, Switzerland |
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SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Agnes Gund, New York, NY |
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Literature |
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2004 |
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Patricia Johnson, "Touch and Temperature, Markus Baenziger", Houston Chronicle, October 12, 2004 |
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2003 |
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Ken Johnson, “Take Out, Markus Baenziger”, The New York Times, July 4, 2003 |
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2003 |
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“Take Out, Markus Baenziger”, The New York Sun, July 3, 2003 |
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2003 |
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“What’s On”, The Art Newspaper, No. 138, July - August 2003 |
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2001 |
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Mary Ann Marger, “It’s a play world, after all”, St. Petersburg Times, September 6, 2001 |
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1997 |
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Kim Levin, “Voice Choices” The Village Voice, September 23, 1997, p. 12. |
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1996 |
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Jude Schwendenwien, “Markus Baenziger”, Sculpture, May/June 1996, pp. 72-73 |
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1996 |
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Mark Van de Walle, “Markus Baenziger”, Artforum, January 1996, p. 82 |
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1994 |
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Kim Levin, “Voice Choice, Markus Baenziger”, The Village Voice, January 1994 |
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1994 |
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Angela Choon, “Openings”, Arts&Antiques, January 1994 |
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1994 |
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Richard Eric Andre, “Markus Baenziger”, Cover, February 1994, p. 12. |
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1994 |
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Eleanor Heartney, “Markus Baenziger”, Art in America, May 1994 |
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