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Biography |
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1960 |
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Born December 20 in Brooklyn, NY |
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1977 |
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Begins spray painting cryptic aphorisms on subway trains and around lower Manhattan and signing them with the name SAMO© (Same Old Shit) |
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1978 |
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Left home for good and quit school just one year before graduating form high sch |
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1980 |
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June - Art was publicly exhibited for the first time in a show sponsored by Colab (Collaborative Projects Incorporated) |
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1982 |
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Featured in the group show "Transavanguardia: Italia/America" along with Neo-Expressionists Sandro Chia, Francesco Clemente, Enzu Cucchi, David Deutsch, David Salle, and Julian Schnabel |
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1983 |
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One-artist exhibitions at the galleries of Annina Nosei and Larry Gagosian and was also included in the "1983 Biennial Exhibition" at the Whitney Museum of American Art |
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1983 |
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Befriended by Andy Warhol |
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1984 |
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Basquiat's friends had become quite concerned about his excessive drug use, often finding him unkempt and in a state of paranoia |
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1985 |
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March - Second one-artist show at the Mary Boone Gallery |
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1986 |
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Travelled to Africa for the first time and his work was shown in Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
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1986 |
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November - a large exhibition of more than sixty paintings and drawings opened at the Kestner-Gesellschaft in Hannover |
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1988 |
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Died August 12, at age 27, as a result of heroin overdose |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 |
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jean-michel basquiat works on paper, Van de Weghe Fine Art, New York City, NY |
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2007 |
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Jean-Michel Basquiat, Galleria Davide Di Maggio - Berlin, Berlin |
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2006 |
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Basquiat "heads," Van de Weghe Fine Art, New York City, NY |
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2005 |
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Jean Michel Basquiat, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich (solo) |
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2005 |
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Jean Michel Basquiat, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (solo) |
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2005 |
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Jean-Michel Basquiat, The Museum of Fine Art, Houston (solo) |
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2005 |
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Jean-Michel Basquiat, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn (solo) |
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2004 |
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Jean-Michel Basquiat, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City (solo) |
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2003 |
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Jean-Michel Basquiat, Histoire d’une œuvre, Fondation Dina Vierny Musée Maillol, Paris (solo) |
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2001 |
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Jean-Michel Basquiat, Museum Würth, Künzelsau (solo) |
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2000 |
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Jean-Michel Basquiat, Napoli, Museo Civico Castel Nuovo, Naples (solo) |
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1999 |
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Jean-Michel Basquiat, Gemälde und Zeichnungen, Stadtgalerie Klagenfurt (solo) |
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1999 |
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Jean-Michel Basquiat, Civico Museo Revoltella, Trieste (solo) |
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1999 |
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Jean-Michel Basquiat, Basquiat a Venezia, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice (solo) |
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1999 |
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Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paintings & Works on Paper, Kunsthaus Wien, Vienna (solo) |
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1998 |
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Jean-Michel Basquiat, Obras sobre Papel, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires (solo) |
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1998 |
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Jean-Michel Basquiat, Pinturas/Obras sobre papeis, Pinacoteca, Saõ Paulo (solo) |
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1998 |
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Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles |
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1998 |
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Museu de Arte Moderna, Recife |
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1998 |
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Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York |
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1998 |
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Pinacoteca, Sao Paulo |
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1998 |
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Galerie Jerome de Noirmont, Paris |
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1997 |
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Art Beatus, Vancouver |
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1997 |
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Big Step, Inc. Isaka |
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1997 |
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Mitsukochi Museum, Tokyo; MIMOCA, Marugame |
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1997 |
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Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires |
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1997 |
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Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung; Taiwan Museum of Art, Taiwan |
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1997 |
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Fondation Dina-Vierny-Musee Maillol, Paris |
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1997 |
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Gallery Hyundai, Seoul |
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1997 |
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Parco Gallery, Tokyo |
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1996 |
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Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris |
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1996 |
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Galeries Lucien Durand-Enrico Navarra, Paris |
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1996 |
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Junta de Andalucia, Malaga |
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1996 |
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The Bruce Museum, Greenwich |
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1996 |
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Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York |
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1996 |
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Quintana Gallery, Coral Gables |
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1996 |
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Robert Miller Gallery, New York; Serpentine Gallery, Lodon |
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1995 |
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1995 Center Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Wolfson Campus; Castellani Art Museum, Niagara Univerity, New York; The University of Memphis, Memphis; University of South Florida Art Museum, Tampa; Otis Gallery of Art and Design, Los Angeles; Austin Museum of Art, Austin |
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1994 |
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Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle |
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1994 |
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Johnson County Community College Gallery of Art, Overland Park |
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1994 |
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Robert Miller Gallery, New York |
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1994 |
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Mount Holyoke College of Art Museum, South Hadley, MA; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford; The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburg; The studio Museum in Harlem, New York; Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, University of Illinois, Champaign; COCA/Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami |
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1993 |
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Newport Harbour Art Museum, Newport Beach |
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1993 |
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FAE, Musee d’Art Contemporain, Pully-Lausanne |
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1993 |
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Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York |
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1993 |
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Musee Galerie de la Seita, Paris |
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1993 |
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Delta Gallery, Rotterdam |
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1993 |
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Salon de Mars, Paris, booth of Galerie Enrico Navarra |
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1993 |
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Alpha Cubic Gallery, Tokyo |
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1993 |
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Galerie Sho Contemporary Art, Tokyo |
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1993 |
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Galerie Bruno Bischhofberger, Zurich |
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1992 |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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1992 |
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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1992 |
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Menil Collection, Houston |
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1992 |
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Des Moines Art Center, Iowa |
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1992 |
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Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, Alabama |
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1992 |
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Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York |
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1992 |
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Galerie Eric van de Wegh, Brussels |
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1992 |
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Musee Cantini, Marseille |
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1991 |
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P.S.Gallery, Tokyo |
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1991 |
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Galerie de Poche, Paris |
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1990 |
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Gallery le Gall Peyroulet, Paris |
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1990 |
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Galerie Fabien Boulakia, Paris |
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1990 |
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Robert Miller Gallery, New York |
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1989 |
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Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover |
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1989 |
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Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York |
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1989 |
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Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris |
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1989 |
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Dau al Set, Galeria d’Art, Barcelona |
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1989 |
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Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg |
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1988 |
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Galerie Hans Mayer |
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1988 |
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Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin |
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1988 |
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Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York |
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1988 |
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Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg |
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1988 |
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Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta |
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1988 |
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Gallery Schlesinger Limited, New York |
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1988 |
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Annina Nosei Gallery, New York |
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1988 |
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Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris |
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1988 |
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Galerie Beaubourg, Paris |
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1987 |
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Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris |
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1987 |
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Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo |
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1987 |
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Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York |
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1987 |
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Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg |
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1987 |
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P.S.Gallery, Tokyo |
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1986 |
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Larry Gagosian, Los Angeles |
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1986 |
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Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta |
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1986 |
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Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta |
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1986 |
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Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich |
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1986 |
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Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg |
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1986 |
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Akira Ikeda Gallery, Nagoya |
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1986 |
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Centre Culturel Francais d’Abidjan, Ivory |
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1986 |
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Galerie Delta, Rotterdam |
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1986 |
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Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover |
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1986 |
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Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne |
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1985 |
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Mary Boone Gallery, New York |
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1985 |
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Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo |
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1985 |
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Annina Nosei Gallery, New York |
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1985 |
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Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich |
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1985 |
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University Art Museum, University of California, Berkley; La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla |
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1984 |
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Mary Boone Gallery, New York |
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1984 |
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The Fruitmaker Gallery, Edinburgh |
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1984 |
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ICA, London |
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1984 |
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Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam |
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1984 |
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Carpenter + Hochman gallery, Dallas |
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1984 |
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‘New Expressionists’, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York |
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1984 |
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‘Paintings and Sculpture Today’, Indianapolis Musuem of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana |
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1984 |
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‘American Neo-Expressionists’, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut |
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1984 |
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‘New Art’, Musee D’Art Contemporain, Montreal |
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1983 |
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‘New York Now’, Kestner-Gesellschaft, hannover; Kunstverein Munich; Musee Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne; and Kunstverein fur die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Dusseldorf |
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1983 |
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‘From the Streets’, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina |
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1983 |
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‘Post Graffiti’, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York |
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1983 |
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‘Paintings’, Mary Boone Gallery, New York |
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1983 |
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‘Whitney Biennale’, Whitney Museum, New York |
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1983 |
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‘New Work’, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York |
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1983 |
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‘Intoxication’, Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York; and Mary Boone Gallery, New York |
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1983 |
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‘Back to the Usa’, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern; Rheinisches Landmuseum, Bonn; Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart; and Annina Nosei Gallery, New York |
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1983 |
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‘Selected Works’, Ulrike Kantor Gallery, Lost Angeles |
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1983 |
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‘Mary Boone and her Artists’, Seibu Museum, Tokyo |
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1983 |
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‘Written Imagery Unleashed in the Twentieth Century’, Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, Long Island |
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1983 |
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‘Food for the Soup Kitchens’, Fashion Moda, Bronx, New York |
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1983 |
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‘Contemporary Drawing’, Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, Texas |
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1983 |
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West Beach Café, Venice, California |
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1983 |
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Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich |
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1983 |
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Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo |
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1982 |
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Emilio Mazzoli Gallery, Modena |
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1982 |
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Mario Diacono Gallery, Rome |
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1982 |
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Annina Nosei Gallery, New York |
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1982 |
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Blum/Helman Gallery, New York |
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1982 |
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Marlborough Gallery, New York |
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1982 |
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Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich |
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1982 |
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Fun Gallery, New York |
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1982 |
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Galerie Delta, Rotterdam |
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1982 |
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1982 ‘New New York’, Florida State University Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida; Metropolitan Museum and Art Centre, Coral Gables, Flordia |
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1982 |
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‘Body Language – Current Issues in Figuration’, University Art Gallery San Diego State University, San Diego, California. |
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1982 |
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‘Avantgarde and Transavantgarde ’68 to ’77’ Aurelian Walls, Rome |
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1982 |
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‘Five Americans’, Museu Civico, Modena |
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1982 |
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‘Drawings/Vision: New York’, Janus Gallery, Los Angeles |
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1982 |
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‘Works on Paper’, Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles |
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1982 |
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‘Fast’, Alexander F Milliken Gallery, New York |
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1982 |
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‘Documneta 7’, Kassel, West Germany |
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1982 |
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‘The Expressionist Image: From Pollock to Today’, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York |
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1982 |
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‘The Pressure to Paint’, Marlborough Gallery, New York |
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1981 |
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Annina Nosei Gallery, New York |
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1981 |
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Emilio Mazzoli Gallery, Modena |
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1981 |
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‘New York, New Wave’, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, P.S.1, Long Island City, New York |
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