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Biography |
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1940 |
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Born December 23rd in Pittsfield, Massachusetts |
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1959 |
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Awarded a scholarship to the Yale Summer School of Music and Art in Norfolk, CT |
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1961 |
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B.A. in English Literature from Vassar College |
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1962 |
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BFA from Yale School of Art and Architecture |
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1964 |
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MFA from Yale School of Art and Architecture |
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1966 |
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Moved to New York City |
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1968 |
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First solo exhibition at the Graham Gallery |
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1970 - 1974 |
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Produced five films |
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1995 |
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Died October 21st |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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Nancy Graves: Permanent Tension, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
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2008 |
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The Point of Contact Gallery, Syracuse, NY: Tango: Installation & Performance |
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2008 |
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Ameringer & Yohe Fine Art, New York, NY: Nancy Graves: Bronze Sculpture of the 1980s |
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2007 |
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Leslie Sacks Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA: Nancy Graves/The Pilchuck Series: Selected Monotypes |
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2006 |
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Ameringer & Yohe Fine Art, New York, NY: Nancy Graves 1970-1980 |
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2005 |
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Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA: Nancy Graves: The Shining, Elusive Element |
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1999 |
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The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection of Modern Art, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA |
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1996 |
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More than Minimal: Feminism and Abstraction in the Seventies, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. |
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1995 |
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Nancy Graves: In Memoriam, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. |
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1995 |
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Nancy Graves: Contemporary Galleries Exhibition, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
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1994 |
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Mapping, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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1993 |
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Lithographs Based on Geologic Maps of Lunar Orbiter and Apollo Landing Sites by Nancy Graves, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH |
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1993 |
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Grounds for Sculpture, Grounds for Sculpture, Johnson Atelier, Hamilton, NJ (group) |
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1991 |
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Nancy Graves: Paradigm and Paradox, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
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1991 |
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El Sueño de Egipto: La Influencia del Arte Egipcio en el Arte Contemporáneo, Centro Cultural/ Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico |
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1987 |
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Nancy Graves: A Sculpture Retrospective, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC (Organized by the Fort Worth Art Museum), traveled to: The Fort Worth Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA; The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY |
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1987 |
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The Fort Worth Art Museum organized a sculpture retrospective, accompanied by a catalogue raisonné |
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1986 |
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Vassar College Art Gallery (solo) |
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1984 |
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“Primitivism” in Twentieth Century Art: Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern, The Museum of Modern Art, NY |
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1984 |
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Prints from Tyler Graphics, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN |
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1980 |
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Nancy Graves: A Survey, 1969-1980, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, traveled to: Akron Art Institute, Akron, OH; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX; Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, TN; Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY; Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN. |
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1980 |
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo (solo) |
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1979 |
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The Seventies: New American Painting, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY |
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1979 |
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Recent Acquisitions, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY |
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1979 |
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Recent Acquisitions, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT |
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1977 |
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Contemporary Issues: Works on Paper by Women, The Woman’s Building, Los Angeles, CA |
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1977 |
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Documenta 6, Kassel, Germany |
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1973 |
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New American Graphic Art, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
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1973 |
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La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art (solo) |
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1973 |
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The National Gallery of Canada, Ottowa (solo) |
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1972 |
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Institute of Contemporary Art of the University of Pennsylvania (solo) |
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1972 |
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The New American Filmmakers Series, Part III: Films by Artists, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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1972 |
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Documenta V, Neue Galerie, Kassel, Germany |
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1971 |
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The National Gallery of Canada, Ottowa (solo) |
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1971 |
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Neue Galerie der Stadt Aachen (solo) |
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1971 |
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Museum of Modern Art, New York (solo) |
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1969 |
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Nancy Graves: Camels, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY. |
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First woman artist to have a solo retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art |
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