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Inka Essenhigh (American, 1969)
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Inka Essenhigh
Dance Party 2006
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Inka Essenhigh
Spring 2007
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Inka Essenhigh
Spring Bar Scene 2007-2008
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Inka Essenhigh
Wind Tunnel 2008
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Biography |
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1969 |
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Born, Belfonte, Pennsylvania |
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1991 |
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BFA, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, Ohio |
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1993 |
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MFA, School of Visual Arts, NYC |
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Lives and works in New York |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 |
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Victoria Miro Gallery, London (solo) |
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2007 |
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Counterparts: Contemporary Painters and Their Influences, Contemporary Center of Art, Virginia |
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2007 |
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The Game of Multiple Meaning: Symbolism and the Art of the Present, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany |
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2007 |
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Comic Abstraction, Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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2007 |
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COMIX, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Denmark |
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2006 |
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Painting Codes, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone |
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2006 |
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The Complusive Line: Etching 1900 to Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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2006 |
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USA Today, The Royal Academy of Art, London |
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2006 |
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Imagination Becomes Reality, Part III. Talking Pictures, Goetz Collection |
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2006 |
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Motion on Paper, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London |
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2006 |
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303 Gallery, New York (solo) |
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2006 |
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Victoria Miro Gallery, London (solo) |
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2005 |
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DA2 Domus Artium 2, Salamanca, Spain (solo) |
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2005 |
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Life and Limb, curated by David Humphrey, Feign Contemporary, New York |
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2005 |
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Neobaroque, Salamanca, Spain |
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2004 |
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Disparities and Deformations: Our Grotesque SITESanta Fe 5th International Biennial (curated by Robert Storr), Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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2004 |
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26th Bienale de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
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2004 |
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Funny Cuts – Cartoons and Comics in Contemporary Art, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany |
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2001 - 2004 |
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2001-2004 My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation, Des Moines Art Center, Iowa - touring to Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn (July - October); Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio (January - March 2002) and Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Illinois (April - June 2002), Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago (July –Sept 2002), Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio (Sept – Jan 2003), Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, Washington (July –Sept 2003), Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama (Oct –Jan, 2004) |
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2003 |
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami (solo) |
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2003 |
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Il Capricorno, Venice (solo) |
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2003 |
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Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (solo) |
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2003 |
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Painting Pictures; Painting and Media in the Digital Age, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg |
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2003 |
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Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh touring to Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans and University of North Texas, Denton (January 2003 - mid 2005) |
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2002 |
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Victoria Miro Gallery, London (solo) |
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2002 |
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303 Gallery, New York (solo) |
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2002 |
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The Galleries Show, The Royal Academy of Art, London (14 September – 12 October) |
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2002 |
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Pertaining to Painting, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston (28 June- 29 Sept, 2002) and Austin Museum of Art, Texas (November - February, 2003) |
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2002 |
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Jay Davis, Inka Essenhigh, Christian Schuman, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX |
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2002 |
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La Part de l’Autre, Carre d’Art -Musee d’art contemporain de Nimes, France (May –Sept 2001) |
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2001 |
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Works on paper, Victoria Miro Gallery (Project Room), London (solo) |
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2001 |
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Works on paper, Mary Boone Gallery, New York (solo) |
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2001 |
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Hybrids, Tate Gallery, Liverpool |
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2001 |
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braille, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas (16 June – 11 August) |
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2001 |
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2nd Berlin Biennale, Berlin |
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2001 |
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Works on paper: from Acconci to Zittel, Victoria Miro Gallery, London |
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2001 |
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Casino 2001, 1st Quadrennial of Contemporary Art, SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuelle Kunst, Ghent |
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2000 |
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Victoria Miro Gallery, London (solo) |
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2000 |
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Mary Boone Gallery, New York (solo) |
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2000 |
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Greater New York: New Art in New York Now, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York |
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2000 |
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The Figure: Another State of Modernism, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York |
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2000 |
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Deitch/Steinberg New Editions, Deitch Projects, New York |
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2000 |
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Emotional Rescue, Center for Contemporary Art, Seattle |
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2000 |
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To Infinity and Beyond, Brooke Alexander, New York |
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1999 - 2000 |
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New Paintings, Deitch Projects, New York (solo) |
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1999 - 2000 |
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American Landscapes: Recent Paintings by Inka Essenhigh, New Room of Contemporary Art, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York (solo) |
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1999 |
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Pleasure Dome, Jessica Fredericks Gallery, New York |
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1999 |
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The Armory Show, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York |
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1999 |
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A room with a view, Sixth @ Prince Fine Art, New York |
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1998 - 1999 |
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Blade Runner, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York |
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1998 |
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Recent Paintings, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1998 |
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The New Surrealism, Pamela Auchincloss Project Space, New York |
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1998 |
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Wild, Exit Art/The First World, New York |
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1998 |
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Pop Surrealism, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut |
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1998 |
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Summer Review, 98, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York |
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1998 |
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Celebrating Diversity: Contemporary Women Painters, Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, Brookville, New York |
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1998 |
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ANATOMY/INTELLECT, Stefanelli Exhibition Space, New York |
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1997 |
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Wallpaper Paintings, La Mama La Galleria, New York (solo) |
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1997 |
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Sex/Industry, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York |
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1997 |
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The Art Exchange Fair, with Stefan Stux Gallery, New York |
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1997 |
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Girls! Girls! Girls! Tricia Collins’ Grand Salon, New York |
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1996 |
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Set Off: Inaugural Group Show, View Room Exhibitions, New York |
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1996 |
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Underexposed; Nine Young American Painters, André Zarre Gallery, New York |
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1996 |
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Set Off: Inaugural Group Show, View Room Exhibitions, New York |
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1996 |
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Anatomy Intellect, Stefanelli Exhibition Space, New York |
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1996 |
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Featured Web Page Artist for December, Artists’ Space, New York |
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1996 |
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Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists’ Space, New York |
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1994 |
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Juried Group Show, School of Visual Arts, FirstFloor Gallery, New York |
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1993 |
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Young Ukrainian American Painters Group Show, Ukrainian Museum, New York |
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1993 |
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Work-Play; Picture Thinking and the Analogical Imagination, Visual Arts Gallery, New York |
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1993 |
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Group Show: Inka Essenhigh, Stephen Mumford and Leemour Pelli: Paintings, School of Visual Arts, Wooster Street Gallery, New York |
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Literature |
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2007 |
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Yannis Tsitsovits, Inka Essenhigh, Stimulus Response, no. 17/2007 |
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2006 |
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Jonathan T.D. Neil, Inka Essenhigh, Modern Painters, May 2006 |
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2005 |
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Eliza Williams, Inka Essenhigh, Flash Art, July – September 2005 |
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2005 |
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Inka Essenhigh, DA2 Domus Artium 2, Salamanca, Spain |
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2004 |
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Bienal De Sao Paulo |
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2004 |
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Swirls, Whrils and Mermaid Girls, Inka Essenhigh, Hilarie M. Sheets, Art News May 2004 |
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2004 |
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Sint-Lukas Galerij Brussel, Filip Luyckx, Inka Essenhigh, Jun-Jul-Aug 2004 |
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2003 |
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Jack Motram, Inka Essenhigh, Time List, May 2003 |
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2003 |
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Cary Levine, Inka Essenghigh, 303 Galllery, Art in America May 2003 |
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2003 |
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Barry Schwabsky, Tema Celeste Entering the Labyrinth March/April 2003 |
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2003 |
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David Gleeson, Inka Essenghigh, Victoria Miro Gallery, February 2003 |
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2003 |
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Bonnie Clearwater, Inka Essenhigh, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami |
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2003 |
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Reverie: Works from the Collection of Douglas S. Cramer, The Speed Museum, Louisville, Kentucky |
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2002 |
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Comic Release! Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, Distributed Art Publishers Inc |
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2002 |
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Paola Morsiani, Imogen Cornwall-Jones, Inka Essenhigh, Victoria Miro Gallery, London |
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2002 |
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Eddie Harrison, Inka Essenhigh, review of Fruitmarket exhibition, Metro Life, May 2003 |
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2002 |
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Ned Denny, Cartoon Death, New Statesman, 25 November 2002 |
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2002 |
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Katy Rochester, Inka Essenhigh, Time Out, 20 – 27 November 2002 |
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2002 |
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Michael Kimmelman, A Painter with Pop, The New York Times Magazine, 17 November 2002 |
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2002 |
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John Taylor Russel, Revenge of the Cute, The Times, 13 November 2002 |
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2002 |
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Louisa Buck, The World is Big and Time is Short, The Art Newspaper, November 2002 |
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2002 |
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Violet Fraser, A Brush with Violence, Art Review, November 2002 |
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2002 |
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In a World of its Own, Metro, (circ. 340,000) 31 October 2002 |
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2002 |
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Morgan Falconer, Fantastical creatures, What’s On in London, 30 October 2002 |
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2002 |
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Steven Vincent, A New Gloss on Essenhigh, Art & Auction, November 2002 |
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2002 |
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Julia Royse, Hot Art, Elle, November 2002 |
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2002 |
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Mandana Towhidy, Scratch the Surface, Dazed and Confused, July 2002 |
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2002 |
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Neru Ratnam, Inka Essenhigh, I-D Magazine, October 2002 |
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2002 |
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Vitamin P-New Perspectives in Painting, Phaidon, 2002 |
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2001 |
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Eberhard Mayntz, Saskia Bos etc. 2. berlin biennale, volumes 1 and 2, berlin biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst e.v., Berlin, May |
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2001 |
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Christoph Grunenberg, Hybrids, International Contemporary Painting, Tate Liverpool, April |
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2000 |
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Ingrid Sischy, Gotta Paint, Vanity Fair, February, p. 140-147 |
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2000 |
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Stuart Shave, New York Doll ID Magazine.March |
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2000 |
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Martin Herbert, Inka Essenhigh. Time Out, March 29 . No 1545 |
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2000 |
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Jonathan Jones, Inka Essenhigh. The Guardian. March 30 |
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2000 |
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Peter Plagens, Art in the Fast Lane, Newsweek (New York), April 10, p. 70-73 |
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2000 |
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Jeff Johnson, We love a Surrealist, Jane (New York), May, p. 52 |
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2000 |
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Max Henry, Inka’s inhibitions, http: //www.artnet.com/Magazine/Reviews/Gotham Dispatch, 31 May |
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2000 |
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Goings On About Town, Inka Essenhigh, The New Yorker, 12 June, p. 16 |
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2000 |
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Anton Saul, Inka Essenhigh, Time Out New York, 15-22 June, p. 67 |
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2000 |
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Roberta Smith, Inka Essenhigh, The New York Times, 23 June |
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2000 |
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David Ebony, Inka Essenhigh at Mary Boone Gallery |
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2000 |
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http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/Reviews/Ebony, 27 June |
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2000 |
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Marie-Pierre Nakamura, Inka Essenhigh: Entre spectacle et minimalisme, Art Actuel, Paris, July/August, p. 78-81 |
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2000 |
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Michael Glover, Inka Essenhigh, Art News, Summer, p. 218-219 |
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2000 |
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David Hunt, A New Grammar of Motion, Flash Art, October, p. 74-77 |
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2000 |
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David Colman, David Sims, Master Class, Harper’s Bazaar (New York), December, p. 224-229 |
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2000 |
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Lytle Shaw, To Infinity and Beyond, Time Out New York, 14 - 18 December, p. 115 |
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1999 |
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Jay Murphy, Pop Surrealism, World Art, January, p. 70-71 |
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1999 |
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Grady T. Turner, Abstracted Flesh, Flash Art, January, p. 66-69 |
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1999 |
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Robert Mahoney, Inka Essenhigh, http://www.artnet.com/Magazine, 5 February |
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1999 |
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Christian Viveros-Faune, Inka Essenhigh, artnet.com, January |
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1999 |
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Max Henry, Gotham Dispatch, artnet.com, January, 1999 |
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1999 |
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Phoebe Hoban, The Mod Squad, New York Magazine, 11 January, p. 30-37 |
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1999 |
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Grace Glueck, Inka Essenhigh, The New York Times, 15 January, p. B40 |
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1999 |
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Dominique Nahas, Inka Essenhigh, Review: The Critical State of Visual Art in New York, 15 January, p. 7 |
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1999 |
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Christian Viveros-Faune, Art: Hot Stuff, New York Press, 27 January, p. 6 |
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1999 |
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Martha Schwendener, Inka Essenhigh, Time Out New York, 28 January - 4 February, p. 67 |
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1999 |
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Jerry Saltz, hot off the press, , 4 Feb |
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1999 |
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Christian Viveros-Faune, calamity Inka, http://www.artnet.com/Magazine, 5 Feb |
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1999 |
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Jerry Saltz, Heat Seekers, The Village Voice, 9 February, p. 125 |
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1999 |
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David Humphrey, New York e-mail: Thursday Feb 4 ’99 18:10:28, Art Issues, March/April, p. 34-34 |
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1999 |
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Grady T. Turner, Ouverture: Inka Essenhigh, Flash Art, March/April, p. 106 |
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1999 |
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Barry Schwabsky, Inka Essenhigh, Artforum, April, p. 123-124 |
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1999 |
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Sarah Valdez, Inka Essenhigh at Deitch Projects, Art in America, May, p. 157-158 |
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1999 |
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Laura Hoptman, Nothing Natural: Laura Hoptman on Inka Essenhigh, frieze, July/August, p. 74-75 |
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1999 |
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Michael Lavine, Iconograph, Ray Gun, August |
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1999 |
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Neville Wakefield, Three to Watch, Elle Decor, August/September, p. 78-79 |
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1999 |
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Best of Manhattan: Best Gallery Exhibitions, New York Press, 22 September |
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1999 |
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Douglas Dreishpoon, American Landscapes: Recent Paintings by Inka Essenhigh, New Room of Contemporary Art, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, November |
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1998 |
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Richard Klein, Dominique Nahas, Ingrid Schaffner, Pop Surrealism, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut, June |
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1998 |
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Art Picks, Simon Says, January |
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1998 |
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Something Wild, New York Post, 24 January |
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1998 |
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First Look, Simon Says, February |
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1998 |
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Kim Levin, Wild, The Village Voice/Voice Choices, 3 February, p. 76 |
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1998 |
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Erik Bakke, William R. Kaizen, Shelley Ward Mob Rule #10, NY Arts Magazine, March,p. 8 |
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1998 |
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Grady Turner, Wild, NY Arts Magazine, March, p. 23, 37 |
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1998 |
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Robert Murdock, IInka Essenhigh: Recent Painting, Review: The Critical State of Visual Art in New York, 1 March, p. 17-18 |
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1998 |
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Douglas Maxwell, Inka Essenhigh: Recent Painting, Review: The Critical State of Visual Art in New York, 1 March, p. 17-18 |
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1998 |
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Grady Turner, Gramercy Art Fair, NY Arts Magazine, June |
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1998 |
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Grady Turner, Editor’s Choice, BOMB, Summer, p. 17 |
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1998 |
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Barry Schwabsky Inka Essenhigh, art/text, August |
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1998 |
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Steven Henry Madoff, Pop Surrealism, Artforum, October, p. 120 |
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1998 |
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Scott Dietsch, The New Surrealism Gets Real, The Villager, 4 November, p. 1 |
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1998 |
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Julia Chaplin, The painter who’s getting a Lot of Inka, Interview, p. 50 |
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1998 |
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Inka Essenhigh, Centerfold, NY Arts Magazine, (commissioned art work), December |
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1998 |
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Inka Essenhigh, Joy to the World, Interview, December |
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