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Ana Mendieta Biography
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Received M.F.A. from University of Iowa
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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“Performance on Demand,” Electronic Arts Intermix Viewing Room at EFA Gallery, New York, New York
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2008
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“Plano Intimo,” n/2: Nuevos Medios, Sala Parpallo, Valencia, Spain
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2008
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“Live Art on Camera,” John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, United Kingdom
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2008
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“Six Feet Under: Autopsy of Our Relation to the Dead,” Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Traveled through 2008 to the Deutschen Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany
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2008
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“Death & Love in Modern Times,” Dinter Fine Art, New York, New York
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2008
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“The Naked Portrait,” Portrait Gallery, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
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2008
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“A Batalla Dos Xéneros [Gender Battle],” Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea (CGAC), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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2008
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“New York States of Mind,” House of World Cultures, Berlin, Germany; Traveled through 2008 to Queens Museum of Art, Queens, New York
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2008
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Arte ‚ Vida: Actions by Artists of the Americas, 1960-2000, El Museo del Barrio, New York, New York
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2008
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Correspondences: Contemporary Art from the Coleccion Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Beard Gallery and Weil Gallery, Watson Fine Arts, Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts
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2008
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Pop to the Present: New Questions, New Responses,Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut
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2008
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Cuba! Artists Experience Their Country, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, New Jersey
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2008
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Sculptural Concepts, Albertine Monroe-Brown Gallery, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
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2008
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Converge: Ana Mendieta and Hans Breder 1970-1980,h Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
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2008
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NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith,h Menil Collection, Houston, Texas; Traveled to P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York
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2008
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Body Memory,Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey
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2008
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Revolutions 1968, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
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2008
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Paths of Desire,St. Ambrose University Catich Gallery, Galvin Fine Arts Center, Davenport, Iowa
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2008
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Cancelled, Erased & Removed, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, New York
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2008
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Paper Trail II: Passing Through Clouds,Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
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2008
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SAND: Memory, Meaning and Metaphor, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York
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2008
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Comme des bêtes: Ours, chat, cochon & cie, Le Musee Cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, Switzerland
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2008
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Highlights of the Permanent Collection: Women Artists, The Bronx Museum, Bronx, New York
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2008
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“Converge: Ana Mendieta and Hans Breder 1970-1980,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
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2008
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“NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith,” Menil Collection, Houston, Texas; Traveled to P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York
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2008
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“Body Memory,” Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey
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2008
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“Revolutions 1968,” Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
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2008
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“Paths of Desire,” St. Ambrose University Catich Gallery, Galvin Fine Arts Center, Davenport, Iowa
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2008
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“Cancelled, Erased & Removed,” Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, New York
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2008
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“Paper Trail II: Passing Through Clouds,” Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
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2008
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“SAND: Memory, Meaning and Metaphor,” Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York
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2008
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“Comme des bêtes: Ours, chat, cochon & cie,” Le Musee Cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, Switzerland
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2008
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“Highlights of the Permanent Collection: Women Artists,” The Bronx Museum, Bronx, New York
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2007
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LAB.07: Arte, Deshonra y Violencia en el Contexto Iberoamericano,Centro Cultural de España Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay
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2007
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Fortunate Objects: An Exploration of the Everyday in Art, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, Florida
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2007
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Currents: Recent Acquisitions, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
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2007
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New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930-2006: Prints, Photographs, and Media Works, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
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2007
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Beauty and the Blonde: An Exploration of American Art and Popular Culture, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
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2007
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“Wrestle,” Hessel Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
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2007
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“AGENTS of Change: Women, Art and Intellect,” Ceres Gallery, New York, New York
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2007
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“Conceptual Photography: 1964-1989,” Zwirner & Wirth, New York, New York
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2007
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“Constructing A Poetic Universe: The Diane and Bruce Halle Collection of Latin American Art,” Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, Texas
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2007
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“En Primeira Persoa: Relacións do Suxeito na Intimidade,” Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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2007
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“Fast Forward: Contemporary Collections for the Dallas Museum of Art,” Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
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2007
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“Luz ao Sul,” Convento del Carmen, Valencia, Spain
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2007
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“Out of Body,” Level B Gallery, Deutsche Bank, New York, New York
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2007
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“Role Play: Feminist Art Revisited 1960-1980,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
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2007
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“Speed #1,” Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
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2007
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“WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution,” The Geffen Contemporary, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California; Traveled through 2008 to National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York
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2006
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“A Curator’s Eye: the Visual Legacy of Robery A. Sobieszek,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
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2006
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“All Dressed Up With Nowhere to Go,” Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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2006
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Bienal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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2006
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“Certain Encounters: Daros-Latinamerica Collection,” Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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2006
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“Civil Restitutions,” Thomas Dane Gallery, London, England
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2006
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“Drawn Into the World: Drawings from the MCA Collection,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
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2006
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“Hair Die,” A/V, Rochester, New York
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2006
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“Into Me/Out of Me,” P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York; Traveled through 2007 to KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany; Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma, Rome, Italy
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2006
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Masquerade: Representation and the Self in Contemporary Art,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
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2006
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“Notations: Energy Yes!,” Philadephia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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2006
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“Primera generación: Arte e imagen en movimiento [1963-1986],” Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
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2006
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“The Downtown Show: The New York Art Scene, 1974-1984,” The Grey Gallery, New York University, New York, New York
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2006
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“The Gesture,” Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloníki, Greece
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2006
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“TRANSactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art,” Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, California; traveling through 2008 to Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia; Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina
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2005
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Collection Remixed, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York
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2005
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Heroines: Valie Export, Carolee Schneemann, Ana Mendieta; Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
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2005
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“Beyond the Performance: Ana Mendieta in the 1970’s,” Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts
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2005
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“SlideShow,” Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; traveled to the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati (catalogue)
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2005
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“Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner,” Remy Toledo Gallery, New York
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2005
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“Points of View: Landscape and Photography,” Galerie Lelong, New York
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2005
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“Indeterminate States: Video from the Cisneros Fontanals Collection,” Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, Florida
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2003 - 2005
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“Last Picture Show: Artist Using Photography, 1960 – 1982,” Walker Art Center, October 11, 2003 – January 11, 2004, traveled to: UCLA Hammer Museum, February 8, 2004 – May 9, 2004; Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland, November 26, 2004 – February 13, 2004
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2004
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“Esprit,” Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France
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2004
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“Paisaje & Memoria [Landscape & Memory],” Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Vegueta, Spain
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2004
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“I Am the Walrus,” Cheim and Reid, New York
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2004
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Ana Mendieta Film Works and Drawings 1974 - 1985 , Galerie Lelong, New York
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2004
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“Ana Mendieta: Earth Body,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; traveling to Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa; Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida July 1 to September 19, 2004
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2004
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Traces: Body and Idea in Contemporary Art, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan; traveled to The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
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2004
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“Il Bello e le bestie,” Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Roverto, Italy
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2004
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“Traces: Body and Idea in Contemporary Art,” The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan; traveled to The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
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2002 - 2004
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“Gloria: Another Look At Feminist Art of the 1970s,” White Columns, New York, September 13 - October 20, 2002, exhibition traveled to: The Galleries at Moore, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 21 - February 26, 2003; and The RISD Museum, Rhode Island School of Design, November 21, 2003 - February 1, 2004
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2003
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“M_ARS: Art and War,” Neue Galerie Graz, Graz, Germany, January 10th – March 26th, 2003
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2003
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“And the One Doesn’t Stir without the Other,” Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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2003
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“After Image,” The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
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2003
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“Through the Looking Glass: Women and Self-Representation in Contemporary Art,” Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University
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2003
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Ana Mendieta (1948 – 1985) – Body Tracks, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, March 29 – July 27, 2003
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2002 - 2003
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Ana Mendieta (1948 – 1985) – Body Tracks, Neues Kunst Museum Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland
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2002
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Ana Mendieta Selected Works, Kunstwerke, Berlin, Germany
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2002
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Goddess, Galerie Lelong, New York
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2002
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Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, June 27 – September 22, 2002
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2002
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Structures of Difference, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, October 22 – April 13, 2002
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2002
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“The Gift: Generous Offerings, Threatening Hospitality,” The Bronx Museum of the Arts, November 27, 2002 – March 2, 2003
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2001
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Ana Mendieta and Vito Acconci: A Relationship Study 1969-1976, Galerie Lelong, New York
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2001
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Ana Mendieta: Performance works, Siluetas, Drawings, and Objects, Galerie Lelong, Zürich
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2001
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The Gift, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy
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2001
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Burn: Artists Play with Fire, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
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2001
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Echoes of the Scream, Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst, Skovvej, Denmark,
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2001
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Vito Acconci and Ana Mendieta: A Relationship Study, 1969-1976, Galerie Lelong, New York
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2001
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El Instante Eterno: Art and Spirituality at the Change of Millenium, Espai d’Art Contemporani de Castello, Spain
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2001
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Minimalism Past And Presence, Galerie Lelong, New York
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2001
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New York ca. 1975, David Zwirner Gallery, New York
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2000
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Galerie Nathalie Obadia Paris
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2000
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The End: An Independent Vision of the History of Contemporary Art, Exit Art
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2000
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Conceptual Photography and the Guggenheim Collection, Solomon R. Guggenheim
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2000
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Tempus Fugit: Time Flies, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
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2000
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Mennesket – Et halvt arhundrede set gennem kroppem (MAN – Body in art from 1950 to 2000), Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst, Skovvej, Denmark
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2000
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Hyper Mental, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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2000
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Vivências (Life Experiences), Generali Foundation, Wein, Austria
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2000
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Performing Bodies – Ecstatic Repetitions, Tate Modern, London, England
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2000
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Ana Mendieta and Vito Acconci: A Relationship Study 1969-1976, Galerie Lelong, New York
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2000
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Conceptual Photography and the Guggenheim Collection, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY
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2000
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Hyper Mental, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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1999
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Regarding Beauty In Performance and the Media Arts, 1960-1999, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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1999
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Reflections of Time and Place: Latin American Still Life in the 20th Century, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
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1999
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Drip, Blow, Burn: Forces of Nature in Contemporary Art, The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
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1999
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Natural Reality, The Ludwig Forum, Cologne, Germany
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1999
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Skin-Deep, Surface and Appearance in Contemporary Art, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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1999
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Impact: Revealing sources For Contemporary Art, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore
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1999
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Latin American Still Life: Reflections of Time and Place, Katonah Art Museum, NY
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1999
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Ana Mendieta, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Monterrey, Mexico
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1999
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Ana Mendieta, Museo Rufino Tamayo Mexico City, Mexico
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1999 - 1998
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Defining Eye:Women Photographers..., Saint Louis Art Museum Saint Louis
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1999 - 1998
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Impact: Revealing Sources for..., Contemporary Museum Baltimore
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1998
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Out of Actions: Between..., The Museum of Contemp. Art Los Angeles, CA
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1998
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Etre Nature, Foundation Cartier Paris, France
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1998
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Ana Mendieta, Museum of Contemp. Art, L.A. Los Angeles, CA
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1998
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Ana Mendieta, Blum & Poe Los Angeles, CA
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1998
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Ana Mendieta, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California.
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1998
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Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object 1949-1979, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California; Traveling exhibition to Museu de Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; MAK Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria; Museum of Contemporary Art Tokio, Tokyo, Japan; National Museum of Modern Art, Osaka, Japan.
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| Literature |
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2004
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Viso, Olga M., Ana Mendieta: Earth Body, published by Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and Hatje Cantz in conjunction with the traveling retrospective
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1999
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Blocker, Jane, Where is Ana Mendieta, Identity, Performativity, and Exile, Duke University Press, 1999
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1996
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Ana Mendieta, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compestela, published in conjunction with the traveling retrospective exhibition, with essays by: Donald Kuspit, Raquelin Mendieta, Charles Merewether, Gloria Moure, Mary Sabbatino.
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1996
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Ana Mendieta: 1948 - 1985, Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland, 1996, with essays by: Tuula Karjalainen, Raqulin Mendieta, Mary Sabbatino
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1992
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Clearwater, Bonnie. Ana Mendieta: A Book of Works, published by Grassfield Press Inc., Miami, Florida.
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1992
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Ana Mendieta: The 'Silueta' Series, 1973-1980, published by Galerie Lelong, New York, with text by Mary Jane Jacob.
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1987
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Ana Mendieta: A Retrospective, published by The New Museum of Contemporary Art, with essays by: Petra Barreras del Rio, John Perreault, Marcia Tucker
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