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Magdalena Abakanowicz Biography
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1930 |
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Born in Falenty, Poland
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1950 - 1954 |
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Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland
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1965 |
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Grand Prix of Săo Paolo Biennale, Săo Paolo, Brazil
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1979 |
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Gottfried bon Herder Prize, Vienna, Austria
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1982 |
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Alfred Jurzykowski Prize, New York
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1993 |
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Award for Distinction in Sculpture, granted by the Sculpture Center, New York, New York
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1997 |
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Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts, Mexico
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1998 |
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Commander Cross, Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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1999 |
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Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Paris, France
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2000 |
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Visionaries Award granted by the American Craft Museum, New York, New York
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2000 |
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Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree, Pratt Institute, New York, New York
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2004 |
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Awarded the Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, 2004
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2005 |
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Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award bestowed by the International Sculpture Center in New York
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2005 |
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Award granted by the Polish Ministry of Culture
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2005 |
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Lifetime Achievement Award bestowed by the International Sculpture Center in New York
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Collections: The Art Institute of Chicago; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Detroit Institute of Arts; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles County Museum; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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Magdalena Abakanowicz, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain (forthcoming) (solo)
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2007
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Magdalena Abakanowicz, Taguchi Fine Art, Ltd. Tokyo, Japan, November 1 – December 22 (solo)
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2007
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Magdalena Abakanowicz: Sculptures et Dessins, Marlborough Monaco, Monte-Carlo, Monaco, October 5 – November 24. (solo)
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2007
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Wit and Whimsy, Marlborough Gallery, New York, March 6 – 31, 2007.
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2007
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Wack ! Art and the Feminist Revolution, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, March 4 – July 16, 2007
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2006
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Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York
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2005
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Salamanca ciudad de la escultura, Salamanca, Spain, May 13 - August 28
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2005
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Space to Experience: The Sculpture of Magdalena Abakanowicz, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (solo)
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2005
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La Foule V, Galerie Saint-Séverin, Paris, France (solo)
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2005
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Works on Paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
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2004 - 2005
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Magdalena Abakanowicz: Backward Seated Figures, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York (solo)
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2004
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Mutation and Crystallization, Pei Ling Chan Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia (solo)
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2004
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Monocromos de Malevich al presente. Museo Nacioal Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
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2003
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Skin: Contemporary Views of the Body, Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Jacksonville, Florida
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2003
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Dancing Figures, Marlborough Fine Art, London, England (solo)
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2002
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Museum Narodowe, Poznan, Poland (solo)
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2002
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La Parade des Animaux, Festival International de Sculpture de Monte-Carlo, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
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2001
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In Between - Art from Poland, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois
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2001
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Space to Experience, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Point State Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (solo)
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2000
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Working Process, Guiliano Gori Collection, Spazi d’Arte, Santomato di Pistoia, Italy (solo)
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2000
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L’Homme qui Marche, Les Jardins du Palais Royale, Paris, France
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1999
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To the Rescue, Eight Artists in an Archive, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, New York, New York
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1999
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Abakanowicz on the Roof, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York (solo)
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1998
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Starmach Gallery, Kraków, Poland (solo)
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1997
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Summer 1997 Exhibition, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey
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1996
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Les Champs de la Sculpture, Paris, France
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1996
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Oeuvres récentes, Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris, France (solo)
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1995
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Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy After Auschwitz, Royal Festival Hall, London, England
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1995
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Els Jardins de Can Altamira, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
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1994
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Galeria Kordegarda, Warsaw, Poland; traveled to Muzeum Sztuki, Lódz, Poland (solo)
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1994
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Europa, Europa, Kunsthalle, Bonn, Germany
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1993
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The Fujisankei Biennale, International Exhibition for Contemporary Sculpture, Japan
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1993
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Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych, Krakow, Poland (solo)
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1992
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…Reperti…Environment through the Eyes of 18 of the Worlds Major Artists, Museo Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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1991
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Retrospective exhibition, Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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1988
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Olympiad of Art, Olympic Sculpture Park, Seoul, South Korea
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