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Wangechi Mutu Biography
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1972 |
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Born in Nairobi, Kenya
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1991 |
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I.B. United World College of the Atlantic, Wales, UK
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1996 |
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BFA, Cooper Union for the Advancement of the Arts and Science, New York, NY
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2000 |
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MFA, Yale University, School of Art - Sculpture, New Haven, CT
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Lives and works in New York
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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“Paint Made Flesh,” Frist Center for Visual Arts, Nashville, TN, curated by Mark Scala
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2007
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“Triumph of Painting,” The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
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2007
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Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles projects (September) (solo)
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2006
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“An Alien Eye: and other killah anthems,” Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York (solo)
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2006
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“Exhuming Gluttony: a Lover’s Requiem,” Salon 94, New York (solo)
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2006
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“Global Feminism,” Brooklyn Museum, New York
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2006
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“USA Today,” Royal Academy of Art, London
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2006
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“The Santa Fe Biennial,” Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM, curated by Klaus Ottman
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2006
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“The Seville Biennale,” Seville, Spain, curated by Okwui Enwezor
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2006
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“Having New Eyes,” Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
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2006
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"INFINITE PAINTING - Contemporary Painting and Global Realism," Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary Art, Passariano, Italy, curated by Francesco Bonami and Sarah Cosulich Canarutto
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2006
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“New African Art,” Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
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2005 - 2006
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New work: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
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2005
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Drawing from The Modern, 1975-2005, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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2005
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Figures of Thinking: Convergences in Contemporary Cultures, Richard A. Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, IN (traveling to the McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown State University, OH, and the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond, VA)
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2005
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Greater New York 2005, PS1, Long Island City, NY
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2005
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
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2005
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Amazing Grace, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
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2004
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Pin-Up: Contemporary Collage and Drawing, Tate Modern, London, UK
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2004
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Fight or Flight: Kristin Baker, Amy Gartrell, Rico Gatson, Wangechi Mutu, Marc Swanson, and Ivan Witenstein, Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria, New York, NY
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2004
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Gwangju Biennial, South Korea
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2004
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Color Theory, Vitamin Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy
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2004
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Figuratively, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
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2004
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Open House: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
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2004
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Africa Remix, Kunstpalast Duesseldorf, Germany, (traveled to Centre Pompidou, Paris, France and the Hayward Gallery, London U.K.)
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2004
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Art Pace, San Antonio, TX
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2003
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Only Skin Deep, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
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2003
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Looking Both Ways: Art of the Contemporary African Diaspora, Museum for African Art, Long Island City, New York, NY
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2003
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New Art Wave, BAM, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
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2003
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The Broken Mirror, Leroy Neiman Gallery at Columbia University, New York, NY
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2003
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Black President: The Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, The New Museum, New York, NY (traveled to The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnatti, OH; The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA; Barbican Centre, London, U.K.)
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2003
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Creatures, Jamaica Center for the Arts and Learning, Queens, NY
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1997
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Life’s Little Necessities, Johannesburg Biennale, The Castle, Cape Town, South Africa
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Public Collections
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
The San Francisco Museum of Contemporary Art, San Francisco
The Altoids Collection/ The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
The Studio Museum Harlem, Harlem, NY
The Blanton Museum, University of Texas, Austin, TX
The Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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