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Pat Steir Biography
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1940 |
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Born Iris Patricia Sukoneck in Newark, New Jersey (April 10).
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1956 - 1958 |
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Studied graphic art at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York.
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1958 - 1960 |
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Studied at Boston University, Massachusetts.
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1962 |
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Received BFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.
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1966 - 1970 |
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Art Director, Harper & Row Publishing Company, New York, New York.
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1970 - 1973 |
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Taught at Parsons School of Design, Princeton University, and Hunter College.
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1973 |
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Awarded N.E.A. Individual Artist grant.
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1974 |
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Received Individual Artist's Grant, National Endowment for the Arts
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1973 - 1975 |
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Lived in Los Angeles. Taught at California Institute of the Arts.
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1976 |
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Awarded N.E.A Grant for Art in Public Institutions.
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1975 - 1978 |
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Traveled in United States and Europe. Founding board member of Printed Matter bookshop, New York City, and Heresies magazine. Editorial Board of Semiotext.
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1981 |
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Awarded Guggenheim grant.
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1982 |
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Received Guggenheim Fellowship
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1991 |
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Received Honorary Doctorate of Fine Art from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York.
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1992 |
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Honored by the American Woman's Economic Development Corporation with their Salute to Women in the Business of Art, sponsored by Avon and ARTnews.
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2001 |
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Boston University School for the Arts Distinguished Alumni Award
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Lives and works in New York and Amsterdam.
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2004
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Pièce Unique, FIAC 2004, Paris, October 2004.
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2003
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Des Moines Art Center, December 2003.
Boise Art Museum, December 2003 – February 2004.
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2002
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University Art Museum, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Fall 2002)
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2002
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Crown Point Press, San Francisco (9/13-11/2/02)
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2001
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'Waterfall Des Reves', Pièce Unique, Paris, France (June 2001)
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI (September 2001)
Contemporary Arts Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii (November 2001)
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2000
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Norton Museum, Sarasota, FL. 'Chase Bank Installation',Massachusetts College of Art, Boston (Jan. 19—Mar. 4)
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH. (March 30-April 30, 2000)
Des Moines Cultural Center, Des Moines, IA (June 3—August 6,2000)
Leigh and Mary Block Art Museum, Northwestern Univ., Chicago (September, 2000)
Lyman Allyn Museum of Art at Connecticut College, New London, CT. (August 28, 2000—October 9, 2000)
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1999
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Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, '5 Easy Pieces', (February 21 – April 18, 1999).
'Double-Sided Painting', Piece Unique, Paris (June 3—Sept 3, 1999)
Pièce Unique, Paris (Sept. 15—December 15, 1999)
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1998
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P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, 'Ghost Moon, Mountain Water', wall painting installation curated by Klaus Biesenbach, (May - October 1998).
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, installation, 'Likity Split', (February 2, 1998 - September 21, 1998)
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1997
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The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, 'Pat Steir: Waves and Waterfalls 1982-1992.'
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1996
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The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland, 'Pat Steir: Paintings 1985-1995.' (February 8, 1996 - April 10, 1996).
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1995
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Kunstwerke Berlin, Germany.
Print Cabinet, Museum d'art Moderne, Geneva, Switzerland, 'Black & White.' [Exhibition with Donald Judd].
Quartier Art Centre, Centre d'art contemporain de Quimper, France 'Pat Steir.' (October 13 - December 20, 1995).
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1994
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'The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland, "From Beyond the Pale: Pat Steir: A Painting Project.' (September 24 - January 19, 1994).
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1993
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Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York, 'Pat Steir.' (June 19 - August 1, 1993).
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1992
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Centre National d'art Contemporain de Grenoble, France (June 6 - August 2, 1992).
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1990
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Musée d'art Contemporain, Lyon, France 'Pat Steir.' (February 23 - April 21, 1990).
New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey, 'Pat Steir: Ways of Seeing, Paintings Drawings Prints of the 1980s.' (February 25 - April 1, 1990).
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1990
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National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 'Conversations with Artists, V.'[Pat Steir with Kathan Brown] (March 25, 1990).
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1990
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USF Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 'Paintings.' (October 16 - December 21, 1990).
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1989
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TransArt Exhibitions, Cologne, Germany, 'Pat Steir: Neue Wasserfallbilder.' (November 17, 1989 - January 10, 1990).
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1988 - 1989
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Cabinet des estampes, Musée d'art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland, "Pat Steir Prints 1976 - 1988." (June 30 - September 18, 1988). Traveled to the Tate Gallery, London, England (November 14, 1988 - February 12, 1989); Victoria Miro Gallery, London, England, "Pat Steir." (opened November 16, 1989); Crown Point Press, San Francisco, California, "Pat Steir: Waterfall Monoprints." (November 18, 1988 - January 14, 1989); Crown Point Press, New York, New York (December 14, 1988 - January 14, 1989).
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1987 - 1988
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Centre d'art Contemporain Palais Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland (March 13, 1987 - April 23, 1987);Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California (March 23 - July 12, 1987); Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa (July 21 - September 27, 1987); Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands (April 19 - June 12, 1988).
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1987 - 1988
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The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, 'Drawing Now: Pat Steir.' (December 15, 1987 - February 14, 1988).
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1987 - 1988
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Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland, 'Pat Steir: Paintings and Drawings.' (December 15, 1987 - January 24, 1988).
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1987
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Rijkmuseum Vincent Van Gogh, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 'Pat Steir: Paintings, 1981-84.' [Pat Steir: Schilderijn 1981-84] (June 21 - August 30, 1987).
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1985 - 1987
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Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska (August 3, 1985 - September 15, 1985); University Art Museum, Berkeley, California (early November, 1985 - late December, 1985); The Ohio State University Gallery of Fine Art, Columbus, Ohio (February 6, 1986 - February 25, 1986); Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii (March 26, 1986 - May 4, 1986); Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas (November 1, 1986 - January 4, 1987);
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1986
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Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, 'Concentrations 14: Pat Steir.' (November 1, 1986 - January 4, 1987).
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1985
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Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, 'New Drawings.'
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1985
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Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 'Pat Steir Prints / Printmaking.'
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1984 - 1985
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The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, "Pat Steir, The Breughel Series (A Vanitas Of Style)." (December 6, 1984 - February 18, 1985). Traveled to Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota (April 5, 1985 - May 19, 1985);
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1983
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Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, 'Arbitrary Order: Paintings by Pat Steir.' (May 27 - July 17, 1983). Traveled to Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida; The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio (February 2 - March, 1984) .
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1983
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Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 'Form Illusion Myth: 'The Prints and Drawings of Pat Steir.' (January 17 - February 27).
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1983
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Traveled to University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, California; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas; The Wellesley College Museum, Wellesley, Massachusetts; Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee.
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1980
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Droll/Kolbert Gallery, New York, New York.
Galerie Farideh Cadot, Paris, France. (early November, 1985 - late December, 1985); The Ohio State University Gallery of Fine Art, Columbus, Ohio (February 6, 1986 - February 25, )
Galerie d'art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland.
Max Protetch Gallery, New York, New York.
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1979
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Galerie Farideh Cadot, Paris, France.
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1978
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Art School for Children, Birmingham, Alabama.
Droll/Kolbert Gallery, New York, New York
Galerie Farideh Cadot, Paris, France
Galeria Marilena Bonomo, Bari, Italy.
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1977
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Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
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1976
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The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
Galerie Farideh Cadot, Paris, France.
Morgan Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, California.
Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California
White Gallery, Portland State University, Portland.
Xavier Fourcade, Inc., New York, New York
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1975
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Fourcade, Droll, Inc., New York, New York
John Doyle Gallery, Paris, France
State University of New York, Oneonta, New York
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1973
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Ball State University Art Gallery, Muncie, Indiana
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
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1972
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Douglass College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Paley & Lowe, Inc., New York, New York
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1971
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Graham Gallery, New York, New York
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1969
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Bienville Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana.
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1964
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Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York, New York.
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