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Ilya Bolotowsky Biography
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1907 |
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Born: in Petrograd, Russia
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1921 - 1923 |
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Studied at the College of St. Joseph, Istanbul, Turkey
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1923 |
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Emigrated to the United States
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1929 |
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Naturalized U.S. citizen
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1924 - 1930 |
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Studied at the National Academy of Design, New York, NY
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1946 - 1948 |
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Acting head of department, Black Mountain College, Asheville, NC
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1954 - 1956 |
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Adjunct professor, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
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1948 - 1957 |
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Associate professor of art, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
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1963 - 1964 |
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Adjunct professor of art, Hunter College, New York, NY
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1957 - 1965 |
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Professor of art, State Teachers' College, New Paltz, New York, NY
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1969 |
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Visiting professor of art, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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1965 - 1971 |
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Professor art, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI
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1973 |
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Adjunct professor, graduate honors course, Queens College, New York, NY
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1978 |
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Artist-in-residence, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
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1981 |
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Died: in New York, NY
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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Gallery Selections, Spanierman Modern, New York, NY
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2008
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Gallery Selections Summer 2008, Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, NY
New York Cool: Paintings and Sculptures from the NYU Art Collection, Grey Art Gallery, NYU, New York, NY
MAXImin, Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Spain
New American Abstraction 1960-1975, GARY SNYDER / Project Space, New York, NY
Masters of Abstraction, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
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2007
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Ilya Bolotowsky: Centenary Exhibition, Paintings and Films, Joan T. Washburn Gallery, New York , NY (solo)
Conflicting Current: Aspects of American Art 1920-1950, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
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2006
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Autour du Blanc. Exposition de goupe, Galerie Lahumičre, Paris, France
Black Mountain College, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Outside Europe, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Paper Works by Abstract Masters, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
Modernism: The Aesthetic of Change: Forum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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2004
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New York School Artists: work of 50's & 60's, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
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2003
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Selected American Graphic Prints from the Lincoln Center Collection, City Art Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Park Avenue Cubists & Friends, Joan T. Washburn Gallery, New York, NY
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2002
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RETROSPECTACLE, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
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1995
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Referencing Mondrian no. 1: Ilya Bolotowsky, Burgoyne Diller, Fritz Glamer, Harry Holtzman, Charmion von Wiegand, Washurn Gallery, New York, NY
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1991
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Group Show, Joan T. Washburn Gallery, New York, NY
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1987
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Ilya Bolotowsky, Washburn Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1984
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Ilya Bolotowsky Retrospective, Institute of Contemporary Art, Houston, TX (solo)
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1978
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Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY
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1974
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Ilya Bolotowsky, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (solo)
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1971
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Paintings and Screenprints, London Arts Gallery, London, UK
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1970
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Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY
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1964
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Art Depot Gallery, Grangeville, NY
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1950
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The Rose Fried Gallery, New York, NY
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1943
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As We See Them: Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors, Portraits, Inc. New York, NY
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1938
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Second Annual Membership Exhibition, American Artists Congress, John Wanamaker Gallery, New York, NY
The Ten, Georgette Passedoit Gallery, New York, NY
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1937
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Second Annual Exhibition: The Ten, Montross Gallery, New York, NY
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1936
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New Horizons in American Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1930
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Eleventh Exhibition, Anderson Galleries, Inc. New York, NY
G.R.D. Studios, New York, NY
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1929
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G.R.D. Studios, New York, NY
Christodora House, New York, NY
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SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
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Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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