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Vija Celmins Biography
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1962 |
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Bachelor of Fine Arts: John Herron Institute, Indianapolis, IN
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1965 |
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Master of Fine Arts: UCLA
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1980 |
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Guggenheim Fellowship
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1981 |
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Resident Artist, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine
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1984 |
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Taught at Cooper Union, New York
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1987 |
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Taught at Yale Graduate School, New Haven, CT
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1996 |
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American Academy of Arts and Letters, Award in Art
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1997 |
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John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship
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2000 - 2001 |
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Coutts Contemporary Art Foundation Award
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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"Time & Place: Los Angeles, 1958-1968", Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
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2008
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"Time & Place: Los Angeles, 1958-1968", Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
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2007
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Under the Starry Sky, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Switzerland
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2007
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The Painting of Modern Life, Hayward Gallery, London
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2007
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The Third Mind, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
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2007
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Vija Celmins: A Drawing Retrospective, Hammer Galleries, UCLA
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2006 - 2007
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Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Image, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
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2006
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Selections from the Collection of Edward R. Broida, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C
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2006
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McKee Gallery, New York
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2006
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Plane/Figure, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
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2006
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Drawing Retrospective, Centre Pompidou, Paris
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2006
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A Trace of A Trace of A Trace, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York
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2006
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Celmins, Gibbs + Martin, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
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2006
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Step Into Liquid, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
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2006
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Against the Grain: Contemporary Art from the Edward R. Broida Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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2005 - 2006
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Imagined Worlds, AXA Gallery, organized by international Print Center, New York
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2005
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A Very Liquid Heaven, Tang Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
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2005
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Contemporary Voices, works from the UBS Art Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York
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2004 - 2005
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The Undiscovered Country, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
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2004
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Dublin, Douglas Hyde Gallery, The Paradise, Vija Celmins
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2003
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Indianapolis, Herron School of Art, Celmins Prints
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2003
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New York, Susan Sheehan Gallery, Vija Celmins Prints
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2002
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New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Prints of Vija Celmins
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2001
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Basel, Museum für Gegenwartskunst
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2001
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New York, McKee Gallery
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1999
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London, Anthony d’Offay Gallery
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1997
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Vija Celmins Works 1964-1996, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia Madrid, Spain
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1996 - 1997
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Survey exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art London, England & travelled o Madrid, Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia; Winterthur, Kunstmuseum; Frankfurt, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Vija Celmins: Works 1964 - 1996
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1995
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"Vija Celmins", Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain Paris, France
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1995
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"About Place: Recent Art of the Americas", Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL
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1995
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"Contemporary Drawing: Exploring the Territory", Curated by Mark , Aspen Art Museum Aspen, CO
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1995
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"American Art Today: Night Paintings", The Art Museum at Florida International University Miami, FL
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1995
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"American Academy Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture", American Academy of Arts and Letters NYC
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1995
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"Group Exhibition", Daniel Weinberg Gallery San Francisco, CA
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1994
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"Love in the Ruins: Art and Inspiration of L.A.", Long Beach Museum of Art Long Beach, CA
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1994
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"The World of Tomorrow", Thomas Solomon's Garage Los Angeles, CA
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1994
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"Facts and Figures: Selections from the Lannan Foundation Collection", Lannan Foundation Los Angeles, CA
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1994
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"Fine Lines", Anthony Slayter-Ralph Santa Barbara, CA
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1994
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"Institute of Cultural Anxiety", Institute of Contemporary Art London, England
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1994
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"Vija Celmins - Prints, 1970-1992", Cirrus Los Angeles, CA
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1992 - 1994
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"Vija Celmins Retrospective", Organized by Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, PA & traveling
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1993
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"Vija Celmins - Printed Matter", University Gallery, Fine Arts Center University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
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1990
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"Vija Celmins: Drawings and Prints", Pence Gallery Santa Monica, CA
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1973
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Whitney Museum of American Art NYC
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1965
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Los Angeles, UCLA, Dickinson Art Center
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