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John Chamberlain Biography
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1927 |
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Born April 16th in Rochester, Indiana
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1951 - 1952 |
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Attends the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
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1955 - 1956 |
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Attends Black Mountain College, North Carolina
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1966 |
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Receives fellowship: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
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1977 |
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Receives 2nd Guggenheim fellowship
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1999 - 2000 |
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Whitney Museum of American Art, independent study program, New York
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Lives and works in Florida
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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Daniel Buren, John Chamberlain, Lawrence Wiener, Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today, Museum of Modern Art, New York
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2007
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Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris (solo)
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2007
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Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne (solo)
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2006
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It's his show, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin (solo)
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2006
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It’ s All in the Fit, Chinati Foundation, Marfa TX (solo)
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2006
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Venice 1948 - 1986: the art scene, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
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2006
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AUTO-NOM-MOBILE, Kunstverein Kassel
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2006
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Bilderwechsel III - Amerikanische Malerei, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
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2006
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Plane/Figure, Kunstmuseum Winterthur
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2005
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La Photographie en parallele, La Maison Européenne de la Photographie Ville de Paris, Paris
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2005
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Design is not Art, AAM Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado
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2005
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Blickachsen 5, Blickachsen - Skulpturen im Kurpark Bad Homburg v.d.Höhe Bad Homburg
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2005
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Bilderwechsel, Museum Sammlung Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
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2005
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Sculpture, Danese Gallery, New York
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2005
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EXIT_AUSSTIEG AUS DEM BILD, ZKM_Museum für Neue Kunst, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe
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2005
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John Chamberlain and Tony Feher – open House 2005, The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas
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2005
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Recent Sculpture, Pace Wildenstein, New York (solo)
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2005
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John Chamberlain - Papier Paradisio, Kunstmuseum Winterthur (solo)
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2005
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John Chamberlain: Without Fear, Waddington Galleries, London (solo)
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2004
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Chelsea Group Show 2004, Pace Wildenstein, New York (solo)
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2004
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Sommer 2004, Pace Wildenstein, New York (solo)
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2003
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Summer Travels, Pace Wildenstein, New York (solo)
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2003
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Recent Sculpture, Pace Wildenstein, New York (solo)
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2003
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Dan Flavin & John Chamberlain: Sculptures, Gagosian Gallery Madison, New York
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2002
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Waddington Galleries, London (solo)
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2002
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Clark Fine Art, Southhampton (with Donald Sultan) (solo)
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2002
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Buchmann Skulpturenprojekte & Kunsthandel, Lugano
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2002
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Happy New Year!, PaceWildenstein, New York
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2002
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Inside Contemporary Sculpture, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
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2002
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Treasures 2002, Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts, Beverly Hills
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2002
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Art Downtown: New York Painting and Sculpture, Wall Street Rising, New York
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2001
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L.A. Louver, Venice/CA (with Es Moses) (solo)
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2001
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PaceWildenstein, New York (with Willem de Kooning) (solo)
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2001
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The Lenore and Burton Gold Collection of 20th-Century Art, High Museum of Art, Atlanta
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2001
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Summer in the City, PaceWildenstein, New York
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2001
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The Cultural Desert: Art, Medicine & Environment, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Scottsdale
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2000
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D´Amelio Terras, New York
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2000
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Crossroads of American Sculpture, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis
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2000
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Galerie Karsten Greve AG St. Moritz
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2000
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The Menil Collection, Houston (solo)
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2000
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The Center for Public Sculpture, New York (solo)
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1999
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Lever House, New York (solo)
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1999
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Galerie Karsten Greve Milan
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1998
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PaceWildenstein, New York (solo)
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1997
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Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton/CA (solo)
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1997
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Galerie Daniel Blau, Munich (solo)
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1997
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Museum für Lackkunst, Münster (solo)
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1997
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Pace Wildenstein, Los Angeles (solo)
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1997
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Cheim & Read, New York (with Joan Mitchell) (solo)
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1997
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Galerie Karsten Greve Paris
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1995
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Galerie Karsten Greve Paris
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1994 - 1995
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Galerie Karsten Greve Cologne
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1993
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Galerie Karsten Greve Paris
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1992 - 1993
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Galerie Karsten Greve Cologne
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1991
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Galerie Karsten Greve Paris
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1989
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Galerie Karsten Greve Cologne
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1986
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Retrospective, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, CA
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1982 - 1983
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Sculpture (several exhibitions), Organized by the Dia Art Foundation
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1971
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Retrospective, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York, NY
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1962
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Leo Castelli Gallery New York, NY
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1960
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Martha Jackson Gallery New York, NY
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1957
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Wells Street Gallery Chicago, IL
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| Literature |
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2005
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“The Sculpture of John Chamberlain: an Ugly Beauty” by Irving Sandler
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2005
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“John Chamberlain: Papier Paradisio”, Mit Texten von Carl Andre, John Chamberlain, Robert Creeley, Fielding Dawson und Dieter Schwarz, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, (cat.)
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2005
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Design is not Art, AAM - Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado, USA
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2003
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“Recent Scuplture - Chamberlain of Beauty”, Essay by Klaus Kertess
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2001
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“DeKooning, Chamberlain: Influence and Transformation”, Text by Bernice Rose, PaceWildenstein, New York
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1996
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“John Chamberlain, Current Works and Fond Memories”, Conversation John Chamberlain and Julie Sylvester, Essays by Rudi Fuchs, John Yau, Donald Judd, Marja Bloem, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, (11.05. – 30.06.1996), Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, (07.09 – 17.11.1996)
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1991
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“John Chamberlain”, Essays by Angelika Beckmann, John Chamberlain, Donald Judd and Jochen Poetter, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, May 11 – July 21, 1991, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Albertinum, August 25 – November 3, 1991
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1991
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“John Chamberlain: Gondolas and Dooms Day Flotilla”, Interviews by Julie Sylvester and Lawrence Weiner, Dia Center for the Arts, New York
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1986
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“John Chamberlain: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Sculpture, 1954–1985”. Text by Klaus Kertess, Ed. Julie Sylvester. New York: Hudson Hills Press, in association with The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
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1983
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“John Chamberlain: Reliefs, 1960–1982”, Text and interview by Michael Auping Sarasota, Fla.: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
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