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Michael Rakowitz Biography
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1973 |
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Born in Great Neck, NY
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1995 |
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Purchase College SUNY, Purchase NY: Bachelor of Fine Arts
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1998 |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA: Master of Science in Visual Studies
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Lives and works in Chicago, IL
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2010
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The worst condition is to pass under a sword which is not one’s own, Level 2 Gallery, Tate Modern, London (solo)
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2010
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The Jerusalem Show, edition, Al-Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art, Jerusalem
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2009
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The Storyteller, iCI traveling exhibition (Salina Art Museum, Kansas; The New School, New York; Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada)
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2009
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Los de arriba y los de abajo, Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City, Mexico
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2009
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Jack Wolgin International Competition in the Fine Arts at the Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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2009
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The worst condition is to pass under a sword which is not one's own, Lombard-Freid Projects, NY
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2009
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Michael Rakowitz: Recent Projects on Baghdad and Montreal, SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art, Montreal, Canada
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2009
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Out of Line, Lombard-Freid Projects, NY
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2009
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Return to Function, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin
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2009
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The Place of the Work and the Space of the Object, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY
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2009
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Transmission Interrupted, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK
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2008
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16th Biennial of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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2008
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Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary, Museum of Art & Design, New York, NY
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2008
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Shelter X Survival – Alternative Homes for Fantastic Lives, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
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2008
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Urgent Shelter, Gallery 210, University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO
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2007
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An Atlas of Events, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
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2007
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Consuming War, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
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2007
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Instant Urbanism, S AM- Swiss Architecture Museum, Basel, Switzerland
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2007
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10th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
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2007
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Sharjah Biennial 8: Between The Desert And The Sea, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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2007
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The invisible enemy should not exist, Lombard-Freid Projects, New York, NY
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2006
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Return, Creative Time, Brooklyn, NY
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2006
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Enemy Kitchen, More Art, New York, NY
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2006
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The Visionaries, Trafo Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
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2006
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Percent for Art Program Commission, Department of Cultural Affairs, New York, NY
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2006
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Civic Performance, Stony Brook University, Staller Center for the Arts, Stony Brook, NY
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2006
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Art in the Contested City, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
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2006
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Revisiting Home, NGBK, Berlin, Germany
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2006
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Who Cares, Creative Time, New York, NY
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2006
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LESS - Alternative Living Strategies, PAC, Milano, Italy
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2006
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Mind the Gap, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
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2006
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Endgames, Galleria Alberto Peola, Turin, Italy
Percent for Art Program, New York City
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2005
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Dull Roar, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York City
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2005
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Return Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
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2004
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Greeting from Stowe, Vermont, Stadtturmgalerie, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria
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2004
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Living In Motion, Vitra Design Museum/Z33 Hasselt, Belgium
Parasites: When Spaces Come Into Play, Ludwig Museum, Vienna
Ars Electronica Linz, Austria
The Interventionists, MassMOCA, North Adams, MA
Adaptations, Apex Art, New York City and Friedricianum, Kassel, Germany
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2003
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Romanticized All Out of Proportion, Special Project, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
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2000 - 2001
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Climate Control, Special Project, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Queens, NY
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