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Felix Gonzalez-Torres Biography
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1981 |
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Independent Study Program, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
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1983 |
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Independent Study Program, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
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1983 |
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BFA Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
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1987 |
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MFA International Center of Photography/New York University
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1988 |
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Artists Fellowship, Art Matters, Inc.
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1987 - 1989 |
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Adjunct Art Instructor, New York University, NY
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1989 |
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Artists Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
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1989 |
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Cintas Foundation Fellowship
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1989 |
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Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
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1989 |
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Artists Fellowship, Art Matter, Inc.
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1990 |
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CALARTS, L.A., California
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1991 |
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Gordon Matta-Clark Foundation Award
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1992 |
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Adjunct Art Instructor, New York University
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1992 |
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Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Fellowship (DAAD) Artists-in-Residence Program, Berlin, Germany
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1993 |
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Collaboration with Christopher Wool for Printed Matter Bookshop at Dia, NYC
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1993 |
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National Endowment for the Arts - Artist Fellowship
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2006
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El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY, “Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Early Impressions”, February 24 – May 21, 2005, curated by Elvis Fuentes (catalogue)
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2006
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“Felix Gonzalez-Torres”, Nationalgalerie Hamburger Bahnof – Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Berlin, October 1, 2006 – January 9, 2007, curated by Frank Wagner (catalogue)
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2006
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Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland, “Post Mortem – Corpses in Art from Ins to Accra”, November 2 – January 21, 2007
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2006
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Bard College Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson, inaugural re-oprning of the galleries, October
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2006
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, “Down by Law”, curated by The Wrong Gallery as part of “Whitney Biennial 2006: Day for Night”, March 2 – May 28, curated by Chrissie Iles and Philippe Vergne (catalogue)
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2006
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The Museum of Modern Art, New York, “Transforming Chronologies”, May 10 – October 2 (part two), curated by Luis Péeres-Oramas (catalogue)
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2005
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Galerie Lelong, New York, NY, “Spectrum”, December 9, 2005 – January 28, 2006, organized by Kate Shepherd
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2005
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The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, “Swarm”, December 3, 2005 – March 18, 2006, curated by Ellen Lupton, Abbott Miller and Ellen Napier (catalogue)
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2005
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Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, “The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Project: ’Untitled’ (For Jeff)”, November 20 – January 29, 2006, curated by Lisa D. Freiman, PhD (brochure)
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2005
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University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, “The Miraculous in the Everyday”, December 1, 2005 – March 5, 2006, curated by Loretta Yarlow
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2005
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, “Indelible Images (Trafficking Between Life and Death), November 5, 2005 – January 29, 2006
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2005
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Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH, “Part Object Part Sculpture”, October 30 – February 26, 2006 (catalogue)
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2005
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Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France, “Empreinte Moi”, October 28 – December 2, 2005 (catalogue)
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2005
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The Mary Ann Harn Cofrin Pavillion, Samuel P. Harn Museum, University of Florida, “American Matrix: Contemporary Directions for the Harn Museum Collection”, October 22, 2005 – April 30, 2006, curated by Kerry Oliver-Smith
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2005
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The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, Saint Louis, MO, “Minimalism and Beyond”, October 14 – April 26, 2006, curated by Matthias Waschek (brochure)
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2005
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CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA, “General Ideas: Rethinking Conceptual Art 1987-2005”, September 15 – November 13 (brochure)
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2005
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Arnolfini Gallery Limited, Bristol, England, “This Storm Is What We Call Progress”, September 10 – October 23, curated by Martin Clark (catalogue)
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2005
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Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, MUSAC, León, Spain, “Sujeto”, September 1 – December 4, curated by Marta Gerveno and Raúl Ordás (catalogue)
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2005
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“Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Joseph Kosuth” (the first in a series), Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, January 20 – February 18 (catalogue forthcoming)
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2005
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“Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Roni Horn (the second in a series), Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, March 31-April 30
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2004
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Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA, April 1 – May 29
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2002
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Astrup Fearnley Museet fur Moderne Kunst, Oslo, Norway, “Passenger. The Viewer as Participant”, January 19 – April 21 (catalogue) (group)
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2002
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Andrea Rosen Gallery, NYC, “Felix Gonzalez-Torres”, March 30 – May 4; simultaneous exhibition at Sadie Coles HQ, London, England, March 20 – April 20 (book), with global satellite sites of the billboard in the cities of Athens, Berlin, Bogota, Cambridge, Dublin, Kirkwall, London, Milan, New Delhi, New York, Rio de Janeiro, Sa o Paolo, Tokyo, Warsaw, Zurich (solo)
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2001
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Lever House Lobby Gallery, 400 Park Avenue, NY, “Felix Gonzalez-Torres”, December 7 – February 15, 2002 (solo)
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2001
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Le Consortium, Dijon, France, “Felix Gonzalez-Torres”, November 25, 2001 – February 2, 2002 (solo)
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2001
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Yokohama Art Museum, Yokohama, Japan, “Yokohama 2001: International Triennale of Contemporary Art”, September 2 – November 11 (group)
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2001
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Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, “At Sea”, July 14 – September 23; travels to Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, England, February 12 – April 28 (group)
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2001
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Palazzo delle Papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy, “The Gift: ”, June 2 – September 23; travels to Candiani Centro Culturale, Mestre, Venice, Italy, October 19, 2001 – January 6, 2002; Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ, February 9 – May 5, Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NYC, Novemebr 27, 2002 – March 3, 2003 (catalogue) (group)
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2001
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MAK Center for Art and Architecture, L.A., Schindler House, Los Angeles, CA,. “In Between Art & Architecture”. February 16 – September 2 (catalogue) (group)
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2001
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Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, “Felix Gonzalez-Torres/Joseph Beuys”, February 16 – May 6 (pamphlet) (group)
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2000
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Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, “Le temps, vite”, January 12 – April 10 (catalogue) (group)
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2000
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Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, PA, “The Sea and the Sky”, February 17 – April 25, travels to The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland, June 15 – August 20, co-curated by Richard Torchia and Patrick Murphy (group)
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2000
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Serpentine Gallery, London, England, “Felix Gonzalez-Torres”, June 1 – July 16 with satellite venues: Camden Arts Centre, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Royal College of Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, Royal Geographical Society (solo)
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1999
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Banco de la Republica Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogota, Colombia, “Felix Gonzalez-Torres”, November 10 – January 16, 2000; travels to Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela, “Felix Gonzalez-Torres”, April 2, 2000 – June 25, 2000; Museu de Arte Moderna, Sao Paolo, Brazil, August 9. 2001 – September 9, 2001, curated by Carlos Basualdo (solo)
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1999
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Galerie Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany, “Au Delà”, November 27, 1999 – January 22, 2000. (group)
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1999
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Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, “Carnegie International 1999/2000”, November 6, 1999 – March 26, 2000 (group)
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1998
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Andrea Rosen Gallery, NYC, “Felix Gonzalez-Torres”, December 4 – January 16, 1999 (solo)
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1998
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Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria, September 12 – November 1, curated by Rainer Fuchs (third venue of Sprengel Museum travelling exhibition) (catalogue) (solo)
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1998
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Comme des Garcons, Tokyo, Japan, “Felix Gonzalez-Torres”, (solo)
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1997
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Sprengel Museum in Hannover, Germany, June 1 - August 24 (catalolgue) travels to Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, September 6 - November 16 (catalogue) (solo)
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1997
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Andrea Rosen Gallery, NYC, “‘Untitled’ (Beginning)”, January 3 - 25 (solo)
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