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Allan deSouza Biography
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1980 - 1983 |
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BA (Hons) Fine Art, Bath Academy of Art, England
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1993 - 1994 |
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Critical Studies, Whitney Independent Studies Program, New York
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1995 - 1997 |
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MFA, Photography, UCLA Los Angeles
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2008 |
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Getty Fellowship Award in Visual Arts
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2011
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The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C., US (solo)
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2011
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His Master's Tools, Fowler Museum at UCLA, , Los Angeles, CA, US (solo)
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2011
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Trysts Tropicales, Talwar Gallery, New York, NY, US (solo)
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2010 - 2011
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Courses of Empire, Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery, Loyola University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, US (solo)
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2010
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The Farthest Point, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, Illinois, US (solo)
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2010
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Material Evidence, The Marianna Kistler Beach Museum, Manhattan, KS, US
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2010
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Events of the Self: Portraiture and Social Identity, Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm, Germany
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2010
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Dreamlands, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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2008
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FLY ZONE, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (solo)
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2008
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7th Gwangju Biennale, as part of collective, MYDADA, South Korea
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2008
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3rd Guangzhou Triennial, China w/- Yong Soon Min, China
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2008
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Allan deSouza: A Decade of Photoworks 1998-2008, Talwar Gallery, New Delhi, India (solo)
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2008
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(i don’t care what you say) Those Are Not Tourist Photos, Talwar Gallery, NY (solo)
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2008
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Too Late for Vacation, EV+A, Limerick, Ireland
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2008
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Emergency Biennale, Galeria Arsenal, Bialystok, Poland
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2007
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Double Consciousness, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh
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2007
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Humor Us, Barnsdall Art Gallery LA
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2007
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Lasting Foundations., Chicago Cultural Center; California African American Museum, LA; National Building Museum, DC
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2007
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Africa Remix, Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa
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2007
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Lens on Life; Bamako to SFMuseum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA, US
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2007
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Lasting Foundations, Chicago Cultural Center, IL, US
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2006
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Clockshop Billboard: Public Art Project, Wilshire/Fairfax, Los Angeles, CA, US (solo)
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2006
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The Arrival , Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
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2006
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An Image Bank for Everyday Revolutionary Life, REDCat Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US
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2006
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Another World, La Centrale Electrique, European Centre for Contemporary Art, Brussels, Belgium
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2006
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SNAP Judgements, International Center for Photography, New York, NY, US and Travel: Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN, US; Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
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2006
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Biennale of the Canaries, Canary Islands
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2005
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Looking Both Ways, and Travel, Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon
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2005
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Africa Remix, Hayward Gallery, London; Pompidou Centre, Paris
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2005
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Travel to Mori Museum, Tokyo
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2005
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desi(re), Talwar Gallery, NY
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2005
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The Lost Pictures, Talwar Gallery, New York (solo)
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2005
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Lasting Foundations: The Art of Architecture in Africa, Courtyard Gallery, New York, NY, US
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2005
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CorteFusión: Fotografía manipulada de Tijuana y LÁ, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Mexico
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2005
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Contours: VIth Rencontres Africaines de la Photographie, Bamako, Mali
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2005
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Recent Works w/- Yong Soon Min, University Art Gallery, University of California, Irvine, CA, US
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2004
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Masala: Diversity and Democracy in South Asian Art, William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs Mansfield, CT, US
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2004
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African Art, African Voices, Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA, US
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2004
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Priority, Art in General, New York, NY, US
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2004
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The Lost Pictures, Museum of Art, Pomona College, CA (solo)
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2004
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Africa Remix, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
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2004
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Gallery, London, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris and Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
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2004
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Long Steps Never Broke a Back, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
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2004
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Prism, 18th Street Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
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2003
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Looking Both Ways.(cat.) & Travel, Museum for African Art, NY
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2003
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Un/Familiar Territory, San Jose Museum of Art, CA
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2003
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Unnaturally, Contemporary Art Museum, Uni. Of S. Florida, Tampa, and Travel
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2003
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people in white houses, Talwar Gallery, NY (solo)
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2003
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Will **** for Peace. Installation, w/- Y.S.Min., Oboro Gallery, Montreal, Canada (solo)
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2002
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Will **** for Peace. Installation, w/- Y.S. Min., Mezzanine Gallery, U. M. Minneapolis (solo)
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2002
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Fisher Gallery, USC, LA: Global Address. (cat.)
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2002
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The Anthology of Art. Concept by Jochen Gerz, Braunschweig School of Art, Germany
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2002
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Dermatone, Cherrydelosreyes, LA
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2002
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Global Address, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, US
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2002
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Borderless Terrain, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
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2001
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Parition and Memory Conference: Terrible Beauty, University of Notre Dame, IN, US
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2001
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Recent Works, Talwar Gallery, NY (solo)
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2001
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Terrain, Art In General, NY (solo)
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2001
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Terrible Beauty, Susanne Vielmetter Projects, LA (solo)
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2001
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Phigment, Irvine Fine Arts Center, CA
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2001
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India Center of Art and Culture, NY: Home and The World. (cat.)
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2000
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Cosmic Dermis, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, LA
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2000
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Imaging the Wunderboard, London Biennale, The Freud Centre, England
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2000
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The Brewery, LA: Nonzero Sum Games. Collaboration with Yong Soon Min
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2000
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NY: ID/Y2K, Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, NY, US
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2000
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AR: Contemporary Art and Identity, Baum Gallery, Conway, AR, US
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1999
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Dia*sperse, Black Paint Studio, Toronto, Canada
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1999
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Camerawork, San Francisco: Body/Language
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1999
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Betty Rymer Gallery, IL: Not On Any Map. (cat.)
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1999
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The Mourning After, Barnsdall Art Gallery, LA
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1998
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Where I am, Galeria da Mitra, Lisbon, Portugal
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1998
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Urban Encounters, New Museum, NY
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1998
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All You Can Eat, The Upstairs at the Market Gallery, LA (solo)
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1997
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Threshold, Highways, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
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1997
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AlterNatives. w/- Y.S. Min, Menschel Gallery, Syracuse, NY
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1997
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Translocations, The Photographers Gallery, London; City Uni., NY
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1997
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Transforming the Crown, Studio Museum, Harlem, NY
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1997
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Out of India, The Queens Museum, NY
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1996
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National Graduate Photography, American Photography Institute, NY
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1996
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AIM Benefit, Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY
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1996
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Terminals (Curated by Connie Samaras), UC Irvine Gallery
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1996
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AIM Benefit, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, US
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1994
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Picturing Asia America, Houston Center for Photography, TX
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1994
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Beyond the Borders, Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY
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1994
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alter idem/performing personae. w/- Y. S. Min, Camerawork, London
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1993
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AIM Show, Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY
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1993
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Whitney Biennial. Video collaboration with Yong Soon Min, included in Shu Lea Chang's installation, "Those Fluttering Objects of Desire," Whitney Museum, NY
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1992
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Realms of Glory, Walsall Art Gallery, England
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1992
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Those Fluttering Objects of Desire, collaboration with Yong Soon Min, Exit Art, NY
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1991
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Artists Engulfed Against War, Art In General, NY
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1991
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Interrogating Identity, Grey Art Gallery, NY and Travel
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1990
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Castle Museum, Nottingham, England: Let the Canvas Come to Life With Dark Faces
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1990
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Ecstatic Antibodies, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; Chapter Arts, Cardiff
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1989
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Fabled Territories, Leeds City Gallery, England; Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada
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1989
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Third Havana Biennale, National Museum of Havana, Cuba
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1988
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The Essential Black Art, Chisenhale Gallery, London; Gardner Arts, Brighton
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1987
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Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London
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