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1977
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National Endowment for the Arts, Art Critic’s Fellowship
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1978
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National Endowment for the Arts, Artist’s Fellowship
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1980
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National Endowment for the Arts, Art Critic’s Fellowship
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1982
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Ohio Arts Council, Art Critic’s Fellowship
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1984
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Ohio Arts Council, Photographer’s Fellowship
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1986
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Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
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1986
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Visiting Senior Fellow, Center for Advanced Studies in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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1993
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Getty Scholar, Getty Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities
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1997
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Deutscher Akademischer Austausdient (DAAD), Berlin
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1997
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Getty Scholar, Getty Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities
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1997
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Getty Lecturer, University of Southern California
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1998
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Calder Studio Residence, Saché, France
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2001
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Camera Austria Prize
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1999 - 2002
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Research Grant, J. Paul Getty Trust
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2007
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United States Artists Fellows Award
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2010
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Special Jury Prize for The Forgotten Space, Orizzonti Competition, Venice, Italy
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Lives and works in Los Angeles
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2011 |
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Serious Games. War – Media – Art, Institute Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, Germany |
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2010 |
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ANTIPHOTOJOURNALISM, La Virreina Centre de la Imatge, Barceona, Spain |
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2010 |
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Le peuple qui manque, Centre Pompidou, France |
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2010 |
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The Forgotten Space, Nederlands Film festival, Utrecht; Viennale, Vienna; Doclisboa, Lisbon |
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2010 |
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Là où nous sommes - oeuvres de la Collection Neuflize Vie, Maison d'art Bernard Anthonioz, Nogent-sur-Marne, France |
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2010 |
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Les Rencontres d’Arte Contemporain, La Chantrerie, Cahors, France |
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2010 |
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En cada instante, ruptura, Sala de Arte Publico Siqueiros, Mexico City, Mexico |
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2010 |
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Ship of Fools, 29th Biennial de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
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2010 |
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The Image In Question. War-Media-Art, Carpenter Center for Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
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2010 |
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Taipei Biennial 2010, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan |
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2010 |
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This Ain’t China, e-flux, New York, NY |
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2010 |
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Allan Sekula: Polonia and Other Fables, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary |
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2010 |
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Ship of Fools, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium |
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2010 |
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Media City Seoul 2010, The 6th Seoul International Biennale of Media Art, Seoul, Korea |
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2010 |
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Nether Land, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art at the Dutch Cultural Center, Shanghai, China |
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2010 |
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How Many Billboards?, MAK Center, Los Angeles, CA |
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2010 |
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“…In A Most Dangerous Manner”, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH |
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2010 |
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Global Design, Museum für gestaltung, Zurich, Switzerland |
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2010 |
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Berlin-Paris Un échange de Galeries - galerie Michel Rein@Carlier I Gebauer, Berlin, Germany |
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2010 |
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Les Tubes, group show, Le Quai, Angers, France |
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2010 |
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European Cross-curating, station 2 (cur. JÜrgen Bock), artist residency and solo show in 2011, La Criée, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Rennes, France (solo) |
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2009 |
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Retrospective, Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw, Poland (solo) |
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2009 |
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LES TUBES, group show, Le Quai, Angers |
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2009 |
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Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw, May-June 2009 (retrospective) (solo) |
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2009 |
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San Diego, Cardwell Jimmerson Contemporary Art, Culver City, CA |
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2009 |
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Polonia, Renaissance Society, Chicago, Illinois |
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2008 |
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The Way Things Are , Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria |
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2008 |
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Polonia and Other Fables, Renaissance Society, Chicago, Autumn 2008 (solo) |
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2008 |
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Street Art, Street Life, Bronx Museum of the Arts, curated by Lydia Yee |
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2008 |
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No Room, curated by Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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2008 |
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Universal Archive: The Condition of the Document and the Modern Photographic Utopia, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain |
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2008 |
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The Quiet in the Land, Luang Prabang, Laos |
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2008 |
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Edit Nine, commissioned work to coincide with This Side of Paradise, The Huntington, San Marino, CA |
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2008 |
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Travailler plus pour gagner plus, galerie Michel Rein, Paris, France (solo) |
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2008 |
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Lost Paradise, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland |
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2007 |
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10th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey |
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2007 |
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L' Europe en devenir, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris (cur. Michel Ritter) |
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2007 |
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Documenta XII, Kassel, Germany |
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2007 |
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Existencias, MUSAC- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain |
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2007 |
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UN/ Fair Trade, Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Austria (cur. P. Weibel & G. Holler- Schuster) |
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2007 |
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The Quiet in The Land, Luang Prabang, Laos |
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2007 |
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Collection, Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria |
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2007 |
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For a special place: documents and works from the Generali Foundation, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, USA |
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2007 |
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World Factory (cur. Hou Hanru), San Francisco Art Institute, USA |
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2007 |
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In the poem about love, you don't write the word love, Overgaden, Institut for Samtidskunst, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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2007 |
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MACBA in Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
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2007 |
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Informacion contra informacion, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
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2007 |
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2007 John Q. Public and Citizen Jane: Private Americans in the Political Domain, San Diego State University |
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2007 |
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Shipwreck and Workers, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo) |
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2006 |
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The Quiet in the Land, Luang Prabang, Laos, October 2006-October (solo) |
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2006 |
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Full House: Views of the Whitney's Collection at 75., Whitney Museum, New York, NY |
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2006 |
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Dark Places, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA |
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2006 |
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Busan Biennale 2006: Everywhere, Busan, Korea |
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2006 |
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In the Poem about Love You Don’t Write the Word Love, Artists Space, New York, NY |
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2006 |
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Allan Sekula, Fish Story Chapter One, FRAC Bretagne, Maison de l'Etudiant, Université du Havre, France |
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2006 |
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Los Angeles 1955-1985, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France |
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2006 |
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Concept has never meant horse, Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria |
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2006 |
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Carnets du Sous-Sol, galerie Michel Rein, Paris, France |
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2006 |
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From Mini-FM to hacktivists: A Guide to Art and Activism, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand |
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2005 |
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Aerospace Folktales, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo) |
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2005 |
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TITANIC's wake, Camera Austria/Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria (solo) |
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2005 |
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Shipwreck and Workers: Verson 2 for Leuven, STUK Arts Center, Leuven, Belgium (solo) |
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2005 |
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Shipwreck and Workers, STUK Kunstcentrum, Leuven, Belgium (solo) |
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2005 |
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In the Poem about Love you didn't write the word Love, Center for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow |
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2005 |
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Inward OUTward, FLACC - Casino Modern, Belgium |
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2005 |
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Dear Bill Gates (poster version) installed throughout Leuven in conjunction with Meunier, a dialogue. Contemporary art meets Constantin Meunier and Leuven, Belgium |
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2005 |
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Facing the Music, the gallery at REDCAT in Disney Hall, Los Angeles, CA |
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2005 |
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Emergencies, MUSAC (Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon), Madrid, Spain |
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2005 |
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How do we want to be governed? (Figure and Ground), Miami Art Central, Miami, FL |
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2005 |
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Occupying Space, TENT Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
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2005 |
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Shipwreck and Workers, Museum in Progress, Vienna, Ausria (solo) |
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2004 |
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TITANIC’s Wake, Harn Museum, Gainsville, FL, USA (solo) |
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2004 |
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Freeway to China & Black Tide/Marea negra, National Museum, Zadar, Croatia (solo) |
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2004 |
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Prayer for the Americans, Galerie Michel Rein, Paris, France (solo) |
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2004 |
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2004 reGenerations: Environmental Art in California, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA |
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2004 |
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Situations Construites, Attitudes, Geneva, Switzerland |
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2004 |
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How do we want to be governed ? (cur. Roger M. Buergel & Ruth Noack), Miami Art Central, USA |
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2004 |
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L’Ombre du temps, galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France |
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2004 |
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Paysages Invisibles, Musée départemental d’art contemporain de Rochechouart, France |
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2004 |
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U-topia, Frac Centre, Orléans, France |
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2004 |
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Diaporama 04, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain |
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2004 |
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Conditions urbaines, galerie Donzévansaanen, Lausanne, Switzerland |
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2004 |
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Die Universität ist eine Fabrik, Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg, curators: Roger M. Buergel, Ruth Noack, Lüneburg, Germany |
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2004 |
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The L.A. Years, Part 1, 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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2004 |
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The Big Nothing, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA |
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2004 |
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Jamaica Flux: Workspace & Windows, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica, New York |
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2004 |
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The Quiet in the Land, Luang Prabang, Laos |
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2003 |
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High Tide, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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2003 |
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Col•lecció MACBA, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain |
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2003 |
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After the news, Postmedia Documentaries, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain |
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2003 |
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AT WORK: The Art of California Labor, San Francisco State University Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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2003 |
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Contemporary Photography from the Harn Museum Collection, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
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2003 |
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Histoires contemporaines, Les 20 ans des Frac, Frac Rhônes-Alpes, Villeurbanne, France |
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2003 |
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Witness. Contemporary Artists Document Our Time, Barbican Art, London, United Kingdom |
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2003 |
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Vigo Visions. Coleccion fotografica do concello de Vigo, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Vigo, Spain |
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2003 |
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Singuliers voyages, Domaine départemental de Chamarande, Chamarande, France |
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2003 |
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The politics of Place, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland; Länsmusteet Västernorrland, Härnösand |
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2003 |
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Black Tide / Marea negra, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo) |
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2003 |
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Allan Sekula, Performance under Working Conditions, Generali Foundation, Vienna Austria. Retrospective exhibit, catalogue interview by Benjamin Buchloh (solo) |
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2002 |
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Irrational Exuberance, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo) |
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2002 |
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Waiting for Tear Gas (white globe to black), Camera Austria, Graz, Austria (solo) |
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2002 |
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Fish Story, Dokumenta XI, Kassel, Germany (cat.) |
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2002 |
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The Politics of Place, BildMuseet, Umea Universitet, Sweden (cat.); |
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2002 |
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Empire State, Whitney Museum, new York, USA |
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2002 |
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Sans commune mesure, Centre national de la photographie, Paris; Musée d’Art Moderne, Lille Métropole, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France; Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing, France |
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2002 |
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Regarder la mer. Repenser le monde, Le Grand café, St-Nazaire, France |
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2002 |
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Trade - Waren, Wege und Werte im Welthandel heute, Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
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2002 |
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shadow Festival 3, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (cat.) |
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2002 |
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Open City, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain |
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2002 |
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Open City: Street Photography Since 1950, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington |
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2001 |
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Open City: Street Photography Since 1950, MoMA Oxford, England |
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2001 |
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Visual Worlds, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, UC Davis, Davis, CA |
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2001 |
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Yokohama Triennale, Japan |
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2001 |
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Yokohama 2001, International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Yokohama, Japan (cat.) |
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2001 |
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Antagonismes. Casos d’estudi, Museu d’Art Contemporain de Barcelone, Barcelona, Spain |
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2001 |
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Fin de la classe ouvrière?, Centre photographique de Cherbourg-Octeville, France |
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2001 |
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Contemporary moments, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain |
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2001 |
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Trade - Waren, Wege und Werte im Welthandel heute, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland |
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2001 |
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TITANIC's wake, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal (solo) |
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2001 |
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Galerie Michel Rein, Paris, France (solo) |
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2001 |
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Dead Letter Office, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo New York, USA (solo) |
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2001 |
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School is a Factory 1978/80, Ecole Régionale des Beaux-Arts, Valence, France (solo) |
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2000 |
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Titanic’s wake, CCC, Tours, France; Christopher Grime Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA (solo) |
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2000 |
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Rotterdam Foto Biennial, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam |
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2000 |
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Die Regierung/The Government, Alte Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany |
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2000 |
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Desert and Transit, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, German |
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2000 |
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Charm Offensive,Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA |
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2000 |
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Charm Offensive,Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA |
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2000 |
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Flight Patterns, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA |
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2000 |
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Seascape, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica. |
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1999 |
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Fish Story, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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1999 |
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Trace: Liverpool Biennial. UK |
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1998 |
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Scratches on the Surface of Things, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam |
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1998 |
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Port and Corridor: Work Sites in Los Angeles: Robbert Flick and Allan Sekula, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles |
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1998 |
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La mer n’est pas la terre, Le Criée, Rennes, France |
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1998 |
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Voyage, Museé de Valence, Valence. |
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1998 |
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Dismal Science: Photo Works 1972-1996, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois. Traveled to Palmer Museum, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania; daadgalerie, Berlin; Camerawork, London; Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam; Kunstverein Munchen, Munich; Curtain University Art Gallery, Perth, Australia; Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta; Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels |
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1998 |
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Deep Six/Passer au bleu, Museé des Beaux Arts et de la Dentelle, Calais Galerie Michel Rein, Paris |
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1997 |
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InSite 97, San Diego/Tijuana, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico |
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1996 |
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Face a l’Histoire, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France |
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1996 |
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Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam |
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1996 |
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Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam. Traveled to Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Tramway, Glasgow; Le Channel and Musée des Beaux-Arts, Calais; Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica. |
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1995 |
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Aerospace Folktales and Canadian Notes, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver |
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1994 |
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Proposition I, One-Five, Brussels, Belgium |
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1993 |
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Trade Routes, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York |
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1993 |
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University Art Museum, Berkeley, California |
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1993 |
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1993 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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1992 |
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Proof: Los Angeles Art and the Photograph 1960-1980, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California |
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1992 |
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Wasteland: Landscape from Now On, Fotografie Biennale, Rotterdam |
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1991 |
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Critical Realism, Perspektief, Rotterdam |
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1991 |
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The Power of Words: An Aspect of Recent Documentary Photography, PPOW Gallery, New York |
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1991 |
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A Dialogue about Recent American and European Photography, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles |
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1991 |
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Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada |
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1989 |
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Geography Lesson: Canadian Notes, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (solo). Traveled to Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles; A Space, Toronto; P.S. 1, Long Island City, New York; Amelie Wallace Gallery, State University of New York, Old Westbury, New York; Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.; Mendel Art Gallery; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario; Western Front, Vancouver, British Columbia. |
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1989 |
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If You Lived Here: Home Front:, Dia Art Foundation, New York |
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1987 |
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Vormen van Documentaire Photografie in de jaren ‘80, Galerie Perspektief, Rotterdam |
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1987 |
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Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria (solo) |
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1985 |
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San Francisco Camerawork, San Francisco, California (solo) |
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1984 |
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Art and Ideology, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York |
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1983 |
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Westbury. Traveled to State University of New York, Cortland Game, Amelie Wallace Gallery, State University of New York, Old Westbury. Traveled to State University of New York, Cortland |
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1983 |
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Susan Meiselas and Allan Sekula, Film in the Cities Photo Gallery, St. Paul Minnesota |
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1981 |
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Likely Stories, Castelli Graphics, New York |
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1981 |
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Absage an das Einzelbild, Folkwang Museum, Essen |
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1981 |
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Erweiterte Fotografie: Fifth International Vienna Biennale, Vienna Secession, Vienna |
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1980 |
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Martha Rosler and Allan Sekula, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax |
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1977 |
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Social Criticism and Art Practice, San Francisco Art Institute. Co-curated by Roy Ascott and Victor Burgin |
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1977 |
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American Narrative/Story Art 1967-1977, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston |
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1976 |
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New American Filmmakers Series: Connell, Sekula and Torres, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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1975 |
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Video: Martha Rosler and Allan Sekula, The Kitchen, New York |
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1974 |
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Brand Library Art Center, Glendale, California (solo) |
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1973 |
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Socialist Realism: Photo-Text Works by Fred Lonidier and Allan Sekula, Gallery A-402, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California |
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Selected Public Collections |
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Museo de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
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Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
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National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
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Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
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San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
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San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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ARCO Foundation, Madrid, Spain
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Centro de Estudos Fotograficos, Vigo, Spain
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Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany
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Fonds National d‘Art Contemporain, Paris, France
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Getty Research Institute, Resource Collections, Los Angeles, CA
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Harn Museum of Art, Gainsville, FL
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
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Museé des Beaux Arts et de la Dentelle, Calais, France
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Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Castillo y Leon, Spain
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2005 |
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Constantin Meunir, A Dialogue with Allan Sekula, Lieven Gevaert Series, Vol, 2, Leuven University Press: December 2005. |
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2003 |
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Performance Under Working Conditions, Wien: Generali Foundation. |
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2003 |
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TITANIC’s wake, Le Point du Jour Editeur, France. |
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1997 |
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Allan Sekula: Dead Letter Office, Rotterdam, Netherlands Foto Instituut. Interview with Frits Gierstberg in Dutch. Text by Allan Sekula in English and Dutch. |
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