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Eva Hesse Biography
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1936 |
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Born on January 11th in Hamburg, Germany
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1939 |
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Immigrated to the United States
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1952 - 1953 |
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Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
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1954 - 1957 |
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Cooper Union, New York, NY
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1957 |
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Received a Yale-Norfolk Fellowship
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1959 |
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BFA, Yale University, New Haven, CT; Studied under Josef Albers
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1961 |
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Married artist Tom Doyle
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1964 |
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Traveled through Europe
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1968 - 1970 |
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Instructor, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
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1970 |
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Died on May 29th in New York, NY
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2011
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Eva Hesse Studiowork, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley CA (solo)
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2010
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Eva Hesse: Spectres, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque NM (solo)
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2010
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Eva Hesse: Spectres, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles CA (solo)
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2010
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Eva Hesse Studiowork, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada (solo)
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2010
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Eva Hesse Studiowork, Tàpies Foundation, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
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2010
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Hauser & Wirth New York, New York, NY (solo)
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2010
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On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century, Museum of Modern Art, New York NY
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2010
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Notations/Forms of Contingency: New York and Turin, 1960s-1970s, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA
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2009
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75 Years of Looking Forward: The Anniversary Show, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco CA
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2009
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elles@centrepompidou – artistes femmes dans les collections du Musé national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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2009
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Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York NY
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2009
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The awkward objects, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland
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2009
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Eva Hesse Studiowork, Camden Arts Centre, London, England (solo)
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2009
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Eva Hesse Studiowork, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland (solo)
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2008
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Now's The Time, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
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2008
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Traces and Spaces – Jan Groth's Influences and Contemporaries, Rogaland Museum of Fine Art, Stavanger, Norway
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2008
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Oranges and Sardines. Conversations on Abstract Painting, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
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2008
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Willem de Kooning, Lucio Fontana, Eva Hesse, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
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2007
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Face to Face, Daros Exhibitions, Zurich, Switzerland
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2007
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A Point in Space is a Place for an Argument, David Zwirner, New York, NY
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2007
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Wack! Art and the Feminist Revolution, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
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2006
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Resonance, Frith Street Gallery, London, England
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2006
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Elemental Form, L & M Arts, New York, NY
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2006
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Skin is a Language, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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2006
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Eva Hesse Drawing, Curated by Catherine de Zegher and Elisabeth Sussmann, Menil Collection, Houston TX (solo)
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2006
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Eva Hesse Drawing, The Drawing Center, New York NY (solo)
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2006
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Eva Hesse Drawing, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles CA (solo)
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2006
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Eva Hesse Drawing, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis MN (solo)
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2006
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Eva Hesse: Sculpture, The Jewish Museum, New York NY (solo)
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2005
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25 Jahre Sammlung Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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2005
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Repeat Performance, Antony Grant Inc., New York, NY
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2005
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Open Systems Rethinking Art c. 1970, Tate Modern, London, England
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2004
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Laction restreinte, Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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2004
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Eva Hesse Transformationen – Die Zeit in Deutschland 1964/65, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria (solo)
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2004
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Eva Hesse Transformationen – Die Zeit in Deutschland 1964/65, Hauser & Wirth Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
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2004
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Eva Hesse Transformationen – Die Zeit in Deutschland 1964/65, The Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea (solo)
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2004
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From Pollock to Marden: Post-War Works on Paper, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen CO
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2004
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Museum of Modern Art, Berlin, Germany
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2003
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Visions of Modern Art: Painting and Sculpture from The Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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2003
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The Stage of Drawing – Gesture and Act, Tate Modern, London, England
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2003
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Top 40! The Tom and Kitty stoner collection of 20th Century Sculptors' Drawings, Carver Gallery, Iowa City IA
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2003
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Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2002
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Eva Hesse Retrospective, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2002
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Eva Hesse Retrospective, Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany (solo)
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2002
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Eva Hesse Retrospective, Tate Modern, London, England (solo)
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2002
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Drawings of Choice from a New York Collection, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign IL
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2002
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vertigo, Leo Castelli, New York NY
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2002
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Women Artists: Their Work and Influence, 1950-70's, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco CA
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2001
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Drawing is another kind of language, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu HI
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2001
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Noncomposition: 15 Case Studies, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford CT
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2001
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Von Edgar Degas bis Gerhard Richter. Arbeiten auf Papier aus der Graphischen Sammlung des Kunstmuseums Winterthur, Rupertinum Museum für Moderne und Zeitgenössische Kunst, Salzburg, Austria
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2001
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Beyond Preconceptions: The Sixties Experiment, Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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2000
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Von Edgar Degas bis Gerhard Richter. Arbeiten auf Papier aus der Graphischen Sammlung des Kunstmuseums Winterthur, Kunstmuseum Wintherthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
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2000
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In Process. Photographs from the 60s and 70s, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York NY
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2000
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Afterimage: Drawing Through Process, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston TX
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2000
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Beyond Preconceptions: The Sixties Experiment, Independent Curators International, New York NY
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