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Forrest Warden Myers Biography
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1941
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Born. Long Beach, CA
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1958 - 1960
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San Francisco Art Institute, CA
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1968
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Teaching position: Beginning Sculpture. San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
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1978
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Teaching position: Undergraduate Sculpture. Kent State University, OH
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1984
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Teaching position: Visiting critic. Yale School of Architecture, New Haven, CT
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1994
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Teaching position: Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, Art Furniture and Design
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Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and Damascus, PA
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2012 |
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Invitational Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY |
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2011 |
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Museum Show Part 1, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK |
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2011 |
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Picasso to Koons: The Artist as Jeweler, Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY |
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2011 |
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January White Sale, Loretta Howard Gallery, New York, NY |
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2011 |
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Luminus Flux, Regina Rex Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (solo) |
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2010 |
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New Image, Post Minimalism, and the Legacy of Pop, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA |
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2010 |
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Max’s Kansas City, Stephen Kasher Gallery, New York, NY |
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2010 |
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Artists at Max’s Kansas City, 1965-1974, Hetero-holics and some women too, Loretta Howard Gallery, New York, NY |
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2010 |
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It’s a Wonderful 10th, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn |
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2010 |
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The Moon Museum, Special showing for the History Detectives, Tampa Museum of Fine Art, Tampa, FL |
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2009 |
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Sculptors Draw, Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY |
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2009 |
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1969, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY |
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2009 |
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All Suffering SOON TO END, Callicoon Fine Arts, Callicoon, NY |
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2009 |
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Innagural Opening of Forrest and Debra Arch Myers’ private garden, Wild Turkey Sculpture Park, Damascus, PA (solo) |
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2008 |
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Zerocarat, Artists’ Jewelry at afsoun, Friedman Benda Gallery, New York, NY |
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2008 |
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Fifty Works for Fifty States, The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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2008 |
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Formless Furniture. MAK, Vienna |
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2008 |
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Design Miami/New York Galleries, March 2008 |
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2008 |
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Reimagining Space: The Park Place Gallery Group in 1960’s New York. University of Texas, Austin, TX |
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2008 |
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Design contre design: Deux Siècles de Créations. Galeries nationals du Grand Palais, Paris, France |
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2008 |
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Not Furniture, Hedge Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo) |
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2007 |
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Forrest Myers, Friedman Benda, New York, NY (solo) |
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2007 |
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Miami Basel, Friedman Benda Gallery, Miami, FL |
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2007 |
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Structure et Surface, Magen H Gallery XX Century Design, Harris Lieberman, NYC |
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2006 |
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Right Brain / Left Brain – Selections from 1960 to 2006, Yellow Bird Gallery, Newburgh, NY. (solo) |
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2006 |
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The War is Over. Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
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2006 |
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Miami Basel, Friedman Benda Gallery, Miami, FL |
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2006 |
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Art Miami 2006, Yellow Bird Gallery, Miami, FL |
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2005 |
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Miami Basel 2005 – Design Center, Barry Friedman Ltd, and Magen H Galleries, Miami, FL |
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2005 |
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Modernism: a Century of Style and Design. Seventh Regiment Armory, NY |
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2004 |
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Max’s Kansas City. Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Denmark |
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2004 |
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Peace. Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
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2004 |
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Teknologi for Livet – Om Experiments in Art and Technology. |
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2004 |
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Norrkopings Konstmuseum, Kristinaplatsen, Sweden |
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2004 |
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21st Annual Exhibition & Auction for Women’s Cancer. Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn NY |
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2004 |
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Pax Americana. The Lake Huntington Center for the Arts, NY |
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2003 |
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Merry Peace. Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
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2002 |
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Ultra Delux. Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
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2002 |
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Function & Fantasy: The Design Show. Rockland Center for the Arts, NY |
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2001 |
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Designers at Work – A Visual Journal. Pratt University, New York, NY |
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2001 |
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Aluminum by Design. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada. |
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1999 |
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Dysfunctional Sculpture. Center for Creative Studies Galleries, Detroit, MI |
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1999 |
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Sticker Shock. Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA |
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1999 |
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Primarily Structural – Minimalist and Post-Minimalist Works on Paper. PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY |
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1998 |
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Dick Bellamy Memorial Exhibition. PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY |
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1998 |
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Regatta ’98. Sideshow Gallery Inc., Inaugural Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY |
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1998 |
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20th Anniversary Exhibition. Art & Industrie, New York, NY |
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1998 |
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Sculptors Draw. Rosenberg & Kaufman, New York, NY |
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1997 |
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Form Function or Metaphor. Paint Creek Center for Arts, Rochester, MI |
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1997 |
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Forrest Myers: Recent Sculpture. Art & Industrie, New York, NY (solo) |
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1996 |
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Forrest Myers. Art & Industrie, New York, NY (solo) |
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1996 |
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Between Form and Image: Art of the 1970’s and 1980’s. Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC |
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1995 |
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Adding It Up: Print Acquisitions 1970-1995. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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1995 |
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Return from Vacation. Art et Industrie, New York, NY |
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1995 |
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USA – Valle d’Aosta: Models for Large Scale Sculpture Regione Autonoma. Valle d’Aosta, Italy |
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1995 |
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Annual Sculpture Show. Lookout Sculpture Park, Damascus, PA |
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1995 |
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Susquehanna Studio’s 20th Annual Exhibition. The Art Exchange, Uniondale, PA |
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1994 |
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Grounds for Sculpture. Johnson Atelier, Mercerville, NJ |
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1994 |
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Annual Sculpture Show. Lookout Sculpture Park, Damascus, PA |
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1994 |
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Art at Work. Los Angeles Design Center, CA |
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1994 |
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Susquehanna Studio’s 19th Annual Exhibition. The Art Exchange, Uniondale, PA |
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1994 |
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Stoned Moon. Mary Ryan Gallery, New York, NY |
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1993 |
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Grounds for Sculpture. Johnson Atelier, Mercerville, NJ |
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1993 |
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Design Perspective. Chateau du Fresne, Decorative Art Museum, Montreal, Canada |
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1993 |
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Models for Large Scale Sculpture. Lookout Sculpture Park, Damascus, PA |
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1992 |
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Chair as Art. Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA |
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1992 |
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Then and Now. Philippe Staib Gallery, NY |
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1992 |
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Bench Marks. Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY |
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1992 |
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On and Off Your Rocker. Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York, NY |
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1992 |
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Vered Gallery. Easthampton, NY |
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1991 |
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Forrest Myers. Art & Industrie, New York, NY (solo) |
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1991 |
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On Scale. Bennet-Siegel Gallery, NY |
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1991 |
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International Furniture Design for the ‘90’s Full Scale Gallery, New York, NY |
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1991 |
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91 Objects by 91 Designers. Gallery 91, New York, NY |
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1991 |
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Masks, Benefit for Victim Services. Dyansen Gallery, New York, NY |
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1991 |
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The Chair: From Artifact to Object. Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC |
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1990 |
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The Technological Muse. Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY |
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1990 |
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1980-1990, Art & Industrie. New York, NY |
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1990 |
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Aquarian Artists. University of Rhode Island Fine Arts Center, Kingston, RI |
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1990 |
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Functional Art NY. Brutus Gallery, Osaka; IMZ Building, Fukuoka, Japan |
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1990 |
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Real – Placebo. Bennet-Siegel Gallery, New York, NY |
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1990 |
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Forrest Myers. Art & Industrie, New York, NY (solo) |
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1989 |
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Art & Industrie, New York, NY |
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1988 |
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Forrest Myers: Solo Exhibition. Art & Industrie, New York, NY (solo) |
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1987 |
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Forrest Myers: Solo Exhibition. Art & Industrie, New York, NY (solo) |
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1987 |
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Sculpture: Before and After. Mission Gallery, New York, NY |
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1987 |
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10th Anniversary Exhibition. Art & Industrie, New York, NY |
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1986 |
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The Chair. Traveling Exhibition: San Francisco Airport Museum, CA |
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1986 |
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Halley’s Comet Show, Light Gallery, New York, NY |
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1986 |
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Ritual Objects, Art & Industrie, New York, NY |
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1986 |
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Unlimited Possibilities of Structures, Gallery 91, New York, NY |
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1986 |
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Modern Chair, North Carolina State University, NC |
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1986 |
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Functional Objects, Art & Industrie, New York, NY |
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1986 |
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The Chair. Traveling Exhibition: San Francisco Airport Museum, CA |
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1985 |
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New Works ’86. Art & Industrie, New York, NY |
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1985 |
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Bars. Art & Industrie, New York, NY |
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1985 |
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New Art. Diverse Works, Houston, TX |
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1985 |
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New Furniture. Novo Gallery, New York, NY |
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1985 |
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The Chair. Traveling Exhibition: San Angelo Museum, TX |
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1985 |
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Material Pleasures – Furniture for a Post-Modern Age. The Queens Museum, NY |
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1985 |
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Made in the USA. Gallery 91, New York, NY |
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1985 |
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Time Will Tell. The Squib Gallery, Princeton, NJ |
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1985 |
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The Maximal Implications of the Minimal Line. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY |
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1984 |
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Functional Objects. Art & Industrie, New York, NY |
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1984 |
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Art Furniture. American New Wave, Gallery 91, New York, NY |
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1984 |
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Grace Design, Houston, TX |
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1984 |
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Forms that Function. The Katonah Gallery, Katonah, NY |
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1984 |
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Jon Leon Gallery, NY |
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1983 |
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10th Anniversary Functional Art Show. Foster / White Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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1983 |
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Terminal New York, Brooklyn, NY |
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1983 |
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Hokin-Kaufman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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1983 |
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Furniture of the Twentieth Century. New York, NY (solo) |
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1982 |
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Forrest Myers. Art & Industrie, New York, NY (solo) |
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1981 |
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Radical Objects. Art & Industrie, New York, NY |
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1980 |
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Ehrlich Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1979 |
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Search Light Sculpture. Dallas Symphony Orchestra, TX (solo) |
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1979 |
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Sculpture in the Constructivist Tradition. Patricia Hamilton Gallery, New York, NY |
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1979 |
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Search Light Performance. Dallas Symphony Orchestra, TX |
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1978 |
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Indoor, Outdoor. PS 1, Long Island City, NY |
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1977 |
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Patricia Hamilton Gallery, New York, NY |
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1976 |
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Sculpture ’76. Bicentennial Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Greenwich, CT |
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1976 |
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Design and installation works. Lower Manhattan Ocean Club, New York, NY (solo) |
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1975 |
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Unocycle, one wheel motorcycle made for the film Gizmo, Parrot Production (solo) |
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1975 |
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Tanglewood Music Festival, Lenox, MA (solo) |
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1975 |
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Artpark, Lewinston, NY (solo) |
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1975 |
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Search Light Performance. Artpark, Lewinston, NY |
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1974 |
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Forrest Myers. Sculpture Now, Inc., New York, NY (solo) |
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1973 |
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The Wall, Art in Public Places. Permanent Installation on Broadway and Houston, New York, NY (solo) |
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1973 |
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Biennial of Contemporary American Painting & Sculpture. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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1972 |
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Outdoor Sculptors Indoors. Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY |
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1972 |
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Biennial of Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture Show, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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1971 |
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Art for Your Collection. Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI |
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1971 |
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Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY |
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1971 |
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Windham College, Putney, VT |
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1971 |
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International Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Middleheim Museum, Antwerp, Belgium |
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1971 |
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Highlights of the Season, Larry Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT |
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1971 |
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Forrest Myers. Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1970 |
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Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY |
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1970 |
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Sculpture Annual. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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1969 |
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The Moon Museum – First Art on the Moon. Apollo 12 Mission Experiments in Art & Technology (E.A.T.). Pepsi Cola Pavilion, Osaka, Japan |
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1969 |
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Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY |
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1968 |
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Cool Art 1967. The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT |
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1968 |
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American Embassy, Mexico City, courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art, NY |
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1968 |
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Model Exhibition. John Gibson Gallery, New York, NY |
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1968 |
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Search Light Pieces. Union Square, New York, NY |
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1968 |
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Park Place Group Show. MIT, Boston, MA |
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1967 |
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Annual Exhibition 1966 Contemporary Sculpture and Prints. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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1967 |
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Sculpture of the ‘60s. Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA |
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1967 |
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Art for the City. Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
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1967 |
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Park Place Group Show. Denver, CO |
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1967 |
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American Sculpture of the Sixties. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA |
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1967 |
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Aerial Light Sculpture in Tompkins Square Park. New York, NY |
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1967 |
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Current Visual Dimensions. Park Place, The Gallery of Art Research, New York, NY |
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1967 |
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Sculpture in Environment, New York, NY |
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1967 |
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Search Light Sculptures. Thompkins Square Park, New York, NY (solo) |
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1967 |
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Forrest Myers – Tony Magar. Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo) |
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1967 |
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Designs the Long View Country Club, New York, NY (solo) |
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1962 - 1967 |
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Park Place Gallery, New York, NY |
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1966 |
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Primary Structures: Younger American and British Sculptors. The Jewish Museum, New York, NY |
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1966 |
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Park Place, Lannan Foundation, Palm Beach, FL |
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1966 |
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Forrest Myers – Tony Magar. Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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1966 |
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Park Place opens its new show Sunday. February 27 from five to seven: di Suvero, Fleming, Forakis, Grosvenor, Magar, Melcher, Myers, Novros, Ruda, Valledor, 542 West Broadway, Park Place, New York, NY |
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1966 |
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Drawing Exhibition. New York University, NY |
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1966 |
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Forrest Myers. Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo) |
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1966 |
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Tamara Melcher Paintings and Forrest Myers Sculpture. Park Place, New York, NY (solo) |
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1965 |
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Park Place Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1965 |
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Robert Graham Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1965 |
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4 D. John Daniels Gallery, February-March, New York, NY |
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1965 |
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Sculpture from all Directions. World House Galleries, New York, NY |
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1965 |
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Plastics. John Daniels Gallery, New York, NY |
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1965 |
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Robert Graham Gallery. New York, NY |
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1964 |
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Welfare Island Art Festival, NY |
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1959 |
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San Francisco Art Institute, CA |
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Selected Public Collections |
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
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Museum Tower Roof Garden, Museum of Modern Art, NY
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Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places, Miami, FL
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OMI Sculpture Park, omi, NY
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
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Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY
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Virginia Museum of Arts, Richmond, VA
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Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
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Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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Art Institute of Chicago, IL
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Bergen Community College, NJ
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Bosworth Exhibition Pavilion, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Chateau du Fresne, Decorative Arts Museum, Montreal, Canada
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Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
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Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Art Collection, Albany, NY
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
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Lipschultz Foundation, Chicago, IL
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Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN
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