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Marina Abramovic Biography
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1946 |
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Born on November 30th in Belgrade, Serbia
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1965 - 1970 |
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Academy of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
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1973 |
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Wins Sekretar Skoja Prize for Rhythm 5, Galleria Nova, Zagreb, Croatia
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1973 - 1975 |
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Teaches at the Academy of Fine Arts, Novi Sad, Serbia
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1983 |
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Visiting professor at the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
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1988 |
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The Great Wall Walk (30 April-27 June)
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1990 - 1991 |
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Visiting professor at the Hochschule der Kunst
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1990 - 1991 |
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Visiting professor at the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
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1992 - 1996 |
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Professor at the Hochschule für Bildende Kunst in Braunschweig, Germany
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1997 |
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Golden Lion Award for Best Artist, XLVII Biennale di Venezia, Venice
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1998 |
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Board Member of the Contemporary Art Center, Kitakyushu, Japan
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2001 |
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Artist in residence at the Atelier Calder, Sache, France
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2003 |
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Niedersächsicher Kunstpreis, 2003
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2003 |
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New York Dance and Performance Award
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1997 - 2004 |
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Professor at the Hochschule Bildende Künste, Braunschweig, Germany
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2004 |
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American Art Critic Association Award. Honorary Doctorate Degrees from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, U.S.A.
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2007 |
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Gran Premio AECA “Gran Premio” Award, Madrid, Spain
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2008 |
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Austrian Decoration of Honor for Science & Art
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2009 |
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Lorenzo il Magnifico Career Award, Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy
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Lives and works in New York, NY
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2011
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"Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present," The Garage, Moscow, Russia (solo)
"Marina Abramovic," Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah, GA (solo)
"Exchange + Evolution," Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
"Fertility," Akim Monet, Berlin, Germany
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2011
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"Publics and Counterpublics," Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Seville, Spain
"For a Long Time…," Roberts & Tilton, Santa Monica, CA
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2011
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"The Luminous Interval," Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
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2011
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"L’Insoutenablle Légérete de l’Être," Yvon Lambert, New York, NY
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2011
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"L’Insoutenablle Légérete de l’Être," Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
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2011
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"Personal Structures," Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy
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2011
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"Heroinas," Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza y Fundacion Caja, Madrid, Spain
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2011
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"10 Dialogues: Richard Demarco, Scotland, and the European Avant Garde," Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture, Edinburgh, Scotland
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2011
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"TRA. EDGE OF BECOMING," Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy
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2010
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"Back to Simplicity," Galeria Luciana Brito, São Paulo, Brazil (solo)
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2010
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"Marina Abramović: Personal Archaeology," Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2010
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"Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (solo)
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2010
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"Marina Abramović," Lisson Gallery, London, England (solo)
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2010
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"Everything is going to be alright," Kamu Art Museum, Tallin, Estonia
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2010
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"Take Two: Worlds and Views," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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2010
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"The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama," Nobel Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
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2010
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"Misericordia," Prism, Los Angeles, CA
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2010
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Third Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art: Against Exclusion, Garage Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
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2010
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Hunt & Chase. Salomon Contemporary, East Hampton, New York
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2010
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Human Rites. Bass Museum of Art, Miami, Florida
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2010
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Human. Tmamac, Nice, France
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2010
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Human, 1988-2010. The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
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2010
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Outside the Box: Edition Jacob Samuel, 1988-2010. The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
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2010
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Goddesses, Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo, Norway
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2010
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Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video Performance, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York
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2010
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The Hoerengracht, Amsterdam Historical Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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2010
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Think Pink, Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
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2010
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That’s Life: Vanities from Caravaggio to Damien Hirst, Fondation Dina Vierny – Musée Maillol, Paris, France
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2010
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Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York
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2010
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Brave New World, Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
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2009
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The Kitchen: Homage to Saint Therese, La Fabrica Galleria, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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2009
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Unconditional Love, Arsenale Novissimo Tesa 89, Venice Biennale, Venice Italy (solo)
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2009
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Marina Abramovic: Irresistible, Galerie Cent 8, Paris, France (solo)
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2009
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POURQUOI ATTENDRE!, Fonds Andre Iten at Centre d'Art de Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland
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2009
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Variables, Beaumontpublic, Luxembourg, Brussels
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2009
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1989: The End of History or the Beginning of the Future? Video Art Comments on a Time Shift, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, New York.
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2009
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The Missing Peace, Frost Art Museum, Miami, Florida
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2009
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Chelsea Visits Havana, Havana Fine Arts Museum, Cuba
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2009
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Elles@centrepompidou, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
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2009
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The Female Gaze: Women look at Women, Cheim & Reid, New York
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2009
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Worlds on Video, Strozzina, Florence, Italy
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2008
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8 Lessons on Emptiness with a Happy End, Beaumontpublic, Luxembourg, Luxembourg (solo)
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2008
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Marina Abramovic: Videoinstalaciones, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
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2008
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XXVIII Sâo Paulo Biennale, Sâo Paulo, Brazil
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2008
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Video Performance: Models of Self-Reflection, Ausstellungshalle fur zeitgenossische Kunst Münster, Germany
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2008
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Photographic Works, To Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York, New York
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2008
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Great Women Artists: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York
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2008
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I’ve Got Something in My Eye, Hessel Museum of Art - Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
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2008
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Academia: Qui es-tu?, Chapelle de l’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
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2008
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The Art of Participation: 1950 to Now, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
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2008
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Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flânerie, Neuberger Museum, Purchase, New York
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2008
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Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Barbican Art Gallery, London, England
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2008
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When I Open my Eyes in the Morning, I see a Film, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland
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2008
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WACK: Art and the Fiminist Revolution, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island
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2007
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Gehen bleiben, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn
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2007
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Not Closed, beaumontpublic, Luxembourg
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2006
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Renegades 25 Years of Performance at Exit Art, Exit Art, New York City, NY
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2006
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Primitivism Revisited: After the End of an Idea, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York City, NY
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2005
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The Biography Remix [Performances], Avignon Theatre Festival, Avignon, France (solo)
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2005
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Photographies et Objets/Count On Us, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
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2005
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(Re)Presenting Performance [Symposium], Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (solo)
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2005
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Self Portrait with Skeleton [Performance], Art Basel, Art Unlimited, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
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2005
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Seven Easy Pieces [Performances], Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (solo)
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2005
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Another Expo: Beyond the Nation-State, White Box, New York
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2005
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The Artist’s Body. Then and Now, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Genève, Switzerland
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2005
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CCA Kitakyushu Artist’s Books, Christophe Daviet-Thery, Paris
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2005
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Donna Donner, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
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2005
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DreamingNow, The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass.
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2005
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Art in Eastern Europe, Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, Germany
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2005
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Figure It Out, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York
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2005
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Fragments of Time, Yellow Bird Gallery, Newburgh, New York
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2005
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The Gesture, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece; Quarter, Center for Contemporary Arts, Florence, Italy
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2005
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etting Emotional, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MASS.
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2004
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"Biography Remix," Fondazione Roma Europa, Rome, Italy (solo)
"Performing Body: Video Works By Marina Abramovic," Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY (solo)
"Loop Performance," PS 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY (solo)
Netherlands Media Art Institute, Montevideo/Time Based Arts, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo)
"Student Body," Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (solo)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
Musée d'Art Contemporain Lyon, France
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
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| Literature |
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2005
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Abramovic, Marina et. al. “ MoMA: How to Look at Modern Art,” The Brooklyn Rail, February 2005, pp. 20-21.
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2005
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Amy, Michaël. “You talkin’ to me?,” DITS: Violence, Vol. III, No. 5, Winter-Spring 2005, pp. 18-31.
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2005
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Bellet, Harry, “Le marché de l’art en spectacle à la Foire de Bâle,” Le Monde, June 18th, 2005, p. 29.
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2005
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Bergeron, Chris, “Waking Dreams,” The Daily News, Sunday, March 6th, 2005, C1, C10.
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2005
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Bishop, Claire. “Fairer Fare,” ArtForum Online, June 15, 2005.
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2005
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Boyce, David B., “Brandeis gallery hosts provocative ‘Dreaming’ exhibit,” Sunday Standard-Times, March 13th, 2005.
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2005
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Breerette, Geneviève, “L’insoutenable Marina Abramovic,” Le Monde 59e Edition du Festival d’Avignon, Tuesday, July 5th, 2005, p. 10.
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2005
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Castle, Terry. “Desperately Seeking Susan,” London Review of Books, March 17,2005.
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2005
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Cesare, Nikki T., “(Re)Performing the Score,” NY Arts, Vol. 10, No. 7.8, July/August 2005, pp. 22-23.
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2005
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Dailey, Meghan. “Feel Like Italian,” Art + Auction, Volume XXVII, No. 9, May 2005, p. 179.
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2005
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“Death and the maiden,” The Art Newspaper: Art Basel Edition, June 14, 2005, p. 1.
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2005
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De Baecque, Antoine, “Une vie de performances,” Libération Online, Wednesday, July 13, 2005.
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2005
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“Dreaming Now,” Sculpture, April 2005.
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2005
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Edgers, Geoff, “Trying out sleep sculpture gives him pause,” The Boston Globe,Friday, February 4th, 2005, C1, C16.
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2005
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Edgers, Geoff, “Perchance To Dream,” The Boston Globe, Friday, February4th, 2005, C1, C16.
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2005
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“Everybody at Art 36 Basel,” Artnet, June 20, 2005.
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2005
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Hopkins, Randi, “I know what girls like,” The Boston Phoenix, Wednesday, January 12th, 2005.
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2005
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“Le Guide Culturelle: Vidéo du Corps à l’Ouvrage,” Elle, June 27 2005, p. 24.
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2005
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Maddocks, Phil, “Make it a date in the Dream Bed,” Natick Bulletin & TAB, February 25th, 2005.
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2005
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“Marina Abramovic: Autoportrait au Squelette,” Beaux Arts Magazine, June 2005, p. 112.
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