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Martin Kersels Biography
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1984 |
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B.A. The University of California, Los Angeles, CA
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1995 |
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M.F.A. The University of California, Los Angeles, CA; M. F. A.
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City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department Individual Artists Grant
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Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts Fellowship
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Guggenheim Fellowship Award
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Currently lives and works in Sierra Madre, CA, USA
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2011
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ACME., Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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2011
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Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY (solo)
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2011
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Works of Paper, ACME., Los Angeles, CA
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2010
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Bas Jan Ader: Suspended Between Laughter and Tears, curated by Pilar Tompkins Rivas, Pitzer Art Galleries, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA
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2010
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2010 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum, New York, NY
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2010
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Five Songs, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France (solo)
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2009
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Fat Iggy: Discography, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France (solo)
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2009
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Second Nature: The Valentine Collection at the Hammer, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
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2009
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Seriously Funny, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
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2008
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Index: Conceptualism in California from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
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2008
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Vallois, Galerie Georges-Philippe and Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France
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2008
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California Video, The Getty Center Los Angeles, CA
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2008
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ACME., Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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2008
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Martin Kersels: Heavyweight Champion, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
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2008
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Disorderly Conduct: Art in Tumultuous Times, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
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2007
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Sculptors Drawings: Ideas, Studies, Sketches, Proposals, and More, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
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2007
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Martin Kersels: Heavyweight Champion, Tang Museum of Art, Saratoga Springs, NY (solo)
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2006
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Charms in a Throne Room, ACME., Los Angeles, CA
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2006
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Accidents, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France
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2005
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Orchestra for Idiots, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France
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2005
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Dionysiac, Pompidou Center, Paris, France
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2004
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100 Artists See God, Independent Curators International, New York, NY
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2004
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Illuminous, Guido Costa Projects, Turin, Italy (solo)
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2004
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Suburban House Kit, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
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2003
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ACME. @ Inman, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
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2003
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Yankee Remix: Artists Take on New England, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
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2003
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Neuro: An Art & Science Collaboration, The California Institute of Technology & The Art Center College of Art & Design, Pasadena, CA
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2003
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Wishing Well, ACME., Los Angeles, CA
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2002
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L.A. Post Cool, The San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
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2002
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Majestic Sprawl: Some Los Angeles Photography, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
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2002
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Strolling Through an Ancient Shrine and Garden, curated by Chip Tom and ACME., ACME., Los Angeles, CA
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2002
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Ideal Avalanche, The Pond, Chicago, IL
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2002
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Sudden Glory: Sight Gags and Slapstick in Contemporary Art, Logan Galleries, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA
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2002
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Showette, ACME., Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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2002
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Fat Man, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France (solo)
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2002
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Bracelet, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA (solo)
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2001
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Modern Art, London, England (solo)
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2001
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Galerie Edward Mitterand, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
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2001
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ACME.,Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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2001
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Tumble Room, Deitch Projects, New York, NY (solo)
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2001
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Galerie G-P. & N. Vallois, Paris (solo)
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2001
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Deitch Projects, New York (solo)
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2001
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Portraits, Galerie Edward Mitterrand, Geneve, Switzerland
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2001
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The Americans: New Art., curated by Mark Sladen, Barbican Art Gallery, London, England
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2001
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Soliel de hiver/Sur un cheval/Une silouette gelae, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France
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2001
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Ever Since Icarus, Lord Mori Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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2001
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The Sensational Line, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
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2001
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The Americans: New Art., curated by Mark Sladen, Barbican Art Gallery, London, England
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2001
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Ever Since Icarus, Lord Mori Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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2001
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The Sensational Line, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
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2001
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Portraits, Galerie Edward Mitterrand, Geneva, Switzerland
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2001
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Soliel d'hiver/Sur un cheval/Une silouette gelee, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France
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2000
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Inventional, curated by Nowell J. Carten, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
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2000
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SOS: Scenes of Sounds, curated by Charles Stainback, The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
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2000
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Kunst Halle de Berne, Suisse (solo)
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2000
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"Comment tuer le temps", Ecole des Beaux Arts de Quimper, France
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2000
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"Departures, 11 artists at the Getty", The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
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2000
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Haulin Ass, Pierogi in L.A., POST, Los Angeles, CA
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2000
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Made in California and Made in California NOW, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
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2000
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Departures: 11 Artists at the Getty, curated by Lisa Lyons, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
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1999
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EXTRAetORDINAIRE, Printemps de Cahors, curator : Christine Macel
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1999
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Melbourne Biennial, Melbourne, Australia
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1999
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Spinning, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris. (solo)
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1999
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Dan Bernier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. (solo)
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1999
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Group Show, Brett-Mitchell, Inc., Cleveland, OH
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1999
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L.A.X. - The L.A. Biennial, curated by Ann Ayres, Otis Parsons Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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1999
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Hooked on a Feeling, Kohn-Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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1998
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Young Americans 2, Saatchi Gallery, London, England
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1998
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Band Wi[d]th, Knitting Factory, New York, NY
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1998
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Group Show, W-139, Amsterdam, Holland
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1998
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Need for Speed, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria
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1998
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Cruising L.A.: Paul McCarthy, Martin Kersels, Catherine Opie, Lari Pittman, Jason Rhoades, curated by Alvaro Perdices, Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid, Spain
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1998
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Commotion: Martin Kersels, curated by Toby Kamps, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA (solo)
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1998
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Commotion: Martin Kersels, curated by Toby Kamps, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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1998
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Dan Bernier Gallery, Santa Monica, Californie. (solo)
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1998
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Th.e, Naples, Italie. (solo)
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1998
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"Young American 2", Saatchi Gallery, Londres.(cat.)
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1997 - 1998
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Madison Art Center, Center for the Arts, (solo)
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1997 - 1998
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Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco (cat.) (solo)
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1997
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Commotion: Martin Kersels, curated by Toby Kamps, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI (solo)
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1997
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Vanessa Beecroft, Hennifer Bornstein, Martin Kersels, Gillian Wearing, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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1997
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COLA: 1996-1997 Individual Artists Grants, The Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA
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1997
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Celluloid Cave, Threadwaxing Space, curated by Dara Friedman, New York, NY
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1997
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Group Show, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
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1997
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Biennial of American Art, curated by Lisa Phillips and Louise Neri, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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1997
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Ten Los Angeles Artists, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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1996
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Power of Suggestion: Narrative and Notation in Contemporary Drawing, curated by Connie Butler, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
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1996
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Defining the Nineties: Consensus-Making in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles, curated by Bonnie Clearwater, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
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1996
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Hero, Common Wealth Gallery, Madison, WI
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1996
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Left of Center, Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, IL
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1996
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Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY (solo)
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1995
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Dan Bernier Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
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1995
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L.A. Video Sampler II, curated by Diana Thater, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY
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1995
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La Belle et La Bete: Un Choix de Jeunes Artistes Americains, curated by Lynn Gumpert, Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
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1995
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Postmarked L.A., PPOW, New York, NY
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1993
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A/B Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
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Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
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Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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Museu dʼArt Contemporà ni de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
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Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
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University of Washington, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
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