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Mel Bochner Biography
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1940 |
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Born in Pittsburgh, PA
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1962 |
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B.F.A., Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, PA
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2001 |
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Appointed professor at Yale University, New Haven CT
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2005 |
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Recipient, honorary doctor of fine arts degree from Carnegie Mellon University
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Lives and works in New York, NY
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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“Mel Bochner, Photographs and Not Photographs 1966 – 2010,” Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2010
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“Mel Bochner,” Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris (solo)
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2010
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“Mel Bochner, New Works,” Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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2009
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“Mel Bochner, Blah Blah Blah,” Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
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2009
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“Mel Bochner,” Metroquadro, Rivoli (solo)
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2008
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“Mel Bochner,” Peter Freeman, Inc., New York (solo)
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2008
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“Mel Bochner,” Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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2007
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“Mel Bochner,” Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Bignan (solo)
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2007
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“Mel Bochner,” Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris (solo)
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2007
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“Mel Bochner,” Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA (solo)
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2006
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“Mel Bochner: Recent Paintings on Black Velvet,” Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
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2006
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“Focus: Mel Bochner Language 1966 – 2006,” The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
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2006
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“Mel Bochner, Thesaurus Paintings,” Peter Freeman, Inc., New York (solo)
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2006
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"Mel Bochner: Drawing from Four Decades," Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, MI; Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
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2005
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"Looking at Words," Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
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2005
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"Dessins de la collection/Drawings from the Collection," Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Quebec
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2005
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"Building and Breaking the Grid," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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2005
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"OpenSystems: Rethinking Art c.1970," Tate Modern, London, UK
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2005
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"The Last Picture Show: Artists using Photography, 1960-1982," Miami Art Central, Miami, FL
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2005
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"Wahlverwandtschaften," Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt/Main
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2004
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"Visions of America," Sammlung Essl-Kunsthaus, Klosterneuburg
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2004
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"INTRA-MUROS," Musee d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Nice
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2004
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"Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form 1940s−70s," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
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2004
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"Schriftbilder/Bilderschrift," Galerie von Bartha, Basel
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2004
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"The Last Picture Show: Artists Using Photography, 1960-1982," UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
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2004
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"2004 Whitney Biennial Exhibition," The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
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2003
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"Rien ne presse/Slow and Steady/Festina lente (cinquième épisode)," and "Mel Bochner: Measurement Paintings," Musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Geneva
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2003
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"The Last Picture Show: Artists Using Photography, 1960-1982," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
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2003
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"Game Over," Galerie Grimm/Rosenfeld, Munich
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2003
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"PRIVATE/CORPORATE II: EIN DIALOG DER SAMMLUNGEN," DaimlerChrysler Contemporary, Berlin
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2003
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"Selected American Graphic Prints from the Lincoln Center Collection," City Art Museum Ljubljana, Mestna Galerija 1, Ljubljana
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2003
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"Dust Memories," SI Swiss Institute, New York, NY
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2003
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"Fine Lines: Drawings from the Collection of Wynn Kramarsky," Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, CA
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2002
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"Forum: Mel Bochner Photographs," Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg, PA
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2002
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"Under Pressure: Prints from Two Palms Press," The University Gallery, Amherst, MA
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2002
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Akira Ikeda Gallery, Berlin, Germany (Solo)
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2001
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Akira Ikeda Gallery Nagoya, Japan (Solo)
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2001
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"Art Express: Art minimal et conceptuel, état d’une collection," Musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Geneva
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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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"Flashing into the Shadows: The Artists Film in America, 1966-76," Whitney Museum of American Art, 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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Sonnabend Gallery, New York (Solo)
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1999
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Centro de Arte Helio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Solo)
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1999
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"American Academy Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture," The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
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1998
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"More Pieces for the Puzzle: Recent Additions to the Collection," The Museum of Modern Art, NY
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1998
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The Drawing Center, New York (Solo)
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1998
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"The Serial Attitude," Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
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1997
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Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Geneva, Switzerland (Solo)
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1997
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"Gravity-Axis of Contemporary Art," National Museum of Osaka, Japan
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1997
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"Drawing is Another Kind of Language," Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA
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1996
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"Thinking Print: Books to Billboards, 1980-1995," The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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1996
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"The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945-1995," National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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1995
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"1965-1995: Reconsidering the Object of Art," The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
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1995
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Yale University, New Haven, CT (Solo)
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1991
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"A View from the 60s: Selections from the Castelli and Sonnabend Collections," Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY
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1991
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The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (Solo)
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1989
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The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (Solo)
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1985
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Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (Solo)
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