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Ouattara Watts (Ivorian, born 1957)

Timeline

1957: Born in the Ivory Coast
: Lives and works in New York, NY
: L’École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France

Exhibitions

2009–2010: Hess Art Collection, International Contemporary Art at Glen Carlou, Paarl, South Africa (solo)
2009: HERD THINNER, curated by David Hunt, Charest-Weinberg Gallery, Miami, FL
2008–2009: Outlaw, Magazzino d’arte Moderna, Rome, Italy (solo)
2008–2009: Galeria Leyendeker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canay Island, Spain (solo)
2008–2009: Hess Art Collection, Paarl, South Africa (solo)
2007: Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2006: Ouattara Watts: Works on Paper, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2006: Intersections: Shifting Identity in Contemporary Art, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2006: Realm of the Spirit, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
2006: Body of Evidence, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC
2005: Beijing Biennial, Beijing, China
2004: Traces Everywhere, Tracy Williams, Ltd., New York, NY
2004: Crossing Currents – The Synergy of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Ouattara Watts, Maggazino d.Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy (solo)
2004: New Paintings, Tracy Williams, Ltd, New York, NY (solo)
2004: The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (solo)
2003: Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy (solo)
2003: New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
2002: Leo Koenig, New York, NY (solo)
2002: Documenta 11, Kassel, Germany
2002: Whitney Biennale, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2002: The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa 1945-1994, PS.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
2001: Gorney Bravin & Lee, New York, NY
1999: Magazzino d'Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy (solo)
1998: Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO (solo)
1998: Fukui Fine Arts Museum, Fukui, Japan
1997: Setagaya Art Museum, Tokio, Japan
1997: Chiba Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan
1996: The Kemper Museum, Kansas City, MO (solo)
1995: Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1995: Group Exhibition, Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York, NY
1995: Un Altre Pais, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas Fundacion "La Caixa,” Palma de Mallorca, La Virreina Expositiones, Barcelona
1994: Museum of Contempory African Art, New York, NY
1994: University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA (solo)
1993: Galerie Boulakia, Paris, France (solo)
1993: Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1992: Other Drums: Visionary Works, Calvin Morris Gallery, New York, NY
1992: Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1991: Syncretism: The Art of the XX Century, The Alternative Museum, New York, NY
1991: Social Sculpture, Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York, NY
1991: African Explores: New and Renewed Forms in 20th Century Art, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York. Traveled to: University Art Museum, Berkeley; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; St Louis Art Museum; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C; The Center of Fine Arts, Miami; Ludwig Forum, Aachen; Antoni Tapies Fundacio, Barcelona; Espace Lyonnais d'Art Contemporain, Lyons; Tate Gallery, Liverpool
1990: It Must Give Pleasure, Erotic Perceptions, curated by Tracy Williams, Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York, NY
1990: Images of Death in Contempory Art, Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
1990: Galerie Boulakia, Paris, France (solo)
1990: Akira Ikeda Gallery, Nagoya, Japan (solo)
1990: Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1990: It Must Give Pleasure Erotic Perceptions, Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, NYC
1990: Images of Death in Contemporary Art, Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
1989: Marilyn Butler Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
1989: Vrej Baghoomian, New York, NY (solo)
1988: Summer Exhibition, Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York, NY
1986: Galerie Georges Lavrov, Paris, France
1986: Centre Culturel de La Rochelle, La Rochelle, France (solo)
1985: Musee National des Arts d’Afrique et d’Oceanie, Paris, France

Literature

2004: Barbara Thompson: Crossing Currents: The Synergy of Jean-Michael Basquiat and Ouattara Watts, Hood Museum of Art, New Hampshire
1999: Ouattara Watts in Rome, Magazzino D’Arte Moderna, exhibition catalogue, Rome
1990: Frederick Ted Castle: Ouattara, exhibition catalogue, Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York
1990: Gerard Barriere: Ouattara, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Boulakia, Paris
1989: Ben Michel Warren: Ouattara, Art Random, Kyoto Shoin, Kyoto