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Thom Merrick Biography
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1963 |
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Born in Sacramento, California
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1985 - 1986 |
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A.I.C.A. New York Studio Program
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1986 |
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B.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute
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2001 |
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Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY, March-April
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2002 |
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Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY, Aug.-Sept.
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2002 - 2003 |
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Pollock/Krasner Award (painting)
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Lives and works in the Mojave Desert, California
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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Olivier Mosset & Thom Merrick, Christopher Grimes Gallery
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2009
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Hommage an Steven Parrino, KunstMuseum St. Gallen
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2008
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HDTS and 2008 California Biennial Nov., 7, 2008, Orange County Museum of Art, and High Desert Test Sites
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2007
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Without Sun, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, curated by Carole Ann Klonarides
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2007
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Kim Light/ Lightbox Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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2007
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Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein
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2007
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Das Kapital, erster Teil. Bluechips & Masterpieces, Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK) Frankfurt, Franfurt am Main
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2007
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working drawings 1990 - 1997 / Quartz Mouvement, Galerie Susanna Kulli, Zurich (solo)
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2006
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Thom Merrick: Installation/Painting, Galerie Susanna Kulli, Zurich (solo)
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2006
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Smoke and Mirrors, Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles
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2006
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HDTS: High Desert Test Sites 5, Joshua Tree, organized by Andrea Zittel, Shaun Caley-Regen, John Connell, Lisa Anne Auerbach, Andy Stillpass
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2005
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Sweet Temptations, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
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2005
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L'Idiotie, Experience Pommery #2, Domaine Pommery, Reims, France, curated by Jean-Yves Jounnais
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2005
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Thom Merrick, Kunsthalle Göppingen zeigt im C 1, Göppingen (solo)
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2004
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HDTS: High Desert Test Sites 4, Joshua Tree, organized by Andrea Zittel, Shaun Caley-Regen, John Connell, Lisa Anne Auerbach, Andy Stillpass
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2003
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DA SEIN: Positionen zeitgenössischer Kunst aus der Sammlung Reinking, Ernst Barlach Museum, Wedel
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2003
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Perpetuum mobile - 40 years Gallery Rolf Ricke, curated by Günter Umberg
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2003
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New Paintings, Kenny Schachter conTEMPorary, New York (solo)
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2002
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New Paintings, Galerie Martina Detterer, Frankfurt (solo)
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2002
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Kleine Formate, Galerie Martina Detterer, Frankfurt/Main
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2002
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Armory Show, New York, Galerie Susanna Kulli, St.Gallen
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2002
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farbwerk, Former Leonische Drahtwerke, Nürnberg
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2001
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New Paintings, Galerie Susanna Kulli, St. Gallen (solo)
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2001
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New Paintings / Cut-aways, Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne (solo)
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1999
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Composition In Green and White, PS1 Center of Contemporary Art, New York (solo)
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1999
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Advertisementcreatures, Künstlerwerkstatt Lothringerstrasse, Munich (solo)
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1998
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Centre d’Art Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel (solo)
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1998
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Galerie Susanna Kulli, St.Gallen (solo)
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1996
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Galerie Susanna Kulli, St.Gallen (cat.) (solo)
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2006
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Kittelmann, Udo and Gorner, Klaus, What's New Pussycat?-Die Neuerwerbungen / New Acquisitions 2002-2005 Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main / Museum For Modern Art, Frankfurt
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2006
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Chaplin, Julia, April 21, Art Blooms in the California Desert, The New York Times
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2005
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Yves Aupetitallot, Private View 1980-2000: Collection Pierre Huber, JRP/Ringier
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2005
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Merrick, T., July/ August Vol.24 No.6 Working with Rolf Ricke, Sculpture Magazine International
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2005
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Jounnais, J.Y., Idiocy: The Exhibition, Beaux Arts Magazine/hors`serie, Jeu de Paume, pp. 9-12
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2002
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Busse, G.-M., November 18, Poesie des Profanen, Frankfurter Main Echo
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2001
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Gaug, Y., May 22, Tiere aus dem virtuellen Raum. St. Galler Tagblatt, p. 53
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2001
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Johnson, K., February 23, Under Pressure, The New York Times, p. 37
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2000
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Levin, K., February 20, Under Pressure, The Village Voice
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2000
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Beausse, P., January, Mayday, Art Press
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