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1951
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Born, Glasgow, Scotland
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1973
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University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland
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1975
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University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
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1979
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Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY
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1982 - 1983
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NEA, Artists Fellowship, Painting
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1985 - 1986
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1986-85 NEA, Artists Fellowship, Painting
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1987
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Art Matters, Inc, Project Grant
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1989 - 1990
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NEA, Artists Fellowship, Painting
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1979 - 1991
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both NEA, Visual Artists Forums and NYSCA Visual Arts Panel funded REAL LIFE Magazine annually
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1997
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Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Center Residency, Lake Como
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1999
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Visual Art Projects, Artists Research Fellowship, Glasgow Visual Art Projects, Artists Research Fellowship, Glasgow
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2002
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Lewis Walpole Library Fellowship, Farmington, CT
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2003
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Ucross Foundation Residency, Wyoming
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Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
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2010 |
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ON PTG: Michelle Grabner, Thomas Lawson, Carrie Moyer, Scott Reeder, Julius Cæsar, Chicago, IL |
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2009 |
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The Pictures Generation: 1974 – 1984, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY |
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2009 |
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Thomas Lawson: 1977 – 1987, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angels, CA (solo) |
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2007 |
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History/Painting, LAXART, Los Angeles, CA (solo) |
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2007 |
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A Palindromic Life, South La Brea Gallery, Inglewood, CA |
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2007 |
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Natural Geographic, Norma Desmond Projects, Los Angeles, CA |
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2007 |
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Benefit Auction, MoCA, Los Angeles, CA |
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2006 |
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Benifit Auction, LAXART, Los Angeles, CA |
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2005 |
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The Empire Strikes Back, ATM, New York, NY |
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2004 |
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The Undiscovered Country, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
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2004 |
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Suburban, Chicago, IL (solo) |
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2001 |
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Sleeper, Edinburgh, Scotland (solo) |
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2000 |
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Chairs, Patios and Faces, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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2000 |
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The Empire Strikes Back, ATM, New York, NY |
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2000 |
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Exurbia, Gallery Luisotti, Los Angeles, CA |
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1998 |
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Project Wall, Rosamund Felsen, Los Angeles, CA (solo) |
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1997 |
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Pacaembu, Laboratoire, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
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1996 |
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Benefit Auction, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
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1995 |
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Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London, England (solo) |
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1995 |
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Occupato, Burnett Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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1994 |
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Painting in the British Arts Council Collection, Chapter Arts, Cardiff, UK, and elsewhere American Fine Arts, New York, NY |
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1993 |
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Monumental Propaganda, ICI, New York, NY, Moscow, Russia, and elsewhere |
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1993 |
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The Categories of Robert Smithson, Name Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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1993 |
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Sylvie Ferre, Lyon, France (solo) |
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1992 |
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Sylvie Ferre, Lyon, France (solo) |
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1992 |
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Unfair, Tanja Grunert Galerie, Koln, Germany |
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1992 |
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American Fine Arts, New York, NY |
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1992 |
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FAR Bazaar, Old Federal Reserve Building, Los Angeles, CA |
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1991 |
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El Sueno Imperativo, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain |
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1990 |
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A New Necessity, First Tyne International, National Garden Festival, Tyneside, UK |
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1990 |
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Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London, England (solo) |
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1990 |
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Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, Scotland (solo) |
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1990 |
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Battersea Arts Centre, London, England (solo) |
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1989 |
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Metro Pictures, New York, NY (solo) |
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1989 |
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T.O.O. Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (solo) |
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1989 |
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A Forest of Signs, MoCA, Los Angeles, CA |
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1989 |
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Art Of Renewal, Orchard Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland |
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1988 |
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Group Show, Public Art Fund, City Hall Park, NY |
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1988 |
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Frontier Production, Critical Art Ensemble, Tallahassee, FL |
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1988 |
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Kuhlenschmidt/Simon, Los Angeles, CA (solo) |
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1987 |
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The Party's Over, Metro Pictures, New York, NY (solo) |
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1987 |
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Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London, England (solo) |
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1987 |
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La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA (solo) |
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1987 |
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Art Against AIDS, citywide exhibition, New York, NY |
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1987 |
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Working in Brooklyn: Painting, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY |
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1986 |
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Correspondence, Laforet Museum, Tokyo, Japan |
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1986 |
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Rooted Rhetoric, Academia di Belli Arti, Napoli, Italy |
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1986 |
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The Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
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1986 |
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Por Encima del Bloqueo, Il Bienal de la Habana, Centro Wilfredo Lam, Havana, Cuba |
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1986 |
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Civic Virtues, City University Graduate Center Mall, New York, NY (solo) |
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1985 |
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Metro Pictures, New York, NY (solo) |
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1985 |
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Americana, a Group Material project at the Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum, New York, NY |
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1985 |
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Anniotanta, Galeria Communale d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy |
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1985 |
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The Public Art Show, Nexus Gallery, Atlanta, GA |
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1984 |
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The Heroic Figure; thirteen artists from the US, Museum de Arte Moderne, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Santiago, Spain and Caracas, Venezuela |
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1984 |
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New York Now, Nordjullands Kunstmuseum, Denmark |
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1984 |
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Artists Call: Against US Intervention in Central America, city-wide exhibition, New York, NY |
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1984 |
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A Decade of New Art, Artists Space, New York, NY |
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1984 |
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The Heroic Figure, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX |
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1984 |
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Drawings: After Photography, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH |
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1984 |
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Contemporary Perspectives 1984, Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA |
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1984 |
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OR Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (solo) |
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1984 |
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Christminster Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1983 |
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Metro Pictures, New York, NY (solo) |
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1983 |
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Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo) |
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1983 |
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La Forma e l'Inform, Galeria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy |
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1982 |
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Metro Pictures, New York, NY (solo) |
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1982 |
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Painting, Metro Pictures, New York, NY |
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1982 |
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The Human Figure, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA |
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1982 |
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Art and the Media, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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1982 |
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New Figuration in America, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI |
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1982 |
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Image Scavengers, ICA, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
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1981 |
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Figuring, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY |
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1981 |
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On Location, Texas Gallery, Houston, TX |
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1981 |
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Metro Pictures, New York, NY (solo) |
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1980 |
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Mercer Union Gallery, Toronto, Canada (solo) |
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1980 |
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Nuova Immagine, Palazzo del Triennale, Milan, Italy |
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1980 |
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Illustration & Allegory, Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, NY |
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1979 |
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Nuova Immagine, Palazzo del Triennale, Milan, Italy |
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1979 |
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Illustration & Allegory, Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, NY |
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1977 |
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In Camera, Artists Space, New York, NY (solo) |
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