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Thomas Woodruff Biography
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Born in New Rochelle, NY, 1957
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MFA, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 1994
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BFA, Cooper Union, New York, NY, 1979
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Awarded Willard Cummings Memorial Prize, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME, 1978
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Chairman, Illustration and Cartooning Department, The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, 2000-Present
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The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, Thesis Workshop Director, MFA Media Arts Department, 1988-Present
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Bard College, MFA Program, Milton Avery Art Center, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 1994
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Undergraduate Painting and Drawings Instructor, The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, 1983-1987
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2010 |
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Freak Parade, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (solo) |
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2009 |
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Freak Parade, Selby Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida (solo) |
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2008 |
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Solar System (The Turning Heads), P•P•O•W, New York, NY (solo) |
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2008 |
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Freak Parade, Herron School of Art and Design, IUPUI, Indianapolis, Indiana (solo) |
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2008 |
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Bomb Scare, Headquarters Studio, New York, NY |
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2007 |
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Freak Parade, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach California (solo) |
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2006 |
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Freak Parade, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois (solo) |
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2006 |
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High Drama: Eugene Berman and the Legacy of the Melancholic Sublime, Long Beach Museum, Long Beach, California |
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2005 |
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Idols of Perversity, Bellwether, New York, New York |
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2005 |
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Then as Now, Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University, PA |
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2004 |
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21, P.P.O.W, New York, NY |
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2004 |
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6th Annual Realism Invitational, Karen Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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2004 |
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Birdspace: A Post-Audubon Artists Aviary |
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2003 |
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The Burbs, DFN Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Rick Davidman, Peter Drake and John Nickle |
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2003 |
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Look Up! Contemplating the Skies, New York Academy of Sciences, New York, N.Y. Curated by Thomas Woodruff |
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2002 |
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Nocturnal Missions, Marguerite Ostreicher Fine Arts, LA (solo) |
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2001 |
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Designing Salome, Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI (solo) |
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2001 |
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Self-Made Men, DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY |
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2000 |
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Apple Cannon, The Contemporary Museum Honolulu, HI (solo) |
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1999 |
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All Systems GO: Mission Poesy, P.P.O.W. New York, NY (solo) |
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1999 |
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All Systems Go: Mission Anemone, Debs & Co. New York, NY (solo) |
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1999 |
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Requiem, Nexus Contemporary Art Center Atlanta, GA |
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1999 |
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Eye on America, Norman Rockwell Museum Stockbridge, MA |
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1999 |
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Vanitas: Reflections of conceit & desire, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College Atlanta, GA |
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1999 |
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Wildflowers, Katonah Museum of Art Katonah, NY |
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1999 |
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Feast for the Eyes: Contemporary Still Lifes, Museum of Art and Science Melbourne, FL |
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1999 |
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Bodies of Resistance, Real Art Ways Hartford, CT |
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1998 |
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Remembering Beauty: The Seductive and Nostalgic Nature of American Landscape, South Bend Regional Museum of Art South Bend, IN |
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1998 |
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Wishful Thinking, James Graham & Sons New York, NY |
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1998 |
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Divining Nature, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art Winston-Salem, NC |
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1998 |
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Animal Tales: Contemporary Bestiary and Animal Painting, Whitney Museum of American Art Champion, Stamford, CT |
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1998 |
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My Wild Life, Marguerite Oestreicher Fine Arts New Orleans, LA (solo) |
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1997 |
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Nosegays and Knuckle Sandwiches, The Atlanta College of Art Atlanta, GA (solo) |
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1997 |
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Apple Canon, P.P.O.W. New York, NY (solo) |
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1997 |
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In Memory of Pleasure, The John Michael Kohler Arts Center Sheboygan, WI |
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1997 |
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Debs & Co. New York, NY |
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1997 |
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Devotional Rescue: The Paintings of Laurie Hogin, Fred Stonehouse and Thomas Woodruff, The Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati, OH |
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1997 |
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Art and Provocation: Images from Rebels, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art Boulder, CO |
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1996 |
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Anuual Summer Watercolor Exhibition, P.P.O.W. New York, NY |
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1996 |
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Screen Memories, K & E Gallery New York, NY |
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1996 |
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Anima Mundi, James Graham & Sons New York, NY |
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1996 |
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Menu du Jour, Silverstein Project Space New York, NY |
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1996 |
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New Traditionalists, curated by Maria Porges, University of Oregon Museum of Art Eugene, OR |
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1996 |
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Birds!, Thomas Barry Fine Arts Minneapolis, MN |
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1996 |
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Wheel of Fortune, Artists Interpret The Tarot, curated by Amy Lipton, Lombard/Freid, New York, NY |
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1995 |
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Terrestrial Bodies, curated by Christopher Sweet, Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA |
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1995 |
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Wheel of Fortune: Artists Interpret the Tarot, curated by Amy Lipton, Lombard/Freid Fine Arts New York, NY |
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1995 |
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The Secret Charts, P.P.O.W. New York, NY (solo) |
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1995 |
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Greenville County Museum of Art Greenville, SC |
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1994 |
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Jan Baum Gallery Los Angeles, CA (solo) |
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1994 |
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Fallen Idylls: American Figurative Painting, curated by P.P.O.W. and Christopher Sweet, Art Miami '94 Miami, FL |
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1994 |
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American Art Today '94, Florida International University Miami, FL |
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1994 |
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Babies and Bambies, Arti et Amicitae Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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1994 |
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Arabesque, P.P.O.W. New York, NY |
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1994 |
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Truth Be Told: It's All About Love, Lennon, Weinburg, Inc. New York, NY |
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1994 |
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Don't Leave Me This Way: Art in the Age of AIDS, National Gallery of Australia Canberra, Australia |
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1994 |
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Intimate Observations, curated by Jennifer Gross, The Baxter Gallery, Maine College of Art Portland, ME |
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1992 - 1994 |
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From Media to Metaphor: Art About AIDS (Traveling exhibition), Musee d' Art Contemporain de Montreal Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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1993 |
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Beyond Loss: Art in the Era of AIDA, Washington Project for the Arts Washington, D.C. |
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1993 |
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Eye Tattooed America, curated by D.E. Hardy, Ann Nathan Gallery/Objects Chicago, IL |
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1993 |
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, Stiebel Modern New York, NY |
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1993 |
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The Anxious Salon, MIT List Visual Arts Center Cambridge, MA |
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1993 |
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Urgent Nostalgia, COCA Seattle, WA |
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1993 |
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The QUESTION MARK GIRL - 'She Looks Towards the Future' {The Ethnic Variations}, P.P.O.W. New York, NY (solo) |
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1992 - 1993 |
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The Language of Flowers, Paul Kasmin Gallery New York, NY |
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1992 |
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Mind and Beast: Contemporary Artists and the Animal Kingdom, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau WI |
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1992 |
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Romance and Irony in Recent American Art, The Parrish Art Museum Southhampton, NY |
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1992 |
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Good Work, The Cooper Union Alumni Relations Department Cooper Union, New York, NY |
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1992 |
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Tattoo Collection, Urbi Et Orbi Paris, France |
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1992 |
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Andrea Rosen New York, NY |
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1992 |
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In a Vivid Array, The Saint Louis Art Museum Saint Louis, MO (solo) |
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1992 |
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After Flash, Parker/Mark Gallery Los Angeles, CA (solo) |
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1991 |
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Loon Ballade, Queens Museum Queens, NY (solo) |
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1991 |
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Chromatic Aberration, P.P.O.W. New York, NY |
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1991 |
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Personal Mythologies, Marc Richards Gallery Los Angeles, CA |
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1991 |
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Still Lifes, Jon Oulman Gallery Minneapolis, MI |
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1990 |
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NATURE/nature, Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL |
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1990 |
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To My Valentine, Jon Oulman Gallery Minneapolis, MI |
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1990 |
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Paul Benney/Thomas Woodruff, The Alpha Gallery Boston, MA |
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1990 |
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White Columns New York, NY |
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1989 |
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Landscape, Betsy Rosenfield Gallery Chicago, IL |
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1989 |
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Landscape Constructions, Richard Green Gallery Los Angeles, CA |
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1989 |
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Evening Skies: Artists' Interpretation of the Cosmos, The Noyes Museum Oceanville, NJ |
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1989 |
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Romance & Irony in Recent American Art, Art Gallery of Western Australia Perth, Australia |
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1989 |
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Update '89, White Columns New York, NY |
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1989 |
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Objects on the Edge-Contemporary Still Life, Rosa Esman Gallery New York, NY |
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1989 |
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Rosabelle, Believe, P.P.O.W. New York, NY (solo) |
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1989 |
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The Spectre of the Rose, White Columns New York, NY (solo) |
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1989 |
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Hold Still, Braunstein/Quay Gallery San Francisco, CA (solo) |
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1989 |
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Betsy Rosenfield Gallery Chicago, IL (solo) |
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1988 |
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The $1,000 Show, John Davis Gallery New York, NY |
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1988 |
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Art for Your Collection, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI |
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1987 |
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Fire, Alexander Wood Gallery New York, NY |
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1987 |
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Unreal: Conceptual Realism, Alexander Wood Gallery New York, NY |
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1987 |
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SCIENCE FAIR: A cycle of sixty paintings, Alexander Wood Gallery New York, NY (solo) |
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1987 |
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TWELVE MONTHS: Nudes with objects and words, 56 Bleecker Gallery, Ltd. New York, NY (solo) |
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1986 |
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Oneric, Semaphore Gallery New York, NY |
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1986 |
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Drawn and Quartered, White Columns New York, NY |
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1985 |
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Tension, Taghinia-Milani Gallery New York, NY |
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1985 |
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Works on Paper, Semaphore Gallery New York, NY |
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1985 |
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True to Life Dramas, Taghinia-Milani Gallery New York, NY (solo) |
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1982 |
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New Drawing In America, The Drawing Center New York, NY |
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1981 |
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Selections 14, The Drawing Center New York, NY |
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1981 |
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100 Square Feet, Public Illuminations Gallery New York, NY |
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1979 |
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One Twelve Workshop, New York, NY |
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1979 |
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Houghton Gallery New York, NY |
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