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1974
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Born in Maryland, USA
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1993 - 1996
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University of California at Berkeley B.A. in Religious Studies, Minor in Music Composition
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2000 - 2002
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL M.F.A. in Art and Technology
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2003
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Individual Artist Grant, Dlabal Foundation, (for Remnants of California project)
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2003
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Block Grant, Department of Geography at U.C. Berkeley (research grant)
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2004
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Writers Grant, Institute for Anarchist Studies (for Recording Carceral Landscapes book/catalog)
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2004
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Project Grant, U.C. Berkeley Graduate Assembly (for Recording Carceral Landscapes exhibition)
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2005
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Fellowship, Vectors Journal, University of Southern California
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2005
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Exhibition Grant, LEF Foundation (Support for Recording Carceral Landscapes exhibition)
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2006
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Production Commission. Eyebeam Art and Technology Center, New York Commission
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2006
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Research/Travel Grant, New American Media (travel funding to research Torture Taxi book)
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2007
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Artadia Grant, New York, NY
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2007
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Nominee: Baum Award for Emerging American Photographers
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2007
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Outstanding GSI Teaching Award, University of California at Berkeley
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2002 - 2008
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University of California at Berkeley Ph.D. in Geography with a Designated Emphasis
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2008
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Aperture West Prize, Aperture Foundation, New York, NY
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2008
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Art Matters Grant, New York, NY
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2008
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“Utne Visionary”, Utne Reader
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2008
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Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art Award (SECA), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
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Lives and works in Oakland, California and New York City
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2012 |
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50 Years of Bay Area Art: The SECA Awards, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA |
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2011 |
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The Hulon Center for Digital Media, Israel |
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2011 |
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Details, Bergen Kunsthall, Norway |
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2011 |
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Architecture of Fear, Z33 – huis voor actuele kunst, Belgium |
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2011 |
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Invisibles Fields, Contemporary Arts Centre, Arts Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Spain |
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2011 |
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After the Crash, Universitá delle Marche, Rome, Italy |
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2011 |
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Gwangju Design Bienniale, Gwangju, South Korea |
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2011 |
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The Encuentro de Medellin, 2011, Museo de Antioquia, Medelin, Colombia |
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2011 |
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“The Actions of Things,” Bard CCS, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY |
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2011 |
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“Graphic Design – Now in Production,” The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, (traveling) |
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2011 |
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Wild Sky, Edith-Ruß-Haus, Oldenburg, Deutschland |
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2011 |
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Magical Consciousness, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK |
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2011 |
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The Spectacle of War, The empty quarter, Dubai |
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2011 |
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Secret Satellites, Belfast Exposed, Belfast, Irland |
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2011 |
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After the Gold Rush: Contemporary Photographs from the Collection, Joyce and Robert Menschel Hall for Modern Photography, Metropolitan Museum, New York, USA |
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2011 |
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Aksioma, Ljubljana, Slowenia (solo) |
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2011 |
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American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, USA (solo) |
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2011 |
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Unhuman, Altmann Siegel, San Francisco, CA, USA (solo) |
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2010 - 2011 |
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Trevor Paglen, SECESSION, Vienna, Austria (solo) |
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2010 - 2011 |
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Nous ne notons pas les fleurs, dit le géographe, Bétonsalon, Paris, France |
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2010 - 2011 |
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Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy |
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2010 |
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The Other Night Sky, Kunsthall Oslo, Oslo, Norwey (solo) |
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2010 |
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A Compendium of Secrets, Kunsthalle Gießen, Gießen, Germany (solo) |
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2010 |
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Vortexhibition Polyphonica, Henry Art Museum, Seattle, WA |
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2010 |
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Road to Nowhere, FotoFest Biennial, Houston, TX |
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2010 |
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Schritte ins Verborgene. Kunst und das Geheimnisvolle, Kunstmuseum Thurgau, Warth, Switzerland |
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2010 |
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Rethinking Location. Anytime Anywhere Everything, Galerie Sprüth Magers, Berlin |
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2010 |
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Catastrophe? Quelle catastrophe!, Quebec City biennial, Manif d'art 5, Quebec, Canada |
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2010 |
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[Out of] Control, 7. International Biennal for Photography and Visual Arts, Liège, Belgium |
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2009 - 2010 |
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Experimental Geography, Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh and Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, USA |
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2009 - 2010 |
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Feed Forward. The Angel of History, LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial,Gijón, Spain |
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2009 |
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Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo) |
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2009 |
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Bellwether Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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2009 |
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Galerie Thomas Zander, Koln, Germany (solo) |
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2009 |
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International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey |
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2009 |
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Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba |
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2009 |
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The SECA Art Award Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (catalogue) (solo) |
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2009 |
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Desert Secrets, Utah Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT |
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2009 |
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FEEDFORWARD - The Angel of History, Laboral Art Center, Gijon, Spain |
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2009 |
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Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR |
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2009 |
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Tech Tools of the Trade: Contemporary New Media Art, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, CA |
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2009 |
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CONTACT Photo Festival, Toronto, Canada |
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2009 |
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Universal Code, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada |
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2009 |
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Red Thread, TANAS - Space for Contemporary Turkish Art, Berlin |
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2009 |
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A Universe We Can Believe In, Oliver Art Center, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA |
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2009 |
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Close Encounters 2: Acts of Social Imagination, Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York, NY |
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2009 |
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A Compendium of Secrets, Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, Germany (solo) |
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2008 |
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Off the Grid, Neuberger Museum of Art, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY |
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2008 |
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Experimental Geography, curated by Nato Thompson, organized through ICI, Richard E. Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN; Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine (travels through 2010) |
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2008 |
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In the Private Eye, curated by Yaelle Amir, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, NY |
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2008 |
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Berkeley Big Bang 08, UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA |
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2008 |
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Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School, New York, NY |
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2008 |
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The New Normal, curated by Michael Connor through ICI, Artists Space, New York, NY; Huarte Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Huarte, Spain; Canzani Center Gallery, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH (travels through 2010) |
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2008 |
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Conspire, Transmediale.08, Berlin, Germany |
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2008 |
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The Other Night Sky: Matrix 225, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA (solo) |
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2008 |
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2008 Taipei Biennial, Taiwan |
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2007 |
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6 Billion Perps Held Hostage! Artists Address Global Warming, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA |
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2007 |
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Crimes of Omission, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
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2007 |
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Ominous Atmosphere, Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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2007 |
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Dark Matters: Artists See the Impossible, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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2007 |
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The Landscape of War, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA |
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2007 |
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Only the Paranoid Survive, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY |
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2007 |
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Dataesthetics Reloaded, Galerija Nova, Zagreb, Croatia |
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2007 |
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Dystopische Landschaft, Kunstraum Muenchen, Munich, Germany |
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2007 |
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A Historic Occasion, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA |
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2007 |
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The Culture of Fear/Die Kultur der Angst, Halle 14, Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig, German |
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2006 |
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Black World, Bellwether, NY, NY (solo) |
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2005 |
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The LAB, San Francisco, CA (solo) |
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2005 |
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Thought Crimes: The Art of Subversion, Diverse Works, Houston, TX |
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2004 |
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Echo Local, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL |
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2004 |
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The Big Nothing: A Void, Philadelphia Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA |
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2003 |
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Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA (collaboration with Greg Niemeyer) |
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2003 |
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Operation How, Now, Wow, 16 Beaver Space, New York, NY |
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2003 |
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Version 3, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL |
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2002 |
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Plug and Play, Artswatch, Louisville, KY |
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2002 |
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Version 2.0, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL |
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2002 |
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POW!, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA |
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2002 |
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California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA (solo) |
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2001 |
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Deadtech, Chicago, IL (solo) |
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2001 |
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Salina Art Center, Salina, KS (solo) |
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2001 |
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Book Show, Temporary Services, Chicago, IL |
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2001 |
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The Summer Show, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL |
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2001 |
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Resynthesis, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2001 |
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Book Show, Temporary Services, Chicago, IL |
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2000 |
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Counter Productive Industries, 1926 Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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Selected Public Collections |
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FAIF Collection, Zurich, Switzerland
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2010 |
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Trevor Paglen. A Compendium of Secrets, exh.-cat., ed. by Ute Riese and Kunsthalle Gießen, Kerber Verlag, 2010 |
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2010 |
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Invisible (working title). New York: Aperture Foundation (Spring 2010) |
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2009 |
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Blank Spots on the Map: the Secret Geography of the Pentagon’s Black World. New York: Penguin/Dutton, Spring 2009 |
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2009 |
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Thompson, Nato and Independent Curators Internatioal (eds.) Experimental Geography: Radical Approaches to Landscape, Cartography, and Urbanism. New York: Melville House, 2009 |
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2007 |
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I Could Tell You but Then You Would Have to Be Destroyed by Me: Emblems from the Pentagons, 2007 |
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2007 |
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Black World, Brooklyn, NY: Melville House Publishing, 2007 |
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2006 |
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Co-authored with AC Thompson, Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA's Rendition Flights, Hoboken: Melville House (note: Paglen was primary author) Translated into French, Portuguese, Polish, and Italian), 2006 |
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2006 |
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Late September at an Undisclosed Location in the Nevada Desert, Cultural Geographies, Spring Editors Derek Gregory and Allan Pred, Groom Lake and the Imperial Production of Nowhere, Violent Geographies (collection), Routledge, 2006 |
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