"Gone With the Wind: The Fabrication and Denial of Southern Culture,"
The City Gallery. Atlanta, Georgia.
Tanner, Marcia, curator.
"Shadow Play,"
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art. San Jose, California. June 22-August 17, 1996.
1997
"'Pagan' Stories: The Situations of Narrative in Recent Art,"
Apex Art. New York, New York.
Phillips, Lisa and, Louise Neri, curator.
"Whitney Biennial,"
Whitney Museum of American Art. New York, New York. March 20-June 1, 1997.
"no place (like home),"
Walker Art Center. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
"Civil Progress: Life in Black America,"
Greg Kucera Gallery. Seattle, Washington. February 6-March 30, 1997.
"The Gaze,"
Momenta Art. Brooklyn, New York. March 16-April 14, 1997.
1998
"Strange Days,"
The Art Gallery of New South Wales. Sydney, Australia.
"Postcards From Black America,"
De Beyerd, Breda and The Frans Hals Museum. Harlem, Netherlands.
"Arturo Herrera and Kara Walker,"
Stephen Friedman Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
"Pierre Molinier, Kay Rosen, Kara Walker,"
Wooster Gardens/Brent Sikkema. New York, New York.
"Kara Walker/Charles Gaines,"
The Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean, City College of New York. New York, New York.
1998-1999
"Global Vision, New Art from the 90’s,"
Deste Foundation. Athens, Greece. July 5, 1998-January 30, 1999.
1998-2000
"Secret Victorians, Contemporary Artists and a 19th-Century Vision,"
Organized by the Hayward Gallery for The Arts Council of England. Firstsite, The Minories Art Gallery. Colchester, United Kingdom. October 17–December 4, 1998.
Traveled to Arnolfini, Bristol, United Kingdom, December 12, 1998–January 31, 1999; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom, February 10, 1999–April 4, 1999; Middlesbrough Art Gallery, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, May 1, 1999–June 26, 1999; UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, September 20–January 2, 2000.
1999
"The Passion and the Wave,"
Istanbul Biennial. Istanbul, Turkey. September 17–October 30, 1999.
"Looking Forward, Looking Black,"
Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University. Detroit, Michigan. April 30-May 24, 1999.
"Re/Righting History; Counternarratives by Contemporary African-American Artists,"
Katonah Museum of Art. Katonah, New York. March 14–May 16, 1999.
"Other Narratives,"
Contemporary Arts Museum. Houston, Texas. May 14-July 4, 1999.
1999-2000
"Art-Worlds in Dialogue,"
Museum Ludwig. Cologne, Germany. November 5, 1999–March 19, 2000.
"Carnegie International 1999/2000,"
Carnegie Museum of Art. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 6, 1999–March 26, 2000.
"Glenn Ligon & Kara Walker,"
Brent Sikkema. New York, New York. December 3, 1999–January 8, 2000.
"Au-Delà,"
Galerie Klosterfelde. Berlin, Germany. November 27, 1999–February 13, 2000.
2000
"Blurry Lines,"
John Michael Kholer Arts Center. Sheboygan, Wisconsin. October 8-January 14, 2000.
"Das Gedäschtnis der Kunst: History and Memory in Contemporary Art,"
Historic Museum of Frankfurt. Frankfurt, Germany.
"The Power of Narration,"
Espai d’Art Contemporani de Castello. Spain.
"Point of Reference, Frederick Hayes, Glenn Ligon, Gary Simmons, Kara Walker,"
Addison Gallery of American Art. Andover, Massachusetts. September 5–December 17, 2000.
"Drawing on the Figure: Works on Paper of the 1990s from the Manilow Collection,"
Museum of Contemporary Art. Chicago, Illinois. March 18–June 25, 2000.
"Strength and Diversity: A Celebration of African-American Artists,"
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University. Cambridge, Massachusetts. April 6–May 5, 2000.
"Age of Influence: Reflections in the Mirror of American Culture,"
Museum of Contemporary Art. Chicago, Illinois. April 8–June 4, 2000.
"This is Not the Place,"
Ramapo College of New Jersey. Mahwah, New Jersey. April 12–May 5, 2000.
"O,"
Barbara Gladstone Gallery. New York, New York. July 6–August 30, 2000.
2001
"Six Contemporary Artists,"
The Clifford Gallery, Colgate University. Hamilton, New York. October 15-November 16, 2001.
"The Americans,"
Barbican Art Galleries, Barbican Centre. London, United Kingdom.
"The Print World,"
Ljubljana Biennial 2001. Ljubljana, Slovenia. June 10–September 16, 2001.
"W,"
Musée des Beaux-Arts. Cole, France. June 22, 2001.
"Parkett Collaborations & Editions Since 1984,"
Museum of Modern Art. New York, New York. April 5–June 12, 2001.
"New Settlements,"
Nikolaj Udstillingsbygning. Copenhagen, Sweden. March 24–May 6, 2001.
"Secret Victorians,"
The Fabric Workshop and Museum in collaboration with Hayward Gallery, London. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. January 25-April 7, 2001.
"Locating Drawing,"
Lawing Gallery. Houston, Texas. January 20-February 24, 2001.
"SchattenRisse, Silhouetten und Cutouts,"
Kunstbau Lenbachhaus. Munich, Germany. February 3-May 6, 2001.
"Ornament and Abstraction,"
The Foundation Beyler. Basel, Switzerland.
"Waterworks,"
Nordiska Akvarellmuseet. Skärhamn, Sweden. May 20-September 2, 2001.
2001-2002
"Telling Tales: Narrative Impulses in Recent Art,"
Tate Liverpool, United Kingdom. December 8, 2001-August 11, 2002.
"Form Follows Fiction,"
Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea. Rivoli, Italy. October 17, 2001-January 27, 2002.
"New to the Modern: Recent Acquisitions from the Department of Drawings,"
Museum of Modern Art. New York. New York. October 25, 2001–January 8, 2002.
2002
"Tempo,"
MoMA Queens. Queens, New York. June 29-September 9, 2002.
"Big and Beautiful,"
H&R Block ArtSpace at the Kansas City Art Institute. Kansas City, Missouri. September 7-October 16, 2002.
"Parallels and Intersections: Art/Women/California, 1950-2000,"
San Jose Museum of Art. San Jose, California.
2002-2003
"Life, Death, Love, Hate, Pleasure, Pain: Selected Works from the MCA Collection,"
Museum of Contemporary Art. Chicago, Illinois. November 16, 2002-April 20, 2003.
"Drawing Now: Eight Propositions,"
MoMA Qeens. Queens, New York. October 17, 2002-January 6, 2003.
"Moving Pictures,"
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. New York, New York. June 27, 2002-January 12, 2003.
2003
"Whiteness, A Wayward Construction,"
Laguna Art Museum. Laguna Beach, California. March 23-July 6, 2003.
Schoonmaker, Trevor, curator.
"Black President: The Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti,"
The New Museum. New York, New York.
Traveled to The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnatti, Ohio; The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California; Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom.
2003-2004
"Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation,"
Carnegie Mellon University. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. January 18, 2003-August 15, 2004.
Traveled to New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 11-June 15; University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, August 25-October 18; Armory Center for the Arts, Old Pasadena, California, June 17-August 15, 2004.
2004
"Artes Mundi Exhibition: Wales International Visual Art Prize,"
National Museum. Cardiff, Wales.
"Dana Schutz, Amy Sillman, Kara Walker,"
Brent Sikkema. New York, New York. September 7-October 2, 2004.
"Provocations: Selections from the Permanent Collection,"
The Bronx Museum of Art. Bronx, New York. July 22-December 31, 2004.
Landry, Pierre, curator.
"Nous Venons en Paix,"
Musee d’Art Contemporain de Montreal. Montreal, Canada. May 28-September 5, 2004.
"Initial Encounters,"
The Drawing Center, New York, New York. March 12-June 6, 2004.
Traveled to The Arts Center of The Capital Region, Troy, New York.
2004-2005
Storr, Robert, curator.
"Fifth International Biennial,"
Site Santa Fe. Santa Fe, New Mexico. July 16, 2004-January 9, 2005.
"Monument to Now, The Dakis Joannou Collection,"
The DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art. Athens, Greece.
2005
Molon, Dominic, curator.
"Trials and Terrors,"
Museum of Contemporary Art. Chicago, Illinois. July 23-September 25, 2005.
"The World is a Stage,"
Mori Art Museum. Tokyo, Japan. March 26-June 18, 2005.
"The Shadow,"
Vestsjaellands Kunstmuseum. Sore, Denmark. May 28-September 4, 2005.
"Works on Paper,"
Galerie Max Hetzler. Berlin, Germany. May 6-June 25, 2005.
"Getting Emotional,"
Institute of Contemporary Art. Boston, Massachusetts. May 18-September 5, 2005.
"Kiss the Frog! The Art of Transformation,"
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design. Oslo, Norway. May 28-September 18, 2005.
"Identita & Nomadismo,"
Palazzo Delle Papesse, Centro Arte Contemporanea. Sienna, Italy. May 27-September 3, 2005.
"Fairy Tales Forever: International Homage to H.C. Andersen,"
AROS Aarhus Kunstmuseum. Copenhagen, Denmark.
2005-2006
Kantor, Jordan, curator.
"Drawing from The Modern, 1975-2005,"
Museum of Modern Art. New York, New York. September 14, 2005-January 9, 2006.
2006
"All the Best: The Deutsche Bank Collection and Zaha Hadid,"
The Singapore Art Museum. Singapore. September 1–November 20, 2006.
"New York, New York: Fifty Years of Art, Architecture, Cinema, Performance, Photography, and Video,"
Grimaldi Forum. Monte Carlo, Monaco. July 14–September 10, 2006.
"Black Alphabet: Contexts of Contemporary African American Art,"
Zacheta National Gallery of Art. Warsaw, Poland. September 23–November 19, 2006.
"Fables,"
Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 9-December 17, 2006.
"Liquid Paper,"
Ratio 3. San Francisco, California, June 30-August 6, 2006.
"Surprise! Surprise!,"
ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall. London, United Kingdom. August 2-September 10, 2006.
Kuratorisk, Aktion, (Frederikke Hansen & Tone Olaf Nielsen), curator.
"Rethinking Nordic Colonialism, A Postcolonial Exhibition Project in Five Acts,"
Act 1: Reykjavik, Iceland, March 24–April 16, 2006; Act 2: Nuuk, Greenland, April 21-May 14, 2006; Act 3: Tórshavn, The Faroe Islands, May 12–June 4, 2006; Act 4: Rovaniemi, Sápmi/Finland, June 16–July 9, 2006; Act 5: DVD Box Set Launch in Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo & Stockholm, November 25, 2006.
"Down By Law, a Wrong Gallery project for the 2006 Whitney Biennial: Day for Night,"
Whitney Museum of American Art. New York, New York, January 21-May 21, 2006.
Grosfeld, Jan and, Rein Wolfs, curator.
"Dark,"
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Rotterdam, The Netherlands. February 18-April 17, 2006.
"Blind Date: New Acquisitions of the Deutsche Bank Collection,"
Prelate’s residence of the former Benedictine Monastary and Galerie Kunstforum, Altes Haus. Seligenstadt, Germany. May 14-July 2, 2006.
"Skowhegan 60 Years: School of Painting and Sculpture,"
Colby College Museum of Art. Waterville, Maine. July 22-October 29, 2006.
2006-2007
"Legacies: Contemporary Artists Reflect on Slavery,"
The New York Historical Society. New York, New York, June 16, 2006-January 7, 2007.
"Voodoo Macbeth,"
De La Warr Pavilion. Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, United Kingdom. October 7, 2006–January 7, 2007.
"Into Me/Out of Me,"
PS1 Contemporary Arts Center, MOMA Affiliate. Long Island City, New York, June 25-September 25, 2006.
KW Institute for Contemporary Art. Berlin, Germany. November 26, 2006-March 4, 2007.
Semmes, Beverly, curator.
"The Bong Show or This Is Not a Pipe,"
Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects. New York, New York. December 9, 2006-January 20, 2007.
Kertess, Klaus, curator.
"Meditations in an Emergency,"
Museum of Contemporary Art. Detroit, Michigan. October 28, 2006-April 29, 2007.
Denegri, Dobrila, curator.
"Once Upon a Time There Was a King: The Contemporary Fable,"
Museo de Arte Contemporanea del Sannio. Benevento, Italy. October 25, 2006-February 21, 2007.
2007
Nochlin, Linda and Maura Reilly, curator.
"Global Feminisms,"
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, New York. March 23-July 1, 2007.
Davis Museum and Cultural Center. Wellesley College. Wellesley, Massachusettes. September 12-December 9, 2007.
Bishop, Janet, curator.
"Take 2: Women Revisiting Art History,"
Mills College Art Museum. Oakland, California. January 17- March 15, 2007.
"Fantasmagoria,"
Fundacion ICO. Madrid, Spain. January 18-March 18, 2007.
"Paper,"
The Fisher Landau Center For Art. Long Island City, New York.
"Repicturing the Past, Picturing the Present,"
Museum of Modern Art. New York, New York. June 13-November 5, 2007.
"52nd International Biennale di Venezia,"
Venice, Italy.
"Momentary Momentum: Animated Drawings,"
Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art. London, United Kingdom.
"Haunted Screens,"
UB Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, SUNY Buffalo. Buffalo, New York. March 29-May 19, 2007.
"The Feminine Mysterious,"
Red Dot Contemporary. West Palm Beach, Florida. February 17-March 17, 2007.
"New Images of Identity,"
Armory Center for the Arts. Pasadena, California. September 23-November 18, 2007.
"Cinema Remixed and Reloaded: Black Women Artists and the Moving Image since 1970,"
The Spelman College Museum of Fine Art. Atlanta, Georgia. September 14-December 8, 2007.
"Shahzia Sikander, Kara Walker,"
Fundación ICO. Madrid, Spain. January 18-March 18, 2007.
"Take 2: Women Revisiting Art History,"
Mills College Art Museum. Oakland, California. January 17-March 15, 2007.
"Contemporary, Cool and Collected,"
The Mint Museum of Art. Charlotte, North Carolina. October 20-December 30, 2007.
"'Don’t Look.' Contemporary Drawings from an Alumna’s Collection,"
Davis Museum and Cultural Center. Wellesley, Massachusetts. September 19-December 9, 2007.
Bunge, Jackie and Joanna Grasso, curator.
"Domestic Departures,"
Cal State Fullerton Grand Central Art Center. Fullerton, California. October 27-December 7, 2007.
"Taking Aim: Selections from the Elliot L. Perry Collection,"
Clough-Hanson Gallery, Rhodes College. Memphis, Tennessee. August 31-October 11, 2007.
2007-2008
Reyes, Juan Antonio Álvarez, curator.
"Geopolitics of the Animation,"
Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo. Seville, Spain. September 27-December 9, 2007.
MARCO, Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Vigo. Vigo, Spain. February 29-June 1, 2008.
"Women's Work: Contemporary Women Printmakers from the Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation,"
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University. Salem, Oregon. October 27, 2007-January 20, 2008.
2008
"Las Vegas Collects Contemporary,"
Las Vegas Art Museum. Las Vegas, Nevada. May 23-October 26, 2008.
"Förlust/Loss,"
WANÅS Foundation. Knislinge, Sweden. May 18-October 19, 2008.
Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, Canada. November 2008.
2008-2009
Schaffner, Ingrid and Carin Kuoni, curator.
"The Puppet Show,"
Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. January 18-March 30, 2008.
Santa Monica Museum of Art. Santa Monica, California. May 24-August 9, 2008.
The Contemporary Museum. Honolulu, Hawaii. September 5–November 23, 2008.
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. Houston, Texas. January 17–April 12, 2009.
Frye Art Museum. Seattle, Washington. May 16–September 13, 2009.
"Black Womanhood: Images, Icons, and Ideologies of the African Body,"
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College. Hanover, New Hampshire. April 1-August 10, 2008.
Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College. Wellesley, Massachusetts. September 10-December 10, 2008.
San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California. January 31-April 26, 2009.
Colombo, Paolo, curator.
"In Praise of Shadows,"
Irish Museum of Modern Art. Dublin, Ireland. July 25-October 19, 2008.
Istanbul Museum of Modern Art. Istanbul, Turkey. January 22–May 6, 2009 Museum Benaki. Athens, Greece. May 21–June 26, 2009.
2008-2010
Kamps, Toby, curator.
"The Old Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art,"
Contemporary Arts Museum. Houston, Texas. May 10–July 20, 2008.
DeCordova Museum. Lincoln, Massachusetts. June 6-September 7, 2009. Frye Art Museum. Seattle, Washington. October 3, 2009–January 3, 2010
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2008-2011
Cachia, Amanda, curator.
"Pandora's Box,"
Dunlop Art Gallery. Saskatchewan, Canada. May 16-July 20, 2008.
Plug In ICA. Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada. June 6-July 18, 2009.
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. January 29–March 21, 2010.
Ottawa Art Gallery. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Kamloops Art Gallery. Kamloops, British Columbia. October 17, 2010–January 2, 2011.
Winnipeg Art Gallery. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
2009
"Islands and Their Words,"
Parc de la Villette. Paris, France. April 7–July 20, 2009.
"She works hard…,"
The Winnipeg Art Gallery. Winnipeg, Canada. January 31–May 24, 2009.
"The Glamour Project,"
Lehmann Maupin. New York, New York. February 24–March 21, 2009.
2009-2010
"Between Art and Life: The Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Collection,"
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, California. May 10, 2009-January 3, 2010.
"Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings
Collection,"
MoMA. New York, New York. April 22, 2009-January 4, 2010.
"Slash: Paper Under the Knife,"
Museum of Art and Design. New York, New York. October 13, 2009-January 10, 2010.
2010
"Banners of Persuasion: DEMONS, YARNS & TALES - Tapestries by Contemporary Artists,"
James Cohan Gallery. New York, New York. January 8-February 13, 2010.
(Previously shown at: The Dairy, London, United Kingdom, November 10-22, 2008 and The Loft, Miami, Florida, in association with Design Miami, December 3-6, 2008.
"Progress Reports: Art in an Era of Diversity,"
Invia (Institute of International Visual Arts). London, United Kingdom. January 28-March 13, 2010.
"From then to Now: Masterworks of Contemporary African American Art,"
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland. Cleveland, Ohio. January 29-May 9, 2010.
"Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic," Tate Liverpool. Liverpool, United Kingdom. January 29-April 25, 2010. CGAC: Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea. Santiago de Compostela,
Spain. July 16-October 10, 2010.
"Brave New World,"
MUDAM Luxembourg. Luxembourg. January 30-May 23, 2010.
"Abstract Resistance,"
Walker Art Center. Minneapolis, Minnesota. February 27-May 23, 2010.
"Soaps, Flukes and Follies,"
Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art. Nashville, Tennessee. March 13-September 12, 2010.
"In Context,"
Apartheid Museum. Johannesburg, South Africa (in conjunction with other venues). May 23-July 17, 2010.
"Americanana,"
Hunter College Art Galleries. New York, New York. September 16-December 4, 2010.
"The Art of Captivity - Part One," The Center Gallery at Fordham University. New York, New York. September 22-October 28, 2010.
"Huckleberry Finn,"
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art. San Francisco, California. September 28-December 11, 2010.
2010-2011
"The Dissolve,"
Site Santa Fe Eighth International Biennial, Site Santa Fe. Santa Fe, New Mexico. June 20, 2010-January 2, 2011.
"Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection,"
Hammer Museum. Los Angeles, California. July 3, 2010-January 30, 2011.
"21st Century: Art in the First Decade,"
Gallery of Modern Art. Brisbane, Australia. December 18, 2010-April 26, 2011.
2011
"Readykeulous: The Hurtful Healer: The Correspondence Issue,"
Invisible-Exports. New York, New York. January 14-February 13, 2011.
"Race and Representation: The African American Presence in American Art," Weatherspoon Art Museum. Greensboro, North Carolina. August 20-November 20, 2011.
2011-2012
"Watch Me Move: The Animation Show,"
Barbican Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom. June 15-September 11, 2011.
Glenbow Museum. Calgary, Canada. October 8- December 25, 2011.
National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall. Taipei, Taiwan. January-March 2012. National Science and Technology Museum. Kaohsiung, Taiwan. April-July 2012.
2012
"African American Art Since 1950: Perspectives from the David C. Driskell Center,"
The David C. Driskell Center, University of Maryland. College Park, Maryland. September 13-December 21, 2012.
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