Artist's arttributes:
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Male |
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Painting, Graffiti, Sculpture, Installation |
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Mission School/New Folk/Urban Rustic |
Most exhibitions in:
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| USA | 85 |
| Denmark | 10 |
| Germany | 9 |
| Austria | 6 |
| France | 4 |
Most exhibitions held at:
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№ |
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New Image Art Gallery, USA |
5 |
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Jack Hanley Gallery - San Francisco, USA |
5 |
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Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Denmark |
5 |
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Kavi Gupta Gallery - Chicago, USA |
5 |
Biography: 
1968 Born in Los Angeles, CA (US)
External links:
| | Public exhibitions (Selection) 136 
until 16.6.
Solo shows 20
2012
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| Windows - Mitchell-Innes & Nash - West Street, New York City, NY |
2011
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| Chris Johanson - Alright Alright - Malmö Konsthall, Malmö |
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| This, This, This, That - Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
2010
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| Backwards Toward Forwards - Kavi Gupta Gallery - Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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| I Was There - Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen |
2008
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| Chris Johanson - Totalities - - Deitch Projects - 76 Grand Street, New York City, NY (closed, 2010) |
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| Chris Johanson - - Jack Hanley Gallery - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (closed, 2010) |
2007
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| APEX - Chris Johanson - Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR |
2006
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| Chris Johanson - Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen |
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| Chris Johanson - Kavi Gupta Gallery - Chicago, Chicago, IL |
2005
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| Chris Johanson - Solo Show Solo Soul - FRAC - Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-lès-Rouen |
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| Chris Johanson - Galerie Baronian-Francey, Brussels |
2003
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| The More You Think About It, The More You Think About It and Keep Thinking About It More - - Jack Hanley Gallery - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (closed, 2010) |
2002
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| Chris Johanson - - Deitch Projects - 76 Grand Street, New York City, NY (closed, 2010) |
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| Chris Johanson - Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA |
2001
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| Relationistism About Brownness - - Jack Hanley Gallery - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (closed, 2010) |
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| Chris Johanson - - Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL (closed, 2007) |
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| Hammer Projects - Chris Johanson - Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
Group shows 115
2013
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| More Love - Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC |
2012
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| The Art Of The Joke - V1 Gallery, Copenhagen |
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| S,M,L,XL - Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen |
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| Pink Caviar - Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk |
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| voor eeuwig de jouwe - Stadsgalerij Heerlen, Heerlen |
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| Image/abstraction/object - Russell Bowman Art Advisory, Chicago, IL |
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| Aim Too High- Group Exhibition - Dolphin Gallery , Kansas City, MO |
2011
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| Fifty Years Of Bay Area Art - The Seca Awards - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA |
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| In The Gardens - Utopian Slumps, Melbourne, VIC |
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| Edouard Baribeaud & Chris Johanson - Pavillon Blanc - Centre d'art de Colomiers, Colomiers |
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| In The Moment: Benefit Art Sale & Auction - The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA |
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| CON AMORE - Leif Djurhuus Collection - ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus |
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| Summer - Kavi Gupta Gallery - Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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| Group Exhibition - Mitchell-Innes & Nash - West Street, New York City, NY |
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| Unfinished Paintings - LACE - Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA |
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| New York Minute - Garage Center for Contemporary Culture - GCCC, Moscow |
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| Here/Now - Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR |
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| Humming Summit - Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA |
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| Chris Johanson, Charley Harper, & Matt Keegan - Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
2010
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| Wild Thing - Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA |
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| Draw: Mexico City - Abarrotera Mexicana, Guadalajara |
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| DRAW - Muestra de dibujo contemporáneo - Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City |
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| The Flower Show - China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA |
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| The Drawing Room - Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam |
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| Final San Francisco Show - - Jack Hanley Gallery - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (closed, 2010) |
2009
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| Learn to Read Art: A History of Printed Matter - MoMA PS1, New York City, NY |
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| New York Minute: 60 Artisti della scena newyorchese - MACRO Testaccio (MACRO Future), Rome |
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| KUNSTFEHLER – FEHLERKUNST - Halle 14, Leipzig |
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| Kunstfehler _ Fehlerkunst - ACC Galerie Weimar, Weimar |
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| Chris Johanson - Jean Dubuffet - Galerie Baronian-Francey, Brussels |
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| 1999 - 10 Year Anniversary Show - China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Nuria Fuster, Begoña Goyenetxea, Chris Johanson, Lara Schnitger, Katherine Bernhardt - Galería Marta Cervera, Madrid |
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| Songs from the Treetops - PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR |
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| Works on Paper - Nils Stærk Contemporary Art, Copenhagen |
2008
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| Ruby Green Foundation - Ruby Green, Nashville, TN |
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| Impossible Instruments / Future Flags - Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland, OR |
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| Landscape Portrait Pattern - Hallway Bathroom Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| Anniversary Exhibition - Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen |
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| Kiki: The Proof is in the Pudding - Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA |
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| Indian Winter - Galerie Baronian-Francey, Brussels |
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| Lots of Things Like This - Apexart, New York City, NY |
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| Ultramoderne - Centre d'Art Passerelle, Brest |
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| Draw - Stolenspace Gallery, London (England) |
2007
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| Group Show - Jack Hanley Gallery - New York, New York City, NY |
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| The Incomplete - CAM - Chelsea Art Museum, New York City, NY |
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| The Incomplete Incomplete - Kravets / Wehby Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Fractured Figure - Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection - Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens |
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| Peaceable Kingdom - Primo Marella Gallery Milan, Milan |
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| Pierogi Flatfiling - - Artnews Projects, Berlin (closed, 2010) |
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| Oliver Twist - Rental Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Silly Adults - Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen |
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| Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative - Thomas Dane Gallery, London (England) |
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| Panic Room - Works from The Dakis Joannou Collection - Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens |
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| Euphorion: Contemporary Art From San Francisco - Pierogi Leipzig, Leipzig |
2006
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| Do Not Stack - Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA |
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| "Draw" Tour - Fuse Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Sound Zero - kunst Meran, Meran |
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| Fundstücke und Transit - Johnen Galerie, Berlin |
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| Fundstücke und Transit - - Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne (closed, 2009) |
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| Beautiful Losers - Circleculture Gallery, Berlin |
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| Group Exhibition - New Works - Kavi Gupta Gallery - Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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| Having New Eyes - Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO |
2005
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| The Seventh Annual Altoids Curiously Strong Collection - The Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Different Wavelengths - Tina Kim Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| With us against reality, or against us! - Gallery S.E., Bergen |
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| Looking at Words - Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| GREATER THAN THE SUM: Selections from the Craig Robins Collection of Contemporary Art - Mofa - Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL |
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| Seventh Annual Altoids Curiously Strong Collection - New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, NY |
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| 9th İstanbul Biennial - International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul |
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| Drunk vs. Stoned - Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York City, NY |
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| Nach Rokytnik - Die Sammlung der EVN - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig - MUMOK , Vienna |
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| Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art and Street Culture - - Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (closed, 2012) |
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| Monuments to the USA - CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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| Beautiful Losers - Contemporary Art and Street Culture - Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach |
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| DRONE - Vilma Gold, London (England) |
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| New Acquisitions - IKON Ltd, Santa Monica, CA |
2004
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| Eye of the Needle - Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA |
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| Baja to Vancouver - CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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| 200 Drawings: Annie Herron and Barry Blinderman Select from the Pierogi Flatfile - University Galleries at Illinois State University, Normal, Il |
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| Beautiful Losers - Contemporary Art and Street Culture - Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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| Solo Show Solo Soul - Kavi Gupta Gallery - Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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| Is One Thing Better Than Another? - - Galerie Aurel Scheibler - Cologne, Cologne (closed, 2005) |
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| Majority Whip - White Box, New York City, NY |
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| Beautiful Losers - CAC - Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH |
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| Baja To Vancouver - The West Coast And Contemporary Art - Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego - MCASD Downtown, San Diego, CA |
2003
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| Fresh: Works on Paper, a Fifth Anniversary Exhibition - James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM |
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| 4ever Young - Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv |
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| Baja to Vancouver - The West Coast and Contemporary Art - Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA |
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| Beam me up - New Image Art Gallery, West Hollywood, CA |
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| ... Butt Seriously - - The Moore Space, Miami, FL (closed, 2008) |
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| Uneasy Space - Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM |
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| Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation - The Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, PA |
2002
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| Session the Bowl - - Deitch Projects - 76 Grand Street, New York City, NY (closed, 2010) |
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| No War, 70 Artists - The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA |
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| Something Anything - Matthew Marks Gallery - 522 West 22th Street, New York City, NY |
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| The Panorama Project - Front Room Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Whitney Biennial 2002 - Whitney Biennial, New York City, NY |
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| Move 8 - New Image Art Gallery, West Hollywood, CA |
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| Subject Matters - Kravets / Wehby Gallery, New York City, NY |
2001
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| Widely Unknown - - Deitch Projects - 76 Grand Street, New York City, NY (closed, 2010) |
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| East Meets West - "Folk" and Fantasy from the Coasts - ICA - Institute of Contemporary Art - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
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| Painaholics - New Image Art Gallery, West Hollywood, CA |
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| The Portrait Show - New Image Art Gallery, West Hollywood, CA |
2000
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| Collector’s Choice - - Exit Art, New York City, NY (closed, 2012) |
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| Surf Trip - Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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| San Francisco Drawing Show - New Image Art Gallery, West Hollywood, CA |
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| (extra)super[meta] - Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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| Deterritorialization of Process - Artists Space, New York City, NY |
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| Welcome to Our Community Everyone Here Loves God - - Jack Hanley Gallery - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (closed, 2010) |
1999
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| On Paper - Stalke Galleri / Stalke Out Of Space / Artstamp.dk, Kirke Saaby |
Dealer Directory 11 |
Austria
Belgium
| | Galerie Albert Baronian, Brussels
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| | Galerie Baronian-Francey, Brussels
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China
| | Primo Marella Gallery Beijing, Beijing
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Denmark
| | Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
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Italy
| | Primo Marella Gallery Milan, Milan
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United Kingdom
| | The Modern Institute, Glasgow (Scotland)
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USA
| | Russell Bowman Art Advisory, Chicago, IL
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| | Mitchell-Innes & Nash - West Street, New York City, NY
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| | Senior & Shopmaker Gallery, New York City, NY
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| | Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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Collections 1

USA
| | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
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Catalogs
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