Artist's arttributes:
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Female |
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Painting |
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Lowbrow |
Most exhibitions in:
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| Country |
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| USA | 47 |
| United Kingdom | 12 |
| Germany | 6 |
| Spain | 3 |
Most exhibitions held at:
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Victoria Miro Gallery, United Kingdom |
5 |
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303 Gallery, USA |
3 |
Biography: 
1969 Born in Belfonte, Pennsylvania (US)
External links:
| | Public exhibitions (Selection) 79 
Solo shows 15
2012
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| The Natural and the Man-Made - Tomio Koyama Gallery - Kyoto, Kyoto |
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| The Natural and the Man-Made - Tomio Koyama Gallery - Tokyo, Tokyo |
2010
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| Inka Essenhigh - 303 Gallery, New York City, NY |
2008
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| Inka Essenhigh - Victoria Miro Gallery, London (England) |
2006
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| Inka Essenhigh - 303 Gallery, New York City, NY |
2005
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| Inka Essenhigh - DA2 - Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca |
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| Inka Essenhigh - Victoria Miro Gallery, London (England) |
2003
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| Inka Essenhigh - Recent Paintings - Museum of Contemporary Art - North Miami (MOCA), Miami, FL |
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| Inka Essenhigh - Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (Scotland) |
2002
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| Inka Essenhigh - Victoria Miro Gallery, London (England) |
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| Inka Essenhigh - 303 Gallery, New York City, NY |
2001
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| Inka Essenhigh - Mary Boone Gallery - 745 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY |
2000
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| Inka Essenhigh - Victoria Miro Gallery, London (England) |
1999
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| American Landscapes - Recent Paintings by Inka Essenhigh - Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY |
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| Inka Essenhigh: New Paintings - - Deitch Projects - 76 Grand Street, New York City, NY (closed, 2010) |
Group shows 64
2012
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| Fairy Tales, Monsters and the Genetic Imagination - Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB |
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| Pure Perception - Monica De Cardenas - Milano, Milan |
2011
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| Creating the New Century - Contemporary Art from the Dicke Collection - Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art (FCMOCA), Fort Collins, CO |
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| Un/natural Splendor - Center for Maine Contemporary Art - CMCA, Rockport, ME |
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| Creating the New Century: Contemporary Art from the Dicke Collection - The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH |
2010
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| Painting and Sculpture - Lehmann Maupin, New York City, NY |
2008
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| Under the Influence - Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, CA |
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| ambivalent figuration;people - Samson Projects, Boston, MA |
2007
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| Meet Cute - Heskin Contemporary, New York City, NY |
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| USA Today: New American Art from The Saatchi Gallery - The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg |
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| COMIX - Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense |
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| Contemporary Painters and Their Influences - Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Virginia Beach, VA |
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| Der Symbolismus und die Kunst der Gegenwart - Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal |
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| Comic Abstraction - Image-Breaking, Image-Making - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
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| Imagination becomes Reality - ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe |
2006
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| VAC - IVAM - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia |
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| Art on Paper 2006 - Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC |
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| USA Today - Royal Academy of Arts, London (England) |
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| Negotiating Reality: Recent Works from the Logan Collection - Victoria H. Myhren Gallery, Denver, CO |
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| Motion On Paper - Ben Brown Fine Arts, London (England) |
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| Painting Codes - GC.AC - Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea di Monfalcone, Monfalcone |
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| Imagination Becomes Reality Part III: Talking Pictures - Sammlung Goetz, Munich |
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| ‘The Triumph of Painting’ from the Saatchi collection - Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds (England) |
2005
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| Baroque and Neobaroque / The Hell of the Beautifull - DA2 - Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca |
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| Life and Limb - Kinz + Tillou, New York City, NY |
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| Landings - Susan Inglett Gallery, New York City, NY |
2004
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| FUNNY CUTS - Cartoons und Comics in der zeitgenössische Kunst - Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart |
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| The Print Show - - Exit Art, New York City, NY (closed, 2012) |
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| 101 Ways : Beginning Here - Visual Arts Museum - School of Visual Arts (SVA), New York City, NY |
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| 26° Bienal de São Paulo - Bienal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo |
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| Comic Release - - Arthouse at the Jones Center - Contemporary Art for Texas, Austin, TX (closed, 2011) |
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| Fifth International Biennial Exhibition: Disparities and Deformations: Our Grotesque - Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM |
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| SITE Santa Fe's Fifth International Biennial - SITE Santa Fe Biennial, Santa Fe, NM |
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| Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation - Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA |
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| It's a Wonderful Life: Psychodrama in Contemporary Painting - SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH |
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| La Colmena - Galeria de Fundaciíon/Coleccion Jumex, Mexico City |
2003
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| Crosscurrents at Century's End - Selections from the Neuberger Berman Art Collec - Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL |
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| My Reality: Contemporary Art And The Culture Of Japanese Animation - Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL |
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| Reverie - Works from the Collection of Douglas S. Cramer - Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY |
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| My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation - Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA |
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| Group Show - G Fine Art, Washington, DC |
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| Painting Pictures: Malerei und Medien im digitalen Zeitalter - Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg |
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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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| My Reality: Contemporary Art And The Culture Of Japanese Animation - Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH |
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| My Reality: Contemporary Art And The Culture Of Japanese Animation - Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL |
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| Pertaining to Painting - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
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| Summer - James Cohan Gallery - New York, New York City, NY |
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| My Reality: Contemporary Art And The Culture Of Japanese Animation - Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL |
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| My Reality: Contemporary Art And The Culture Of Japanese Animation - Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA |
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| My Reality: Contemporary Art And The Culture Of Japanese Animation - CAC - Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH |
2001
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| CASINO 2001: 1st Quadrennial - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent |
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| Fresh - Recent Acquisitions - Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY |
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| Works on Paper - Victoria Miro Gallery, London (England) |
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| 2. Berlin Biennale für Zeitgenössische Kunst - berlin biennale für zeitgenössische kunst, Berlin |
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| Hybrids - International Contemporary Painting - Tate Liverpool, Liverpool (England) |
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| New Acquisitions from the Dakis Joannou Collection - Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens |
2000
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| Deitch/Steinberg Editions - - Deitch Projects - 76 Grand Street, New York City, NY (closed, 2010) |
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| Inka Essenhigh / Peter Halley - Mary Boone Gallery - 745 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY |
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| Greater New York: New Art in New York Now - MoMA PS1, New York City, NY |
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| The End: An Independent Vision of Contemporary Culture, 1982-2000 - - Exit Art, New York City, NY (closed, 2012) |
1998
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| Pop Surrealism - The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT |
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| Wild - - Exit Art, New York City, NY (closed, 2012) |
Dealer Directory 4 |
United Kingdom
| | Victoria Miro Gallery, London (England)
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USA
| | Carolina Nitsch, New York City, NY
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| | Jean-Yves Noblet Contemporary Print, New York City, NY
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| | Pace Prints, New York City, NY
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Collections 8

Italy
| | Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia
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United Kingdom
| | Tate Britain, London (England)
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USA
| | Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
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| | MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
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| | Museum of Contemporary Art - North Miami (MOCA), Miami, FL
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| | MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
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| | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
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