 Artist's arttributes:
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Sculpture |
Most exhibitions in: |
| Country |
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| USA | 45 |
| France | 3 |
| Germany | 3 |
| Netherlands | 2 |
| Austria | 2 |
Most exhibitions held at: |
| Institution |
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Alexander and Bonin, USA |
9 |
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ASU Art Museum - Arizona State University Art Museum, USA |
4 |
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Tony Shafrazi Gallery, USA |
3 |
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New Museum of Contemporary Art, USA |
3 |
Biography: 
1951 Born in Birmingham, NY (US)
External links: | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 58
Solo shows 4
2001
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| John Ahearn - Pan Chiao - Alexander and Bonin, New York City, NY |
2000
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| John Ahearn - Sculpture from East 100th Street, part II - Alexander and Bonin, New York City, NY |
1998
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| John Ahearn - Sculpture from East 100th Street - Alexander and Bonin, New York City, NY |
1980
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| John Ahearn - New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, NY |
Group shows 54
2012
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| This Side of Paradise - No Longer Empty (NLE), New York City, NY |
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| Every Exit Is An Entrance: 30 Years Of Exit Art - - Exit Art, New York City, NY (closed, 2012) |
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| This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Chicago, IL |
2011
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| Captured (A Portrait Show) - Heskin Contemporary, New York City, NY |
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| Hyper Real – Kunst und Amerika um 1970 - Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen |
2010
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| Collecting Contemporary Art: The FUNd at ASU Art Museum - ASU Art Museum - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ |
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| Hyper Real - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig - MUMOK , Vienna |
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| GLOBAL / NATIONAL - The Order of Chaos - - Exit Art, New York City, NY (closed, 2012) |
2009
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| What Would the Community Think? - Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY |
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| Urban Archives: That was then this is now - Bronx Museum of the Arts (BxMA), New York City, NY |
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| Beyond Appearances - Lehman College Art Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Pop Up! - Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen |
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| About Face - Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York City, NY |
2008
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| The Labyrinth Wall: From Mythology to Reality - - Exit Art, New York City, NY (closed, 2012) |
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| Espèces d'espace - MAGASIN-Centre National d’art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble |
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| Présence Panchounette - CAPC - Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux |
2007
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| Selected Works by Gallery Artists - Alexander and Bonin, New York City, NY |
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| John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres - Alexander and Bonin, New York City, NY |
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| Commemorating 30 Years Part II: 1981-1990 - Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
2006
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| Radical NY! The Downtown show: the New York art scene, 1974-1984 and abstract expresionism: 1940-1960 - Austin Museum of Art - AMOA, Austin, TX |
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| New York's Own - Fuse Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| The Downtown Show: The New York Art Scene, 1974–1984 - The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburg, PA |
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| DIE OBERE HÄLFTE. Die Büste von Rodin bis Wang Du - Museum Liner, Appenzell |
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| The Downtown Show: The New York Art Scene, 1974–1984 - Grey Art Gallery, NYU, New York City, NY |
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| The Studio Visit - - Exit Art, New York City, NY (closed, 2012) |
2005
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| Personal Mythologies - Earlier, Recent and Future Acquisitions - Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI |
2004
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| the Gallery selects... - Alexander and Bonin, New York City, NY |
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| Other Aristocrats - Alexander and Bonin, New York City, NY |
2003
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| Museum Store Collects - ASU Art Museum - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ |
2002
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| Mask or Mirror? A Play of Portraits - Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA |
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| The Body Present: Effigies, Decoys, and Other Equivalents - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Chicago, IL |
2001
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| (Self)Portraits - Alexander and Bonin, New York City, NY |
1999
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| 1999 Drawings - Alexander and Bonin, New York City, NY |
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| The Mix - Permanent Collection and Loans - ASU Art Museum - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ |
1998
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| Cleveland Collects Contemporary Art - The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH |
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| Inner City - Le Case d'Arte, Milan |
1994
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| John Ahearn / Rigoberto Torres : South Bronx Hall of Fame & Other Realities - ASU Art Museum - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ |
1991
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| South Bronx Hall of Fame - Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam |
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| South Bronx Hall of Fame: Sculpture by John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1990
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| The Decade Show: Frameworks of Identity in the 1980s - New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, NY |
1989
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| Don't Bungle in the Jungle! - A Benefit Exhibition for the Rainforest - Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| On Kawara - wieder und wieder - Portikus, Frankfurt/Main |
1987
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| Bronze, Plaster & Polyester - Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA |
1986
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| Sculpture - Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York City, NY |
1985
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| XIII BIENNALE DE PARIS - - Biennale de Paris, Paris (closed) |
1984
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| The Heroic Figure - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1983
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| Language, Drama, Source & Vision - New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, NY |
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| Beelden 1983 - CBK - Centrum Beeldende Kunst Rotterdam, Rotterdam |
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| The Sixth Day - The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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| Champions - Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York City, NY |
1982
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| American Painting and Sculpture 74th Annual - The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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| Neue Skulptur - Galerie nächst St. Stephan - Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna |
1981
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| Figures, forms and expressions - Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY |
1980
| Dealer Directory 1 |
USA
| | Alexander and Bonin, New York City, NY
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Collections 8
Australia
| | National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
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Ireland (Republic)
| | Irish Museum of Modern Art - IMMA, Dublin
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USA
| | Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Chicago, IL
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| | Samek Art Gallery , Lewisburg, PA
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| | MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
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| | Broad Contemporary Art Museum, Santa Monica, CA
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| | University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
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| | ASU Art Museum - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
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