Artist's arttributes:
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Works on Paper, Object |
Most exhibitions in:
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| USA | 67 |
| Germany | 31 |
| Canada | 18 |
| United Kingdom | 14 |
| Italy | 12 |
Most exhibitions held at:
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David Zwirner, Inc., USA |
7 |
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Timothy Taylor Gallery, United Kingdom |
6 |
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Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Sweden |
5 |
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Sies + Höke, Germany |
5 |
Biography: 
1974 Born in Winnipeg (CA)
Awards 1996 Indiflix award (fifth place independent film making competition), Winnipeg, Canada
1997 Namta award, University of Manitoba, Canada
Watercolor award, University of Manitoba, Canada
2000 New Artist Award, Cologne, Germany
External links:
| | Public exhibitions (Selection) 199 
Solo shows 38
2013
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| Marcel Dzama - Puppets, Pawns, and Prophets - David Zwirner, London (England) |
2012
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| Marcel Dzama: The End Game - World Chess Hall of Fame, Saint Louis, MO |
2011
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| Prairie Gothic - MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK |
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| The never known into the forgotten - Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig |
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| Marcel Dzama (A Game of Chess) - GeM - Museum voor Actuele Kunst, The Hague |
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| Marcel Dzama - Behind Every Curtain - David Zwirner, Inc., New York City, NY |
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| Behind every curtain - David Zwirner, Inc., New York City, NY |
2010
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| Marcel Dzama - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
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| Delila's Dance - Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid |
2009
2008
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| Marcel Dzama - Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich |
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| Marcel Dzama - Prints - Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo |
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| Marcel Dzama: Even the Ghost of the Past - David Zwirner, Inc., New York City, NY |
2007
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| Marcel Dzama - Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm |
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| Marcel Dzama - Timothy Taylor Gallery, London (England) |
2006
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| Marcel Dzama - Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (England) |
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| Marcel Dzama Works on Paper 1997-2005 - Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA |
2005
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| Marcel Dzama - MAGASIN-Centre National d’art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble |
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| Marcel Dzama - The Course of Human History Personified - David Zwirner, Inc., New York City, NY |
2004
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| Marcel Dzama - Timothy Taylor Gallery, London (England) |
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| Marcel Dzama - Susan Inglett Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Bears in My Room - Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA |
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| Marcel Dzama - Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm |
2003
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| Drawings by Marcel Dzama - Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario |
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| Marcel Dzama - Rizziero Arte, Pescara |
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| Marcel Dzama - Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
2002
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| Marcel Dzama: Drawings for Dante - Timothy Taylor Gallery, London (England) |
2001
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| Marcel Dzama Works on paper - Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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| Project Room - Marcel Dzama - Monica De Cardenas - Milano, Milan |
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| Marcel Dzama - Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm |
2000
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| Marcel Dzama - More Famous Drawings - The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
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| Marcel Dzama - Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
1998
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| Marcel Dzama - Artpace - San Antonio, San Antonio, TX |
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| Marcel Dzama and Video Library - David Zwirner, Inc., New York City, NY |
Group shows 161
2013
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| Theatrical Gestures - Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya |
2012
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| Seuls quelques fragments de nous toucheront quelques fragments d’autrui - Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Paris, Paris |
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| Private Kunstsammlungen Münster - Director´s Choice - Kunsthalle Münster, Münster |
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| The Best of Everything - Electric Works, San Francisco, CA |
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| Goyas Erben - Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim |
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| Fairy Tales, Monsters and the Genetic Imagination - Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB |
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| Paper Band - Jason McCoy Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Freedom of Assembly - Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON |
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| überall und nirgends - Werke aus der Sammlung Reydan Weiss - Kunsthaus Villa Jauss, Oberstdorf |
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| Oh, Canada - Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art - MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA |
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| Geschichten zeichnen Erzählung in der zeitgenössischen Grafik - Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen |
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| Al Limite Dell’ombra - Galleria In Arco, Turin |
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| Exquisite Corpses: Drawing and Trasfiguration - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
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| Intimate Theatre - Agnes Etherington Art Center, Kingston, Ontario |
2011
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| Radical Drawing - Purdy Hicks Gallery, London (England) |
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| DEAD_Lines - Der Tod in Kunst - Medien - Alltag - Galerie der Stadt Remscheid, Remscheid |
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| DEAD_Lines - Der Tod in Kunst - Medien - Alltag - Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal |
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| Mars vs Venus: Images of Male and Female - Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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| Paintings Between the Lines - CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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| My Winnipeg - La Maison Rouge, Paris |
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| Inside/Outside: States Of Being - Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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| The Donkey Prefers Garbage to Gold - Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm |
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| Tous cannibales - La Maison Rouge, Paris |
2010
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| I Believe in Miracles - 10thanniversary of the Lambert Collection - Collection Lambert, Avignon |
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| Small Works, Group Show - Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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| Public Private Paintings - Mu.ZEE, Oostende |
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| Public Private Paintings. 2000-2010: 10 jaar schilderkunst uit publieke en privécollecties in Vlaanderen en Brussel - Kunstmuseum Aan Zee, Oostende |
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| ew Narrative - Heskin Contemporary, New York City, NY |
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| Today is yesterday tomorrow - Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm |
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| Human Condition - Kunsthaus Graz, Graz |
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| Fresh Apples - Hezi Cohen Gallery, Tel Aviv |
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| 11. Triennale Kleinplastik - Larger Than Life - Stranger Than Fiction - Triennale Kleinplastik Fellbach, Fellbach |
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| Six Days Only - Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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| Micropop & Nipposuggestioni - Spazio Xpo, Milan |
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| The Fate of Irony - KAI 10 Raum für Kunst , Dusseldorf |
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| Krieg / Individuum - Kunsthalle Münster, Münster |
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| Here, There and Everywhere - HilgerBROTKunsthalle, Vienna |
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| Di-Segni - Galleria Traghetto - Roma, Rome |
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| Neugierig? Kunst des 21. Jahrhunderts aus privaten Sammlungen - Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn |
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| CUE: Artists’ Videos - Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
2009
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| Open - ZOYA Museum, Modra |
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| Que du papier - Galerie Placido, Paris |
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| Huésped. Colección MUSAC en Rosario - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Rosario (MACRo), Rosario |
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| Moby Dick - CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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| COLLAGE, LONDON/NEW YORK - Fred [London] Ltd., London (England) |
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| Huésped. Colección Musac en el MNBA - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes - MNBA, Buenos Aires |
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| Summer Show - Galerie Leu, Munich |
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| Draw The Line - Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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| Private Universes - Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX |
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| Wonderland Through the Looking Glass - Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort |
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| Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
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| I Want You To Want Me - Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA |
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| Mi Vida – From Heaven to Hell - Mucsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest |
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| privat - Wuppertaler Sammler der Gegenwart - Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal |
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| nca selection - annual group show - NCA / Nichido Contemporary Art, Tokyo |
2008
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| Cent - Galerie Defrost, Paris |
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| Eclectic Works: Recent Prints and Then Some - Electric Works, San Francisco, CA |
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| Anatomie | les peaux du dessin - collection Florence et Daniel Guerlain - FRAC - Picardie, Amiens |
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| The Other Mainstream II - ASU Art Museum - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ |
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| Summer Show - Timothy Taylor Gallery, London (England) |
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| Thoughts on Paper - Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, SA |
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| Universal Ground - Wilde Gallery, Berlin |
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| Contes et passions - Galerie Placido, Paris |
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| drawing up a storm - Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown, PE |
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| Captive Visions - Eli Klein Fine Art, New York City, NY |
2007
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| Once upon a time... Today! - Zonca & Zonca, Milan |
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| The Comic Uncanny - Shaheen Modern and Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH |
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| COMIX - Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense |
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| Existencias - Musac - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Léon |
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| The royal art lodge - Galería espacio mínimo, Madrid |
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| Traum und Trauma - Werke aus der Sammlung Dakis Joannou, Athen - Kunsthalle Wien (Museumsquartier), Vienna |
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| Der Symbolismus und die Kunst der Gegenwart - Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal |
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| Paper Baglady and Other Stories - Timothy Taylor Gallery, London (England) |
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| Three Part Harmony: Definition, Delicacy, and Detail in Drawing - Curator's Office, Washington, DC |
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| Citadel - David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen |
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| Into Me, Out of Me - MACRO Testaccio (MACRO Future), Rome |
2006
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| VAC - IVAM - Institut Valenciŕ d'Art Modern, Valencia |
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| INTO ME / OUT OF ME - Kunst-Werke Berlin - KW Institute for Contemporary Art , Berlin |
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| On Line: Contemporary Drawing - Sonoma University Art Gallery, Rohnert Park, CA |
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| Gettings on mother´s nerves-psychological drama and contemporary drawing - Mother's Tankstation, Dublin |
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| The Wonderful Fund - Collecting Art for the New Millenium - Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, West Sussex (England) |
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| Marcel Dzama - Tree with Roots / Erica Eyres - I Love You But I Hate You - Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), Glasgow (Scotland) |
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| Bestiary - Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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| Into me / Out of me - MoMA PS1, New York City, NY |
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| Los caprichos - Rizziero Arte, Pescara |
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| Goethe abwärts - deutsche Jungs etc. - Mönchehaus Museum Goslar, Goslar |
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| Sound & Vision - Museo della Cittŕ, Perugia |
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| The Royal Art Lodge "Preoccupation" - Aliceday, Brussels |
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| The Collectibles - Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO |
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| The Moving Hand - Art Gallery of Regina, Regina, SK |
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| Parallel Visions II - Outsider and Insider Art Today - Galerie St. Etienne, New York City, NY |
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| Identity III -Annual Gallery's Collection Show - NCA / Nichido Contemporary Art, Tokyo |
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| New Prints 2006/Winter - International Print Center New York, New York City, NY |
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| Peer Pleasure 1- Royal Art Lodge, Space 1026 - Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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| Storefront - National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, ON |
2005
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| Looking at Words - Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Drawing Narrative - The College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH |
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| Wonderful Fund Collection - Musée de Marrakech, Marrakech |
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| Main Space - Sobey Art Award 2004 - mocca - Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, ON |
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| Drawings - Tomio Koyama Gallery - Tokyo, Tokyo |
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| Dear New Girl or Whatever Your Name Is - - Jack Hanley Gallery - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (closed, 2010) |
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| Highlights - New Acquisitions - John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| The Sobey Award Touring Exhibition 2004 - Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC |
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| Its Not about Sex - Stephan Stoyanov Gallery (formerly Luxe Gallery), New York City, NY |
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| CerealArt - Perry Rubenstein Gallery - 526 West 24 street, New York City, NY |
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| XII. Rohkunstbau. Child´s Play - Rohkunstbau, Berlin |
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| IBCA Biennale 2005 - IBCA - International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Prague |
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| Security Check Painting after Romanticism - - Arndt & Partner - Berlin + Zurich, Zurich (closed, 2009) |
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| Surface - - Lucas Schoormans Gallery, New York City, NY (closed) |
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| Serpentine Musings - The Royal Art Lodge - The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin |
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| Estudio:"Tres o cuatro historias" - Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid |
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| The Compulsive Line - Etching 1900 to Now - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
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| The Other Mainstream - Selections from the Collection of Mikki and Stanley Weith - ASU Art Museum - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ |
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| Landings - Susan Inglett Gallery, New York City, NY |
2004
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| Instinto - Galeria Fúcares - Almagro, Almagro (Ciudad Real) |
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| FUNNY CUTS - Cartoons und Comics in der zeitgenössische Kunst - Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart |
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| The Royal Art Lodge: Ask the Dust - MOCA Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA |
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| The Royal Family - Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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| Diaries and Dreams - Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal-Unteröwisheim |
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| Comic Release - - Arthouse at the Jones Center - Contemporary Art for Texas, Austin, TX (closed, 2011) |
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| Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation - Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA |
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| Heaven and Hell - Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice |
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| Bande Annonce - Aliceday, Brussels |
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| ARBEITEN AUF PAPIER / WORKS ON PAPER - - Sprüth Magers Projekte, Munich (closed) |
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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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| Mele Kalikimaka - Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
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| Marcel Dzama - New Work / Jockum Nordström - New Work - David Zwirner, Inc., New York City, NY |
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| The Greatest Album Covers That Never Were - Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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| Drawing on Architecture - Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
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| Imagine - Selections from the permanent collection - Museum of Contemporary Art - North Miami (MOCA), Miami, FL |
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| Rendered - Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Group Show - Timothy Taylor Gallery, London (England) |
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| THE ROYAL ART LODGE - Ask the Dust - The Power Plant, Toronto, ON |
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| Works On Paper - Stalke Galleri / Stalke Out Of Space / Artstamp.dk, Kirke Saaby |
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| The Royal Art Lodge - Ask the Dust - The Drawing Center, New York City, NY |
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| Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation - The Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, PA |
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| M_ARS - Art and War - Neue Galerie Graz - Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz |
2002
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| Fantasy Underfoot - The 47th Biennial Exhibition - The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| Trance und Traum - - Galerie Six Friedrich Lisa Ungar, Munich (closed) |
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| "Drawing Days" - - Galerie Zink - München, Munich (closed, 2010) |
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| Richard chooses these - Evergreene, Geneva |
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| La Biennale de Montréal 2002 - Biennale de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
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| Tribe - Group Show - Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| Desire - - Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Bologna - GAM, Bologna (closed, 2007) |
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| Fantasyland - D'Amelio Terras, New York City, NY |
2001
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| Rendez-vous #3 - Collection Lambert, Avignon |
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| I Love NY Benefit - David Zwirner, Inc., New York City, NY |
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| Soleil d ’hiver : sur un cheval / une silhouette gelée - Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris |
2000
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| Art On Paper 2000 - Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC |
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| Babylon - - Sprüth Magers Projekte, Munich (closed) |
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| Drawing on the Figure: Works on Paper of the 1990s from the Manilow Collection - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Chicago, IL |
1999
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| On Paper - Stalke Galleri / Stalke Out Of Space / Artstamp.dk, Kirke Saaby |
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| Castelli di carte - Claudia Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea, Milan |
1998
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| Selections Spring 1998 - The Drawing Center, New York City, NY |
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Canada
| | Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON
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| | Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC
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Germany
Italy
Sweden
| | Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm
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United Kingdom
| | David Zwirner, London (England)
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USA
| | Artware Editions, New York City, NY
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| | I.C. Editions, New York City, NY
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| | David Zwirner, Inc., New York City, NY
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| | Electric Works, San Francisco, CA
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| | Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
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Collections 11

Canada
| | Agnes Etherington Art Center, Kingston, Ontario
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| | National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, ON
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| | Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Germany
Italy
Spain
| | Musac - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Léon
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United Kingdom
| | Tate Britain, London (England)
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USA
| | MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
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| | MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
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| | The West Collection, Oaks, PA
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| | Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
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