User:GogoW24/Ellen Gallagher
Ellen Gallagher | |
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| Born | 1965 |
| Died | Providence, Rhode Island |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Oberlin College, Studio 70, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture |
| Known for | Mixed Media |
| Movement | Contemporary art |
Ellen Gallagher, born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1965, is a New York and Rotterdam, based artist.[1]
Education
[edit]Gallagher studied at Oberlin College in Ohio (1982-84), Studio 70 in Ft. Thomas, Kentucky (1989), the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (1992) and the Skowhegan School of Art in Maine (1993).[2]
Works
[edit]Her works deal with themes of race and identity through the use of pictographs, symbols, codes and repetitions, often appropriating archival materials collected from popular mid-century African-American magazines.[3][4] Her mediums include painting, works on paper, film and video.
Selected exhibitions
[edit]Ellen Gallagher first garnered international attention at the Whitney Biennial in 1995.[5] She has gone on to have solo exhibitions at numerous galleries and institutions including:[6]
- Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA, "Ellen Gallagher" (2011)
- Tate Liverpool, UK, "Ellen Gallagher"(2007)
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA, "Ellen Gallagher: DeLuXe" (2005)
- Freud Museum, London, UK "Ellen Gallagher: Ichthyosaurus" (2005)
- Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida, USA, "Ellen Gallagher: DeLuXe" (2005)
- Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington, USA "Preserve/Murmur" (2004)
- Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany "Murmur" (2003)
- Drawing Center, New York, USA "Preserve" (2001)
- Anthony d’Offay Gallery, London "Ellen Gallagher" (2000)
- IKON Gallery, Birmingham, UK "Ellen Gallagher" (1998)
- Mary Boone Gallery, New York, USA "Ellen Gallagher" (1996)
group exhibitions have included[7] :
- Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA "Print/Out" (2011)
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA "Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art" (2011)
- Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem, the Netherlands "Six Yards Guaranteed Dutch Design" (2011)
- Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, USA "Cleijne + Gallagher, Curry, Höller, Huyghe, Kusama, Warhol, Wright" (2011)
- Centre Pompidou, Paris, France "elles@centrepompidou" (2010)
- Centro Galego de arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, "Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic" (2010)
- Les Mutantes/ I Mutanti, Villa Medici, Rome, Italy, "Disquieted: Contemporary Voices from out of the Shadows" (2010)
- Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, "Artist Rooms" (2009)
- Tate Modern, London, UK "Passages from London" (2007)
- Zacheta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, Warsaw, Poland, "Black Alphabet – ConTEXTS of Contemporary African-American Art" (2006)
- Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA "Heart of Darkness" (2006)
- SITE Sante Fe, Santa Fe, NM, USA "Fifth International Biennial" (2004)
- Venice Biennale, Italy "50th International Art Exhibition" (2003)
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA "New Acquisitions" (2000)
- P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY, USA "Greater New York: New Art in New York Now" (2000)
- Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas, USA "Negotiating Small Truths"(1999)
- Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland, "Projects" (1997)
Awards and fellowships
[edit]- American Academy Award in Art (2000)
- Joan Mitchell Fellowship (1997)
- MacDowell Colony, NH (1996)
- Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center Fellow (1995)
- Traveling Scholar Award, School of MFA, Boston, MA (1993
- Ann Gund Scholarship, Skowhegan School of Art, Skowhegan, ME (1993)
Further reading
[edit]- Butler, Cornelia, Modern Women: Women Artists at The Museum of Modern Art, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2010.
- Barson, Tanya, Gorschlüter, Peter (eds.), Afro Modern: Journeys Through the Black Atlantic, London: Tate Publishing, 2010.
- Ellen Gallagher. Coral Cities, London: Tate Publishing, 2007.
- Gallagher, Ellen, Cleijne, Edgar, Murmur. Water Ecstatic, Kabuki, Blizzard of White, Super Boo, Monster, in: Heart of Darkness, *New York NY: Walker Art Centre, 2006. pp. 81-104, ill.
- Riemschneider, Burkhard & Uta Grosenick. Art Now. Cologne: Taschen, 2002.
- De Zegher, Catherine, Jeff Fleming & Robin D.G. Kelley. Preserve. New York: D.A.P., 2002.
- Grosenick, Uta. Women Artists. Cologne: Taschen, 2001. pp. 144-149.
- Coleman, Beth. Ellen Gallagher: Blubber. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2001.
- Kertess, Klaus, John Ashbery, Gerald M. Edelman et al. 1995 Biennial Exhibition. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art / Harry N. Abrams, 1995.
References
[edit]- ^ "Ellen Gallagher". Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ "Ellen Gallagher". Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ Saltz, Jerry. "In Black and White". Village Voice. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ "Ellen Gallagher". Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ Enwezor, Okwui. "Ellen Gallagher". Frieze. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ "Ellen Gallagher". Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ "Ellen Gallagher". Retrieved 13 February 2012.
External links
[edit]- Ellen Gallagher at Art Info
- Ellen Gallagher at Gagosian Gallery
- Ellen Gallagher at Art21
- Ellen Gallagher at Hauser & Wirth
- Interview with Ellen Gallagher at Brooklyn Rail
Category:1965 births Category:Living people Category:American artists