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| Rachel Selekman lives and works in Brooklyn |
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| Education |
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| 1993 | M.F.A. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago,IL |
| 1985 | B.F.A. The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD |
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| Solo Shows |
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| 2006 | Spray: New Sculpture, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY |
| 2005 | Fresh, Galerie Aurel Scheibler, Cologne, Germany |
| 2004 | New Works, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2003 | Sculpture, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2001 | New Sculpture, E.A. Draper Showcase Gallery, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE |
| 1996 | Alterations: New Work from New York, KAOS-Galerie, Cologne, Germany |
| 1992 | Weight, A.I.R. Gallery II, New York, NY |
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| Group Exhibitions |
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| 2008 | Aggregate, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
Back to the Garden, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2007 | Ornamental Instincts, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY
Portraits, Galerie Aurel Scheibeler, Berlin, Germany
What F Word, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2006 | Sculptures as Tropes of Criticality, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (T-B A21), Vienna, Austria
Process & Promise: Art, Education & Community at the 92nd Street Y, Weill Art Gallery, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY (catalogue)
Garden Improvement, Wave Hill Glyndor Gallery, Bronx, NY (catalogue)
Threads of Memory, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, Long Island City, NY
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| 2005 | New Art, New York: Reflections on the Human Condition, Trierenberg Holding, AG, Traun, Austria (catalogue)
Kiss Me Long and Hard, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
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| 2004 | On Site, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, NY
Maravee, Villa Ottelio-Savorgnan Ariis di Rivignano (UD), Italy (catalogue)
Is One Thing Better than Another???, Galerie Aurel Scheibler, Cologne, Germany |
| 2003 | Explaining Magic, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Solo Dibujo, Museo d'Arte, Universidad Nacional, Bogota, Colombia |
| 2002 | Bitch School, Longwood Arts Project, Bronx, NY |
| 2000 | Fairy Tale, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, YMCA, New York, NY
Craft Forms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Eleventh Annual Faculty Exhibition, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
Group Exhibition, General Electric, Fairfield, CT |
| 1999 | Chocolate Kingdom, The Work Space @ Dolgenos, Newman & Cronin, New York, NY |
| 1998 | Objectivity International Objects of Subjectivity, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
Quickening, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT (Petah Coyne, Juror)
Hold It Now, Hit It, Court Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
| 1996 | A La Mode, Sauce Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
| 1995 | Artists Choose Artists, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Lookin' Good Feelin' Good, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
Maximum Capacity, Art Initiatives, New York, NY |
| 1994 | Salon Show, Organization of Independent Artists, New York, NY |
| 1993 | Garment as Metaphor, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL
Derek Eller, Christopher Minot, Kenneth Rosenthal, Rachel Selekman and Sebastian Spingler, Gallery 2, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
| Thesis Exhibition, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
| 1992 | The Next Generation: Impact of Race, Class, & Sexuality on Family Life, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
| 1990 | Sculpture Exhibition, CB's 313 Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1989 | The Strange Life of Objects, MOMENTA Art Alternatives, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1988 | The 1988 Drawing Competition, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1987 | Works on Paper, Beaver College, Glenside, PA
47th Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
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| PERFORMANCES & PROJECTS |
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| 2006 | Invited to make a centerpiece for Artists Space 2006 spring benefit |
| 1996 | Scratch, collaborative work designed by Mel Chin, Thread Waxing Space benefit, New York, NY |
| 1992 | Full Up, AIR Gallery II, New York, NY (performance)
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| AWARDS & GRANTS |
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| 2007-08 | Abrons Art Center, Henry Street Settlement Residency |
| 1997-98 | The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc. |
| 1993 | SAIC Trustee Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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| BiBLIOGRAPHY |
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| 2008 | Kalm, James. "Brooklyn Dispatches: Cool Island and Garden of Chill," Brooklyn Rail, July, 2008.
Pearse, Emma. "Artist Rachel Selekman Cuts the Middleman Out of Flowers-Watering,"New York Magazine, June 27, 2008.
McClintic, Miranda. What F Word, exhibition catalogue, published by Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY, 2008. |
| 2007 | Genocchio, Benjamin. "Attractive and Accessible, But Is That All There Is?" The New York Times, December 23, 2007.
Huang, Wennie. Ornamental Instincts, exhibition brochure, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY, 2007.
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| 2006 | Johnson, Ken. “Two Odes to Nature, Grand and Demure at Two Bronx Gardens,” The New York Times, July 14, 2006.
Process & Promise, exhibition catalogue, 92nd Street Y, NY, 2006.
“Wave Hill Presents Garden Improvement,” artdaily.com, June 27, 2006.
Snyder, Alison. “Garden Improvement,” Science & the City, New York Academy of Science, 2006.
Garden Design Magazine, September Issue, Sculpture reproduced on p. 6 & 18, 2006.
McGregor, Jennifer. Garden Improvement exhibition catalogue, Wave Hill Glyndor Gallery, Bronx, NY, June, 2006.
Mathews-Barenson, Margaret. New Art, New York: Reflections on the Human Condition, exhibition catalog, Trierenberg Holding AG, Traun, Austria, 2006.
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| 2005 | Mathews-Berenson, Margaret. Threads of Memory, exhibition brochure, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Projects, Long Island City, NY, February, 2005.
Galloway, David. “Reviews: Rachel Selekman at Aurel Scheibler,” ARTNews, Volume104, no. 8, September, 2005.
Kramer, Louise. “It’s Cool, It’s Limitless, It Keeps Them Coming,” Crain’s New York Business, June 6, 2005.
Maine, Stephen. “Dateline Brooklyn,” Artnet.com, April 15, 2005.
Di Blassi, Johanna. "Magical Creations," Kolner Stad-Anzeiger, April 7, 2005.
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| 2004 | Zannier, Sabrina. “Naturalization of the Artifice,” from the exhibition catalogue, Maravee Clorofilla, published by Communicarte Edizioni, Trieste, Italy, 2004.
"Maravee Clorofilla", Flash Art, June 2004.
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| 2002 | "An Anthology of Accessories," Fiber Arts, March/April, 2002.
Torres, Eddie. "A Variety of Approaches to Feminism and Childhood," NY Arts Magazine, January, 2002.
Strauss, R.B. "New Sculpture Transforms Common Objects, " Avon Grove Sun, August 16-22, 2002. |
| 2001 | Sosanski, Edward. "Sculptor Weaves Beauty in Delaware," The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 27, 2001.
Shulak, Paula. "Delaware Arts Center Offers Variety of Exhibits," Greenville Community News, July17, 2001.
Strauss, R.B. "July Brings No Slow Down at DCCA," Art Matters, July, 2001.
Mullinax, Gary. "Begin picture-perfect exhibition tour at DCCA," Sunday News Journal, July 15, 2001.
"Visual Arts," Delaware Today, State Guide.
Bogaert, Pauline Pinard. "Craft Forms Exhibition in Wayne," Philadelphia Inquirer, December 10, 2001.
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| 1999 | Massey, John. "...and now for something completely different!!!!," Haws News, Number 1, Fall, 1999. |
| 1997 | Hanzal, Carla. "Objectivity: International Objects of Subjectivity," essay from exhibition brochure, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia Beach, VA 1997.
Zimmer, William. "Sprawling Works, 13 Sculptors," The New York Times, May 4, 1997.
Hoffman, Hank. "Color Happy," The New Haven Advocate, May 8, 1997.
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| 1996 | Scratch, exhibition catalogue, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY, 1996.
Schön, Jürgen. "Rachel Selekman in Kaos-Galerie," Kölner Stadtanzeiger, May 18, 1996.
Ferris, Alison. "The Presence of Touch," Interrobang, Vol. 2, no. 2, 1996.
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| 1995 | Glatt, Cara. "Local art center stages winning exhibit," HP Herald, February 1, 1995.
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| COLLECTIONS |
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| Museum of Modern Art Permanent Drawings Collection, New York, NY
General Electric, Fairfield, CT
Thyssen-Bornemisza Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria
AlixPartners, London and Milan
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