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  Born 1954, Bronx, New York  
EDUCATION 

1976, State University of New York, Purchase, B.F.A.

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2010
Fred Wilson, JGM Galerie, Paris, January 15–March 6, 2010.

2007–2008
An Account of a Voyage to the Island Jamaica with the Un-Natural History of that Place, Institute of Jamaica
Gallery, Kingston, September 16, 2007–March 15, 2008.

2006
Fred Wilson: My Echo, My Shadow, and Me, PaceWildenstein, New York, March 10–April 15, 2006.
(Catalogue; interview by K. Anthony Appiah)

2005–2006
Fred Wilson: Black Like Me, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut, July 10, 2005–
January 8, 2006 (Catalogue)

2005
Fred Wilson: So Much Trouble in the World—Believe It or Not!, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Hannover,
New Hampshire, October 4–December 11, 2005. (Catalogue and brochure)

2004
Fred Wilson: Site Unseen: Dwellings of the Demons, Museum of World Culture, Göteberg, Sweden, 2004.

2003
Fred Wilson: Aftermath, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California, January 22–
November 23, 2003.
Fred Wilson: Speak of Me as I Am, United States Pavilion, 50th Venice Biennale, Italy, June 15–November
2, 2003. (Catalogue; essays by Paul H.D. Kaplan and Salah Hassan, interview by Kathleen Goncharov)

2002
Is This Now Just Beginning?, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, New York, January 30–
February 22, 2002.

2001–2004
Fred Wilson, Objects and Installations 1979–2000, Center for Art and Visual Culture, University of Maryland,
Baltimore, October 11, 2001–January 12, 2002. Traveled to: Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery,
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, October 26, 2002–January 7, 2003; Berkeley Art Museum
and Pacific Film Archive, University of California, January 22–March 3, 2003; Blaffer Gallery, The Art
Museum, University of Houston, Texas, May 3–August 3, 2003; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips
Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, September 3–November 8, 2003; Santa Monica Museum, California,
December 5, 2003–February 8, 2004; Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, April 28–July 4, 2004;Chicago
Cultural Center, Illinois, July 24–September 19, 2004. (Catalogue; texts by Maurice Berger, Jennifer
González and Fred Wilson)

2000
Fred Wilson: Drawings and Maquettes for A Light Rail Station, Jersey City Museum, Newark, January 12–
March 18, 2000. (Brochure)

1999
Speaking in Tongues: A Look at the Language of Display, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, Fine Arts
Museums of San Francisco, California, January 16–May 2, 1999. (Brochure)
Fred Wilson: The Greeting Gallery, organized by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, M. H. de Young Memorial
Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, January 16–May 2, 1999. (Brochure; essay by
Arnold J. Kemp)

1998
Viewing the Invisible: An Installation by Fred Wilson, Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne,
Australia, October 7–December 6, 1998. (Catalogue; essay by Rachel Kent; conversation with Dr. Gaye
Sculthorpe and Tom Mosby)

1997
Collectibles, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, March 27–April 26, 1997.
Reshuffling the Deck: Selections from the U.C. Davis Collections, Richard L. Nelson Gallery and Fine Arts
Collections, University of California, Davis, April 13–May 16, 1997.

1996
An Invisible Life: A View into the World of a 120-Year-Old-Man, Points of Entry: Three Rivers Arts Festival,
Pittsburgh, June 7–23, 1996.

1995–1996
Collectibles, Metro Pictures, New York, December 2, 1995–January 6, 1996

1994
OpEd: Fred Wilson, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, April 30–August 21, 1994. (Catalogue; essay
by Nadine Wasserman)
 ‘Insight: In Site: In Sight: Incite: Memory,’ Artist and the Community: Fred Wilson, South Eastern Center for
Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, August 6–September 28, 1994. (Catalogue; texts by
Susan Lubowsky, John C. Larson and Jeff Fleming)

1993
The Spiral of Art History, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, January 16–March 28, 1993. (Brochure)
The Museum: Mixed Metaphors, Seattle Art Museum, Washington, January 28–June 13, 1993. (Catalogue;
essay by Patterson Sims)
Transformations 4: Fred Wilson, Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, Pennsylvania, March 30–April 20,
1993. (Brochure; essay by Lois Nesbitt)
An Invisible Life: A View into the World of a 120-Year-Old Man, Capp Street Project, San Francisco, August
20–October 3, 1993.

1992–1993
Mining the Museum: An Installation by Fred Wilson, The Contemporary and Maryland Historical Society,
Baltimore, April 4, 1992–February 28, 1993. (Catalogue published 1994; texts by Lisa G. Corrin and Ira
Berlin, conversation with Leslie King-Hammond)

1992
Panta Rhei: A Gallery of Ancient Classical Art, Metro Pictures, New York, September 16–October 3, 1992.

1991
Fred Wilson: Recent Acquisitions, Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York, February 14–March 9, 1991.
Primitivism: High and Low, Metro Pictures, New York, March 9–April 6, 1991.

1990
The Other Museum, White Columns, New York, May 18–June 10, 1990. Traveled to: Washington Project for
the Arts, Washington D.C., February 9–March 17, 1991. (Brochure; text by Alan Prokop).

1988
Portrait of Audubon, The Public Art Fund, outdoor sculpture, Chambers Street and West Broadway, New
York, 1988.

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

 

2010
Size DOES Matter, Flag Art Foundation, New York, February 19–May 27, 2010

2009–2010
Art at Colby: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Colby College Museum of Art, Colby College Museum
of Art, Waterville, Maine, July 11, 2009–February 21, 2010. (Catalogue)

2009
The Dorothy Saxe Invitational, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, March 1–May 31, 2009.
Kréyol Factory, Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris, April 7–July 5, 2009. (Catalogue)
Glasstress, Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti, Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, 53rd International Art
Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, June 6–November 22, 2009. (Catalogue)

2008–2009
Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, September 27, 2008–
February 15 (extended through April 19), 2009. (Catalogue; texts by Holly Hotchner, David Revere
McFadden, and Lowery Stokes Sims)
Across the Divide: Reconsidering the Other, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, August 17, 2008–January
11, 2009. Traveled to: Illinois State Museum, Chicago Gallery, Illinois, February 6–May 8, 2009.
Wall Rockets: Contemporary Artists and Ed Ruscha, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, October 3,
2008–April 18, 2009.

2008
Attention to Detail, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, January –July 31, 2008. (Catalogue; curated by Chuck
Close)
Working History, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, January 22–
March 2, 2008.
2008 Busan Bienalle Sculpture Project, Busan, Korea, September 6–November 15, 2008.

2007–2008
Uncomfortable Truths: The Shadow of Slave Trading on Contemporary Art and Design, The Victoria and
Albert Museum, London, February 20–June 17, 2007. Traveled to: Salford Museum and Art Gallery, United
Kingdom, June 30–September 2, 2007; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, September 15, 2007–January 6, 2008.
Mining Glass, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington, June 16, 2007–February 3, 2008.
New York: States of Mind, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, August 23–November 4, 2007. Traveled to:
Queens Museum of Art, Flushing, New York, December 12, 2007–March 23, 2008. (Catalogue)
From Africa to America, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio, September 4, 2007–June 2008.
All for Art! Great Private Collections Among Us, Museé des beaux-arts de Montréal, Canada, December 6,
2007–March 2, 2008. (Catalogue)
Audacity in Art: Collector's Choice III, Orlando Museum of Art, Florida, December 8, 2007–February 3, 2008.

2007
The Nightly News, Luxe Gallery, New York, January 13–February 14, 2007.
Crossing the Line: African American Artist in the Jacqueline Bradley and Clarence Otis, Jr. Collection, The
George D. and Harriet W. Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, January 19–May
20, 2007. (Catalogue)
Not For Sale, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, February 11–April 16, 2007.
Singularity in the Communal Tide: Culture & Identity in the Moment, Pierro Gallery of South Orange, New
Jersey, May 13–July 15, 2007.
Light Time and Three Dimensions, PaceWildenstein, 534 West 25th Street, New York, June 28–August 24,
2007.
Sculpture, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico, August 10–October 6, 2007.
Sanctuary, Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark, New Jersey, October 26–December 21, 2007.

2006–2007
Legacies: Contemporary Artists Reflect on Slavery, New York Historical Society, New York, June 16, 2006–
January 7, 2007. (Catalogue)
2nd International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville, Andalusian Center of Contemporary Art and the
Reales Atarazanas, Seville, Spain, October 26, 2006–January 8, 2007.
Longwood Arts Project’s 25th Anniversary: Black Now, Bronx Council on the Arts, New York, December 6,
2006–March 10, 2007.

2006
Full House: Views of the Whitney’s Collection at 75, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 29–
September 3, 2006.
The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture: 60 Years, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville,
Maine, July 22–October 29, 2006. (Catalogue)
In Transit: From Object to Site (Fred Wilson installation: Black Void—Black Tears 2005–06), David Winton
Bell Gallery, List Art Center, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, September 9, 2006–October 23,
2006. (Brochure)
Black Alphabet: ConTEXTS of Contemporary African American Art, Zacheta National Gallery of Art,
Warsaw, September 23–November 19, 2006. (Catalogue)

2005
Double Consciousness: Black Conceptual Art Since 1970, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, January
21–April 17, 2005. (Catalogue)
20 x 20 Art Sale, (exhibition and benefit auction for Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company), organized by
Bill T. Jones and Diane von Furstenberg. Traveled to: Diane von Furstenberg Theatre, New York, May 10–
14, 2005.
Very Early Pictures, Luckman Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, May 26–July 23, 2005.
Traveled to: Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, Pennsylvania, August 26–October 30, 2005.
Summer Group Show, PaceWildenstein, 534 West 25th Street, New York, July 14–August 25, 2005.

2004–2005
Common Ground: Discovering Community in 150 Years of Art, Selections from the Collection of Julia J.
Norrell, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., October 23, 2004–January 31, 2005. (Catalogue)

2004
Art by MacArthur Fellows, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 7–July 31, 2004.

2003–2004
Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self, International Center of Photography, New York,
December 12, 2003–February 29, 2004. (Catalogue)

2003
.mov: Works from the Eyebeam Moving Image Studios ’03, Eyebeam, New York, January 6–24, 2003.
Drawings, Metro Pictures, New York, March 29–April 26, 2003.
Black President: The Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York,
July 11–September 28, 2003. (Catalogue)

2002–2003
Art Inside Out, Children’s Museum of Manhattan, October 10, 2002–December 31, 2003 (extended to June
4, 2004).

2001–2003
Pictures, Patents, Monkeys, and More…On Collecting, organized by Independent Curators International,
New York. Traveled to: Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, January 19–March
10, 2001; John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, August 12–October 21, 2001; Akron Art
Museum, Ohio, November 17, 2001–February 18, 2002; Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, Massachusetts,
June 1–August 18, 2002; Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, September
4–December 15, 2002; Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pennsylvania, June 1–August 6, 2003. (Catalogue;
essays by Ingrid Schaffner, Fred Wilson, and Werner Muensterberger)

2001–2002
Group Show, Metro Pictures, New York, December 8, 2001–January 12, 2002.
Unpacking Europe, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, December 13, 2001–February 24, 2002.
(Catalogue)

2001
Self-Made Men, DC Moore Gallery, New York, April 4–May 5, 2001.
Play’s The Thing: Critical and Transgressive Practices in Contemporary Art, organized by the Whitney
Museum of American Art Independent Study Program. Traveled to: Art Gallery of The Graduate Center, City
University of New York, May 25–July 8, 2001. (Catalogue)
W, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dole, France, June 22–September 30, 2001. (Catalogue)
Crossing the Line: Site Specific Works by Fifty Artists throughout Queens, Queens Museum of Art, New
York, June 24–October 7, 2001.
Museum as Subjects, National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan, October 25–December 11, 2001.

2000–2001
Juvenilia, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, November 4, 2000–January 28, 2001.

2000
Group Show, Metro Pictures, January 18–April 15, 2000.
Outbound: Passages From the 90’s, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, March 3–May 7, 2000.
(Catalogue)

1999–2000
To the Rescue: Eight Artists in an Archive, organized by Lookout for the American Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee, New York. Traveled to: International Center of Photography, New York, February 12–May 16,
1999; Miami Art Museum, Florida, September 15–November 28, 1999; Contemporary Arts Museum,
Houston, October 7–December 3, 2000. (Catalogue)
The Museum as Muse: Artists Reflect, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, March 14–June 1, 1999.
Traveled to: Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, September 26, 1999–January 9, 2000. (Catalogue)
Kunstwelten im Dialog von Gauguin zur globalen Gegenwart im Museum Ludwig Köln, Museum Ludwig
Köln, Cologne, November 5, 1999–March 5, 2000. (Catalogue)

1999
Camera Obscured: Photographic Documentation and the Public Museum, Presentation House Gallery,
North Vancouver, Canada, January 9–February 21, 1999.
Through The Looking-Glass: Play Things, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural
Center, Staten Island, New York, April 25–October 3, 1999.
Trace, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool, September 24–November 7, 1999. (Catalogue;
texts by Emma Thomas and Anthony Tibbles, interview by Alex Coles)
Uniform, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, 1999.

1998
Parasite, Drawing Center, New York, February 21–April 4, 1998.
Give & Take: Artists and Youth in Dialogue, San Francisco Arts Education Project in cooperation with
Artsource Consulting, California, April 20–July 24, 1998.
Re-Presentation, Freedom Gallery, Albright College Center for the Arts, Reading, Pennsylvania, October 2–
November 20, 1998. (Catalogue)
Postcards From Black America, Hedendaagse Afrikaans-Amerikaanse Kunst, Boschstraat, the Netherlands,
1998. (Catalogue)

1997–1998
Millennium Eve Dress, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, November 15, 1997–January 1,
1998.
Heart, Mind, Body, Soul: American Art in the 1990’s, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York,
November 26, 1997–January 4, 1998.

1997
The Private Eye in Public Art, LaSalle Partners at NationsBank Plaza, Charlotte, North Carolina, January
31–October 31, 1997. (Catalogue)
Irredeemable Skeletons, Shillam + Smith 3, London, March 24–May 16, 1997.
Collected, Photographer’s Gallery and British Museum, London, April 26–June 21, 1997.
Scene of the Crime, Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, July 23–October 5,
1997. (Catalogue)
Museum Studies: Eleven Photographer’s Views, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 1997.
Millennium Eve Dress, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, 1997.

1996
Cultural Economies: Histories from the Alternative Arts Movement, Drawing Center, New York, February 24–
April 6, 1996. (Catalogue)
1996 Public Art Initiative, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, June 6–July 18, 1996. (Catalogue; texts by
David Levi Strauss, Mary Jane Jacob and Roberto Bedoya)
Beyond the Bushes, Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, September 22–November 3, 1996.
Project Row Houses, Houston, Spring 1996.
Steirischer herbst 96 Bezeichnung/Designation, Galerie & Edition Artelier, Graz, Austria, September 21–
October 26, 1996.
Inklusion: Exklusion, Steirischer Herbst 96, Graz, Austria, 1996.
Putt-Modernism, The Hyde Collection, Glen Falls, New York, 1996.
Fragments: Proposta per a una colleccio de fotografia contemporania, Museu d’Art Contemporani,
Barcelona, 1996. (Catalogue)

1996–1997
Burning Issues: Contemporary African-American Art, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, October 21, 1996–
January 5, 1997. (Catalogue)
New Histories, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts, October 23, 1996–January 5, 1997.
(Catalogue)
Millennium Eve Dress, Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, December 6, 1996–February 22, 1997.
1995
Heroes and Heroines: From Myth to Reality, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, January 13–
February 26, 1995.
Configura 2-Dialog der Kulturen-Erfurt 1995, Erfurt, Federal Republic of Germany, June 10–September 10,
1995. (Catalogue)

1994–1996
Transformers: The Art of Multiphrenia, organized by Independent Curators Incorporated, New York.
Traveled to: Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, September 21–
November 13, 1994; Decker Galleries, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, November
17–December 17, 1995; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, January
27–March 26, 1996; Art Gallery of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, June 21–September 9, 1996; Illingworth Kerr
Art Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta, November 4–November 28, 1996.
(Catalogue)

1994–1995
Black Male: Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary American Art, Whitney Museum of American
Art, New York, November 10, 1994–March 5, 1995. (Catalogue; text by Thelma Golden)
Cocido y Crudo, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, December 14–March 6, 1995.
(Catalogue; text by Dan Cameron)

1994
Don’t Look Now, Thread Waxing Space, New York, January 22–February 26, 1994. (Catalogue; text by
Joshua Decter)
Services, Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg, Germany, January 1994.
Exhibited, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, April 23–
September 2, 1994. (Catalogue)
Western Artists/African Art, Museum for African Art, New York, May 6–August 7, 1994. Traveled to:
Knoxville Museum of Art, Tennessee, 1994; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California, 1994.
(Catalogue)
Die Orte der Kunst: Der Kunstbetrieb als Kunstwerk, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany, May 29–
September 11, 1994. (Catalogue)
Notational Photographs, Metro Pictures, New York, September 17–October 15, 1994
Odún Dé Odún Dé: The Global Presence of African Spirit in Contemporary Art, The African Peoples Cultural
Organization, California, September–November 1994.
Crash: Nostalgia for the Absence of Cyberspace, Thread Waxing Space, New York, 1994. (Catalogue)

1993–1994
The Theater of Refusal: Black Art and Mainstream Criticism, Fine Arts Gallery of the University of California,
Irvine, April 8–May 12, 1993. Traveled to: Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis,
November 7–December 17, 1993; University Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside, January 9–
February 27, 1994. (Catalogue)
Ciphers of Identity, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, November 12, 1993–
January 21, 1994. (Catalogue; text by Maurice Berger)

1993
1993 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, February 24–June 20, 1993.
(Catalogue)
Projects 40: Readymade Identities, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, April 3–May 18, 1993.
Artists Respond: The “New World” Question, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, May 5–August 22, 1993.
(Catalogue)
City Sites, Arts Festival of Atlanta, Georgia, September 11–19, 1993.
Construction in Process 4: My Home is Your Home, The Artists’ Museum, Lodz, Poland, 1993.
The Rag Trade, The InterArt Center, New York, 1993.

1992–1993
Re:Claiming Egypt, 4th International Cairo Bienniale, Egypt, December 19, 1992–March 19, 1993. (Brochure;
text by Kathleen Goncharov)

1992
The Big Nothing Or Le Presque Rien, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York January 15–April 19,
1992; French Cultural Services, New York, January 16–February 28, 1992. (Catalogue; texts by Kerri
Scharlin)
Environmental Terror, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Catonsville, January 30–
March 14, 1992. Traveled to: Frostburg State University, Maryland, 1992; East Main Street Gallery,
Richmond, Virginia, 1992. (Catalogue)
Forces of Erin, Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University, New York, March 11–April 26, 1992.
Inheritance, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, May 22–June 21, 1992. (Catalogue)
Group show, Metro Pictures, New York, June 20–July 31, 1992.
House of Spirit/Memories of Ancestors, The Bronx Council for the Arts at Woodlawn Cemetery, New York,
June 21–November 1, 1992.
Putt-Modernism, Artists Space, New York, August 1–September 27, 1992. (Brochure)
Past Imperfect: A Museum Looks At Itself, Parrish Art Museum, Southhampton, New York, August 8–
November 11, 1992. (Catalogue; texts by Maurice Berger, Alan Wallach and Judith Barry)
Transgressions in the White Cube: Territorial Mappings, USDAN Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington,
Vermont, November 17–December 21, 1992. (Catalogue)
The Order of Things: Toward A Politic of Still Life, organized by Real Art Ways, Widener Gallery, Trinity
College, Hartford, Connecticut, Winter 1992. (Catalogue; texts by Mac Adams and Susan M. Canning)
Rosamund Felsen Clinic, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, 1992.
Translation, Centrum Sztuki Wspólczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski/Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw,
Poland, 1992. (Catalogue; text by Kim Levin)
The Jewish Museum’s Masked Ball: In Celebration of Purim, The Waldorf-Astoria, New York, 1992.

1991
SITEseeing: Travel and Tourism in Contemporary Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Federal Reserve
Plaza, New York, April 2–June 2, 1991. (Catalogue)
The Subversive Stitch, Simon Watson Gallery, New York, closed July 27, 1991.
Group Show, Metro Pictures, New York, June 29–July 31, 1991.
Friendly Natives, New School, New York, 1991.
Office Installations, Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, New York, 1991. (Catalogue)
Outdoor Sculpture Commission, Department of Parks, Prospect Park, New York, 1991.

1990
Public Mirror: Artists Against Racial Prejudice, Clocktower Gallery, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New
York, 1990.
The New School Collects: Recent Acquisitions, Parsons School of Design, New York, 1990.
Fine Arts Faculty Group Show, Galleries at Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, 1990.
Orders, Pyramid Art Center, Rochester, New York, 1990.
Notes on the Margin: A Framework in Focus, Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York, 1990.
Dream Machinations in America, Minor Injury Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, 1990.
Conflict and Resolution, Brownsville Art Gallery, Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York, 1990.

1987–1988
Rooms With a View: The Struggle Between Culture, Content and the Context of Art, Longwood Art Gallery,
Bronx Council on the Arts, New York, 1987–1988.

1987
Selections from the Artists File, Artists Space, New York, October 1–31, 1987. (Catalogue; essay by Kellie
Jones)
Intellects and Idiosyncrasies, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, 1987.

1986
The Bronx Celebrates: Alternative Spaces, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, New York, 1985.
Ando/Wilson, New Sculpture, John Jay College Art Gallery, New York, 1986.

1985
Art on the Beach, organized by Creative Time, Battery Park City Landfill, New York, 1985.
Forecast: Images of the Future, Kenkeleba Gallery, New York, 1985.
Visions, Rediscovered, Castillo Gallery, New York, 1985.

1984
Exchange of Sources: Expanding Powers, Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut, 1984.
Racist America, Dramatis Personae Gallery, New York, 1984.
Sticks and Stones-Modern/Post Modern Sculpture, Kenkeleba Gallery, New York, October 14–November
25, 1984. (Catalogue; text by John Allen et al.)
L’Esprit Enclyclopedique, Caidoz Gallery, New York, 1984.
Art Against Apartheid, window installation, 10 on 8, New York, 1984.

1983
The Monument Redefined, Gowanus Memorial Artyard, New York, 1983.
After Dark, William Patterson College, Patterson, New Jersey, 1983.

1982
Ornament as Sculpture, Sculpture Center, New York, 1982.
Terminal New York, A.A.A. Art, New York, 1982.
Looks at Books, ABC NO Rio, New York, 1982.
Grand Army Plaza: Three Sculptors, organized by the Department of Parks, Grand Army Plaza Arch,
Brooklyn, New York, 1982.
Spare Parts, Materials for the Arts, Department of Cultural Affairs, New York, 1982.

1981
Festive Works, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, 1981.

 

 
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