Splats/Stains
1998–2003
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Postmark: An Abstract Effect, Site Santa Fe, NM, curated by Louis Grachos and Bruce W. Ferguson, March 27 – June 13, 1999
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Abstract Painting, Once Removed, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX, April 23 – July 18, 1999; traveled to The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
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Flying Hearts, Galeria Camargo Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil, June 2 – July 1, 1999
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Powerpuff, D’Amelio Terras, New York, NY, November 11 – December 12, 2000
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Skin and Bones, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME,
January 28 – March 1, 2000
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Crazy Green, Bruised Orange, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA,
March 18 – April 22, 2000
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Drawings, Frith Street Gallery, London, UK, April 6 – May 18, 2001
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Sculpture as Field, Kunstverein Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany,
July 29 – September 23, 2001
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Patterns: Between Object and Arabesque, Kunsthallen Brandts ,Klaedefabrik, Denmark, September 21 – December 17, 2001; traveled to Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland, January 12 – March 10, 2002
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The Eye of the Beholder, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Scotland,
February 15 – April 7, 2002
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Spookie Knowledge, Pearl, London, UK, March 1 – 31, 2002
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Gun Club, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, April 27 – May 25
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Today I Love Everybody, Triple Candie, Harlem, NY, April 26 – May 26, 2003 (top row)
Optima, Ballroom, Marfa, Texas April 23 – June 6, 2004
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Polly Apfelbaum (mid-career survey), Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA, May 2 – July 27, 2003; travels to Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, December 5 – February 29, 2004; Kemper Museum of Art, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO, June 4 – September 5, 2004
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Bienal de Valencia, vacant lots, Valencia, Spain, June 1 – September 30, 2003
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Celebrating Sculpture: Modern and Contemporary Works from Dallas Collections, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, September 7,2003 – March 28, 2004
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Polly Apfelbaum (mid-career survey), Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, December 5 – February 29, 2004; traveled from Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA, May 2 – July 27,2003, and travels to Kemper Museum of Art, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO, June 4 – September 5, 2004