Splats/Stains
1998–2003

Postmark: An Abstract Effect, Site Santa Fe, NM, curated by Louis Grachos and Bruce W. Ferguson, March 27 – June 13, 1999

"Squid Ink"
"Split"

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

 "Flying Hearts" for the Arts and Letters Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters Hassam, Speicher, Betts, and Symons Purchase Fund, New York City
Flying Hearts, Galeria Camargo Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil, June 2 - July 1, 1999
Detail

Flying Hearts, Galeria Camargo Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil, June 2 – July 1, 1999

"Foxy Hybrids"
Blossom
Blossom (detail)

Powerpuff, D’Amelio Terras, New York, NY, November 11 – December 12, 2000

Bones

Skin and Bones, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME,
January 28 – March 1, 2000

Crazy Green, Bruised Orange, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA,
March 18 – April 22, 2000

Drawings, Frith Street Gallery, London, UK, April 6 – May 18, 2001

Sculpture as Field, Kunstverein Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany,
July 29 – September 23, 2001

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

The Eye of the Beholder, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Scotland,
February 15 – April 7, 2002

Spookie Knowledge, Pearl, London, UK, March 1 – 31, 2002

Love Gun

Gun Club, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, April 27 – May 25

Today I Love Everybody, Triple Candie, Harlem, NY, April 26 – May 26, 2003 (top row)

Optima, Ballroom, Marfa, Texas April 23 – June 6, 2004

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

Heavy Metal

Bienal de Valencia, vacant lots, Valencia, Spain, June 1 – September 30, 2003

Celebrating Sculpture: Modern and Contemporary Works from Dallas Collections, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, September 7,2003 – March 28, 2004

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