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Biografie Josiah McElheny
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1966 |
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Born in Boston, Massachusetts
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1987 |
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European Honors Program, Rhode Island School of Design, Rome, Italy; Study with Master Glassblower Ronald Wilkinson, London, England
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1988 |
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BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
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1989 |
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Fellowship for study in Sweden, American-Scandinavian Foundation
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1989 - 1991 |
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Apprentice to Master Glassblower Jan-Erik Ritzman and Sven-Ake Carlsson, Transjö, Sweden
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1993 |
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Betty Bowen Special Recognition Award, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
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1995 |
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Award Winner, 1995 Biennial Competition of The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, New York, New York
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1996 |
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Artist Grant, Art Matters, Inc., New York, New York
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1992 - 1997 |
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Apprentice to Master Glassblower Lino Tagliapietra; various locations: Seattle, Washington, New York, New York, Switzerland
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1998 |
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Bagley Wright Fund Award, Seattle, Washington
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1998 |
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts, Artist-in-Residence
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2000 |
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The 15th Rakow Commission, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
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2000 |
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Artist-in-Residence and Visiting Faculty
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2001 - 2003 |
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Visiting critic, Yale University School of Art, Sculpture
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2003 |
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Dia:Chelsea, New York, New York, Artists on Artists Lecture Series Featured Speaker on Donald Judd
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2005 |
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Public Art Fund, Talks at The New School, New York
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Lives and works in New York, New York
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2013
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Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH, January 26 – April 7
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2012
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White Cube, London, United Kingdom
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2012
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The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
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2012
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Some thoughts about the abstract body, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
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2011
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Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge, Other: Josiah McElheny’s Island Universe, Harvard Arts
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2011
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The Bloomberg Commission: Josiah McElheny, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
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2011
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Tate Modern Live: Push and Pull, a two-day performance event, with Andrea Geyer, Tate
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2010
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Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum Rotunda, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY February 19–May 16, 2010
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2009
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Allan Kaprow YARD, Hauser & Wirth, New York, New York
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2009
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Universal Code, curated by Gregory Burke, The Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario
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2009
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Innovations in the third dimension: Sculpture of our time, curated by Nancy Hall-Duncan, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut
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2009
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Sense and Sentiment. Mistakes are closely followed by Effects, curated by Eva Maria Stadler and Sabeth Buchmann, Augarten Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
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2009
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Proposals for a Chromatic Modernism, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
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2009
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Island Universe, Museo Nacional Centro De Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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2008
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Island Universe, White Cube, London, United Kingdom (catalogue) (solo)
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2008
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Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (solo)
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2008
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Das Lichtklub von Batavia/The Light Club of Batavia, Institut im Glaspavillon, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2008
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The Last Scattering Surface, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (solo)
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2008
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Objects of Value, curated by Rene Morales, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
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2008
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Multi-Part Art, Contemporary Works from the Collection, Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
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2008
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Mildred's Lane, curated by J. Morgan Puett and Mark Dion, Alexander Gray Gallery, New York, NY
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2008
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Spring Wound, Orchard, New York, New York
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2008
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Beyond Measure: Conversations Across Art and Science, Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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2008
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Sensory Overload: Light, Motion, Sound and the Optical in Art Since 1945, Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin
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2007
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The Alpine Cathedral and The City Crown, Moderna Museet, Stockholm (solo)
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2007
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Cosmology, Design and Landscape, Part Two, Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (solo)
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2007
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Projects 84: Josiah McElheny, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York (solo)
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2006
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“Modernity 1929-1965”, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
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2006
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Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (solo)
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2006
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“Dynasty”, Gallery MC, New York, New York
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2006
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“Super Vision”, Institute for Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts
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2005
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“Part Object Part Sculpture”, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Oct 30 – Feb 26, 2006
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2005
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“Spectrum”, Galerie Lelong, New York, December 9 – January 28, 2006
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2005
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Landscape Models for Total Reflective Abstraction, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma (solo)
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2004
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“Total Reflective Abstraction,” Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (solo)
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2004
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“The Cobweb”, Centro Galego de Arte Conemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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2004
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“Printemps de Septembre á Toulouse: In Extremis, Les Abbatoirs, Toulouse, France
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2003
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“Antipodes: Josiah McElheny,” White Cube, London, Great Britain (solo)
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2003
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“Theories About Reflection,” Brent Sikkema Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
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2003
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“Warped Space”, CCA Watts Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, California
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2003
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“Borges Exhibition”, Volume Gallery, New York, New York
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2003
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“Once Upon a Time: Fiction and Fantasy in Contemporary Art, Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York State Museum, Albany, New York
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2002
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“Family”, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
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2002
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“Keep in touch,” Brent Sikkema, New York, New York
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2002
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Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (solo)
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2001
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Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas (solo)
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2001
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“The Metal Party,” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California (solo)
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2001
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“Lateral Thinking: Art of the 1990’s”, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California (Traveled to Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Hood Museum, Dartmouth University, Hanover, New Hampshire; and Dayton Art Institute, Dayton Ohio)
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2001
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“Musings: Contemporizing Tradition,” Gallery 312, Chicago, Illinois
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2001
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“Body Space,” The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
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2000
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Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
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2000
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"Exhibition Room: Francis Cape, Josiah McElheny, and Yinka Shonibare," Real Art Ways, Hartford Connecticut
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2000
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“Christian Dior, Jorges Luis Borges, Adolf Loos,” Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (solo)
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2000
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Brent Sikkema, New York, New York (solo)
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1999
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts (solo)
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1999
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The Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (solo)
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1999
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“Patentia,” Nordic Institute of Contemporary Art, Stockholm, Sweden
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1998
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“At Home in the Museum,” The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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1998
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“Personal Touch,” Art in General, New York, New York
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1997
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“Paul Bloodgood, Paula Hayes, Josiah McElheny, Sandra Vallejos,” AC Project Room, NYC
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1997
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“Non-Decorative Beautiful Objects,” AC Project Room, New York, New York (solo)
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1996
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“Three Alter Egos,” Donald Young Gallery, Seattle, Washington (solo)
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1996
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Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts (solo)
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1996
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Labor of Love,” The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
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1996
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“Drawings from the Mab Library,” AC Project Room, New York, New York
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1995
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“VER-RÜCKT,” Kulturstiftung Schloss Agathenburg, Agathenburg, Germany
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1995
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Donald Young Gallery, Seattle, Washington (solo)
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1995
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Installation with Ancient Roman Glass, Ancient Mediterranean and Egypt Gallery, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington (solo)
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1994
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“Authentic History,” Robert Lehman Gallery, Brooklyn, New York (solo)
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1994
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First Fundraising Exhibition, American Fine Arts Company, New York
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1994
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"Wunderkammer," Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California
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1993
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“originals, fakes, reproductions,” William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington (solo)
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1990
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Arnescruv, Sweden, permanent installation of the "Jägarens Glasmuseet" (The Hunter's Glass Museum) (solo)
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| Literatur |
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Avgikos, Jan. "Josiah McElheny: The Art of Authentic Forgery,” GLASS 54 (Winter 1993), pp. 22-29.
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Brunetti, John. “Josiah McElheny,” New Art Examiner (February 2001), pp. 47-48.
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Fredericksen, Eric. “The Glass Artist,” The Stranger Vol. 6, No. 14 (December 26, 1996 - January 1, 1997), p. 19.
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Glowen, Ron. “Josiah McElheny at Donald Young Gallery,” Artweek Vol. 28, No. 2 (February 1997), p. 28.
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Avgikos, Jan. "Josiah McElheny: The Art of Authentic Forgery,” GLASS 54 (Winter 1993), pp. 22-29.
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McElheny, Josiah. “McElheny, Josiah. Interview with Arturo Herrera. Bomb 93 Fall 2005 pp 68-75
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McElheny, Josiah. Rothkopf, Scott and Josiah McElheny. “1000 Words.” Artforum, Nov. 2005 pp. 236-237
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McElheny, Josiah, “A Short History of the Glass Mirror”, Cabinet, Issue 14, (August 2004), pp. 56-57
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Mcelheny, Josiah. “Useful Noguchi.” Artforum, November 2004, pp 176-179
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McElheny, Josiah. “Proposal for Total Reflective Abstraction,” Cabinet, Issue 14, (August 2004), pp. 98-100.
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McElheny, Josiah, “Invisible Hand,” Artforum. (Summer 2004), pg. 209.
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“Josiah McElheny’s Glasswork Dazzles at Donald Young Gallery,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer (January 31, 1997), What’s Happening, p. 15.
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Hixson, Kathryn. “Glass, Apprenticeship and Josiah McElheny,” ,New Art Examiner (February 2001), p. 72.
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Israel, Nico. “Josiah McElheny: AC Project Room,” ArtForum (March 1998), pp. 100 – 101.
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Johnson, Ken. "Art in Review: Josiah McElheny." The New York Times (March 17, 2000), p. B35.
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Saltz, Jerry. “Josiah McElheny, ‘Non-Decorative Beautiful Objects’,” Time Out, Issue110 (October 30 - November 6, 1997).
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Schleifer, Kristen Brooke. “Josiah McElheny,” Artnews, (February 2001), p. 161.
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Smith, Roberta. “Multiple Realities Clash in a World of Shimmering Reflections,” The New York Times (April 11, 2003), p. E32.
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The New Yorker. (February 20 & 27, 1995), Talk of the Town, review, "Dan Peterman/Josiah McElheny," p. 44.
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“Art 21: Art in the Twenty-First Century”, New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2005. pp. 86-97 (Accompanied by a DVD of Art 21: Season 3, produced by PBS Home Video)
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