CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

2010

 

May 15-Jun 26

Resurrectine
Feldman Gallery
New York, NY

May 6-July 1

Reflection
Nathan A. Bernstein Gallery
New York, NY

April 27- Oct 24

Dead or Alive
Museum of Arts and Design
New York, NY

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

2010

Aug 14- Nov 21

Signs of Life: Ancient Knowledge in Contemporary Art
Kunstmuseum Luzern
Lucerne, Switzerland

UPCOMING LECTURES

2010

July 8-11

Visiting Faculty Artist
Skowhegan, ME

RECENT EXHIBITIONS

2010

Mar 6- May 2

Moon Medicine
Curated by Miki Garcia
Contemporary Arts Forum
Santa Barbara, CA

                                               

Mar 6-Apr 18

Who are you close to
JANE KIM/thrust projects
New York, NY

Jan 28- Mar 13

Progress Reports: art in an era of diversity
Iniva
London, England

Jan 9- Apr 10

2010: Searching for the Heart of Black Identity
Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft
Louisville, KY

Jan 7- Mar 24

Spirit Up! Event Notation and the Invocation of Spirit in Contemporary Art
Curated by Dan Mason
CCS Bard
Annadale-on-Hudson, NY

2009

Nov 28- Jan 10, 2010

Americana
New Society for Fine Arts
Berlin

Nov 11-Mar 14, 2010

30 Seconds Off An Inch
Studio Museum Harlem
New York, NY

Nov 6- Dec 2

Constellation (Stranger Fruit)
Harvard University Memorial Hall
Cambridge, MA

Oct 22- Dec 22

Intrinsic Trio: Joyce J. Scott, Sanford Biggers, Sam Gilliam
Goya Contemporary
Baltimore, MD

Oct 8-Jan 6, 2010

Passages, Revisiting Histories: Sanford Biggers + Andrea Geyer & Simon J. Ortiz
Lambent Foundation
New York, NY

Oct 1-Nov 14

Jack Wolgin Competition Finalists
Tyler School of Art, Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

July 12-Oct 4

Dress Codes: Clothing as Metaphor
Katonah Museum of Art
Bedford, NY

May 16-Aug 30

Sanford Biggers
Portland Art Museum
Portland, OR

Feb 22-Sept 13

Neo Hoodoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith
Miami Art Museum
Miami, FL

Curated by Franklin Sirmans. Exhibition catalog with essays by Arthur C. Danto, Greg Tate, Robert Farris Thompson, Jen Budney and Julia Herzberg.

2008

Mar 27-May 2

Carnival Within
Uferhallen
Berlin, Germany

Curated by Sabine Russ and Gregory Volk.

Apr 16-18

Conundrums
The Kitchen
New York, NY

Nov 12, 2008-March 15, 2009

VideoStudio
Studio Museum Harlem
New York, NY

(traveling Oct. 2008- Jan. 2009)

PS1 Contemporary Art Center
New York, NY

Curated by Franklin Sirmans. Exhibition catalog with essays by Arthur C. Danto, Greg Tate, Robert Farris Thompson, Jen Budney and Julia Herzberg.

Nov. 1 2008-Jan 18, 2009

Prospect 1 New Orleans
1st New Orleans Biennial
New Orleans, LA
Curated by Dan Cameron

Jun. 27-Sept. 21, 2008

PS1 Contemporary Art Center
New York, NY
Curated by Franklin Sirmans.
Exhibition catalog with essay by Arthur C. Danto, Greg Tate, Robert Farris Thompson, Jen Budney and Julia Herzberg

Aug. 9-Oct 19, 2008

Unknown Pleasures
Curated by Matthew Thompson.
Aspen Museum of Art
Aspen, CO

Aug. 23, 2008

Swim, Drink, Eat, Camp, Listen!
Denniston Hill Foundation Benefit Show
Woodridge, NY
Curated by Josh Druckman and Kara Lynch.
Inviting artists also include Lawrence Chua, Julie Mehretu, Paul Pfeiffer, Beth Stryker, and Robin Vachal

Aug. 23- Sep. 27

Ahh Decadence!
Sullivan Gallery/ School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Il
SAIC Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series:
Sanford Biggers

Wed., Sep. 3 at 3pm

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Jun.-Sept.

NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith
The Menil Collection
Houston, TX

Feb. 9

Cheshire
D’Amelio Terras Gallery
New York, NY

May 29- Jul. 5

Shuffle
Akademie Schloss Solitude
Stuttgart, Germany

Dec. 14, 2007-Feb. 24

Illuminations
Tate Modern
London, UK

Nov. 30, 07-Apr. 13, 08

The New Authentics
Spertus Museum
Chicago, IL

2007

Nov. 2-4

Museum of Okinawan Time
Okinawan Prefectural Museum of Art
Naha, Japan

Nov. 1-20

The Somethin’ Suite
Performa 07
New York, NY
Curated by RoseLee Goldberg

June 9-Oct. 21

For Love of the Game
Amistad Musuem/ Wadsworth Antheneum
Hartford, CT
Curated by Rehema Barber

Sept. 7-Oct. 20

Blossom
Grand Arts
Kansas City, MO
Solo exhibition with essay by Cay Sophie Rabinowitz

May 26-Aug. 5

Black Light/ White Noise: Sound and Light
Contemporary Arts Museum
Houston, TX
Curated by Valerie Cassel (catalog)

Feb. 25-June 24

Pretty Baby
Museum of Modern Art
Fort Worth, TX
Curated by Andrea Karnes

March 29-May 13

Searching for an Ideal Urbanity
Akademie Schloss Solitude
Stuttgart, Germany
Organized by Fabrizio Gallanti (catalog)

RECENT LECTURES

2010

Mar 30

Conversations: Among Friends featuring artists Sanford Biggers and Lorraine O'Grady, in conversation with RosaLee Goldberg, Director, Performa
The Museum of Modern Art
New York, NY

Feb 19

Work in Progress: Artists and Art Historians Present: Sanford Biggers and Kellie Jones in conversation
Columbia University
New York, NY

2009

Nov 16

Conversation with Sanford Biggers and Dr. Steven Nelson, Associate Professor of African and African American art history at UCLA, moderated by Helen Molesworth, Houghton Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
Harvard Art Museum/Fogg Museum
Cambridge, MA

Oct 9-10

Beyond the Binary: Race-ing Art
American University
Washington, DC

April 9

Yale University School of Art
New Haven, CT

Mar 18, 1:10pm

Rhode Island School of Design
Design Center, Room 212
Providence, RI

Apr 2, 6pm

Harvard University Department of Visual and Environmental Studies
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Cambridge, MA

Apr 25, 2pm

Buddhist Sculpture Contemporary Art Forum
Victoria and Albert Museum
Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Gallery
London, England

May 3

SkowheganTALKS presents a dialog between artists Sanford Biggers and Paul Pfeiffer
PS1 Contemporary Art Center
New York, NY

Mar 6, 7pm

Anderson Ranch
Snowmass, CO

Mar. 3

Subjective Histories of Sculpture
The Sculpture lecture series presents
Sanford Biggers
Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School
New York, NY

RECENT PERFORMANCES

2010

Mar 3

Forum Lounge: Sanford Biggers, with special guests Gamelan Sinar Surya and DJ Jahi Sundance
Contemporary Arts Forum
Santa Barbara, CA

2009

Nov 18

Stranger Fruit, featuring Sumie Kaneko (koto), KeyChange, and Imani Uzuri
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA