biografía de Glenn LIGON (1960)
Personal data
Birth : 1960 - Bronx, New York NY New York, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States
Address
New York NY New York, United StatesRepresentatives
D’Amelio Terras – 525 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States
Education
RISD Rhode Island School of Design – Two College Street – Providence RI, United States
Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program – 100 Lafayette Street – New York NY, United States
1982 : Wesleyan University – Wesleyan Station – Middletown CT, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Acrylic - Mixed media - Oil 
Print-Multiple : 
Drawing-Watercolor : Gouache - Pencil Works
| Malcom X, Sun, Frederick Douglass, Boy with Bubbles (Version 2) #2 | |
| Date of creation : 2001 Medium : Mixed media Materials : oil Process : screen print Supports : canvas Size : 244 x 183 cm | |
| Boy on Tire (version 1) #1 | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : Mixed media Materials : grease pencil Process : screen print Supports : canvas Size : 122 x 91 cm | |
| Malcom X (version 1 ) # 1 | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : Mixed media Materials : painting Process : screen print Supports : canvas Size : 244 x 183 cm | |
| Dad (version 1 ) # 1 | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : Mixed media Materials : oil Process : screen print Supports : canvas Size : 122 x 91 cm | |
| The Letter C (version 1) # 1 | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : Mixed media Materials : oil Process : screen print Supports : canvas Size : 122 x 91 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2006
Galerie Yvon Lambert – Paris, France
02/04/2006 – 03/11/2006
2005
Some Changes
The Power Plant – Toronto ON, Canada
06/25/2005 – 09/05/2005
2003
Going There
D’Amelio Terras – New York NY, United States
11/08/2003 – 12/23/2003
2002
Anthony Meier Fine Arts – San Francisco CA, United States
01/2002
2001
Colored
D’Amelio Terras – New York NY, United States
2001
Portraits and Not Portraits
Kunstverein München – Munich, Germany
08/15/2001 – 10/07/2001
Glenn Ligon : to Disembark
Dia Center for the Arts – New York NY, United States
04/18/2001 – 06/23/2001
2000
Coloring : New York by Glenn Ligon
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
10/22/2000 – 02/11/2001
Artist-in-residence : Glenn Ligon
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
04/09/2000 – 09/28/2000
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Thomas Dane – 11 Duke Street – London, United Kingdom
2006
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Thomas Dane – 11 Duke Street – London, United Kingdom
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : D’Amelio Terras – 525 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : D’Amelio Terras – 525 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : D’Amelio Terras – 525 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : D’Amelio Terras – 525 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States
FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : D’Amelio Terras – 525 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : D’Amelio Terras – 525 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : D’Amelio Terras – 525 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : D’Amelio Terras – 525 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States
Group exhibitions
2003
On the Wall
Fabric Workshop and Museum – Philadelphia PA, United States
2003 – 2004
2002
Art Downtown
New York NY, United States
06/14/2002 – 09/15/2002
Documenta XI
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/08/2002 – 09/15/2002
Looking Forward, Looking Black
Baltimore Museum of Art – Baltimore MD, United States
02/06/2002 – 05/05/2002
2001
New to the Modern: Recent Acquisitions from the Department of Drawings
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
10/25/2001 – 01/08/2002
Works on paper from Acconci to Zittel
Victoria Miro Gallery – London, United Kingdom
2001
A Way with Words: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
01/19/2001 – 03/30/2001
2000
Man + Space – Kwangju Biennale, n° 3
Kwangju, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
03/29/2000 – 06/07/2000
1999
Life Cycles
Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig – Leipzig, Germany
10/23/1999 – 12/05/1999
1998
Roteiros – Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, n°24
Parque do Ibirapuera – São Paulo, Brazil
10/03/1998 – 12/13/1998
1997
Futuro, presente, passato – 47° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
06/15/1997 – 11/09/1997
1993
Byron Kim and Glenn Ligon
AC Project Room – New York NY, United States
1993
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Exhibition catalogues
2000
Man + Space Kwangju Biennale
Publisher: Kwangju Biennale Press – San 151-10 – Kwangju, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
2000
ISBN : 8987719049
Periodicals
2004
POLLACK Barbara – Glenn Ligon at D’Amelio Terras
in: Art in America p. 153
New York NY, United States
05/2004
2001
LEIGNIEL Anne – Matériaux de vie
in: Connaissance des Arts n° 585 p. 123
Paris, France
07/2001
1998
KOESTENBAUM Wayne – Best of 1998
in: Artforum
New York NY, United States
12/1998
1996
AUKEMAN Anastasia – Glenn Ligon at Max Protetch
in: Art in America
New York NY, United States
02/1996
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