biografía de Martin PURYEAR (1941)
Personal data
Birth : 1941 - Washington DC District of Columbia, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States
Address
Chicago IL Illinois, United StatesRepresentatives
Donald Young Gallery – 933 West Washington Boulevard – Chicago IL, United States
Education
1959 – 1963 : The Catholic University of America (BA) – Departement of Art Salve Regina Hall – Washington DC, United States
1966 – 1968 : Royal Academy of Art – Stockholm, Sweden
1969 – 1971 : Yale University (MFA) – 149 Elm Street – New Haven CT, United States
Professional data
Work and Life
1978:Puryear moved to Chicago IL, USA.
1964 – 1966:Puryear traveled to Sierra Leone, West Africa, with the Peace Corps, where he learned traditional techniques of wood craftsmanship from African carpenters.
Work
Categorie and medium
Sculpture-Volume : Works
| Vessel | |
| Date of creation : 1997-2002 Medium : Installation Size : 205 x 460 x 175 cm | |
| Seer | |
| Date of creation : 1984 Medium : Sculpture Materials : wood Process : painting Size : 78 x 52 x 45 inch | |
| Bodark Arc | |
| Date of creation : 1982 Medium : Sculpture | |
| Self | |
| Date of creation : 1978 Medium : Sculpture, wood Technical data : (red cedar) | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2002
Seattle Art Museum – Seattle WA, United States
2002
New Sculpture
McKee Gallery – New York NY, United States
04/25/2002 – 06/21/2002
2001
Sculpture of the 1900s
Berkeley Art Museum – Berkeley CA, United States
09/12/2001 – 01/13/2002
New Works
Traywick Gallery – Berkeley CA, United States
09/08/2001 – 10/13/2001
1997
Martin Puryear
Fundació la Caixa – Barcelona, Spain
1997
Donald Young Gallery – Seattle WA, United States
1997
1991
Martin Puryear
The Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago IL, United States
1991
1984
Martin Puryear
University Gallery – University of Massachusetts – Amherst MA, United States
1984
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2006
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Donald Young Gallery – Seattle WA, United States
2004
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : McKee Gallery – 745 Fifth Avenue – New York NY, United States
sf6 San Francisco International Art Exposition
Fort Mason – San Francisco CA, United States
01/16/2004 – 01/19/2004
Represented by : Paulson Press – 1313 Ninth Street – Berkeley CA, United States
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Donald Young Gallery – 933 West Washington Boulevard – Chicago IL, United States
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : McKee Gallery – 745 Fifth Avenue – 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 : Arion Press – The Presidio 1802 Hays Street – San Francisco CA, United States
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Donald Young Gallery – 933 West Washington Boulevard – Chicago IL, United States
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Donald Young Gallery – 933 West Washington Boulevard – Chicago IL, United States
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : McKee Gallery – 745 Fifth Avenue – 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 : Paulson Press – 1313 Ninth Street – Berkeley CA, 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 : Donald Young Gallery – 933 West Washington Boulevard – Chicago IL, United States
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : McKee Gallery – 745 Fifth Avenue – 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 : Donald Young Gallery – 933 West Washington Boulevard – Chicago IL, United States
1990
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Donald Young Gallery – 933 West Washington Boulevard – Chicago IL, United States
Group exhibitions
2003
New Prints
McKee Gallery – New York NY, United States
03/01/2003 – 03/29/2003
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
1998
Envisioning the Contemporary : Selections from the Permanent Collection
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago IL, United States
04/1998
1997
A Century of Sculpture: The Nasher Collection
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
02/07/1997 – 06/01/1997
1996
Art in Chicago: 1945-1995
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago IL, United States
1996
Abstraction in the Twentieth Century : total risk, freedom, discipline
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
1996
1991
Devil on the Stairs : Looking Back on the Eighties
ICA Institute of Contemporary Art – Philadelphia PA, United States
1991
1989
Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, n° 20
São Paulo, Brazil
1989
Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1989
1981
Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1981
1979
Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1979
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