Elizabeth Dee

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  • Education

  • 1990
  • Tyler School of Art, Temple University, M.F.A. Painting
  • 1990
  • Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Summer
  • 1984
  • School of Fine Arts, Washington University, B.F.A. Painting

  • Solo Exhibitions

  • 2010

  • Set Pieces, Curatorial project for Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia

  • 2010
  • Virgil Marti, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York
  • 2008
  • Ah! Sunflower, Visual Arts Center, Richmond
  • 2007
  • Virgil Marti/Pae White, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC
  • 2006
  • Crazy Quilt: Virgil Marti's Selected Works, The Design Center at Philadelphia University, Philadelphia
  • 2006
  • Green Winter, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York
  • 2005
  • Repeat Myself, Memphis College of Art, Memphis
  • 2004
  • Virgil Marti, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York
  • 2003
  • Grow Room, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica
  • 2003

  • The Flowers of Romance, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia

  • 2002
  • Grow Room, Participant, Inc., New York
  • 2001
  • Morris Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
  • 2001
  • Three Rivers Festival Gallery, Pittsburgh
  • 2000
  • Beer Can Library, Habitat, London
  • 2000
  • Couch, Points of Departure, Ardmore Station, Ardmore
  • 1999
  • Holly Solomon Gallery, New York
  • 1999
  • Ganser Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville
  • 1998
  • Hot Tub, Thread Waxing Space, New York
  • 1996
  • White Room: Virgil Marti, White Columns, New York
  • 1994
  • Fleisher Challenge #3, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia
  • 1992
  • Bully Wallpaper, Paley Gallery, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia

  • Group Exhibitions

  • 2011
  • The Jewel Thief, Frances Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs
  • 2010
  • The Graphic Unconscious, Philagrafika 2010, Philadelphia
  • 2009
  • Tristin Lowe, Virgil Marti, Peter Rose, Ryan Trecartin, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia
  • 2008
  • Perverted by Theater, apexart, New York
  • 2007
  • PostDec: Beyond Pattern and Decoration, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, West Hartford
  • 2007
  • Montreal Biennial, curated by Wayne Baerwaldt
  • 2006
  • Other Than Art, G Fine Art, Washington DC
  • 2006
  • Eye of the Beholder, Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit
  • 2005
  • This Hard, Gem-Like Flame, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas
  • 2005

  • The Nature of Things, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York

  • 2005
  • Group Show, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York
  • 2005
  • The Faux Show, Esther M. Klein Art Gallery, Philadelphia
  • 2005
  • The Very Early Pictures, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside
  • 2004
  • What's New, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam
  • 2004
  • Whitney Biennial 2004, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
  • 2004
  • Flowers Observed, Flowers Transformed, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburg
  • 2004
  • Social Studies, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • 2004
  • Heroes, Villains, and Average Joes, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn
  • 2003
  • NYPD, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica
  • 2003
  • Better Homes and Gardens, Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, State College
  • 2003
  • On the Wall: Wallpaper and Tableaux, Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia (catalog)
  • 2003
  • On the Wall, Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Providence (catalog)
  • 2003
  • School Is Out, Southfirst, Brooklyn
  • 2002
  • Imprint, The Print Center and various sites, Philadelphia
  • 2002
  • Love the One You're With, Vox Populi, Philadelphia
  • 2002
  • MATERIAL WORLD From Lichtenstein to Viola 25 Years of the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
  • 2002
  • Officina America, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
  • 2002
  • View Finder, Arnolfini, Bristol
  • 2001
  • All of My Heart, Arte e Personae/Gallery Hotel Art, Florence
  • 2001
  • Miss World 1972, Daniel Reich, New York
  • 2001
  • Philadelphia Selections 4: Brave/Smart, Levy Gallery, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia
  • 2001
  • Stand Fast Dick and Jane, The Project, Dublin
  • 2001

  • The Fabric Workshop & Museum, Philadelphie, au Centre d'Art Contemporain, Genève, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva

  • 2001
  • Works on Paper 2001, Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside
  • 2000
  • Biennial 2000, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington
  • 2000
  • Gardens of Pleasure, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan
  • 2000
  • Yard Sale, NYC Lab School, New York
  • 1999
  • Cardboard, Vinyl & Rhinestones (with Erika Yeomans & Taketo Shimada), Expo/Sure at the Downtown Arts Festival, New York
  • 1999
  • Gods and Monsters, McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute
  • 1999
  • Natural Dependency, Jerwood Gallery, London
  • 1998
  • Pop/Abstraction, Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
  • 1998
  • Works on Paper 1998, Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside
  • 1997
  • Apocalyptic Wallpaper, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus
  • 1997
  • Domestic Diversions, The Art Alliance, Philadelphia
  • 1997
  • Painted Words, Borowsky Gallery at the Gershman Y, Philadelphia
  • 1997
  • The Varieties of Religious Experience, The Painted Bride Gallery, Philadelphia
  • 1997
  • Verso, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia
  • 1996
  • Ars Botanica: Art and Nature, City Hall, Philadelphia
  • 1996
  • Biennial, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington
  • 1996
  • Complexity and Contradiction: Postmodernism in Philadelphia Photography, Paley Design Center, Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science, Philadelphia
  • 1996
  • Model Home, Clocktower Gallery, New York
  • 1996
  • Patterns of Excess, Beaver College, Glenside
  • 1996
  • PhotoWORKS, Nexus, Philadelphia
  • 1996
  • Social Register: Identity and Community in Philadelphia, Levy Gallery, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia
  • 1996
  • Works on Paper, Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside
  • 1996
  • You Talkin' to Me?, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
  • 1995
  • Faggots: A Communique from North America, Fundacion Rojas, University of Buenos Aires
  • 1995
  • Fake I.D., 88 Room, Boston
  • 1995
  • Objects & Souvenirs: Artist's Multiples, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia
  • 1995
  • Prison Sentences: The Prison as Site/The Prison as Subject, Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia
  • 1994
  • Al Dente, Golden Fine Art, New York
  • 1994
  • Color Theory, Vox Populi, Philadelphia
  • 1994
  • Les Objets D'Artistes (with Stuart Netsky), Marion Locks Gallery, Philadelphia
  • 1994
  • Material Concerns (with Stuart Netsky), Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn
  • 1993

  • A Few Fey Things (with Stuart Netsky), White Columns, New York

  • 1993

  • Dress Codes (with Stuart Netsky), Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

  • 1993

  • Shams (with Stuart Netsky), Southern Exposure at Project Artaud, San Francisco

  • 1992

  • Energy Made Visible, Larry Becker, Philadelphia

  • 1992

  • Gender Engendered, Community Education Center, Philadelphia

  • 1992

  • Not Working in L.A., Nomadic Site, Pasadena

  • 1992

  • Shams (with Stuart Netsky), The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia

  • 1992

  • The Temporal Image (with Stuart Netsky), Momenta Art at the S.S. White Building, Philadelphia

  • 1991

  • Biennial, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington

  • 1991

  • Drawing Show, West Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick

  • 1991

  • Found Ground, Levy Gallery, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia

  • 1990

  • Substitutions, Momenta Art Alternatives, Philadelphia

  • Honors and Awards

  • 2005
  • Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship
  • 2003
  • Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship
  • 1997
  • Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award
  • 1997
  • Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship
  • 1995
  • Pew Fellowship
  • 1995
  • Art Matters Fellowship

  • Public Collections

  • Art Resources Transfer, Inc.
  • Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
  • Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College
  • Fabric Workshop and Museum
  • New Museum of Contemporary Art
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art
  • Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Whitney Museum of American Art

  • Catalogues

  • 2004

  • Brian J. Sholis. In Whitney Biennial 2004. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art

  • 2003

  • Ingrid Schaffner. Virgil Marti: The Flowers of Romance. Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania

  • 2002

  • Shimmering Substance/ViewFinder. Bristol: Arnolfini

  • 2002

  • Officina America. Bologna: Galeria d'Arte Moderna

  • 2001

  • Sylvia Yount. Virgil Marti. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

  • 2001

  • Points of Departure: Art on the Line. Philadelphia: Main Line Art Center

  • 1997

  • Apocalyptic Wallpaper. Columbus: Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University

  • 1996

  • You Talkin' to Me? Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania

  • 1996

  • Patterns of Excess. Glenside: Beaver College Art Gallery, Beaver College

  • 1995

  • Prison Sentences: The Prison as Site/The Prison as Subject. Philadelphia: Moore College of Art and Design