Tony Tasset is an American

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. His works consists mainly of video, bronze, wax, sculpture, photography, film, and

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. He has had exhibitions in

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, and

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.Lautman, Victoria, “Artists in Demand-Starving They’re not. In fact, These Young Artists Can’t Work Fast enough to please their Patrons.” Chicago Tribune May 4, 1988. Web. 13 October 2009. Tasset was born in

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. He received his BFA from The

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, and his MFA from The

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(1985). In 1986, 13 pieces of his art were purchased by two New York

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s at the Chicago Art Expo. Tasset received an Award in Visual Arts along with $15,000 cash in 1989. He was also awarded the

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in 2006 and The Louis Comfort Tiffany Award. He is an art professor at the

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and is married to the painter Judy Ledgerwood.

Solo exhibitions

* 2007 Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO * 2003 University Galleries at

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, Normal, IL * 2002 Feigen Contemporary,

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, NY * 2001 Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA and Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, Illinois * 2000 Feigen Contemporary, New York City, NY * 1998 Institute of Visual Arts,

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* 1997 Feigen Contemporary, New York City, NY * 1993 Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL * 1992 Galeri Pedro Oliveira,

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* 1991 Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL * 1989 Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL

Selected exhibitions and group shows

* 2009 Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin TX * 2008 Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL; Muse’e d’ art contemporain de Montreal,

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QC; Museum of Contemporary Art-Chicago, IL; Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA * 2007 Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL; Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL * 2006 KW Institute for Contemporary Art,

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; Ubu Gallery, New York City, NY; P.S.I. Contemporary Art Center,

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; * Istanbul Museum of Modern Art,

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* 2005 The

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at The

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, Chicago, IL - ''

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''Tony Tasset at the Renaissance Society
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* 2002 Museum of Contemporary Art-Chicago, Chicago, IL * 2000 Feigen Contemporary, New York City, NY; Centre d’art Contemporain, Fribourg; Center for Curatorial Studies Annadale-on Hudson, NY; The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH * 1999 Luckman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Centre d’ Art Neuchatel, Neuchatel, Switzerland; Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany; Camerawork, London England; New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA * 1998 Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porta; University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI * 1997 Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Alberta, Canada; Kolnischer Kunstverein Cologne, Germany; Feigen Contemporary, New York City, NY; Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA * 1996 Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; Manfred Baumgartner Gallery, Washington, DC; Plug-In Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Museum of Contemporary Art-Chicago, Chicago, IL; The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Ubu Gallery, New York City, NY * 1995-1994 Exit Art, New York, NY; Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; Museum of Contemporary Art-Chicago, Chicago, IL; Feature Inc., New York City, NY * 1993 Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH * 1992 Galleria Pedro Oliveira Porta, Portugal; Shedhalle, Zurich, Switzerland * 1988 Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA * 1987 Karsten Schubert, Ltd. London, England * 1985 Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL

Awards and honors

* The John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship Award * The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award * The Visual Artists Award, the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, N.C.

References

External links

Tony Tasset
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