Chuck Close

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Self Portrait, 2004, complete set of 4 holograms
edition of 25, 11 x 14 1/8", signed and numbered

Chuck Close biography

BORN: Monroe, WA; July 5, 1940

EDUCATION: University of Washington, Seattle, WA, BA, 1958-60; BFA, 1962; Yale University Summer School, Norfolk CT, Music & Art, 1961; Yale University, School of Art & Architecture, New Haven, CT, MFA, 1964; Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria, 1964-65

TEACHING: Instructor, University of Massachusetts School of Art, Amherst, MA, 1965-67; Instructor, School of Visual Arts, NY, 1967-71, Instructor, New York University, NY, 1970-73

AWARDS: Fulbright Fellowship Grant, 1964-65, National Endowment for the Arts Grant, 1973; Infinity Award, International Center of Photography, NY, 1990; American Academy & Institute of Arts & Letter Award, 1991; New York State Governor's Arts Award, 1997

RECENT EXHIBITIONS: Museum of Modern Art, NY, 1998; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, 2000; Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC, 1998; Seattle Art Museum, WA, 2000; Eastern Connecticut State University, Akus Gallery, Willimantic, CT, 2000; Tampa Museum of Art, FL; University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY, 2000; Art Institute of Boston, MA, 2000; Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY, 2000; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, 2000; Akron Art Museum, OH, 2000; Sunrise Museum, Charleston, WV, 2000; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO, 2000; Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, CO, 2000; University of Tennessee, C. Kermit Ewing Gallery, Knoxville, TN, 2000; Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA, 2000

COLLECTIONS: Museum of Modern Art, NY; Whitney Museum of American Art, NY; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Neue Gallerie, Aachen, Germany; National Art Gallery, ON, Canada; Museum of Contemporary Art, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Oberlin College, OH


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