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1965
Born Bronx, New York
Currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California
EDUCATION
1996
MFA, Art and Film, California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, CA)
1995
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (Skowhegan, ME)
1987
BFA, Art, State University of New York at Purchase (Purchase, NY)
1986
Junior Semester Abroad, Tyler School of Art in Rome (Rome, Italy)
1985
Junior Semester Abroad, State University of New York College at Buffalo in Siena (Siena, Italy)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2009
Ingrid Calame: Step on a Crack, Break Your Mother's Back, Frith Street Gallery, London, England
Ingrid Calame, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Ingrid Calame, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2008
Ingrid Calame, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Ingrid Calame, Galerie Schmidt Maczollek, Cologne, Germany
2007
Ingrid Calame: Traces of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Forefront Series, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Constellations, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Ramp Project: Ingrid Calame, Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2005
Ingrid Calame: New Drawings, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
Ingrid Calame, pkm, Seoul, Korea
2004
Ingrid Calame, Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne, Germany
Secular Response 2A.R, Kunsteverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany
2003
Secular Response 2A.M, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Ingrid Calame, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
2002
Ingrid Calame, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Vvwpt? Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne, Germany
2001
Ingrid Calame:Paintings, Il Capricorno, Venice, Italy
2000
Ingrid Calame: Paintings, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Twlsptptpptptsl... Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Ch-B-dd, ch-B-dd, ch-B-dd, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland
1999
Ingrid Calame, Il Capricorno, Venice, Italy
Ingrid Calame, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998
Ingrid Calame, Galerie Rolf Ricke (Cologne, Germany)
Ingrid Calame, Rosamond Felson Gallery, curated by Steven Hull (Los Angeles, CA)
1997
Poonk FOOP, Four Walls, San Fransisco, CA
Spalunk..., POST, Los Angeles, CA
1995
KAPOW!, Michael Beauchemin Gallery, Boston, MA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
With You I Want to Live: An Exhibition of Paintings, Sculpture and Photographs from
the Collection of Gordon Locksley + George T. Shea and Francie Bishop Good + David Horvitz, Museum of Art: Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2008
Wall Rockets: Contemporary Artists and Ed Ruscha, The Flag Art Foundation, New York, NY
Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flânerie, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
2007
Lust for Life: The Ricke Collection, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
New Directions in American Drawing, The Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA, traveled to Jepson Center for the Arts, and Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
Landscape at the Limit, curated by Jonathan Stuhlman, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Cosmologies, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
2006
About Painting, Paraplufabriek, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Drawings, Frith Street Gallery, London, England
2005
Swing Space: Wall Works, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Contemporary American Art from Misumi Collection, Tottori Prefectural Museum, Tottori, Japan
Extreme Abstraction, Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Around About Abstraction, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Curb Appeal, the Confederate Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Sweet Temptations, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
2004
Topographies, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Painting Identities, Galerie Pilar Parra, Madrid, Spain
Ingrid Calame, Mathilde ter Heijne, Jörg Wagner, Kunsteverein Hannover (Hannover, Germany)
2003
Crosscurrents at Century's End, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Painting, Four Propositions, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Painting Pictures, Malerei und Medien im digitalen Zeitalter, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Schokolade was denn sonst, sammlung rolf ricke, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Germany
2002
Einfach Kunst, Sammlung Rolf Ricke, Neues Museum, Staatliches Museum fur Kunst und Design in Nurnberg, Nurenberg, Germany
Officina America, Galleria d'Arte Moderna – Instituzione del Comune di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Painting Matter, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
2001
Künstlerräume/Sammlerräume, Kunstverein St. Gallen Kunstmuseum, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Wallworks: Ingrid Calame and Paul Morrison, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
Drawings, Frith Street Gallery, London, England
2000
Whitney Biennial 2000, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Glee, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT, traveled to Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, FL
Painting as Memory – the Memory of Painting, Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
C.O.L.A. 2000, UCLA/Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Der Abgelenkte Blick Malerei, Helmhaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Body of Painting-Günter Umberg, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
1999
Colour Me Blind! Malerei in Zeiten von Computergame und Comic, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
Color Volume, Kunstallen Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, Denmark
Negotiating Small Truths, Jack S. Blanton Museum of Fine Arts, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Drawing, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London, England
Fact or Fiction: New York, Galleria in ARCO, Turin, Italy
Postmark: An Abstract Effect, SITE Santa Fe, Sante Fe, NM
The Orange County Biennial, Orange County Museum, Orange County, CA
1998
Selections Winter '98, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Painting from Another Planet, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Abstract Painting Once Removed, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX, traveled to the Kemper Museum, Kansas City, MO
Painting Language, LA Louver, Venice, CA
Hot RRRod - Eine Kunstausstellung, Forum Stadtpark (Graz, Austria)
1997
Spot Making Sense, curated by David Pagel, Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO
Recent Pictures, ACME, Los Angeles, CA
1996
Some Dumb Fun, curated by David Pagel, Jessie Metcalf Art Gallery, University of Nevada - Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2008
Artist-in-Residence, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2007
Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Artist Residency, Lake Como, Italy, declined
2000
Triangle Workshop 2000, the World Trade Center, New York, NY
1999
City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Fellowship Award, Cultural Affairs Department, Los Angeles, CA
1992 - 1996
Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, United States Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
1996
Grammy Nominee, Music Video Long Form, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles, CA
1995
Boone Family Trust Grant, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Eastman Kodak Product Grant, Eastman Kodak Co., Los Angeles, CA
1994
Dorland Artist Colony, Temecula, CA
1990
Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2007
Constellations (exhibition catalogue). New York: James Cohan Gallery, 2007. Essays by Karen Lang and Pepe Karmel.
Colman, David, "Ingrid Calame," Elle Décor, May 2007, Issue no. 156, pp 20, 80, 82 (color photos)
2006
Schaffner, Ingrid, "ICA Ramp Projects: Ingrid Calame", Institute for Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, January 21-March 26, 2006 (color photos)
2005
Colpitt, Frances, "Dumb Painting: The End of Representation", Artlies, Number 47, Summer 2005, pp 14-19 (photo)
Contemporary Voice: The Contemporary American Art From Misumi Collection, Tottori
Park, Se Na, Privilege, November 2005, pp 134-135 (color photos)
Maine, Stephen, 'Ingrid Calame', art on paper, July/August 2005, Vol 9, No 6, p 67
2004
Engler, Martin, "The Street as a Puzzle or the Sea-pieces of Monsieur Bartlebooth", Ingrid Calame, Mathilde ter Heijne, Jörg Wagner (exhibition catalogue), Kunstverien Hannover, Hannover, Germany, July 2004, pp 9-72 (color photos)
Krajewski, Michael, " Köln: Ingrid Calame in der Galerie Rolf Ricke", Kunst-Bulletin, Vol 9, June 2004, Luzern, P 55 (photo)
Nichols, Matthew Guy, "Ingrid Calame at James Cohan Gallery," Art in America, No 2, February 2004, p 120 (color photo)
Schwabsky, Barry, "Ingrid Calame, James Cohan Gallery", ARTFORUM, Vol XLII, No 6, February 2004, p 150 (photo)
2003
Crosscurrents at Century's End, (exhibition catalogue), Neuberger Berman, New York, NY, 2003, pp 8, 24-25, (color photos)
Lutgens, Annelie, "Painting Pictures: Painting and Media in the Digital Age", Kunst Museum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany, exhibition catalogue, p15 (color photos pp 84, 116, 147, 175)
Moos, David, "Ingrid Calame: NYSE," Art Papers, Atlanta, GA, Nov/Dec 2003, pp 22-27 (cover, color photos)
Platow, Raphaela, "Painting4", (exhibition catalogue), Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 2003 (color photos)
Reed, John, "Critics' Picks: Ingrid Calame", artforum.com, October 2003 (color photo)
2002
Frank, Peter, "Art Picks of the Week", LA Weekly, Los Angeles, CA, April 12-18, 2002
2001
American Visionaries, Selections From the Whitney Museum of American Art,
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, 2001
Kimmelman, Michael, "In a Cheerful Groove…", New York Times, New York, December 28, 2001, pp E41,43
Roos, Von Renate, "Gelenkter Zufall", Stadtanzeiger, Cologne, Germany, July 6, 2001
Savaris, Marta, "Ingrid Calame-review", FlashArt, Milan, Italy, December 2001-January 2002, pp 96-97 (photo)
Williams, Alena, "Ingrid Calame at Karyn Lovegrove Gallery - review", tema celeste, Milan, Italy, January-February, 2001, p 96 (color photo)
2000
Body of Painting - Gunter Umberg with Pictures from Cologne-based Collections (exhibition catalogue), Museum Ludwig Koln, Cologne, Germany, July 2000, p 160 (color photo)
Knight, Christopher, "Catching the "Next Wave" of Painters", Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA, June 20, 2000, pp F1, F8 (photo)
Lumpkin, Libby, Ingrid Calame (monograph) Deitch Projects, New York, NY, April, 2000 (color photos)
Marriner, Robin, "LA Law", Contemporary Visual Arts, New York, NY, Issue 32, pp 36-41 (color photo)
1999
Christofori, Ralf, "Blind Copy 2", Colour Me Blind! Malerei in Zeiten von Computergame und Comic (exhibition catalogue), Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany, pp 28-9
Hess, Barbara, "Ingrid Calame at Rolf Ricke", Flash Art, Milan, Italy, Vol XXXII, No 204, January - February 1999, pp 101-2
Knight, Christopher, "Post-Boomers Spearhead the Boom", The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA, April 4, 1999, p F5
Rinder, Lawrence, twistfoldlayerflake (exhibition catalogue), California College of Arts and Crafts Institute, Oakland, CA, January 1999 (color photo)
Scarborough, James, "Ingrid Calame", Art & Text, Los Angeles, CA, No 66, Summer, 1999, pp 6 – 7 (photo)
1998
Friis-Hansen, Dana, "Ingrid Calame", Abstract Painting Once Removed (exhibition catalogue), Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX, 1998, p 50 (color photo)
Krajewski, Michael, "Ingrid Calame in der Galerie Rolf Ricke", Kunst Bulletin, Cologne, Germany, December, 1998, p 39 (photo)
Pagel, David, "Visual Stimulation in L.A.", Flash Art, Milan, Italy, Vol XXXI, No 201, Summer, 1998, pp 118-9 (photo)
Relyea, Lane, "Virtually Formal", ARTFORUM, New York, NY, Vol XXXVII, No 1,September 1998, p 126 (color photo)
1997
Hickey, Dave, "Top Ten x 12, The Year in Review", ARTFORUM, New York, NY, Vol XXXVI, No 4, December, 1997, p 87
Iannaccone, Carmine, "Ingrid Calame", Art Issues, Los Angeles, No. 50, November/December, 1997,p 41 (photo)
Pagel, David, "Editor's Choice: Art", BOMB, New York, NY, Spring, 1997, p 17 (photo)
SELECTED WRITINGS AND PUBLICATIONS
"Rolf + Ingrid = 4-Ever," contribution to Lust for Life: The Ricke Collection (exhibition catalogue), Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein, September 2007
Contribution to M/E/A/N/I/N/G Online #4, Feminist Forum 2007, February 2007,
http://writing.upenn.edu/pepc/meaning/04/index.html
Review of Sol Lewitt, Art issues, No. 70, Los Angeles, CA, November/December 2001
Review of Heidi Kidon, Art issues, No. 69, Los Angeles, CA, September/October 2001
Review of Brad Spence, Art issues, No. 59, Los Angeles, CA, September/October, 1999
Review of David Reed, Art issues, No. 56, Los Angeles, CA, January/February, 1999
Review of Liz Larner, Art issues, No. 54, Los Angeles, CA, September/October, 1998
Review of Sharon Lockhart, LA Weekly, Los Angeles, CA, March 13-19, 1998
Review of Tom of Finland, Zing Magazine, New York, NY
Catalogue Essay: "Come Rollick With the Queen",Nancy Davidson, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, July, 1997
Review of Jennifer Pastor, Flash Art, No. 194, Milan, Italy, May/June, 1997
Review of Jessica Bronson, Flash Art, No. 193, Milan, Italy, March/April, 1997
Review of Rudolph Stingel, Flash Art, No. 192, Milan, Italy, January/February, 1997
Review of Hall of Mirrors, Flash Art, No. 192, Milan, Italy, January/February, 1997
Review of Garden of Eden on Wheels, LA Weekly, No. 51, Los Angeles, CA, Vol. 18, November 15-29, 1996
Review of Charles Garabedian, Art issues, No. 45, Los Angeles, CA, November/December, 1996
Review of Ann Chamberlin, Art issues, No. 44, Los Angeles, CA, September/October, 1996
Review of Lydia Dona, Art issues, No. 40, Los Angeles, CA, November/December, 1995
Review of Hilja Keading, Art Issues, No. 38, Los Angeles, CA, May/June, 1995
Review of Toba Khedoori, Art Issues, No. 37, Los Angeles, CA, March/April, 1995
SELECTED PUBLIC & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
AXA (Cologne, Germany)
American Express (New York, NY)
Creative Artists Agency (Los Angeles, CA)
Jumex Foundation (Mexico City, Mexico)
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen (St. Gallen, Switzerland)
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, CA)
Misumi Collection (Tokyo, Japan)
Museum of Fine Arts Houston (Houston, TX)
Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY)
National Art Gallery (Bangkok, Thailand)
Neuberger Berman,LLC (New York, NY)
Progressive Corporation (Mayfield Village, OH)
Sammlung-Goetz Collection (Munich, Germany)
Samsung Collection (Seoul, Korea)
SunAmerica - Eli Broad Foundation (Santa Monica, CA)
United Bank of Switzerland Hong Kong (Central, Hong Kong)
Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY)
Utah Museum of Fine Arts (Salt Lake City, UT)