Collier Schorr
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Reaching
(H.T.), 2002-2005 Ink jet on seamless vinyl 10’ x 28’ Reaching (H.T.) is an image of a wrestler stretching on a mat. The artist spent several months profiling American high school and collegiate wrestling teams investigating their activities, maneuvers and rituals that evoke a somewhat nostalgic sense of masculinity. |
Born
1963
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
1986 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Selected solo exhibitions include: Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway (2004); 303 Gallery, New York, NY (2004, 2001, 1999, 1997, 1994, 1993, 1991, 1990); Modern Art, London, UK (2004); Consorcio Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain (2002); Emily Tsingou Gallery, London, UK (2000); Georg Kargl, Vienna, Austria (1999); Archipelago: New Rooms, Stockholm Kultur 98, Stockholm, Sweden (1998); Galerie Drantmann, Brussels, Belgium (1997, 1995), and Standard Graphik, Koln, Germany (1990).
During the past 15 years Collier has exhibited in numerous national and international group exhibitions including: Seeing Double: Encounters with Warhol, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA (2005); Opportunity and Regret, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria, (2004); Open House – Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY (2004); Terror Chic, Spruth Magers, Munich, Germany (2003); Strangers, Triennial of the International Center of Photography, International Center of Photography, New York, NY (2003); Attack! Art and War in Times of the Media, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria (2003); The Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (2002); American Tableaux, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (2001); Uniform: Order and Disorder, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY (2001); Settings and Players: Theatrical Ambiguity in American Photography, White Cube, London, UK (2001); Photography Now: An International Survey of Contemporary Photography, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA (2000); Prepared, Georg Kargl Gallery, Vienna, Austria (2000); Foul Play, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY (1999); From the Corner of the Eye, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL (1998); Inbetweener, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, Scotland (1996); Ideal Standard Life, Spiral Wacaol Art Center, Tokyo, Japan (1996); Images of Masculinity, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK (1995); La Belle et la Bete, Musee d’Art de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (1995); Bespoke, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (1994); Uber Leben, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany (1993); Fall From Fashion, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT (1993); The Edge of Childhood, Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY (1992); When Objects Dream and Talk in their Sleep, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY (1991); and Commitment, The Power Plant, Toronto, ON (1990).