Artists

Wardell Milan


B. 1977, Tennessee

Artist Bio

EDUCATION
2004
M.F.A., Photography, Yale University, New Haven

2001
B.F.A., Photography and Painting, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
The Charming Hour, David Nolan Gallery, New York

2014
(Show Untitled) Parisian Landscapes, Osmos Gallery, New York

2013
Kingdom or Exile: Parisian Landscapes, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah

2012
A Series of Inspiring Women, Louis B. James Gallery, New York

2011
On Beauty, Annarumma 404 Gallery, Naples

2010
Landscapes! Romance, Rottenness, Clough-Hanson Gallery, Rhodes College, Memphis

2009
Landscapes! Romance, Recession, and Rottenness, Taxter and Spengemann Gallery, New York
Wardell Milan: Drawings of Harlem, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York

2008
Hercules and The Love Affair, Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis Power!, Testosterone! They looked ferocious with heavy sexual overtones, Taxter and Spengemann Gallery, New York

2006
Sampson Projects, Boston

2005
Taxter and Spengemann Gallery, New York


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
The Confident Line: George Grosz, Wardell Milan, Andy Warhol, David Nolan Gallery, New York

2014
Three thousand times, each hour, a different terrain: Titus Kaphar, Wardell Milan, Demetrius Oliver, Inman Gallery, Houston

2013
Body Language, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
Worm Hole, Louis B. James Gallery, New York
Glitter & Folds, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia

2012
Long Shadows, Inman Gallery, Houston
POSE/RE-POSE, Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia

2011
The Bearden Project, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
Elizabeth Catlett: Roundtable Remix, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York
Mixed Signals, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
Don't Get High On Your Own Supply, David Castillo Gallery, Miami

2010
Quadruple-Consciousness, Vox Populi, Philadelphia
Looking Back: The Fifth White Columns Annual Group Show, White Columns, New York
Roundabout, City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand

2009
Time – Life, Taxter and Spengemann Gallery, New York
Collected. Propositions on the Permanent Collection, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
I Do if for My People, The Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco

2007
Wardell Milan & Kalup Linzy, Context Gallery, Londonderry, Ireland
Blur, Arndt and Partner Gallery, Berlin
Midnight's Daydream, Studio Museum Artist In Residence Show, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York

2006
The Searchers, White Box, New York (Curated by Patricia Maloney)
Queens International 2006, Queens Museum of Art, New York
Black Alphabet, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
Being There, Ingalls & Associates, Miami
25 Bold Moves, House of Campari, New York

2005
Frequency, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
Being There, Cuchifritos, New York
Super Sonic, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica
La Beauté de l'Enfer, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels
Greater New York, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York

2004
Homemade World, Reconstructed Images in Photograph, Rush Arts Gallery, New York
Notorious Impropriety, Samson Projects, Boston
Skillz, Ingalls & Associates, Miami

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS & RESIDENCIES
2014
Grant, Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FAC), New York

2011
Traveling Grant, Art Matters, New York

2010-11
Artist in Residence, Lower East Side Printshop, New York

2007
The Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, New York
Artist in Residence, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York

2003
Artist in Residence, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Denver Art Museum, Colorado
The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey
Hessel Museum Bard College, Annandale-­‐on-­‐Hudson
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Art Institute of Chicago

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