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Born in 1978, Berkeley, CA, USA
Lives and works in San Francisco, CA, USA
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Edcucation
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2006
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Master of Fine Arts, Stanford University, CA, USA |
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2002
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Bachelor of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, CA, USA |
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Solo and two person exhibitions
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2011
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Upcoming, Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Geneva, Switzerland |
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2010
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Indelible Whispers of the Sun, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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re-emergence, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA |
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2009
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1388, The Third Line, Dubai, UAE |
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A Breath of Air, Townsend Center for the Humanities, University of California Berkeley, CA |
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Hampah, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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2008
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Epic Verse, Community School of Music and Arts / Finn Center, Mountain View, CA |
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Descriptive Verse, FIFTY24SF Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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2007
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Ala Ebtekar, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA |
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Under The Indigo Dome, The Third Line, Dubai, UAE |
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2005
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Ala Ebtekar & Jeong-Im Yi, Lisa Dent Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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2006
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Emergence: Elements, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA |
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Emergence, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA |
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2004
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Elemental, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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2002
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In The Name of God: Works on Paper, Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA |
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Group exhibitions
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2009
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Out of Bounds: Art from the Collection of Driek and Michael Zirinsky, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA |
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Routes II, Waterhouse & Dodd, London, UK |
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Iran Inside Out, DePaul University Art Museum, Chicago, IL |
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Iran Inside Out, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY |
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Balla-Drama, Paradise Row, London, England |
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Summer 7, The Third Line, Doha, UAE |
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SELSELEH/ZELZELEH: Movers & Shakers in Contemporary Iranian Art, Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York, NY |
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San Francisco Art Institute Faculty & Alumni: A Thin Slice,Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA |
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Beautiful / Decay: A-Z, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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Faces and Letters: Through the Eyes of Collectors in Qatar, Gallery VCUQatar, Doha, Qatar |
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2008
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Conference of the Birds, Flawless Gallery, London, UK |
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Banned and Recovered: Artists Respond to Censorship, The San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA |
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Bay Area Now 5, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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Summer Solos 2008, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA |
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One way or Another: Asian American Art Now, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii |
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Pacific Light: California Watercolor Refracted 1907-2007, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skarhamn, Sweden |
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East of the West, SomArts, San Francisco, CA |
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The Alternative Philosophy, Leonard Street Gallery, London, UK |
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One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
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Make The Art You Need: The UC Berkeley Department of Art Faculty Show, Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California Berkeley, CA |
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2007
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The Diane and Sandy Besser Collection, De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA |
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One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA |
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Feel the Difference: Cultural Branding Remix, Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA |
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One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX |
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GRAPHIC: New Bay Area Drawing, di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA |
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2006
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2006 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA |
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California Calligraphy Summit: Cali/Graffi, Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA |
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10 Curatorial Perspectives, Haven Arts, Bronx, NY |
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One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now, Asia Society Museum, New York, NY |
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AsiaAlive, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA |
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2006 MFA Thesis Exhibition at the Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery |
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2005
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DoKa, La Condition Publique, Roubaix, France |
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Paper Cuts (again), Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo, CA |
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The Murphy and Cadogan Fellowship in the Fine Arts Exhibition, SF Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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rePresent, Oliver Art Center, CCA, Oakland, CA |
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CrossConnections: of Past and Present, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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2004
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A Look Forward and Back: Gallery 16s Ten Year Anniversary, Gallery 16, San Francisco CA |
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The Wild Bunch 2, THE ANNEX, New York, NY |
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State of the Nation, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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REBUS, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA |
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2003
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Global Elegies: Art and Ofrendas for the Dead, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA |
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Pachanga!, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA |
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War of the Worlds, in collaboration with Tim Rollins + KOS, White Box, New York, NY |
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Purple with Loves Wound, in collaboration with Tim Rollins + KOS, University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, VA |
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The Wild Bunch, THE ANNEX, New York, NY |
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Mark: Contemporary Drawings, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA |
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No War, The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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2002
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Emerging Bay Area Artists, San Francisco Design Center, San Francisco, CA |
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2001
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Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA |
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War: What is it Good For? Asian Resource Center Gallery, Oakland, CA |
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2000
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In collaboration with Tim Rollins + KOS The De Young Memorial Art Museum, San Francisco, CA |
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Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA |
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Four Artists, Blake Street Studio, Berkeley, CA |
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Artists Books, Walter/McBean Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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Bibliography
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2009
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Meredith, Emily, "Open to Interpretation" Khaleej Times, October 23 |
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Good, Oliver, "Bold Embellishments" The National, October 21 |
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Harouni, Shadi "Ala Ebtekar & Taravat Talepasand" THE Mag LA, June |
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Fischer, Jack, "All the Identities He Can Paint" Stanford Magazine, May/June |
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Vilayphonh, Catzie, Theme Magazine Issue 19, May/June |
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Nakasone, Marisa, "A Sampling SFAIs Visionary Alums at Baer Ridgway Exhibitions" Examinercom, May |
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Cheng, DeWitt, "Critics Choice: A Breath of Air" East Bay Express, May |
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Meredith, Emily, "Art Work Removed from Gallery" Khaleej Times, March 23 |
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Catching, Rebecca, "Art Dubai Buoyant Despite Crash and Clash" ARTINFO, March |
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2008 |
Chun, Kimberly, "Youre going to myth me, baby" San Francisco Bay Guardian, July 6 |
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Cheng, DeWitt, "We Are All Together" East Bay Express, July 2008 |
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Riggott, Julie, "Asian Art, by Way of Blondie" Los Angeles Downtown News, May 9 |
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Chun, Kimberly, "Ala Ebtekar," The SF Bay Guardian, January 30- February 5, |
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Kimball, Jill, "Past, meet the present" Palo Alto Weekly, September 5 |
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2007 |
Leong, Lisa, "One of These Things Is Not Like the Other" Asia Pacific Arts December |
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Bing, Alison, "One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now" Artweek December/January |
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Spicer, Jakki, "Boxed in" East Bay Express November 21 |
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Melrod, George, "Pulse" Art LTD September |
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Baker, Kenneth, San Francisco Chronicle August 11 |
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Swanhuyser, Hiya, "Ala King" SF Weekly August 8, |
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Carver, Antonia, "Amir H Fallah and Ala Ebtekar, Under the Indigo Dome" Bidoun |
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Klassen, Rebecca, "Featured Artist – Ala Ebtekar" Hyphen Issue 11 |
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Ascarelli, Brett, "Art Imitates Design" Bohemian January 31-February 6 |
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Mohammad, Arsalan, "Under The Indigo Dome (part 2)" Time Out: Dubai January 25-February 1 |
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Mohammad, Arsalan, "Under The Indigo Dome" Time Out: Dubai January 18-25 |
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Talebi, Niloufar, "Emergence of an Artist: Ala Ebtekar reassembles cultural legacy" Namak Spring |
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2006 |
Schmidt, Kirsten, "Poetic Vision and Abundant Culture" NY Arts September/October |
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Muchnic, Suzanne, "The states just a state of mind" Los Angeles Times October 7 |
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Patel, Vibhuti, "Insiders Looking Out" Newsweek October 2 |
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Budick, Ariella, "Ranging as far and wide as the Asian continent" Newsday September 22 |
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Kunitz, Daniel, "Defying The Definitive" The New York Sun September 14 |
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Berwick, Carly, "Stripteases, Sheiks, Sneakers Are Todays Asian-American Art" Bloomberg September 12 |
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Smith, Roberta, "A Mélange of Asian Roots and Shifting Identities" New York Times September 8 |
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Rios, Natalie, "From animal heads to Zoetropes" The Stanford Daily May 16 |
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KQED TV, "Artist Profile - Ala Ebtekar" KQED Spark May |
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Buuck, David, "Ala Ebtekar at the Richmond Art Center" Artweek April |
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2005 |
Deparis, Marie, "DoKa , cest tout de suite, à la Condition Publique" Art Contemporain (France) October |
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Mortaigne, Véronique, "Artistes dOrient au festival DoKa" Le Monde (France) September 22 |
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Esso, Jordan, "Paper Cuts (again) at Fetterly Gallery" Artweek Vol36 |
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Whiteside, Amber, "Ala Ebtekar" Sculpture Vol24, No3 |
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2004 |
Lidgus, Sarah, "Ala Ebtekar" Contemporary Issue 66 |
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Bing, Alison, "Elemental" Bidoun Fall |
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Buckner, Clark, "Elemental" Critics Choice: Art The SF Bay Guardian June 30 |
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Avila, Robert, "Eight Days a Week" The SF Bay Guardian June 16 |
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Snyder, Jason, Fourteen Hills: The SFSU Review Summer/Fall |
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Chlala, Youmna, "A Breath of Air" Eleven Eleven: CCA Literary Arts Journal Spring |
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Bing, Alison, "REBUS and Barry McGee at Gallery Paule Anglim" Artweek March |
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2003 |
Bing, Alison, "The Bigger Picture: Painting and Politics" Kitchen Sink Summer 2003 |
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Buuck, David, "Mark: Contemporary Drawings" Artweek July/August |
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Bing, Alison, "Mark: Contemporary Drawings" SF Gate 5/2003 |
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