Darren Bader (Bridgeport, CT, 1978) lives and works in New York. Solo shows of his work held in institutions include (@mined_oud) Madre, Naples, (2017–2018);_ Meaning and Difference_, The Power Station, Dallas (2017);_ Reading Writing Arithmetic_, Radio Athènes-Institute for the advancement of contemporary visual culture, Athens (2015);_ Where Is a Bicycle’s Vagina (and Other Inquiries) or Around the Samovar, 1857_, Oslo (2012);_ Images_, MoMA-PS1, New York (2012). Awarded the Calder Prize in 2013, Bader has taken part in numerous group exhibitions and biennials including the following: 13éme Biennale de Lyon. La vie moderne, Lyon (2015);_ Under the Clouds: From Paranoia to the Digital Sublime_, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto (2015); The Whitney Biennial, The Whitney Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (2014);_ Antigrazioso_, Palais de Tokyo, Parigi (2013);_ Something About a Tree_, FLAG Foundation, New York (2013);_ Empire State_, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome (2013);_ Oh, you mean cellophane and all that crap_, The Calder Foundation, New York (2012);_ Greater New York_, MoMA-PS1, New York (2010)
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