Raque Ford

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Her Transformation Is Literally Unbelievable, 2017. Acrylic on polypropylene, 48 x 96 inches

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Carolyn, 2017. Installation view with detail. Steel chain, ball chain, butterfly bead, zip ties, and acrylic paint on polypropylene, dimensions variable

BIOGRAPHY

Born: Columbia, Maryland, 1986

Resides: Brooklyn, New York

Education: Rutgers University (M.F.A., 2013); Pratt Institute (B.F.A., 2010)

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

 

2017

“My Biggest Fan,” Capitol, San Francisco.

“con•fi•dence,” Williamson Knight, Portland, Oregon.

“Carolyn,” Shoot the Lobster, New York.

“It’s All About Me, Forget About You,” Species, Atlanta, Georgia.

 

2016

“Yours Truly Georgia Brown,” International Studio & Curatorial Program, Brooklyn.

 

2015

“That Which We Call a Rose by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet,” Soloway, Brooklyn.

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

2017

“Pratt Institute Survey Exhibition (Part II) See the Moon?,” DeKalb Hall Gallery, Brooklyn.

“A Shooting Star Is Not a Star,” Roberta Pelan, Toronto.

 

2016

“In Practice: Fantasy Can Invent Nothing New,” Sculpture Center, Long Island City, New York.

“A Pool Is Water,” Galerie Division, Montreal.

 

2015

“Room Service,” Motel, Brooklyn.

 

2014

“I Just Finished Eating a Hamburger,” McDonald’s Chinatown, New York.

“Absolutely Yours,” 321 Gallery, Brooklyn.

 

Selected Bibliography

 

2017

Camacho-Light, Christian. Staging (September).

Libin, Milah. Dizzy Magazine (April).

Webb, Nancy. “Raque Ford, Tiziana La Melia, Maryse Larivière, Athena Papadopoulos, Megan Rooney: A Pool Is Water,” C Magazine (Winter).


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