Senga Nengudi

Inside/Outside, 1977–2004. Nylon mesh, rubber, and foam, 5 × 2 feet.
Courtesy the artist and Thomas Erben Gallery, New York

Installation view of From One Source Many Rivers, 2004. Sand, pigment, fossil, and tape. Courtesy the artist and Thomas Erben Gallery, New York

BIOGRAPHY

Born: Chicago, 1943
Resides: Colorado Springs
Education: California State University at Los Angeles (M.A., 1971); Waseda University, Tokyo (1966–67); California State University at Los Angeles (B.A., 1966)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2005
Thomas Erben Gallery, New York. Also 2003 and 2001.

2001
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs.

1981
Just Above Midtown Gallery, New York. Also 1977.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2005
“Clothesline: Art, Clothing, Identity,” Santa Fe Art Institute, New Mexico.
“Double Consciousness: Black Conceptual Art since 1970,” Contemporary Art Museum, Houston.

2004
“54th Carnegie International,” Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. Catalogue.
“Non Toccare la Donna Bianca,” Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino, Italy. Catalogue.

2002
“Parallels and Intersections: Art/Women/California, 1950–2000,” San Jose Museum of Art, California. Catalogue

2001
“Love Supreme,” La Criée Centre d’Art Contemporain, Rennes, France.

1998
“Out of Action: Between Performance and Object, 1949–1979,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

1997
“Resonances,” Galerie Art’O, Paris. Catalogue.

1996
“Now—Here,” Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark.

1993
“Artists Space—25th Anniversary Show,” Artists Space, New York.

1990
“Shaping the Spirit: The African-American Art of Charles Abramson, Senga Nengudi, and James Phillips,” Capp Street Project/AVT, Experimental Projects Gallery, San Francisco.

1989
“Art as a Verb: The Evolving Continuum,” Studio Museum in Harlem, New York. Catalogue.

Selected Bibliography

2005
Kerr, Merrily. “Laura Hoptman,” Contemporary 21 (number 77).
Olson, Kristina. “Pittsburgh Review—Carnegie International,” Art Papers (March–April).
Volk, Gregory. “Let’s Go Metaphysical,” Art in America (March).

2004
Bonami, Francesco. “Senga Nengudi’s Coherence,” Carnet Arte (June–July).
Cash, Stephanie. “Senga Nengudi at Thomas Erben,” Art in America (March).
Golden, Thelma. “Best of 2004,” Artforum (December).
Zabunyan, Elvan. Black is a Color: Une Histoire de l’Art Africain-Americain Contemporain. Paris: Editions Dis Voir.

2003
Dailey, Meghan. “Senga Nengudi—Thomas Erben Gallery,” Artforum (November).
Levin, Kim. “Stretch Marks: Rediscovering ‘Legendary’ Senga Nengudi,” Village Voice (October 15).

2002
Hammons, David. “Mood Swing,” Artforum (summer).

2001
Breerette, Genevieve. “Sept Plasticiens Afro-Americains Affirment Leur Identité à La Criée de Rennes,” Le Monde (May 16).
Michelon, Olivier. “My Favorite Things,” Le Journal Des Arts (France, April 27–May 10).

2000
Warr, Tracey, ed. The Artist’s Body. London: Phaidon Press.

1997
Odita, Donald. “The Unseen, Inside Out: The Life and Art of Senga Nengudi,” NKA—Journal of Contemporary African Art (summer–fall).
Powell, Richard J. World of Art Series: Black Art and Culture in the 20th Century. London: Thames
and Hudson.