Christian Marclay

San Rafael, California, 1955 -

BiographyBorn: 1955 San Rafael, California
Lives and works in London and New York City
Studies:
1975-1977 Geneva, Switzerland, Ecole Supérieure d'Art Visuel.
1977-1980 Boston Massachusetts College of Art, Bachelor of Fine Arts.
1978 Cooper Union in New York exchange student program.
Awards
2008 The Kitchen Spring Gala Benefit, Honoring Christian Marclay, New York, NY (5/21/08)
2003 Foundation for the Graphic Arts in Switzerland.
Selected One-Person Exhibitions
2009 “Video Quartet,” Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, NC (5/7-7/26/09)
2008 Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland (6/25-9/14/08)
“Christian Marclay,” Galerie Art & Essai, Université de Rennes 2 Haute-Bretagne, Rennes,
France (5/8 – 6/17/08)
“Christian Marclay: Stereo,” Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco (5/1-6/28/08)
2007 “Screenplay,” The Wire 25, London, England (11/22/07)
“Christian Marclay,” Michael Benevento, Lost Angeles, CA (11/3-12/8/07)
“Christian Marclay, The Sounds of Christmas,” Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva,
Switzerland (12/11-12/23/07, 12/19/07)
“Up and Out,” ARTPROJX and White Cube, Prince Charles Cinema, London, England – October
13, 2007.
“Up and Out,” Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY (10/26 – 10/28/07)
“Christian Marclay,” Woodruff Arts Center and The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA – September
19, 2007.
“Video Quartet,” Western Bridge, Seattle, WA, January 13 – May 5, 2007.
“Replay,” Cité de la Musique, Paris, France, March 8 – 24 July, 2007, exhibition catalogue;
travelling to DA2 (Domus Artium 2002), Salamanca, Spain (10/2-12/2/07); ACMI
(Australian Centre for the Moving Image), Melbourne, Australia (11/13/07 – 12/31/07)
“Crossfire,” White Cube, London, UK, February 1– March 3, 2007.
2006 “Christian Marclay: The Electric Chair,” Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY, October 6 –
November 4, 2006.
“The Bell and the Glass,” Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, April 1 – July 2, 2006.
“Mixed Reviews (American Sign Language),” MIT List Visual Art Center, Cambridge, MA, January
14 – March 17, 2006.
2005 “Shake, Rattle and Roll (Fluxmix),” Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY, January
8 - February 5, 2005.
“Christian Marclay,” Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France, September 10 – October 20, 2005.
“Video Score,” Eyebeam, New York, NY, November 11, 2005

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