Glen LIGON
1960, USA

Education 1985 Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York, NY 1982 B.A., Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 1980 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI Awards 2006 Skowhegan Medal for Painting, New York, NY Academy Awards in Art, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY 2003 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, New York, NY 2001 DAAD, Berlin, Germany 1998 ArtPace International Artists-in-Residence Program, San Antonio, TX 1997 Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant 1994 Residency, Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Study Center, Bellagio Italy 1991 National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artist Fellowship, Painting 1990 Art Matters, Inc. Fellowship Dewar’s Young Artist’s Recognition Award 1989/90 P.S.1 National Studio Program, The Clocktower, New York 1989 National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artist Fellowship, Drawing 1982 National Endowment for the Arts, Curatorial Internship, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York

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