short biography

Rodney Graham (b. 1949, Matsqui/Abbotsford, Canada; d. 2022, Vancouver) was a conceptual artist, actor, performer, historian, poet and musician who worked with systems of citation, reference, and adaptation. Graham slipped into different roles and characters to examine and to reveal certain structures of the complexities of Western culture. In 1997, Graham represented Canada at the 47th Venice Biennale, where he showed the film work "Vexation Island". Graham studied art history at the University of British Columbia and at the Simon Fraser University.

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collection/s

ARCO Foundation Collection Centre Pompidou Paris DZ BANK Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt Ellipse Foundation Art Centre, Alcoitao FRAC Grand Large - Hauts-de-France, Dunkirk FRAC Normandie Rouen Fondazione Morra Greco, Naples Fotomuseum Winterthur Frac Bretagne, Rennes Frac Centre-Val de Loire, Orleans Frac Champagne-Ardenne, Reims Frac Poitou-Charentes, Angoulême Frac Provence-Alpes-Côte d´Azur, Marseille ° Herbert Foundation, Ghent Institut d´art contemporain / Frac Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne K20/K21 - Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen ' Kunstmuseen Krefeld MAC Musée d´Art Contemporain, Marseille . MACBA Barcelona ' MOMA - The Museum of Modern Art, New York MUDAM Musée d´Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxemburg Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art MuHKA - Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp ' Museum der Moderne Salzburg / Rupertinum National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Oakville Galleries, Oakville REINKINGPROJEKTE Hamburg Rennie Collection, Vancouver S.M.A.K. Ghent Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Tate Collection Vancouver Art Gallery
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galleries

303 Gallery, New York HAUSER & WIRTH Hong Kong HAUSER & WIRTH London HAUSER & WIRTH Los Angeles HAUSER & WIRTH New York HAUSER & WIRTH Somerset HAUSER & WIRTH Zürich Johnen Galerie, Berlin Lisson Gallery, London Lisson Gallery, New York Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp Peter Freeman, Paris Rüdiger Schöttle, München
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