Rhonda Zwillinger Brooklyn, New York 1950
The art of Ronda Zwillinger avoids any easy classification. It is inevitably part of the great American tradition of Pop art, realizing artworks which are actively committed in the dialogue with the popular culture. Her work has repeatedly aroused questioning about the way in which the political and sexual power was represented by mass media. Zwillinger is remembered as the “East Village artist” because she emerged in a particular historical moment in New York City. The East Village was a world of immediate art, a self-invented alternative by the art institution based on Soho of New York. Zwillinger carries with her the best spirit of that time, capable of simultaneously performing as a rigorous feminist and a seducer. She occupies a distinctive territory bearing distinction lines, keeping on producing that iconoclastic work which embarrasses the pleased elite.
Solo exhibitions
2001
Access Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada1998
Phoenix Gallery, New York, New York1997
Central London Arts-Drill Hall, London, Great BritainMoreau Galleries, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana
1996
Artspace Witzenhausen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands1993
Galerie Oz, Paris, France1991
Galerie Murnik, Milan, ItalyNevada Institute of Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, Nevada
1990
Exposorium Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsGalleria La Giarina, Verona, Italy
Galerie Murnik, Milan, Italy
Moderne Museum, Ostende, Belgium
1989
Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York, New YorkMuseum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Met Kruithuis, Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
1988
Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CaliforniaGracie Mansion Gallery, New York, New York
1987
Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York, New YorkGalerie Kaess-Weiss, Stuttgart, Germany
1986
Galerie Murnik, Milan, ItalyFondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporan, Paris, France
Wessel O'Connor Gallery, Rome, Italy
Mostre nei musei
2004
Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands1998
University of Oregon, Eugene, OregonArizona State Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
1994
Rehinishces Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany1993
Het Koninkliyk Paleis Kunstall, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsArti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1992
Wurttenbergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, GermanyMusee de la Poste, Paris, France
1991
Bass Museum, Miami, FloridaJohn Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Met Kruithuis, Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
1990
Bard College Museum of Art, New York, New YorkRenwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
Delaware Museum of Art, Wilmington, Delaware
University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Chicago, Illinois
New York Historical Society, New York, New York
1989
Groninger Museum, Groningen, The NetherlandsThe American Crafts Museum, New York
1988
New Museum, New York, New YorkMuseum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Harbor, California
1987
The Whitney Museum of American Art, Equitable Center, New York, New YorkThe Whitney Museum of American Art, Stamford, Connecticut
Awards
1998
Arizona Commission on the Arts Traveling Exhibition1993
National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides, Washington, D.C.1991
The Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, Studio Program, New York, New York1987
Artists' Fellowship Program, New York Foundation for the Arts1985
The Ariana Foundation1984
Sculpture Award, The National Endowment for the ArtsPublic Commission
Lost Civilization of Showgirls, Las Vegas Airport, NevadaSelected Collections
Groninger Museum, Groninger, The NetherlandsGoldman Sachs, New York, New York
Galerie der Stadt, Stuttgart, Germany
Merrill Lynch, New York, New York
Delaware Museum of Art, Wilmington, Delaware
Visiting Artist/Lecturer
2004
San Diego State University, San Diego, California1996
Prescott Geographic Society, Prescott, Arizona1990
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands1989
A.K.I., Enschede, The NetherlandsMuseum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Met Kruithuis, Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
1988
West Virginia University, Morgantown, West VirginiaDelaware Museum of Art, Wilmington, Delaware
Emanuel-el Midtown YM-YWHA, New York, New York
Pratt Institute of Art, New York, New York
Special Projects
2004
Fashion Meets Art, Chanel Installation, New York, New York1992
Nina Ricci Haute Couture Collections, Paris, France1991
Nina Ricci Haute Couture Collections, Paris, FranceSwatch - Design Finalist
1986
Cartier Foundation, Paris, FranceAlessi - Commission with Alessandro Mendini
Books/Articles - Authored & Published
2000
E The Environmental Magazine, New Millennium Trends1999
E The Environmental Magazine, The Dispossessed1997
The Dispossessed: Living with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, photo-documentary book on the impact of toxic man-made chemicals