Martha Rosler

Martha Rosler ( born July 29, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York ) is an American artist who uses the medium of video art and photography, as well as the performance and installation.

Life

Rosler made ​​in 1965 at Brooklyn College, New York her Bachelor ( BFA) and 1974 at the University of California at San Diego her Master of Fine Art ( MFA). In 1985 she attended as an artist residency, the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1975 she began to write reviews for Artforum and other art magazines. Rosler is a member of the Association of Independent Film and Video at the Society for photography. She teaches at the School of Arts at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

In 2005 she was awarded the Spectrum International Prize for Photography of the Foundation of Lower Saxony, Hannover. In 2006 she was awarded the Kokoschka Prize, the highest award for visual artists in Austria.

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo Exhibitions

• 2012: Meta Monumental Garage Sale, Museum of Modern Art (MOMA ), New York City.
• 2005: Martha Rosler - If not now, when? Sprengel Museum, Hannover
• 2002: Odd weeks - Martha Rosler. Moderna Museet, Stockholm.
• 1999-2000: Martha Rosler - Positions in the Life World, shown at the Generali Foundation (Vienna), the MACBA, Barcelona and at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City.

Group Exhibitions

• 2014: Play Time, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, 15 March-29 June 2014: Working Semiotics of the Kitchen (1975 ), and Flower Fields (1974 )
• 2007: WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
• 2007: Skulptur.Projekte, Münster.
• 2007: Documenta 12, Kassel, Germany. The work Kassel Gardens has been shown ( from the perspective of a mole ).
• 2003: 50th Venice Biennale, Venice
• 2002: Kunsthalle Wien, Televisions - Art is watching tv
• 1998: Kunstverein in Hamburg, fast forward 2 "trade marks"
• 1982: documenta 7, Kassel.