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Mequitta Ahuja
Selected Biography
Education
2003 MFA, University of Illinois at Chicago
1998 BA, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
Activities
Core Program, 2006-2007 Artist-in-Residence, Houston, TX
Solo Exhibitions
2007
Encounters, BravinLee programs, New York, NY
2005
12x12, Dancing on the Hide of Shere Khan, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Group Exhibitions
2008
Houston Collects, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Curator: Alvia Wardlaw, Houston, TX
Core Program Artist in Residence Exhibition, Blanton Gallery, Glassel School, Houston, TX
2007
The Figure Transformed, curated by Margaret Hawkins, Highland Park Art Center, IL
Painters and Poets, Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS
Global Feminisms, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY. Co-curated by Linda Nochlin and Maura Reilly
2006
Chimaera, Tenri Cultural Institute of New York, NY
New Art Event, Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS
2005
d’Afrique d’Asie, Curated by Koan Jeff Baysa, New York, NY
Representations, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
Art LA, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts. Los Angeles, CA
Artist in Residence Exhibition, Cliff Dwellers, Chicago, IL
2004
Summer Salon, Johnsonese Gallery, Chicago, IL
Baltimore/Chicago, Curated by Kerry James Marshall. Baltimore, Maryland
It’s Not the Bullet That Thrills, F.I.N. Arts, New York, NY
2003
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
Formfit, UIC Great Space, Chicago, IL
1999-2000
Staff/Faculty Show, Simon’s Rock College, Great Barrington, MA
Annual Exhibit, Bridgeport Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT
Off The Wall, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT
Awards
2006
CAAP Grant recipient
2003
1st place grant recipient of The Civic Arts Foundation Visual Arts Competition;
Judged by: James Rondeau and Gregory Knight
2002
University of Illinois Diversity Fellowship
Publications
Coterie, Volume 1, No1 Feb 2004. Emily Vey Duke’s Top Ten Pick
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