Zoe Leonard

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Zoe Leonard was born in Liberty, New York, in 1961. She lives and works in New York. Leonard has had solo exhibitions at Kunsthalle Basel (1997); Philadelphia Museum of Art (1998); Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej for Contemporary Art, Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw (1999); Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus (2007); Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland (2007–08); Dia: Beacon, New York (2008–11); Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna (2009–10); Camden Arts Centre, London (2012); and Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas (2013–14). Her work has also been presented in a number of group exhibitions, including Documenta, Kassel, Germany (1992); Archive Fever: Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art, International Center of Photography, New York (2008); After Nature, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (2008); Blues for Smoke, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2012–13, traveled to Whitney Museum of American Art, New York [2013]); White Petals Surround Your Heart, Institute for Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (2013); NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star, New Museum (2013); Masculine / Masculine: L’Homme nu dans l’art de 1800 à nos jours, Musée d’Orsay, Paris (2013–14); Take It or Leave It: Institution, Image, Ideology, Hammer Museum, University of California, Los Angeles (2014); and Whitney Museum of American Art, Whitney Biennial (2014). Leonard has received numerous honors, including the Bucksbaum Award, Whitney Museum of American Art (2014).