CURRICULUM VITAE
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017
- Forthcoming: Sanford Biggers, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY (September)
2016
- Subjective Cosmology, MOCAD, Detroit, MI
- Hither & Yon, Massimo De Carlo Gallery, London, UK
- Mantra, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
- New Work, Monique Meloche Projects, New York, NY
- New Monuments – Sanford Biggers: Laocoön, Cressman Center for Visual Art, Louisville, KY
- The pasts they brought with them, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014
- Danpatsu, outdoor video screening, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
- Shake, Shuffle, Urban Video Project, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
- Vex, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO
- 3 Dollars & 6 Dimes, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
- Floating World, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, NY
2013
- Dark Star, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
- Sugar, Pork, Bourbon, Massimo De Carlo, Milan, Italy
- Ago, Monique Meloche, Chicago, IL
- Codex, VCUarts Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
2012
- Codex, Ringling Museum, Sarasota, FL
- The Cartographer’s Conundrum, MassMoCA, North Adams, MA
2011
- Sweet Funk: An Introspective Survey, Brooklyn Museum of Art. New York, NY, Curated by Eugenie Tsai
- Cosmic Voodoo Circus, Sculpture Center, New York, NY, Curated by Mary Ceruti
2010
- Moon Medicine, Contemporary Arts Forum. Santa Barbara, CA, Curated by Miki Garcia (catalog), (traveling to University of the South, Sewanee,TN)
2009
- Constellation (Stranger Fruit), Harvard, OFA
- Blossom, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR Curated by Bruce Guenther
- Peculiar Institutions, Solvent Space. Richmond, VA
2008
- Sanford Biggers, D’Amelio Terras Gallery, New York, NY
2007
- Blossom, Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO (catalog)
2006
- Freedom and Other Seldom Travelled Roads, Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Notions, Kenny Schachter Rove, London, UK (catalog)
2005
- The Afronomical Way, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
- (editioned custom catalog)
- New Work, Triple Candie, New York, NY
2004
- Sanford Biggers, Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Both/And Not Either/Or, Contemporary Art Center Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
- (traveling to the Contemporary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD)
2002
- Creation/Dissipation, Trafo Gallery, Budapest Hungary
- Afro Temple, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX (catalog)
- Psychic Windows, Matrix Gallery, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA (catalog)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017
- Talking Pictures: Camera-Phone Conversations between Artists, The Met Breuer, New York, NY
- Maker, Maker, Children’s Museum of the Arts New York, New York, NY curated Paul Laster and Renee Ricardo
- Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flânerie, The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
2016
- Draw: Mapping Madness, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA, curated by Tomas Vu
- Africans in America, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Hateful Things | Resilience, DePree Arts Center & Gallery, Hope College, Holland MI
- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA, curated by Naomi Beckwith and Dieter Roelstraete
- Fresh Cuts, Eric Firestone Gallery, Easthampton, NY Underlying Patterns, Deborah Ronnen Fine Art, Rochester, NY All Tomorrow’s Parties, Hathaway David Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
- The Nest, an exhibition of art in nature, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
- Sanford Biggers & Ebony G. Patterson, moniquemelocheLES, New York, NY
2015
- SAIC 150th Anniversary Show, Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Sanford Biggers & Xaviera Simmons, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
- She Sells Sea Shells By The Sea Shore, Eric Firestone Gallery, Easthampton, NY
- Bring in the Reality, Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York, NY
- Wild Noise: Artwork from The Bronx Museum of the Arts and El Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, The Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY
- Pilgrimage Dun Huang – First International City Sculpture Exhibition, Architectural Society of China, Dun Huang, China
- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL Curated by Naomi Beckwith and Dieter Roelstraete
- POP Stars! Popular Culture and Contemporary Art, 21c Durham, Durham, NC
- Building a Collection, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
- Inaugural Exhibition, Mémorial ACTe, Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe
- New Ways of Seeing: Cultural Hybridity and Aesthetic Liberty, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY Curated by Jan Castro
- Respond, Smack Mellon Studios, Brooklyn, NY
- Constructed Histories, David B. Smith Gallery, Denver, CO
- Draw: Mapping Madness, Out Art Museum, Beijing, China. Curated by Thomas Vu
2014
- Transmission LA: AV Club, Geffen Contemporary at MoCA, Los Angeles, CA
- Americana, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami FL
- The Moment. The Backdrop. The Persona., Girls Club, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (catalog)
- Camera as Release: Photographer as Performer, ParisPhoto, JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, Paris, France
- New Bed, Krowswork Gallery, Oakland, CA
- Metabolic Bodies, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
- Black Eyes, ConceptNV, New York, NY, curated by Nicola Vassell
- Unbound: Contemporary Art After Frida Kahlo, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
- Los Angeles Nomadic Division’s Manifest Destiny Billboard Project, New Orleans, LA
- Two Moons on the Shore, a Wind-Up Bird in Norwegian Wood: Haruki Murakami and Contemporary Art, Contemporary by Golconda, Tel Aviv, Israel
- The Shadows Took Shape, The Studio Museum in Harlem, NY
2013
- Soft Pictures, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo,Turin, Italy
- Nu Age Hustle, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
- The Shadows Took Shape, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NYCurated by Naima Keith and Zoe Whitley
- Missed Connection, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
- Serious Laughs: Art Politics, Humor, Ulster Performing Arts Center, Kingston, NY, Curated by Daniel Mason
- Wayfarer, Picture Windows in collaboration with Hank Willis Thomas, International Center for Photography, NY
- Strut Your Stuff, HAU 1 Hebbel an Ufer, Berlin, Germany, Curated by Ina Wudtke
- Rehearsals, Savannah College of Art and Design Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
2012
- a small world…(installation on view from the permanent collection), The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
- Transmission LA: AV Club, Geffen Contemporary at MoCA, Los Angeles, CA
- African American Art Since 1950: Perspectives from the David C. Driskell Center, David C. Driskell Center, College Park, MD
- Contemporary Mandala: New Audiences, New Forms, Emory University Visual Arts, Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- US Embassy in Tokyo Exhibition for Ambassador John V. Roos, Tokyo, Japan
2011
- The Bearden Project, Studio Museum Harlem, New York, NY
- 15 x15, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY
- Black Sound, White Cube, Kunstquariter Benthanien, Berlin, Germany.
- Curated by Ina Wudtke and Dieter Lesage.
- Stargazers: Elizabeth Catlett in Conversation with 21 Contemporary Artists, Bronx
- Museum of Arts, New York, NY
- Infinite Mirror, Syracuse University Art Galleries (and traveling), Syracuse, NY
- Sweetcake Enso, Village Zendo, New York, NY
2010
- Grains of Emptiness, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY
- Signs of Life: Ancient Knowledge in Contemporary Art, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne,
- Switzerland
- Resurrectine, Feldman Gallery, New York, NY
- Reflection, Nathan A. Bernstein Gallery, New York, NY
- Dead or Alive, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
- Who are you close to, JANE KIM/ thrust projects, New York, NY
- Progress Reports – Art in an Age of Diversity, Iniva, London, UK
- Spirit Up! Event Notation and the Invocation of Spirit in Contemporary Art. CCS Bard,
- Annadale-on-Hudson, NY Curated by Daniel Mason
- 2010: Searching for the Heart of Black Identity, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft
2009
- 30 Seconds Off an Inch, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
- Curated by Naomi Beckwith
- Americana, New Society for Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
- Curated by Frank Wagner
- Passages, Revisiting Histories: Sanford Biggers + Andrea Geyer & Simon J. Ortiz,
- Lambent Foundation, New York, NY
- Curated by Niels von Tomme
- Intrinsic Trio: Biggers, Gilliam and Scott. Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
- Dress Codes: Clothing as Metaphor, Katonah Museum of Art, Bedford NY
- Jack Wolgin Competition Finalists, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
- Carnival Within, Uferhalle, Berlin, Germany
- Curated by Uta Grundmann, Sabine Russ and Gregory Volk
- Hidden Cities, Stephen Vittielo and Perrgrine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
- Curated by Christian Marclay
2008
- Prospect 1: US Biennial. Old US Mint. New Orleans, LA
- Curated by Dan Cameron. catalog
- Nippon in Black, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
- Curated by Fanon Che Wilkins.
- NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith, Menil Collection, Houston TX
- Curated by Franklin Sirmans. (Traveling)
- Unknown Pleasures, Aspen Museum of Art. Aspen, CO
- Curated by Matthew Thompson.
- Into the Trees. Art Omi. Ghent, NY C
- Curated by Lily Wei
- Shuffle. Schloss Solitude. Stuttgart, Germany
2007
- Illuminations, curated by Lucy Askew and Ben Borthwick. Tate Modern, London, UK
- 3 Day Museum, Okinawa Museum, Okinawa, Japan
- Performa 07; The Performance Art Biennial. New York, NY
- MANUAL cc : Instructions for Beginners and Advanced Players, Kronika Gallery, Bytom, Poland
- Pretty Baby, Modern Art Museum Fort Worth, TX
- For the Love of the Game, The Amistad Center for Arts and Culture. Hartford, CT
- Curated by Franklin Sirmans
- Black Light/White Noise. Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX
- Curated by Valerie Cassel
- Paradise & Inferno: The Post Millennial Black Madonna. MoCADA & Skylight,New York,
- NY
- Intelligent Design. Momenta, New York, NY
- Urbanity. Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
2006
- New York, Interrupted. PKM Gallery, Beijing, China.
- Curated by Dan Cameron
- The Black Moving Cube: Black Figuration & The Moving Image. The Tate Britain, London, UK
- Fountains. D’Amelio Terras. New York, NY
- Twisted Roots. WPA/ Corcoran & DCAC. Washington, DC.
- Everybody Dance. The Elizabeth Foundation of the Arts.
- The Dalai Lama Portrait Project: The Missing Peace, The 100 for Tibet. (traveling)
- Art Rock, Rockerfeller Center, New York, NY
- Black Alphabet, Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2005
- D’Afrique d’Asie, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, NY (traveling)
- Double Consciousness: Black Conceptual Art Since 1970, Contemporary Arts Museum,
- Houston, TX Curated by Valerie Cassel
- The Here and Now, The Renassaince Society, Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Curated by Hamza Walker
2004
- Join Us (Calls of Ecstasy from the Edge of Oblivion), Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO
2003
- Somewhere Better Than This Place, Contemporary Art Center Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH Curated by Stacy Switzer
- Black President: The Art and Legacy of Fela Kuti, The New Museum, New York, NY
- Curated by Trevor Schoonmaker. Catalog, traveling.
- Shuffling the Deck, Princeton Museum of Art, Princeton, NJ
- Curated by Eugenie Tsai. catalog
- The Commodification of Buddhism, Bronx Museum, New York, NY
- Curated by Lydia Yee. catalog
- Black Belt, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
- Curated by Christine Kim. catalog
2002
- Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (catalogue)
- Curated by Larry Rindler. catalog
- Family, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT (catalogue)
2001
- One Planet Under a Groove, Bronx Museum, New York, NY
- Curated by Franklin Sirmans and Lydia Yee. traveling/catlogue
- Zoning, The Project, New York, NY
- Curated by Sofia Hernandez-Choy and Tumelo Musaka
- Freestyle, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
- Curated by Thelma Golden. catalog)
- Rapper’s Delight, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
- Altoid’s Curiously Strong Collection, New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York, NY 2000 Full Service, Kenny Schachter, New York, NY
Commissions
- 2009
- New York Percent for the Arts. Eagle Academy, New York, NY
- Marshall S. Cogan Visiting Artist in the Office for the Arts Public Art Program, Harvard,
- University, Cambridge, MA
- Hidden Cities, curated by Christian Marclay, Stephen Vittielo and Perrgrine Arts.
- Philadelphia, PA
- 2008
- The Norton Family Christmas Project
- Ahh Decadence… (Exhibition Designer). Curated by Lisa Wainwright. The School of The
- Art Institute of Chicago, Sullivan Galleries
- The Voting Booth Project, The Rema Hort Man Foundation, David Zwirner Gallery and
- Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, NY
Performances
2016
- Forthcoming: Moon Medicin, MOCAD, Detroit, MI
- Forthcoming: Moon Medicin, Harlem Stage, New York, NY
2015
- Moon Medicin, ASU Gammage, Tempe, AZ
- Moon Medicin, The Jones Center at The Contemporary Austin, Austin CO
2014
- Moon Medicin, Creative Capital Annual Benefit, New York, NY
- Moon Medicin, Neuehouse, New York, NY
- Moon Medicin, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
- Moon Medicn, Georgia Tech Ferst Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA
2013
- Mixtape by Moon Medicin, The Apollo Theater, New York, NY
2012
- Mixtape by Moon Medicin, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY
- Mixtape by Moon Medicine, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2011
- Mixtape by Moon Medicine, Art Public at Art Basel, Miami, FL
- Moon Medicine (Feat. Sanford Biggers, Imani Uzuri, Sumie Kaneko, DJ Jahi Sundance and
- Mark Hines), Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY
2010
- Forum Lounge: Sanford Biggers (Feat. Gamelan Sinar Surya and DJ Jahi Sundance), Contemporary Arts Forum. Santa Barbara, CA
2009
- Stranger Fruit (Feat. Imani Uzuri), Harvard University OFA, Cambridge, MA
- Conundrum, The Kitchen, New York, NY Curated by Rashida Bumbray
2007
- The Somethin’ Suite, Performa 07, New York, NY
2006
- Cosmic Conundrum. UCLA Fowler Museum. Los Angeles, CA
- The Warsaw Pack(ed), Zacheta Gallery of National Art, Warsaw, Poland/ Temple Bar, Los Angeles, CA
2002
- Creation/Dissipation, Trafo Art Space, Budapest, Hungary.
2000
- Mandala of the B-Bodhisattva, Bronx Community College
- OM, Full Serve, New York, NY
- The Art of Breaking, Downtown Arts Festivals, New York, NY
1998
- Slam, CBGB’s, New York, NY
- Communication Breakdown, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
- Racine des Memoirs, Skowhegan, ME
- Dark Magus, CBGB’s, New York, NY
1997
- Cane Song Cycles, Sculpture Center, New York, NY
Curatorial
2006
- Malleable, Kuhn Gallery, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2004
- (In)visible Silence, guest curator of three person show, School 33, Baltimore, MD
2001
- Sticky Fingers, curated by Sanford Biggers and Elaine Ng, Para-Site Art Space,
- Hong Kong, China
Selected Awards and Residencies
2017
- Art Bridge, Honoring Sanford Biggers, New York, NY
- American Academy in Rome 2017-2018 Fellowship in the Visual Arts, Rome, Italy
2016
- CUE Art Foundation, Honoring Sanford Biggers & Eugenie Tsai, New York, NY
- Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
- Cool Culture UnGala, Phillips Auction House, New York, NY
- Columbia University’s Office of the Provost’s Junior Faculty Grant
- TED2016 Fellows Program, Vancouver, Canada.
- Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2015
- Residency Sanford Biggers + Moon Medicin at ASU Gammage, Beyond Series, Tempe, AZ
- Residency at The Combine Space, Tempe, AZ
- Guna S. Mundheim Fellow in the Visual Arts, The American Academy, Berlin, Germany
- The Joyce Foundation Award
2014
- Residency at Georgia Institute of Technology for Africa/Atlanta
- BET ICON MANN 28 Men of Change Award
- Berlin Prize Fellowship from the American Academy
2013
- Columbia University’s Office of the Provost’s Junior Faculty Grant
- New York York City’s Art Teacher’s Association’s Artist-of-the-Year
- Georgia Tech Ferst Center for the Arts Africa Atlanta 2014/STEAM Residency
- JWT’s Differenter Committee’s Innovators of Change Award
2012
- Berlin Prize Fellowship from the American Academy (to take place 2014)
2010
- Greenfield Prize at the Hermitage Artist Retreat
2009
- Harvard University Visiting Assistant Professor of Visual and Environmental Studies
- Harvard University’s Office of Fine Arts’ Artist in Residence
- Creative Time Travel Grant for Global Residency Project
- Denniston Hill Research Grant
- William H. Johnson Prize
2008
- Creative Capital Foundation Grant
2007
- New York Percent for the Arts Commission, New York, NY
- Art Matters Grant, New York, NY
- Akademie Schloss Solitude (residency), Stuttgart, Germany
2005
- AIR Laboratory. Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
- Lambent Fellowship in the Arts TIDES Foundation grant, New York, NY
- Fellow in Performance Art/Multidisciplinary Work from the New York Foundation for the
- Arts.
2004
- Pennies From Heaven/ New York Community Trust Grant
2003
- ARCUS Project Residency, Moriya City, Japan
- Headlands Center for the Arts/ AWAKE: “Art, Buddhism, and the Dimensions of
- Consciousness” (residency) San Francisco, CA
2002
- Art In General/ Trafo Gallery Eastern European Exchange Residency Budapest, Hungary
2001
- Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant
- Socrates Sculpture Park Residency, Long Island City, NY
2000
- World Views Artist in Residence, World Trade Center, New York, NY
- Eyebeam/ New York City Annenberg Challenge for Arts Education, New York, NY
- (Residency in teaching at Chelsea Vocational High School)
- Studio Museum in Harlem Artists-in-Residence, New York, NY
- P.S. 1 Studio Residency, New York, NY
1999
- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago James Nelson Raymond Fellowship
- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Graduate Incentive Scholarship
1998
- Camille Hanks-Cosby Scholarship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture,
- Skowhegan, ME
1996
- Santa Fe Public Art Fund Grant, Los Angeles, CA
1990
- Central Metals Sculpture Competition, second place, Atlanta, GA
Education
1999
- Masters in Fine Art, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
1998
- The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1997
- Maryland Institute of College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1992
- Bachelor of Arts, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA
1991
- Syracuse University (Department of International Programs Abroad), Florence Italy
Professional Experience
1/10 – Present Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, Visual Arts
Columbia University. New York, NY
1/09 – 12/09 Assistant Professor of Sculpture
Harvard University, VES Depart. Cambridge, MA
1/09 – Present Affiliate Faculty of Sculpture & Extended Media
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA
1/06 – 1/09 Assistant Professor of Sculpture & Extended Media
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA
9/00 – 9/02 Co- Director and Instructional Coordinator of Saturday Outreach Program.
Cooper Union, New York, NY
Visiting Artist, Critic and Lecturer
2015
- Panel, Conversations, Moderated by Andras Szanto, Art Basel, Miami FL
- Lecture, Beyond Series, ASU Gammage, Tempe, AZ
- Panel, MCA Talk Sanford Biggers with Romi Crawford, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
- Lecture, Black Portraiture{s} II Conference; Florence, Italy
- Lecture, University at Austin, Austin TX
- Lecture, American Academy in Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2014
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
- Urban Video Project, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
- University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
- CoHosts, Baltimore School for the Arts, Baltimore, MD
- Art in Embassies, Delegation participant, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Prompter for LaTableRonde Whitney Biennial #3: On Art as Apparatus, Critical Practices Inc,Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
- AFROPUNK panel moderated by Greg Tate, Moogfest, Asheville, NC
- Carrie Mae Weems: Live from the Guggenheim, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
- In Conversation Sanford Biggers and Saul Williams moderated by Rujeko Hockley presented by
- Columbia University School of the Arts and The Studio Museum, New York, NY
- Afropunk’s The Triptych screening panel, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
- Advancing STEM Through Culturally Situated Arts Based Learning, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
2013
- Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
- EXPO CHICAGO, SAIC sponsored /Dialogues: Sanford Biggers, Elysia Borowy-Reeder and
- José Lerma in conversation with Richard Holland and Duncan MacKenzie, Chicago, IL
- Afropunk’s The Triptych screening panel, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
- Columbia University Visiting Artist Lecture Series, New York, NY
- Sanford Biggers, Everard Findley & Marcus Samuelsson in conversation, moderated by Thelma Golden, Neuehouse, New York, NY
- The Verbier 3-D Residency and Sculpture Park, Verbier, Switzerland
- Bermuda National Gallery, Hamilton, Bermuda
- Now Dig This! Symposium, MoMA PS1, New York, NY
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
- Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2012
- International Sculpture Center Conference Keynote Speaker, Chicago, IL
- Comradely Objects: Art Against Reification Conference Speaker, The New School, New York, NY
- James A. Porter Colloquium on African Art, Keynote Speaker, Howard University,
- Washington DC
- AICA (International Association of Art Critics) Awards Ceremony Presenter, Asia Society,
- New York, NY
- Ringling College, Sarasota, FL
- The University of the South, Sewanee, TN
- Anderson Ranch Summer Workshop Visiting Artist
- Art Papers Lecture Series, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
- International Sculpture Center Conference, Keynote Speaker, Chicago, IL
2011
- Festival of the New Black Imagination with Wangechi Mutu and Greg Tate, Brooklyn, NY
- Brooklyn Museum Conversation with Mos Def and Marcus Samuelsson
- Food Republic Panel with Marcus Samuelsson, Dylan Ratigan and Eddie Chai, New
- York, NY
- Sotheby’s Institute, New York, NY
- Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
- Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, NJ
- Creative Time Global Residency Talk, New York, NY
2010
- Visiting Faculty Artist, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
- MOMA, Conversations Among Friends: with Lorraine O’Grady & RoseLee Goldberg,
- New York, NY
- Columbia University, Work in Progress: Conversation with Dr. Kellie Jones, New York,
- NY
2009
- Revisiting Histories: A conversation between Sanford Biggers, Andrea Geyer and Simon
- J. Ortiz, Lambent Foundation, NY
- Harvard Art Museum/Fogg Museum, Conversation with Dr. Steven Nelson and Helen
- Molesworth, Cambridge, MA
- Harvard University Department of Visual and Environmental Studies, Cambridge, MA
- American University, Washington, DC
- Buddhist Sculpture Contemporary Art Forum, Victoria and Albert Museum, London,
- England
- Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
- Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
- Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, CO
- Gelman Lecturer. Columbia University School of the Arts, New York, NY
- Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
- Pew Fellowships in the Arts Interdisciplinary Awards Panel
2008
- SkowheganTALKS presents a dialog between artists Sanford Biggers and Paul Pfeiffer
- PS1 Contemporary Art Center Subjective Histories of Sculpture
- The Sculpture lecture series presents: Sanford Biggers. Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School, New York, NY
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- Anti-Robot Radio Show with Moonshyne Brown: Guests: Moon Medicin, Feb 1. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/antirobotnetwork/2014/02/02/anti-robot-radio-show-w-moonshyne-brown-guests-moon-medicine
- Cotter, Holland. “Lost in the Gallery-Industrial Complex.” The New York Times. Jan 17. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/arts/design/holland-cotter-looks-at-money-in-art.html?ref=hollandcotter&_r=0
- Hirsch, Faye. “Sanford Biggers: Floating World.” Art in Print. Volume 3, Number 5.
- Cercone, Katie. “EYE CANDY IS DANDY: Rashaad Newsome’s Hip-Hop Heraldry & the New Black Swag.” Art Papers. January/February.
- Cembalest, Robin. “Avant-Garde Quilt Explosion!” ARTnews. Jan 30.
2013
- 2013 Faumberg, Jason. “12 Incredible Works of Art Bought by Chicago Museums in 2013” Chicago Magazine. December 30. http://www.chicagomag.com/arts-culture/December-2013/What-Chicago-Museums-Bought-This-Year/
- “Expo Chicago—Sanford Biggers, Elysia Borowy-Reeder and Jose Lerma.” Bad At Sports Episode 433. Dec 17. http://badatsports.com/2013/episode-433-expo-chicago-sanford-biggers-elysia-borowy-reeder-and-jose-lerma/
- Cembalest, Robin. “Miami Finally Has the Art Museum It Deserves.” ARTnews. Dec 5.
- “Goings On About Town: The Studio Museum.” The New Yorker. Dec. 2. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/2013/12/02/131202gofr_GOAT_front
- Quinn, Chase.“The Days of Future Past: Afrofuturism and Black Memory.”Hyperallergic Nov 27 http://hyperallergic.com/95760/the-days-of-future-past-afrofuturism-and-black-memory/
- Glasberg, Eve. “LeRoy Neiman’s Gift to the School of the Arts Provides Hands-on Printmaking Expertise.” Nov 18. http://news.columbia.edu/neimanprints
- “The Artist’s Way: Sanford Biggers.” BET.com. Oct 2. http://www.bet.com/video/lifestyle/2013/the-artists-way-sanford-biggers.html
- Long, Monique. “If You Like…” Studio: The Studio Museum in Harlem Magazine. Summer/Fall 2013.
- Miller, Andrea. “Steel, Roses and Slave Ships.” Shambala Sun. September.
- Brooks, Katherine. “25 Artists You Should Be Following on Instagram.” August 12. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/12/artists-on-instagram_n_3728119.html
- Sanford Biggers Interview. Arise Entertainment 360. July 10. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFxQ3gAyo0I
- Goleas, Janet. “Sanford Biggers @ Eric Firestone Gallery.” Whitehot Magazine. July. http://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/sanford-biggers-eric-firestone-gallery/2817
- Newton, Karen. “Codes and Clouds.” Style Weekly. June 11. http://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/codes-and-clouds/Content?oid=1906830
- Rose-Shapiro, Annette M., “Feast for the Eyes,” ARTnews. February.
- Onli, Meg. “Ago” Black Visual Archive. May 21. http://blackvisualarchive.com/2013/05/ago/
- Pollack, Barbars. “The Civil War in Art, Then and Now.” ARTnew. May 15. http://www.artnews.com/2013/05/15/the-civil-war-in-art-then-andnow/
- Campion, Michelle Gray. “Culture Clash. The Biggers Deal,” Gravure, Issue 7 Spring/Summer.
- Perra, Daniele. “Sanford Biggers: Django Unchained in salsa quilt.” Artribune. April 28. http://www.artribune.com/2013/04/sanford-biggers-django-unchained-in-salsa-quilt/
- Huebner, Jeff. “Sanford Biggers manifests a new destiny with Ago.” Chicago Reader. April 26. http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/jeff-huebner-on-sanford-biggers-ago-at-monique-meloche/Content?oid=9431093
2012
- Wolff, Rachel. “Hank Willis Thomas Stages a Photo Shoot: How Sanford Biggers Came to Strike a Pose as a Two-Faced Dandy.” ARTnews. November.
- Castro, Jan Garden. “Sanford Biggers: Music, Afrofuturism and Re-visioning History.” Black Renaissance Noire. Volume 12, Issue 1, Fall.
- Castro, Jan Garden. “Syncretic Improvisations: A Conversation with Sanford Biggers.” Sculpture, October.
- Gaskins, Nettrice. Polyculturalist Visions Revisited. Art:21. September 4. http://blog.art21.org/2012/09/04/polyculturalist-visions-revisited/
- Gaskins, Nettrice. “Sanford Biggers’ Conundrum: The Mothership Lands at Mass MoCA.” Art:21. June 19. http://blog.art21.org/2012/06/19/sanford-biggers-conundrum-the-mothership-lands-at-mass-moca/
- Gaskins, Nettrice. “Sanford Biggers’ Codex Navigates the Past, Present, Future.” Art:21. April 24. http://blog.art21.org/2012/04/24/sanford-biggers-codex-navigates-the-past-present-and-future/
- von Arbin Ahlander, Astri. Interview with Sanford Biggers. The Days of Yore April 23. http://www.thedaysofyore.com/sanford-biggers/
- The Insider’s Guide, publication for Transmission LA: AV Club, Geffen Contemporary at MoCA,Los Angeles, CA. April 20. http://issuu.com/theusualmontauk/docs/av_club_magazine_final_issuu?mode=window&backgroundColor=%23222222
- MacVean, Mary. “Chef Marcus Samuelsson talks about art, ethnicity.” Los Angeles Times. Jul 10. “http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dailydish/2012/07/chef-marcus-samuelsson-talks-about-art-ethnicity.html” http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dailydish/2012/07/chef-marcus-samuelsson-talks-about-art- ethnicity.html
- Gaskins, Nettrice, Sanford Biggers Conundrum: The Mothership Lands at Mass MoCA, art: 21 blog, Jun 19. “http://blog.art21.org/2012/06/19/sanford-biggers-conundrum-the-mothership-lands-at-mass-moca/” http://blog.art21.org/2012/06/19/sanford-biggers-conundrum-the-mothership-lands-at-mass-moca/
- Gaskins, Nettrice. Sanford Biggers’ Codex Navigates the Past, Present and Future. Apr 24. “http://blog.art21.org/2012/04/24/sanford-biggers-codex-navigates-the-past-present-and-future/” http://blog.art21.org/2012/04/24/sanford-biggers-codex-navigates-the-past-present-and-future/
- Rico a.k.a. Superbizee, Somethin’ Suite: Okayplayer Interview with Sanford Biggers, okayplayer,
- May 31. “http://www.okayplayer.com/interviews/somethin-suite-okayplayer-interview-w-artist-
- sanford- biggers.html” http://www.okayplayer.com/interviews/somethin-suite-okayplayer-interview-w-artist-
- sanford- biggers.html
- Gaskins, Nettrice. Sanford Biggers: Contemporary Mandala and the Hip-Hop Ethos. Mar 23.
- Cooke, Erica.“Sanford Biggers’ futuristic vision at Mass MoCA.”The Art Newspaper. Feb 6 http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Sanford+Biggers%E2%80%99s+futuristic+vision+at+Mass+MoCA/25668
- Smee, Sebastian. “Music, Memory, Mystery on view.” BostonGlobe.com. Mar 1. http://articles.boston.com/2012-03-01/arts/31199369_1_instruments-piano-keys-pews
- Pasori, Cedar, Alex Morency and Nick Shonberger. “The 100 Most Influential Artists of the
- Complex Decade.” Complex.com. http://www.complex.com/art-design/2012/04/the-100-most-influential-artists-of-the-complex-decade/sanford-biggers
2011
- Martinez, Alanna. “The Top 20 Shows to See in 2012.” Artinfo. December 30. “http://www.artinfo.com/photo-galleries/slideshow-images-from-the-top-20-shows-to-see-in-2012?image=4” http://www.artinfo.com/photo-galleries/slideshow-images-from-the-top-20-shows-to-see-in-2012?image=4
- Sutton, Benjamin. “Sanford Biggers Goes Biggers in Brooklyn and Queens.” The L Magazine. November 4. “http://www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/sanford-biggers-goes-bigger-in-brooklyn-and-queens/Content?oid=2189850” http://www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/sanford-biggers-goes-bigger-in-brooklyn-and-queens/Content?oid=2189850
- Richard, Frances. “Sanford Biggers, Brooklyn Museum/SculptureCenter.” Artforum. December.
- Johnson, Ken. “Smile and Metaphor, Crossing Borough Lines.” The New York Times. October 20.
- Budick, Ariella. “Sanford Biggers: Sweet Funk—An Introspective, Brooklyn Museum, New York.”
- Financial Times, October 20.
- Adkins, Terry. “Sanford Biggers.” Bomb Magazine, Fall.
- McGee, Celia. “First an Outcast, Then an Inspiration.” The New York Times, April 24.
- Cash, Stephanie. “In the Studio: Sanford Biggers.” Art in America, March.
2010
- Sanders, Brandee. “Art Basel Miami: Black Artists Push Creative Boundaries.” The Root,
- December, 8. http://www.theroot.com/multimedia/art-basel-miami-artist-images
- Jacobs, Ferenz. “Blanco es el nuevo negro” Lamono Magazine, November 3,
- “http://issuu.com/lamonomagazine/docs/lamono_68_ok_simple” http://issuu.com/lamonomagazine/docs/lamono_68_ok_simple
- Lesage, Dieter & Wudtke, Ina. “Black Sound White Cube.” Löcker Verlag (June 11)
- Goldberg, RoseLee. “Everywhere and All At Once: An Anthology of Writings on Performa 07.” JRP|Ringier (April 24)
- Butter, Thomas. “Interview with Sanford Biggers.” Whitehot Magazine (April) http://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/2010-interview-with-sanford-biggers/2054
- Rife, Susan. “Greenfield Prize presented to NY artist.” Herald Tribune (April 16)
- Donelan, Charles. “Sanford Biggers’s Moon Medicine at Contemporary Arts Forum.” Santa Barbara Independent (March 18)
- http://www.independent.com/news/2010/mar/18/sanford-biggerss-moon-medicine-contemporary-arts-f/
- Mills, Ted. “Biggers than Most — The ever-expanding world of Sanford Biggers.” Santa Barbara News Press (March 12)
- Garcia, Miki. “Sanford Biggers: Moon Medicine.” Catalog by Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum (March 3)
- Grudman, Uta, Volk, Gregory & Russ, Sabine. “Carnival Within: An Exhibition Made in America.” Verlag fur moderne Kunst Nurnber (February 28)
- Row, D.K. “Review” ‘Disquieted’ at the Portland Art Museum.” The Oregonian (February 22)
- Rife, Susan, L. “This year’s Greenfield Prize winner melds a variety of talents and thoughts.” Herald Tribune (January 24)
2009
- “Best of Manhattan 09: Arts & Entertainment.” New York Press (October 14) “http://www.nypress.com/article-20481-best-of-manhattan-arts-entertainment.html” http://www.nypress.com/article-20481-best-of-manhattan-arts-entertainment.html
- Newhall, Edith. “Galleries: Three artists vie for prize.” Philadelphia Inquirer (October 11)
- Miles, David. “The $150,000 Question.” Art Info (October 8)
- http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/32882/the-150000-question/
- Green, Kate. “Future Anterior: an index to contemporary art’s imminent history.” Art Papers (September/October)
- Soccoccia, Susan. “The curious world of Sanford Biggers.” The Bay State Banner (November 12)
- Sweeney, Sarah. “’Stranger Fruit,’ indeed.” Harvard Gazette (November 12)
- “Sanford Biggers Wins 2009 William H. Johnson Prize.” Artforum (Online, News) (September 17)
- Genocchio, Benjamin. “All Dressed Up at the Katonah Museum of Art.” The New York Times
- (August 21)
- Jahn, Jeff. “PAM acquires two Sanford Biggers works.” PORT (August 19)
- Bloemink, Barbara. “Dress Codes: Clothing as Metaphor.” The Huffington Post (August 12)
- Johnson, Barry. “Sanford Biggers: The Skittery Meaning of Trees.” The Oregonian (June 30)
- Bowie, Chas. “Review: Sanford Biggers at the Portland Art Museum.” (June 26)
- Blackburn, Mary Walling. “Virtual Sketchbook: Sanford Biggers’s Conundrum.” (April 27)
- Jackson, Brian Keith. “Talking About A Revolution.” Giant Magazine (April)
- Schwartz, Madeleine M. “Multifaceted Artist Biggers Dodges Simple Interpretations.” The Harvard
- Crimson (April10)
- Biggers, Sanford. “Artists on Artists: Rashid Johnson by Sanford Biggers.” BOMB Magazine (April)
- Schambelan, Elizabeth. “Civic Engagement.” Artforum (January)
- Carlin, TJ. “Sanford Biggers.” Time Out New York (issue 695) (January 22)
- http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/art/70814/sanford-biggers
- Gaines, Malik. “Sanford Biggers: The Big Idea.” RVA Magazine (Vol 4 issue 9)
- http://issuu.com/snooka/docs/webrva_v4i9final/15
2008
- “Southern Exposure.” The New York Times Magazine (December 7)
- Klein, Paul. “Art Lifts New Orleans.” The Huffington Post (November 4)
- “Halloween Special: New Orleans, Prospect 1.” ArtFagCity.com (October 31)
- Yablonsky, Linda. “Blue Note.” Artforum online (November 10)
- “Voting Becomes Art.” NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams (November 4) www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/27542882#27542882
- “Best Solo Exhibition: Sanford Biggers at Grand Arts.” The Pitch http://www.pitch.com/bestof/ 2008/award/best-solo-exhibition-731232/
- Bodin, Claudia. “Prospect. 1 Biennale New Orleans.” Art Das Kunstmagazin (November 3)
- Artkrush (issue 96.) “http://artkrush.com/gallery/96/feature/10/Sanford-
- Biggers” http://artkrush.com/gallery/96/feature/10/Sanford-Biggers
- McAdams, Shane. “Sanford Biggers…” Art Voices (Issue 2008) (November): 40-41.
- Lewis, Christina. “The Big Easy’s Art Gumbo.” The Wall Street Journal Online (October 31)
- Cotter, Holland. “Making Secular Art Out of Religious Imagery.” The New York Times (October 29)
- Brookhardt, D. Eric. “The Big Easel.” Gambit Weekly (Vol 29, no. 44) (October 28): 21, 24.
- Johnson, Paddy. “The Voting Booth Project.” The Huffington Post (October 20)
- Jackson, Sharyn. “The Voting Booth Project.” Village Voice (October)
- WNYC Culture. “NeoHooDoo, Broadway, the Oxygen Hog, and ‘Mary’.” ART.CULT (October 20)
2007
- Beckwith, Naomi. “One to Watch [Sanford Biggers].” Artkrush (Issue 70: Performance Art) (October 31 – November 13)
- Brown, Angela K. “Fort Worth Exhibit Explores the Many Faces of Childhood.” Caller-Times (March 18)
- Chang, Jeff (ed.). “Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop.” Perseus Books
- Duff, Stacey. “A New York Minute.” Time Out Beijing (February): 45.
- Oliver, Valerie Cassel. “Meditations of a B-Boy Buddhist.” International Review of African American Art (Volume 21, Number 3): 51-54.
- Rabinowitz, Cay-Sophie. “Blossom.” Grand Arts Exhibition Catalog (October)
- Robinson, Gaile. “Modern’s Show Takes the Cute Out of Childhood.” Star Telegram (February 25)
- Self, Dana. “In the Keys of Life.” The Pitch (September 27 – October 3)
- Taft, Catherine. “Sanford Biggers.” Modern Painters (February): 95.
- Terranova, Charissa N. “Romper Rooms.” The Dallas Morning News (February 24): 1E, 6E.
- Thorson, Alice. “A Tree Among the Keys.” The Kansas City Star (October 14): F5.
- “Intelligent Design.” New Yorker (April 9)
- “Artists on Spirituality.” Art Asia Pacific (Winter): 89.
- 2006
- Artner, Allan. “Art of Peace: 88 Viewpoints on the Dalai Lama.” The Chicago Tribune (November 2)
- Brooks, Amra. “Must See Art: Freedom and Other Seldom Traveled Roads.” LA Weekly (November 29)
- Kino, Carol. “Young Collector Stefan Levine: Gas Man.” Art Basel Miami Beach (December): 72.
- Knight, Christopher. “’Jocko’ Represents a Cultural Battle.” Los Angeles Times (December 1)
- Larson, Kay. “Keeping the Faith.” ARTnews (February): 98-100.
- Larson, Kay. “The Missing Peace: Artist Consider the Dalai Lama.” The Shambhala Sun (November)
- Maerkle, Andrew. “Artist’s on Spirituality.” Art Asia Pacific (Winter)
- Newman, Andrew Adam. “Directions; The Golden Hour.” New York Times (Arts) (March 12)
- Smith, Roberta. “Chelsea is a Battlefield: Galleries Muster Groups.” New York Times (July 28)
- O’Sullivan, Michael. “Richmond artists Rooted in Histories.” The Washington Post (December 1)
- Szupinska, Joanna. “Paint It Black: African American Art Goes To Warsaw.” Artillery (December): 46.
- “A Bit of Richmond, Now Showing in D.C.” The Washington Post (November 9)
2005
- Dawson, Jessica. “Street Culture Bursts Into the Gallery.” The Washington Post (July 21)
- Bowles, John. “Sanford Biggers at the Contemporary Arts Center.” Art in America (January 2)
- Bryan-Wilson, Julia. “Split Decision.” BookForum (December)
- Houston, Kerr. “Review: Sanford Biggers.” Urbanite Magazine (January)
- Jackson, Brian Keith. “Show and Tell: Sanford Biggers.” New York Magazine (June)
2004
- Baas, Jaqueline & Jacob, Mary Jane(ed). Buddha Mind in Contemporary Art. * Univ. of
- California Press
- Bauer, Marilyn. “Cultural Fusion.” The Cincinnati Enquirer (May)
- Estes, Sarah. “Critics Pick: Both And Not Either Or.” The City Paper (October 27)
2003
- Glueck, Grace. “From Four Milleniums of Jewish Cultural Life.” New York Times (Arts) (June 27)
- Genocchio, Benjamin. “The Forgeries Are The Real Thing In This Exhibition.” New York Times (Arts) (April 13)
- Golonu, Berin. “Psychic Windows.” Sculpture (review) (January/February): 72-73.
- Greco, Stephen & Zita, Carmen. “State of the Art: In Sight.” Trace (issue #36): 53.
- Smith, Roberta. “A Cornucopia of Cultural Exchange, Beginning With A Martial Arts Hero.” New York Times(Arts) (November 28)
- Stillman, Nick “Black Belt.” The Brooklyn Rail (November)
2002
- Anderson, Tomika. “Art Heart’s Sake.” Vibe (April): 70.
- Bollen, Chris. “Outsider Art”. V Magazine (March)
- Collins, Gina Cavallo. “Video Identity Issues.” Java Magazine (January): 16.
- Dailey, Meghan. “Family – The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art.” ArtForum (October): 157.
- Donohue, Piper. “Boogie Down” Honey.” (January): 88.
- Erhardt, Miklos. “Fesusfono es Poteau- Mitan.” Balkon (October): 28-30.
- Girst, Thomas. “Ennui im Whitney.” die tageszeitung (March): 1.
- Gopnik, Blake. “As American as Jumbalaya” Washington Post (Art). March 7. p.1
- Griffin, Tim. “Bi American – The Whitney Biennial opens its doors.” Time Out New York (March 14-21)
- Grunitzky, Claude. “Meister Aller Klassen.” GQ International (September): 30-31.
- Jones, Amelia. “The Post Black Bomb.” Tema Celeste (March/April): 53-54.
- Knight, Christopher. “Art Review.” Los Angeles Times (April 1): F2.
- Matusow, Cathy. “Buddhism and B-Boys?” Houston Press (November 21)
- Nickas, Bob. “Multiple Voice.” ArtForum (May): 164.
- Patton, Phil. “Artists on the Verge.” Mercury Owner Magazine (Spring): 10-13.
- Plagens, Peter. “This Man Will Decide What Art Is.” Newsweek (March 4): 55.
- Rauterberg, Von Hanno. “Danke, Herr, fur Video.” Feuilleton (kunst).
- Robinson, Knox “The Show.” Fader (Winter): 48.
- Stevens, Mark. “Irony Lives.” New York Magazine (March): 55.
- Teicholz, Nina. “Private View: Lawrence Rinder.” Art & Auction (March): 36.
2001
- Budick, Ariella. “Post- Black and White.” Newsday (June)
- Aranda-Alvarado, Rocio. “Culture and Memory.” NKA (Review) (Spring/Summer): 123.
- Cook, Dara. “Players/Rookies 2001.” Vibe (V100) (September): 182.
- Cotter, Holland. “A Full Studio Museum Show Starts with 28 Young Artists and a Shoehorn.” New York Times (Review: Arts) (May 11): E36.
- Croal, Mashaka. “Freestylin at the Studio Museum in Harlem by Aida.” Africana.com (June 26)
- Dewan, Sheila K. “Twin Peaks Makes A Vertical World Their Own.” New York Times(Metro). (February 27)
- Erikson, Emily. “Color Coded.” ArtForum (Preview) (May): 52.
- Fowler Gabe. “Gang of Four.” New Art Examiner (November/December)
- Gioni, Massimiliano. “New York Cut Up.” Flash Art (July-September): 72.
- Girst, Thomas. “Power Enormous: The Art of Sanford Biggers” NY Arts April. p. 24
- Girst, Thomas. “Breakdance auf Leinwand.” die tageszeitung (kultur) (March): 16.
- Griffin, Tim. “Race Matters.” Time Out New York (Art) (May 24): 55-56.
- Maxwell, Bill. “Art Offers New Notions of Being Black.” St. Petersburg Times (Art) (June 20)
- Saltz, Jerry. “Post Black.” Village Voice (Art) (May 22): 51.
- Stevens, Mark. “The Studio Museum in Harlem “Freestyle”: More About Art than About Race.” New York Magazine (Art) (May 21): 84.
- Tate, Greg. “The Golden Age” Village Voice (Art) (May 22): 49
- Viveros- Faune, Christian. “Freestyle.” New York Press (Editorial) (June)
- Wilcox, Lauren. “Transformation and Tradition: Interview with Sanford Biggers.” Tout-Fait (Duchamp Studies On-line Journal)
- –. “Making the Case fir the ‘Post Black’ School of Art.” LA Times (September 29)
- –.”The New Masters.” Vibe (Gallery) (May): 138 & 142.
- –. “Freestyle” at Studio Museum.” Artnet.com (news) (April 13)
2000
- Berwick, Carly. “Power Spins” ARTnews (On the Edge). November. p. 224
- Cotter Holland. “Picking Out Distinctive Voices in a Pluralistic Chorus.” New York Times (Review: Arts) (August 18): E31.
- Cotter, Holland. “A Condensed International Melange.” New York Times (Weekend – Arts & Leisure) (May 6): E37.
- Jackson, Brian Keith. “Dharma on the Dancefloor.” Paper Magazine (Arts). September. p. 43
- Sirmans Franklin. “Artistically Speaking.” Soul Purpose.com (September 22)
- Sirmans, Franklin. “From the Studio: Artists in Residence 2000.” Time Out New York (Arts) (August 3-10): 55.
- –. “Hanne Tierney, Marian Griffiths and Five Myles.” NY Arts Magazine (April): 14-15.