Rashawn Griffin

Rashawn Griffin was born in Los Angeles, California and received a MFA from Yale University. Griffin was an artist in residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 2006. Since then, his work has been exhibited widely, including the 2008 Whitney Biennial, a two-person exhibition at the Studio Museum with artist Senga Nengudi, “Freeway Balconies” at the Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin, Germany, curated by Collier Schorr, and “THREADS: Textiles and Fiber in the works of African American Artists” at EK Projects in Beijing, China, curated by Lowery Stokes Sims. Griffin was the subject of the solo exhibition “A hole-in-the-wall country” at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Overland Park, Kansas, as well as participating in the exhibition “Minimal Baroque” at Rønnebæksholm in Næstved, Denmark. Recently, his work was featured in “Lux et Veritas,” a historical survey exhibition of artists of color who graduated from Yale between 2000 and 2010 at the NSU Fort Lauderdale Museum of Contemporary Art in Florida. He also participated in “The Regional,” a biennial of Midwest-based artists at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City. He exhibited a solo project entitled “We no longer recognize the backs of our hands” at The Momentary in Bentonville, Arkansas. His work is in the permanent collections of the Studio Museum in Harlem, NY, the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, MO, and the Saatchi Gallery, as well as several important private collections. He lives and works in Kansas.

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