tra bouscaren

born boston, may 12, 1974

education:

yale university, b.a. philosophy 1997
art students league of new york, 1997-1999

selected solo exhibitions:

"what goes around comes around", n2 galeria, barcelona, 2008
“group show in my head, part III”, m:a contemporary, berlin, 2006
“elements for a surrealist play i can´t write”, salon ag, berlin, 2005
“group show in my head”, match artspace, new york, 2004
“all of It”, salon dora kan, washington, d.c., 2004
“tigers and stripes”, khadrberlin, berlin, 2004
“end ensemble”, werketage, berlin, 2004
“rags and ropes”, galerie am dachboden, berlin, 2001

selected group exhibitions:

"emotion in motion", museum für naturkunde, berlin, 2008
“kunst-auktion“, round table 5, deutche bank, berlin, 2008
"ladders", hooker projects, berlin, 2008
"wall installations", 2nd floor, berlin, 2007
“kunst-auktion“, round table 5, deutche bank, berlin, 2006
“eo ipso“, match artspace, new york, 2006
“vice-versa“, match artspace, new york, 2005
“kunst-auktion“, round table 5, deutche bank, berlin, 2004
“freiraume“, freistil e.v., berlin, 2004
“shadows, rags and ropes“, broadway gallery, new york, 2004
“haussalon”, m3 galerie, berlin, 2002
“street painters”, gork gallery, lincoln center, new york, 1999

awards, residencies, teaching posts:

named "artistic advisor" to museum of contemporary art (moca),
hong kong
guest teacher with marcus eek for the workshop, "how to bring
your inner idiot, and make beautiful paintings."
academy of fine arts, helsinki, finland 2006
licht-turm residency, berlin, 2004
dave program residency, keene, new hampshire,
winter 2002-3
awarded, "best in show", and "honorable mention", spring
student concours, art students league of new york, 1998
awarded distinction in the major of philosophy,
yale university, 1997

about the artist:

re-instigated courbet’s, ‘salon des independents’, staging both
solo and group guerilla art actions at the brussels international
art fair, m3 galerie, documenta xl, art basel-miami, and the vermont
studio center. co-founded hooker projects. currently living in berlin.

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