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:
"metamorphosis", maud piquion, berlin, 2009
"hanuman versus actaeon", maud piquion, weimar, 2009
"what goes around comes around", n2 galeria, barcelona, 2008
"palingenesis", the wall gallery, berlin, 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:
"drap art", centre cultura contemporania de barcelona, barcelona, 2009
"no more sugar for the monkey", stattbad gallery, berlin, 2009
"out of wedding ", uferhallen, berlin, 2009
"Exposición Colectiva", Galería Ignacio de Lassaletta, Barcelona, 2009
"ressurection", maud piquion, berlin, 2009
"Maestros contemporaneos siglos xx y xxi", VictoriFills, Madrid, 2009
"mauerfall", galerie im malzhaus plauen, plauen, 2009
"kunst auktion", stilwerk, berlin, 2009
"drap art", centre cultura contemporania de barcelona, barcelona, 2008
"plan w, berliner kunstsalon, berlin, 2008
“uferhallen“, uferhallen, 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”, cork gallery, lincoln center, new york, 1999
awards, residencies, teaching posts:
-Djerassi Program Artist in Residence, 2010
-banner commission awarded for the "hominid" exhibition, museum fuer naturkunde, berlin, 2009
-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
Selected Publications:
NY Arts Magazine, The Observer (UK), Progressive Urban Culture/D-Palma (Spain, Germany), Die Welt (Germany), Berliner Zeitung (Germany)
