Sanford Biggers

Born 1970, Los Angeles, California
Lives and works in New York City

Education:
1999 M.F.A., The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1998 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
1992 B.A., Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia
1991 Syracruse University, Department of International Programs Abroad, Florenece, Italy

Sanford Biggers has been presenting performances and exhibiting his sculptures since 31991. Group exhibitions include One Nation Under a Groove, Bronx Museum, New York (2001); Zoning, The Project, New York (2001); Freestyle, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York (2001); Rapper's Delight, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA (2001); Altoid Curiously Strong Collection, New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York (traveling) (2001); Artists-In-Residence 2000, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York (2000); Clockwork II, PS.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York (2000); Clockwork (2000), Clockwork 2000, Long Island City, New York (2000); Confluence, Five Myles Art Space, Brooklyn, New York (2000); Altered Objects, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois (1999); Dialog, Krasel Art Center, St. Joseph's Harbor, Michigan (1999); Doing Our Own Thang, Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College, Chicago, Illinois (1997); Magical, Mythical, Monumental, Green Street Space (MICA), Baltimore, Maryland (1997 &1996); Foreign Artists' Exhibition, International Center, Nagoya, Japan (1992); and Studenti di Savonarola, Piazza Savanarola, Florence, Italy (1991). Solo exhibitions of his work have been presented at Wight Gallery UCLA, Los Angeles, California (1996); and Cabaret Mago, Nagoya, Japan (1993).