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Ross Bleckner was born in New York City
and raised in Hewlett, NY,
a Long Island suburb. Mr. Bleckner received a Bachelor of Arts from
New York University in 1971, a Master of Fine
Arts from Cal Arts in 1973, and has taught at many of the nation's most prestigious
universities. The Solomon R. Guggenheim
of Art had a major retrospective of his works in 1995, summarizing two decades
of solo shows at internationally acclaimed exhibition venues such as SFMoMA, Contemporary Arts Museum,
Stockholm Moderna Museet, and the Carnegie Museum of Art. Works by Mr. Bleckner are also held in
esteemed public collections throughout the globe, including MoMA, MoCA, Astrup
Fearnley, Museo National Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, and the Whitney Museum of
American Art. Not only has Mr. Bleckner
had a profound impact of shaping the New
York art world, his philanthropic efforts have
enabled many community organizations to perform their vital work. Currently, Mr. Bleckner is president of
Community Research Initiative on AIDS (CRIA), a non-profit community-based AIDS
research and treatment education center.
Mr. Bleckner lives in New York
City.
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