Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle is an American artist.

He graduated from Williams College

Williams College

Williams College is a private liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams. Originally a men's college, Williams became co-educational in 1970. Fraternities were also phased out during this...

 with a BA in 1983, and from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

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 with an MFA in 1989.

He has had major exhibitions at the Rochester Art Center, Minnesota (2006); Art Institute of Chicago (2005); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico (2003); Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Ohio (2002); the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (1997); Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art; Max Protetch

Max Protetch

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Gallery (2009); Orange County Museum of Art; Documenta 12.

He lives and works in Chicago, Illinois.
He teaches at the University of Illinois at Chicago

University of Illinois at Chicago

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Awards

• 2009 Guggenheim Fellow
• 2001 MacArthur Fellows Program
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• 1997–2001 Media Arts Award from the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio
• 1995 National Endowment for the Arts
  National Endowment for the Arts
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  Fellow

External links

• Artist's website
• "Interview with Inigo Manglano-Ovalle Part I", Portlandart, February 27, 2010
• "Interview with Inigo Manglano-Ovalle Part II", Portlandart, February 27, 2010
• "Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle", Cheryl Kaplan, BOMB 72/Summer 2000,
• Unconvincing Open-endedness: the art of Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
• "Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle: “Happiness is a state of inertia” at Max Protetch Gallery", Gallery Crawl, Simmy Swinder, March 12, 2010
• "Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle", Artnet
• 2010 interview about his Mass MoCA installation "Gravity Is A Force To Be Reckoned With."