Shamim M. Momin
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Shamim M. Momin is an American
art director and curator of contemporary art. Momin is head of the Los Angeles Nomadic Division, a non-profit art organization in Los Angeles, California. She is also an Adjunct Curator for the Whitney Museum of American Art
where she co-curated the 2008 and 2004 Whitney Biennial
exhibitions. Other projects include PavilioM. at the 53rd Venice Biennale
(2009), a commissioned solo exhibition of video artist Alex Bag
(2009) at the Whitney, a group exhibition entitled Nothingness and Being (2009) at Colección Jumex
near Mexico City, and The Station, an independent group exhibition which took place in approximately 14000 square feet (1,300.6 m²) of unoccupied raw space in a mid-town Miami development during Art Basel
2008.
She has organized solo exhibitions of Terence Koh
(2007), Mark Grotjahn
(2006), Raymond Pettibon
(2005–06), and Banks Violette
(2005). As Branch Director and Curator of the former Whitney Museum at Altria, Momin was responsible for organizing exhibitions and commissioning new work by emerging artists for both solo and thematic presentations. Notable Altria projects have featured artists such as Andrea Zittel
, Rob Fischer, Sue de Beer
, Luis Gispert
, Katie Grinnan, Mark Bradford
, Dario Robleto
, , Do-Ho Suh
, and E.V. Day.
Momin has also contributed to various art-related publications including Phaidon's 2007 exhibition-in-a-book Ice Cream, as well as artist monographs for Alex Katz, Terence Koh, Barnaby Furnas, and Ellen Harvey. Momin also co-authored Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria: 25 Years with Whitney director Adam Weinberg.
Shamim M. Momin is an American
art director and curator of contemporary art. Momin is head of the Los Angeles Nomadic Division, a non-profit art organization in Los Angeles, California. She is also an Adjunct Curator for the Whitney Museum of American Art
where she co-curated the 2008 and 2004 Whitney Biennial
exhibitions. Other projects include PavilioM. at the 53rd Venice Biennale
(2009), a commissioned solo exhibition of video artist Alex Bag
(2009) at the Whitney, a group exhibition entitled Nothingness and Being (2009) at Colección Jumex
near Mexico City, and The Station, an independent group exhibition which took place in approximately 14000 square feet (1,300.6 m²) of unoccupied raw space in a mid-town Miami development during Art Basel
2008.
She has organized solo exhibitions of Terence Koh
(2007), Mark Grotjahn
(2006), Raymond Pettibon
(2005–06), and Banks Violette
(2005). As Branch Director and Curator of the former Whitney Museum at Altria, Momin was responsible for organizing exhibitions and commissioning new work by emerging artists for both solo and thematic presentations. Notable Altria projects have featured artists such as Andrea Zittel
, Rob Fischer, Sue de Beer
, Luis Gispert
, Katie Grinnan, Mark Bradford
, Dario Robleto
, , Do-Ho Suh
, and E.V. Day.
Momin has also contributed to various art-related publications including Phaidon's 2007 exhibition-in-a-book Ice Cream, as well as artist monographs for Alex Katz, Terence Koh, Barnaby Furnas, and Ellen Harvey. Momin also co-authored Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria: 25 Years with Whitney director Adam Weinberg.
Shamim M. Momin is an American
art director and curator of contemporary art. Momin is head of the Los Angeles Nomadic Division, a non-profit art organization in Los Angeles, California. She is also an Adjunct Curator for the Whitney Museum of American Art
where she co-curated the 2008 and 2004 Whitney Biennial
exhibitions. Other projects include PavilioM. at the 53rd Venice Biennale
(2009), a commissioned solo exhibition of video artist Alex Bag
(2009) at the Whitney, a group exhibition entitled Nothingness and Being (2009) at Colección Jumex
near Mexico City, and The Station, an independent group exhibition which took place in approximately 14000 square feet (1,300.6 m²) of unoccupied raw space in a mid-town Miami development during Art Basel
2008.
She has organized solo exhibitions of Terence Koh
(2007), Mark Grotjahn
(2006), Raymond Pettibon
(2005–06), and Banks Violette
(2005). As Branch Director and Curator of the former Whitney Museum at Altria, Momin was responsible for organizing exhibitions and commissioning new work by emerging artists for both solo and thematic presentations. Notable Altria projects have featured artists such as Andrea Zittel
, Rob Fischer, Sue de Beer
, Luis Gispert
, Katie Grinnan, Mark Bradford
, Dario Robleto
, , Do-Ho Suh
, and E.V. Day.
Momin has also contributed to various art-related publications including Phaidon's 2007 exhibition-in-a-book Ice Cream, as well as artist monographs for Alex Katz, Terence Koh, Barnaby Furnas, and Ellen Harvey. Momin also co-authored Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria: 25 Years with Whitney director Adam Weinberg. In 2007, Momin was Adjunct Professor of Contemporary Art in the Williams College Semester in New York program. Her other curatorial projects include Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast: The Impossibility of Translation (2007), a curated book project with artist Olga Adelantado; No Ordinary Sanctity (2005), a group exhibition at the Deutsche Bank project space, Salzburg, as well as Will Boys be Boys?: Examining Adolescent Masculinity in Contemporary Art (2004–2007), which was organized in conjunction with Independent Curators International and traveled to six venues nationally.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
art director and curator of contemporary art. Momin is head of the Los Angeles Nomadic Division, a non-profit art organization in Los Angeles, California. She is also an Adjunct Curator for the Whitney Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
The Whitney Museum of American Art, often referred to simply as "the Whitney", is an art museum with a focus on 20th- and 21st-century American art. Located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street in New York City, the Whitney's permanent collection contains more than 18,000 works in a wide variety of...
where she co-curated the 2008 and 2004 Whitney Biennial
Whitney Biennial
The Whitney Biennial is a biennale exhibition of contemporary American art, typically by young and lesser known artists, on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, USA. The event began as an annual exhibition in 1932, the first biennial was in 1973...
exhibitions. Other projects include PavilioM. at the 53rd Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...
(2009), a commissioned solo exhibition of video artist Alex Bag
Alex Bag
Alex Bag in New York City is an artist working primarily in video. She currently resides in Glen Ridge.- Life and work :Bag received her BFA from Cooper Union and had her first solo exhibition at 303 Gallery only three years after graduating. Her work has been shown at the Gagosian Gallery, P.S...
(2009) at the Whitney, a group exhibition entitled Nothingness and Being (2009) at Colección Jumex
Colección Jumex
The La Colección Jumex is said to be the largest private contemporary art collection in Latin America, with works by Jeff Koons, Andreas Gursky and Gabriel Orozco....
near Mexico City, and The Station, an independent group exhibition which took place in approximately 14000 square feet (1,300.6 m²) of unoccupied raw space in a mid-town Miami development during Art Basel
Art Basel
Art Basel is an international contemporary art fair held each June in Basel, Switzerland. Similar to the Venice Biennale, it has been called "the Olympics of the art world". Art Basel features nearly 300 leading galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa...
2008.
She has organized solo exhibitions of Terence Koh
Terence Koh
Terence Koh is a Canadian artist. Koh creates handmade books and zines, prints, photographs, sculptures, performances, and installations. Much of his diverse work involves queer, punk, and pornographic sensibilities. Koh has also worked under the alias "asianpunkboy", though it appears that name...
(2007), Mark Grotjahn
Mark Grotjahn
Mark Grotjahn is an American painter best known for abstract work and bold geometric paintings. Grotjahn lives and works in Los Angeles.-Early life and education:...
(2006), Raymond Pettibon
Raymond Pettibon
Raymond Pettibon is an American artist who currently lives and works in Venice Beach, California.-Early life:...
(2005–06), and Banks Violette
Banks Violette
-Biography:Violette was born in Ithaca, New York and studied at the School of the Visual Arts in New York earning at BFA in 1998, and graduated with an MFA from Columbia University in 2000.-Work:...
(2005). As Branch Director and Curator of the former Whitney Museum at Altria, Momin was responsible for organizing exhibitions and commissioning new work by emerging artists for both solo and thematic presentations. Notable Altria projects have featured artists such as Andrea Zittel
Andrea Zittel
Andrea Zittel is an American practicing sculptor, installation artist, and Relational artist.-Early Life:Born in Escondido, California in 1965, Zittel graduated from San Pasqual High School in 1983...
, Rob Fischer, Sue de Beer
Sue de Beer
Sue de Beer is a contemporary artist who lives and works in New York, New York.-Background:De Beer received an BFA from Parsons The New School for Design in New York in 1995 and an M.F.A. from Columbia University in 1998...
, Luis Gispert
Luis Gispert
Luis Gispert is an American sculptor and photographer, living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Luis Gispert earned an MFA at Yale University in 2001, a BFA in Film from Art Institute of Chicago in 1996, and attended Miami Dade College from 1990 to 1992.Luis Gispert creates art through a wide...
, Katie Grinnan, Mark Bradford
Mark Bradford
Mark Bradford is an American artist living and working in Los Angeles.-Life and work:He studied at the California Institute of the Arts, located at Valencia, California, U.S., earning an MFA in 1997 and a BFA in 1995....
, Dario Robleto
Dario Robleto
Dario Robleto is an American conceptual artist who lives and works in Houston, Texas. Robleto received his BFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1997 and has subsequently served as an artist in residence at several institutions including the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, the California...
, , Do-Ho Suh
Do-Ho Suh
-Early life and career:He was born in Seoul, Korea in 1962. After earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts in Oriental Painting from Seoul National University, and fulfilling his term of mandatory service in the South Korean military, Suh relocated to the United States to continue...
, and E.V. Day.
Momin has also contributed to various art-related publications including Phaidon's 2007 exhibition-in-a-book Ice Cream, as well as artist monographs for Alex Katz, Terence Koh, Barnaby Furnas, and Ellen Harvey. Momin also co-authored Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria: 25 Years with Whitney director Adam Weinberg.
Shamim M. Momin is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
art director and curator of contemporary art. Momin is head of the Los Angeles Nomadic Division, a non-profit art organization in Los Angeles, California. She is also an Adjunct Curator for the Whitney Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
The Whitney Museum of American Art, often referred to simply as "the Whitney", is an art museum with a focus on 20th- and 21st-century American art. Located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street in New York City, the Whitney's permanent collection contains more than 18,000 works in a wide variety of...
where she co-curated the 2008 and 2004 Whitney Biennial
Whitney Biennial
The Whitney Biennial is a biennale exhibition of contemporary American art, typically by young and lesser known artists, on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, USA. The event began as an annual exhibition in 1932, the first biennial was in 1973...
exhibitions. Other projects include PavilioM. at the 53rd Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...
(2009), a commissioned solo exhibition of video artist Alex Bag
Alex Bag
Alex Bag in New York City is an artist working primarily in video. She currently resides in Glen Ridge.- Life and work :Bag received her BFA from Cooper Union and had her first solo exhibition at 303 Gallery only three years after graduating. Her work has been shown at the Gagosian Gallery, P.S...
(2009) at the Whitney, a group exhibition entitled Nothingness and Being (2009) at Colección Jumex
Colección Jumex
The La Colección Jumex is said to be the largest private contemporary art collection in Latin America, with works by Jeff Koons, Andreas Gursky and Gabriel Orozco....
near Mexico City, and The Station, an independent group exhibition which took place in approximately 14000 square feet (1,300.6 m²) of unoccupied raw space in a mid-town Miami development during Art Basel
Art Basel
Art Basel is an international contemporary art fair held each June in Basel, Switzerland. Similar to the Venice Biennale, it has been called "the Olympics of the art world". Art Basel features nearly 300 leading galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa...
2008.
She has organized solo exhibitions of Terence Koh
Terence Koh
Terence Koh is a Canadian artist. Koh creates handmade books and zines, prints, photographs, sculptures, performances, and installations. Much of his diverse work involves queer, punk, and pornographic sensibilities. Koh has also worked under the alias "asianpunkboy", though it appears that name...
(2007), Mark Grotjahn
Mark Grotjahn
Mark Grotjahn is an American painter best known for abstract work and bold geometric paintings. Grotjahn lives and works in Los Angeles.-Early life and education:...
(2006), Raymond Pettibon
Raymond Pettibon
Raymond Pettibon is an American artist who currently lives and works in Venice Beach, California.-Early life:...
(2005–06), and Banks Violette
Banks Violette
-Biography:Violette was born in Ithaca, New York and studied at the School of the Visual Arts in New York earning at BFA in 1998, and graduated with an MFA from Columbia University in 2000.-Work:...
(2005). As Branch Director and Curator of the former Whitney Museum at Altria, Momin was responsible for organizing exhibitions and commissioning new work by emerging artists for both solo and thematic presentations. Notable Altria projects have featured artists such as Andrea Zittel
Andrea Zittel
Andrea Zittel is an American practicing sculptor, installation artist, and Relational artist.-Early Life:Born in Escondido, California in 1965, Zittel graduated from San Pasqual High School in 1983...
, Rob Fischer, Sue de Beer
Sue de Beer
Sue de Beer is a contemporary artist who lives and works in New York, New York.-Background:De Beer received an BFA from Parsons The New School for Design in New York in 1995 and an M.F.A. from Columbia University in 1998...
, Luis Gispert
Luis Gispert
Luis Gispert is an American sculptor and photographer, living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Luis Gispert earned an MFA at Yale University in 2001, a BFA in Film from Art Institute of Chicago in 1996, and attended Miami Dade College from 1990 to 1992.Luis Gispert creates art through a wide...
, Katie Grinnan, Mark Bradford
Mark Bradford
Mark Bradford is an American artist living and working in Los Angeles.-Life and work:He studied at the California Institute of the Arts, located at Valencia, California, U.S., earning an MFA in 1997 and a BFA in 1995....
, Dario Robleto
Dario Robleto
Dario Robleto is an American conceptual artist who lives and works in Houston, Texas. Robleto received his BFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1997 and has subsequently served as an artist in residence at several institutions including the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, the California...
, , Do-Ho Suh
Do-Ho Suh
-Early life and career:He was born in Seoul, Korea in 1962. After earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts in Oriental Painting from Seoul National University, and fulfilling his term of mandatory service in the South Korean military, Suh relocated to the United States to continue...
, and E.V. Day.
Momin has also contributed to various art-related publications including Phaidon's 2007 exhibition-in-a-book Ice Cream, as well as artist monographs for Alex Katz, Terence Koh, Barnaby Furnas, and Ellen Harvey. Momin also co-authored Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria: 25 Years with Whitney director Adam Weinberg.
Shamim M. Momin is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
art director and curator of contemporary art. Momin is head of the Los Angeles Nomadic Division, a non-profit art organization in Los Angeles, California. She is also an Adjunct Curator for the Whitney Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
The Whitney Museum of American Art, often referred to simply as "the Whitney", is an art museum with a focus on 20th- and 21st-century American art. Located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street in New York City, the Whitney's permanent collection contains more than 18,000 works in a wide variety of...
where she co-curated the 2008 and 2004 Whitney Biennial
Whitney Biennial
The Whitney Biennial is a biennale exhibition of contemporary American art, typically by young and lesser known artists, on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, USA. The event began as an annual exhibition in 1932, the first biennial was in 1973...
exhibitions. Other projects include PavilioM. at the 53rd Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...
(2009), a commissioned solo exhibition of video artist Alex Bag
Alex Bag
Alex Bag in New York City is an artist working primarily in video. She currently resides in Glen Ridge.- Life and work :Bag received her BFA from Cooper Union and had her first solo exhibition at 303 Gallery only three years after graduating. Her work has been shown at the Gagosian Gallery, P.S...
(2009) at the Whitney, a group exhibition entitled Nothingness and Being (2009) at Colección Jumex
Colección Jumex
The La Colección Jumex is said to be the largest private contemporary art collection in Latin America, with works by Jeff Koons, Andreas Gursky and Gabriel Orozco....
near Mexico City, and The Station, an independent group exhibition which took place in approximately 14000 square feet (1,300.6 m²) of unoccupied raw space in a mid-town Miami development during Art Basel
Art Basel
Art Basel is an international contemporary art fair held each June in Basel, Switzerland. Similar to the Venice Biennale, it has been called "the Olympics of the art world". Art Basel features nearly 300 leading galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa...
2008.
She has organized solo exhibitions of Terence Koh
Terence Koh
Terence Koh is a Canadian artist. Koh creates handmade books and zines, prints, photographs, sculptures, performances, and installations. Much of his diverse work involves queer, punk, and pornographic sensibilities. Koh has also worked under the alias "asianpunkboy", though it appears that name...
(2007), Mark Grotjahn
Mark Grotjahn
Mark Grotjahn is an American painter best known for abstract work and bold geometric paintings. Grotjahn lives and works in Los Angeles.-Early life and education:...
(2006), Raymond Pettibon
Raymond Pettibon
Raymond Pettibon is an American artist who currently lives and works in Venice Beach, California.-Early life:...
(2005–06), and Banks Violette
Banks Violette
-Biography:Violette was born in Ithaca, New York and studied at the School of the Visual Arts in New York earning at BFA in 1998, and graduated with an MFA from Columbia University in 2000.-Work:...
(2005). As Branch Director and Curator of the former Whitney Museum at Altria, Momin was responsible for organizing exhibitions and commissioning new work by emerging artists for both solo and thematic presentations. Notable Altria projects have featured artists such as Andrea Zittel
Andrea Zittel
Andrea Zittel is an American practicing sculptor, installation artist, and Relational artist.-Early Life:Born in Escondido, California in 1965, Zittel graduated from San Pasqual High School in 1983...
, Rob Fischer, Sue de Beer
Sue de Beer
Sue de Beer is a contemporary artist who lives and works in New York, New York.-Background:De Beer received an BFA from Parsons The New School for Design in New York in 1995 and an M.F.A. from Columbia University in 1998...
, Luis Gispert
Luis Gispert
Luis Gispert is an American sculptor and photographer, living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Luis Gispert earned an MFA at Yale University in 2001, a BFA in Film from Art Institute of Chicago in 1996, and attended Miami Dade College from 1990 to 1992.Luis Gispert creates art through a wide...
, Katie Grinnan, Mark Bradford
Mark Bradford
Mark Bradford is an American artist living and working in Los Angeles.-Life and work:He studied at the California Institute of the Arts, located at Valencia, California, U.S., earning an MFA in 1997 and a BFA in 1995....
, Dario Robleto
Dario Robleto
Dario Robleto is an American conceptual artist who lives and works in Houston, Texas. Robleto received his BFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1997 and has subsequently served as an artist in residence at several institutions including the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, the California...
, , Do-Ho Suh
Do-Ho Suh
-Early life and career:He was born in Seoul, Korea in 1962. After earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts in Oriental Painting from Seoul National University, and fulfilling his term of mandatory service in the South Korean military, Suh relocated to the United States to continue...
, and E.V. Day.
Momin has also contributed to various art-related publications including Phaidon's 2007 exhibition-in-a-book Ice Cream, as well as artist monographs for Alex Katz, Terence Koh, Barnaby Furnas, and Ellen Harvey. Momin also co-authored Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria: 25 Years with Whitney director Adam Weinberg. In 2007, Momin was Adjunct Professor of Contemporary Art in the Williams College Semester in New York program. Her other curatorial projects include Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast: The Impossibility of Translation (2007), a curated book project with artist Olga Adelantado; No Ordinary Sanctity (2005), a group exhibition at the Deutsche Bank project space, Salzburg, as well as Will Boys be Boys?: Examining Adolescent Masculinity in Contemporary Art (2004–2007), which was organized in conjunction with Independent Curators International and traveled to six venues nationally.