Name Angela Dufresne | Role Artist | |
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Education Kansas City Art Institute, Tyler School of Art | ||
Angela dufresne
Angela Dufresne (born 1969) is a Brooklyn based American artist known for paintings that explore narrative in a variety of ways. She is currently faculty at the Rhode Island School of Design.
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- Angela dufresne
- Angela dufresne opening at kinkead contemporary 5 24 08
- Early life and education
- Works
- References
Angela dufresne opening at kinkead contemporary 5 24 08
Early life and education
Dufresne is originally from Connecticut. Dufresne received a BFA in 1991 from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA from the Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, in 1998.
She has shown work internationally in exhibitions including Greater New York 2005 at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in New York City, the 2005 ARCO Art Fair for Galeria Marta Cervera in Madrid, Miracle on Franklin Street at GV/AS in Brooklyn, The Triumph of Painting at the Saatchi Gallery in London, and a solo exhibition at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, CA. She is represented by Monya Rowe Gallery in New York, and CRG Gallery, also in New York.
Works
As a contemporary lesbian painter, Angela Dufresne references other artists and films in her paintings to show connections to history and history of cultural production, as well as her personal experiences and associations.
