| Sam Wiener was born in Shreveport, LA in 1928. He studied architecture and art with, among others, Josef Albers and Willem deKooning and graduated with a BFA from the Yale School of Fine Arts in 1951. Following three years in the US Navy, Wiener spent a year working in Paris. He moved to New York City in 1955. As well as studio work and exhibits, he has realized some eighty commissions in various materials, collaborating with many of the country's leading architects. Since 1970 he has concentrated on studio work, teaching, and exhibiting in galleries and museums throughout the U.S. and abroad. |
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| Sam Wiener has served on faculties of the School of Architecture, Columbia University, Cooper Union Art School, and Parsons School of Design. He has been a guest instructor and lecturer at numerous art schools, museums and universities. He was a Visiting Artist at Anderson Ranch Art Centers in 1990, 1992 and 1993; a MacDowell Fellow in 1991; and a Resident Artist at the Banff Center for the Arts in 1997. |
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| Evangeline Tabasco was born in Isle Derrierre, Louisiana. She attended local schools until the island was totally destroyed by Hurricane Harry. She then travelled extensively, settling finally in New York City. SHe is entirely self-taught in art. |
| Tabasco's works (drawings, collages, and constructions) have been exhibited widely in galleries, museums, and private showings. She has shown independently as well as with her long time collaborator, Sam Wiener (with whom she is sometimes confused). Splendors of the Sohites, which she and Wiener produced together, was first shown at O.K. Harris Gallery in 1980 and toured the country for three years. Calvin Tomkins in his New Yorker article on humor in art called this exhibition "seasons real boffola...a sly parody of blockbuster museum shows, right down to the attached gift shop..." |
| Previously she had a solo show at the Lamagna Gallery in New York City. In 1978, she and Wiener produced an exhibit at O.K. Harris consisting of models of New York art galleries and museums in which the artworks were represented by supermarket products. |
| Evangeline Tabasco is certified as an artist by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. She is listed in: Who's Who in Society, National Society Directory, and Community Leaders and Noteworthy Americans. Some people believe Ms. Tabasco is Sam Wiener. |
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| Selected Solo Exhibitions and Installations |
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1975 |
Lamagna Gallery, NYC |
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1976 |
Lamagna Gallery, NYC |
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1977 |
Grapestake Gallery, San Francisco |
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1978 |
Barbara Fiedler Gallery, Washington DC |
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O K Harris Gallery, NYC |
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1979 |
Arts Center, Pittsburgh PA |
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1980 |
O K Harris Gallery, NYC |
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1981 |
Museum of the Civic Center, Philadelphia |
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Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie NY |
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Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond |
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Herbert F Johnson Museum, Cornell Univ., Ithaca NY |
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1982 |
University Art Museum, U. of California, Santa Barbara |
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Museum of Modern Art, Rental Gallery, San Francisco |
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Fine Arts Gallery, U. of California, Irvine CA |
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Aspen Center for the Visual Arts, Aspen CO |
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1983 |
University Art Museum, U.of Arizona, Tucson |
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Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson |
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Lowe Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables FL |
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1987 |
Fine Arts Gallery, Hampshire College, Amherst MA |
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Stoner Art Center, Shreveport LA |
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1994 |
Alternative Museum, NYC |
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Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven CT (retrospective) |
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1997 |
John Slade Ely House, New Haven CT |
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1998 |
New Britain (CT) Museum of American Art |
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1999 |
Islip Art Museum, Islip NY |
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2000 |
Brattleboro (VT) Museum |
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2003 |
The Century Association, NYC |
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2005 |
SUNY Westchester Community College, Valhalla NY |
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2007 |
Uma/Niche Gallery, NYC 4 person show |
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2011 |
University of Connecticut, Stamford 2 person show |
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2012 |
National Arts Club, NYC 2 person show |
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2013 |
Century Association, NYC 2 person show |
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2014 |
Ceres Gallery, NYC |
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| Selected Group Shows |
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New York Correspondance School - Whitney Museum, NYC |
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People's Flag Show - Judson Memorial Church, NYC |
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International Sculpture - Galeria Naviglio, Venice and Milan |
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Architectural Art - Museum of Contemporary Crafts, NYC |
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Five Artists in Glass - San Jose Museum, San Jose CA |
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Artists Look at Art - Spencer Museum, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence KA |
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American Painting and Sculpture Today - Indianapolis Museum |
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Francis and Sydney Lewis Collection - Virginia Museum of Fine Arts |
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Glass Routes - De Cordova Museum, Lincoln MA |
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Ashes to Ashes: Visions of Death, Six Artists - Alternative Museum, NYC |
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| Selected Traveling Exhibitions |
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Objects USA- organized by the Smithsonian Institution, toured US & Europe |
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Artists at Work - organized by the Finch College Museum, NYC |
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Mona Lisa in the 20th Century - organized by Lehmbruck Museum, Dusseldorf |
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Deja Vu: Masterpieces Updated - organized by the Art Museum Association |
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Ancient Inspirations; Contemporary Interpretations - organized by the Roberson Center, Binghamton NY |
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Americans in Glass - organized by the Woodson Art Museum, Wausau WI |
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A Different War: Vietnam in Art - organized by the Whatcom Museum, Bellingham WA |
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Old Glory: The American Flag in Contemporary Art - organized by the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art |
