Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
of Works by Devorah Sperber


Traveling Solo Museum Exhibition
Co-Curated by Marilyn Kushner and Nicole Caruth, Brooklyn Museum

"The Eye of the Artist: The Work of Devorah Sperber," Traveling Exhibition, co-organized by the Brooklyn Museum
Installation View: "The Eye of the Artist: The Work of Devorah Sperber"

Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, NY
January 26 - June 17, 2007

MASS MoCA
North Adams, MA

March 27 - September 1, 2008

Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR

January - May 2009

Boise Art Museum
Boise, ID

July 11 - October 18, 2009

Knoxville Museum of Art
Knoxville, TN
November 2009 - January 2010


The Jewish Museum, NYC
Art, Image and Warhol Connections

Co-curated by Daniel Belasco & Joanna Montoya

February 3- August 18, 2008

After Warhol, 2008 by Devorah Sperber, debut exhibition "Our Andy," Jewish Museum, NYC, February 3- August 18, 2008
"After Warhol," 2008, 698 spools of thread (42 x 25 inches),
stainless-steel ball chain
and hanging apparatus,
clear acrylic sphere, metal stand



Mirror Universe

Caren Golden Fine Art
539 West 23rd Street, New York, NY
March 20 - April 26, 2008

"Transporter: Kirk and Spock Beaming-In," 2007-2008, by Devorah Sperber, New York City
"Transporter: Kirk and Spock Beaming-In," 2007-08, 2 beaded figures hanging in front of mirror panels installed in a corner to create the illusion of 6 figures beaming in, 100,000+ loose beads on mixed medium platform (104 x 72 x 72 inches)


One Penn Plaza
Organized by the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)

3 Site-Specific Installations by Devorah Sperber
One Penn Plaza Lobby, New York City
(34th Street, between 7th & 8th Avenues)
On view through the summer of 2010

3 Site Specific Thread Spool Installationas at One Penn Plaza, NYC, commissioned by the New York Foundation for the Arts, (NYFA)
"The Subway Grate and Marilyn," 2007, 15092 spools of thread (95 x 298 inches) stainless steel ball chain, 36" convex mirror on adjacent wall


Museum of Arts & Design
2nd Lives: Remixing the Ordinary

Co-curated by Chief Curator David Revere McFadden
and Curator Lowery Stokes Sims

Inaugural Exhibition, Two Columbus Circle, New York, NY
September 2008 - March 2009
(catalogue)

"After The Mona Lisa 2," 2005, by Devorah Sperber, Museum of Arts & Design Inaugural Exhibition, September 2008- March 2009
"After The Mona Lisa 2," 2005, by Devorah Sperber, 5184 spools of thread,
stainless-steel ball chain and hanging apparatus, clear acrylic sphere
85 x 86 inches


After Magritte
Commissioned by Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines

A Site-Specific Installation for the Cruise Ship
"Independence of the Seas"
Maiden Voyage, May 2008

After Magritte, by Devorah Sperber, commissioned by Royal Caribbean International, for the cruise ship "Independence of the Seas," Maiden Voyage, May 2008
Studio View, 2007


Solo Exhibition
Selected Works from 1999 - present

Kleinert James Art Center, Woodstock, NY
August 2 - September 7, 2008


Installation view: Kohler Art Center, 2003


(re)Manufractured Objects
Co-Curated by Mara Holt Skov and Steven Skov

Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR
August 28, 2008- January 4, 2009
Additional Sites TBA (catalogue/ book)

(re)Manufractured Objects, Porland Museum of Contemporary Craft, 2008, Additional Sites TBA
"Lie Like a Rug," 2000-01, 18,000 Letraset marker caps on flexible canvas (63 x 99 x 4)


Devorah Sperber: A Strange Sense of Déjà vu
Curated by David Brown, Director

Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA
March - May, 2009
(catalogue)

"VW Bus: Shower Power," by Devorah Sperber, Solo Exhibition : Selected Works 1999-Present, curated by David Brown, Director, The Art Museum of Western Virginia, VA, 2009
"VW Bus: Shower Power," 2001, 60,000 Chartpak colored film flowers on clear vinyl shower curtains, aluminum frame (80 x 63 x 136 inches)


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