Serge Spitzer

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Serge Spitzer is an artist. He was born in Bucharest, Romania, in 1951 and since the early eighties lives and works in New York.

His work has been shown in many museums and art institutions, among them: Folkwang Museum Essen 1979, Museum of Modern Art New York 1983, Kunstmuseum Bern 1984, Magasin Grenoble 1987, Gemeentemuseum The Hague 1992, Kunsthalle and Kunstverein Düsseldorf 1993, IVAM Centro Julio Gonzales and Centro del Carme Valencia 1994, Henri Moore Institute Leeds 1994, Westfälischer Kunstverein Münster 1995, Kunsthalle Bern 2002.

He participated in many international art exhibitions and biennials, such as: Documenta 8 Kassel 1987, Istanbul Biennial 1994, Biennale de Lyon 1997, Kwangju Biennial 1997, Venice Biennale 1999, and contributed works to many group and thematic exhibitions.

His work is represented in many public and private collections, among them: Brooklyn Museum New York, Fogg Art Museum Cambridge MA, Museum Folkwang Essen, Haags Gemeentemuseum The Hague, Kunstmuseum Bern, IVAM Instituto Valenciano d’Arte Moderno Valencia, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago IL, Musée d’Art Contemporain Lyon, Nationalgalerie Berlin, Staatliche Museen Neue Galerie Kassel, Staatens Museum for Kunst Kopenhagen, The Museum of Modern Art New York, The Menil Collection Houston, Yale University Art Gallery New Heaven CT.