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Mirra participated in the 30th [[São Paulo Art Biennial]] and the 50th [[Venice Biennial]]. She has had exhibitions at the [[Berkeley Art Museum]], [[Haus Konstruktiv]] in Zürich, the [[Renaissance Society]] at the [[University of Chicago]], and [[Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art]] in Berlin.
Mirra participated in the 30th [[São Paulo Art Biennial]] and the 50th [[Venice Biennial]]. She has had exhibitions at the [[Berkeley Art Museum]], [[Haus Konstruktiv]] in Zürich, the [[Renaissance Society]] at the [[University of Chicago]], and [[Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art]] in Berlin.


Mirra's 1999 exhibition ''Map, Film, Record, Picture, Sculpture'', included a 16mm silent film, fabric maps of sections of the 52nd parallel, and the vinyl record ''Along, Below''.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Palmer|first1=Laurie|title=Helen Mirra|journal=Frieze|date=May 1999|issue=46|url=http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/helen_mirra/}}</ref> A 15-year survey of her work was presented in 2014 at Culturgest in Lisbon, Portugal.
Mirra's 1999 exhibition ''Map, Film, Record, Picture, Sculpture'', included a 16mm silent film, textile works, and the vinyl record ''Along, Below'', all relating to geography.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Palmer|first1=Laurie|title=Helen Mirra|journal=Frieze|date=May 1999|issue=46|url=http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/helen_mirra/}}</ref> A 15-year survey of her work, [http://www.culturgest.pt/arquivo/2014/expos/helenmirra.html ''Edge Habitat''], was presented in 2014 at Culturgest in Lisbon, Portugal.


==Selected exhibitions==
==Selected exhibitions==
*[http://www.renaissancesociety.org/exhibitions/425/helen-mirra-sky-wreck/ ''Sky Wreck''], [[Renaissance Society]], May 6–June 24, 2001
*[http://www.renaissancesociety.org/exhibitions/425/helen-mirra-sky-wreck/ ''Sky-wreck''], [[Renaissance Society]], May 6–June 24, 2001
*''Declining Internal Lands'', [[Whitney Museum of American Art]], September 21-December 8, 2002<ref>{{cite news|last1=Richards|first1=Frances|title=From Land and Sound to Thought|url=http://www.hmirra.net/information/pdfs/Mirra_Whitney.pdf|work=Whitney Museum brochure|date=2002}}</ref>
*''Declining Interval Lands'', [[Whitney Museum of American Art]], September 21-December 8, 2002<ref>{{cite news|last1=Richard|first1=Frances|title=From Land and Sound to Thought|url=http://www.hmirra.net/information/pdfs/Mirra_Whitney.pdf|work=Whitney Museum brochure|date=2002}}</ref>
*''Waulked'', Peter Freeman Inc., New York, September 11–October 25, 2014<ref>{{cite news|last1=Farzin|first1=Media|title=Helen Mirra’s “Waulked”|url=http://www.art-agenda.com/reviews/helen-mirra%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cwaulked%E2%80%9D/|work=Art Agenda|date=October 13, 2014}}</ref>
*''Waulked'', Peter Freeman Inc., New York, September 11–October 25, 2014<ref>{{cite news|last1=Farzin|first1=Media|title=Helen Mirra’s “Waulked”|url=http://www.art-agenda.com/reviews/helen-mirra%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cwaulked%E2%80%9D/|work=Art Agenda|date=October 13, 2014}}</ref>
*''Helen Mirra'', Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, August 20–September 26, 2015<ref>{{cite news|last1=Andersson|first1=Axel|title=Tid omvandlad till konkret rumslighet|url=http://www.kunstkritikk.no/kritikk/tid-omvandlad-till-konkret-rumslighet|work=Kunstkritikk|date=September 1, 2015}}</ref>
*''Helen Mirra'', Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, August 20–September 26, 2015<ref>{{cite news|last1=Andersson|first1=Axel|title=Tid omvandlad till konkret rumslighet|url=http://www.kunstkritikk.no/kritikk/tid-omvandlad-till-konkret-rumslighet|work=Kunstkritikk|date=September 1, 2015}}</ref>

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Helen Mirra is an American conceptual artist.

Mirra was born in Rochester, New York in 1970. She graduated from Bennington College in 1991, majoring in studio art and contemporary art history. She earned her MFA in studio art from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1996.

Mirra participated in the 30th São Paulo Art Biennial and the 50th Venice Biennial. She has had exhibitions at the Berkeley Art Museum, Haus Konstruktiv in Zürich, the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, and Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin.

Mirra's 1999 exhibition Map, Film, Record, Picture, Sculpture, included a 16mm silent film, textile works, and the vinyl record Along, Below, all relating to geography.[1] A 15-year survey of her work, Edge Habitat, was presented in 2014 at Culturgest in Lisbon, Portugal.

Selected exhibitions

References

  1. ^ Palmer, Laurie (May 1999). "Helen Mirra". Frieze (46).
  2. ^ Richard, Frances (2002). "From Land and Sound to Thought" (PDF). Whitney Museum brochure.
  3. ^ Farzin, Media (October 13, 2014). "Helen Mirra's "Waulked"". Art Agenda.
  4. ^ Andersson, Axel (September 1, 2015). "Tid omvandlad till konkret rumslighet". Kunstkritikk.