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Vaginal Davis (b. Los Angeles, CA; lives and works in Berlin, Germany)has been included in exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago (2020), IL;the New Museum (2017), 80WSE (2016), Cooper Union (2015), ParticipantInc. (2012, 2010), all in New York; National Museum of Contemporary ArtBucharest, Romania (2009); Museum of Modern and Contemporary ArtRijeka, Croatia (2009); Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA(2008); and Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria (2006), among many others. She hasperformed at the New Museum, New York, NY (2017); documenta 14, Kassel,Germany (2017); Lafayette Anticipations, Archives nationales, Paris (2017);Arsenal Institut für Film und Videokunst, Berlin (2017); GenderFest Athens,Greece (2017); Creative Time Summit, Washington, D.C. (2016); KunstvereinHannover, Germany (2016); Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario(2015); Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow, Scotland (2015); New YorkUniversity, NY (2014); School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois (2013,2020); Participant Inc., New York, NY (2012); Southbank Centre, London, UK(2012); The Getty Center as part of Pacific Standard Time, Los Angeles, CA(2012); Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2011); and Tate Modern,London (2011), among others. Davis has been a visiting professor at LundUniversity-Malmö Art Academy, Sweden; Justus Liebig Universität Gießen,Germany; Goethe Universität Frankfurt; Harvard University; and New YorkUniversity. Her prolific artistic production also extends to her participationin a number of bands including The Afro Sisters; Black Fag; ¡Cholita! TheFemale Menudo; and Pedro, Muriel, & Esther; as well as solo projects. Herzine publications include Dowager, Crude, Fertile La Toyah Jackson, Shrimp,Yes, Ms. Davis, and Sucker. In 2009, she was awarded the Ethyl EickelbergArt Prize. Davis has hosted and curated the performative film event RisingStars, Falling Stars at the Arsenal Institut für Film und Videokunst in Berlinfor eight years.
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Witch Hunt, The Hammer/ICA LA, 2021
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Vaginal Davis, Club Sucker, 1990s/2
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Fertile La Toyah Jackson, 2009Info
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Vaginal Davis, Evil Taco: An Unauth
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Assorted writings
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That Fertile Feeling, 1982That Fert
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Cholita!, 1995¡Cholita! (1995)Dire
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The Last Club Sucker, 1999The Last
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Fertile La Toyah Jackson Video Maga
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Memory Island (2009)Directed by Vag
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Ephemera
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CV/ VAGINAL DAVIS P.2Bodies in Stag
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