Sanford Biggers

Sanford Biggers uses installation, film and video, and performance to create artworks that fuse a diverse range of cultural symbols, histories, and customs to suggest a spiritual and symbolic interconnectedness that transcends our differences. Biggers' work is known for its combination of meditative rigor and improvisatory edge, resulting in multilayered compositions that draw from the Buddhist idea of "both/and," hip-hop culture, constellations, Afrofuturism, slave quilts, Jazz, and mandalas. Despite his use of disparate themes, Biggers manages to seamlessly combine them into works of beauty and grace.

Biggers' work first received critical attention for his collaborative work in the Freestyle exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 2001, which was followed by his inclusion in the Whitney Biennial in 2002. Since then, his work has been shown across the US and internationally.

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IFPDA Print Fair Preview - LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies
IFPDA Print Fair Preview - LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies
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Wise Words From Ten Artworld Insiders
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113 Artists on the Cutting-Edge of Textile Art
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4 Reason to Collect Sanford Biggers's 'Lotus' Print
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11 Things to Know About Art School (Or Ways to Avoid It)
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The 7 Best MFA Painting Programs in the U.S.
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6 Seductive Artworks to Tempt Your Wallet
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Read Sanford Biggers's Art World Survival Guide
Read Sanford Biggers's Art World Survival Guide
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6 Art-World Lessons From Akademie X
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The “Black Eye” and the Postmodernist Art World
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10 of the Most Influential MFA Programs
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The Most Compelling Artists to Follow on Instagram
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10 Career-Boosting Artist Residencies to Know