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Sanford Biggers (Los Angeles, 1970) lives and works in New York, US. 
Biggers’ practice encompasses a range of mediums including films, installations, video, drawing, sculpture and performance. Through these various mediums, the artist challenges our given relationships to history with its established symbols and beliefs, combining Afro-American traditions and aesthetics with Japanese symbolism, Central European references with contemporary urban experiences and Italian technique with the rhythms of Hip Hop music. 

Solo exhibitions include: Codeswitch, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY, US (2020); travelled to the California African American Museum: CAAM, CA, US (2021), as well as the SPEED Museum, KY, US (2022), Sanford Biggers, Contemporary Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO, US (2018); Subjective Cosmology, MOCAD, Detroit, MI, US (2016); Laocoon, University of Louisville Hite Art Institute, Louisville, KY, US (2015); Danpatsu, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, US (2014); The Cartographer’s Conundrum, Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA, US (2012); Sweet Funk: An Introspective Survey, Brooklyn. Museum of Art, New York (2011); Cosmic Voodoo Circus, Sculpture Center, New York (2011); Moon Medicine, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA, US (2010). 

Group exhibitions include: Temporary Atlas [curated by Alfredo Cramerotti], Gallerie delle Prigioni, Treviso, IT (2022), Riffs and Relations: African American Artists and the European Modernist Canon, Phillips Collection, Washington D.C., US (2020); Less is a Bore: Maximalist Art and Design, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, US (2019); Get Up, Stand Up Now: Generations of Black Creative Pioneers, Somerset House. London, UK (2019); America Will Be! Surveying the Contemporary Landscape, Dallas Museum of Art, TX, US (2019); The Freedom Principle, The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL, US (2015); Soft Pictures, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, IT (2013); Illuminations, Tate Modern, London, UK (2007); Whitney Biennial 2002, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, US (2002).

Sanford Biggers

SWEVEN, 2022
Antique quilt, assorted textiles, acrylic
179.1 × 199.4 × 2.5 cm / 70 1/2 × 78 1/2 × 1 inches

Sanford Biggers

ANDROMEDA, 2022
Pink Portuguese Marble
91.4 × 36.5 × 24.3 cm / 36 × 14.38 × 9.58 inches Works in the series fall between 32-50 inches tall

Sanford Biggers

THE SURVEYOR (BRUCE’S BEACH), 2021
Antique quilts, assorted textiles, acrylic
167.64 × 68.6 cm / 66 × 27 inches

Sanford Biggers

PRISM, 2021
Antique quilts, assorted textiles
190 × 121 × 6 cm / 74 3/4 × 47 5/8 × 2 3/8 inches

Sanford Biggers

STAND, 2021
Sequins, epoxy clay, acrylic
304.8 × 223.5 cm / 120 × 88 inches Small figure size: 36.8 x 11.4 x 6.3 / 14 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 2 1/2 inches

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HIKKY BURR, 2021
Antique quilts, birch plywood, gold leaf
90.5 × 90.5 × 21 cm / 35 5/8 × 35 5/8 × 8 1/4 inches Each cube side 18 cm Depth 27 cm

Sanford Biggers

ANDROMEDA, 2021
White marble
127 × 48.6 × 32.4 cm / 50 × 19 1/8 × 12 3/4 inches Pedestal size: 50.8 x 76.2 x 76.2 cm / 20 x 30 x 30 inches Overall size: 177.8 x 76.2 x 76.2 / 70 x 30 x 30 inches

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NILE, 2021
Black marble
81.3 × 43.6 × 34.1 cm / 32 ×17 1/8 × 13 1/2 inches Pedestal size: 104 x 62.2 x 62.2 cm / 41 x 24 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches Overall size: 185.4 x 62.2 x 62.2 cm / 73 x 24 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches Works in the series fall between 32-50 inches tall

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NONSUCH, 2019
Antique quilt, acrylic, oil sticks tar
172.7 × 203.2 cm / 68 × 80 inches

Sanford Biggers

TWIST & CRAWL, 2019
Assorted textile, tar, oil stick, acrylic on archival paper
150 × 125.4 × 7 cm / 59 1/8 × 49 3/8 × 2 3/4 inches Unframed dimensions: 137 x 111.7 x 1.2 cm / 54 x 44 1/4 x 1/2 inches

Sanford Biggers

CIPHER, 2019
Kilkenny marble
74 × 23 × 20 cm / 29 1/8 × 9 × 7 3/4 inches

Sanford Biggers

BAM (FOR OJORE) MAN OF WAR, 2017
Bronze, black patina
38.1 × 15.24 × 7.6 cm / 15 × 6 × 3 inches TBT

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FOR YVETTE, 2016
Looped video installation
None

Sanford Biggers

SIRROCO, 2016
Repurposed antique quilt, spray paint, acrylic
174 × 197 cm / 68 1/2 × 77 1/2 inches

Sanford Biggers

FOR TANISHA, 2016
Looped video installation
None

Sanford Biggers

FOR WALTER, 2016
Looped video installation
None

Sanford Biggers

FOR TANISHA, 2016
Bronze
28 × 7.6 × 7.6 cm / 11 × 3 × 3 inches

Sanford Biggers

WOKE, 2016
Sequin fabric, 5 wooden figures
282 × 134 cm / 111 × 52 3/4 inches

Sanford Biggers

FOR WALTER, 2016
Bronze
44.5 × 12.7 × 9 cm / 17 1/2 × 5 × 3 1/2 inches

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BAM (FOR YVETTE), 2016
Bronze
50.8 × 11.4 × 9 cm / 20 × 4 1/2 × 3 1/2 inches

Sanford Biggers

BAM (FOR KEITH), 2016
Bronze
45.7 × 14 × 9 cm / 18 × 5 1/2 × 3 1/2 inches

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UNTITLED, 2016
Repurposed quilt, fabric treated acrylic
206 × 177 cm / 81 1/4 × 69 3/4 inches

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THE TALK, 2016
Antique quilt, fabric, tar, glitter
203 × 213 cm / 80 × 84 inches

Sanford Biggers

LUNA MEDICINA, 2016
Antique quilt fragments, fabric treated acrylic
99 × 44 cm / 39 × 17 1/4 inches

Sanford Biggers

RACETRACK MARTYRS, 2016
Assorted textile, chalk
135 × 104 cm / 53 × 41 inches

Sanford Biggers

TRAMBOLINE, 2013
Steel, tatami
82 × 82 × 25.4 cm / 32 1/3 × 32 1/3 × 10 inches

Sanford Biggers

SUPPOSITION, 2013
Mixed media, tatami map
107 × 90 × 90 cm / 42 × 35 7/16 × 35 7/16 inches

Sanford Biggers

CUMULUS #2, 2013
Raw cotton and wire mesh
44 × 92 × 51 cm / 25 19/32 × 27 11/64 × 14 9/16 inches

Sanford Biggers

EPISTROPHY, 2013
Brass, biots, cardboard and wood
275 × 48 × 48 cm / 108 1/4 × 18 9/10 × 18 9/10 inches

Sanford Biggers

QUILT #23, 2013
Repurposed quilt, fabric treated acrylic, spray paint and silkscreen
170 × 206.5 cm / 67 × 81 1/3 inches

Sanford Biggers

QUILT #21 (YEMOJA), 2013
Repurposed quilt, fabric treated acrylic, spray paint and silkscreen
158 × 238 cm / 62 1/5 × 93 3/4 inches

Sanford Biggers

QUILT 18, 2013
Repurposed quilt, fabric treated acrylic, spray paint and silkscreened muslin
204.5 × 200 cm / 80 33/64 × 78 47/64 inches

Sanford Biggers

QC #2, 2013
Textiles and fabric treated, acrylic paint on archival paper
122 × 122 cm / 48 × 48 inches

Sanford Biggers

QUILT #22, 2013
Repurposed quilt, fabric treated acrylic, spray paint and silkscreen
170 × 168.5 cm / 66 59/64 × 66 11/32 inches

Sanford Biggers

QUILT #17 (SUGAR, PORK, BOURBON), 2013
Repurposed quilt, fabric treated acrylic, spray paint and silkscreen
181 × 201 cm / 71 1/3 × 79 1/6 inches

Sanford Biggers

QUILT #20 (ZORA), 2013
Repurposed quilt, fabric treated acrylic, spray paint and silkscreen
186 × 180 cm / 73 1/4 × 70 5/6 inches