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Artist: Vernon Reid |
| Exhibition: Tactical Action |
| Date: April 14 2004 - June 10 2004 |
Curator: Lea Rekow
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Bio:
(Visual Artist,Composer, guitarist) was a visual artist before becoming a musician. He has designed art for covers and his music project. His photography and installations have been shown in galleries in Chicago and New York and at the Brooklyn Museum. His current work called Articial Africa is a collection of short animated films/ photographs/ installations and objects. One of the short films of the collection premiered at the Nueva Film Festival in Tokyo, Japan in December 2003. The complete collection of Artificial Africa and will be shown this coming year.
In the larger world Mr. Reid is probably best known for the years he spent leading the rock group Living Colour, founded in circa 1985 in NYC, and piloting the band through a remarkable 10 year career. Among the highlights: a double platinum-selling debut album, Vivid released in 1988;its gold certified successor, Times Up in 1990; two consecutive Grammy Awards in the category of Best Hard Rock performance; opening for the Rolling Stones in the first Lollapalooza tour in the summer of 1991. Mr. Reid spent his formative years in the downtown New York jazz/funk/punk scene with Decoding Society and Defunkt. He has collaborated with artists ranging from Mick Jagger, Public Enemy and Carlos Santana His solo album, Mistaken Identity, co-produced with Teo Marcero, is the product of more than a decade of musical evolution. Since the release of Mistaken Identity with his group Masque, he has pursued a diverse number of activities. He has toured with hisother instrumental group MY Science Project. He has produced records by Resorte, a Mexican Hard rock group, the great African singer Salif Keita which was nominated for a Grammy in 2000 and for James Blood Ulmer, which was nominated for a Grammy in 2002. He has appeared in Guitar Oblique with guitarist David Torn and Elliott Sharp, and on many other artists albums, and directed music performance projects at BAM and MassMoca.
Vernon Reid is also a dance lover and supporter who made his first music for dance in 1980 for Ralph Lemon. Since that time he collaborated and composed music for artist such as Bill T. Jones, Donald Byrd, Marlies Yearby, Goldhuber/Latsky, Gabri Christa and numerous other choreographers.
He has made music for indie films and major film companies and documentaries that have been seen at film festivals, national television and in movie houses.
His most current whirl wind activities for 2004 include among others touring to promote Living Colours new album, recording a new Yohimbe brothers (Vernon Reid and DJ Logic)album, producing a new James Blood Ulmer record. Vernons instrumental band MASQUE releases its new record in April 2004. Vernon Reid is also the music supervisor for a new Disney/ Charles Stone movie : Mr. 3000. His most long term project is being a new daddy to his daughter Idea Viola.
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