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Artists

Melanie Schiff

decade

1970s

1977

Melanie Schiff is born in Chicago.

decade

2000s

2000

Sterling Ruby and Melanie Schiff become friends while students in Chicago.

2002

Melanie Schiff receives her MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

2005

Sterling Ruby curates the group exhibition Autonomy at Foxy Production, which includes Aaron Curry and his future wife, Melanie Schiff.

2006

A young person is standing outdoors and spitting liquid underneath a lemon tree.
Melanie Schiff, Spit Rainbow, 2006. Chromogenic development print; 29 × 39 ½ in. (73.7 × 100.3 cm). Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, restricted gift of Kay and Malcolm Kamin and Kay Torshen in honor of the MCA’s 40th Anniversary, 2007.34. © 2006 Melanie Schiff
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

decade

2010s

2012

Melanie Schiff and Sterling Ruby marry.

2010s 2012

Melanie Schiff sets up her studio in Sterling Ruby’s studio warehouse complex in East Los Angeles.

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