Flora Wiegmann

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Flora Wiegmann
Born1976
Nationality American
Known for dance, choreographer
Websiteflorawiegmann.com

Flora Wiegmann (born 1976 in Lincoln, Nebraska) is an American dancer, choreographer and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. [1]

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Education

Wiegmann earned her dance BA from Columbia College Chicago and her MFA from UCLA's Department of Art and Architecture. [1]

Career

Wiegmann has exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Kitchen, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, the Roberts Institute of Art, Camden Arts Centre in London, and the Walter Phillips Gallery in Banff, Canada. [2]

Wiegmann's work incorporates film, site-specificity, endurance and collaboration with visual artists such as Fritz Haeg, Drew Heitzler, Silke Otto-Knapp, Alix Lambert, Margo Victor, and Andrea Zittel. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Wiegmann, Flora. "Flora Wiegmann". florawiegman.com. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  2. "Flora Wiegmann Faculty". The Banff Centre. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  3. "Big City Forum: Shifting Space , Shifting Place". Armory Arts. Retrieved 20 April 2014.