«Civil Progress: Life in Black America,» Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA, February 6 — March 30, 1997 «Blind Spot: Coming
of Age,» White Columns, New York, NY, May 8 — 29, 1997 «Kimchi Xtravaganza,» Korean American Museum, Los Angeles, CA, June 16, 1997 — January 10, 1998; catalogue «The Dual Muse: The
Writer As Artist, The Artist As
Writer,» Washington University Gallery
of Art, St Louis, MO, November 7 — December 21, 1997; catalogue «Thirty - Third Annual Exhibition
of Art on Paper,» Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University
of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, November 16, 1997 — January 18, 1998; catalogue «Heart, Mind, Body, Soul: American Art in the 1990's,» Whitney Museum
of American Art, New York, NY, November 26, 1997 — January 4, 1998 «La Biennale di Venezia, XLVII Esposizione Internationale d'Arte,» Venice, Italy, 1997; catalogue «A Decade in Collecting: Recent Acquisitions in
Contemporary Drawing,» Museum
of Modern Art, New York, NY, 1997 «Coming
of Age,» White Columns, New York, NY, 1997 «Identity Crisis: Self Portraiture at the End
of the Century,» Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI, 1997; traveled to Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO; catalogue «
Kinds of Abstract,» Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, 1997 «Rhapsodies in Black,» Hayward Gallery, The South Bank Centre, London, UK, 1997; travels to Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, UK; The Mead Gallery, Coventry, UK; California Palace
of the Legion
of Honor, Fine Arts Museums
of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Corcoran Gallery
of Art, Washington D.C.; catalogue «Sunny Days / Critical Times,» The Bohen Foundation, New York, NY, 1997 «Un Bel Ete,» Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, 1997