Whitney Biennial 1981
Jan 20–Apr 12, 1981
Artists
- Vito Acconci
- Robert Adams
- Gregory Amenoff
- William Anastasi
- Kenneth Anger
- Siah Armajani
- Charles Arnoldi
- Alice Aycock
- William Bailey
- Jennifer Bartlett
- Lynda Benglis
- James Benning
- Jonathan Borofsky
- Stan Brakhage
- Robert Breer
- Michael Brewster
- Barbara Buckner
- Scott Burton
- Harry Callahan
- Jo Ann Callis
- Louisa Chase
- Christo
- Larry Clark
- Robert Cumming
- Peter D’Agostino
- Willem de Kooning
- Richard Diebenkorn
- John Divola
- Rackstraw Downes
- Benni Efrat
- Rafael Ferrer
- Robert Fichter
- Vernon Fisher
- Kit Fitzgerald and John Sanborn
- Richard Fleischner
- Hollis Frampton
- Richard Francisco
- Robert Frank
- Howard Fried
- Benno Friedman
- Jedd Garet
- Ernie Gehr
- Barry Gerson
- Davidson Gigliotti
- Frank Gillette
- Bette Gordon
- Shalom Gorewitz
- Larry Gottheim
- Jan Groover
- Duane Hanson
- Martha Haslanger
- David Haxton
- Al Held
- Nancy Holt
- Bryan Hunt
- Takahiko Iimura
- Ken Jacobs
- Neil Jenney
- Bill Jensen
- Steve Keister
- Ellsworth Kelly
- Edward Kienholz
- Robert Kushner
- George Landow
- William Larson
- Peter Lodato
- Kim MacConnel
- Robert Mapplethorpe
- Joel Meyerowitz
- Duane Michals
- Richard Misrach
- Mary Miss
- Owen Morrel
- Robert Moskowitz
- Grant Mudford
- Elizabeth Murray
- Andrew Noren
- Arthur Ollman
- Dennis Oppenheim
- Nam June Paik
- Ed Paschke
- Judy Pfaff
- Katherine Porter
- Kenneth Price
- Martin Puryear
- Yvonne Rainer
- Leland Rice
- Bruce Robbins
- James Rosenquist
- Julian Schnabel
- Victor Schrager
- Buky Schwartz
- Richard Serra
- Joel Shapiro
- Sally Shapiro
- Paul Sharits
- Richard Shaw
- Judith Shea
- Stuart Sherman
- Hollis Sigler
- Sandy Skoglund
- Alexis Smith
- Joan Snyder
- Robert Snyder
- Chick Strand
- Wayne Thiebaud
- Richard Thompson
- Joan Thorne
- Jack Tworkov
- Bill Viola
- Russ Warren
- William Wegman
- Robert Wilson
- Robert Zakanitch