# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mel-bochner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:33:28.531Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mel-bochner"
name: "Mel Bochner"
slug: "mel-bochner"
description: "Melvin Simon Bochner was an American conceptual artist. \nHe is considered to be one of the founders of Conceptual Art, and credited with reshaping the canon of contemporary art. Bochner's 1966 exhibition, “Working Drawings And Other Visible Things On Paper Not Necessarily Meant To Be Viewed As Art,” is cited as one of the first conceptual art exhibitions in the world."
tagline: "American conceptual artist (1940–2025)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1940-08-23"
deathDate: "2025-02-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm11091400"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump