36. KAREN KILIMNIK
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Karen Kilimnik, Jane Creep drawing,
1991, crayon on paper, ribbon, 27,94 x 35,56 cm.
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The green fairy
cottage in the Vietnamese jungle
2015
Water soluble oil color and glitter on canvas
51,435 x 61,595 cm
2015
Water soluble oil color and glitter on canvas
51,435 x 61,595 cm
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the mirror of the Indian Ocean
2015
Water soluble oil color on canvas
45,72 x 35,56 cm
2015
Water soluble oil color on canvas
45,72 x 35,56 cm
BIO & STEPS
Born:
In 1955 in Philadelphia (USA)
Nowadays:
Lives and Works in Philadelfia (USA)
Studies:
1984 Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Themes and
style:
Kilimnik's
paintings, characterised by loose brushwork, bold colors and "thrift shop
paint-by-numbers awkwardness", are pastiches of the Old Masters and often
incorporate portraits of celebrities. In contrast to the celebrity portraits of
Elizabeth Peyton, Kilimnik, "blends together Conceptual and performance
art and 1980's appropriation with the current interest in female psychology and
identity." Jonathan Jones described her portrait of Hugh Grant (1997) as
"a nice example of a relatively new genre of painting, which we might call
the iconic portrait, not commissioned by its sitter but based on photographs, magazine
cuttings, film clips."
Techniques:
His work is developed in paintings and
installation.
Solo Exhibitions
2015
Sprüth Magers, London, UK
2014
“Psyche” at Opera National de Paris / Opera Garnier, Paris
Sprüth
Magers, Berlin, Germany
2013
Cuverie du Prince de Conti, Vosne Romanée, France, presented by Le
Consortium,
Dijon
Cuverie
du Pince de Conti Romane Conti/Consortium, Dijon, France
Galerie
Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
2012
Karen Kilimnik & Kim Gordon, 303 Gallery, New York, NY
"Dance
Rehearsal: Karen Kilimnik's World of Ballet and Theatre", Mills College
Art Museum,
Oakland, CA
The
Brant Foundation, Greenwich, CT
2011 303
Gallery, New York
“Psyche”,
Opera National de Paris / Opera Garnier, Paris
2010 II
Capricorno, Venice, Italy
Joseph
Cornell Karen Kilimnik, Curated by Todd Levin, Spruh Magers, London
“Intervention”,
Osterreichischle Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
2009
“Made in Naples”, Festival, Karole Armitage Ballet Company, Naples
2008 303
Gallery, New York
Eva
Presenhuber, Zurich
“Heathers”,
Philomene Magers, Berlin
“Karen
Kilimnik” MCA Museum of contemporary art, Chicago
2007
"Karen Kilimnik", Powel House Museum, Philadelphia
"Karen
Kilimnik", Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; Museum of
Contemporary
Art, Chicago; Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO; MOCA Miami
Serpentine
Gallery, London
Le
Consortium, Dijon, France
Spruth
Magers, London
Spruth
Magers, Cologne
“Karen
Kilimnik” Aspen Art Museum, Aspen
2006
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
303
Gallery, New York
2005
Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice
Historisches
Museum Basel, Haus Zum Kirschgarten, Basel
2004
Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
“Hayden-Zimmer,
Salzburg” Galerie Spruth/Magers, Munich, Germany
2003
Galerie Sprüth/Magers, Munich, Germany
2002
“Fairy Battle”, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Il
Capricorno, Venice, Italy
Galerie
Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
303
Gallery, New York
Luxe
Gallery, New York
2001
Gallery Side 2, Tokyo, Japan
303
Gallery, New York, NY
2000
Emily Tsingou Gallery, London, U.K.
Galerie
Sprüth/Magers, Munich, Germany
Bonner
Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany South London Gallery, London, U.K.
Kunstverein
Wolfsburg e. V. Wolfsburg, Germany
Galerie
Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
Nassau
County Museum of Art, NY
“Drawing
on the figure” MCA-Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
1999
Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens, Greece
Gallery
Side 2, Tokyo, Japan
303
Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie
Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
1998 H
& R Projects, Brussels, Belgium
Emily
Tsingou Gallery, London, England
Galerie
Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
“Hungry
ghosts”, The Douglas Hyde Gallery
Kunsthalle,
Zurich
“Belladonna”,
ICA, London
1997 303
Gallery, New York, NY
Kunsthalle
Zurich, Switzerland
1996
Galleria Il Capricorno, Venice, Italy
Rebecca
M. Camhi Gallery, Athens, Greece
Transmission
Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
1995 303
Gallery, New York, NY
Jack
Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Center
for Contemporary Gravure, Geneva
Galerie
Walcheturm, Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie
Jennifer Flay, Paris, France
Galerie
Metropol, Vienna, Austria
Ynglingagatan
1, Stockholm, Sweden
1994
White Cube, London, UK
Galleria
Il Capricorno, Venice, Italy
Modulo
Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisboa, Portugal
Carmago
Villaqua, Sao Paulo
“Reflex”,
Wiener Secession, Vienna
Galerie
Sylvia Lorenz, Paris
1993 303
Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie
Marc Jancou, Zurich, Switzerland
Studio
Lapeyre, Milan, Italy
1992
“Escape in Time,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
Galerie
Jennifer Flay, Paris, France
Galerie
Esther Schipper, Koln, Germany
Galerie
Gisela Capitain, Koln, Germany
Galerie
Ballgasse, Wein, Austria
1991 303
Gallery, New York, NY
Group
Exhibitions
2015
“America is Hard to See”, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
“Works
On Paper”, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
2013
“1984-1999. The Decade” Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France
“Station
to station”, New-York, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Minneapolis, Santa Fe,
Winslow,
Barstow, Los Angeles, Aokland/San Fransisco
"Miss
Dior", Grand Palais, Paris
"The
Time is Now", John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
"On
Cuteness", Halle für Kunst, Lüneberg, Germany
2012
"A Bigger Splash: Painting After Performance", Tate Modern, London
Decorative
Art Museum of Paris, Paris, France
"Looking
Back for the Future", Kunsthalle, Zurich
2011
“Sculpture Now”, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich
2010
“How soon now”, Rubell Family Collection, Miami
“Fritto
Misto”, Tanja Pol Galerie, Munich
“Picture
Industry (goodbye to all that)”, organized by Walead Beshty, Regen
Project,
Los Angeles, California
”Black
Swan" Regen Projects II, Los Angeles, California
“Ordinary
Madness”, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2009
"Pretty Ugly", Maccarone Gallery, New York
"Implant",
UBS Art Gallery, New York
2008
"We are Stardust, We are Golden", Johnen + Schöttle Since 1984",
Johnen +
Schöttle,
Cologne, Germany
2008
Whitney Biennial exhibition, Whitney Museum, New York
"Order,
Desire, Light", Irish Museum of Art, Dublin
"Mysteries:
Magic and Deception in Contemporary Art", Stephen Wirtz Gallery,
San
Francisco
“Faces
and Figures (Revisited)”, Mac Jancou Contemporary, New York
“Menagerie:
Animals & Nature”, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York
2007
“The Incomplete,” Chelsea Art Museum, New York
“Old
School”, Hauser and Wirth Colnaghi, London
"The
Third Mind", curated by Ugo Rondinone, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
2006
"Face to Face", Ausstellungshalle zeitgenössische Kunst Münster,
Germany
"The
Subversive Charm of the Bourgeoise", VanAbbemuseum, Einhoven,
Netherlands
"Sweets
& Beauties", Fredericks & Freiser, New York
"Defamation
of Character", PS1, New York
2005
"Drawing from the Modern 1975-2005", Museum of Modern Art, New York
"Ideal
Worlds: New Romanticism in Contemporary Art", Schirn Kunsthalle
Frankfurt,
Germany
"Beauty
of the Painting", Stådische Galerie Delmenhorst, Germany
2004
“Beauty Matter”, Tina Kim Fine Art, New York
“American
Idyll”, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York
“Now Is
a Good Time”, curated by Dean Valentine, Andrea Rosen Gallery,
New York
"I
Was in the House When the House Burned Down", Fredericks & Freiser,
New
York
“The Big
Nothing”, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
“9
Mutter XX04”, The Mutter Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2003
"Never mind your step", Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal/Basel
“girls
don’t cry”, curated by Hiromi Kitazawa, Parco Museum, Japan
“The
20th Anniversary Show”, Monika Spruth – Philomene Magers, Munich,
Germany
2002 “Go
Figure”, curated by Michael Steinberg and Stefan Stoyanov, Luxe Gallery,
New York
“Cassatt,
Neel, Kilimnik; Painted Faces”, curated by Lisa Melandri, Moore
College
of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
2002
“Reflexions”, curated by Monika Sprüth, Philomene Managers,
Munich,
Germany
2001
“The Mystery of Painting”, Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany, (exh.cat)
“Conceptual
Realism”, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts,
Philadelphia,
PA
“Works
on Paper From Acconci to Zittel”, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, U.K.
“Collaboration
With Parkett: 1984 to NOW”, Museum of Modern Art, New York
“Drawing
on the Figure: Works on Paper of the 1990’s from the Manilow
Collection”,
curated by Staci Boris, MoCA Chicago
6
2000
Emily Tsiongou Gallery, London, UK
“Drawings
2000”, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
“Calendar
2000”, curated by Eileen Cohen and Amada Cruz, Center for
Curatorial
Studies Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
“Presumed
Innocent”, capcMusée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux,
Bordeaux,
France
1999
“Spellbound”, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Heaven”,
Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany
“Draw”, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London, England
“horseplay”,
Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Panel
Discussion, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Kunstverein
Gallery, Wolfsburg, Germany
“Fame
After Photography”, Museum of Modern Art, NY
“Free
Coke”, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
"Cosmogram",
Galleria Marabini, Bologna
"Accelerator",
Arnolfini, Bristol
"Le
Grand Praemiere Opening Show", Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
"Draw",
Emily Tsnigou Gallery, London
1998 “La
nuit, L’oubli (en souvenir de Gilles Dusein), Musee d’art Moderne et
contemporain,
Geneva
“Roommates”,
curated by Corinne Groot and Rob van de Ven, Museum van
Loon,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
“Super
Freaks”, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
“Exterminating
Angel”, curated by Joshua Decter, Galerie Ghislaine
Hussenot,
Paris, France
“Tip of
the Iceberg”, Dorfman Projects and Art Resources Transfer, New York
“Presumed
Innocence”, curated by Jean Crutchfield, Anderson Gallery,
Richmond,
Virginia and the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati
“¿En qué
estás pensando?” Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona, Spain
“The
Sound of One Hand”, curated by Collier Schorr, Apex Art C.P., New York,
“drawings”,
James Graham & Sons, New York, NY “Hungry Ghosts”, The
Douglas
Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
“Minis,
Midis & Maxis”, Berufsvereinigung der bildenden Kunstler
Vararlbergs,
Kunstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
“Surfing
the Surface”, dfn gallery, New York, NY
“The
Next Word”, curated by Johanna Drucker, Neuberger Museum of Art,
Purchase,
NY
“Accelerator”, Southampton City Art Gallery,
Southampton, and Arnolfini
Gallery,
Bristol, UK
“Critical
Elegance”, Deurle, Gent, Brussels
"Deep
Storage", Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
"I
shop, therefore I am", Kunstverein in Hamburg
1997
"Belladonna", curated by Emma Dexter and Kate Bush, ICA, London
"Karen
Kilimnik, Nicole Eisenman, Raymond Pettibon", Galerie Rudiger
Schottle,
Munich
“Art on
Paper”, curated by Amy Cappellazzo, Weatherspoon Art Gallery,
Greensboro,
North Carolina
“Landscape
U.S.A.”, Bronwyn Keenan, New York
"DISPLAY".
Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen
1996
" Karen Kilimnik and Yoshitomo Nara", Johnen & Schottle, Koln,
Germany
"a/drift:
Scenes From the Penetrable Culture", curated by Joshua Dector, Center
for
Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College
"
Nirvana: Capitalism and the Consumed Image', Center of Contemporary Art,
Seattle,
Washington
"
Slight", Norwich Gallery, Norwich School of Art and Design,
United
Kingdom
"Ideal
Standard Life", Spiral/Wacoal Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
"Baby
Generation", Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"Push-Ups",
The Factory, Athens Fine Art School, Athens, Greece
"
Currents in Contemporary Art", Christie's East, New York, New York
1995
"Autour de Roger Vivier", Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, France
"Saturday
Night Fever", curated by Michael Cohen and Cathrine Liu, Tom
Solomon's
Garage, Los Angeles, CA
“Jahreswechsel”,
Leccese-Spruth, Cologne
“Un
monde chez soi”, Saint Gervais, Geneva
1994
"Snow Job", Forde, Geneva, Switzerland
Carmago
Villaqua, Sao Paulo, Brazil
"Portraits",
Janice Guy, New York, NY
"
6th Semaine Internationale de Video", Geneva
"Desire",
DIFFA, Visionaire, Charles Cowels Gallery, NY
"Face-Off,
The Portrait in Recent Art", Institute of Contemporary Art,
University
of Pennsylvania
"Hellraiser",
Comune di Mote Carasso, Monte Carasso
1993
"Audience 0.01", curated by Helena Kontova, Flash Art Museum, Italy
“Die
Neunziger/The Nineties”, curated by Martin Prinzhorn, Wiener
Secession,
Vienna
"Uber
Leben", Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
"Restaurant",
organized by Marc Jancou, La Bocca, 59 Monmartre, 75002, Paris
"The
Art of Language", Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria; Frankfurter Kunstverein,
Frankfurt,
Germany
Bloom
Gallery, curated by Corinne Groot, Amsterdam, Holland
Eau de
Cologne 1983 - 1993", Galerie Monica Spruth, Koln, Germany
"Just
What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?"
Galerie
Jennifer Flay, Paris, France
Galerie
Walcheturm, Zurich, Switzerland
"Le
Principe de Realite", Villa Arson, Nice, France
"Stoned",
curated by Veralyn Behenna, Ruth Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Informationsdienst",
Art Acker, Berlin, Germany
"Travelogue-Reisetagebuch",
curated by Jackie McCallister, Hochschule fur
Angewandte
Kunst in Wien, Vienna, Austria
"Spielholle",
curated by Kasper Konig and Robert Fleck, Grazer Kunstverein,
Graz,
Austria, Galerie Sylvia Lorenz, Paris, France
"Privacy",
curated by Gianni Romano, Documentario, Milano, Italy
"Whitney
Biennial", Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1992
"Spielholle", curated by Kasper Konig and Robert Fleck, Akadamie der
Kunste
und
Wissenschaften, Frankfurt, Germany
"Under
30", Galerie Metropol, Wein, Austria
"Through
the Viewfinder", Stichting de Appel, Amsterdam, Holland
"Translation",
curated by Kim Levin, Center for Contemporary Art,
Ujazdowski
Castle, Warsaw, Poland
"LifeSize",
Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Museo d'Arte
Contemporanea,
Prato, Italy
"Post-Human",
curated by Jeffrey Deitch, FAE Musee D'Art Contemporain,
Lausanne,
Switzerland; Castello di Rivoli, Museo d'Arte, Contemporanea, Rivoli,
Italy;
Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece; Deichtorhallen
Hamburg,
Hamburg, Germany
"Tatoo
Collection", Air de Paris, Paris, France
"Molteplici
Culture", curated by Liam Gilllick, Rome, Italy
"True
Stories", ICA, London, England
"Are
You A Boy, or Are You A Girl?” curated by Cary Leibowitz,
Real
Artways, Hartford, CT
"The
Real Thing", New York, NY
"Video
project - 12 weeks, 12 artists", Dooley le Cappelaine, New York, NY
"Works
on Paper", Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY
"New
Work by Gallery Artists," 303 Gallery, New York, NY
“Small-Medium-Large
Lifesize”, Museo d’arte contemporanea, Prato
"Karen
Kilimnik, Raymond Pettibon, & Allen Ruppersberg," 303 Gallery,
New
York, NY
“Informationsdienst”,
Kunstlerhaus, Stuttgart
1991
"The Store," Richard/Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Gulliver's
Travels," Galerie Sophia Ungers, Koln, Germany
"Home
for June", Contemporary Theatre & Art, 44 Walker St, New York, NY
"No
Man's Time", Villa Arson, Nice, France
"When
Objects Dream And Talk In Their Sleep", Jack Tilton Gallery,
New
York, NY
"Karen
Kilimnik, Liz Larner, Collier Schorr, Anne Walsh", Richard
Kuhlenschmidt
Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Just
What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?”
curated
by Dan Cameron, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY
"Louder",
curated by Kathryn Hixon, Gallery 400, University of Illinois,
Chicago,
IL
"Plastic
Fantastic Lover (object a)", curated by Catherine Liu, Blum Helman
Warehouse,
New York, NY
John
Armleder Stand, Basel Art Fair, Switzerland
“Residue
Politics", Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside PA
Xmas
Show, Air de Paris, Nice, France
1990
“Karen Kilimnik, Sue Williams, Gavin Brown”, 303 Gallery, New York, NY
"Stuttering,”
curated by Vic Muniz, Stux Gallery, New York, NY
"Work
in Progress? Work?," Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
1989
American Fine Arts Co., New York, NY
Nicole
Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
1986
Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA
Videography
1988-91
Bananarama Guilty 17 minutes
1991
Nice ...introducing Tabitha 12 minutes
1991
Movie Credits 30 minutes
1991
Emma Peel 45 minutes
1992-3
Avengers 1 hour
(The
House That Jack Built)
1992-3
Heathers 6 hours
1993
Edie and Ciao Manhattan I 10 minutes
Edie and
Ciao Manhatan I I 45 minutes
1994
Kate Moss 10 minutes
1995
Remington Steel unreleased
Collections:
Museum of
Modern Art
Carnegie Museum
of Art
Whitney Museum
of American Art
In her own words:
“My favourite book is Winnie-the-Pooh, “When
It Rains,” because the book is all about rainy days; the PG Wodehouse Uncle
Fred series; or Harmony by Prince Charles. He would make a
great king because he is the only world leader with respect for the Earth. He
and the royal family drink raw milk!”
Representative
Galleries:
303
MCA Chicago
Sprueth Magers
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more Information:
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