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Karen Kilimnik (American, 1955)
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Karen Kilimnik
A Madonna from Italian church on the Lost Island 2008
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Karen Kilimnik
the angel of cholera - 1400's flood, fewer humans 2008
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Karen Kilimnik
the atmosphere of Mercury home to the god of war Mars 2008
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Biography |
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1955 |
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Born: Philadelphia, PA |
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1974 - 1976 |
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Temple University, Philadelphia, PA |
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Lives and works in Philadelphia |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 |
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (solo) |
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2007 - 2008 |
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Galerie Sprüth Magers, Cologne (solo) |
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2007 |
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Galerie Sprüth Magers, London, UK (solo)
Brave New Year, 303 Gallery, New York, NY (group)
School, Hauser & Wirth Colnaghi, London, UK; Zwirner & Wirth, New York, NY (group)
Le Consortium, Dijon, France (solo)
Serpentine Gallery, London, UK (solo)
ICA, Institute of Contemporay Art, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (solo)
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, TX (solo) |
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2006 |
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Defamation of Character, P.S.1 MoMa, New York, NY (group)
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris-MAM/ARC, Paris, France (solo)
A broken Arm, 303 Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Singapore Art Museum, All the Best – The Deutsche Bank Collection and Zaha Hadid, Singapore (group) |
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2005 |
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Face to Face, Ausstellungshalle zeitgenössische Kunst Münster, Germany (group)
Chambres à Part, Hotel Sezz, Paris, France (group)
Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy (solo)
Kirschgarten Basel Historisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
Goetz meets Falckenberg, Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg, Germany (group)
Schönheit der Malerei, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Germany
Ideal Worlds: New Romanticism in Contemporary Art, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany (group)
Udomsak Krisanamis, Gallery Side 2, Tokyo, Japan (group)
Drawing from the Modern 1975 - 2005. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (group) |
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2004 |
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Beauty Matter, Tina Kim Fine Art, New York, NY (group)
American Idyll, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY (group)
Now is a good time, Andrean Rosen Gallery, New York, NY (group)
The Big Nothing, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA (group)
Hamburg Kennedy Photographs, Scalo Project Space, New York, NY (group)
Galerie Eva Presenhuber AG, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
Hayden-Zimmer, Salzburg, Galerie Sprüth Magers, Munich, Germany (solo)
Galerie Sprüth Magers Lee, Salzburg, Austria (solo)
The Mutter Museum, 9 Mutter XX04, Philadelphia, PA (group) |
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2003 |
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Galerie Sprüth Magers, Munich, Germany (solo)
Never mind your step, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal/Basel, Switzerland (group)
Girls don't cry, Parco Museum, Tokyo, Japan (group)
The 20th Anniversary show, Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, Munich, Germany (group)
Interview with painting, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
Within Hours We Would be in the Middle of Nowhere, 303 Gallery, New York, NY (group)
The breathing Water, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich, Switzerland
Game over, Grimm/Rosenfeld, Munich, Germany (group)
Shadow and Light, Galerie Sprüth Magers Lee Salzburg, Austria (group)
20th Anniversary Show, Galerie Sprüth Magers, Köln, Germany (group)
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2002 |
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Fairy Battle, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (solo)
Il Capricorno, Venice, Italy (solo)
303 Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
Drawings for the ARMORY, 303 Gallery, New York (solo)
Die Wohltat der Kunst, Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany (group)
Go Figure, curated by Michael Steinberg and Stefan Stoyanov, Luxe Gallery, New York, NY (group)
Cassett, Neel, Kilimnik; Painted Faces, College of Art Design, Philadelphia, PA (group)
Reflexions, curated by Monika Sprüth, Galerie Sprueth Magers, Munich, Germany (group)
It's Unfair!, Museum De Paviljoens, Almere, Netherlands (group)
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2001 |
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Gallery Side 2, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
303 Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
The Mistery of Painting, Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany (group)
Works on Paper from Acconci to Zittel, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK (group)
Collaboration with Parkett: 1984 to NOW, Museum of Modern Art, NY (group)
Die Wohltat der Kunst, (from the Goetz collection), Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany (group)
Musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland (group) |
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2000 |
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Emily Tsingou Gallery, London, UK (solo)
Galerie Sprüth Magers, Munich, Germany (solo)
Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany (solo)
South London Gallery, London, UK (solo)
Kunstverein Wolfsburg e.V., Wolfsburg, Germany (solo)
Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
Nassau County Museum of Art, New York, NY(solo)
Emily Tsiongou Gallery, London, UK (solo)
Drawings 2000, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY(group)
Drawing on the Figure: Works on Paper of the 1990s from the Manilow Collection, curated by Staci Boris, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (group)
Calendar 2000, curated by Eileen Cohen and Amada Cruz, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, NY (group)
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1999 |
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Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens, Greece (solo)
Gallery Side 2, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
303 Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France (solo)
Parkett. Un musée en appartement, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland (group)
Panel Discussion, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Kunstverein Gallery, Wolfsburg, Germany
After Photography, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (group)
Free Coke, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY (group)
Spellbound, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (group)
Heaven, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany (group)
Draw, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London, UK (group)
Horseplay, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT (group)
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1998 |
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H & R Projects, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
Emily Tsingou Gallery, London, UK (solo)
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France (solo)
Drawings, James Graham & Sons, New York, NY (group)
Hungry Ghosts, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (group)
Minis, Midis & Maxis, Berufsvereinigung der bildenden Künste Vararlbergs, Künstlerhaus, Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria (group)
Surfing the Surface, dfn gallery, New York, NY (group)
Tip of the Iceberg, Dorfman Projects and Art Resources Transfer, New York, NY (group)
Presumed Innocence, curated by Jean Crutchfield, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA and the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH (group)
En qué estás pensando?, Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona, Spain (group)
The Sound of One Hand, curated by Collier Schorr, Apex Art C.P., New York, NY (group)
Roommates, curated by Corinne Groot and Rob van de Ven, Museum van Loon, Amsterdam, Netherlands (group)
Super Freaks, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY (group)
Exterminating Angel, curated by Joshua Decter, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France (group)
The Next Word, curated by Johanna Drucker, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY (group)
Accelerator, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, and Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, UK (group) |
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1997 |
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303 Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Kunsthalle Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
Belladonna, curated by Emma Dexter and Kate Bush, ICA, London, U.K
Karen Kilimnik, Nicole Eisenman, Raymond Pettibon, Galerie Rudiger Schottle, Munich, Germany (group)
Art on Paper, curated by Amy Cappellazzo, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC (group)
Landscape U.S.A., Bronwyn Keenan, New York, NY (group) |
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1996 |
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Galleria Il Capricorno, Venice, Italy(solo)
Rebecca M. Camhi Gallery, Athens, Greece (solo)
Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland (solo)
Karen Kilimnik and Yoshitomo Nara, Johnen & Schottle, Cologne, Germany (group)
a/drift: Scenes From the Penetrable Culture, curated by Joshua Dector, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (group)
Nirvana: Capitalism and the Consumed Image, Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA (group)
Slight, Norwich Gallery, Norwich School of Art and Design, UK (group)
Ideal Standard Life, Spiral/Wacoal Art Center, Tokyo, Japan (group)
Baby Generation, Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (group)
Push-Ups, The Factory, Athens Fine Art School, Athens, Greece (group)
Currents in Contemporary Art, Christie's East, New York, NY (group) |
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1995 |
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303 Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Center for Contemporary Gravure, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France (solo)
Galerie Metropol, Vienna, Austria (solo)
Ynglingagatan 1, Stockholm, Sweden1992 (solo)
Autour de Roger Vivier, Enrico Navarra, Paris, France (group)
Saturday Night Fever, curated by Michael Cohen and Cathrine Liu, Tom Solomon's Garage, Los Angeles, CA (group)
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1994 |
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White Cube, London, U.K. (solo)
Galleria Il Capricorno, Venice, Italy (solo)
Modulo Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisboa, Portugal (solo)
Snow Job, Forde, Geneva, Switzerland (group)
Carmago Villaqua, Sao Paulo, Brazil (group)
Portraits, Janice Guy, New York, NY (group)
6th Semaine Internationale de Video, Geneva, Switzerland (group)
Desire, DIFFA, Visionaire, Charles Cowels Gallery, New York, NY (group)
Face-Off, The Portrait in Recent Art, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, PA (group)
Hellraiser, Comune di Mote Carasso, Monte Carasso, Italy (group)
Audience 0.01, curated by Helena Kontova, Flash Art Museum, Italy (group)
Reflex, curated by Martin Prinzhorn, Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria (group) |
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1993 |
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303 Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Galerie Marc Jancou, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
Studio Lapeyre, Milan, Italy (solo)
Über Leben, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany (group)
Restaurant, organised by Marc Jancou, La Bocca, 59, Monmatre, Paris, France
The Art of Language, Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria (group)
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany (group)
Bloom Gallery, curated by Corinne Groot, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (group)
Eau de Cologne 1983 - 1993, Galerie Monika Sprüth, Cologne, Germany (group)
Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?, Galerie Jennifer, Flay, Paris, France (group)
Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich, Switzerland (group)
Le Principe de Realite, Villa Arson, Nice, France (group)
Stoned, curated by Veralyn Behenna and Rick Pirro, Ruth Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (group)
Informationsdienst, Art Acker, Berlin, Germany (group)
Travelogue-Reisetagebuch, curated by Jackie McCallister, Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst in Wien, Vienna, Austria (group)
Spielhölle, curated by Kasper Konig and Robert Fleck, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria (group)
Privacy, curated by Gianni Romano, Documentario, Milano, Italy (group)
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY(group) |
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1992 |
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Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France (solo)
Galerie Esther Schipper, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany (group)
Galerie Ballgasse, Vienna, Austria (group)
Spielhölle, curated by Kasper König and Robert Fleck, Akademie der Künste und Wissenschaften, Frankfurt, Germany (group)
Under 30, Galerie Metropol, Vienna, Austria (group)
Through the Viewfinder, Stichting de Appel, Amsterdam, Holland (group)
Translations, curated by Kim Levin, Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland (group)
LifeSize, Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Prato, Italy (group)
Post-Human, curated by Jeffrey Deitch, FAE Musee D'Art Contemporain, Lausanne, Switzerland (group)
Castello di Rivoli, Museo d'Arte, Contemporanea, Rivoli, Italy (group)
Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece (group)
Tatoo Collection, Air de Paris, Paris, France (group)
Molteplici Culture, curated by Liam Gilllick, , Rome, Italy (group)
True Stories, ICA, London, U.K. (group)
Are You A Boy, Or Are You A Girl?, curated by Cary Leibowitz, Real Artways, Hartford, CT (group)
The Real Thin, New York, NY (group)
Video project - 12 weeks, 12 artists, Dooley le Cappelaine, New York, NY (group)
Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany (group)
Works on Paper, Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY (group)
New Work by Gallery Artists, 303 Gallery, New York, NY (group)
Karen Kilimnik, Raymond Pettibon, & Allen Ruppersberg, 303 Gallery, New York, NY (group)
The Store, Richard/Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (group) |
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1991 |
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303 Gallery, New York, NY (group)
Gulliver's Travels, Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany (group)
Home For June, Contemporary Theatre & Art, 44 Walker St., New York, NY (group)
No Man's Time, Villa Arson, Nice, France (group)
When Objects Dream And Talk In Their Sleep, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY (group)
Karen Kilimnik, Liz Larner, Collier Schorr, Anne Walsh, Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (group)
Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?, curated by Dan Cameron, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY (group)
Louder, curated by Kathryn Hixon, Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL (group)
Plastic Fantastic Lover (object a), curated by Catherine Liu, Blum Helman Warehouse, New York, NY (group)
John Armleder Stand, Basel Art Fair, Switzerland (group)
Residue Politics, Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, PA (group)
Xmas Show, Air de Paris, Nice, France (group) |
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1990 |
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Karen Kilimnik, Sue Williams, Gavin Brown, 303 Gallery, New York, NY (group)
Stuttering, curated by Vic Muniz, Stux Gallery, New York, NY (group)
Work in Progress? Work?, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY (group)
American Fine Arts Co., New York, NY (group)
Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY (group) |
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1986 |
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Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, , Philadelphia, PA (group) |
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Literature |
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2007 |
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Karen Kilimnik (exh. cat.). Philadelphia: Philadelphia Institute of Contemporary Art, 2007
Period Eye: Karen Kilimnik's Fancy Pictures. London : Serpentine Gallery, Koenig Books, 2007 |
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2006 |
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Molon, D., Holmqvist, K. and Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith. Karen Kilimnik. Zurich: JRP|Ringier, 2006 |
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2005 |
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Vetesse, Angela, and Caoimhin Mac Giolla Léith. Karen Kilimnik. Venice: Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Studio Camuffo, 2005
Karen Kilimnik im Haus zum Kirschgarten, Edition Patrick Frey, 2005 |
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2002 |
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Karen Kilimnik Fairy Battle. Dublin:Irish Museum of Modern Art, 2002 |
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2000 |
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Karen Kilimnik Paintings. Zurich: Edition Patrick Frey, 2000 |
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1992 |
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Melissa Feldman. Karen Kilimnik: Escape in Time (exh. cat.). Philadelphia: ICA, 1992 |
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