Jonas Mekas  (American/Lithuanian, 1922) 

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Jonas Mekas Biography
1922   Born in Semeniskiai, Lithuania
Selected Exhibitions
2012   Jonas Mekas, Fotofest 2012 Biennial, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, TX
2008   Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
2007   Contemporary Art Center, curated by Phong Bui, Long Island City, NY
2007   Chemical City (curated by Liutauras Psibilskis), Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, Texas
2007   "Jonas Mekas: The Beauty of Friends Being Together Quartet”, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York.
2007   www.jonasmekas.com, Solo Exhibition, Maya Stendhal Gallery, November to February,
2006   "Jonas Mekas: Solo Exhibition", Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Center, UK.
2006   Giving Visibility (curated by Liutauras Psibilskis), Miami Beach Cinematheque for Art Basel Miami Beach, Florida
2006   Jonas Mekas: Home Videos (curated by Liutauras Psibilskis), IBID PROJECTS, London, Great Britain
2006   Jonas Mekas: Destruction Quartet (curated by Liutauras Psibilskis), Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2006   "Jonas Mekas: Solo Exhibition, Sketch Gallery, London.
2006   "He Stands in the Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life", Tamayo Contemporary Art Museum, Mexico City.
2006   Jonas Mekas: The Importance of Small and Personal in the Times of Bigness (curated by Liutauras Psibilskis), Zamek Ujazdovski, Warsaw, Poland
2006   Jonas Mekas (curated by Liutauras Psibilskis), Monach University Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2006   "Jonas Mekas, Film Screenings", Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC.
2006   Jonas Mekas: The Importance of Small and Personal in the Times of Bigness (curated by Liutauras Psibilskis) Baltic Art Center, Visby, Sweden.
2006   "The Expanded Eye", Kunsthaus Zurich.
2006   "Onestar Stop", Galerie Erna Hòcy, Brussels.
2005   "Balance and Power- Performance and Surveillance in Video Art". Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL.
2005   "Thank You for the Music", Spruth Magers Projeckte, Munich.
2005   "Jonas Mekas", (curated by Liutauras Psibilskis) Contemporary Art Center Vilnius (CAC).
2005   Jonas Mekas, The Importance of Small and Personal in the Times of Bigness, Lithuanian Pavilion, Venice Biennale (curated by Liutauras Psibilskis and Lolita Jablonskiene), Venice, Italy
2005   "Repetitions", Maya Stendhal Gallery, New York, Group Show; "Fragments of Paradise", Solo Exhibition, Maya Stendhal Gallery
2004   Diary Film, Moderna Museet (curated by Liutauras Psibilskis and Magnus Af Petersens), Stockholm, Sweden.
2003   "Fables de L'Identitò", Centre National de la Photographie, Paris.
2003   "Jonas Mekas: Frozen Films Frames", Maison Europòene de la Photographie,Paris.
2003   "Frozen Film Frames", Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg Brooklyn.
2003   La Biennale di Venezia. Installation at the Utopia Station Pavillion
2003   "Jonas Mekas: A Camera for Jonas". "To Petrarca Who Walked Over the Hills of Provence" and a 24 hour video installation, "Dedication to Ferdinand Lòger". Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
2002   Documenta 11, Kassel.
2002   Maison Europòenne de la Photographie, Paris.
2000   "Laboratorium", Antwerpen Open, Antwerp.
2000   "VoilÌ- Le Monde dans la T®te", Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Films and Installations.
1998   Gandy Gallery, Prague.1999: Susan Inglett Gallery, New York.1999: Pupelis Gallery, Obeliai.
1998   "Le Printemps de Cahors", Musee de Cahors Henri-Martin, Cahors.
1997   Madrid Art Fair
1996   Still Gallery, Edinburgh.1996: Laurence-Miller, New York.1997: Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo.
1992   Galerie du Jour Agnes B., Paris.
1992   Galerie National du Jeu de Paume, Paris.