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Kim Jones Biography
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1944 |
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Born in San Bernardino, USA
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1964 - 1966 |
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California Institute of Arts, Los Angeles, CA
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1969 - 1971 |
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BFA, California Institute of Arts, Los Angeles, CA
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1972 - 1973 |
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MFA, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
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Lives and works in New York, USA
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860–1989, The Guggenheim, New York, NY Curated by Alexandra Munroe. January 30–April 19
All Over the Map, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI (February 15–May 10)
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2008
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Year of the Rat, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY (February 8–March 10)
Future Tense: Reshaping the Landscape, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY Curated by Dede Young (May 11–July 20)
Collage: The Unmonumental Picture, The New Museum, New York, NY (January 16–March 30) Curated by Richard Flood, Laura Hoptman and Massimiliano Gioni.
Art is a fight to the finish in black and white, Zeno X, Antwerp (January 9–March 8)
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2006 - 2008
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Kim Jones: ARetrospective. Curated by Sandra Firmin and Julie Joyce
UB Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (October 19–December 17, 2006)
Luckman Gallery, Cal State Los Angeles (March 2007)
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA (October 20, 2007–January 27, 2008)
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2007
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New York: State of Mind,”The House of World Cultures, Berlin, Germany. Curated by Shaheen Merali
Block Party II: An Exhibition of Drawings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (June 30–Aug 18)
52nd International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia 2007, Venice, Italy Curated by Robert Storr. June 10–November 21
The Photograph As Canvas, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT. Group exhibition, curated by Stephen Maine
Pierogi Leipzig, Germany (One-person) (April 28–June)
Think with the Senses - Feel with the Mind, 52e Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Hammer Contemporary Collection - Part II, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA
The Photograph as Canvas, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, USA
Works on paper, Zeno X Gallery and Zeno X Storage, Antwerp, Belgium
Kim Jones: A Retrospective, Luckman Fine Arts Complex, California State University, Los Angeles, USA (solo)
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2006
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USMC 2241903, Zeno X, Antwerp, Belgium (January 26–March 10) (One-person)The Drawing Center, January 31. Performance
Kim Jones: A Retrospective, UB Art Gallery, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA (solo)
USMC 2241903, Zeno X Storage, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
2nd International Biennial of Contemporary Art, BIACS, Seville, Spain, (cat.)
25 years Zeno X Gallery, Zeno X Gallery & Zeno X Storage, Antwerp, Belgium
Acute Zonal Occult Outer: Selectiosn Winter 2006, The Drawing Center, New York, USA
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2005
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Reconfigure, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York, NY, USA
SAFN Museum, Reykjavik, Island
Albany, New York, USA (solo) (cat.)
War Paint, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York, USA (solo) (cat.)
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2004
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Escape from Flatland, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY (6 February – 15 March). Catalogue
Kim Jones, Zeno X, Antwerp, Belgium (One-person)
Disparities and Deformations: Our Grotesque, SITE Santa Fe's Fifth International Biennial Curated by Robert Storr, Sante Fe, USA
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2003
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Flatland Wars, Artpace, San Antonio, TX (13 November, 2003–25 January, 2004)
Kim Jones: Dressing Room, Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Ireland
Online, Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY, USA
Artists and Maps: Cartography as a Means of Knowing, The Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR, USA
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2002
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Kim Jones: Works on Paper, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York, USA (solo)
Gezeichnet, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany
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1999
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Drawn from Artists' Collections, Hammer Museum of Art, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; The Drawing Center, New York, NY, USA
Monumental Drawings, Exit Art/The First World, New York, NY, USA
Actual Size, Apex Art C.P., New York, NY, USA
A Cripple in the Right May Beat a Racer in the Wrong One, John Weber Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
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1998 - 1999
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Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object 1949–1979, traveling exhibition:
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
Museu d’Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain
MAK (Austrian Museum of Applied Arts), Vienna, Austria
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
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1998
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Can’t We All Just Get Along?, Deven Golden Fine Art, New York, NY
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1997
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You Won't Be Happy Till I'm in a Box, John Weber Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
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1996
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Face a l’histoire: 1933–1966, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (catalogue) American Dreamin’, Linda Kirkland Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Heidi Zuckerman
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1995
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Drawing on Chance: Selections from the Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Endurance, Exit Art/The First World, New York, NY
War Boards, John Weber Gallery, New York, NY
Temporarily Possessed, The New Museum, New York, NY
Other Rooms, Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York, NY
The Drawing Show, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
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1994
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Mapping, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA (cat.)
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1993 - 1994
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The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, traveling exhibition:
Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Drawing Center, New York, NY (catalogue)
Go Downstairs Diagonally, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Paul McCarthy
Tattoo, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
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1992
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AC Project, installation in New York, NY, USA (solo)
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1991
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Men’s Room, Lorence Monk Gallery, New York, NY (March)
David and the Giant, Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY
Furkart 1991, Furkapasshöhe, Switzerland
Gulliver’s Travels, Galerie Sophia Ungers, Köln, Germany
Drawings, Lorence Monk Gallery, New York, NY
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1990
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Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA (installation and performance)
Ash Line, Lincoln Center Out-of-doors New York. (performance with Leonard Titzer) Sponsored by Creative Time
Kim Jones, Lorence Monk Gallery, New York, NY
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1988
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Lorence Monk Gallery, New York, NY
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1987
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Other Gods, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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1986
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Choices, New Museum (window), New York, NY (brochure) Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
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1985
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Biennale de Paris, France (catalogue)
American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
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1984
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Salvaged, P.S.1, Long Island City, NY
The Clocktower, New York, NY
The Year of the Rat, P.S.1, Long Island City, NY
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1983
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Don’t Cry for Me Argentina, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
Here’s Icarus, P.S.1, Long Island City, NY
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1980
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Plant Wars, L.A.I.C.A. (window), Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibition, LACE, Los Angeles, CA
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1979
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Window Dummy, Artworks, Venice, CA (performance)
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1978
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The Grandfathers' Performance, L.A.I.C.A., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Telephone Pole, Los Angeles, CA (various performances)
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1976
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Wilshire Boulevard Walk, (sunrise to sunset, January 28; sunset to sunrise, February 4) CARP, Los Angeles, CA
Rat Piece, California State Fine Arts Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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1975
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Oktoberfest, (sunrise to sunset, October 19), R. Mutt Gallery, Mount Pinos, CA
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1974
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Mudman' (performance), Los Angeles, CA, USA (solo)
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2007
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La Biennale di Venezia 2007, The Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
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2007
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Mudman: The Odyssey of Kim Jones, The MIT Press, Edited by Sandra Q. Firmin
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2005
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Kim Jones: War Paint, Pierogi, New York, NY, USA
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2001
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Contemporary Art at MoMA Since 1980, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (US) - editors: Kirk Varnedoe, Paola Antonelli, Joshua Siegel
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2000
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Chain #7 - Memoir, text and portfolio, pg. 98-102
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1998
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Performance: Live Art Since 1960, Abrams, New York, USA
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1998
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Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object: 1949-1979, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Thames and Hudson, USA - Paul Schimmel
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1996
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Face a l'histoire: 1933 - 1996, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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1994
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Mapping, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USa - Robert Storr
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1992
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Art & Otherness: Crisis in Cultural Identity, Documentext McPherson & Company - pg. 34
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1989
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Performance Anthology and Source Book of California Performance Art, Last Grasp Oress and Contemporary Art Press, San Francisco, CA, USA
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1987
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Kim Jones - Unwinding the Vietnam War, The Real Comet Press - pg. 111-119 - Reese Williams
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1987
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Apocalypse Culture, Amok Press, pg. 81-100
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1987
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Notations, Richard Flood - introduction by Nancy Princethal
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