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KAREN KILIMNIK | SELECTED WORKS | ARTISTS INFORMATION
KAREN KILIMNIK
 

 
Biography

                     Born in Philadelphia
1974–76    Temple University, Philadelphia

Lives and and works in Philadelphia
 
Solo Exhibitions

2010

Oesterreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna

2009
Festival, Karel Armitage Ballettcompany New York, Naples

2008
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich
303 Gallery, New York
Philomene Magers, ‚Heathers’, Berlin

2007
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen
Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, Cologne
Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami
Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, London
ICA. Institute of Contemporay Art, Philadelphia
Powel House Museum, Philadelphia
Serpentine Gallery, London
Le Consortium, Dijon

2006
ARC/ Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
303 Gallery, New York

2005
Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice
Historisches Museum Basel, Haus zum Kirschgarten, Basel

2004
Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich
Galerie Sprüth Magers Lee, ’Hayden-Zimmer, Salzburg’, Salzburg

2003
Galerie Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, Munich

2002
Irish Museum of Modern Art, 'Fairy Battle', Dublin
Il Capricorno, Venice
Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Zurich
303 Gallery, New York

2001
Gallery Side 2, Tokyo, Japan
303 Gallery, New York

2000
Emily Tsingou Gallery, London
Galerie Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, Munich
Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn
South London Gallery, London
Kunstverein Wolfsburg e.V., Wolfsburg
Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Zurich
Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor/NY

1999
Rebecca M. Camhi Gallery, Athens
Gallery Side 2, Tokyo
303 Gallery, New York
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris

1998
H & R Projects, Brussels
Emily Tsingou Gallery, 'Selected Drawings. Installation. New Paintings‘, London
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris

1997
303 Gallery, New York
Kunsthalle Zürich, ‘Karen Kilimnik. Drawings‘, Zurich

1996
Galleria Il Capricorno, Venice
Rebecca M. Camhi Gallery, Athens
Transmission Gallery, Glasgow/Scotland

1995
303 Gallery‚ ’Witchcraft the craft‘, New York
Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
Centre Genevois de Gravure Contemporaine, Geneva
Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich
Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris
Galerie Metropol, Vienna
Ynglingatan 1, Stockholm

1994
White Cube, London
Galleria Il Capricorno, Venice
Modulo Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisboa

1993
303 Gallery, New York
Galerie Marc Jancou, Zurich
Studio Lapeyre, Milan

1992
Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris
Galerie Esther Schipper, Cologne
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne
Galerie Ballgasse, Vienna

1991
303 Gallery, New York


 
Group Exhibitions

2008
Deutsche Guggenheim – Berlin, Freeway Balconies, Berlin
Johnen + Schöttle, ‚We are Stardust, We are Golden’ Johnen + Schöttle Since 1984, Cologne
Irish Museum of Modern Art, 'Order Desire Light: An Exhibition of Contemporary Drawings', Dublin
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, ‚Mysteries: Magic and Deception in Contemporary Art’, San Francisco
Maccarone Gallery, ‚Pretty Ugly’, New York
Art 39. Art Unlimited, Basel
Kunstmuseum Luzern, 'Blasted Allegories. Werke aus der Sammlung Ringier', Luzern
Badischer Kunstverein, 'Pop! goes the wease', Karlsruhe
Musée d´art contemporain, Présence Panchounette, Bordeaux
UBS Art Gallery, ‚Implant’, New York
Mac Jancou Contemporary, ‚Faces and Figures (Revisited)’, New York
Jack Hanley Gallery, ‚Menagerie: Animals & Nature’, New York

2007
Chelsea Art Museum, ‚The Incomplete’, New York
Hauser and Wirth Colnaghi, ‚Old School’, London
Palais de Tokyo, 'The Third Mind', Paris
House Eva Presenhuber, 'Jubilee Exhibition', Vnà, Switzerland
303 Gallery, 'Brave New Year', New York

2006

Weatherspoon Art Museum, The University of North Carolina, 'Art on Paper', Greensboro, North Carolina
Singapore Art Museum, ’All the Best – The Deutsche Bank Collection and Zaha Hadid’, Singapore
303 Gallery, 'A Broken Arm', New York
Fredericks & Freiser, 'Sweets &  Beauties', New York
VanAbbemuseum, 'The Subversive Charm of the Bourgeoisie', Eindhoven
Ausstellungshalle Zeitgenössische Kunst Münster, ’Face to Face. Künstlerselbstporträts’, Münster
PS1, ‚Defamation of Character’, New York

2005
Sammlung Falckenberg, ’Goetz meets Falckenberg’, Hamburg
Hotel Sezz, ’Chambres à Part’, Paris
Museum of Modern Art, ’Drawing from the Modern. 1975–2005’, New York
Schirn Kunsthalle, ’Ideal Worlds. New Romanticism in Contemporary Art’, Frankfurt
Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, 'Schönheit der Malerei', Delmenhorst, Germany
Andrea Rosen Gallery, 'Looking at Words: The Formal Use of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper', New York

2004
Fredericks & Freiser, 'I Was in the House When the House Burned Down', New York
Andrea Rosen Gallery, ’Now Is a Good Time’, (cur. by Dean Valentine), New York
Greene Naftali, ’American Idyll’, New York
Institute of Contemporary Art, ’The Big Nothing’, Philadelphia
The Mütter Museum, ’9 Mütter XX04’, Philadelphia
Emily Tsingou Gallery, 'Paper', London
Tina Kim Fine Art, ’Beauty Matter’, New York

2003
Galerie Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, ’20th Anniversary Show’, Cologne
Parco Museum, ’Girls Don’t Cry’, Tokyo
303 Gallery, 'Within Hours We Would Be in the Middle of Nowhere', New York
Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, 'Shadow and Light', Salzburg
Grimm/Rosenfeld, 'Game Over', Munich
Seattle Art Museum, 'SAM Collects: Contemporary-ArtProject', Washington
Kunsthalle Palazzo, ’Never Mind Your Step’, Liestal, Switzerland


2002
Goldie Paley Gallery. Moore College of Art and Design, 'Painted Faces: Cassatt, Neel, Kilimnik', Philadelphia
Galleria d'Arte Moderna, 'Officina America', Bologna, Italy
Galerie Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, ‘Reflexions‘, Munich
Royal Academy of Arts, 'The Galleries Show: Contemporary Art in London', London
Barbican Gallery, 'Rapture: Art's Seduction by Fashion since 1970', London
Goetz Collection, 'Just Love Me. Post/Feminist  Positions of the Nineties, Munich (travelled to Kunsthalle Baden, Baden; Kunstmuseum Bergen, Norway; and Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
Luxe Gallery, 'Go Figure', New York
Neuberger Museum of Art. Purchase College, 'Facing Reality: The Seavest Collection of Contemporary Realism', Purchase/NY

2001
Sammlung Goetz, 'The Mystery of Painting', Munich
Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts, ‘Conceptual Realism‘, Philadelphia
Victoria Miro Gallery, ‘Works on Paper. From Acconci to Zittel‘, London
Museum of Modern Art, ‘Collaboration With Parkett: 1984 to NOW‘, New York

2000
Sommer Contemporary Art, 'Drawings', Tel Aviv
Museum of Contemporary Art, 'Drawing on the Figure: Works on Paper of the 1990's from the Manilow Collection', Chicago
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, ‘Drawings 2000‘, New York
Emily Tsiongou Gallery, London
Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, ‘Calendar 2000‘, Annandale-on-Hudson/ NY
CapcMusée d’ art contemporain de Bordeaux, ‘Presumed Innocent‘, Bordeaux

1999
Galleria Marabini, ‘Cosmogram. Mary Heilmann, Cannon Hudson, Karen Kilimnik, Amy Sillman‘, Bologna
Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, ‘Spellbound‘, Los Angeles
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, ‘Heaven‘, Düsseldorf
Arnolfini, ‘Accelerator‘, Bristol
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, ‘Lè grând Praemière Opéning Shöw‘, Copenhagen
Museum of Modern Art, ‘Fame After Photography‘, New York
Emily Tsingou Gallery, ‘Draw‘, London
Real Art Ways, ‘horseplay‘, Hartford
Real Art Ways, ‘Panel Discussion‘, Hartford
Galerie Kunstverein, Wolfsburg
Greene Naftali Gallery, ‘Free Coke‘, New York

1998
Kunsthalle Zürich, ‘Auf der Spur – Kunst der 90er Jahre im Spiegel von Schweizer Sammlungen‘, Zurich
Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf im Ehrenhof, ‘Deep Storage. Arsenale der Erinnerung‘, Dusseldorf
Henry Art Gallery, ‘Deep Storage. Arsenale der Erinnerung‘, Seattle
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, ‘Kritische Elegantie‘, Deurle, Gent
Kunstverein in Hamburg, ‘I shop therefore I am‘, Hamburg
Museum van Loon, ‘Roommates‘, cur. Corinne Groot, Rob van de Ven, Amsterdam
Greene Naftali Gallery, ‘Super Freaks‘, New York
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, ‘Exterminating Angel‘ (cur. Joshua Decter), Paris
Dorfman Projects /Art Resources Transfer, ‘Tip of the Iceberg‘, New York
Anderson Gallery/Contemporary Arts Center, ‘Presumed Innocence‘ (cur. Jean Crutchfield), Richmond/Cincinnati
Galeria Joan Prats, ‘¿En qué estás pensando?‘, Barcelona
Apex Art C.P., ‘The Sound of One Hand‘ (cur. Collier Schorr), New York
James Graham & Sons, ‘drawings‘, New York
The Douglas Hyde Gallery, ‘Hungry Ghosts‘, Dublin
Berufsvereinigung der bildenden Künstler Voralbergs/Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn & Taxis, ‘Minis, Midis & Maxis‘, Bregenz
dfn gallery, ‘Surfing the Surface‘, New York
Neuberger Museum of Art, ‘The Next Word‘ (cur. Johanna Drucke), Purchase
Southampton City Art Gallery, ‘Accelerator‘, Southampton
Arnolfini Gallery, ‘Accelerator‘, Bristol

1997
Charlottenborg Exhibitionhall, ‘DISPLAY‘, Copenhagen
Haus der Kunst, ‘Deep Storage. Arsenale der Erinnerung‘, Munich
Nationalgalerie SMPK, Sonderausstellungshalle am Kulturforum, ‘Deep Storage. Arsenale der Erinnerung‘, Berlin
ICA, ‘Belladonna‘ (cur. by Emma Dexter and Kate Bush), London
Centre genevois de gravure contemporaine, ‘été 97‘, Geneva
Zentrum für Kunst, Medien und Design, ‘504‘, Braunschweig
Galerie Rüdiger Schottle, ‘Karen Kilimnik, Nicole Eisenman, Raymond Pettibon‘, Munich
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, ‘Art on Paper‘ (cur. by Amy Cappellazzo)
Bronwyn Keenan, ‘Landscape U.S.A.‘, New York

1996
Johnen & Schöttle, ‘Karen Kilimnik and Yoshitomo Nara‘, Cologne
Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, ‘a/drift: Scenes From the Penetrable Culture‘ (cur. Joshua Dector), Annandale-on-Hudson/ NY
Center of Contemporary Art, ‘Nirvana: Capitalism and the Consumed Image‘, Seattle
Interims Kunsthalle, ‘Macht der Verführung – Schönheit und Geheimnis in der aktuellen Kunst‘ (cur. Klara Wallner), Berlin
Norwich School of Art and Design/Norwich Gallery, ‘Slight‘, Norwich
Spiral/Wacoal Art Center, ‘Ideal Standard Life‘, Tokyo
Parco Center, ‘Baby Generation‘, Tokyo
The Factory, Athens Fine Art School, ‘Push-Ups‘, Athens
Christie’s East, ‘Currents in Contemporary Art‘, New York

1995
Galerie Enrico Navarra, ‘Autour de Roger Vivier‘, Paris
Tom Solomon’s Garage, `Saturday Night Fever‘, cur. Michael Cohen, Catherine Liu, Los Angeles

1994
Forde, ‘Snow Job‘, Geneva
Janice Guy, ‘Portraits‘, New York
Carmago Villaqua, Sao Paulo
‘6ième Semaine Internationale de Vidéo‘, Geneva
Charles Cowels Gallery/DIFFA/Visionaire, ‘Desire‘, New York
Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, ‘Face-Off, The Portrait in Recent Art‘, Harrisburg
Comune di Monte Carasso, ‘Hellraiser‘, Monte Carasso
Flash Art Museum ‘Audience 0.01‘, cur. Helena Kontova, Trevi
Wiener Secession, ‘Reflex‘, cur. Martin Prinzhorn, Vienna

1993
Galerie Monika Sprüth, ‘Eau de Cologne 1983–93‘, Cologne
Galerie Jennifer Flay, ‘Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing?‘, Paris
Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich
Villa Arson, ‘Le principe de réalité‘, Nice
Ruth Bloom Gallery, ‘Stoned‘, cur. Veralyn Behenna, Rick Pirro, Santa Monica
Art Acker, ‘Informationsdienst‘, Berlin
Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst, ‘Travelogue – Reisetagebuch‘, cur. Jackie McCallister, Vienna
Kunstverein, ‘Spielhölle‘, cur. Kaspar König, Robert Fleck, Graz
Galerie Sylvia Lorenz, ‘Spielhölle‘, cur. Kaspar König, Robert Fleck, Paris
Documentario, ‘Privacy‘, cur. Gianni Romano, Milan
The Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘Whitney Biennial‘, cur. John Armleder, New York
Bonner Kunstverein, ’Ueber Leben‘, Bonn
La bocca, ‘Restaurant‘, cur. Marc Jancou, Paris
Kunsthalle Wien, ‘The Art of Language‘, Vienna
Frankfurter Kunstverein, ‘The Art of Language‘, Frankfurt a.M.
Bloom Gallery, cur. Corinne Groot, Amsterdam

1992
Akademie der Künste und Wissenschaften, ‘Spielhölle‘, cur. Kaspar König, Robert Fleck, Frankfurt a. M.
Galerie Metropol, ‘Under 30‘, Vienna
Stichting de Appel, ‘Through the Viewfinder‘, Amsterdam
Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, ‘Translations‘, Warsaw
Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, ‘LifeSize‘, Prato
FAE Musée d’Art Contemporain, ‘Post-Human‘, cur. Jeffrey Deitch, Lausanne
Castello di Rivoli, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, ‘Post-Human‘, cur. Jeffrey Deitch, Rivoli
Deste Foundation of Contemporary Art, ‘Post-Human‘, cur. Jeffrey Deitch, Athens
Deichtorhallen, ‘Post-Human‘, cur. Jeffrey Deitch, Hamburg
Air de Paris, ‘Tatoo Collection‘, Paris
‘Molteplici Culture‘, cur. Liam Gillick, Rome
ICA, ‘True Stories‘, London
‘The Real Thing‘, New York
Real Artways, ‘Are you a boy, or are you a girl‘, cur. Cary S. Leibowitz, Hartford
Dooley le Cappelaine, ‘Video project – 12 weeks, 12 artists‘, New York
303 Gallery, ‘New Work by Gallery Artists‘, New York
303 Gallery, ‘Karen Kilimnik, Raymond Pettibon & Allen Ruppersberg‘, New York
Luhring Augustine Gallery, ‘Works on Paper‘, New York
Richard Bennett Gallery, ‘The Store‘, Los Angeles

1991
Galerie Sophia Ungers, ‘Gulliver’s travels’, Cologne
Contemporary Theatre & Art, ‘Home for June‘, New York
Villa Arson, ‘No Man’s Time‘, Nice
Jack Tilton Gallery, ‘When objects dream and talk in their sleep‘, New York
Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery, ‘Karen Kilimnik, Liz Larner, Collier Schorr, Anne Walsh‘, Santa Monica
The Hyde Collection, ‘Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing?‘, cur. Dan Cameron, Glens Fall
Gallery 400, University of Illinois, ‘Louder‘, cur. Kathryn Hixon, Chicago
Blum Helman Warehouse, ‘Plastic Fantastic Lover (Object A)‘, cur. Catherine Liu, New York
Art Basel, ‘John Armleder stand‘, Basel
Beaver College Art Gallery, ‘Residue Politics‘, Glenside
Air de Paris, ‘Xmas Show‘, Nice

1990
303 Gallery, ‘Karen Kilimnik, Sue Williams, Gavin Brown‘, New York
Stux Gallery, ‘Stuttering‘, cur. Vic Muniz, New York

1989
Andrea Rosen Gallery, ‘Work in Progress? Work?‘, New York
American Fine Arts Co., New York
Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York

1988
Cable Gallery, New York

1986
Nexus Foundation for Today’s Art, Philadelphia



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