biografia di Doug AITKEN (1968)

Personal data

Birth : 1968 - Redondo Beach CA California, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States

Address

Los Angeles CA California, United States

Representatives

303 Gallery – 525 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States
Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber – Limmatstrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
Jiri Svestka Gallery – Jungmannova 30 – Prague, Czech Republic
Victoria Miro Gallery – 16 Wharf Road – London, United Kingdom

Education

1986 – 1987 : Marymount College – Palos Verdes CA, United States
1987 – 1991 : Art Center College of Design – 1700 Lida Street – Pasadena CA, United States

Professional data

Work and Life

Also lives and works in New York NY, USA.
His films are distributed by Gregorio Magnani Video editions and distribution, Koln, Germany.

Work

Categorie and medium


Photography : C print
Audiovisual-Multimedia : Compact disc - Film - VHS Video - Video - Video installation

Subject

culture/media

Works

Metallic Sleep
Date of creation : 2000
Medium : Video installation
 
Into the Sun
Date of creation : 1999
Medium : Video installation
 
Electric Earth
Date of creation : 1999
Medium : Video
 
Diamond Sea
Date of creation : 1997
Medium : Video projection
Technical data : 20'
 
Superstar (Development 3)
Date of creation : 1993
Medium : VHS Video
Technical data : 8'
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2005

Les Cordeliers – Châteauroux, France
2005 – 04/17/2005

Galerie Eva Presenhuber – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
06/13/2005 – 07/30/2005

2002

Rise
Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst – Humlebæk, Denmark
06/04/2002 – 09/22/2002

2001

Doug Aitken
Serpentine Gallery – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2001 – 11/25/2001

Metallic Sleep
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg – Wolfsburg, Germany
02/17/2001 – 05/13/2001

1999

Concentrations 33 : Doug Aitken, Diamon sea
Dallas Museum of Art – Dallas TX, United States
1999

Victoria Miro Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1999

Lawing Gallery – Houston TX, United States
1999

1998

303 Gallery – New York NY, United States
1998

Jiri Svestka Gallery – Prague, Czech Republic
1998

Taka Ishii Gallery – Tokyo, Japan
1998

1997

303 Gallery – New York NY, United States
1997

1996

Taka Ishii Gallery – Tokyo, Japan
1996

1993

AC Project Room – New York NY, United States
1993

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

Art shows / fairs

2006

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : 303 Gallery – 525 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States

2004

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : 303 Gallery – 525 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : 303 Gallery – 525 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States

FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Parkett Editions – 2nd floor 155 Avenue of the Americas – New York NY, United States

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : 303 Gallery – 525 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States

The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : 303 Gallery – 525 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : 303 Gallery – 525 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : 303 Gallery – 525 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States

Art in CASO
CASO Contemporary Art Space Osaka – Osaka, Japan
04/25/2002 – 04/29/2002
Represented by : Taka Ishii Gallery – 3-27-6 Kita Outsuka – Tokyo, Japan

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : 303 Gallery – 525 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : 303 Gallery – 525 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 8
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Taka Ishii Gallery – 3-27-6 Kita Outsuka – Tokyo, Japan

Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber – Limmatstrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber – Limmatstrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Jiri Svestka Gallery – Jungmannova 30 – Prague, Czech Republic

The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : 303 Gallery – 525 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States

2000

Kunst 2000 Zürich, n° 7
Zürich ZH, Switzerland
11/24/2000 – 11/27/2000
Represented by : Parkett Editions – 2nd floor 155 Avenue of the Americas – New York NY, United States

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 12
Frankfurt, Germany
03/24/2000 – 03/27/2000
Represented by : Parkett Verlag Gallery – Quellenstrasse 27 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

photo L.A. 2000 – 9th Los Angeles Photographic Print Exposition
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium – Santa Monica CA, United States
01/20/2000 – 01/23/2000
Represented by : Taka Ishii Gallery – 3-27-6 Kita Outsuka – Tokyo, Japan

Festivals

1999

EXTRAetORDINAIRE – Le Printemps de Cahors, n°9
Cahors, France
06/18/1999 – 07/04/1999

Group exhibitions

2002

French Collection – Rien ne presse / Slow and Steady / Festina Lente – 2ème épisode
MAMCO Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain – Geneva GE, Switzerland
11/01/2002 – 01/19/2003

Sonic Process
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
10/16/2002 – 01/06/2003

Remix: Contemporary art & pop
Tate Liverpool – Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
05/25/2002 – 08/26/2002

Sonic Process
MACBA Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona / Museo de Arte Contemporáneo – Barcelona, Spain
05/04/2002 – 06/30/2002

2001

Let’s entertain
Miami Art Museum – Miami FL, United States
09/14/2001 – 11/18/2001

Moving Pictures – 5th International Foto Triennale
Villa Merkel – Esslingen, Germany
07/01/2001 – 09/23/2001

Let’s entertain
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg – Wolfsburg, Germany
03/16/2001 – 07/15/2001

2000

Au delà du Spectacle / Let’s entertain
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
11/22/2000 – 01/08/2001

Flight Patterns
MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art at California Plaza The Geffen Contemporary – Los Angeles CA, United States
11/12/2000 – 02/11/2001

Let’s entertain
Portland Art Museum – Portland OR, United States
07/07/2000 – 09/17/2000

Biennale of Sydney , n° 12
Sydney NSW, Australia
05/26/2000 – 07/30/2000

Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
03/23/2000 – 06/04/2000

Let’s entertain
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
02/12/2000 – 04/30/2000

Hypermental : Rampant Reality 1950-2000 from Salvator Dali to Jeff Koons
Kunsthaus – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
2000

1999

Natural Order
Edmonton Art Gallery – Edmonton AB, Canada
1999

Clues, an Open Scenario Exhibition
Monte Video – Amsterdam, Netherlands
1999

Regarding beauty in Performance and Media Arts
Smithsonian American Art Museum – Washington DC, United States
1999

d’APERTutto – 48° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
06/13/1999 – 11/07/1999

1998

New Visions : Video
Long Beach Museum of Art – Long Beach CA, United States
1998

Portrait – Human Figure
Galerie Peter Kilchmann – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
1998

Unfinished History
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
10/18/1998 – 01/10/1999

1997

Doug Aitken and Peter Gehrke
Galleri Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation – Stockholm, Sweden
1997

I love New York : Crossover der aktuellen Kunst
Museum Ludwig – Cologne, Germany
11/06/1997 – 01/31/1998

Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition, n°69
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
03/20/1997 – 06/01/1997

1996

A/drift:
Center for Curatorial Studies Museum – Bard College – Annandale-on-Hudson NY, United States
10/20/1996 – 01/05/1997

1995

La Belle et la Bête : Art contemporain américain
Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris – Paris, France
1995

1991

Artworks/Artworkers
AC Project Room – New York NY, United States
1991

Bibliography (Selected)

On the artist

Books

2002

Art Now
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
Author: Riemschneider Burkhard
2002
ISBN : 382281444X

2001

Art Contemporain : un choix de 200 oeuvres du Fonds national d’art contemporain, (1985-1999)
Participant: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication – 3 rue Valois – Paris, France
Participant: DAP Délégation aux arts plastiques – 27, avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Participant: FIACRE Fonds d’Incitation à la Création – Centre National des Arts Plastiques – Département du soutien à la création et à la diffusion 27 avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Publisher: Editions du Chêne – 43 quai Grenelle – Paris, France
10/2001
ISBN : 2842773373

2000

Fresh Cream
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
11/2000
ISBN : 0714891142

Exhibition catalogues

2001

Moving Pictures – 5th International Photo Triennal Esslingen
Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag – Senefelderstrasse 12 – Ostfildern, Germany
2001
ISBN : 377571037X

2000

Biennale of Sydney 2000
Sydney NSW, Australia
2000
ISBN : 0959661999

1999

La Biennale di Venezia, 48a Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte
Publisher: Marsilio Editions – Venice VE, Italy
06/1999
ISBN : 882080414X

Concentrations 33 : Doug Aitken, Diamon sea
Publisher: Dallas Museum of Art – 1717 North Harwood – Dallas TX, United States
1999

1998

Unfinished History
Publisher: Walker Art Center – Vineland Place – Minneapolis MN, United States
1998

Periodicals

2003

MENIN Samuele & SANSONE Valentina – Focus video and film
in: Flash Art n° 228 p. 88
Milan MI, Italy
01/2003-02/2003

2002

KIHM Christophe – Les gestes de Doug Aitken
in: Art Press n° 282 p. 46
Paris, France
09/2002

COLARD Jean-Max & BOUSTEAU Fabrice – Figures contemporaines / Contemporary figures
in: Qu’est-ce-que l’art ? What is art ? (today) – Beaux Arts Magazine p. 68
Paris, France
05/2002
ISBN : 07572271

2001

WILSHER Mark – Doug Aitken
in: Art Monthly n° 251 p. 28
London, United Kingdom
11/2001

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