biografia di Kendell GEERS (1968)
Personal data
Birth : 5/1968 - Johannesburg, South Africa
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : South Africa - United Kingdom
Address
London, United KingdomRepresentatives
Galleria Continua – Via Arco dei Becci, 1 – San Gimignano SI, Italy
Professional data
Work and Life
1998:Geers received the ArtPace/A Foundation for Contemporary Art¿s International Artist-in-Residence award in 1998.
Also lives and works in Leipzig, Germany.
Work
Categorie and medium
Sculpture-Volume : Installation 
Audiovisual-Multimedia : Video installation Movements and styles
Conceptual ArtWorks
| Medusa Dreaming | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : Video installation | |
| Poetic Justice | |
| Date of creation : 1999 Medium : Installation | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2008
MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain – Lyon, France
09/19/2008 – 01/04/2009
2007
Irrespektiv
SMAK Stedelijke Museum voor Actuele Kunst – Gent, Belgium
07/01/2007 – 08/26/2007
2004
Moulins Albigeois – Albi, France
07/03/2004 – 31/09/2004
2003
Terrorealismus
Migros Museum – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
06/07/2003 – 08/10/2003
2002
Palais de Tokyo – Site de Création Contemporaine – Paris, France
06/01/2002 – 07/28/2002
Kendell Geers
Galleria Continua – San Gimignano SI, Italy
04/06/2002 – 05/21/2002
2001
Televisionaries
Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart – Stuttgart, Germany
2001
2000
Ya Basta
Le Consortium – Dijon, France
2000
Ex Africa Semper Aliquid Novi
Marian Goodman Gallery – Paris, France
2000
Inova Institute of Visual Arts – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee – Milwaukee WI, United States
2000
1999
States of Emergency
Wiener Secession – Vereinigung bildender Künstler – Vienna, Austria
1999
1997
Memento Mori
De Vleeshal Markt – Middelburg, Netherlands
1997
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Galleria Continua 2 – Via del Castello 11 – San Gimignano SI, Italy
2006
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Stephen Friedman Gallery – 25-28 Old Burlington Street – London, United Kingdom
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galleria Continua 2 – Via del Castello 11 – San Gimignano SI, Italy
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Luis Campana Galerie – An der Schanz 1 A – Cologne, Germany
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Stephen Friedman Gallery – 25-28 Old Burlington Street – London, United Kingdom
FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galleria Continua – Via Arco dei Becci, 1 – San Gimignano SI, Italy
Art Forum Berlin, n° 8
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/01/2003 – 10/05/2003
Represented by : Martin Asbaek Projects – Bredgade 20 – Copenhagen, Denmark
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Luis Campana Galerie – An der Schanz 1 A – Cologne, Germany
ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Galleria Continua – Via Arco dei Becci, 1 – San Gimignano SI, Italy
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Galleria Continua – Via Arco dei Becci, 1 – San Gimignano SI, Italy
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Galleria Continua – Via Arco dei Becci, 1 – San Gimignano SI, Italy
FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Galleria Continua – Via Arco dei Becci, 1 – San Gimignano SI, Italy
Art Forum Berlin, n° 7
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
09/26/2002 – 09/30/2002
Represented by : Galerie Luis Campana – Frankfurt, Germany
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Stephen Friedman Gallery – 25-28 Old Burlington Street – London, United Kingdom
ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Galleria Continua – Via Arco dei Becci, 1 – San Gimignano SI, Italy
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Galleria Continua 2 – Via del Castello 11 – San Gimignano SI, Italy
2001
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Stephen Friedman Gallery – 25-28 Old Burlington Street – London, United Kingdom
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Stephen Friedman Gallery – 25-28 Old Burlington Street – London, United Kingdom
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Stephen Friedman Gallery – 25-28 Old Burlington Street – London, United Kingdom
Festivals
1999
EXTRAetORDINAIRE – Le Printemps de Cahors, n°9
Cahors, France
06/18/1999 – 07/04/1999
Group exhibitions
2005
Expérience de la durée – 8ème Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon
Lyon, France
09/12/2005 – 12/31/2005
2004
Les Afriques
Lille, France
03/31/2004 – 08/08/2004
2003
Poetic Justice – 8th International Istanbul Biennial
Istanbul, Turkey
09/20/2003 – 11/16/2003
Next Flag
BPS 22 – Charleroi, Belgium
03/15/2003 – 05/18/2003
Hardcore – Vers un nouvel activisme
Palais de Tokyo – Site de Création Contemporaine – Paris, France
02/27/2003 – 05/18/2003
M_Ars Art and War
Neue Galerie Graz – Graz, Austria
01/10/2003 – 03/26/2003
2002
Documenta XI
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/08/2002 – 09/15/2002
Trauma
MOMA Museum of Modern Art – Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
01/26/2002 – 04/07/2002
2001
The Short Century : Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa 1945-1994
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago IL, United States
09/08/2001 – 12/30/2001
Berlin biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst, n° 2
Berlin, Germany
04/20/2001 – 06/20/2001
2000
The Sky is The Limit – 2000 Taipei Biennial
Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
09/09/2000 – 01/07/2001
Arte all’Arte
Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio – Volterra PI, Italy
2000
Micropolitiques
Le Magasin – Centre National d’Art Contemporain – Grenoble, France
2000
1999
Carnegie International 1999/2000, n°53
Carnegie Museum of Art – Pittsburgh PA, United States
11/06/1999 – 03/26/2000
Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin, 1950s – 1980s
Queens Museum of Art – New York NY, United States
04/28/1999 – 08/29/1999
1997
Trades Routes: History and Geography – Africus – The 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
Johannesburg, South Africa
10/12/1997 – 12/12/1997
1994
Arte, Sociedad, Reflexión – 5a Bienal de la Habana
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam – Havana, Cuba
05/06/1994 – 06/30/1994
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
1998
Cream
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
Author: Martinez Rosa – Santa Fe NM, United States
1998
ISBN : 0714838012
Exhibition catalogues
2001
2. Berlin Biennale
Berlin, Germany
2001
ISBN : 3896110977
Periodicals
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. 124
Paris, France
05/2002
ISBN : 07572271
2000
MACEL Christine
in: Art Press n° 257
Paris, France
05/2000
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