biografia di Vija CELMINS (1939)

Personal data


Birth : 1939 - Riga, Latvia
Sex : F
Nationality/Affiliation : Latvia - United States

Address

New York NY New York, United States

Education

1962 : Herron School of Art Indiana University (BFA) – 1701 North Pennsylvania Street – Indianapolis IN, United States
1965 : UCLA University of California Los Angeles (MFA) – 405 Hilgard Avenue – Los Angeles CA, United States

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Acrylic - Oil
Print-Multiple : Aquatint - Drypoint - Engraving - Lithograph - Mezzotint
Drawing-Watercolor : Graphite

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2003

Prints
Susan Sheehan Gallery – New York NY, United States
03/13/2003 – 05/31/2003

1997

Vija Celmins Works 1964-1996
Espacio Uno – Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia – Madrid, Spain
1997

1995

Vija Celmins
Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain – Paris, France
1995

1994

Prints, 1970-1992
Cirrus Gallery – Los Angeles CA, United States
1994

1993

Printed Matter
University Gallery – University of Massachusetts – Amherst MA, United States
1993

1992

Vija Celmins Retrospective
ICA Institute of Contemporary Art – University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia PA, United States
1992

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2004

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Susan Sheehan Gallery – 20 West 57th Street, 7th Floor – New York NY, United States

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : McKee Gallery – 745 Fifth Avenue – 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 : Gemini G.E.L. LLC – 8365 Melrose Avenue – Los Angeles CA, United States

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Gemini G.E.L. LLC – 8365 Melrose Avenue – Los Angeles CA, United States

Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Richard Levy Gallery – 514 Central Avenue South West – Albuquerque NM, United States

2002

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : McKee Gallery – 745 Fifth Avenue – New York NY, United States

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Cirrus Gallery – 549 South Alameda Street – Los Angeles CA, United States

2001

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Anthony d’Offay Gallery – 9, 21 & 23 Dering Street – London, United Kingdom

The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Anthony d’Offay Gallery – 9, 21 & 23 Dering Street – London, United Kingdom


Group exhibitions

2003

Exodus
Kettle’s Yard Gallery – Cambridge, United Kingdom
06/21/2003 – 08/03/2003

New Prints
McKee Gallery – New York NY, United States
03/01/2003 – 03/29/2003

2002

American Standard (Para)Normality and Everyday Life
Barbara Gladstone Gallery – New York NY, United States
06/26/2002 – 08/30/2002

Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
03/07/2002 – 05/26/2002

2001

Empathy – Beyond the Horizon
Porin Taidemuseo – Pori, Finland
06/16/2001 – 09/16/2001

2000

Do you hear what we hear ?
Paul Morris Gallery – New York NY, United States
12/16/2000 – 01/20/2001

1998

Terra Incognita, Five Visionary Worlds: Alighiero e Boetti, Vija Celmins, Neil Jenney, Jean-Luc Mylayne, Hiroshi Sugimoto
Neues Museum Weserburg – Bremen, Germany
05/10/1998 – 08/23/1998

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Exhibition catalogues

2002

Whitney Biennial 2002
Publisher: Whitney Museum of American Art – 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street – New York NY, United States
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Inc. – 100 Fifth Avenue – New York NY, United States
2002
ISBN : 0810968320

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