biografia di Mike KELLEY (1954-2012)

Personal data


Birth : 1954 - Detroit MI Michigan, United States
Death : 2012
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States

Address

Los Angeles CA California, United States

Representatives

Galleria Emi Fontana – Viale Bligny 42 – Milan MI, Italy
Jablonka Galerie – Hahnenstrasse 37 – Cologne, Germany
Metro Pictures – 519 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
Patrick Painter, Inc. – 2525 Michigan Avenue, #B2 – Santa Monica CA, United States


Education

1976 : University of Michigan (BFA) – Ann Arbor MI, United States
1978 : California Institute of the Arts – 24700 McBean Parkway – Valencia CA, United States

Professional data


Work and Life

1987 – 1991:Multi-part project “Half a Man”.
1977:Founded with Tony OURSLER a punk-rock band called The Poetics.


Medals

1997

1997 : Skowhegan Medal for Mixed Media

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting :
Sculpture-Volume : Installation
Audiovisual-Multimedia : Video installation
Performing Art : Performance

Movements and styles

Conceptual Art
Surrealism
Cologne Group

Works

Test Room Containing Multiple Stimuli Know to Elit Curiosty and Manipulatory Responses
Date of creation : 1999
Medium : Video
Technical data : 60'15"
 
Pole Dance -The Poetics Project 1977-1997
Date of creation : 1997
Medium : Video
Technical data : 31'18"
In collaboration with : Tony OURSLER, Anita PACE
 
Poetics Project 1977-1997
Date of creation : 1997
Medium : Video installation
Process : object-sound
In collaboration with : Tony OURSLER
 
Beat of the Traps
Date of creation : 1992
Medium : Video
Technical data : 54'49"
In collaboration with : Anita PACE, Stephen PRINA
 
Pay for Your Pleasure
Date of creation : 1988
Medium : Installation
 
Manequins, costume, paniers
Medium : Installation
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2006

Historic works
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot – Paris, France
03/2006

2004

The Uncanny
Tate Liverpool – Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
02/20/2004 – 05/03/2004

2002

The Poetry of Form
Galerie Daniel Templon – Paris, France
2002 – 10/16/2002

Reversals, Recyclings, Completions, and Late Additions
Metro Pictures – New York NY, United States
11/02/2002 – 12/07/2002

2001

Memory Ware
Jablonka Galerie – Cologne, Germany
06/01/2001 – 07/07/2001

2000

Van AbbeMUSEUM – Eindhoven, Netherlands
06/16/2000 – 09/03/2000

1999

Pay For Your Pleasure
MOCA at California Plaza – Los Angeles CA, United States
1999

Kunstverein – Brunswick, Germany
1999

Patrick Painter – Santa Monica CA, United States
1999

Metro Pictures – New York NY, United States
04/03/1999 – 05/01/1999

1997

Mike Kelley : A selection of works 1985 – 1996
MACBA – Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona – Barcelona, Spain
1997

Mike Kelley : A selection of works 1985 – 1996
Van AbbeMUSEUM – Eindhoven, Netherlands
07/05/1997 – 09/14/1997

Mike Kelley : A selection of works 1985 – 1996
Rooseum – Center for Contemporary Art – Malmo, Sweden
04/26/1997 – 06/15/1997

1995

Katholische Vorlieben
Haus der Kunst – Munich, Germany
02/11/1995 – 04/17/1995

1993

Retrospective
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1993

1991

Jablonka Galerie – Cologne, Germany
11/18/1991 – 01/09/1992

1990

Metro Pictures – New York NY, United States
1990

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2007

ArtBrussels – Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2007 – 04/23/2007
Represented by : Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot – 5 bis rue des Haudriettes – Paris, France

2006

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Gagosian Gallery – 8 Heddon 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 : Galerie des Multiples – 48 rue de Montmorency – Paris, France

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galleria Emi Fontana – Viale Bligny 42 – Milan MI, Italy

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Metro Pictures – 519 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States

Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Jablonka Galerie – Hahnenstrasse 37 – Cologne, Germany

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Bernier / Eliades – Eptachalkou Street 11 – Athens, Greece

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n°15
Frankfurt, Germany
04/27/2003 – 05/01/2003
Represented by : Portikus – Schöne Aussicht 2 – Frankfurt, Germany

ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Galerie Baronian-Francey – 2 rue Isidore Verheyden – Brussels, Belgium

The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Metro Pictures – 519 West 24th 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 : Jablonka Galerie – Hahnenstrasse 37 – Cologne, Germany

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 14
Frankfurt, Germany
05/26/2002 – 05/30/2002
Represented by : Portikus – Schöne Aussicht 2 – Frankfurt, Germany

ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Patrick Painter, Inc. – 2525 Michigan Avenue, #B2 – Santa Monica CA, United States

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Patrick Painter, Inc. – 2525 Michigan Avenue, #B2 – Santa Monica CA, 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 : Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot – 5 bis rue des Haudriettes – Paris, France

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 8
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Galleria Emi Fontana – Viale Bligny 42 – Milan MI, Italy

FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Metro Pictures – 519 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galleria Emi Fontana – Viale Bligny 42 – Milan MI, Italy

ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Patrick Painter, Inc. – 2525 Michigan Avenue, #B2 – Santa Monica CA, United States

The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Jablonka Galerie – Hahnenstrasse 37 – Cologne, Germany

ART2001 – The 13th London Contemporary Art Fair
Business Design Centre – London, United Kingdom
01/17/2001 – 01/21/2001
Represented by : James Hyman Fine Art Limited – 39 Belsize Square – London, United Kingdom

2000

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Galleria Emi Fontana – Viale Bligny 42 – Milan MI, Italy

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 12
Frankfurt, Germany
03/24/2000 – 03/27/2000
Represented by : Richard Heller Gallery – Bergamot Station 2525 Michigan Avenue B-5A – Santa Monica CA, United States

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Jablonka Galerie – Hahnenstrasse 37 – Cologne, Germany

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 6
Turin TO, Italy
10/07/1999 – 10/10/1999
Represented by : Galleria Emi Fontana – Viale Bligny 42 – Milan MI, Italy

1998

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galería Juana de Aizpuru – C/ Barquillo 44, I° – Madrid, Spain


Group exhibitions

5003

The Curve
Barbican Centre – London, United Kingdom
05/15/5003 – 07/20/2003

2007

Collateral
Hangar Biccoca – Milan MI, Italy
02/02/2007 – 03/15/2007

2005

Translation
Paris, France
06/23/2005 – 09/18/2005

2004

Realm of the Senses
James Cohan Gallery – New York NY, United States
12/10/2004 – 01/29/2005

The Game Show
James Cohan Gallery – New York NY, United States
01/09/2004 – 02/14/2004

2003

Whiteness, a Wayward Construction
Laguna Art Museum – Laguna Beach CA, United States
2003 – 07/06/2003

Catastrofi Minime
MAN Museo d’Arte Provincia di Nuoro – Nuoro, Italy
12/05/2003 – 02/29/2004

C’est arrivé demain – 7ème Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon
Lyon, France
09/18/2003 – 01/04/2004

Videoactes
ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts – London, United Kingdom
07/30/2003 – 10/19/2003

M_Ars Art and War
Neue Galerie Graz – Graz, Austria
01/10/2003 – 03/26/2003

2002

Vidéo Topiques tours et retours de l’art vidéo
MAMCS Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain – Strasbourg, France
10/17/2002 – 02/02/2003

Jean-Michel Alberola / Mike Kelley
Galerie Daniel Templon – Paris, France
09/12/2002 – 10/16/2002

Art Downtown
New York NY, United States
06/14/2002 – 09/15/2002

2001

Tony Oursler, Jim Shaw, John Miller, Mike Kelley
Galerie Biedermann – Munich, Germany
2001

Simulacres et Détournements dans les années 80 et 90
CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux – Bordeaux, France
09/18/2001 – 03/10/2002

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

Connivence – 6ème Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon
Lyon, France
06/23/2001 – 09/23/2001

Dévoler – Vivent les FRAC (suite)
IAC Institut d’art contemporain – Villeurbanne, France
06/22/2001 – 11/18/2001

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

Painting at the edge of the World
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
02/10/2001 – 05/06/2001

Pollock to Today: Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
01/01/2001 – 03/06/2002

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

Selections from the Permanent Collection : 1960-2000
MOCA at California Plaza – Los Angeles CA, United States
08/06/2000 – 01/01/2001

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

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

Couples
Cheim & Read Gallery – New York NY, United States
01/06/2000 – 02/26/2000

1999

Art in our Time : 1950 to the Present
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
09/05/1999 – 09/02/2001

1998

The Poetics Project 1977-1997
Metro Pictures – New York NY, United States
05/28/1998 – 09/12/1998

1997

The Poetics Project 1977-1997
Watari-um Museum – Tokyo, Japan
11/23/1997 – 03/29/1998

Documenta X
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/21/1997 – 09/28/1997

Sunshine & Noir. L.A. Art 1960-1997
Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst – Humlebæk, Denmark
05/16/1997 – 09/07/1997

La Théorie du complot
FRAC Nord – Pas de Calais – Dunkirk, France
02/01/1997 – 03/22/1997

Educational Complex
Generali Foundation – Vienna, Austria
01/30/1997 – 04/06/1997

1996

Identidad Múltiple. Obras del Whitney Museum of American Art
MACBA – Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona – Barcelona, Spain
12/20/1996 – 03/31/1997

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Books

2002

Art Tomorrow
Publisher: Editions Terrail – Paris, France
Author: Lucie-Smith Edward – London, United Kingdom
2002
ISBN : 2879392497

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

1999

Art at the Turn of the Millenium / L’Art au Tournant de l’An 2000
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Collectif
Director of publication: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
1999
ISBN : 3822873934


Exhibition catalogues

2001

Connivence, 6ème Biennale d’art contemporain de Lyon
Publisher: RMN Réunion des Musées Nationaux – 49 rue Etienne Marcel – Paris, France
2001
ISBN : 2711842592


Periodicals

2004

HERBERT Martin – Previews
in: Contemporary n° 61 p. 63
London, United Kingdom
2004

2003

LEFFINGWELL Edward – Mike Kelley at Metro Pictures
in: Art in America n° 4 p. 134
New York NY, United States
04/2003

2002

CHAPUIS Yvanne – Mike Kelley : se penser en tant qu’objet
in: Art Press n° 282 p. 36
Paris, France
09/2002

2001

HUBER Gauthier – Biennale de Lyon:
in: Kunst-Bulletin p. 32
Zürich ZH, Switzerland
07/2001-08/2001

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