KAREN KILIMNIK
Born: 1955, Philadelphia, PA
Lives in New York, NY
Education:
1974-1976 Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Solo Exhibitions:
1995 Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France
1994 White Cube, London, UK
Galleria Il Capricorno, Venice, Italy
Modulo Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisboa, Portugal
1993 303 Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Marc Jancou, Zurich, Switzerland
Studio Lapeyre, Milan, Italy
1992 Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France
Galerie Esther Schipper, Koln, Germany
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Koln, Germany
Galerie Ballgasse, Wein, Austria
1991 303 Gallery, New York
Group Exhibitions:
1994 "Desire", DIFFA, Visionaire benefit, Charles Cowels Gallery , NY
"Face-Off, The Portrait in Recent Art", Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania
"Hellraiser", Comune di Mote Carasso, Monte Carasso
"Audience 0.01", curated by Helena Kontova, Flash Art Museum, Italy Reflex", curated by Martin Prinzhorn, Wiener Secession, Vienna
1993 "Uber Leben", Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
"Restaurant", organised by Marc Jancou, La Bocca, 59 Monmartre, 75002, Paris
"The Art of Language", Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria; Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
Bloom Gallery, curated by Corinne Groot, Amsterdam, Holland
Eau de Cologne 1983 - 1993", Galerie Monica Spruth, Koln, Germany
"Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?" Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France
Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich, Switzerland
"Le Principe de Realite", Villa Arson, Nice, France
"Stoned", curated by Veralyn Behenna and Rick Pirro, Ruth Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Informationsdienst", Art Acker, Berlin, Germany
"Travelogue-Reisetagebuch", curated by Jackie McCallister, Hochschule fur Angewandte Kunst in Wien, Vienna, Austria
"Spielholle", curated by Kasper Konig and Robert Fleck, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria, Galerie Sylvia Lorenz, Paris, France
"Privacy", curated by Gianni Romano, Documentario, Milano, Italy
"Whitney Biennial", Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
ECART, curated by John Armleder
1992 "Spielholle", curated by Kasper Konig and Robert Fleck, Akadamie der Kunste und Wissenschaften, Frankfurt, Germany
"Under 30", Galerie Metropol, Wein, Austria
"Through the Viewfinder", Stichting de Appel, Amsterdam, Holland
"Translations", curated by Kim Levin, Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
"LifeSize", Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Prato, Italy
"Post-Human", curated by Jeffrey Deitch, FAE Musee D'Art Contemporain, Lausanne, Switzerland; Castello di Rivoli, Museo d'Arte, Contemporanea, Rivoli, Italy; Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece; Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
"Tatoo Collection", Air de Paris, Paris, France
"Molteplici Culture", curated by Liam Gilllick, Rome, Italy
"True Stories", ICA, London, England
"Are You A Boy, Or Are You A Girl ?", curated by Cary Leibowitz,
Real Artways, Hartford, CT
"The Real Thing", New York, NY
"Video project - 12 weeks, 12 artists", Dooley le Cappelaine, New York, NY
1991 "Works on Paper", Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY
"New Work by Gallery Artists," 303 Gallery, New York, NY
"Karen Kilimnik, Raymond Pettibon, & Allen Ruppersberg," 303 Gallery, New York, NY
"The Store," Richard/Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Gulliver's Travels," Galerie Sophia Ungers, Koln, Germany
"Home For June", Contemporary Theatre & Art, 44 Walker St, New York, NY
"No Man's Time", Villa Arson, Nice, France
"When Objects Dream And Talk In Their Sleep", Jack Tilton Gallery,
New York , NY
"Karen Kilimnik, Liz Larner, Collier Schorr, Anne Walsh", Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing ?",
curated by Dan Cameron, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY
"Louder", curated by Kathryn Hixon, Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
"Plastic Fantastic Lover (object a), curated by Catherine Liu, Blum Helman Warehouse, New York, NY
John Armleder Stand, Basel Art Fair, Switzerland
"Residue Politics", Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside PA
Xmas Show, Air de Paris, Nice, France
1990 303 Gallery, New York, NY
"Stuttering,", curated by Vic Muniz, Stux Gallery, New York, NY
"Work in Progress? Work?," Andrea Rosen Gallery, NewYork, NY
1989 American Fine Arts Co., New York, NY
Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
1988 Cable Gallery, New York, NY
Bibliography:
1990 "Goings on About Town", The New Yorker, July, P.14
Hess, Elizabeth. "Caution: Artists Working", The Village Voice, December 18th, P.109
Avigos, Jan, "Disappearing Acts", Contemporanea, No 23, P.72-75
Rimanelli, David, "A Problem in Contemporary Aesthetics", The Mourning Stutterer, Newspaper edited by Vic Muniz, Year No.1, p.1 & 8
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Levin, Kim. "Choices", Village Voice, April 23rd, 1991
Joseph, Regina. "Review: Art Under Duress," West Side Spirit, April 23rd, 1991
Smith, Roberta. "Critics Choice: Karen Kilimnik," The New York Times, Friday April 26th, Weekend Section C, p.17
Bankowsky, Jack. "Openings: Karen Kilimnik," Artforum, May, p.138
Schjeldahl, Peter. "At the Salon of April," Village Voice, May 14th, 1991, p.86
Myers, Terry, Review, Flash Art, Summer, p.134
Saltz, Jerry, "The Kid Who Never Cleaned Her Room", Galeries Magazine, July, p.80-81
"No Man's Time", catalog, Villa Arson, Nice, France
"Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?", catalog, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY
"Plastic Fantastic Lover (obect a), catalog, essay by Catherine Lui, Blum Helman Warehouse, New York, NY
Decter, Joshua, Review, Arts Magazine, September, p 77-78
Jarrel, Joe, "Eight Women Out", Village View, September 20, p.31
Bankowsky, Jack, "Slackers", Artforum, November, p. 96-100
Coelewij, Leontine, "New Kids On The Block", Metropolis M, #5, p.36-39
Troncy, Eric, "No Man's Time", Flash Art, November/December, p. 119-122
Perl, Jed, Vogue, December, p.124-130
1992 "Karen Kilimnik: Escape in Time", Catalog, essay by Melissa Feldman,
ICA Philadelphia, PA
Weil, Benjamin, "Remarks on Installations and Changes in Time Dimensions", Flash Art, January/February, p. 104-109
Bourriaud, Nicolas, 'Psycho-Splatter', Flash Art, March/April, p. 88-90
Joisten, Bernard, Review, Flash Art, October, p 102
"True Stories", catalog, ICA, London, England
"LifeSize", catalog, Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Prato, Italy
"Post-Human", catalog, FAE Musee D'Art Contemporain, Lausanne, Switzerland; Castello di Rivoli, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli, Italy; Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece;
Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
1993 Flinn, Jason B, Review, Tema Celeste, Autumn, p. 99
Messler, Norbert, Review, Forum International, November/December, p.102
"Privacy", catalog, Documentario, Milano, Italy
Rian, Jeff, "The 1993 Whitney Biennial" Flash Art, p.78
"Under Thirty", catalog, (designed by Elke Krystefek), Metropol, Wien, Austria
"Teddy & other stories", catalog, Claudio Botello Arte& Galleria In Arco, Torino, Italy
"Uber Leben", Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
Fleck, Robert, "Spielholle - Asthetik und Gewalt", Rogue, #17, p.17 -32 "Whitney Bienniel", catalog, Whitney Museum of American Art,
New York, NY
"Travelogue-Reisetagebuch", catalog, essay by Jackie McCallister, Hochschule fur Angewandte Kunst in Wien, Vienna, Austria
"Stoned", exhibition pamphlet, essay by Veralyn Behenna,
Ruth Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"The Art of Language", catalog, Kunsthalle Vienna, Vienna, Austria
"Restaurant", catalog, essays by Jan Avgikos, Yves Aupetitallot, Terry Myers & Frank Perrin, La Bocca, 59 Monmartre, 75002, Paris
1994 Lieberman, Rhonda, "Revenge of the Mouse Diva", February, p. 77-82 (Cover)
"Audience 0.01", catalogue, Flash Art Museum, Trevi, Italy
Lewis, Jim, "Karen loves Kate", Bazaar, September 1994, p.240