LUCAS AJEMIAN 1975 Born in Virginia, USA - Invisible

LUCAS AJEMIAN
1975
Born in Virginia, USA
Lives and work in New York
Education
2001
2000
1997
Studio Arts, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
University of Arts & Industrial Design, Linz Austria
BFA Sculpture & Religious Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Solo Exhibitions
2013
2012
2011
2010
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
1999
1997
Walks & Talks, INVISIBLE-EXPORTS, New York
Casual Relays. And Laundry, LTD, Los Angeles
Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt, Germany
Les Tristes: Invisible-Exports, INVISIBLE-EXPORTS, New York
Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles, (project space) January
The Box, with Julian Bismuth, Los Angeles, January
From Beyond, performance at Gavin Brown's Passerby, New York, February 13th
Lucas Ajemian and Julien Bismuth, Layer Würstenhagen Garage, Vienna
Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt, June-July
Litanies, Marches, Stutters, Stammers, Turnstiles & Revolving Doors, kirkhoff, September 6th –
October 18th
Lucas Ajemian and Julien Bismuth, Foxy Production, New York, November 21st - January 10th
Palais de Tokyo, Paris (performance on March 1st , followed by solo show)
Einmal ist Keinmal, Galerie Iris Kadel, Karlsruhe, Germany, May
LES TRISTES: a particular sequence of varying pitch, tone, or stress, with Julian Bismuth, Galerie
Parisa Kind, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
From Beyond, Kirkhoff, Copenhagen
Fake Black Book, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
The Haunt, kirkhoff, September-October 2004
The Annex, Artist’s Space, New York,
How You Know It, Priska C Juschka Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
Velocity of Paralysis, TBA Exhibition Space, Chicago, IL
Work by Lucas Ajemian, VCU Student Art Space, Richmond, VA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
Performance, Renwick Gallery, NewYork, NY
Beyond Process, Renwick Gallery, NewYork, NY
Summer Reading, INVISIBLE-EXPORTS, New York
Pawnshop, e-flux, New York
Eclipse - Art in a Dark Age, Moderna Museet's 50th anniversary show, May-August,
Stockholm
Signals: A Video Showcase, Orange County Museum, USA, June 14th-July 25th
U-Turn Quadrennial for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, September-November
Hello, FLUX FACTORY, New York
Undo-Redo, Friederichanum, Kassel, Germany October Salon, Belgrade, Serbia (curated by Rene
Block)
Co-Dependent, The Living Room, Miami, FL. Strich
Zeichnung Bild, BAWAG Foundation, Vienna, AT.
4-Color Pen, General Store/Lotus Projects, Milwaukee, WI/ Miami Beach, FL
e-flux video rental, e-flux New York, NY
The Inaugural Show, kirkhoff, February-April 2004
The Infinite Fill Show, Foxy Production, New York
MOMENTA, White Columns, New York
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2002
2001
Space & Subjectivity, Prague Biennale, Czech Republic
25hours Video Festival, Barcelona, Spain
Hoverings, Peres Projects, Los Angeles
Charley Magazine and concurrent exhibition at P.S.1, Queens, NY
Sound, Video, Images, Objects Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, ILThesis Exhibition, Gallery 400
UIC, Chicago, IL
2000
Offsite, Great Space, Chicago, IL
1997
VCU Sculpture Dept. Senior Show, James Center, Richmond, VA
Collaborations
2006
2004
2003
The Palm D’Or Social Club, The Pitch, Frankfurt Art Fair, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany
The Palm D'Or Social Club, The First International Palm D'Or Film Festival, Art Forum Berlin,
Berlin, Germany
The Palm D'Or Social Club 2004 Editions Catalogue
Charleroi/Danses Co. The City & the Dead, 1st International Festival of Contemporary Dance,
Venice, Italy
Awards and Honors
2006
2002
1999
Rema Hort Foundation Award, New York, NY (nominated)
Rema Hort Foundation Award, New York, NY (nominated)
Community Arts Assistance Program (CAAP), Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Collections
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Herning Museum, Hearning, DK
MOderna Museet, Stockholm, SE
Private collections
Bibliography
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
“No Context: Orchestral Black Sabbath (Backwards) at Passerby”, Zach Baron, The Village Voice,
Feb 14th
“Forhindringens Løb”, Kristine Kern, Politiken, October 4th
“Die Testperson verhält sich ungewöhnlich ruhig”, Swantje Karich, Frankfurter Allgemeine
Zeitung, November 1st
“Eclipse: Art in a Dark Age”, Steven Henry Madoff, Artforum, November
“ATLAS OF CONTEMPORARY ART”, Denis Gielen, Laurent Busine, Edition of the Museum of
Contemporary Arts in Le Grand-Hornu (MAC's), Belgium, 2007
“Lucas Ajemian at Kirkhoff”, Henrikke Nielsen, Flash Art International No 250, October
“Lucas Ajemian Selfportrait”, Lucas Ajemian, TemaCeleste, December
“Französische Verhältnisse”, Christoph Schütte, Frankfurt Allgemeine, December 18
“Lauri Firstenberg”, Contemporary Magazine No 70, January
“Sampling Brooklyn, Keeper of Eclectic Flames”, Holland Cotter, The New York Times, January
23rd
“I oxymoronernas skog”, Pontus Kyander, Sydsvenskan, October 13th
“Lucas Ajemian at Kirkhoff”, Jacob Fabricius, Flash Art International No 239, NovemberDecember
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JULIEN BISMUTH
1973
Born in Paris, France
Lives and work in New York
Solo Exhibitions
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
1999
Walks & Talks, INVISIBLE-EXPORTS, New York
Catalog, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt, (D)
La ferme du buisson, Noisiel, (F)
Devonian Press (with Jean-Pascal Flavien), Vitrine de l’Antenne, Frac Ile-de-(F), Paris, (F)
Catalog, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt, (D)
Notes towards a theory of distraction, Simone Subal Gallery, New York, USA
Dialogic, Parcours Saint_Germain Hôtel Lutetia, Paris, (F) (with Vriginie Yassef)
Background Text – RCA Interim Project, Royal College of Art (CCA), London, (UK)
The Ventriloquism Aftereffect, GAK-Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Brême, (D)
Frustum Emmanuel Layr, Vienna, Austria
Layr Wuestenhagen, Vienna (A) (March)
Julien Bismuth, curated by Sophie Kaplan & Janeke de Vries, GAK Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst
Bremen (D)
The Golden Ass, The Box, Los Angeles, USA
Mind the gap, Crac Alsace, Altkirch, (F)
The Error in the landscape, curator: Vanessa Desclaux, Bloomberg Space, London, (UK)
Les Tristes: Invisible-Exports, INVISIBLE-EXPORTS, New York (with Lucas Ajemian)
The Armory Show, New York, Solo presentation by Layr Wuestenhagen
Shannon Bool et Julien Bismuth, Crac Alsace, Altkirch (F)
Bloomberg Space, London ((UK)), Oct 2010
Titled (Untitled), Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt (D)
Les Continents incontinents, Galerie GeorgesPhilippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, (F)
"Unbestimmte Stellen", Layr Wuestenhagen Contemporary, Vienna (A)
The Box LA, Los Angeles (USA)
"Les lettres tristes", with Lucas Ajemian, Foxy Productions, NY (USA)
Monologues for Minerals, 1.1 (Salt Flat / Radio Stück), Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt (D)
Les Tristes; a particular sequence of varying pitch, tone or stress, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt
(D) (together with Lucas Ajemian)
Marchand d’oubli, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris (F)
Devonian Press: Books and Limited Editions (together with Jean-Pascal Flavien),
A&M Bookstore, Milan (I); Barbara Wien Gallery, Berlin (D)
Untitled (Props in Rotation), SOS Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Group Exhibitions
2012
2011
2010
experienZ #1: Bodies that matter, Beursschouwburg, Brussels, Belgium
The Poster Show (with Jean-Pascal Flavien), Galerie Carlier Gebauer, Berlin, (D)
The Circus as a Parallel Universe, curators: Verena Conrad and Gerald Matt, Kunsthalle Wien,
Vienna, (D)
Partenaires particuliers, curators: Sophie Kaplan & Virginie Yassef, Crac Alsace, Altkirch,
(F)
Making and art, curator: Cosima Rainer, Stadtgalerie Schwaz, Bern, Switzerland
Mirages, Fountains & Dissociative Composition, curator: Catherine Sullivan, Galerie Catherine
Bastide, Bruxelles, Belgium
A painting show, Autocenter, curator: Aaron Moulton, Berlin, (D) One is the Loneliest
Number..., Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Philadelphia, USA
In back of the real, curator: Necmi Soenmez, ISCP, Brooklyn, USA
Terminal Jest, Articulture Biennial Arts Festival, DCCC, Delaware, USA,
Franchement énervé / Transfer (F)-NRW, MUba Eugène Leroy, Tourcoing, (F)
Terminal Jest, Articulture Biennial Arts Festival, curators: Stamatina Gregory & Michael Hall,
Delaware County College, USA
I was a male Yvonne de Carlo, curators: Dora García & Marie de Brugerolle, Musac, Léon, Spain
Monsieur Miroir, 12e Prix Fondation d'entreprise Ricard, curator: Émilie Renard, Fondation
d'entreprise Ricard, Paris, (F)
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2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
1999
Die Grammatik des Buches, Artothek, Munich, (D)
Laocoon, COCO (Contemporary Concerns), Vienna, Austria Laocoon, COCO (Contemporary
Concerns), Vienna, Austria
Metamorphosen, Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr, (D)
Une Forme pour toute action. Le Printemps de Septembre, curator: Eric Mangion, Toulouse, (F)
Playing the city II, curator: Matthias Ulrich, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt-am-Main, (D)
Solace, Austrian cultural forum, New York, USA
Mike, Alec or Rufus? ("Tom, Dick or Harry"), Layr Wuestenhagen Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
Treasures for theatre, La Ferme du Buisson, Marne-la-Vallé e, (F)
Les Lettres Tristes, Lucas Ajemian and Julien Bismuth, Foxy Production New York
Ne pas jouer avec les choses mortes, Villa Arson, Nice (F)
Comme des betes, Musee des Beaux Artes, Lausanne (CH)
Anthology, Otero Plassart Gallery, Los Angeles (USA)
Festival a/d Werf, Utrecht (NL)
La seconde est partie la première, Musée du Jeu de Paume, Paris
SOME THING ELSE, Peter Blum Gallery, Cur. Simone Subal, NY (USA)
SIGNALS, Orange County Museum Art (USA)
Garage Sale, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt (D)
PAWNSHOP, Cur. Anton Vidokle, E-Flux, New York (USA)
Dangling Man, Office Baroque Gallery, Antwerp (B)
La Boum, Layr Wuestenhagen Contemporary, Vienna (A)
A point in space is a place for an argument, David Zwirner, New York (USA)
Welcome to My World, Alexandre Pollazzon, Ltd, London ((UK))
Nice Art, curator: Axel Huber, Lahr (D)
International Laundry, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt (D)
Tri-Annuale: Part I, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles (USA)
Performances
2011
2010
2009
2008
2006
2005
2003
2000
1999
" " with Jean-Pascal Flavien, MUSAC, Leon, Spain
In dieser Zeit, GAK, Brême, Allemagne
Untitled (wait), Verse/Charms/verse performance series, art los angeles contemporary, The Box,
Los Angeles, USA
Fuß fassen, COCO, Vienna, Autria
Comedy works, Galerie GP & N Vallois, Paris
The funniest sculpture in the world, Fondation d'entreprise Ricard, Paris
The funniest sculpture in the world, Crac Alsace, Altkirch, (F)
Stillleben, Schirn Kunsthalle,
Frankfurt, (D)
Écart/Retard, Treasures for theater, La Ferme du buisson, Noisiel, (F)
Les Continents incontinents, Galerie GP & N Vallois, Paris, (F)
Plouf!, Festival "Saturday Live Characters, Figures and Signs", curators: Catherine Wood and
Vanessa Desclaux, Tate Modern, London, ((UK) )
/, Kunsthalle Vienna, (A)
Monologues for Minerals, Festival a/d Werf, Utrecht (NL) (with Giancarlo Vulcano)
Monologues for Minerals, Musée départemental d‘art contemporain de Rochechouart,
Rochechouart (F) (with Giancarlo Vulcano)
Monologues for Minerals, IAC - Institut d‘art contemporain, Villeurbanne (F) (with Giancarlo
Vulcano)
Monologues for Minerals,Bétonsalon, Paris (F) (with Giancarlo Vulcano)
Monologues for Minerals,Parasol Unit, London ((UK)) (with Giancarlo Vulcano)
Monologues for Minerals,Karriere bar, Copenhagen (DK) (with Giancarlo Vulcano)
Palme D’Or Television, Frankfurt Art Fair, Frankfurt, (D) (en collaboration avec Lucas
Ajemian, Mike Bouchet, Sebastien Clough, Christian Jankowski et Seth Williamson)
Announcement, Confucius Square, New York, (en collaboration avec Jean-Pascal Flavien et
Giancarlo Vulcano et The Occasion Band)
Space: A Lecture, Michelle Maccarone Gallery, New York (USA)
A Hidden Object, Independent Performance Space, Los Angeles (USA) (en collaboration avec
Jean-Pascal Flavien)
Untitled (Whales), Independent Performance Space, Los Angeles (USA) (en collaboration avec
Jean-Pascal Flavien)
Comfort Table, S.O.S. Gallery, Los Angeles (USA) (together with Mike Bouchet)
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Prizes
2012
2011
2010
2003-05
2001-05
1999
1994
1993
1991-94
Capaçete, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Artist’s book, Paris, France
Transfer, Mülheim, Germany
Kahler Grant, Princeton University
Graduate School Summer Stipend for Research Abroad, Princeton University
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
Foundation for Art Ressource Art, Los Angeles
Visual Arts Department Award, UCLA
National Merit Scholarship
Bibliography
Catalogues
2010
2008
Monsieur Miroir, 12e Prix Fondation d'entreprise Ricard, exh. cat., Editions Fondation d'entreprise
Ricard, Paris, France pp. 10-15
Une Forme pour toute action, curator: Eric Mangion, exh. cat., Le Printemps de Septembre
Toulouse, France, pp. 130 ; 142
Ne pas jouer avec des choses mortes, catalogue d’exposition, Villa Arson, Nice, Ed. Les Presses
du réel
« Julien Bismuth, en conversation avec Sophie Kaplan », Journal de l’exposition Mind The Gap,
CRAC Alsace, Altkirch, pp. 1-7 (ill.)
Comme des bêtes, exh. cat., Ed. musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, 5 Continents
Editions, Milan, Italie
Press
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Art Review, « Julien Bismuth. The Golden Ass », n°48, March, p. 131 (ill.)
Judith Souriau, « Julien Bismuth », www.residencyunlimited.org, April
Julie Pellegrin, Art press 2 « Performances contemporaines 2 », « La performance comme espace
d’énonciation », trimestriel n°18, August-September-October, pp.92-102 (ill.)
Nicolas Fourgeaud, Art 21, « Treasures for theatre », n°26, Spring, pp. 61-66 (ill.)
Pascaline Vallée, Mouvement, « L’exposition exposée », January-March, p. 161 (ill.)
Jordan Galloway, New York press, « The Art! It Speaks! », février (ill.)
Joana Fiduccia, www.artforum.com, « Solace », February (ill.)
Lindsay Pollock, Katya Kazakina, Bloomberg.com, « Fowler’s $7000 geometrics pump collectors
at N.Y. Armory Show », March
Eva Komarek, Wirtschaftsblatt.at, « Armory show: Am Hudson klingeln wieder dien Kassen »,
March
Jordan Galloway, New York press, « The Art! It Speaks! », February (ill.)
Willa Paskin, BlackBook, « Artists Lucas Ajemian and Julien Bismuth think it’s time you
redecorated your kitchen », 26 February (ill.)
Emmanuelle Lequeux, Beaux-Arts Magazine, « De la performance à l’exposition », n°307,
January, p. 135 (ill.)
Mathilde Villeneuve, Mouvement, « Performance de la trace », January
Timothée Chaillou, Technikart, « Julien Bismuth / Jean-Pascal Flavien », Hors-série Art
contemporain, Autumn
Patrice Joly, 02 on-line, « Week-end de performances à la Tate modern », February
Jen Schwarting, The Brooklyn Rail, « Lucas Ajemian and Julien Bismuth: Les Lettres Tristes»,
February
Manisha Jotady, Die Presse, « Galerien in Wien: Als die Dinge sprechen lernten », 12 March
Marie de Brugerolle, Flash Art, “Next to performance“, # 257, Nov-Dec, pp. 88-90
Roberta Smith, The New York Times, “A Point in Space is a Place for an Argument”, July
20
Christoph Schütte, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, “Scheitern als Chance; Julien Bismuth in der
Galerie Parisa Kind”, June 20, p. 46
Santiago Espinosa de los Monteros, Art Nexus, novembre n.s, Made 05
“The Lost Word“, # 17, Feb Léa Bismuth, www.paris-art.com
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2005
2004
2003
“Julien Bismuth, Marchand d‘oubli“, 10 nov. ns, Made 05
“The Lost Word“, # 17, Feb Publications 2006 Mike Bouchet: Celebrity Artist” in Der
Soziographische Blick, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck
“Christopher Williams : Eighteen Lessons.” in Parachute Vol. 120, Spring
“Staged Cryptographies” in Guy de Cointet: a retrospective. Ed. Marie de Brugerolles. Presses du
Réel, Genève ..., Devonian Press
“Rio de Janeiro Starts and Stops” (together with Jean-Pascal Flavien), Devonian Press
Rio de Janeiro No Drama House (together with Jean-Pascal Flavien), Devonian Press
Rio de Janeiro Announcement (together with Jean-Pascal Flavien and Giancarlo Vulcano),
Devonian Press
Rio de Janeiro Flotsam and Jetsam. Devonian Press, Rio de Janeiro
“John Baldessari”, in Beaux-Arts, no. 256, Oct
“The Paintings of Richard Jackson”, in Richard Jackson, Nye House Editions, New York
“Steve Mc Queen”, in Parachute, vol. 119, autumn
“A Hold!¬, Devonian Press, Rio de Janeiro The world before time”, (together with Jean-Pascal
Flavien), Devonian Press
“Rio de Janeiro The time before the world”, (together with Jean-Pascal Flavien), Devonian Press,
“Rio de Janeiro”, Nuit Blanche 2004, (textes) Ami Barak et Fanny Etienne, éd. Paris Musées, pp.
26, 60
“Untitled (Five Easy Pieces).” Catalogue. Palme D’Or, New York
“Who’s that Guy?”, in Parachute, vol. 117, autumn
“Tract”, revista MU, Vol.5 “Buoy Script”, Third Street, Vol.10
“The Interrupted Hunt: Dante’s On the Eloquence of the Vernacular”, Ampersand
(http://www.nyu.edu/ pubs/ampersand/html) Vol. 1 2001
“Costner Complex”, in Costner Complex: an exhibition by Jason Rhoades, Portikus, Francfort
Artist’s writings
2010
« Portrait de l’artiste en jeune objet », in cat. exp. Ne pas jouer avec des choses mortes, Villa
Arson, Nice, Ed. Les Presses du réel, pp. 92-94
2008
« L’Éléphant de Troie », in exh. cat. Virginie Yassef. La seconde est partie la première, Ed. Jeu
de Paume, Paris, pp. 41-49
2006
« Mike Bouchet: Celebrity Artist » in Der Soziographische Blick, Kunstraum Innsbruck
« ... », Devonian Press, Rio de Janeiro «
Christopher Williams: Eighteen Lessons » in Parachute Vol. 120, Spring
« Staged Cryptographies » in Guy de Cointet: a retrospective. Ed. Marie de Brugerolles. Presses
du Réel, Dijon
Starts and Stops (in collaboration with Jean-Pascal Flavien), Devonian Press, Rio de Janeiro
No Drama House (in collaboration with Jean-Pascal Flavien), Devonian Press,
Rio de Janeiro
Announcement (in collaboration with Jean-Pascal Flavien and Giancarlo Vulcano), Devonian
Press, Rio de Janeiro
Flotsam and Jetsam. Devonian Press, Rio de Janeiro
2005
« John Baldessari », in Beaux-Arts Magazine, no. 256, October
« The Paintings of Richard Jackson », in Richard Jackson, Nye House Editions, New York
« Steve Mc Queen », in Parachute, vol. 119, Fall A Hold!, Devonian Press, Rio de Janeiro
The world before time, (in collaboration with Jean-Pascal Flavien), Devonian Press, Rio de
Janeiro
The time before the world (in collaboration with Jean-Pascal Flavien), Devonian Press, Rio de
Janeiro
2004
Untitled (Five Easy Pieces), catalogue, Palme D’Or, New York « Who’s that Guy? », in Parachute,
vol. 117, Fall
2003
« Tract », revista MU, vol.5 « Buoy Script », Third Street, vol.10 « The Interrupted Hunt: Dante’s
On the Eloquence of the Vernacular », Ampersand vol. 1
2001
« Costner Complex », in Costner Complex: an exhibition by Jason Rhoades, Portikus, Frankfurt
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