ŽILVINAS KEMPINAS

ŽILVINAS KEMPINAS
Born in Plunge, Lithuania in 1969.
Lives and works in New York
EDUCATION
2002
MFA, Hunter College, City University of New York, NY
1993
BFA, Vilnius Art Academy, Vilnius, Lithuania
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming 2010 Galerie Leme, Sao Paolo, Brazil
2009
The Venice Biennale 53rd International Art Exhibition, Venice, Italy
2008
Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Galerie des Franciscains, Le Grand Café, Saint- Nazaire, France
2007
Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
White Noise, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY
2004
Flying Tape, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY
2003
Still and 186 000 mi/s, site specific installations, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long
Island City, New York
1996
The New Year of King Nebuchadnezzar, site-specific installation, Vilnius, Lithuania
Portraits-Fossils, Jutempus Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming 2010 Sketches of Space, MUDAM-Musee dʼArt Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxemborg
Contemporary Art from Lithuania, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Canada
STRP Festival, Philips, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2010 Transmediale 10. Futurity Now!, Berlin, Germany
AV Festival, ALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead Quays, UK
From Artists Workshops, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
Listen to Your Eyes, Frac Lorraine, Metz, France
2009
Espèces d'espaces, Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York, NY
We Go Round in Circles at Night, Contemporary Art Museum Rochechouart, France
Immediate Future, Lund Konsthall, Lund, Sweden
ZEROplus, 401 Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
2008
Now Jump, Nam June Paik Art Center, Yong-in City, Republic of Korea
Go East I, Mudam Collection, Musee dʼArt Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Mudam,
Luxembourg
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Leftovers, Micamoca Berlin, Berlin, Germany
MANIF DʼART 4, La Biennale en Art Actuel de Québec, Québec, Canada
MANIFESTA 7, Bolzano, Italy
Permutations, Musée des Beaux-arts et dʼArchéologie, Valence, France
De Realité, École Régionale des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Nantes, France
2007
Art Basel Miami, with Spencer Brownstone Gallery, Miami, FL
Collected Visions, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Calder Foundation, Beaux-Arts Mansion of Cultural Services of the French Embassy,
New York, NY
Ready-Made, Yvon-Lambert Project Space, New York, NY
StereoVision: From 2D to 3D, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum,
Tampa, Florida
Voyage Interieur, FRAC-Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier, France
The Last Seduction- A Welcome Surrender to Beauty, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006
Centre Régional dʼArt Contemporain, Sète, France
2005
Red, White, Blue, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York
Drawings / Works on Paper, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York
2002
MFA Thesis Show, Time Square Gallery, New York
1999
Prague Quadrennial 1999, Prague, Czech Republic
Lithuanian Art 1989 -1999, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
1998
After Painting, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
1997
Footnotes, Reykjavik Municipal Art Museum, Iceland
1996
Holy Lie, press project, Vilnius, Lithuania
1995
Whales Stomach, site-specific installation, Vilnius, Lithuania
Recent Documents, Balzekas Museum, Chicago, IL
1994
Art in Lithuania, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
For Beauty, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
1993
Kultr , Gallery Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania
1992
Good Evils, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
Advent Bunch, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
SELECTED AWARDS
2007
Artist in Residence, Atelier Calder, Saché, France (January – June 2008)
Calder Prize, Calder Foundation.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009
2007
2006
2004
Jovine, Gianni, “Lituania: Zilvinas Kempinas,” LʼUomo Vogue (Italy), No.401, May-June
Oates, Leah, Miami Truly Lives Up to the Hype, Art Fairs International vol. 3
(April 20-7), pp. 18-19.
Amy, Michaël, “Zilvinas Kempinas at Spencer Brownstone,” Art in America, Nov. 2007
Exhibition review, Galleries-Downtown, The New Yorker, June 11 & 18, 2007
Saltz, Jerry, “Zilvinas Kempinas: White Noise,” New York Magazine, April 7, 2007
Rappolt, Mark, Future Greats: 25 Artists You Need to Know; Zilvinas Kempinas, Art
Review (London), March 2007, p. 84.
Lee, Linda, The Action at the Fairs, InsideOut, January/February 2007, pp. 100-01.
Pacquement, Alfred, Art Basel Miami Beach: Le-rendez-vous de tous les excès, Le
Journal des Arts (Paris), No. 250, Jan 5-18, 2007.
Mason, Christopher,The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Art Basel Miami,
December 2006, p. 99b.
Smith, Roberta, Art in Review; Zilvinas Kempinas, The New York Times, Feb 10, 2006.
Voices Choices, The Village Voice, February 8, 2006.
Art & Antiques, September 2004.
M Voices Choices, The Village Voice, September 1, 2004.
Listings, The New Yorker, August 30, 2004.
Donʼt Miss!, Time Out (New York), August 26, 2004.