Karen Kilimnik

IMAGE / BIOGRAPHY

born 1962   Philadelphia, PA
    Lives in Philadelphia, PA
Education    
1984   Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Solo Exhibitions    
2008   303 Gallery, New York
2007   "Karen Kilimnik", Powel House Museum, Philadelphia
"Karen Kilimnik", Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO; MOCA Miami
Serpentine Gallery, London
Le Consortium, Dijon, France
Spruth Magers, London
2006   Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
303 Gallery, New York
2005   Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice
Historisches Museum Basel, Haus Zum Kirschgarten, Basel
2004   Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
"Hayden-Zimmer, Salzburg", Galerie Spruth/Magers, Munich, Germany
2003   Galerie Spruth/Magers, Munich, Germany
2002   "Fairy Battle", Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Il Capricorno, Venice, Italy
Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
303 Gallery, New York
2001   Gallery Side 2, Tokyo
303 Gallery, New York, NY
2000   Emily Tsingou Gallery, London, U.K.
Galerie Spruth/Magers, Munich, Germany
Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany South London Gallery, London, U.K.
Kunstverein Wolfsburg e. V. Wolfsburg, Germany
Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
Nassau County Museum of Art, NY
1999   Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens, Greece
Gallery Side 2, Tokyo, Japan
303 Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
1998   H & R Projects, Brussels, Belgium
Emily Tsingou Gallery, London, England
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
1997   303 Gallery, New York, NY
Kunsthalle Zurich, Switzerland
1996   Galleria Il Capricorno, Venice, Italy
Rebecca M. Camhi Gallery, Athens, Greece
Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
1995   303 Gallery, New York, NY
Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Center for Contemporary Gravure, Geneva
Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France
Galerie Metropol, Vienna, Austria
Ynglingagatan 1, Stockholm, Sweden
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   Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France
Galerie Esther Schipper, Koln, Germany
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Koln, Germany
Galerie Ballgasse, Wein, Austria
1991   303 Gallery, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions    
2008   "We are Stardust, We are Golden", Johnen + Schottle Since 1984", Johnen +Schottle, Cologne, Germany
"Order, Desire, Light", Irish Museum of Art, Dublin
"Mysteries: Magic and Deception in Contemporary Art", Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco
"Pretty Ugly", Maccarone Gallery, New York
2007   "The Incomplete", Chelsea Art Museum, New York
"Old School", Hauser and Wirth Colnaghi, London
"The Third Mind", curated by Ugo Rondinone, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
2006   "Face to Face", Ausstellungshalle zeitgenossische Kunst Munster, Germany
"The Subversive Charm of the Bourgeoise", VanAbbemuseum, Einhoven, Netherlands
"Sweets & Beauties", Fredericks & Freiser, New York
"Defamation of Character", PS1, New York
2005   "Drawing from the Modern 1975-2005", Museum of Modern Art, New York
"Ideal Worlds: New Romanticism in Contemporary Art", Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
"Beauty of the Painting", Stadische Galerie Delmenhorst, Germany
2004   "Beauty Matter", Tina Kim Fine Art, New York
"American Idyll", Greene Naftali Gallery, New York
"Now Is a Good Time", curated by Dean Valentine, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
"I Was in the House When the House Burned Down", Fredericks & Freiser, New York
"The Big Nothing", Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
"9 Mutter XX04", The Mutter Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2003   "Never mind your step", Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal/Basel
"girls don't cry", curated by Hiromi Kitazawa, Parco Museum, Japan
"The 20th Anniversary Show", Monika Spruth ? Philomene Magers, Munich, Germany
2002   "Go Figure", curated by Michael Steinberg and Stefan Stoyanov, Luxe Gallery, New York
"Cassatt, Neel, Kilimnik; Painted Faces", curated by Lisa Melandri, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
"Reflexions", curated by Monika Spruth, Philomene Managers, Munich, Germany
2001   "The Mystery of Painting", Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany, (exh.cat)
"Conceptual Realism", Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts,
Philadelphia,PA "Works on Paper From Acconci to Zittel", Victoria Miro Gallery,London, U.K.
"Collaboration With Parkett: 1984 to NOW", Museum of Modern Art, New York
"Drawing on the Figure: Works on Paper of the 1990's from the Manilow Collection", curated by Staci Boris, MoCA Chicago
2000   Emily Tsiongou Gallery, London, UK
"Drawings 2000", Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
"Calendar 2000", curated by Eileen Cohen and Amada Cruz, Center for
Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
"Presumed Innocent", capcMusee d'art contemporain de Bordeaux,Bordeaux, France
1999   "Spellbound", Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Heaven", Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany
"Draw", Emily Tsingou Gallery, London, England
"horseplay", Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Panel Discussion, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Kunstverein Gallery, Wolfsburg, Germany
"Fame After Photography", Museum of Modern Art, NY
"Free Coke", Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
"Cosmogram", Galleria Marabini, Bologna
"Accelerator", Arnolfini, Bristol
"Le Grand Praemiere Opening Show", Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
"Draw", Emily Tsnigou Gallery, London
1998   "Roommates", curated by Corinne Groot and Rob van de Ven, Museum van Loon,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"Super Freaks", Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
"Exterminating Angel", curated by Joshua Decter, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
"Tip of the Iceberg", Dorfman Projects and Art Resources Transfer, New York
"Presumed Innocence", curated by Jean Crutchfield, Anderson Gallery,
Richmond, Virginia and the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati
"The Sound of One Hand", curated by Collier Schorr, Apex Art C.P., New York, NY
"drawings", James Graham & Sons, New York, NY "Hungry Ghosts", The Douglas Hyde
Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
"Minis, Midis & Maxis", Berufsvereinigung der bildenden Kunstler Vararlbergs,
Kunstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
"Surfing the Surface", dfn gallery, New York, NY
"The Next Word", curated by Johanna Drucker, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
"Accelerator", Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, and Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, UK
"Critical Elegance", Deurle, Gent, Brussels
"Deep Storage", Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
"I shop, therefore I am", Kunstverein in Hamburg
"Roommates", Museum van Loon, Amsterdam
"The Next World", Neuberger Museum of Art, Southampton
1997   "Belladonna", curated by Emma Dexter and Kate Bush, ICA, London
"Karen Kilimnik, Nicole Eisenman, Raymond Pettibon", Galerie Rudiger Schottle, Munich
"Art on Paper", curated by Amy Cappellazzo, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro,
North Carolina
"Landscape U.S.A.", Bronwyn Keenan, New York
"DISPLAY". Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen
1996   " Karen Kilimnik and Yoshitomo Nara", Johnen & Schottle, Koln, Germany
"a/drift: Scenes From the Penetrable Culture", curated by Joshua Dector, Center for
Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College
"Nirvana: Capitalism and the Consumed Image", Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle,
Washington
"Slight", Norwich Gallery, Norwich School of Art and Design, United Kingdom
"Ideal Standard Life", Spiral/Wacoal Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
"Baby Generation", Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"Push-Ups", The Factory, Athens Fine Art School, Athens, Greece
"Currents in Contemporary Art", Christie's East, New York, New York
1995   "Autour de Roger Vivier", Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, France
"Saturday Night Fever", curated by Michael Cohen and Cathrine Liu, Tom Solomon's
Garage, Los Angeles, CA
1994   "Snow Job", Forde, Geneva, Switzerland
Carmago Villaqua, Sao Paulo, Brazil "Portraits", Janice Guy, New York, NY
"6th Semaine Internationale de Video", Geneva
"Desire", DIFFA, Visionaire, 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
1993   "Audience 0.01", curated by Helena Kontova, Flash Art Museum, Italy
"Die Neunziger/The Nineties", curated by Martin Prinzhorn, Wiener Secession, Vienna
"Uber Leben", Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
"Restaurant", organized 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, 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
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
"Translation", 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
"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
1991   "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   "Karen Kilimnik, Sue Williams, Gavin Brown", 303 Gallery, New York, NY
"Stuttering," curated by Vic Muniz, Stux Gallery, New York, NY
"Work in Progress? Work?," Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
1989   American Fine Arts Co., New York, NY
Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
1986   Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA
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2004   Baumann, Daniel, "I'm not who you think I am, and I hate you too", Spike, Dec.
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2002   "Karen Kilimnik: Fairy Battle", Modern Painters, winter
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Asimakopoulou, Katerina. "Karen Kilimnik: Pages from the Diary of a Teen-ager." Elle, May
Preview, Downtown, April 26- May 2
Preview, I Kathimerini, April 17
Perdiki, Maria, "Karen Kilimnik: The Artist Who Loves the Supermodels."
Downtown, April 12- 18
Comments, Downtown, March 28- April 4
Chatzigiannaki, Anna, "The Game of Hidden Treasure in the Exhibitions." Eleftheros
Typos, April 14
Preview, Downtown, April 5- 11
Rousis, Evangellos, "Untidiness in the Art of Athens." Apogevmatini, April 2
Xidakis, Nikos, "Karen Kilimnik Voodoo Fashion." Madame Figaro, April
Tsiliberdi, Monica, "Karen Kilimnik." Diva, April
Katsouris, Antonis, "Karen Loves..." Men, April
Skafidas, Michalis, "True Lies." Gynaika, April
Preview, Downtown, March 29 - April 4
Falida, Efi, "Hot mating." Ta Nea, March 22
Xidakis, Nikos. Preview. Athinorama, March 15-21
Gregou, Katerina, "Karen Kilimnik Long Distance Glamour." The Art Magazine Issue 23
1995   Smith, Roberta, review, New York Times, December
Scheldahl, Peter, "Kilimnikesque", The Village Voice, December 12
Volkart, Yvonne, review. Flash Art, June, vol. XXVIII no. 182
Bonetti, David, "Gallery Watch" San Francisco Examiner, May, p.C-9
"Goings on About Town", The New Yorker, December 4
Robert Mahoney, review, Time Out New York, November 8-15, p.23
Mavridorakis, Valerie, "On the Wild Side." Institut pour l'Art et la Ville, Cahier 10, p.30-41
1994   Time Out New York, November 9-16,No.1264
Lieberman, Rhonda, "Revenge of the Mouse Diva", Artforum, February, P.77-82 (also on
cover)
Lewis, Jim, "Karen loves Kate", Harpers Bazaar, September, p.240
Art Monthly, review Dec 94-Jan 95, No 182
Holmqvist, Karl, Review, Flash Art, March/ April
Lewis, Jim, "The Writings on the Wall", Harper's Bazaar, March, p.182-186
Flinn, Jason B, Review, Tema Celeste, autumn, p.99
Expresso, review, July 30
Publico, review, October 26
Publico, review, July 22
Pomar, Alexandre, Review, Expresso, July 16
Nazare, Lenore, Review, Expresso, July 23
Pinto, Antonio Cerveira, Review, Independente, August 5
1993   "Art in My Rooms", The New York Times, September 12
Messler, Norbert, Review, Forum International, November/December, p.102
Rian, Jeff, "The 1993 Whitney Biennial" Flash Art, p.78
De Volkskrant, Review, September 23
Fleck, Robert, "Spielholle - Asthetik und Gewalt", Rogue, #17, p.17-32
1992   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
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
Joisten, Bernard, Review, Flash Art, October, p 102
Lewis, Jim, "Bartleby, the Artist." Time, May/June, p.19-20
1991   "Project," Bomb, spring 1991, p.48-49
Decter, Joshua, Review, "Work in Progress? Work?" Arts, March, p.99
"Goings on About Town", The New Yorker, April 22, 1991, p.16
Levin, Kim, "Choices", Village Voice, April 23rd
Joseph, Regina, "Review: Art Under Duress," West Side Spirit, April 23rd
Schjeldahl, Peter, "At the Salon of April," Village Voice, May 14th, 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
Decter, Joshua, Review, Arts Magazine, September, p 77-78
Jarrel, Joe, "Eight Women Out", Village View, September 20, p.31
1990   "Goings on About Town", The New Yorker, July, P.14
Hess, Elizabeth, "Caution: Artists Working", The Village Voice, December 18th, P.109
Avigikos, 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
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
Books and Catalogues    
2007   Karen Kilimnik, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, exhibition catalogue, essays by
Ingrid Schaffner, Scott Rothkopf, Dominic Molon, Joel Loebenthal
Rothkopf, Scott and Meredith Martin, Period Eye: Karen Kilimnik's Fancy Pictures,
Serpentine Gallery, Koenig Books, London
2006   Karen Kilimnik, JRP|Ringier, Zurich, essays by Dominic Molon, Karl Holmqvist and
Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith
2005   Karen Kilimnik, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, essays by Angela Vetesse and
Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith
Ideal Worlds: New Romanticism in Contemporary Art, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, essay by
Barbara Hess, pp.167-275
2003   Art - A Sex Book, by John Waters and Bruce Hainley, Thames & Hudson, p.84, 138, 139-140, 141
girls don't cry, (exhibition catalogue), Nanjo and Associates, text by Hiromi Kitazawa
2002   Vitamin P, Phaidon Press, London, p.168-171
Art Now, edited by Uta Grosenick & Byrhard Riemschneifer, Taschen, p.232
White Cube: 44 Duke Street, St. James's, London, Steidle Publishers, 2002, Gottinen, Germany
Karen Kilimnik Fairy Battle, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
2001   The Mystery of Painting, (exhibition catalogue), Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany, text by Rainer Schumacher, p.32-41, and Birgit Sonna,p.57-68
2000   Woman Artists in the 20th and 21st Century, Taschen, edited by Uta Grosencik, text by
Raimer Stange, p.264-269
Karen Kilimnik Paintings, Edition Patrick Frey, Zurich, Switzerland
Drawing on the Figure: Works on Paper of the 1990's from the Manilow Collection, curated by
Staci Boris, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, p.24 & back cover
Calendar 2000, catalogue of 184 postcard set of works in exhibition, curated by
Eileen Cohen and Amada Cruz, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College,
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Presumed Innocent, curated by Marie-Laure Bernadac and Sthanie
Moisdon, capcMusee d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, (exhibition
catalogue), p.82-3
1998   Accelerator, catalog, Arnolfini, Bristol, Oldham Art Gallery, and South Hamptom Art Gallery
Presumed Innocence, catalog, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, Virginia and the
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati
A Noir, by Franca Sozzani, published by Editions Assouline
The Next Word, catalog, curated by Johanna Drucker, Neuberer Museum Art, Purchase, NY
1997   Drawings by Karen Kilimnik, Edition Patrick Frey and Kunstalle Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, p.142
Art on Paper, catalog, curated by Amy Cappellazzo, Weatherspoon Art Gallery,
Greensboro, North Carolina
a/drift, catalog, curated by Joshua Dector, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College
1996   Push-Ups, catalog, curated by Emily Tsingou, The Factory, Athens Fine Art School, Athens, Greece
1995   Chocolate, catalog, The Swiss Institute
Auf Den Lieb Geschrieben, catalog, Kunsthalle Wein Im Museums Quartier, Germany
1994   Die Neunziger/The Nineties, curated by Martin Prinzhorn, Wiener
1993   "Uber Leben", catalogue, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
"Privacy", catalog, Documentario, Milano, Italy
"Whitney Biennial", catalogue, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
"Travelogue-Reisetagebuch", catalogue, 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
"Under Thirty", catalog, (designed by Elke Krystufek), Metropol, Wien, Austria
"Teddy & other stories", catalog, Claudio Botello Arte & Galleria In Arco, Torino, Italy
1992   "Karen Kilimnik: Escape in Time", catalog, essay by Melissa Feldman, ICA Philadelphia, PA
"True Stories", catalog, ICA London, England
Secession, Vienna
Audience 0.01, catalogue, Flash Art Museum, Trevi, Italy
"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
"Translation", catalog, curated by Kim Levin, Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
1991   "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
Videography      
1988-91   Bananarama Guilty
Nice ...introducing Tabitha
Movie Credits
Emma Peel
17 minutes
12 minutes
30 minutes
45 minutes
1992-3   Avengers (The House That Jack Built)
Heathers
1 hour
6 hours
1993   Edie and Ciao Manhattan Ⅰ
Edie and Ciao Manhattan Ⅱ
10 minutes
45 minutes
1994   Kate Moss 10 minutes
1995   Remington Steel unreleased

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