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Amy Adler
Doug Aitken
Nobuyoshi Araki
Thomas Demand
Jason Dodge
Elmgreen & Dragset
Naoya Hatakeyama
Naoto Kawahara
Yuki Kimura
Sean Landers
Daido Moriyama
Kyoko Murase
Jorge Pardo
Erik Parker
Jack Pierson
Dean Sameshima
Kara Walker
Doug AITKEN

Title Rising Sun
Artist Doug Aitken
Work Date 2002
Edition/Set Edition of 6
Materials C-print mounted on plexi
Size h: 48 x w: 60 in / h: 122 x w: 152 cm

Title Glass Barrier
Artist Doug Aitken
Work Date 1999
Edition/Set Edition of 6
Materials C-print mounted on plexi
Size h: 48 x w: 62 in / h: 121.9 x w: 157.5 cm

Title New Opposition II
Artist Doug Aitken
Work Date 2001
Edition/Set Edition of 6
Materials C-print print mounted on plexi
Size h: 56 x w: 48 in / h: 142 x w: 122 cm

Title New Skin (Production Still)
Artist Doug Aitken
Work Date 2002
Materials 4 channel, 4 projection video on elliptical
x-screens with sound

Title New Shelter II
Artist Doug Aitken
Work Date 2001
Edition/Set Edition of 6 images
Materials Duratran mounted on plexi in aluminum lightbox
Size h: 66 x w: 96 x d:18 in / h: 168 x w: 244 cm x d: 46 cm

Born : 1968 in Redondo Beach, CA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
1987
-91
Art Center College of Design, BFA, Pasadena, CA
1986
-87
Marymount College, Palos Verdes, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002 303 Gallery, New York
Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria
Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, PA
"new ocean" Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo Japan
Louisiana Museum For Moderne Kunst, Denmark
2001 Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
Kunst-Werke Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
2000 "Hysteria" Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
"I AM IN YOU" Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
Vienna Secession, Wien, Austria
"Matrix 185 / Into the Sun", Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Work from the Angle Collection: "Doug Aitken/Electric Earth",
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Nagoya, Japan
1999 "Concentrations 33: Doug Aitken, Diamond Sea" , Dallas Museum of Art,
Dallas, TX
"Into the Sun" Victoria Miro Gallery, London
"Diamond Sea", The Dallas Museum of Art
1998 "The Mirror", Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"Me Amour", Gallery Side Two, Japan
Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
1997 "Diamond Sea", "Cathouse", "Moving", 303 Gallery, New York, NY
1996 "Autumn", Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1994 "Fury eyes", "Autumn", 303 Gallery, New York, NY
"I'd Die For You", curated by Jade Dellinger, Pasco Art Center, Holiday, FL
1993 "Dawn", AC Project Room, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2002 "Sonic Process", MACBA, Barcelona, Spain and Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
"Screen Memories" Art Tower Mito, Mito Japan
"remix", Tate Gallery, Liverpool, England
2001 "Let's Entertain: Life's Guilty Pleasures", surated by Phillippe Vergne,
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Jumex Collection, Mexico City, Mexico
2000 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Biennale of Syndey, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Austrailia
"Speed of Vision", curated by Matthew Yokobosky, Aldrich Museum of
Contemporary Art
"Flight Patterns", Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
"Let's Entertain: Life's Guilty Pleasures", curated by Philippe Vergne,
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis,
"Let's Entertain", Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
"Let's Entertain", Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
"Let's Entertain", Miami Art Museum, Miami FL
"Raw", Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
"Future Identities: Reflections from a Collection", curated by Francesco
Bonami from the Rubell Collection, Arco 2000, Madrid, Spain
1999 "dAPERTutto", Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
"From Film", Victoria Miro Gallery, London, England
"Regarding Beauty in Performance and Media Arts"
Smithsonian Institution, Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
"Two Doors- True Value", Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Germany
"Video Cult/ures", Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsuhe,
Germany
"EXTRAetORDINAIRE", curated by Christine Macel, Le Printemps de
Cahors, Saint-Cloud, France
"Natural Order", curated Catherine Crowston, Edmonton Art Gallery,
Alberta, Canada
"Clues, An Open Scenario Exhibitionh, curated by Luca Cerizza and
Marieke van Hal, Monte Video, Amsterdam
1998 "New Selections from the Permanent Collection", Walker Art Center,
Minneappolis, MN
"portrait--human figure", Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland
"La Voie Lactee", organized by the Purple Institute, Alleged, New York,NY
"L.A. Times", curated by Francesco Bonami, Palazzo Re Rebaudengo,
Guarane, Italy
"New Visions: video 1998", Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
1997 "The 1997 Whitney Biennial", The Whitney Museum of American Art,
New York, NY
"(re)Mediation: The Digital in Contemporary America Printmaking", U.S.
entry in the 22 International Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Art,
Cankarjevdom-Cultural and Congress Centre, the Modern Gallery and
the Tivoli Gallery, Ljubljana
"film-arc.graz", Third International Biennale, Graz, Austria
"Video Divertimento", curated by Susan Hapgood,
San Casciano Dei Bagni, Italy
"We Gotta Get Out of this Place", curated by Stefan Calmer, Cubitt Gallery,
London, Great Britain
"One Minute Scenario", curated by Jerome Sans, Le Printemps de
Cahors, Saint-Cloud, France
"Doug Aitken and Peter Gehrke", Galleri Index, Stockholm, Sweden
"Camera Obscura", curated by Susan Hpgood, San Casciano dei Bgni, Italy
"Doug Aitken, Alex Bag, Naotaka Hiro", Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1996 "Campo 6: The Spiral Village", curated by Francesco Bonami, Galleria Civica
D'Arte Moderne e Contemporanea Turin, Italy and Bonnefanten
Museum, Maastricht, Netherlands
"29' - 0"/ East", Kunstraum Vienna, Vienna, Austria
"29' - 0"/ East", Kunsthalle New York, NY
"Show and Tell", curated by Andrea Scott,, Lauren Wittles Gallery, NY
"Doug Aitken, Mariko Mori, Ricardo Zulueta", Elga Wimmer Gallery, NY
1995 "La Belle et la Beta", curated by Lynn Gumpert, Musee d'art de la Ville
Paris, Paris, France
"The Image and The Object", curated by Giovanna Trento & Bruce Di
Marino, Museo Laboratorio di arte Contemporanea, Roma, Italy
1994 "still", curated by Heide Zuckerman, espace Montjoie, Paris
"Audience 0.01", curated by Helena Contova, Flash art Museum, Trevi,
Italy Vera Vitagioia, Naples, Italy
"Beyond Belief", curated by James Roberts, Lisson Gallery, London, UK
"Not Here Neither There", curated by Charles Gaines, Paul McCarthy,
Stephen Prina, Fran Seegull, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions,
Los Angeles, CA
"New York, New York", curated by Zdenka Gabalovia, Ma'nes Space,
Prague, Czech Republic
"Out West and Back East', curated by Tom Rhoads, Santa Monica
Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
1993 "Okay Behavior", curated by Gavin Brown & Gareth Jones, 303 Gallery,
New York, NY
"Outside Possibilities", curated by Bill Arning, Rushmore Estate,
Rushmore, NY
"Underlay", curated by Paul Bloodgood & Gavin Brown, 15 Renwick St.,
New York, NY
"Doug Aitken and Robin Lowe", AC Project Room, New York, NY
1992 "Multiplicity", curated by Susan Inglett, Christopher Middendorf Gallery,
Washington, DC
"The Art Mall, A Social Space", The New Museum of Contemporary Art,
New York, NY
"Invitational 92", Stux Gallery, New York, NY
1991 "Artworks/Artwokers", AC Project Room, New York, NY
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CATALOGS
2001 "Hypermental Rampant Reality 1950- 2000 from Salvador Dali to Jeff
Koons", Curated by Bice Curiger, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland,
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2000 "Fresh Cream, contemporary Art in Culture", Phaidon Press, pp 58-63
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"Let's Entertain: Life's Guilty Pleasures", curated by Philippe Vergne,
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"Speed of Vision: On the Construction and Perception of Time in Video Art",
curated by Matthew Yokobosky, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary
Art, p. 26
"Crossing Boundaries 2000", The Danish Film Institute, Denmark, p. 54
1999 "Video Cult/ures", 'Into the Sun', Museum for Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe,
Germany
"Concentrations 33: Doug Aitken, Diamond Seah,Dallas Museum of Art,
Dallas, TX
"Video Cult/ures", Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsuhe,
Germany
"EXTRAetORDINAIRE, Le Printemps De Cahor, St-Cloud, France
"dAPERTutto", La Biennale di Venezia: 48a Esposiozione Internazionale
d' ARte, Fogle, Douglas, Marsilio, Venice, pp 286 - 289
1998 "Unfinished History", Walker Art Center, MN
"I Love New York -- Crossover of Contemporary Art", Museum Ludwig,
Cologne, Germany
1997 "The 1997 Whitney Biennial", The Whitney Museum of American Art,
New York
"29' - 0" / East", Kunsthalle New York, New York
"One Minute Scenario", curated by Jerome Sans, Le Printemps de Cahors,
Saint-Cloud, France
"22 International Ljubljana Biennal of Graphic Art", Canlarjevdom-Cultural
and Congress Centre, the Modern Gallery and the Tivoli Gallery, Ljubljana
"film+arc.graz", Third International Biennale, Graz, Austria
1996 "Campo 6: The Spiral Village", curated by Francesco Bonami, Foundazione
Sandretto re Rebaudengoi
"a / drift", exhibition catalogue, curated by Joshua Dector, Center for Curatorial
Studies Museum, Bard College
1995 "La Belle et la Bete-Beauty and the Beast", Musee d'Art Moderne de la
Ville de Paris, p.36-37, 114-115
1994 "LifeSize", Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Museo d'Arte
Contemporanea, Prato, Italy
"Audience 0.01", Giancarlo Politi Editore, Trevi, Italy
1993 "Okay Behaviour", 303 Gallery, New York, NY
FILM FESTIVALS
2000 "Crossin g Boundaries", Danish Film Institute, Copenhagen
"Regarding Beauty in Performance and Media Arts", Haus der Kunst, Munich,
Germany
1999 Montriol International Festivqal of New Cinema and New Media, Montriol,
Canada
"4ruie Manifestation Internationale Video et Art Metronique, Champ Libre,
Montriol, Canada
"Landscape in Motion", curated by Giovanna Amadasi and Andrea Lissoni,
Milan, Italy, screening Diamond Sea, Eraser
International Film Festival of Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1998 International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
"ret.inevitable", Creative Time at the Brooklyn Anchorage, Brooklyn, NY
International Film Festival, Geneva, Switzerland
1997 Montreal International Festival of Cinema and New Media, Montreal, Canad,
screening "Diamond Sea"
1996 The 34th New York Film Festival, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York,
NY, screening "Bad Animal"
The 5th New York Video Festival, Walter Reade Theatre, Lincoln Center,
New York, NY, screening "Autumn" and "Monsoon"
Boston Film Festival, Boston Massachusettes, screening "Monsoon"
Champ Libre, Sous la Passerlle, Montreal, Canada, screening "Autumn"
International Festival of New Film and Video, Split, Croatia, screening "Dawn",
"Fury Eyes", "Inflection", and "Monsoon"
1995 Telluride Film Festival, "Monsoon"
INSTALLATIONS AND VIDEOGRAPHY
2000 "blow debris", 9 channel, 21 minutes cycle
"i am in you", 3 channel, 5 projections
1999 "electric earth", 8 laserdiscs
"into the sun", 4 laserdiscs in a 12 minute cycle
1998 "eraser", color, 7 laserdiscs in a 20 minute cycle
"these restless minds", color, 3 laserdiscs in an 8 minute cycle
"me amour", color, laserdisc in a 5 minute cycle
"hysteria", color and black and white, laserdisc in a 7 minute cycle
1997 "Diamond Sea", color, 20 minutes, laserdisc
"Cathouse", color, 3 laserdisc in a 2 minute cycle
1996 "Bad Animal", color, 7 minutes, laserdisc
"Rise", color, 30 minutes, laserdisc
1995 "Transformer", color, 7 min., laserdisc
"Monsoon", color, 6 min., laserdisc
1994 "Fury eyes", color / black and white, 7 min., laserdisc
"Autumn", color, 8 min., laserdisc
"Dawn", color, 6 :30 min., laserdisc
1993 "Superstar (Development 3)", color, 8 min., VHS
"I'd Die For You", color, 10 min, VHS
1992 "Inflection", color, 13 min., VHS
"Dude 500", color, 6 min., VHS
1991 "Implosion", B/W, 5 min, VHS