Zilvinas Kempinas was born in Lithuania in 1969 and has been living and working in New York since completing his MFA in 2002. The artist’s unique installations often use unspooled videotape and electric fans to conjure transfixing visual conundrums such as ‘Flying Tape’ (2004), which levitated a room-size loop of video tape on the air currents from a circle of fans; and ‘White Noise’ (2007), which recreated a monumental kinetic screen of ‘white noise’ on the gallery wall. Since having his first one-person exhibition at Spencer Brownstone Gallery in 2004, the artist has had two further solo shows with us in 2006 and 2007 and enjoyed an ever-growing international reputation. His entire 2006 show was purchased for the Margulies Collection, Miami, and he has had recent solo museum exhibitions at Palais de Tokyo, Paris and the Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius. In 2007, the artist was highlighted by Art Review Magazine as one of its 'Future Greats: 25 Artists You Need to Know', and received the Calder Prize and Atelier Calder Residency Award. In 2008, the artist will be showing at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and, in 2009, having a solo exhibition at the Kunsthalle, Vienna. |
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Zilvinas Kempinas, 'Tube', Lithuanian Pavilion, 53rd Venice Biennale, June - November, 2009 'White Noise', Spencer Brownstone Gallery, April - May, 2007 'Columns' and 'Bike Messenger', Spencer Brownstone Gallery, January - February, 2006 'Flying Tape', Spencer Brownstone Gallery, July - August, 2004 |
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| Born 1969 Plunge, Lithuania | |
| Lives and works in New York | |
EDUCATION |
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| 1998-02 | Hunter College, City University of New York, MFA, combined media |
| 1987-93 | Vilnius Art Academy, BFA, painting |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2009 | The Venice Biennale 53rd International Art Exhibition, Venice, Italy |
| Volta Show 05, solo presentation with Spencer Brownstone Gallery NY, Basel, Switzerland | |
| 2008 | Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria |
| Galerie des Franciscains & Le Grand Café, Saint-Nazaire, France | |
| 2007 | Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania |
| 'White Noise', Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York | |
| 2006 | Palais de Tokyo, Paris |
| 'Columns / Bike Messenger',Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York | |
| 2004 | 'Flying Tape', Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York |
| 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 |
| 1996 | Portraits-Fossils, Jutempus Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania |
| 1994 | Painting from Nature, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2009 | Fall Out, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto, Ontario |
| The Foundation of Art: The Base and its function since Auguste Rodin, Städtische Museen, Heilbronn Gerhard Marcks Haus Bremen, Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Germany | |
| Romantische Maschinen, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin, Germany | |
| 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 | |
| 2008 | Now Jump, Nam June Paik Art Center, Yong-in City, Republic of Korea |
| Go East I, Mudam Collection, Musee d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Mudam, Luxembourg | |
| SFMoMA, New Works Series, San Francisco | |
| MANIFESTA7, Bolzano, Italy | |
| Leftovers, Micamoca Berlin, Berlin, Germany | |
| 'Permutations', at the Musée des Beaux Arts et d'Archéologie, Valence, France | |
| '+ De Réalité', École Régionale des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, France | |
| MANIF D’ART 4. La Biennale en Art Actuel de Quebec, Quebec, Canada | |
| 2007 |
Collected Visions: Modern and Contemporary Works from the JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, Pera Museum, Istambul, Turkey |
| Calder Foundation, Beaux-Arts Mansion of Cultural Services of the French Embassy, New York, NY | |
| Voyage Intérieur, FRAC-Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier, France | |
| StereoVision: From 2D to 3D, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, Florida | |
| The Last Seduction- A Welcome Surrender To Beauty, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago | |
| 2006 | Hapax, APERTO Gallery, Montpellier, France |
| Marcel at the Bit! (The Imitation of Marcel Duchamp), CRAC LR Art Center, Sète, France | |
| 2005 | Red, White, Blue, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York |
| 2005 | Drawings / Works with 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 |
| 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 BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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| 2009 | City Pavilions, The Pick of the National Shows, Art World Magazine, Sept-Oct, 2009 |
| Ting, Selina, Interview with Zilvinas Kempinas, initiArt Magazine, Issue #1 | |
| Beaux Arts Magazine, Venice Biennale: Les Bonnes Surprises, Summer 2009 | |
| Duponchelle, Valérie, Le palmarès off de la Biennale de Venise, Le Figaro, June 12, 2009 | |
| Vogel, Sabine B., Rondo Veneziano, artnet.dk, June 11, 2009 | |
| Zilvinas Kempinas Lithuanian Pavilion 53rd International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, eds. Orange, Mark; Rutkute, Laura; and Kreivyte, Laima, 128 page monograph published on the occasion of the artist’s solo exhibition at the Venice Biennale | |
| Beaux Arts Magazine, Venice Biennale: Notre Sélection, June 2009 | |
| McLean Ferris, Laura, Caught On Tape, Art Review Magazine, June 2009 | |
| 2007 | Michael Amy, 'White Noise', Review, Art In America, November 2007. |
| Oates, Leah, Miami Truly Lives Up to the Hype, Art Fairs International vol. 3 (April 20-7), pp. 18-19. | |
| Mark Rappolt, 'Zilvinas Kempinas', ‘Future Greats: 25 Artists You Need To Know’, Art Review Magazine, March, 2007 | |
| Oates, Leah, Miami Truly Lives Up to the Hype, Art Fairs International vol. 3 (April 20-7), pp. 18-19. | |
| Lee, Linda. “The Action at the Fairs.” InsideOut, January/February 2007. | |
| Pacquement, Alfred. “Art Basel Miami Beach: Le-rendez-vous de tous les excès,” Le Journal des Arts (Paris), Jan 2007. | |
| 2006 | Mason, Christopher. “The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse.” Art Basel Miami, December 2006. |
| Village Voice, Voice Choices, February 8th | |
| Roberta Smith, review, The New York Times, February 10th> | |
| 2004 | The Village Voice, Voice Choices September 1st, 2004 |
| Time Out New York 'Don't Miss!', August 26th, 2004 | |
| The New Yorker, August 30th, 2004 | |
| Art & Antiques, September 2004 | |
| New York Press, August 2004 | |
| 2002 | History Of Lithuanian Art, Vilnius |
| 1999 | Lithuanian Art 1989 - 1999, Vilnius |
| Prague Quadrennial 1999, Prague | |
| 72 Lithuanian Artists about Art, Alfonsas Andriuskevicius, Vilnius | |
| 1998 | Lithuanian Art 1975 - 1995, Alfonsas Andriuskevicius, Vilnius |
| After Painting, Vilnius | |
| 1997 | Footnotes. Lithuanian Contemporary Art, Vilnius |
| 1995 | For Beauty, Vilnius |
| 1995 | Art in Lithuania, Vilnius |
| Recent Documents. New tendencies in Lithuanian Art, Vilnius | |
SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS |
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| 2007/08 | Calder Prize and Atelier Calder Residency Award. |
| 1998 | Kristoforas Award for best Drama Theater Stage Design, Vilnius, Lithuania. |
| 1994 | Westerly Trust Grant, London, UK. |
| Academie Schloss Solitude Grant, Stuttgart, Germany. | |
