Žilvinas Kempinas

Page 1 | Biography

Born: 1969 Plunge, Lithuania
Lives: and works in New York

Education
1998-02
Hunter College, City University of New York, MFA, combined media

1987-93
Vilnius Art Academy, BFA, painting

Solo Exhibitions
2009
53rd International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia

2008
Zilvinas Kempinas, Kunsthalle Wien, Austria
Zilvinas Kempinas, Le Grand Café. Centre d\'art contemporain, Galerie des Franciscains, Saint-Nazaire, France
Open Studio, Atelier Calder, Saché, France

2007
Parallels/Flying Tape, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius
White Noise, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York

2006
Flying Tape, 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

1996
Portraits-Fossils, Jutempus Gallery, Vilnius

1994
Painting from Nature, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius


Group Exhibitions

(SELECTED)

2009
The Immediate Future, Konsthall, Lund, Sweden

2008
NOW JUMP, Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin/Seoul, Korea
New Work: Zilvinas Kempinas, Alyson Shotz, Mary Temple, SFMOMA, San Francisco
Go East, Musee d\'Arte Moderne, Luxembourg
MANIFESTA7, Bolzano, Italy
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, Canada

2007
Collected Visions: Modern and Contemporary Works from the JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, Pera Museum, Istambul, Turkey
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
Château de Tokyo/Tokyo Redux, Centre International d\'art et du paysage de l\'île de Vassivière, Ile de Vassivière, France
Ready-Made, Yvon Lambert, New York

2006
Les Fils de Marcel, CRAC LR Art Center, Sète, France
Hapax, APERTO, Montpellier, France

2005
Red, White, Blue, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York
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

1998
After Painting, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius

1997
Footnotes, Reykjavik Municipal Art Museum

1996
Holy Lie, press project, Vilnius

1995
Whales Stomach, site specific installation, Vilnius
Recent Documents, Balzekas Museum, Chicago

1994
Lithuania Art, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius
For Beauty, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius

1993
Kultr, Gallery Arka, Vilnius


1992
Good Evils, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius
Advent Bunch, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius

Grants/Awards
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.