* 1969 in Plunge (Lithuania)
lebt / lives in New York (USA)
1998-02 Hunter College, City University of New York (USA), MFA
1987-93 Vilnius Art Academy (Lithuania), BFA
Selected Solo Exhibitions / Ausgewählte Einzelaustellungen
Selected Group Exhibitions / Ausgewählte Gruppenausstellungen
Grants and Awards / Auszeichnungen und Stipendien
lebt / lives in New York (USA)
1998-02 Hunter College, City University of New York (USA), MFA
1987-93 Vilnius Art Academy (Lithuania), BFA
Selected Solo Exhibitions / Ausgewählte Einzelaustellungen
2011
Žilvinas Kempinas, Galerija VARTAI, Vilnius, February (Lithuania)
2010
Žilvinas Kempinas, Yveon Lambert, New York, September (USA)
Žilvinas Kempinas, Galeria Leme, São Paulo (Brazil)
Žilvinas Kempinas, Galeria Leme, São Paulo (Brazil)
2009
Biennale di Venezia, Venezia (Italy)
Volta Show 05, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York (USA)
Volta Show 05, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York (USA)
2008
Žilvinas Kempinas, Kunsthalle Wien (Austria)
Žilvinas Kempinas, Galerie des Franciscains & Le Grand Café, Saint-Nazaire (France)
Open Studio, Atelier Calder, Saché (France)
Žilvinas Kempinas, Galerie des Franciscains & Le Grand Café, Saint-Nazaire (France)
Open Studio, Atelier Calder, Saché (France)
2007
Parallels / Flying Tape, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius (Lithuania)
White Noise, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York (USA)
White Noise, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York (USA)
2006
Flying Tape, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (France)
Columns / Bike Messenger, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York (USA)
Columns / Bike Messenger, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York (USA)
2004
Flying Tape, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York (USA)
2003
Still and 186 000 mi/s, site specific installations, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York (USA)
1996
The New Year of King Nebuchadnezzar, site specific installation, Vilnius (Lithuania)
Portraits-Fossils, Jutempus Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
Portraits-Fossils, Jutempus Gallery, Vilnius (Lithuania)
1994
Painting from Nature, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius (Lithuania)
Selected Group Exhibitions / Ausgewählte Gruppenausstellungen
2010
Contemporary Art from Lithuania, European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Liverpool Biennal, September, (UK)
Nuit Blanche, Toronto, October, (Canada)
STRP festival,Philips, Eindhoven, November, (Netherlands)
Contemporary Art from Lithuania, European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, (Germany)
Sketches of space, MUDAM-Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
AV Festival, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead Quays, (UK)
From Artists' Workshops, Galerija Vartai, Vilnius (Lithuania)
Listen to your eyes, 49 Nord 6 Est – Frac Lorraine, Metz (France)
Transmediale.10 - Future Obscura, Hause der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (Germany)
Liverpool Biennal, September, (UK)
Nuit Blanche, Toronto, October, (Canada)
STRP festival,Philips, Eindhoven, November, (Netherlands)
Contemporary Art from Lithuania, European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, (Germany)
Sketches of space, MUDAM-Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
AV Festival, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead Quays, (UK)
From Artists' Workshops, Galerija Vartai, Vilnius (Lithuania)
Listen to your eyes, 49 Nord 6 Est – Frac Lorraine, Metz (France)
Transmediale.10 - Future Obscura, Hause der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (Germany)
2009
Locus Solus, Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris (France)
ZEROplus, 401contemporary, Berlin (Germany)
Fall in/Fall Out, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto (Canada)
The Foundation of Art: The Base and its function since Auguste Rodin, Städtische Museen, Heilbronn, Gerhard Marcks Haus Bremen, Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck
Romantische Maschinen, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin
Espèces d'espaces, Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York
We Go Round in Circles at Night, Contemporary Art Museum Rochechouart
The Immediate Future, Lund Konsthall, Sweden
ZEROplus, 401contemporary, Berlin (Germany)
Fall in/Fall Out, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto (Canada)
The Foundation of Art: The Base and its function since Auguste Rodin, Städtische Museen, Heilbronn, Gerhard Marcks Haus Bremen, Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck
Romantische Maschinen, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin
Espèces d'espaces, Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York
We Go Round in Circles at Night, Contemporary Art Museum Rochechouart
The Immediate Future, Lund Konsthall, Sweden
2008
Now Jump, Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin / Seoul
Go East I, Mudam Collection, Musee d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Mudam, Luxembourg
New Work: Zilvinas Kempinas, Alyson Shotz, Mary Temple, SFMoMA, San Francisco
MANIFESTA 7, Bolzano,
Leftovers, Micamoca, Berlin
Permutations, at the Musée des Beaux Arts et d'Archéologie, Valence
+ De Réalité, École Régionale des Beaux-Arts, Nantes
MANIF D’ART 4., La Biennale en Art Actuel de Quebec
Go East I, Mudam Collection, Musee d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Mudam, Luxembourg
New Work: Zilvinas Kempinas, Alyson Shotz, Mary Temple, SFMoMA, San Francisco
MANIFESTA 7, Bolzano,
Leftovers, Micamoca, Berlin
Permutations, at the Musée des Beaux Arts et d'Archéologie, Valence
+ De Réalité, École Régionale des Beaux-Arts, Nantes
MANIF D’ART 4., La Biennale en Art Actuel de Quebec
2007
Collected Visions: Modern and Contemporary Works from the JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, Pera Museum, Istanbul
Calder Foundation, Beaux-Arts Mansion of Cultural Services of the French Embassy, New York
Voyage Intérieur, FRAC-Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier
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
Chateau de Tokyo / Tokyo Redux, Centre International d`art et du passage de Lìle de Vasivière
Ready-Made, Yvonne Lambert, New York
Calder Foundation, Beaux-Arts Mansion of Cultural Services of the French Embassy, New York
Voyage Intérieur, FRAC-Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier
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
Chateau de Tokyo / Tokyo Redux, Centre International d`art et du passage de Lìle de Vasivière
Ready-Made, Yvonne Lambert, New York
2006
Hapax, APERTO Gallery, Montpellier
Les Fils de Marcel, CRAC LR Art Center, Sète, France
Les Fils de Marcel, CRAC LR Art Center, Sète, France
2005
Red, White, Blue, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York
Drawings / Works with Paper, 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
Lithuanian Art 1989 -1999, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius
Lithuanian Art 1989 -1999, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius
1998
After Painting, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius
1997
Footnotes, Reykjavik Municipal Art Museum, Iceland
1996
Holy Lie, press project, Vilnius
1995
Whales Stomach, site specific installation, Vilnius
Recent Documents, Balzekas Museum, Chicago
Recent Documents, Balzekas Museum, Chicago
1994
Lithuania Art, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius
For Beauty, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius
For Beauty, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius
1993
Kultur, Gallery Arka, Vilnius
1992
Good Evils, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius
Advent Bunch, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius
Advent Bunch, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius
Grants and Awards / Auszeichnungen und Stipendien
2007
/08 Calder Prize and Atelier Calder Residency Award
1998
Kristoforas Award for best Drama Theater Stage Design, Vilnius
1994
Westerly Trust Grant, London
Academie Schloss Solitude Grant, Stuttgart
Academie Schloss Solitude Grant, Stuttgart
