Doug Aitken
Doug Aitken was born in 1968 in Redondo Beach. He lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
Over the last 24 years, Aitken has developed an unparalleled practice that explores the perception of images, narratives, in an ongoing investigation of the 21st century experience. Spatial and temporal dislocation is mixed with a dream like quality. His work often takes the form of immersive video installations; single channel video often projected onto architecture, but is also characterized by text sculptures, architectural and sound works, and photography.
Aitken’s works explore the gulf between the broad saturation and availability of images and the vulnerability of individuals, in a period of massive industrial and environmental changes. In contrast, there is a sensitivity and coolness to the environment in which the works are displayed.
Aitken is the inaugural recipient of the Frontier Art Prize, a new contemporary art award that supports an artist of international stature pursuing bold projects that challenge the boundaries of knowledge and experience to reimagine the future of humanity. He was the recipient of the Golden Lion in the 1999 Venice Biennale.
Biography
Solo exhibitions
Year
Country, Exhibition Name, Location
2023
US, Doug Aitken, migration (empire), The Princeton Art Museum, Princeton
CH, HOWL, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Maag Areal, Zurich
D, Return to the Real, Schauwerk Sindelfingen Museum, Sindelfingen
2022
US, Wilderness, 303 Gallery, New York
IL, Doug Aitken: Flags and Debris, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2021
AUS, Doug Aitken: New Era, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney
I, Green Lens, commissioned by Anthony Vaccarello in partnership with Saint Laurent, Isola Della Certosa, Venice
J, I Am In You, 21st Century Museum Of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
USA, Doug Aitken: Flags and Debris, Regen Projects, Los Angeles
I, Doug Aitken: Microcosmos, Victoria Miro, Venice
2020
J, Doug Aitken: New Ocean: Thaw, Espace Louis Vuitton, Tokyo
USA, Doug Aitken: migration (empire), online exhibition series, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
FIN, Doug Aitken: I Only Have Eyes for You, Kiasma, Helsinki
2019
UK, Return to the Real, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
USA, NEW ERA, Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, University of California, Davis
USA, Sonic Mountain (Sonoma), The Donum Estate, Sonoma
PRC, Doug Aitken, Faurschou Foundation, Beijing
USA, Doug Aitken, Don’t Forget to Breathe, 6775 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles
CH, Doug Aitken, Mirage Gstaad, Elevation 1049: Frequencies, Gstaad
USA, New Horizon, Trustees properties, State of Massachusetts
2018
USA, Mirage Detroit, State Savings Bank, Detroit
DK, Doug Aitken, Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhagen
CH, Doug Aitken, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich
USA, New Era, 303 Gallery, New York
HK, Doug Aitken, Massimo De Carlo, Hong Kong
2017
USA, migration (empire), Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis
USA, Doug Aitken: Electric Earth, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth
USA, Mirage, Desert X, Palm Springs
2016
USA, Doug Aitken, Underwater Pavilions, Parley for the Oceans and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
USA, Doug Aitken: Electric Earth, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
N, Doug Aitken: twilight, Peder Lund, Oslo
2015
D, Doug Aitken: migration (empire), Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
Group exhibitions
Year
Country, Exhibition Name, Location
2023
F, Dans l’air, les machines volantes, Hangar Y Opening, Paris Meudon
I, Reaching for the Stars, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
I, Reaching for the Stars, Da Maurizio Cattelan a Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Curated by Arturo Galansino, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze
US, Desire, Knowledge, and Hope (with Smog), The Broad, Los Angeles
MEX, Everything Gets Lighter, Museo Jumex, Mexico City
2022
US, Mountain/Time, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen
US, Stars Don’t Stand Still in the Sky: A Tribute to Lawrence Weiner, Regen Projects, Los Angeles
US, Sculptures By, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, New York
PRC, The First Beijing Biennial 展览名称: 第一届北京艺术双年展, National Base for International Cultural Trade, Beijing
2021
I, Los Angeles (State of Mind), Gallerie d'Italia — Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano, Naples
USA, Selection: Gallery Artists, Regen Projects, Los Angeles
UK, Unnatural History, Herbert Art Gallery And Museum, Conventry
J, Collection Exhibition, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
US, Alter Egos | Projected Selves, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
2020
USA, Fact and Fiction in Contemporary Photography, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha
CH, All in One, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich
USA, Alien Landscape, 303 Gallery, New York
PRC, Jinan International Biennial, Shandong Art Museum, Jinan
USA, New Exhibitions, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami
2019
USA, Creatures: When Species Meet, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati
USA, Monument Valley, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines
UK, TRANSFORMER: The Rebirth of Wonder, 180 The Strand, London
D, Big Orchestra, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
USA, Meet Me In The Bathroom: The Art Show Curated by Lizzy Goodman and Hala Matar, The Hole, New York
USA, The Coming World: Ecology as the New Politics 2030-2100, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
DK, Tomorrow is the Question, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus
P, Expanded: Fiction and Fabrication in Post-Digital Architectural Photography, Museum Of Art, Architecture And Technology (MAAT), Lisbon
USA, 303 Gallery: 35 Years, 303 Gallery, New York
2018
HR, Oceans. Imagining a Tidalectic Worldview, Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik
USA, San Diego: The Architecture of Four Ecologies, La Jolla Historical Society, La Jolla
IS, Oh, So Quiet! Music as we look at it, Art and Cinema, Verkmidjan Center for Contemporary Art, Hjalteyri, Eyjafjardarsysla
B, Biennale of Painting, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle
Bibliography
Year
Author, Publication Title, Date
2018
Moritz, Julia, L'Officiel Art International, September/October/November
Public collections
Country
Location
Australia
Mora Art foundation, Melbourne
France
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris
Germany
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
Sammlung Goetz, Munchen
Italy
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l'Arte, Torino
Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Torino
Japan
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Mexico
La Colección Jumex, Ciudad de Mexico
Norway
Astrup Fearnley Meseet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo
South Korea
Amorepacific Museum of Art, Seoul
Spain
Fundacio "la Caixa", Barcelona
Switzerland
Centre pour l'Image Contemporaine, Genève
United States of America
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Museum of Modern Art, New York
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia
The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham
U.C. Berkeley Art Museum/Matrix, Berkeley
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York