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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.


Notable museum collaborations include, “Sleepwalkers,” commissioned by the Museum 
of Modern Art, New York which displayed 7 video screens across the building’s full city block, and the projection of ‘Song 1,’ onto the Hirshhorn Museum’s iconic facade. Similiar outdoor video projections were organized by the Deste Foundation in Athens, and Enel Contemporanea in Rome.


Important solo presentations have been organized by: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2017); Museum of Modern Art, Fort Worth (2017); Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (2015); Nam June Paik Art Center, South Korea (2013); Seattle Art Museum (2013); Hirshhorn Museum (2012); Tate Liverpool (2012); LUMA Foundation, Arles, France (2012); Deste Foundation, Hydra, Greece (2011); Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati (2010); Museo d’Art Contemporanea Roma, Rome (2009); Inhotihm, Brazil (2009); Museum of Modern Art, New York (2007); Aspen Art Museum (2006); Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (2005); Tokyo Opera City Gallery (2005);The Fabric Museum and Workshop, Philadelphia (2002); Serpentine Gallery, London (2001).
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.

Doug Aitken

TELL ME WHY YOU STAY AWAY?: APERTURE SERIES, 2020
Chromogenic transparency on acrylic in aluminum lightbox with LEDs
Ø 117.5 × 19.1 cm / 46 1/4 × 46 1/4 × 7 1/2 inches

Doug Aitken

ALL DOORS OPEN, 2019
Acrylic, LED, wood
94.6 × 304 × 213 cm / 37 1/4 × 120 × 84 inches

Doug Aitken

INSIDE ME , 2018
Aluminium, high density foam, resin, auto paint, acrylic mirror
143.5 × 161.3 × 104.1 cm / 56 1/2 × 63 1/2 × 41 inches

Doug Aitken

FUTURE, 2017
Aluminum, stainless steel, plywood
132.1 × 196.9 × 48.3 cm / 52 × 77 1/2 × 19 inches

Doug Aitken

MIRAGE, 2017
Single-Channel video (color, sound)
None

Doug Aitken

EDGE, 2016
Aluminum lightbox, LED lights, UV-cured pigment ink on acrylic
188 × 167.6 × 13.7 cm / 74 × 66 × 5 3/8 inches

Doug Aitken

ROCK CAR, 2014
Aluminum lightbox, LED lights, chromogenic transparency, acrylic
157.5 × 279.4 × 17.8 cm / 62 × 110 × 7 inches

Doug Aitken

100 YEARS, 2014
Hand-carved foam, chrome paint, neon
162.6 × 223.5 × 25.4 cm / 64 1/8 × 88 × 10 inches