Lucas Ajemian - CV
Born 1975, Virginia, USA, based in New York
2001
Studio Arts, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
2000
University of Arts & Industrial Design, Linz Austria
1997
BFA Sculpture & Religious Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles, (project space), January
The Box, with Julian Bismuth, Los Angeles, January
From Beyond, performance at Gavin Brown's Passerby, New York, February 13th
Lucas Ajemian and Julien Bismuth, Layer Würstenhagen Garage, Vienna
From Beyond, performance at the opening of Moderna Museet's 50th anniversary show, Stockholm, May 29th
Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt, June-July
Litanies, Marches, Stutters, Stammers, Turnstiles & Revolving Doors, kirkhoff, September 6th - October 18th
U-Turn Kanon, Lucas Ajemian & Giancarlo Vulcano perform at the opening
party of U-Turn Quadrennial, Carlsberg, 9.30 pm on September 5th.
Lucas Ajemian and Julien Bismuth, Foxy Production, New York, November 21st - January 10th 2009
2007
Palais de Tokyo, Paris (performance on March 1st , followed by solo show)
Einmal ist Keinmal, Galerie Iris Kadel, Karlsruhe, Germany, May
2006
LES TRISTES: a particular sequence of varying pitch, tone, or stress, with Julian Bismuth, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
From Beyond, Kirkhoff, Copenhagen
2005
Fake Black Book, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2004
The Haunt, kirkhoff, September-October 2004
2003
The Annex, Artist’s Space, New York,
How You Know It, Priska C Juschka Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
1999
Velocity of Paralysis, TBA Exhibition Space, Chicago, IL
1997
Work by Lucas Ajemian, VCU Student Art Space, Richmond, VA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Pawnshop, e-flux, New York
Eclipse - Art in a Dark Age, Moderna Museet's 50th anniversary show, May-August, Stockholm
Signals: A Video Showcase, Orange County Museum, USA, June 14th-July 25th
U-Turn Quadrennial for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, September-November
2007
Hello, FLUX FACTORY, New York, Jan-Feb
2006
Undo-Redo, Friederichanum, Kassel, Germany
October Salon, Beograd, Serbia (curated by Rene Bloch)
2005
Co-Dependent, The Living Room, Miami, FL. Strich Zeichnung Bild, BAWAG Foundation, Vienna, AT.
2004
4-Color Pen, General Store/Lotus Projects, Milwaukee, WI/ Miami Beach, FL
e-flux video rental, e-flux New York, NY
The Inaugural Show, kirkhoff, February-April 2004
The Infinite Fill Show, Foxy Production, New York
2003
MOMENTA,
White Columns, New York
Space & Subjectivity, Prague Biennale,
Czech Republic
25hours Video Festival, Barcelona, Spain
Hoverings, Peres Projects, Los Angeles
2002
Charley Magazine and concurrent exhibition at P.S.1, Queens NY
2001
Sound, Video, Images, Objects Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, ILThesis Exhibition, Gallery 400 UIC, Chicago, IL
2000
Offsite, Great Space, Chicago, IL
1997
VCU Sculpture Dept. Senior Show, James Center, Richmond, VA
COLLABORATIONS
2006
The Palm D’Or Social Club, The Pitch, Frankfurt Art Fair, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany
2004
The Palm D'Or Social Club, The First International Palm D'Or Film Festival, Art Forum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
The Palm D'Or Social Club 2004 Editions Catalogue
2003
Charleroi/Danses Co. The City & the Dead, 1st International Festival of Contemporary Dance, Venice, Italy
awards and honors
2006
Rema Hort Foundation Award, New York, NY (nominated)
2002
Rema Hort Foundation Award, New York, NY (nominated)
1999
Community Arts Assistance Program (CAAP), Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
collections
Private collections & MoMA's collection
bibliography
Sampling Brooklyn, Keeper of Eclectic Flames, Holland Cotter, The New York Times, January 23rd 2004
I oxymoronernas skog, Pontus Kyander, Sydsvenskan, October 13th 2004
Lucas Ajemian at Kirkhoff, Jacob Fabricius, Flash Art International No 239, November-December 2004
Lucas Ajemian, Lauri Firstenberg, Contemporary Magazine No 70, January 2005
Lucas Ajemian at Kirkhoff, Henrikke Nielsen, Flash Art International No 250, October 2006
Lucas Ajemian Selfportrait, Lucas Ajemian, TemaCeleste, December 2007
Französische Verhältnisse, Christoph Schütte, Frankfurt Allgemeine, December 18, 2006
ATLAS OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Denis Gielen, Laurent Busine, Edition of the Museum of Contemporary Arts in Le Grand-Hornu (MAC's), Belgium, 2007
No Context: Orchestral Black Sabbath (Backwards) at Passerby, Zach Baron, The Village Voice, Feb 14th 2008
Forhindringens Løb, Kristine Kern, Politiken, October 4th 2008
Die Testperson verhält sich ungewöhnlich ruhig, Swantje Karich, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, November 1st 2008
Eclipse: Art in a Dark Age, Steven Henry Madoff, Artforum, November 2008
