Shot by Kern, Taschen Books, Cologne. 2011. 10:41, The Oversea Books, New
York. 2008. Looker, Harry Abrams Books, New York. 2007. Digal Kern, Charta ...
RICHARD KERN Born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, in 1954 Lives in New York City
Education 1977
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; BFA
Selected Solo Exhibitions 2014 2013 2013 2013 2012 2011
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Feature Inc., New York Galerie Sebastian Betrand, Geneva Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw (Film Retrospective) Vivacom Art Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France Bjorkholmen Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, (Film Retrospective) Anthology Film Archives, New York (Film Retrospective) Kaune Sudendorf, Cologne, Germany Studio Gallery, Toronto, Canada Kenny Schachter Rove, London Vice Gallery, Mexico City Ronchini Arte Contemporanea, Terni, Italy Galerie Betrand and Gruner, Geneva, Switzerland Guidi & Schoen Arte Contemporanea, Genoa, Italy Rental, New York Feature Inc., New York Guidi & Schoen Arte Contemporanea, Genoa, Italy Hotel, London Roger Bjorkholmen, Stockholm Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City Gallery Speak F O R, Tokyo Jousse Entreprise, Paris Palais de Tokyo, Paris Feature Inc., New York Galerie Davide Di Maggio, Milan Galerie Davide Di Maggio, Berlin Jousse Entreprise, Paris Institute of Contemporary Art, London Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Ireland Fundación Municipal de Cultura, Gijon, Spain Feature Inc., New York The Deep, Tokyo Reali Arte Contemporanea, Brescia, Italy Galerie Roger Bjorkholmen, Stockholm M du B, F, H & g, Montreal Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, Germany Torch, Amsterdam Reali Arte Contemporanea, Brescia, Italy Center for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris Feature Inc., New York Galerie Roger Bjorkholmen, Stockholm The Deep, Tokyo Feature Inc., New York Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris
1995 1990 1985
PURR Gallery, London The Deep, Tokyo FourFiveFive, San Francisco “You Killed Me First,” Ground Zero, New York (collaboration with David Wojnarowitz)
Selected Recent Group Exhibitions 2013 2012
2011 2010
“Coconut Water” White Flag Projects, curated by Matthew Strauss, St Louis, Missouri “Idea Pole” Ramiken Crucible, curated by Bjarne Melgaard, New York “A rebours” Venus Over Manhattan, Curated by Adam Lindemann, New York “You Killed Me First”, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin Germany. Curated by Susanne Pfeffer “Portraits: Cabinet De Curiosites”, Galerie Betrand-Gruner, Geneva “After Shelley Duvall ’72”, Maccarone, New York. Curated by Bjarne Melgaard “The Lead Awards” , Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany “Accessories To An Artwork” Glen Horowitz, New York and Paul Stopler, London. Curated by Peter Saville “Salad Days”, The Journal Gallery, New York. Curated by Michael Nevin “Sonic Youth: Sensational Fix”, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, German and other places. Curated by Roland Groenenboom
Monographs 2013 2013 2011 2008 2007 2007 2004 2002 2001 2000 1998 1997 1996 1995
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