biography of Vija CELMINS (1939)
Personal data
Birth : 1939 - Riga, Latvia
Sex : F
Nationality/Affiliation : Latvia - United States
Address
New York NY New York, United StatesEducation
1962 : Herron School of Art Indiana University (BFA) – 1701 North Pennsylvania Street – Indianapolis IN, United States
1965 : UCLA University of California Los Angeles (MFA) – 405 Hilgard Avenue – Los Angeles CA, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Acrylic - Oil
Print-Multiple : Aquatint - Drypoint - Engraving - Lithograph - Mezzotint
Drawing-Watercolor : Graphite
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2003
Prints
Susan Sheehan Gallery – New York NY, United States
03/13/2003 – 05/31/2003
1997
Vija Celmins Works 1964-1996
Espacio Uno – Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia – Madrid, Spain
1997
1995
Vija Celmins
Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain – Paris, France
1995
1994
Prints, 1970-1992
Cirrus Gallery – Los Angeles CA, United States
1994
1993
Printed Matter
University Gallery – University of Massachusetts – Amherst MA, United States
1993
1992
Vija Celmins Retrospective
ICA Institute of Contemporary Art – University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia PA, United States
1992
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Susan Sheehan Gallery – 20 West 57th Street, 7th Floor – New York NY, United States
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : McKee Gallery – 745 Fifth Avenue – New York NY, United States
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Gemini G.E.L. LLC – 8365 Melrose Avenue – Los Angeles CA, United States
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Gemini G.E.L. LLC – 8365 Melrose Avenue – Los Angeles CA, United States
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Richard Levy Gallery – 514 Central Avenue South West – Albuquerque NM, United States
2002
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : McKee Gallery – 745 Fifth Avenue – New York NY, United States
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Cirrus Gallery – 549 South Alameda Street – Los Angeles CA, United States
2001
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Anthony d’Offay Gallery – 9, 21 & 23 Dering Street – London, United Kingdom
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Anthony d’Offay Gallery – 9, 21 & 23 Dering Street – London, United Kingdom
Group exhibitions
2003
Exodus
Kettle’s Yard Gallery – Cambridge, United Kingdom
06/21/2003 – 08/03/2003
New Prints
McKee Gallery – New York NY, United States
03/01/2003 – 03/29/2003
2002
American Standard (Para)Normality and Everyday Life
Barbara Gladstone Gallery – New York NY, United States
06/26/2002 – 08/30/2002
Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
03/07/2002 – 05/26/2002
2001
Empathy – Beyond the Horizon
Porin Taidemuseo – Pori, Finland
06/16/2001 – 09/16/2001
2000
Do you hear what we hear ?
Paul Morris Gallery – New York NY, United States
12/16/2000 – 01/20/2001
1998
Terra Incognita, Five Visionary Worlds: Alighiero e Boetti, Vija Celmins, Neil Jenney, Jean-Luc Mylayne, Hiroshi Sugimoto
Neues Museum Weserburg – Bremen, Germany
05/10/1998 – 08/23/1998