Doug Aitken

(American, born 1968)

volume (nighttime cityscape) by doug aitken

Doug Aitken

Volume (Nighttime Cityscape), 2011

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later than you think (beds on canvas) by doug aitken

Doug Aitken

later than you think (beds on canvas), 2019

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this boat has docked (plane with open landscape) by doug aitken

Doug Aitken

This boat has docked (plane with open landscape), 2019

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inside out (chimes/small) by doug aitken

Doug Aitken

Inside Out (chimes/small), 2019

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futures past (aerial pools) by doug aitken

Doug Aitken

Futures Past (aerial pools), 2019

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inside out by doug aitken

Doug Aitken

Inside Out, 2019

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disintegration point by doug aitken

Doug Aitken

Disintegration Point, 2021

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turning point by doug aitken

Doug Aitken

Turning Point, 2021

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end point by doug aitken

Doug Aitken

End Point, 2021

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vanishing point by doug aitken

Doug Aitken

Vanishing Point, 2021

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Biography

Timeline

1968
Born in Redondo Beach, CA
1986 - 1987
Marymount College, Palos Verdes, CA
1987 - 1991
Art Center College of Design, BFA, Pasadena, CA
1999
International Prize, Golden Lion, Venice Biennale
2000
The Larry Aldrich Foundation Award, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Connecticut
2007
Preis der deutschen Filmkritik, 3. Kunstfilmbiennale Köln, Germany
Lives and works in Los Angeles

Exhibitions

2016
Doug Aitken, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, CA (solo)
Doug Aitken: twilight, Peder Lund, Olso, Norway (solo)
The Goetz Collection. 12 Month / 12 Films: Explorations in Space, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
2015
Camera of Wonders, Foto Mexico, Centro de la Imágen, Mexico City, Mexico
No Place Like Home: Selections from the Sue and John Wielend Collection of Contemporary Art, Brigham Young University of
Artists in Their Time, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Turkey
"Come as You Are: Art of the 1990's”, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ; Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA; The University of Michigan Museum ofArt; Blanton Museum of Art: University of Texas at Austin, USA
Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
"Damage Control: Art & Destruction Since 1950", Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

Public Collections

FAIF Collection, Zurich, Switzerland

Literature

2008
Lund, Holger, Doug Aitken, in: Holzwarth, Hans Werner (ed.): Art Now, Vol.3, Köln, 2008, p. 24
Aspen Art Museum (ed.), Doug Aitken. 99¢ Dreams, Aspen
Ruf, Beatrix (ed.), Blasted Allegories. Works from the Ringier Collection, Zurich
Völzke, Daniel, Knitter, Kniffe, Knicke in Krefelder Kunsthäusern, in: Monopol, no. 3, March 2008, p. 97
2007
Cash, Stephanie, A Night in the Life, in: Art in America, April 2007, p. 105/106
Marin, Courtney J., Doug Aitken: Sleepwalkers, in: Flash Art, March/April
Golden, Thelma, Doug Aitken, in: Interview, February 2007, p. 82
The Museum of Modern Art (ed.): Doug Aitken, sleepwalkers, New York
Vanderbilt, Tom, City of Glass, in: Artforum, New York, January 2007, pp. 45-46
Myers,Terry R., Sharing City Secrets at MoMA, in: Art Review, January 2007, p. 69-73