Ken Lum Cheeseburger 2011
Plexiglas, chromogenic print, aluminum, enamel, 196 x 257 x 5 cm
BIOGRAPHY
Ken Lum
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Born in 1956 in Vancouver, Canada
Lives and works in Philadelphia, USA
– Selected Solo Exhibitions –
| 2018 | What’s old is old for a dog, The Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, USA |
| 2017 | A Matter of Life and Death,Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada |
| 2016 | Necrology, Base Progetti per l’Arte, Firenze, Italy |
| Espacios Revalados/Changing Places: Torres de tajamar,Siemens Stiftung/Chilean Cultural Council for the Arts, Santiago, Chile | |
| 2015 | Ken Lum. Coming Soon, Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria |
| KEN LUM is an Artist: work from the last 30 years, Royale Projects: Contemporary Art, California, USA | |
| 2014 | KEN LUM/CAUSA: CENTRE/SURROUND, Irving K Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Anvil Centre, New Westminster, Canada |
| Ken Lum: The Mini Mall Series, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, USA | |
| 2013 | Ken Lum:The Mini-Mall Series, Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York, USA |
| 2012 | Ken Lum: The Shopkeeper series, Marc Jancou Contemporary Geneva, Switzerland |
| Ken Lum, L.A. Galerie Lothar Albrecht, Frankfurt, Germany | |
| Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris, France | |
| 2011 | Ken LUM: 2000s to Present, MISA SHIN GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan |
| Ken Lum, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada | |
| 2010 | from shangri-la to shangri-la, Vancouver Art Gallery Offsite, Vancouver, Canada |
| 2009 | Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin, Germany |
| Works and Videos, Galerie Lothar Albrecht, Frankfurt, Germany | |
| 2008 | Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin, Germany |
| Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris, France | |
| Galeria Llucia Homs, Barcelona, Spain | |
| Ken Lum: Rorschach Shopkeepers, Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna, Austria | |
| 2007 | Centro de Arte Contemporáneo De Huarte, Navarro, Spain |
| Chosun Gallery, Seoul, Korea | |
| Ken Lum: Rorschach Shopkeeper Series, Galerie Lothar Albrecht, Frankfurt, Germany | |
| Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, China |
– Selected Group Exhibitions –
| 2018 | Readymades Belong to Everyone, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art, New York, USA |
| Brand New: Art and Commodity in the 1980s, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, USA | |
| 2017 | Sites of Assembly, Walter C. Koerner Library, University of British Columbia, Canada |
| Transcending Signs: Ken Lum and Panchal Mansaram, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | |
| Photography in Canada: 1960 – 2000, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa | |
| 2016 | Construction_Reflection: Works from the Collection Gertraud & Dieter Bogner at Mumok, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria |
| Behold the Man: 100 years, 100 faces, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, The Netherlands | |
| Wall to Wall: Carpets by Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, USA | |
| Masterworks from the Audain Art Museum, Audain Art Museum, Whistler, Canada | |
| Where it as ifWitte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
| Do you, Ms Jones?, Rosewald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia,USA | |
| Ken Lum, Sophie Ris, Galerie Porte 10 CHU – Hôpiaux de Rouen, France | |
| 2015 | The Road Not Taken, Misa Shin Gallery, Tokyo |
| Regarding Spectatorship: Revolt and the Distant Observer, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany | |
| Fascination Photography, Essl Museum Contemporary Art, Klosterneuburg, Austria | |
| Inventry, Vol. 5, Acquisitions from 1992 to 1996, FRAC Haute-Normandie, France | |
| 2014 | AMNUA International Project-In | Out Source, Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Art AMNUA, Nanjing, China |
| ARCO Foundation Collection, CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid, Spain | |
| NEW GENERATION, FRAC/AP2, Dunkirk, France | |
| Punctum:Reflections on Photography, Salzburger Kunstverein, Austria | |
| On Stage: Recent Acquisitions, Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada | |
| DETROIT CITY: people’s Biennial 2014, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, Detroit, MI, USA | |
| Attention Economy, Kunstshalle Wien Museumsquartie, Vienna, Austria | |
| Whitney Biennial 2014, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA | |
| 2013 | NEUE WARE, Galerie Christian Nagel, Köln, Germany |
| The River Between Us, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St Louis, USA; Longue Vue House & Gardens, Louisiana, USA | |
| CONTINENTAL DRIFT: Conceptual Art in Canada, The 1960s and 70s, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany | |
| 2011 | One Suitcase Per Person: David Diao, Ken Lum, Hiram To, 1a Space, Hong Kong |
| 4th Moscow Biennial, Moscow, Russia | |
| ConText – Bild und Text, L.A. Galerie Lothar Albrecht, Frankfurt, Germany | |
| 2010 | Hey, We’re Closed!, Hayward Gallery, London, UK |
| Art Moves Festival, Toruń, Poland | |
| Back to the future?, Osage Gallery Soho, Hong Kong | |
| Checking in with your hotspots, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, UK | |
| Hold Still Wild Youth: GINA Show, Or Gallery, Vancouver, Canada | |
| I don’t know whether to laugh of cry, Museum London, London, Ontario, Canada | |
| Nether Land, Dutch Culture Center, Shanghai , China (Organized by Witte de With, Rotterdam) | |
| 2009 | Accrochage, Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna, Austria |
| Common History and its Private Stories: Geschichte und Geschichten, MUSA, Vienna, Austria | |
| Herrlich Weiblich! Befragungen des Weiblichen, DZ Bank Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt, Germany | |
| Just Around the Corner, Arrow Factory, Beijing,China | |
| Sign/ Age: Fight the Power, Armand Bartos Fine Art, New York, USA | |
| The Jerusalem Syndrome, Al Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art, Jerusalem, Israel | |
| 2008 | 2nd Biennial of the Canary Islands, Las Palmas, Spain |
| 7th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea | |
| Beautiful People et la blessure secrète, Centre Rhenan d’art contemporain, Alsace, Altkirch, France; Centre d’Art La Plenara, Lérida, Spain | |
| Let Me Be Your Mirror, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
| Pleinairism, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland |
EXHIBITION
The Road Not Taken
AI Weiwei, Ken LUM, OZAWA Tsuyoshi, TOMATSU Shomei
Nov 27, 2015 – Jan 30, 2016
2000s to Present
Ken LUM
Dec 15, 2011 – Mar 3, 2012