Craig Kalpakjian
Last updated 07.30.2025 10:09 UTC

Latest

Pressure: Tony Cokes, Liz Deschenes, Craig Kalpakjian at Good Weather, Chicago - April 26 - June 21st, 2025, reviewed at NewcityArt



Solo exhibitions

2024

  • (Pre)History Lessons, or: How [Have] Can People Live Together?

    • 2023

  • Broken Waves Sky, Good Weather, Chicago
  • Kai Matsumiya Gallery, New York

    • 2021

  • Oreilles Internaxionales, Basel

    • 2020

  • Kai Matsumiya, New York

    • 2017

  • Kai Matsumiya, New York

    • 2004

  • Galerie Edward Mitterrand, Geneva
  • If You See Something, Say Something, Gallery 2, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
  • M-Projects, Paris

    • 2002

  • Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York

    • 2000

  • Robert Miller Gallery, New York

    • 1998

  • Robert Miller Gallery, New York

    • 1997

  • Gallerie Nelson, Paris

    • 1995

  • Galerie Analix, B & L Polla, Geneva

    • 1990

  • Magnascanner 3000, Project Room, Paula Allen Gallery, New York

    • Selected group exhibitions

    2025

  • Pressure: Tony Cokes, Liz Deschenes, Craig Kalpakjian April 26–June 21, 2025, Good Weeather, Chicago

    • 2022

  • The Commercial Show, Oreilles Internaxionales, Basel
  • Art Basel OVR:2021; Feb 9-12

    • 2021

  • “Missing Target”, Kai Matsumiya, New York
  • Greene Naftali Gallery, East Hampton, NY
  • From Disco to Disco, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York

    • 2019

  • Distance of the Moon, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
  • Standalone, Craig Kalpakjian & Andrew Ross, Kai Matsumiya, New York
  • In Real Life: Koenig & Clinton
  • Carriage Trade, New York

    • 2018

  • Photography to End All Photography, Kunstmuseum Brandts, Odense, Denmark
  • Walking Point, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York

    • 2017

  • Truth Bistro, Kai Matsumiya, New York

    • 2016

  • The Sun Placed in the Abyss, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
  • Don't Make a Scene, Kai Matsumiya, New York
  • Foundation Barbin, Kai Matsumiya, New York

    • 2015

  • An Expanded Field of Photography, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA
  • Works on Paper, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York

    • 2014

  • Vertigo, Joe Sheftel Gallery, New York
  • The Optical Unconscious / Das Optische Unbewusste, Organized by Bob Nickas, Gebert Foundation, Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland

    • 2013

  • Drone: The Automated Image, Le Mois De La Photo a Montreal, Vox centre de l'image contemporaine, Montreal

    • 2012

  • After Photoshop: Manipulated Photography in the Digital Age, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • Blind Cut, curated by Jonah Freeman and Vera Neykov, Marlborough Chelsea Gallery, New York

    • 2011

  • 14 & 15, 885 Third Ave, New York
  • Entertainment, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York

    • 2010

  • Looking Back / The Fifth White Columns Annual, selected by Bob Nickas, White Columns, New York
  • The Evryali Score, curated by Olivia Shao, David Zwirner, New York

    • 2008

  • Reality Check: Truth and Illusion in Contemporary Photography, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • Digital With Monument, Silver Shed, New York

    • 2007

  • Bring The War Home, organized by Drew Heitzer, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, and QED, Los Angeles
  • The Happiness of Objects, The Sculpture Center, New York

    • 2006

  • Slow Burn, curated by Jonah Freeman, Galerie Edward Mitterrand, Geneva
  • Middle Ground, Photography from the Whitney Museum of American Art, Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York

    • 2005

  • Vanishing Point, The Wexner Center For The Arts, Columbus, OH
  • The Elated Pedestrian, Champion Fine Art, Los Angeles
  • Out of Place, The UBS Art Gallery, New York

    • 2004

  • Photography Reborn, Ramapo College, New Jersey
  • Villette numérique 2004, Parc De La Villette, Paris

    • 2003

  • Filme: Sarah Morris, Darren Almond, Paul Morrison, Craig Kalpakjian, Haluk Akakçe, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
  • The Affair is Over: photography by gallery artists, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
  • Nown, curated by Michele Thursz, Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh

    • 2002

  • Out of Site: Fictional Architectural Spaces, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
  • Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940–2001, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
  • Bitstreams, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
  • Situated Realities, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore

    • 2001

  • 010101: Art In Technological Times, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco

    • 2000

  • Scanner, curated by Larry Rinder, CCAC Institute, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco
  • Dusk, curated by David Hunt, I-20 Gallery, New York
  • Architectural Constructs in Contemporary Photography, Julie Saul Gallery, New York
  • NYC Projects, Delfina Gallery, London
  • The Constructed Real, Elias Fine Art, Boston

    • 1998

  • Super Freaks - Post Pop & The New Generation II: Odyssey

    • 1995

  • Derek Jarman, Craig Kalpakjian, Julia Sher, Andrea Rosen, New York

    • 1992

  • The Real Thing

    • 1991

  • Decorous Beliefs curated by Kenny Schachter, Natalie Rivera, New York

    • 1990

  • Devon Dikeou, Graham Durward, Craig Kalpakjian, Paula Allen Gallery, New York
  • Brut 90, White Columns, New York
  • Societal Images, White Columns, New York

    • 1989

  • American Fine Arts, Co. / Colin De Land Fine Art

    • Collections

  • The Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • The Art Institute of Chicago, New York
  • The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
  • The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  • Centre Pompidou, Paris
  • Yvonne Force & Leo Villareal, New York
  • Tom Ford & Richard Buckley, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Jane Furse & John Friedman, New York
  • Group Lhoist Collection, Belgium
  • Olivier Renaud-Clémont, New York
  • Sebastian Sainsbury, London
  • Kenny Schachter & Ilona Rich, London
  • Hedi Slimane, Paris


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    Craig Kalpakjian
    Last updated 07.30.2025 10:09 UTC

    Work, Texts, Publications, Music, Exhibitions/CV
    Work, Texts, Publications, Music, Exhibitions/CV


    Don't Make a Scene, Kai Matsumiya, New York, 2016

    List of works

    Event-driven, Open loop, Continuous control
    2016
    Inkjet prints, lighting truss, ViziBeam Hybrid 2R Moving Head Spotlight, DMX controller
    Inkjet prints, lighting truss, ViziBeam Hybrid 2R Moving Head Spotlight, DMX controller

    Links

    Kai Matsumiya