Craig Kalpakjian
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Latest

Solo Exhibition
(Pre)History Lessons at Kai Matsumiya Gallery, NYC, Nov 23rd, 2024 - Jan 7th, 2025



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

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


    Kai Matsumiya, New York, 2020

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    List of works

    Into the Corner
    2020
    Surveillance system (cameras, DVR, monitor), scanning spotlight, DMX controller, compass, aluminum truss, base
    29 × 95 × 37 in.
    Surveillance system (cameras, DVR, monitor), scanning spotlight, DMX controller, compass, aluminum truss, base
    29 × 95 × 37 in.
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    Into the Corner (detail).

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    Into the Corner (detail).

    Goal Less (mini)
    2020
    Portable solar panel, daylight LED light, lithium power station, aluminum truss
    86 × 24 × 30 in.
    Portable solar panel, daylight LED light, lithium power station, aluminum truss
    86 × 24 × 30 in.
    Untitled Grid (z=x²-y²) #2
    2020
    Inkjet over pencil on paper
    19 × 13 in.
    Inkjet over pencil on paper
    19 × 13 in.
    Untitled Grid (z=x²-y²)
    2020
    Inkjet over pencil on paper
    22 × 17 in.
    Inkjet over pencil on paper
    22 × 17 in.
    Silent Running
    2019–20
    Dual Moving Head Spotlight, DMX controller, houseplant, lighting truss and base, security mirror, watering can
    51 × 50 × 28 in.
    Dual Moving Head Spotlight, DMX controller, houseplant, lighting truss and base, security mirror, watering can
    51 × 50 × 28 in.
    Beneath the Register...
    2019
    Mirror ball tiles, security mirror
    12.25 × 12.25 × 6.5 in.
    Mirror ball tiles, security mirror
    12.25 × 12.25 × 6.5 in.
    L7 #9
    2020
    Framed and mounted inkjet print
    38.5 × 38 in.
    Framed and mounted inkjet print
    38.5 × 38 in.
    L7 #5
    2018
    Framed and mounted inkjet print
    39 × 38 in.
    Framed and mounted inkjet print
    39 × 38 in.
    L7 #3
    2018
    Framed and mounted inkjet print
    39.5 × 39.5 in.
    Framed and mounted inkjet print
    39.5 × 39.5 in.
    Untitled (Curved Plane)
    2020
    Inkjet print
    26.5 × 26.5 in.
    Inkjet print
    26.5 × 26.5 in.

    Related texts

    Reviews: Craig Kalpakjian
    Colby Chamberlain
    Artforum, March, 2021

    Related works

  • Silent Running, 1970
  • Into the Corner, 2025
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    Craig Kalpakjian Review [video]
    Rob Colvin
    Arts Magazine, 2021


    Related publications

    Craig Kalpakjian
    Kai Matsumiya, 2020

    Exhibition catalog.

    Links

  • Kai Matsumiya-Exhibition Catalog, 2020

    • Links

    Kai Matsumiya