Katie Holten
Visual
Artist
BORN
1975 in Dublin, Ireland
Currently lives in New York
EDUCATION
2004-2006
Cornell
University, New York, USA (Fulbright
Scholar)
1994-1998
National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland (B.A.
Joint Honours in History of Art and Fine Art)
1997
Hochschule der
Künste, Berlin, Germany (Erasmus
Scholarship)
FORTHCOMING
PROJECTS (selection)
2008
Nevada
Museum of Art,
Reno, Nevada, USA (solo exhibition)
UBS Art Gallery,
New York, USA (group exhibition; IMPLANT)
Roemer und Pelizaeus Museum / Hildesheim Kunstverein,
Hildesheim, Germany (group exhibition)
2009
The Grand Concourse / Bronx Museum / Wave Hill / Arsenal
Gallery, New York (public art project commissioned for the centennial
of the Grand Concourse)
VAN HORN, Düsseldorf,
Germany
(solo exhibition)
SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
(selection)
2008
Villa Merkel,
Esslingen, Germany
Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc., New
York, USA
2007
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis,
Missouri, USA (monograph)
VAN HORN, Düsseldorf, Germany (monograph)
Heins Schuermann Collection, Schuermann
Berlin, Germany
2006
700% PLUS, KBH Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark
Centro Historico, Mexico City, Mexico
(monograph)
2005
VAN HORN, Düsseldorf, Germany
LMAKprojects,
Brooklyn, New York (publication)
2003
Irish Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
(catalogue)
W139, Amsterdam, Holland
Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
(monograph)
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Process Room, Dublin, Ireland
2002
Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
(monograph)
Stadtgalerie Kiel, Prima Kunst, Germany
2001
Context Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland
(publication)
2000
Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Cork, Ireland
*
1999
The Basement Gallery, Dundalk,
Ireland
1998
Quer Galerie, Berlin, Germany
**
GROUP
EXHIBITIONS
(selection)
2008
Nature
Interrupted, Chelsea
Art Museum, New York, USA. Curated
by
Elga Wimmer
Into
The Trees, The Fields Sculpture Park, Art Omi, New York,
USA. Curated
by Lilly Wei and Amy Lipton
Exploration,
Droichead Arts Center / Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda,
Ireland. Curated
by Ruairi O'Cuiv
Preview,
Galerie M+R Fricke, Berlin, Germany. Curated
by Marion Fricke
Paper, Upstairs, Berlin, Germany. Curated
by Harriet Häussler
2007
Kunst
Treibt Bluten / Art is Flowering, Pforzheim
Kunstverein, Pforzheim, Germany. Curated
by Elisabeth Heine
Shifting Ground, Angel Row Gallery,
Nottingham, UK. Curated
by Helen Jones
Jahresgaben, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein,
Aachen, Germany
Greener Pastures, Permanent Midnight, Moti Hasson Gallery, New
York. Curated by Ingrid Chu
Re-trait, Fondation d'Entreprise Ricard, Paris,
France. Curated by
Claire Staebler
Inter-Changes, Farmleigh Gallery,
Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland. Curated
by Alan Phelan
Turtle Salon, Nuans, Duesseldorf,
Germany. Curated
by Michael Shamberg
Common Ground,
Westchester Community College, Valhalla, New York. Curated
by Matt Ferranto
2006
Let's
Remake The World, YNKB,
Copenhagen, Denmark. Curated by Kirsten Dufour
The Space Between, Galerie Alexandra Saheb,
Berlin, Germany. Curated
by Laurie deChiara
ZOO Logical Garden, Familie Park Harry Malter,
Ghent, Belgium. Curated
by Angelique Campens
Soft Sites, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia,
PA, USA. Curated by Sara Reisman
(brochure)
The
Square Root of Drawing, Temple Bar Gallery,
Dublin, Ireland. Curated by Noel
Kelly
Eigenheim, Goettingen Kunstverein, Goettingen, Germany.
Curated by Laurie deChiara and Bernd Milla
Anywhere But Where, Circus
of Books, Los Angeles, USA. Curated
by Rachel Mason and Michael Bauer
Among The Trees, Visual Arts Center,
New Jersey, USA. Curated by Kimberly Marrero (catalogue)
2005
Editionen, Wiener Secession,
Vienna, Austria. Curated by Jacob Fabricius
Dreamland Artist Club, Coney Island, New York. A CREATIVE
TIME project curated by Alexa Coyne
I.D.E.A. London, I.C.A., London, UK. Curated by Goldsmith
College curatorial students
Bucolica, Wallspace Gallery, New York. Curated by
Jane Hait and Janine Foeller
Red, White, Blue, Spencer Brownstone Gallery,
New York. Curated by Mark Orange
Remote, LOT, Bristol, UK. Curated by Eamon O'Kane
vinyl, European Capital of Culture project, Cork,
Ireland. Curated by Simon Cutts
Trunk, Women's Library , London, UK. Curated
by Jeremy Woods
Trans-Atlantic, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
Curated by Paul Gregg
2004
Junge Akademie, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany.
Curated by Jochen Gerz
URGENT, Scott Pfaffman Gallery, New York. Curated
by Scott Pfaffman and Ann Shostrom
Remote Control, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, UK.
Curated by Helen Jones
Retreat, City Lights, Melbourne, Australia. Curated
by Vaari Claffey
Para Sites, Bridport Arts Centre, Dorset, UK. Curated
by Brigid McLeer
In India, Sanskriti Kendra Foundation, New Delhi,
India. Curated by OP Jain
2003
Prague Biennale, National Gallery, Prague, Czech
Republic. Curated by Jacob Fabricius (catalogue)
Book Trade, Centre d'édition Contemporaine, Geneva,
Switzerland. Curated by Jacob Fabricius
Necessary Journeys, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin,
Ireland. Curated by Vaari Claffey (catalogue)
Appendiks, Thiemers magasin, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Curated by Jacob Fabricius
The National Gallery, The Return, Dublin, Ireland.
Curators: Vaari Claffey, Grant Watson, Ronan McCrea
PLOT, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland.
Curated by Jeanne Greenberg *
2002
Under Åpen Himmel, Kunstbanken Hedmark, Hamar, Norway.
Curated by Ingrid Blekastad (catalogue)
Archipelago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver,
USA. Curated by Ann Shostrom *
Print Triennial, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland.
Invited by Tadej Pogacar (catalogue)
Speak To Me, Claremorris Open, Ireland. Curated
by Iwona Blazwick *
Bloomsday#1:Dedalus, Context Gallery, Derry, Northern
Ireland. Curated by Padráig Timoney
retur, Public art project, streets of Copenhagen,
Denmark. Curated by Jacob Fabricius
Germinations 13, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery,
Cork, Ireland. Curated by Kati Kivinen (catalogue)
2001
Drawn Out, London Print Studio Gallery, London,
UK. Curated by Paul O’Neill
3 Acres on the Lake, 312 Gallery, Chicago, USA.
Curated by Laurie Palmer (catalogue)
Perspective 2001, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast,
N. Ireland. Curated by David Wilkinson
EV+A , Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland. Curated
by Salah Hassan
2000
Drawing Show Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam,
Holland. Curated by Paul Andriesse
EV+A No. 8 Pery Square, Limerick, Ireland. Curated
by Rosa Martinez
Crawford Open Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork,
Ireland. Curated by Peter Murray
Multiples x 4 Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
Curated by Vaari Claffey
cheap Studio 6, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
**
d_sixteen Static Gallery, Liverpool, UK. Curated
by Nora Norton
Trunk Zoller Gallery, PA, USA (touring show). Curated
by Ann Shostrom *
1999
Utopias The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
Curated by John Hutchinson
PLUGsurfing Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff, Wales,
UK. Curated by Paul Beauchamp**
Servez Vous Galerie Saint Éustache, Paris,
France. Curated by Cecile Hartmann **
EV+A Limerick City Gallery of Art, Ireland. Curated
by Jeanne Greenberg
Pre Millennial Tension Pallas Studios, Dublin, Ireland.
Curated by Mark Cullen and Vaari Claffey
1998
EV+A Limerick City Hall, Limerick, Ireland. Curated
by Paul O’Reilly
SpielRaum Quer Galerie, Berlin, Germany. Curated
by Rebecca Horn **
1997
Die Schlampe Galerie Tor Strabe 218, Berlin, Germany
**
CURATORIAL
PROJECTS and temporary public art projects
2006
CLUSTER,
Espacio El Particular, Mexico City, Mexico. Curated
by Katie Holten
CLUSTER, PARTICIPANT
INC., New York, USA. Curated by Katie Holten
Sweet Art, Bohen Foundation, New York. Benefit for
New Orleans. Curated by Sarah Bacon
2005
CoZSSA II, Conference, Accra, Ghana, Africa
Postcards From The Edge, Robert Miller Gallery,
New York. Benefit for Visual AIDS
CLUSTER, ICA, London, UK and various venues in New
York City. Curated by Katie Holten
Trip The Light Fantastic, Spirit, New York. Benefit
for Creative Time
Do what you've always wanted to do, now while you can, private
residence, New York
2004
Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists' Space, New York.
Benefit for Artists' Space
Posture Walks, Various locations, India
Weed Beds, City Theatre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Curated by Ann Demeester
2003
silage, Publication, Ireland. By Chidester and
O'leary. Commissioned by Katie Holten
other routes,
Driving project, Ireland. With Keith Wilson, commissioned
by Katie Holten
2002
CLUSTER, Bowes, Dublin, Ireland. Curated by Katie
Holten
Arabidopsis, Sound piece, Temple Bar, Dublin. with
Ruth O'Neill and Chris Somerville curated by Katie Holten
True Lies, Edited by Jacob Fabricius, Copenhagen,
Denmark
Petronella Brown's Plot, RHA Gallagher Gallery,
Dublin, Ireland. One-night only installation
Neighbourhood
Watch, Mar Azul, Torrevieja, Spain. With local residents
2001
gold, Beach huts, Porthminster beach, St. Ives,
Cornwall, UK
2000
PLOT, Water Street Flea Market, Pennsylvania, USA
*
1999
The Bog Remix, Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff performance
curated by Katie Holten with DJ Dave The Rave
Bog Grappa, Nago, Lago di Garda, Italy **
spent., Royal College of Art, London, UK curated
by Emma Mahony
1998
Second Movement, Claremorris Railway Station, Ireland
performance curated by Katie Holten with Aine Heneghan
First Movement, Quer Galerie, Berlin, Germany performance
curated by Katie Holten with Matt Cootan and Julia Antonia
1997
FIRE!, Documenta X, fringe event, Kassel, Germany
**
RESIDENCIES
(selection)
2007
May: Nimoy Foundation Residency, Contemporary Art
Museum St. Louis, USA
2006
Sep-Dec: Samuel Beckett Centennial Residency, Centre Culturel
Irlandais, Paris, France
June-July: Fundacion Centro Residency, Hotel Virreyes,
Centro Historico, Mexico City, Mexico
2004
Jan-April: Sanskriti Kendra Foundation, New Delhi, India
*
2003
Oct-Nov: W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
invited by Ann Demeester
Sep-Oct: Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Ireland
Oct ’02-April: ’03 Irish Museum of Modern Art,
Dublin, Ireland
2002
July:
Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Co. Mayo, Ireland invited as
winner of AIB Award
Jan-Feb: Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork,
Ireland Germinations Europe Award
2001
Sep-Dec:
Pat Finn Foundation, St. Ives, Cornwall, UK
March-April: Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig,
Ireland
January: Heinrich Böll Cottage, Achill
Island, Ireland
1999
Oct ’99-Mar ’00: Project Studio, Temple
Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin, Ireland **
1998
March: Quer Galerie, Berlin, Germany **
AWARDS
(selection)
2008
LMCC,
Swing Space Studio, New York
2007
The Arts
Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Ireland
Culture
Ireland, Ireland
2006
Nimoy Foundation Award, USA
The Arts
Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Ireland
Culture
Ireland, Ireland
2005
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, USA
Manhattan Community Arts Fund Award, New York, USA
Public Art Fund, New York, USA (short listed)
The
Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Ireland
2004
Fulbright Diageo Scholarship, The Fulbright Commission, Ireland
Wellcome Trust, London, UK
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Ireland
2003
Culture Ireland, Ireland
2002
AIB Award, Ireland
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Ireland
2001
Germinations 13, European project for emerging artists, Antwerp,
Belgium
The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Ireland
2000
The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Ireland
Culture Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
1999
The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Ireland
1998
Kommißion für Künstlich & Wißentschaftlich
Vorhaben, Berlin, Germany **
BIBLIOGRAPHY
(selection)
2008
Tim Maul, 'Katie Holten: Uprooted' in CIRCA, Summer, pp.
92-93
2007
Noemi Solik, 'Katie Holten' in ARTFORUM, September, pp. 481-482
Katja Behrens, 'Mapping the Memory' in Van Horn Zeigt Katie Holten,
pp. 43-47
David Bonetti, 'Katie Holten: Paths
of Desire" in St. Louis Post Dispatch, 20.05.07, p.5
Lia Gangitano,’Paths of Desire’, in Katie Holten: Paths
of Desire, St. Louis, pp.9 - 13
Claire Moulene, 'Cours de Desseins', in INROCKS, 12.03.07,
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2006
Elizabeth Schambelan, ‘Best of 2006’, in ARTFORUM,
December 2006, p.284
Sue Hubbard, ‘The New Romantics’, in New Statesman,
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in The Herald, Mexico City, p.4, 25.07.06
Patricia Cordero, ‘Cambian desechos a objetos artísticos’
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2005
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2003
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2002
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