Biography Brian Jungen (Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada, 1970)
Brian Jungen studied at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, British Columbia. Jungen has exhibited extensively both nationally and internationally, and is included in many publications. Recipient of the 2002 Sobey Art Award.
The artist lives and works in Vanvouver.
Recent solo exhibitions
2006: Tate Modern, London; Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York; VAG; Musée d?art contemporain, Montréal.
2005: New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York.
2004: CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco; Quartier Ephemere, Montréal.
2003: Henry Art Gallery, Seattle; Vienna Secession, Vienna.
Selected group exhibitions
2006: Heard Museum, ?Holy Land: Diaspora in the Desert?, Phoenix; Catriona Jeffries, ?274 East 1st?.
2005: Edmonton Art Gallery, ?Re: Building the World?; Muhka, ?Intertidal: Art in Vancouver?, Antwerp.
2004: Museum of Contemporary Art, ?Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast in Contemporary Art?, San Diego; Frankfurter Kunstverein, ?Nation? (curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen).
Jungen?s work has been written about in numerous art magazines including Frieze, Modern Painters, New York Times and in Flash Art.
Participated in:
Due to the weather conditions the flight of Professor Rogoff has been cancelled which means that also her lecture is cancelled. Lecture by Professor Irit Rogoff about the practice of fieldwork, as carried out by both artists and researchers. In …Read more
Artist Melvin Moti presents a program of artists’ films, from a.o Morroco and Japan, bringing together his own interests with those suggested by Jungen’s work. English spoken, films in several languages. Free entrance. Jungen’s practice crosses cultural boundaries and brings …Read more
Curator James Putnam, founder of the British Museum’s Contemporary Arts and Cultures Program and author of Art and Artefact: The Museum as Medium, in conversation with Zoë Gray about artists who explore museology. English spoken, free entrance. In much of …Read more
Witte de With is delighted to present Canadian artist Brian Jungen’s solo exhibition this winter, his first on such a large scale in Europe. Building upon his major survey exhibition organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery, Witte de With will …Read more
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