Laura Kikauka / biography
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| 1963 | |
born in Hamilton, Canada |
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| 1981-84 | |
Ontario College of Art, Toronto |
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lives and works at the Funny Farm in Meanford, Ontario, and at the Funny Farm East in Berlin, Germany. |
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Selected Single Exhibitions, installations, performances |
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| 2009 |
For the Love of Gaud (Damien's Worst) / MKG127, Toronto, ON Laura Kikaula, Spacex / Exeter, England |
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2008 |
House of Imagination |
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| 2007 | |
DENKNIESCHUTZ, Kunstverein Ulm / Ulm, Germany Tune In, Turn On, YYZ, Toronto, Canada |
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| 2006 | |
NON STOP PHOTO PARTY, DNA, Berlin |
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| 2004 | |
Exactly the Same, but Completely Different, The Power Plant Contemporary Art, Toronto |
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| 2003 | |
It could be Wurst, DNA, Berlin The future will be brighter tomorrow, Laura Kikauka, Constance Hanna, light-box-project, Photo / Graphic, Galerie Käthe Kollwitz, Berlin |
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| 2002 | |
M.A.N.I.A.C. at MAK, MAK – Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna |
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| 2001 | |
Dream Home, Kunstprojekt RIEM, Munich Fashion Show with Fuzzy Love, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg Sorry We are Open, Ludwig Beck, Munich |
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| 2000 | |
Festival of Vision, Tamar Centre, Hong Kong |
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| 1999 | |
Relay Room, Interaccess, New Music Concerts Festival, Toronto Camp Insomnia, The Western Front, Vancouver Time for Tomorrow, Marstall Theater, Munich |
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| 1997 | |
Stage Set for Schlacht um Europa I-XVI, Christoph Schlingensief, Volksbühne, Berlin |
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| 1995 | |
The Pickle Barbecue, Contained, Linz My Greasy Hole, Galerie Paradigma, Linz Bastlerine, Kunsthaus Raskolnikow, Dresden Only Seat in the Theatre, Spiel.Art Theaterfestival, Munich |
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Selected Group Exhibitions |
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2009 2008
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Guided by voices: Illuminated Still Lives, LOLA festival at FCG, London, Canada Tanz auf dem Vulkan, ifa-Galerie Berlin, Berlin QUOBO, Museo de Arte de Lima, Lima, Peru |
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| 2007 | |
Happy Birthday & Friendly Greeting, together with Lawrence Argent, Dave Dyment, Sara Graham, Anitra Hamilton, Instant Coffee, Germaine Koh, Micah Lexier & Christian Bök, An Te Liu, Roula Partheniou, Jayce Salloum, Joy Walker, MGK127 / Toronto, Canada booth of MAK, VIENNAFAIR / Vienna, Austria QUOBO, Contemporary Art Centre of Vilnius (CAC), Vilnius, Lithunia QUOBO, Staatliches Kunstmuseum, Nowosibirsk, Russia SCHAURAUSCH – Kunst in 50 Schaufenstern, curated by Paolo Bianchi and Martin Sturm, O.K – Centrum für Gegenwartskunst / Linz, Austria |
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| 2006 | |
THE YOUTH OF TODAY, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, (catalogue) Art is Throwing Money Out the Window, PLP Gallery, New York |
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| 2005 | |
ViennAfair, DNA Galerie / Berlin all about berlin 3, WhiteBOX, Kultfabrik, Munich Funny Farm, Phaeno Naturwissenschaft & Technik Museum Wolfsburg TIAF – Toronto International Art Fair, booth DNA, Berlin / Toronto, Canada art.fair, booth DNA, Berlin / Cologne, Germany |
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| 2004 | |
White Room, ARCO, with DNA Galerie Berlin, Madrid Borderline Festival, Maubeuge Biennale, Lodz |
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| 2003 | |
Curiosity Boxes, Robot Festival, Lile QUOBO, Museo de Art Carrillo Gil, Mexico City |
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| 2002 | |
QUOBO, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo |
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| 2001 | |
Aller Anfang ist Merz – Von Kurt Schwitters bis heute, Haus der Kunst, Munich Die schöne Gärtnerin, Galerie am Prater, Berlin Sommerfest im Podewil, Podewil, Berlin QUOBO,Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin |
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| 2000 | |
Aller Anfang ist Merz – Von Kurt Schwitters bis heute, Sprengel Museum Hannover Heimat Kunst, House of World Cultures, Berlin QUOBO, HK Arts Centre, Hong Kong Exit Festival, Maison des Arts Nationale, Creteil, France Via Festival, Le Menage, Maubeuge, France |
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| 1999 | |
UNDABDIEPOST 1999, Postfuhramt, Berlin |
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| 1998 | |
Fluten 2, Stadtbad Oderberger Straße, Berlin Salon Schwarzenberg, Schwarzenberg e.V., Berlin Grenzgänge, Meinblau, Berlin Funny Factory-Stimmungslämpchen & Mehr, Hybrid Factory, Linz |
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Selected Grants and commisions |
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| 2005 | |
Commisioned by Phaeno Science Museum Wolfsburg |
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| 2001 | |
Exhibition Aller Anfang ist Merz supported by Canadian Embassy, Sprengel Museum, Hannover and also Haus der Kunst, Munich |
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| 2000 | |
Commisioned installation by I.F.A. Berlin |