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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Strenght Thru Embarrassment, DNA / Berlin Strenght Thru Embarrassment, MKG 127 / Toronto |
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| 2009 |
For the Love of Gaud (Damien's Worst) , MKG 127 /Toronto Laura Kikaula, Spacex / Exeter |
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2008 |
House of Imagination, Torstrasse 166 / Berlin |
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| 2007 | |
DENKNIESCHUTZ, Kunstverein Ulm / Ulm Tune In, Turn On, YYZ / Toronto |
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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, 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
2016 Something of Exquisite Beauty, Elika Gallery / Athens, Greece 2015 Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection, Mappa dell'arte nuova, Fondazione Giorgio Cini / Venice |
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| 2012 |
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Zum Einhundertfünfundzwanzigsten - Kunstverein Ulm (Ulm Things),TAF / Athens
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| 2009 |
Guided by voices: Illuminated Still Lives, LOLA festival at FCG / London
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2008
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Tanz auf dem Vulkan, Ifa-Galerie Berlin / Berlin
QUOBO, Museo de Arte de Lima / Lima
QUOBO, KUMU Museum / Tallinn
Mapping Correspondence: Mail Art in the 21st Century, Center For The Book Arts / New York
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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 Booth of MAK, VIENNAFAIR / Vienna QUOBO, Contemporary Art Centre of Vilnius (CAC) / Vilnius QUOBO, Staatliches Kunstmuseum / Nowosibirsk SCHAURAUSCH – Kunst in 50 Schaufenstern, curated by Paolo Bianchi and Martin Sturm, O.K – Centrum für Gegenwartskunst / Linz |
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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 / Berlin All about berlin 3, WhiteBOX, Kultfabrik / Munich Funny Farm, Phaeno Naturwissenschaft & Technik Museum Wolfsburg TIAF – Toronto International Art Fair, booth DNA Berlin / Toronto art.fair, booth DNA / Berlin ; Cologne |
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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 Via Festival, Le Menage / Maubeuge |
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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 |