Kelly Nipper

Born 1971 in Edina, MN

Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

EDUCATION

1995

MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

1993

BFA, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES,

SCREENINGS (* denotes publication)

2013

Black Forest, Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Black Forest, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA 

2012

Black Forest, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland

2010

Weather Center, Francesca Kaufmann, Milan, Italy

Compass, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich, Switzerland

2009

Shifting Shapes, Art Perform, Art Basel Miami Beach, FL

2008

Sapphire, Statements, Art Basel, Switzerland

2007

Perspectives 158: Kelly Nipper, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX *

Circle Circle, Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Floyd on the Floor, PERFORMA07, New York, NY *

2004

Bending Water into a Heart Shape, Francesca Kaufmann, Milan, Italy

2002

Francesca Kaufmann, Milan, Italy

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012

Split Moment, University Art Museum, California State University Long Beach, CA*

2011

Danser Sa Vie, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France *

Kaleidescope Arena, Rome, Italy

Art in the Auditorium 3, Ballroom Marfa, TX

Traveling to Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland; Fundacion Proa, Buenos Aires, Argentina;

Galleria d'arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo, Italy; Henie

Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden, Norway; San Art, Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam;

Para/Site, Hong Kong, China; City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand; Beirut Art Centre, Lebanon; Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK

2010

One Leading Away from Another, 303 Gallery, New York, NY

Move: Choreographing You, Hayward Gallery, London, UK

Traveled to Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany; K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen,

Dusseldorf, Germany

The Tale of a Blind Resistance Fighter, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Scene Grammar, Parra & Romero, Madrid, Spain

While Bodies Get Mirrored - An Exhibition about Movement, Formalism and

Space, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich, Switzerland *

2010: Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY *

2009

Dance with Camera, Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, PA *

Traveled to Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, TX and Scottsdale Museum of

Contemporary Art, AZ

2008

The Why of Life, Swiss Institute, New York, NY

Index: Conceptualism in California from the Permanent Collection, MOCA, Los Angeles, CA

2006

Bedded I Videotape Elsa, collaboration with Aïda Ruilova, Art Basel Miami Beach, FL

2005

BIDIBIDOBIDIBOO, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy *

Untitled, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA *

MC presents: Kelly Nipper - Adrian Paci, MC, Los Angeles, CA

2003

Girls' Night Out, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA *

Traveled to Contemporary Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO; Blaffer, the Art Museum of the University of Houston, TX;

Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO; Addison Gallery of American Art,

Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

Short Cuts: Video Art and Photography, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

From the Flat Files, Ramp Gallery, Waikoto Institute of Technology, Hamilton, New Zealand

2002

California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA *

People See Paintings, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

Pictures, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY

2001

Passion for Art: The DiSaronno Originale Photography Collection, Miami Art Museum, FL *

Traveled to New Museum, New York, NY; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; Museum of

Art at the University of California at Berkeley, CA

Boom! : Playmakers, Manifattura Tabbachi / Manifattura d’Arte, Florence, Italy *

A Sport and a Pastime, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY

IMSL (Imaginary Monumental Sculpture Lawn), Three-day weekend in conjunction with Made in California: Now,

Los Angeles County Museum of Art West, Los Angeles, CA

2000

Guarene Arte, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy *

Sharon Lockhart + Kelly Nipper: 2 Artists in 3 Takes, The Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute, CA *

Beyond Boundaries: Contemporary Photography in California, Friends of Photography, San Francisco, CA *

Traveled to California State University, Long Beach, CA

1998

Breath, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2012

Coyne, Mary. Split Moment. Brochure. Long Beach: University Art Museum.

2010

Fiduccia, Joanna. "Kelly Nipper: Composing Movements." MAP - Journeys in Contemporary Art,

#23. Autumn 2010: 68 - 73.

Hertz, Betti-Sue. "Tableaux Vivants." Flash Art, No. 275. November - December 2010: 78 - 83.

Casavecchia, Barbara. "Kelly Nipper: Weather Center." Art Review, Issue 43. Summer: 148.

Bale, Theodore. "Opening Report: CAMH's Dance with Camera." Houston Press.

9 August: online.

Gygax, Raphael. Between Zones: On Representation of the Performative and the Notation of Movement.

Exh. cat. Zürich, Switzerland: Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst.

Chateigne Tytelman, Yann. "Letter on the Deaf and Mute." Kaleidoscope, Summer.

Tattersall, Lanka. "Terms of Use." Texte zur Kunst, Issue no. 78. June: 143.

Velasco, David. "1000 Words: Kelly Nipper." Artforum, March: 198-203.

Mead, Fionn. 2010: Whitney Biennial. Exh. cat. New York, NY:

Whitney Museum of American Art.

Nipper, Kelly. Interview with Jens Hoffmann. "We Like to Move It, Move It." Mousse Magazine,

February/March 2010: 111-117.

Sholis, Brian. "Dance with Camera." Aperture. Spring.

2009

Goldberg, RoseLee. Everywhere and All at Once: An Anthology of Writings on Performa 07. Zürich, Switzerland: JRP Ringier.

Porter, Jenelle. Dance with Camera. Exh. cat. Philadelphia, PA: Institute of Contemporary Art.

2008

Vetroq, Marcia. “Performance: Everywhere and All at Once.” Art in America, March: 56-57.

2007

Sutton, Gloria. Ice Cream. London, England: Phaidon.

La Rocca, Claudia. “Love Takes a Tumble Amid a Brewing Storm.” New York Times, 17 November, B13.

Kamps, Toby. Perspectives 158: Kelly Nipper. Brochure. Houston: Contemporary Arts Museum.

Leher-Graiwer, Sarah. “Kelly Nipper: Critics’ Pick.” Artforum Online, October.

2006

Sutton, Gloria. Vitamin Ph. London, England: Phaidon.

2005

Chambers, Kristin. Untitled. Brochure. Santa Barbara, CA: Contemporary Arts Forum.

Bonami, Francesco. BIDIBIDOBIDIBOO. Exh. cat. Turin, Italy: Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo.

Myers, Holly. “Mesmerized by Two Strangers.” Los Angeles Times, 17 June, E1, E24.

2003

Hofmann, Irene. Girls' Night Out. Exh. cat. Newport Beach, CA: Orange County Museum of Art.

2002

Albertini, Rosanna. “Kelly Nipper at Shoshana Wayne Gallery.” Art Press 281,

(July-August): 73.

Knighton, Andrew. “On Site: No Name Exhibitions @ The Soap Factory.” New Art Examiner 29

(May-June): 46-51.

Perchuk, Andrew. “Kelly Nipper: Critics’ Pick.” Artforum Online, May.

Ventriglia, Ilaria. “Kelly Nipper: Photographing Time.” Domus Online, March-April.

Hofmann, Irene. California Biennial. Exh. cat. Newport Beach, CA: Orange County

Museum of Art.

2001

Ferguson, Russell. “Test Patterns.” Artext 74 (August - October): 42-45.

Miles, Christopher. “Kelly Nipper at Shoshana Wayne Gallery.” Artforum, May, 181-182.

Knight, Christopher. “Visual Flips.” Los Angeles Times, 23 February, F24.

Molon, Dominic. “Kelly Nipper.” A Passion for Art: The DiSaronno Originale Photography Collection. Brochure. Miami, FL: Miami Art Museum.

Corbetta, Caroline. “The Dynamics of Competition and Collaboration.” Boom!: Playmakers. Brochure. Florence, Italy: Manifattura Tabbachi/Manifattura d’Arte.

2000

Coleman, Sarah. “Sharon Lockhart and Kelly Nipper at SFAI’s Walter and McBean Galleries.” Artweek, June, 13-14.

Helfand, Glen. “Tweeners: Sharon Lockhart and Kelly Nipper Blur Distinctions Between Art, Film, and Everything Else.” San Francisco Bay Guardian, 12 April.

Kabat, Nora. Beyond Boundaries: Contemporary Photography in California. Exh. cat. San Francisco: Friends of Photography.

Moss, Karen. “Kelly Nipper/interval.” Guarene Arte 2000. Exh. cat. Turin, Italy: Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo.

Moss, Karen. Sharon Lockhart + Kelly Nipper: 2 Artists in 3 Takes. Exh. cat. San Francisco: The Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute.

1998

Abbe, Mary. “Installation Included.” Minneapolis Star Tribune, 2 August, F1, F5.

SELECTED AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS

2010

Center for Cultural Innovation, Los Angeles, CA

2007

Performa Commission, New York, NY

Tiffany Award, The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, New York, NY

2004

Alberta Prize for Visual Art, Alberta duPont Bonsal Foundation, San Diego, CA

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich, Switzerland

Hauser & Wirth Collection, Zürich, Switzerland

Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Turin, Italy

Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, USA

Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, CA, USA

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL, USA

Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy

SELECTED PANEL DISCUSSIONS, PUBLIC LECTURES, TEACHING

2012

Artist Talk, University Art Museum, California State University Long Beach, CA

2011

Artist Talk, University of California Los Angeles, CA

2010

Artist Talk with Simone Forti, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

Graduate Thesis Panel for Amelia Saul with Aïda Ruilova and Carol Bove, New York University

Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, NY


Student Final Project Reviews, Southern California Institute of Architecture, Summer Session,

Dana Bauer, Devyn Weiser, Jenny Wu, David Ross, Los Angeles, CA

Artist Talk, Via Farini, Milan, Italy

2009

Adjunct Faculty, Foundation 3D, Department of Art, California State University Long Beach, CA

Adjunct Faculty, Intermedia, Sculpture Program, Department of Art, California State University Long Beach, CA

Adjunct Faculty, Graduate Seminar, Sculpture Program, Department of Art, California State University Long Beach, CA

Student Final Project Reviews, Southern California Institute of Architecture, Summer Session,

Dana Bauer, Alexis Rochas, Anna Neimark, Michael Osman, Los Angeles, CA

Adjunct Faculty, Photography Seminar, Photography Program, Department of Art, California State University Long Beach, CA

2008

Graduate Thesis Panel for Christen Sperry Garcia with Bryan Crockett, Department of Art, California State University Long Beach, CA

Adjunct Faculty, Intermedia, Sculpture Program, Department of Art, California State University Long Beach, CA

Adjunct Faculty, Art 100: Contemporary Issues, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

2007

Panel Discussion, Dance After Choreography, Andre Lepecki, RoseLee Goldberg, Taisha Paggett, Xavier Leroy. PERFORMA, Judson Church, NY, NY

Adjunct Faculty, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA

2003

Artist Talk, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA

2000

Artist Talk, San Francisco Art Institute, CA