Karen Kilimnik

b. 1957, United States

Karen Kilimnik was born in Philadelphia in 1955, where she lives and works.

Her work has featured at major museums worldwide, including at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City. Important solo exhibitions have been held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver (2012); Belvedere, Vienna (2010); Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (2006); Serpentine Gallery, London; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami; and Le Consortium, Dijon (all 2007); Istituzione Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venice (2005); and the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2002). In 2018, Kilimnik participated in the 57th Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, and has been featured in significant group exhibitions at institutions including Fondazione Prada, Venice (2021); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2008); Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; MoMA PS1, New York (both 2006); MoMA, New York (2005, 2001, 1999); Institute of Contemporary Art, London (1997, 1992); and Secession, Vienna (1994). In 2011, Kilimnik designed backdrops for Psyche, a ballet at Opéra national de Paris.

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